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The Rant Thread(a place to dump ur baggage)

  • 01-11-2013 10:45am
    #1
    ultraman1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,742 ✭✭✭


    Am i just a grumpy bollix or is this place full fcukin experts...


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  • #2
    jeffontour
    Registered Users Posts: 930 ✭✭✭jeffontour


    ultraman1 wrote: »
    Am i just a grumpy bollix

    Yes, you are.

    And that's coming from an expert in grumpy bollix syndrome.


  • #3
    TRR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,642 ✭✭✭TRR


    ultraman1 wrote: »
    Am i just a grumpy bollix or is this place full fcukin experts...

    Yes and Yes


  • #4
    kit3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,677 ✭✭✭kit3


    ultraman1 wrote: »
    Am i just a grumpy bollix or is this place full fcukin experts...

    Bad morning ??? ;)

    hope the rant helped !


  • #5
    Kurt Godel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,361 ✭✭✭Kurt Godel


    Thank you Anto, finally quality threads returns to A/R...

    [Rant] 5 hour marathon runners who insist that they are as good as the elites and in fact are elite because only 1% of the worlds population will ever do a marathon so that makes them part of a special elite percentile so they are in fact elite; need to discuss this less and speed up more when they have the obvious ability to do so /[Rant]

    Can I have another? :)

    [Rant] I'm running a race in the Phoeno and I'm finished my water so I'll F@£$ it as hard as I can deep into those side bushes; isn't what runner's do, its what scumbags do /[Rant]

    (Someone please make Ultraman a Mod?)


  • #6
    Ososlo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,420 ✭✭✭Ososlo


    Kurt Godel wrote: »
    [Rant] 5 hour marathon runners who insist that they are as good as the elites and in fact are elite because only 1% of the worlds population will ever do a marathon so that makes them part of a special elite percentile so they are in fact elite; need to discuss this less and speed up more when they have the obvious ability to do so /[Rant]
    who exactly does this? On boards you mean? Fail to agree. Anyone that was on novices thread who trained hard and got a poor time is feeling far from special as far as I can see. Maybe you mean folks outside of boards. If so, i profusely appologise ;)


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  • #7
    Kurt Godel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,361 ✭✭✭Kurt Godel


    Ososlo wrote: »
    who exactly does this? On boards you mean? Fail to agree. Anyone that was on novices thread who trained hard and got a poor time is feeling far from special as far as I can see. Maybe you mean folks outside of boards. If so, i profusely appologise ;)

    I'm being very specific- a guy actually said this to me during the DM (I paced for a while). Cards on the table, I've the greatest respect for anybody, at any time, who is doing as good as they can do, but there were plenty too who were content to not push themselves... just IMO and what I saw. (and c'mon, bear in mind the title of this thread;))

    The ones from the novices thread frankly deserve a second medal for putting up with career_moves self-centered demagoguery, and ham-fisted cut-and-paste from RW threads;)


  • #8
    Ososlo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,420 ✭✭✭Ososlo


    Kurt Godel wrote: »
    I'm being very specific- a guy actually said this to me during the DM (I paced for a while). Cards on the table, I've the greatest respect for anybody, at any time, who is doing as good as they can do, but there were plenty too who were content to not push themselves... just IMO and what I saw. (and c'mon, bear in mind the title of this thread;))

    thought you were being boards specific ;)


  • #9
    kit3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,677 ✭✭✭kit3


    I can see that the 'Rant of the Year' award will
    be hotly contested this year :rolleyes:


  • #10
    career_move
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,934 ✭✭✭career_move


    Kurt Godel wrote: »
    The ones from the novices thread frankly deserve a second medal for putting up with career_moves self-centered demagoguery, and ham-fisted cut-and-paste from RW threads;)
    You're just jealous Kurt :P

    Don't feel bad though - all the novices have pin ups of you on their walls ;)that they throw knives at


  • #11
    ThePiedPiper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,643 ✭✭✭ThePiedPiper


    Does my bloody head in when complete kn0b$ in cars don't even make any attempt to give you even a couple of foot of room at the side of the road. Are some people that bloody self important that they think we should literally jump into a ditch, just to prevent them from having to make a slight adjustment to their position on the road? Honestly, a few weeks ago, a car was less than 6 inches from wiping me out, nothing on the other side of the road. Mental!!

