When do you reach your boiling point?

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For me, its when my wife and kids livelyhood is living not in a manner that I feel I should be providing for them. 

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7/12/2025 10:27pm Edited Date/Time 7/13/2025 2:24pm

When vultures start circling, looking to scavenge material items for personal gains after a loved one has passed. 

It’ll bring out the absolute worst in me. 

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7/12/2025 11:07pm Edited Date/Time 7/13/2025 8:09am

What Damien said, I've seen it all to often.

Another one is theft. 

How blatantly corrupt our government is.

The list goes on.....

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7/13/2025 2:38am
Been simmering for quite some time.
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As I get older, there’s not enough room on the internet for me to type all of the circumstances out. 

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There are lot of things in life we can’t choose. Anger isn’t one of them. It’s a choice, and people choose to be angry, often times over stuff that really isn’t life-impacting.  Not saying we live in a fairy tale, but if someone is reaching a “boiling point”, maybe it’s time to look at the bigger picture and start filtering out crap that doesn’t matter. 

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LoudLove wrote:
There are lot of things in life we can’t choose. Anger isn’t one of them. It’s a choice, and people choose to be angry, often times...

There are lot of things in life we can’t choose. Anger isn’t one of them. It’s a choice, and people choose to be angry, often times over stuff that really isn’t life-impacting.  Not saying we live in a fairy tale, but if someone is reaching a “boiling point”, maybe it’s time to look at the bigger picture and start filtering out crap that doesn’t matter. 

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Gworm wrote:

As I get older, there’s not enough room on the internet for me to type all of the circumstances out. 

Myself, the older I get, the less shit gets to me anymore. 

Can't think of the last time I lost it. 

Even the few dickheads around jobsites, I just blatantly ignore them, with a deadpan poker face at best.

That in itself causes some to reach their, boiling point.

 

But...

What Chance said about the vultures that circle around when a family member passes.

I've seen that every damn time. 

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Myself, the older I get, the less shit gets to me anymore. Can't think of the last time I lost it. Even the few dickheads around jobsites, I...

Myself, the older I get, the less shit gets to me anymore. 

Can't think of the last time I lost it. 

Even the few dickheads around jobsites, I just blatantly ignore them, with a deadpan poker face at best.

That in itself causes some to reach their, boiling point.

 

But...

What Chance said about the vultures that circle around when a family member passes.

I've seen that every damn time. 

Yep, I’ve seen that a lot as well. Can bring out the absolute worst in family and friends.

On a much smaller and insignificant level, does anyone else get their hackles up when:

A. People drive at the speed limit in the left lane or simply staying in the left lane because they have to make a left turn 23 miles ahead.

B. People attempt to turn left at a no left turn situation thereby backing traffic up needlessly.

C. People  don’t wave after you’ve let them go ahead of you in traffic.

Yeah, me neither😉

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Myself, the older I get, the less shit gets to me anymore. Can't think of the last time I lost it. Even the few dickheads around jobsites, I...

Myself, the older I get, the less shit gets to me anymore. 

Can't think of the last time I lost it. 

Even the few dickheads around jobsites, I just blatantly ignore them, with a deadpan poker face at best.

That in itself causes some to reach their, boiling point.

 

But...

What Chance said about the vultures that circle around when a family member passes.

I've seen that every damn time. 

EVH4Ever wrote:
Yep, I’ve seen that a lot as well. Can bring out the absolute worst in family and friends.On a much smaller and insignificant level, does anyone...

Yep, I’ve seen that a lot as well. Can bring out the absolute worst in family and friends.

On a much smaller and insignificant level, does anyone else get their hackles up when:

A. People drive at the speed limit in the left lane or simply staying in the left lane because they have to make a left turn 23 miles ahead.

B. People attempt to turn left at a no left turn situation thereby backing traffic up needlessly.

C. People  don’t wave after you’ve let them go ahead of you in traffic.

Yeah, me neither😉

I'm a, cruise control right lane guy, but with a V8 for the get up and go for passing purposes. 

I have comfortable buckets and a helluva sound system. 

So I let others waste gas and emotions, when all we're all doing is, just getting to your destination. 

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Myself, the older I get, the less shit gets to me anymore. Can't think of the last time I lost it. Even the few dickheads around jobsites, I...

