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Offline Wayne Orwig

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What is wrong with some people?
« on: June 29, 2026, 07:54:59 PM »
Here we are on the front porch of the mountain cabin in North Carolina. They allow these SxS vehicles to run up and down the paved roads here. Annoying.

One just went zooming by on the pavement. Left rear tire totally missing. Rear brake rotor or whatever is there, throwing a shower of sparks.

What? Why would anyone treat their vehicle like that? I can only guess that it is four-wheel drive to even be able to do that.

The area is noted for having illegal stills and meth factories, so there is that.



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Re: What is wrong with some people?
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2026, 07:59:02 PM »
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Re: What is wrong with some people?
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2026, 08:12:04 PM »
Pretty much everything Wayne.
I hate it that these days, very few people can put a sentence together without saying…” like”.
“I’m like…”
“He’s like…”
One young lady when recounting what some guy had said…?
“I’m like, (blah blah blah…)”
“And he’s like gone, (blah blah blah…)”
One literary giant in explaining his approval of work done…? “I like, like it…”
Even a damn Judge said it in court.. :angry:
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Re: What is wrong with some people?
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2026, 08:21:05 PM »
Enjoy your freedoms wayne, and try and let others have theirs, even if they are ijits'. not many states allow that kind of activity....the same ones that poop on our other freedoms...u know what I am saying. And happy 4th of July! Celebrate responsibility  :boozing:
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Re: What is wrong with some people?
« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2026, 08:49:46 PM »
Y’all better take screen shots of this thread.
It won’t last long.

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Re: What is wrong with some people?
« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2026, 08:57:47 PM »
Yeah SxS's around us are annoying and most are probably not street legal.

At any rate they do not respect the speed limits and drive recklessly…I know and "get off my lawn”

But honestly there are kids and animals and it’ll take a bad “accident” before action is taken.

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Re: What is wrong with some people?
« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2026, 09:02:48 PM »
Y’all better take screen shots of this thread.
It won’t last long.

I liked your post… and then I was like “wait, did I like it or was I like - wait a minute….
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Re: What is wrong with some people?
« Reply #7 on: June 29, 2026, 09:10:20 PM »

I was like, this could be a really like interesting thread.

Then I was like, what the hell is an SxS?

Like it is really annoying that people are two lazzy to type stuff propperly that they want other people to red!

Like, what's upp with that?

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Re: What is wrong with some people?
« Reply #8 on: June 29, 2026, 09:11:40 PM »


Short answer to the original poster (OP).

How much time do you have?

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Re: What is wrong with some people?
« Reply #9 on: June 29, 2026, 11:20:54 PM »
SXS= side by side atv to differentiate between a one person atv.
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Re: What is wrong with some people?
« Reply #10 on: June 29, 2026, 11:40:03 PM »
I'll join the Grumpy old man thread!

Huzo... I'll see your "Like" and raise you a "Goes".


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Re: What is wrong with some people?
« Reply #11 on: June 30, 2026, 04:55:19 AM »
What? Why would anyone treat their vehicle like that? I can only guess that it is four-wheel drive to even be able to do that.
The area is noted for having illegal stills and meth factories, so there is that.
Ride it like you stole it. Which is a possibility.
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Re: What is wrong with some people?
« Reply #12 on: June 30, 2026, 06:29:28 AM »
Could have been a rental that broke down and the driver didn't care. I don't see 4-wheelers as being an invasion to the environment.

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Re: What is wrong with some people?
« Reply #13 on: June 30, 2026, 07:53:23 AM »
I dunno, but sometimes it's a source of great entertainment.

Some peoples sole purpose in life is a lesson on what NOT to do.

And I am grateful for that.

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Re: What is wrong with some people?
« Reply #14 on: June 30, 2026, 07:59:04 AM »
I'll join the Grumpy old man thread!

Huzo... I'll see your "Like" and raise you a "Goes".


EX: "I was talking to this guy and he goes "blah blah blah"..."

Now get off my lawn!

Kids stopped saying "he goes" in about the early 90s...the ones who said it all have kids and mortgages now, or are thinking about early retirement.  Maybe time to let that one go? 

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Re: What is wrong with some people?
« Reply #15 on: June 30, 2026, 08:11:30 AM »
Like, I’ll raise your one SxS…

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And like . . .

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Re: What is wrong with some people?
« Reply #16 on: June 30, 2026, 08:43:50 AM »
Everyone has something that get their attention...   One of mine is "What is up with the generation behind us NOT pronouncing the "T" in words?   Infuriating!!
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Re: What is wrong with some people?
« Reply #17 on: June 30, 2026, 09:09:29 AM »
The one that drives me nuts is "Where are you at?" Or any sentence that ends in "at." No biggie though, something else will replace it. Wanna for want to is another. I am not getting old, I am old and it shows. 😁
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Re: What is wrong with some people?
« Reply #18 on: June 30, 2026, 09:28:14 AM »
A guy can wake up every morning thinking about what annoys him, or...........he can wake up thinking about an upcoming bike trip, thinking about his beautiful wife lying beside him, a big holiday coming up with roast beast and tasty beverages.
It's a choice.


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Re: What is wrong with some people?
« Reply #19 on: June 30, 2026, 10:35:27 AM »
I dunno, but sometimes it's a source of great entertainment.

Some peoples sole purpose in life is a lesson on what NOT to do.

And I am grateful for that.

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Re: What is wrong with some people?
« Reply #20 on: June 30, 2026, 11:31:16 AM »
Ride it like you stole it. Which is a possibility.

That was my first thought - stolen.  operator could be high as a kite too, maybe both.

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Re: What is wrong with some people?
« Reply #21 on: June 30, 2026, 11:40:11 AM »
So, everyone on here were little angles. Yea, right!
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Re: What is wrong with some people?
« Reply #22 on: June 30, 2026, 12:01:44 PM »
Was the passenger holding his beer?
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Re: What is wrong with some people?
« Reply #23 on: June 30, 2026, 12:17:19 PM »
So, everyone on here were little angles. Yea, right!

I was pretty much a right angle.  My brother was just obtuse.

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Re: What is wrong with some people?
« Reply #24 on: June 30, 2026, 02:14:16 PM »
Can you tell I didn't do well in english class 60yrs ago & haven't got better
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Re: What is wrong with some people?
« Reply #25 on: June 30, 2026, 02:53:39 PM »
I was pretty much a right angle.  My brother was just obtuse.
Mum said I was acute baby.

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Re: What is wrong with some people?
« Reply #26 on: June 30, 2026, 03:09:51 PM »
Mum said I was acute baby.

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Re: What is wrong with some people?
« Reply #27 on: June 30, 2026, 03:57:11 PM »
What's wrong with some people indeed!  My friend in Wisconsin told me that he and his buddy were out riding their Harleys yesterday, and some old dude coming the other way in an SUV flipped them both the bird for no reason whatsoever!  No common decency anymore...


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Re: What is wrong with some people?
« Reply #28 on: June 30, 2026, 04:22:34 PM »
Nothing so uncommon as common courtesy.
And decorum is possibly dead.
Too much hate in the world.
It costs nothing to be kind.
That’s all
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Re: What is wrong with some people?
« Reply #29 on: June 30, 2026, 06:37:43 PM »
What's wrong with some people indeed!  My friend in Wisconsin told me that he and his buddy were out riding their Harleys yesterday, and some old dude coming the other way in an SUV flipped them both the bird for no reason whatsoever!  No common decency anymore...

Great!  For those that might have missed the source of the birds.   :grin:

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