A thread for observations…

OHSCrifle said:

ShawnG said:

Had an awkward moment at a farmers market with a customer who had a large Scuderia Ferrari badge tattooed on his arm.

"Very cool, what model do you have?" Me not thinking but noticing his tattoo.

"Huh"? Customer

"Your tattoo, what model Ferrari do you have?"

"Uhhh, I don't, just a big fan"

"Oh, OK. Sorry."

Very awkward, guess I shouldn't have assumed. I've got plenty of tattoos but no advertising. 

In my defense, some models these days are relatively affordable for us mortals.

I have met multiple fellas in Georgia with the nickname "Bulldog". None so far actually attended the University of Georgia. But they sure do like the Bulldogs. 

Similar to Oklahoma. The vast majority of OU football fans, they not did any of their family attend there. They just cheer because they win more than OSU. 

I get it, but I also think it's lame.

And I also think it's different when you don't have a problem sports team.

z31maniac said:

When you go to a restaurant and a dessert on the menu says "homemade" for example.

It's not actually homemade, do they really mean "made in house" vs bought from a bakery?

I read a news story recently about an Italian restaurant that instead of professional chefs, only employs authentic Italian grandmothers to cook the food.  I liked the concept, but assuming the owner pays those grandmothers it would seem they are professional chefs too.

 I noticed some of the room doors had two of those little peepholes - one up at normal eye height, and then a second one down about at waist level. 

I saw this in my grandmother's assisted living facility. I understood what it was for, but my thoughts immediately went to a former grandmother in law who talked about how during lockdown they were pranking each other by ringing the doorbells and flashing each other. 
now I just always assume it's a crotch peep hole. 

stuart in mn said:

z31maniac said:

When you go to a restaurant and a dessert on the menu says "homemade" for example.

It's not actually homemade, do they really mean "made in house" vs bought from a bakery?

I read a news story recently about an Italian restaurant that instead of professional chefs, only employs authentic Italian grandmothers to cook the food.  I liked the concept, but assuming the owner pays those grandmothers it would seem they are professional chefs too.

I'd be scared to give honest feedback.

"How was your meal?"

"Well, the sauce was better last week" 

-gets stabbed by angry nona, waiting in the parking lot-

z31maniac said:

When you go to a restaurant and a dessert on the menu says "homemade" for example.

It's not actually homemade, do they really mean "made in house" vs bought from a bakery?

 

Just a weird thing that struck me earlier when we were out.

Or, the factory workers live on the campus they make the desserts in. 
 

I can't find the clip quickly, but the movie waiting has a training video where they talk about the desserts made from grandma's recipe. Then they show the truck of grandma's frozen bakery, pulling away.

bbbbRASS said:

 I noticed some of the room doors had two of those little peepholes - one up at normal eye height, and then a second one down about at waist level. 

I saw this in my grandmother's assisted living facility. I understood what it was for, but my thoughts immediately went to a former grandmother in law who talked about how during lockdown they were pranking each other by ringing the doorbells and flashing each other. 
now I just always assume it's a crotch peep hole. 

You do know that is for wheelchair users, right?

Car-related observations:

Those who reef on the steering wheel while the car is stationary probably don't do their own alignments.

Drive-through employees born twenty years after my vehicles were built always assume said vehicles have a lot more cupholders than they actually have. One, for whatever it's worth, is a lot more than they actually have.

I'll probably never buy a new car because a) I'm a cheap bastard, and b) the line between motor vehicle and mobile device has been irrevocably blurred.

The safety nannies and crashability of modern vehicles has contributed to such a level of arrogant inattention on the part of the driver that everyone outside that vehicle is in disproportionate danger. 

I may never see another Plymouth Sundance.

You don't realize how poorly you speak until you use talk to text and hear the preview 

I've met several southern men known as "Bobo".  I thought it was a truly unusual  name- sounds to me a bit like the name of an employee of Ringling Brothers who drives around in a teeny tiny car. 
 