Myself, the older I get, the less shit gets to me anymore. 

Can't think of the last time I lost it. 

Even the few dickheads around jobsites, I just blatantly ignore them, with a deadpan poker face at best.

That in itself causes some to reach their, boiling point.

 

But...

What Chance said about the vultures that circle around when a family member passes.

I've seen that every damn time. 

EVH4Ever wrote:
Yep, I’ve seen that a lot as well. Can bring out the absolute worst in family and friends.On a much smaller and insignificant level, does anyone...

Yep, I’ve seen that a lot as well. Can bring out the absolute worst in family and friends.

On a much smaller and insignificant level, does anyone else get their hackles up when:

A. People drive at the speed limit in the left lane or simply staying in the left lane because they have to make a left turn 23 miles ahead.

B. People attempt to turn left at a no left turn situation thereby backing traffic up needlessly.

C. People  don’t wave after you’ve let them go ahead of you in traffic.

Yeah, me neither😉

I just go around…🤣

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LewDizzle wrote:

For me, its when my wife and kids livelyhood is living not in a manner that I feel I should be providing for them. 

As long as the ultra wealthy are able to keep the people fighting against each other in a manufactured right/left battle and not focus on the economic squeeze they put onto everyone else, boiling point or no boiling point, they are pleased and profitable. 

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As long as the ultra wealthy are able to keep the people fighting against each other in a manufactured right/left battle and not focus on the...

As long as the ultra wealthy are able to keep the people fighting against each other in a manufactured right/left battle and not focus on the economic squeeze they put onto everyone else, boiling point or no boiling point, they are pleased and profitable. 

Thanks for inserting your unwanted political opinion into an unrelated thread. You are one of the people you bitch and moan about incessantly.

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There's that southern hospitality again lol. 

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When a race track is neither wet nor dry.

And you’re left saying…

“Well, what are we doing here?”…which sorta explains what’s going thru your head as you attempt to make a decision on what tires to run.

🤣

Sorta reminds me of a recent F1 race! 

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Chance1216 wrote:

When vultures start circling, looking to scavenge material items for personal gains after a loved one has passed. 

It’ll bring out the absolute worst in me. 

Don’t forget the part where the vultures say “it’s what he/she would have wanted” to justify their greed and entitlement…

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And you’re left saying…“Well, what are we doing here?”…which sorta explains what’s going thru your head as you attempt to make a decision on what tires...

And you’re left saying…

“Well, what are we doing here?”…which sorta explains what’s going thru your head as you attempt to make a decision on what tires to run.

🤣

Sorta reminds me of a recent F1 race! 

Had it last year at Cadwell park, pissed it down then there was bright sunshine. Did it all day, had one wet race and one almost dry, drove me nuts 😂 Having a wet bike makes things so much easier.

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Chance1216 wrote:

When vultures start circling, looking to scavenge material items for personal gains after a loved one has passed. 

It’ll bring out the absolute worst in me. 

PNWMXer wrote:

Don’t forget the part where the vultures say “it’s what he/she would have wanted” to justify their greed and entitlement…

My wife has 4 siblings, my father in law had in his will that if anyone disagreed with how his estate was divided, the person who disagreed would get nothing and their portion would be divided among the others.

It seemed to work pretty well.

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Aggro drivers bother me more than they should but oh well. When I’m trying to merge with my blinker on and the car next to me speeds up to box me out, yeah fuck you. When I’m going 75 or 80 in the #2 lane and the guy behind me is 4 feet off my bumper with plenty of room to go around ? Yeah fuck you too. When my light turns green but I have to wait for 3 cars who ran the red to go through ? Fuck those guys too. When 2 lanes are merging and it’s “every other car” merging like a zipper, but there’s always one guy who won’t let the car next to him in, yeah blow me buckwheat. When you’ve been in the right turn lane waiting for awhile and some guy dive bombs in at the last second ? Yeah…. No. Sometimes I’ll let it get to me when I shouldn’t. I’ll go into “Oh you want to race?” mode. Fuckin A I’m game I’ll trade paint with you fuck I have insurance let’s get it on fucker just say go I’m all in 😂. Aggro drivers can turn me into Ricky Ticky Time Bomb quicker than they should. I’m working on it but fuck those clowns. If you’re in that big a hurry leave 3 minutes earlier lol 

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7/13/2025 1:31pm Edited Date/Time 7/13/2025 1:36pm
sumdood wrote:
Aggro drivers bother me more than they should but oh well. When I’m trying to merge with my blinker on and the car next to me...