    And while I'm on the subject, I bloody hate it when I give a cyclist a bit of a right of way, say hello to them, only for them to blank you as if you're vermin.


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  • #12
    TRR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,642 ✭✭✭TRR


    Drquirky has turned into a right narky bastard of late. He should be along in the next 24 hours with a rant list. I on the other hand think life is brilliant as I sit here shining my DCM 13 medal :)


  • #13
    Kurt Godel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,361 ✭✭✭Kurt Godel


    career_move wrote: »
    You're just jealous Kurt :P

    Don't feel bad though - all the novices have pin ups of you on their walls ;)that they throw knives at

    You're right, I'm dead jealous CM (couldn't even finish the thing myself)- and if I can go against the spirit of this thread, let me say you played a blinder helping the novices, great organisation. I'd say it over there but it would be lost in the dazzle of all that shiney medal polishing;)


  • #14
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    TRR wrote: »
    Drquirky has turned into a right narky bastard of late. He should be along in the next 24 hours with a rant list. I on the other hand think life is brilliant as I sit here shining my DCM 13 medal :)

    [rant]I'd be shining mine now too but some drunken, fat, baldy bloke stole it off me in McGrattans :mad:[/rant]


  • #15
    Slogger Jogger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,441 ✭✭✭Slogger Jogger


    rant Running on my local trail this evening. 2 people walking towards me in the c. 200 yards away. 2 dogs off leads running towards me. Barking. Snarling, in close proximity to my trailing legs. Not very nice. Had to check my stride a few times and carefully watch where the dogs were. All the while the owners were shouting after their out of control dogs to come back. Thankfully the situation didn't degrade and my running took me away from the dogs, just as their owners caught up on them to consider putting leads on them, by which time it was too late. rant over


  • #16
    kit3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,677 ✭✭✭kit3


    TRR wrote: »
    Drquirky has turned into a right narky bastard of late. He should be along in the next 24 hours with a rant list. I on the other hand think life is brilliant as I sit here shining my DCM 13 medal :)

    Are you wearing your finishers's t-shirt too ?


  • #17
    Kurt Godel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,361 ✭✭✭Kurt Godel


    menoscemo wrote: »
    [rant]I'd be shining mine now too but some drunken, fat, baldy bloke stole it off me in McGrattans :mad:[/rant]

    Drunken? Don't think so at the time. The cranky barman at the front gave me a bag of peanuts for it, fair trade.


  • #18
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    Kurt Godel wrote: »
    Drunken? Don't think so at the time. The cranky barman at the front gave me a bag of peanuts for it, fair trade.

    'Don't think so' yet can't remember? :pac:

    Another DCM rant; a fella decided to fling his water bottle into the liffey at Chapelizod. I felt like flinging my bottle at his head but didn't wan to risk hitting someone else.

    Rant #3. American in our pace group commenting on the pace at each mile marker. After making comment at miles 1-4 at mile 5 he says 'wow the pace is spot on; good job!!' then at mile 6 he declares to the group 'we're on 3:37:30 pace now'. Felt like boxing his head off.


  • #19
    dna_leri
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,623 ✭✭✭dna_leri


    Rant: Running on a narrow path, two male runners approaching so they go in single file so we can all pass. Later same situation with two female runners but they stay side by side so I have to run into the mud. Not the first time its happened, why?


  • #20
    PaulieC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,196 ✭✭✭PaulieC


    menoscemo wrote: »
    [rant]I'd be shining mine now too but some drunken, fat, baldy bloke stole it off me in McGrattans :mad:[/rant]

    I wasn't even there, what're you talking about ?


  • #21
    Chivito550
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,695 ✭✭✭Chivito550


    Kurt Godel wrote: »
    You're right, I'm dead jealous CM (couldn't even finish the thing myself)- and if I can go against the spirit of this thread, let me say you played a blinder helping the novices, great organisation. I'd say it over there but it would be lost in the dazzle of all that shiney medal polishing;)

    Just think how differently that Novices thread could have ended up had it not been for some essential ranting in its infancy. Ranting can be good.


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  • #22
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    PaulieC wrote: »
    I wasn't even there, what're you talking about ?

    ah, you're not really fat ;)


  • #23
    conavitzky
    Registered Users Posts: 305 ✭✭conavitzky


    dna_leri wrote: »
    Rant: Running on a narrow path, two male runners approaching so they go in single file so we can all pass. Later same situation with two female runners but they stay side by side so I have to run into the mud. Not the first time its happened, why?