But then I learned that if your father is known as "Bubba", then "Bobo" is essentially the same thing as "Junior".

I never knew...

I'm in a current disagreement about if "stainless look" and "fingerprint-resistant stainless steel" are the same thing and I didn't even know we were buying a refrigerator. 

E36 M3

Attended a car show with 250 entries today... engines with carbs are a dying thing.  Seems most hot rods have converted to LS1 - LS3.

SV reX said:

I've met several southern men known as "Bobo".  I thought it was a truly unusual  name- sounds to me a bit like the name of an employee of Ringling Brothers who drives around in a teeny tiny car. 
 

But then I learned that if your father is known as "Bubba", then "Bobo" is essentially the same thing as "Junior".

 

I never knew...

and then there's...

I washed this thing for the first time since I had it painted.  My observation, is Holy snappin' arseholes, Batman, is it ever yellow.

In reply to bbbbRASS :

The thought of this is kinda creepy or is it creepy that grandmas telling you while laughing.  

Then again I'm facing 62 years old this year so maybe the thought of those older party girls acting wild might not be bad.  Then again.....

In reply to Streetwiseguy :

A lot of people seem to hate yellow for a car.  Some factory yellow colors have been pretty bad (there are some strange off yellow colors), but that ain't one of 'em!

Purple Frog said:

Attended a car show with 250 entries today... engines with carbs are a dying thing.  Seems most hot rods have converted to LS1 - LS3.

I struggle with this. In the olden days, hot rodders who could afford it were yanking flatheads out in favor of hot new Olds and Cadillac OHV jobs. Hitting the easy button is not a new idea. On the other hand - the bigger hand - there's something altogether soulless about just hey-me-too, turnkey late-model-Chevyizing every blessed thing on four wheels. In a way, it is the opposite of custom.

In reply to DarkMonohue :

There is also the period where almost every hot rod motor was a crate 350.

Every smallblock is a "Corvette engine" even if it codes out to be a wheezing 267 from your grandma's Malibu.

Cruise nights are way better than car shows due to diversity and atmosphere. 

And swap meets are better than both. 

Also, after yesterday's swap meet and car show, we took the wives to a big vendor/craft fair. That was cool! Lots of folks that would fit right in here, including a grm shirt and a gambler 500 shirt.

Peabody said:

You don't realize how poorly you speak until you use talk to text and hear the preview 

I have yet to have talk to text work properly,  Apple says it's due to my accent but I feel like if I had an accent I would know. 

Shadeux said:

I'm in a current disagreement about if "stainless look" and "fingerprint-resistant stainless steel" are the same thing and I didn't even know we were buying a refrigerator. 

Refrigerators are supposed to be gloss white, in my opinion.    I don't know what I'm going to do when the day finally comes that I have to buy a new one.

In reply to Wally (Forum Supporter) :

Next time I'll ask what's that all aboot, and see what happens.

I'm referring mostly to my ability to complete a sentence without adding, um, uh, repeating myself, forgetting to say something then doubling back and just generally creating awkward sentences. It's a learning pro-cess, probably for the better

I wonder how it handles Newfie.

Hey dere my trout! Hows she goin?

DarkMonohue said:

Purple Frog said:

Attended a car show with 250 entries today... engines with carbs are a dying thing.  Seems most hot rods have converted to LS1 - LS3.

I struggle with this. In the olden days, hot rodders who could afford it were yanking flatheads out in favor of hot new Olds and Cadillac OHV jobs. Hitting the easy button is not a new idea. On the other hand - the bigger hand - there's something altogether soulless about just hey-me-too, turnkey late-model-Chevyizing every blessed thing on four wheels. In a way, it is the opposite of custom.

People have been Chevy-izing everything since 1955.

Appleseed said:

People have been Chevy-izing everything since 1955.

Are you disagreeing with me or proving my point? Could be both.

You're right, and that's why I struggle with the default LS trend now. It's "traditional" in that sense but also far too late-model and samey to have any character whatsoever.