Aggro drivers bother me more than they should but oh well. When I’m trying to merge with my blinker on and the car next to me speeds up to box me out, yeah fuck you. When I’m going 75 or 80 in the #2 lane and the guy behind me is 4 feet off my bumper with plenty of room to go around ? Yeah fuck you too. When my light turns green but I have to wait for 3 cars who ran the red to go through ? Fuck those guys too. When 2 lanes are merging and it’s “every other car” merging like a zipper, but there’s always one guy who won’t let the car next to him in, yeah blow me buckwheat. When you’ve been in the right turn lane waiting for awhile and some guy dive bombs in at the last second ? Yeah…. No. Sometimes I’ll let it get to me when I shouldn’t. I’ll go into “Oh you want to race?” mode. Fuckin A I’m game I’ll trade paint with you fuck I have insurance let’s get it on fucker just say go I’m all in 😂. Aggro drivers can turn me into Ricky Ticky Time Bomb quicker than they should. I’m working on it but fuck those clowns. If you’re in that big a hurry leave 3 minutes earlier lol 

Like I said, I'm pretty chill behind the wheel.

But the every other merge is the only remaing act where I refuse to play with an asshole wanting to play games.

Because they're not going to win.

I'll crawl up over your 13" tyre, or fender.

And that rock slider is just sitting there waiting. 

Both are boulder strewn trail experienced. 

 

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Somewhere out on I-40 there's a corolla driver who lost the game a few months ago.

Passing on the shoulder then trying to squeeze back over when a guard rail ended his quest, wasn't a good idea.

Edit:

Made really cool sound as the edge lugs on that tyre chewed his bumper. 

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Add computers to the list. Here we are on a Sunday, I need to print up route sheets for next week. "The printer is offline, try this, try that, try 6 other things and nothing. Plus Quickbooks just did an "update" I didn't want or like and our whole process is diffferent now. Heaven for goddamn bid they leave something that works fine alone, nope. Ever notice every time something gets "Updated" the only real change is there's another step and it takes longer to get to the exact same place ? Like there's a bunch of over educated nerds working in some room who have nothing better to do except come with ways to make shit take longer, like we have all the time in the world (like they apparently do). Sorry bad timing we're going on hour 3 to do something that took 6 minutes last week, (@*&@%^$##@&*&@    

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Add computers to the list. Here we are on a Sunday, I need to print up route sheets for next week. "The printer is offline, try...

Add computers to the list. Here we are on a Sunday, I need to print up route sheets for next week. "The printer is offline, try this, try that, try 6 other things and nothing. Plus Quickbooks just did an "update" I didn't want or like and our whole process is diffferent now. Heaven for goddamn bid they leave something that works fine alone, nope. Ever notice every time something gets "Updated" the only real change is there's another step and it takes longer to get to the exact same place ? Like there's a bunch of over educated nerds working in some room who have nothing better to do except come with ways to make shit take longer, like we have all the time in the world (like they apparently do). Sorry bad timing we're going on hour 3 to do something that took 6 minutes last week, (@*&@%^$##@&*&@    

If I had a dollar for every time, while she's in her office doing patient billing, I heard...

"DAMN QUICKBOOKS !!!"

Or dealing with ins co's, on the phone, trying to deny one of her patient's claims.

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sumdood wrote:
Aggro drivers bother me more than they should but oh well. When I’m trying to merge with my blinker on and the car next to me...

Aggro drivers bother me more than they should but oh well. When I’m trying to merge with my blinker on and the car next to me speeds up to box me out, yeah fuck you. When I’m going 75 or 80 in the #2 lane and the guy behind me is 4 feet off my bumper with plenty of room to go around ? Yeah fuck you too. When my light turns green but I have to wait for 3 cars who ran the red to go through ? Fuck those guys too. When 2 lanes are merging and it’s “every other car” merging like a zipper, but there’s always one guy who won’t let the car next to him in, yeah blow me buckwheat. When you’ve been in the right turn lane waiting for awhile and some guy dive bombs in at the last second ? Yeah…. No. Sometimes I’ll let it get to me when I shouldn’t. I’ll go into “Oh you want to race?” mode. Fuckin A I’m game I’ll trade paint with you fuck I have insurance let’s get it on fucker just say go I’m all in 😂. Aggro drivers can turn me into Ricky Ticky Time Bomb quicker than they should. I’m working on it but fuck those clowns. If you’re in that big a hurry leave 3 minutes earlier lol 

😂😂 My man. We are cut from the same cloth. 