    Same reason as why 80% of the time when you hold a door open for the fairer sex you don't even get a grunt. It seems we are expected to be chivalrous (spelling??):rolleyes: A smile or thank you doesn't cost anything!!

    Although to balance it out my o/h ran into some problems with the buggy whilst shopping today. Could not get it up on the footpath and was half way out on the road herself. She said a bunch of lads passed and sniggered.
    Good manners less common nowadays unfortunately.:(


  • #24
    plumber77
    Registered Users Posts: 673 ✭✭✭plumber77


    Is there anything to be said for saying another mass?


  • #25
    drquirky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,866 ✭✭✭drquirky


    menoscemo wrote: »
    'Don't think so' yet can't remember? :pac:


    Rant #3. American in our pace group commenting on the pace at each mile marker. After making comment at miles 1-4 at mile 5 he says 'wow the pace is spot on; good job!!' then at mile 6 he declares to the group 'we're on 3:37:30 pace now'. Felt like boxing his head off.

    Rant: stupid Irish pacer going too freaking fast:mad:


  • #26
    drquirky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,866 ✭✭✭drquirky


    As requested by TRR:

    Official DQ Rant list:

    The water situation in Dublin
    Tri"athletes"
    The fact that I have a perma-ban from the weather forum cause I couldn't stop trolling in there when i had a few too many brew ha has
    Tottenham Hotspur
    Ecoli's Beer Mile time
    Chris Froome
    Mo Farah
    The leaves this time of year are a ****ing hazard, you can't see on the paths where you put your foot and what lurks beneath the leafy covering- turned ankle city
    Threads about "how to run at night"
    Threads about "how to run in the winter"
    Little ****heads throwing fireworks at you when you run
    The Late Late Show
    The Southern USA
    Canada
    Hyperbole

    Rant ended. Glad I got that off my chest- will try to go back to being decent on the forums...


  • #27
    TRR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,642 ✭✭✭TRR


    drquirky wrote: »
    As requested by TRR:

    Official DQ Rant list:

    The water situation in Dublin
    Tri"athletes"
    The fact that I have a perma-ban from the weather forum cause I couldn't stop trolling in there when i had a few too many brew ha has
    Tottenham Hotspur
    Ecoli's Beer Mile time
    Chris Froome
    Mo Farah
    The leaves this time of year are a ****ing hazard, you can't see on the paths where you put your foot and what lurks beneath the leafy covering- turned ankle city
    Threads about "how to run at night"
    Threads about "how to run in the winter"
    Little ****heads throwing fireworks at you when you run
    The Late Late Show
    The Southern USA
    Canada
    Hyperbole

    Rant ended. Glad I got that off my chest- will try to go back to being decent on the forums...

    Looks like part 1 of a 3 part list :) ecoli's beer mile was shocking though!


  • #28
    huskerdu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,931 ✭✭✭huskerdu


    drquirky wrote: »
    As requested by TRR:

    Official DQ Rant list:

    The water situation in Dublin
    Tri"athletes"
    The fact that I have a perma-ban from the weather forum cause I couldn't stop trolling in there when i had a few too many brew ha has
    Tottenham Hotspur
    Ecoli's Beer Mile time
    Chris Froome
    Mo Farah
    The leaves this time of year are a ****ing hazard, you can't see on the paths where you put your foot and what lurks beneath the leafy covering- turned ankle city
    Threads about "how to run at night"
    Threads about "how to run in the winter"
    Little ****heads throwing fireworks at you when you run
    The Late Late Show
    The Southern USA
    Canada
    Hyperbole

    Rant ended. Glad I got that off my chest- will try to go back to being decent on the forums...

    Canada. Really. What did Canada ever do to you ?


