A few gripes

[JBCA]

"And what about trying to get a piece of curved sectional track that curves the right direction. I had a bunch that curved to the left and couldn't find any that curved to the right. The next day I looked at it and darned if it didn't all curve to the right and none to the left. That one really had me scratching my head"

You need to turn them over!

[pcarrell]

QUOTE: Originally posted by tomikawaTT

Never underestimate the power of human ignorance! Just try not to become an example thereof.

Words to live by![:D]

[tomikawaTT]

Never underestimate the power of human ignorance! Just try not to become an example thereof.

[Anonymous]

Honest to God, this is true.

In St. Augustine Fl, they were discussing replacing the old draw bridge in the bay and replacing it with a higher bridge to avoid having to open it as often.

A lady wrote in that they didn't need to build a taller bridge, all they had to do was dredge the channel deeper so the water would be lower...

Mike Tennent

[Anonymous]

And hangers. Sheesh. Half the time you can't just lift and pull toward you to take something out of the closet. You have to lift, and then move it back behind the rod and then beneath it, and only THEN you can pull the clothing toward you. You'd think they'd find an answer to that irritation, too. I'm so sick of all this stuff. Specially the gas station thing.

[davekelly]

I'm glad to see I"m not the only one that wonders in amazement that hardware stores/home improvement centers etc do not stock what we need. I'm working on my car and needed an adjustable wrench. The car has all metric sized bolts, nuts etc. Darn it if all the adjustable wrenches at Home Depot and Lowes were English, not metric. I guess I'll have to go to a specialty shop and pay twice as much. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRr.

[pcarrell]

I once had a screwdriver, the hand tool kind, that would only turn to the right. I could put a screw in, but I couldn't take it out!

[SpaceMouse]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dave9999

Darn it Chip...
You beat me to it!! [:)]

Don't ya hate that?

[jblackwelljr]

Had an uncle that bought a mule. He decided to keep the mule in the dirt-floor basement under the kitchen for the winter. Only problem was the mule’s ears scraped the basement ceiling which really irritated the mule. Seeing the saw blade coming through the kitchen floor, my aunt knew what he was doing and why. She ran down the steps and started screaming “Why don’t you chust dig out the floor a little bit?” My uncle, in his best PA dutch, scowled at her and yelled “Ya *** dumb woman – it’s his ears that are too long, not his legs!”

[jecorbett]

I had a can of spray paint with the nozzle pointing the wrong way. The first time I used it, I got a face full of red paint.

[MisterBeasley]

Don't throw away those drywall screws with the heads on the wrong end! They're for the other side of the layout.

[dave9999]

Darn it Chip...
You beat me to it!! [:)]

[dave9999]

Jerrell,
Don't feel too bad... I bought an entire box of nails the other day that had the heads on the
wrong end. I had to use all of them on the one side of the building. Luckly, the next box I
got was right hand.

[SpaceMouse]

I had a couple drywallers that were working on my house. They'd reach in thier nail bag grab a nail, throw it away, grab another bang it into the wall. Grab another , throw it away; grab another, bang it into the wall. So finaaly I asked.

"The head's on the wrong end, " he explained.

Just then the supervisor came in.

" You dummy," he exclaimed, " Those are for the other wall."

[cwclark]

QUOTE: Originally posted by HoosierDaddy

And what about trying to get a piece of curved sectional track that curves the right direction. I had a bunch that curved to the left and couldn't find any that curved to the right. The next day I looked at it and darned if it didn't all curve to the right and none to the left. That one really had me scratching my head[;)]

classic case of : our boy's on drugs!....LOL

[pcarrell]

QUOTE: Originally posted by HoosierDaddy

And what about trying to get a piece of curved sectional track that curves the right direction. I had a bunch that curved to the left and couldn't find any that curved to the right. The next day I looked at it and darned if it didn't all curve to the right and none to the left. That one really had me scratching my head[;)]

Now that IS a problem!

[HoosierDaddy]

And what about trying to get a piece of curved sectional track that curves the right direction. I had a bunch that curved to the left and couldn't find any that curved to the right. The next day I looked at it and darned if it didn't all curve to the right and none to the left. That one really had me scratching my head[;)]

[GN-Rick]

A very apochryphal list of gripes. Go to beans, hoist a few, put your feet up and relax.[:D]
Have a good day!

[pcarrell]

Two words Jarrell

HOT TUB [:D]

[cwclark]

I've never got a pair of Kadees with the hoses on the wrong way...i've got some that aren't complete with all the parts (like last night for example) 4 #5 knuckle couplers and only three copper springs but then a gain i've got them with more parts than required...are you sure the plate for the bachman doesen't go between the car and the underframe?..i don't use bachman cars but i do own loads of athearn rolling stock and on theirs, the weight plate goes between the car and the underframe before the couplers and the trucks are mounted...well..it's not a perfect world and i guess we have to just deal with the cards dealt to us...chuck

[ICRR1964]

Have a good day Jarrell!
[:D]

[jacon12]

I get so tired of things like this happening. I go to the hobby store, buy a set of Kadee couplers, get them home and take them out of the package, and what do I find? All the little hangy down thingys are upside down. That's right! All of'em are sticking straight up in the air! Now I ask you, is it too difficult for Kadee to check these things BEFORE sending them out? I mean, what good is it for the things to be sticking UP and not DOWN like they're supposed to! They're not the only ones though. I buy a Bachmann boxcar to be put together and sure enough they always put these big, flat pieces of metal in there too. Now look, I'm pretty good at putting these things together but did you ever try to get that thing through that little tiny door? And to top that, sometimes the doors don't even open! Well, I just glue'em on top of the car and be done with it.
Transition track, oh don't get me started on that little subject. You can find all the transition track you need if you want code 83 to code 100, yessireeee. But just try to find some code 100 to code 83!! I was up til nearly 2 last night, pouring over the Walthers catalog and didn't see any, not one, nada... nyet!
I'll have to admit though it's not just in our hobby. I can't tell you how many garden hoses I bought last summer and had to take them back. Everyone I brought home the female end was on the wrong end! Gas stations? Oh brother! I pull in to fill up, step out of the car and the stupid people have put the pump hose on the wrong side. I thought I'd figured out a way to beat that though. I'd get back in the car, pull foward and turn around to the other side of the pump but sure enough the hose is still on the wrong side.
Like DOH!
So the good news is, it's not just in the model railroading industry, it's eveywhere.
If that's any consolation.
Jarrell