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SEEMEFIRST wrote:
My wife has 4 siblings, my father in law had in his will that if anyone disagreed with how his estate was divided, the person who...

My wife has 4 siblings, my father in law had in his will that if anyone disagreed with how his estate was divided, the person who disagreed would get nothing and their portion would be divided among the others.

It seemed to work pretty well.

That is an excellent idea, actually. 

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sumdood wrote:
Aggro drivers bother me more than they should but oh well. When I’m trying to merge with my blinker on and the car next to me...

Aggro drivers bother me more than they should but oh well. When I’m trying to merge with my blinker on and the car next to me speeds up to box me out, yeah fuck you. When I’m going 75 or 80 in the #2 lane and the guy behind me is 4 feet off my bumper with plenty of room to go around ? Yeah fuck you too. When my light turns green but I have to wait for 3 cars who ran the red to go through ? Fuck those guys too. When 2 lanes are merging and it’s “every other car” merging like a zipper, but there’s always one guy who won’t let the car next to him in, yeah blow me buckwheat. When you’ve been in the right turn lane waiting for awhile and some guy dive bombs in at the last second ? Yeah…. No. Sometimes I’ll let it get to me when I shouldn’t. I’ll go into “Oh you want to race?” mode. Fuckin A I’m game I’ll trade paint with you fuck I have insurance let’s get it on fucker just say go I’m all in 😂. Aggro drivers can turn me into Ricky Ticky Time Bomb quicker than they should. I’m working on it but fuck those clowns. If you’re in that big a hurry leave 3 minutes earlier lol 

Like I said, I'm pretty chill behind the wheel.But the every other merge is the only remaing act where I refuse to play with an asshole...

Like I said, I'm pretty chill behind the wheel.

But the every other merge is the only remaing act where I refuse to play with an asshole wanting to play games.

Because they're not going to win.

I'll crawl up over your 13" tyre, or fender.

And that rock slider is just sitting there waiting. 

Both are boulder strewn trail experienced. 

 

20250713 162035.jpg?VersionId=kpWiLwes9buDQg

Somewhere out on I-40 there's a corolla driver who lost the game a few months ago.

Passing on the shoulder then trying to squeeze back over when a guard rail ended his quest, wasn't a good idea.

Edit:

Made really cool sound as the edge lugs on that tyre chewed his bumper. 

The off ramp to get to my house (Ave Palizada on the southbound 5 in San Clemente for you So Cal people) has 2 lanes, the left one is a combo, go left obviously, or go right and then straight or left at the next intersection. I have to make the first right and then an immediate right so I need the right lane which is always backed up way farther than the left lane. Everyday someone goes in the left side and then dive bombs into the right lane at the last second. I've been saying this for years and it hasn't happened yet, but the day I'm the guy who they decide to cut off, we're trading paint, dents, and insurance info I guess. My work truck is 2000 Tundra with 360 plus thousand miles, if you think I won't run it into you you're in for a surprise. So far no one has dive bombed me there yet. Maybe my old beat to shit over loaded work truck with MX stickers all over the back window says "Wrong guy" 🤷‍♂️? 😁    Putting the Corolla into the cheap seats had to be satisfying, as fucked up as that sounds hahaha

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PNWMXer wrote:

Don’t forget the part where the vultures say “it’s what he/she would have wanted” to justify their greed and entitlement…

When my grandfather committed suicide, I had to fly into LA and, clean up the bloody mess. I’m discarding my grandfather’s bedding and, literally cutting the fabric of his mattress with a Spyderco and, in tears.  I had gloves but, there was so much blood I got it on my arms. On my shirt. My pants.  A family member as I’m doing this says, well I’m gonna keep the trunk with blankets from when grandma and, grandpa first got married. Then silence. 