  • #29
    tombliboo83
    Registered Users Posts: 1,132 ✭✭✭tombliboo83


    rant 1. Ignorant runners who go by you with the 1000 yard stare into the distance, its ok to say hi or nod, youre not training for Rio at that pace.
    2. Fools running in the cycle lane in phoenix park and cyclists on the footpath, sheer idiocy.
    3. Dog walkers with those extendable leads, youre not in conrol of your dog when its 50 foot away and the lead is very easy to trip over.
    4.People who make smart arse remarks when Im out running with daughter in the buggy (curiously mainly fat blokes in cars) How is running with a buggy gay?? they are the ones driving around together and never with girls...perhaps thats gay?
    5. Weight of shoes. If youre not stick thin then a bit of extra weight in your shoes wont matter.
    Rant over


  • #30
    ThePiedPiper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,643 ✭✭✭ThePiedPiper


    I hate this sort of cr@p in races:

    1. 'Keep going'... Like I'm going to bloody stop.
    2. 'You're nearly there'.. This can be heard anywhere from 10 miles remaining in a marathon.
    3. 'The finish is just around the corner'.... Usually, this is when its the guts of a mile away.
    4. 'Catch up with that group in front of you'... I hate this, especially when my whole body feels like its about to spontaneously combust
    5. 'You need to work harder'.... Bog off, I know how to run my own race.
    6. 'Come on, stay with me'.... Seriously, thanks, but thats like salt in the wound.

    I also hate French people


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  • #31
    pconn062
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,370 ✭✭✭pconn062


    RunForestRun wrote: »
    I hate this sort of cr@p in races:

    1. 'Keep going'... Like I'm going to bloody stop.
    2. 'You're nearly there'.. This can be heard anywhere from 10 miles remaining in a marathon.
    3. 'The finish is just around the corner'.... Usually, this is when its the guts of a mile away.
    4. 'Catch up with that group in front of you'... I hate this, especially when my whole body feels like its about to spontaneously combust
    5. 'You need to work harder'.... Bog off, I know how to run my own race.
    6. 'Come on, stay with me'.... Seriously, thanks, but thats like salt in the wound.

    I also hate French people

    Dig in man, dig in! You can get more onto that list! Expect every single one of them to be roared at you tomorrow by a certain raw Dunleer AC member!


  • #32
    PaulieC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,196 ✭✭✭PaulieC


    Pedestrians. F*ckers.


  • #33
    foralongtime
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭foralongtime


    [Rant] I actually don't like names being printed on race numbers. You don't know me. [/rant]


  • #34
    TRR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,642 ✭✭✭TRR


    Looking at upcoming race info the other day. There was a section telling you what your entry covered. List was pretty thin, chip timing, accurate course, couple of other things and the piece de resistance VAT, yes value added tax. Seriously fcuk off!


  • #35
    BeepBeep67
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,084 ✭✭✭BeepBeep67


    <takes a deep breath>
    Cucumbers
    Queues, bloody hate queuing, especially when it’s for some something I don’t need
    Queue jumpers
    Blokes who pi$$ all over the toilet seat
    Laces that are too short
    Armrest wrestlers on aeroplanes
    When the person behind you in a plane uses your seat to haul themselves up
    Airport security, especially the muppet that takes forever
    People who are constantly late
    Getting a fly in my eye or mouth while running
    Dieters and celebrity diets
    Price labels that don’t come off
    Stupid packaging that requires a Stanley knife and a degree in medicine to remove
    Cucumbers
    Dogs off leads when I’m running
    People walking on the inside lane of the track
    Having to find something in the attic
    Laces that are too long
    Skinny bog roll
    Emptying the dishwasher
    Someone who takes up 2 car spaces
    People who stop at amber traffic lights
    Daytime TV [Jeremy Kyle, etc]
    Squeaky chalk on a chalkboard or knife on a plate
    Chuggers and door-to-door salespeople
    Smokers at the entrance of a premises
    Find the car seat in a different position if MrsBeepBeep has been driving my car
    Lists, no actually I like lists
    Oh and cucumbers, did I mention cucumbers!
    <and breathe>


  • #36
    pa4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 617 ✭✭✭pa4


    The worst for me is when I'm at my local running track doing a session and there's a group of walkers taking up the first 2 lanes, move out to lane 8 like! There's clearly a sign up saying walkers/joggers use lane 7/8 and keep the inside lanes free for people doing sessions. Every time I'd pass them they'd get a fright and let out a big gasp yet they still won't move. It's not like they don't know I'm there.


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  • #37
    rainbow kirby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,928 ✭✭✭✭rainbow kirby


    Injuries. Nuff said.

    :mad:


  • #38
    kit3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,677 ✭✭✭kit3


    Being asked 'is everything all right?' in a restaurant just after you put food in your mouth - I swear they watch & wait to ask !