I glanced down at the knife, glanced over at my uncle then, looked at the bitch who said that. Glanced back over at my uncle and, his eyes were huge, shaking his head no.  
He intervened and, took her outside. I lost it. I must’ve stabbed that mattress 30 times while screaming, “YOU FUCKING BITCH”!!!  (Not my best look. I’ll admit)

14 years later, I still see that mattress while I’m sleeping and wake up yelling at least once a month. She’s probably still mad I gave that trunk to my mom (his other daughter). Fuckin bitch. 

Edit: I quit talking to 1/2 my family over the next few days after he passed.  Death always reveals vultures

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The off ramp to get to my house (Ave Palizada on the southbound 5 in San Clemente for you So Cal people) has 2 lanes, the...

The off ramp to get to my house (Ave Palizada on the southbound 5 in San Clemente for you So Cal people) has 2 lanes, the left one is a combo, go left obviously, or go right and then straight or left at the next intersection. I have to make the first right and then an immediate right so I need the right lane which is always backed up way farther than the left lane. Everyday someone goes in the left side and then dive bombs into the right lane at the last second. I've been saying this for years and it hasn't happened yet, but the day I'm the guy who they decide to cut off, we're trading paint, dents, and insurance info I guess. My work truck is 2000 Tundra with 360 plus thousand miles, if you think I won't run it into you you're in for a surprise. So far no one has dive bombed me there yet. Maybe my old beat to shit over loaded work truck with MX stickers all over the back window says "Wrong guy" 🤷‍♂️? 😁    Putting the Corolla into the cheap seats had to be satisfying, as fucked up as that sounds hahaha

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sumdood wrote:
The off ramp to get to my house (Ave Palizada on the southbound 5 in San Clemente for you So Cal people) has 2 lanes, the...

The off ramp to get to my house (Ave Palizada on the southbound 5 in San Clemente for you So Cal people) has 2 lanes, the left one is a combo, go left obviously, or go right and then straight or left at the next intersection. I have to make the first right and then an immediate right so I need the right lane which is always backed up way farther than the left lane. Everyday someone goes in the left side and then dive bombs into the right lane at the last second. I've been saying this for years and it hasn't happened yet, but the day I'm the guy who they decide to cut off, we're trading paint, dents, and insurance info I guess. My work truck is 2000 Tundra with 360 plus thousand miles, if you think I won't run it into you you're in for a surprise. So far no one has dive bombed me there yet. Maybe my old beat to shit over loaded work truck with MX stickers all over the back window says "Wrong guy" 🤷‍♂️? 😁    Putting the Corolla into the cheap seats had to be satisfying, as fucked up as that sounds hahaha

It was all on him.

A Dodge pick up had eased up to give me room, the car saw the gap and dove in.

The guy in the truck, and myself, got out, I never said a word other than to see his bumper hanging, then getting back in and driving off.

The guy in the truck just laughed and said something about that, being what he gets for being and asshole.

And he did the same.

 

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The only thing that sets me off is the boat landing. Even before leaving the house I am worked up knowing it’s going to be a clusterfuck. 

Today wasn’t so bad, but when we were ready to come off the lake a lady if front of me cut the trailer too tight and ran it into a large rock. I helped her maneuver around the rock, and then just backed the trailer into the water for her. Then the guy behind me did the same thing- ran his trailer into that same rock. lol…

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The only thing that sets me off is the boat landing. Even before leaving the house I am worked up knowing it’s going to be a...

The only thing that sets me off is the boat landing. Even before leaving the house I am worked up knowing it’s going to be a clusterfuck. 

Today wasn’t so bad, but when we were ready to come off the lake a lady if front of me cut the trailer too tight and ran it into a large rock. I helped her maneuver around the rock, and then just backed the trailer into the water for her. Then the guy behind me did the same thing- ran his trailer into that same rock. lol…

Have you seen videos of any of those guys that will just hang out at boat landings and watch the chaos ensue?

It’s like a fucking train wreck. I can’t stop watching sometimes. There’s one guy down in Miami. I think he calls his show the shit show and he’s annoying as hell but some of the footage he gets is crazy. People coming in hot wrecking the shit out of their boats, fights breaking out, vehicles with drunks behind the wheel trying in vain to get their boat out of the water but end up getting submerged in the water, etc. The one in Miami actually has a  alligator that hangs around all the piers and docks where people are putting their watercraft in or getting them out. 

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