    Hairdressers small talk - were you on holidays, going out tonight?, ever think of getting highlights, any plans foe Christmas, Easter ..... - seriously tempted just to shave my head sometimes (but then I'm just odd !)


  • #39
    foralongtime
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭foralongtime


    kit3 wrote: »
    Hairdressers small talk

    I went to a new place to get my hair cut last month and just after we started, the guy said 'now I want to concentrate on cutting your hair so I won't be talking much'. Music to my ears.


  • #40
    ultraman1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,742 ✭✭✭ultraman1


    ultraman1 wrote: »
    Am i just a grumpy bollix or is thisy place full fcukin experts ...
    I think odyesses shud enter this thread....


  • #41
    hypersonic
    Registered Users Posts: 320 ✭✭hypersonic


    dna_leri wrote: »
    Rant: Running on a narrow path, two male runners approaching so they go in single file so we can all pass. Later same situation with two female runners but they stay side by side so I have to run into the mud. Not the first time its happened, why?

    a sharp inhale and start bracing for impact, works every time.


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  • #42
    kit3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,677 ✭✭✭kit3


    [rant] self service tills at the supermarket - my little girl puts a tennis ball on the machine - 'there is an unidentified item
    on the shelf please remove ' - she takes it off. Then - 'an item has been removed - please return it'. She puts it back. Then 'there is an unidentified item ....' etc, etc. Bring back the human beings please - at least we can pass the time of day with them. -Rant over - thanks um1


  • #43
    PaulieC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,196 ✭✭✭PaulieC


    Media people pronouncing foreign names in a generic "foreign" accent


  • #44
    kit3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,677 ✭✭✭kit3


    ultraman1 wrote: »
    I think odyesses shud enter this thread....

    Odyesses could probably get quite a bit of work on any of the DCM threads ;)


  • #45
    Gavlor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,184 ✭✭✭Gavlor


    5 seconds, 5 f&cking seconds.

    To top the week off, the wind today broke the arm holding the receiver on my sky dish. So not only can I not run for a month due to a torn hammer, I'm also stuck watching kids DVDs for the evening. I f&cking hate UP.


  • #46
    kit3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,677 ✭✭✭kit3


    Gavlor wrote: »
    5 seconds, 5 f&cking seconds.

    To top the week off, the wind today broke the arm holding the receiver on my sky dish. So not only can I not run for a month due to a torn hammer, I'm also stuck watching kids DVDs for the evening. I f&cking hate UP.

    UP is as bad as it gets ! Get netflix on your computer - can also hook up to your tv if you have a wii


  • #47
    Gavlor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,184 ✭✭✭Gavlor


    kit3 wrote: »
    UP is as bad as it gets ! Get netflix on your computer - can also hook up to your tv if you have a wii

    Mrs g is out and the tablet is in her car.... But I never thought of the wii!!


  • #48
    vitani
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,824 ✭✭✭vitani


    dna_leri wrote: »
    Rant: Running on a narrow path, two male runners approaching so they go in single file so we can all pass. Later same situation with two female runners but they stay side by side so I have to run into the mud. Not the first time its happened, why?

    I never usually have a problem with other runners of either gender. People out walking side by side are a nightmare though - particularly couples. I'm sorry if my run is messing up your romantic stroll but if you'd just stop holding hands and move into the side of the path for 5 seconds, I'll be out of your way.


  • #49
    Hannibal Smith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,893 ✭✭✭Hannibal Smith


    drquirky wrote: »
    As requested by TRR:

    Threads about "how to run in the winter"
    ..

    If the running/athletics forum is not open to novices looking for help from those who know better then perhaps they should have that in the charter. Im very grateful to the posters who took the time to offer advice.


  • #50
    dna_leri
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,623 ✭✭✭dna_leri


    Hannibal Smith wrote: »
    If the running/athletics forum is not open to novices looking for help from those who know better then perhaps they should have that in the charter. Im very grateful to the posters who took the time to offer advice.

    First:
    it's a rant thread.

    Second:
    http://www.boards.ie/search/submit/?sort=best&date_to=&date_from=&query=winter+running&forum=972

    Third:
    You are welcome.


  • #51
    Ososlo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,420 ✭✭✭Ososlo


    Rant - People who ask me "have you tried chamomile/peppermint tea?" when I tell them I haven't slept more than 3 hours for the last week :mad: GGGRRRR


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