I rented GTA: Vice City yesterday from Rogers Video. Got home, popped it into my trusty PS2, sat down on the couch and got the case to get the manual. They didn't give it to me. I can understand if someone didn't return it but they should have told me that they did not have a manual to give me. What if this game did not have a view of the controls within the game? Can some one with the game tell me if I am missing anything improtant that is in the manual?

This one's less like a rant, more like sharing of experiences.

Yesterday I went to 7/11 to get my lunch (as I usually do when I have little money) - I pick up a meat pie and a drink of some description. I was quite pleased on this particular occasion though, because when I asked for a meat pie the guy said "I'll give you a king-size for the same price because the normal ones need another 10 minutes".

Now, to you people that may mean nothing, but seeing as i've gotten food poisoning on multiple occasions (you'd think i'd learn eh?) I was glad to know that the guy behind the counter actually cared about my meat pie as oppose to the people who usually serve me who seem to just think "Oh, it's still half-frozen, but i'll sell it anyway. Maybe they won't notice..."

The bloody audio config. in movies.
What kind of freaks setup the sound, [SIZE=2]And then, all of a sudden, music, with enough volume & base to rattle the walls & windows, starts playing and then there's an explosion, a crash, gun fire and someone yelling[/SIZE].
Sure, thats all fine & dandy for the cinema but at home there are neighbors
trying to hear the plot of their movies, programes, books, cult rituals or
whatever it is neighbors do.

There is one thing that's been getting on my nerves for some time now.
I live right next door to a University and therefore there is alot of young people, who for the first time trys life without mum and dad, living close to me.
This is usually great fun in every aspect but one.
Whenever I go groceryshoping there are atleast one or two of theese kids, and I don't know what the matter is with them. It is like they never visited a supermarket before.
I here things like (transated from Swedish)
- Well, we were gonna have minced meat but they only have minced beef. Do you think that we can use that instead?
and - I don't know man, it says milk 1,5% fat,
but the carton is not the same color as the ones we have back home!

So I have to stand in line for 3 minutes to get milk before theese idiots have agreed to NOT trust the writing on the carton but rather go for the coloring that thay are used to.
And then I realize that these people are at the moment reading to become teachers or engineers or whatever.
Frightning

It's always great to have somone agree with your rant.
'Course, on DVD, you can always enable subtitles. But, when the beautiful
heroine is mumbling away, you're given a very tough choice. Either watch
the subtitles & know what's going on or watch her cleavage & know what's going on.

Random Rants eh?

Ok well here goes:

I have this stupid history essay due yesterday (yes i meant to put yesterday, it is one day late) and this essay is 1000 words that are four letters or more in french (French is my second language)!
It is on how Fidel Castro took power. The subject is interesting enough but all the rules of formal essay are really getting to me. Plus all the french grammar! I think im going to go crazy! Our teacher gave us three weeks to write this essay and that is definatly not enough time for us students that have a life! Plus history is a required course so I have to pass and I dont really like the way this teacher teaches. She talks about all the treaties sign during WWI. It is so boring! Maybe if she talk about the battles or the weaponary (or anything else!) it would be more interesting but no, treaties this treaties that! I mean who really cares about the treaties signed 50 years ago that no one uses any more? urgh!

That was a relief!

[SIZE=2]Dont even bother to read this it is pretty boring.[/SIZE]

Hang in there, Red. It takes some people longer to grow up.


My rant is not a big one, but one I think is worth sharing (hence this post) :P

New Members:

Read the rules regarding these forums, and follow them, and all will be well.
[SIZE=2]DO NOT[/SIZE] show off your stupidity by revealing that you already had plenty of responses to your lame-ass questions before you posted them, yet feel that we are stupid for not answering.

The world is full of stupidity, and we're trying to keep it to a minimum here, so go where your kind is common.

Wanna know what burns me up.....especially this time of year......chairities; you know, like the Salvation Army "Bell Ringers" and the like.

Not so much for what they are doing, but for who they help on a continual basis. At one time, many of these organizations helped those who were in financial straights or hardships, which is fine. But now it's as if any scumbag with a lifelong drug or alcohol addiction can put out thier hand and be considered a "charitable cause".

Since when is a unemployed drug addict/alcoholic with malnourished children and a state/government check mailed to them considered "unfortunate"?

Sadly it is the children of these loosers who should benifit from such causes, but the sad reality is that they don't....the same drug laced parents who willingly placed thier children in these precarious situations are the ones who benifit from the pennies and dollars that many organizations collect.

Every year at this time, there are always human interest stories on the news about this family that needs help, or this family that is in need......and the media does a pretty convincing job of portryaing that on-air. BUT, have you ever seen a actual Salvation Army "shelter"? It is not full of the same "out-of-luck" families that the media splatters all over the nightly news. What it is full of is alcoholics who have used up thier months' state-sponsored checks, and mindless drug addicts.

The sentiment is nice, but as for me, I see the big red kettles as just another way for my hard-earned money to go to a bunch of loosers!

Well my rant runs along a similar line to WB's, but with a twist!
For a couple of weeks (on and off) I have been getting abusive emails from a member of this site, in regards to the joke fest competition!!!!
Seems he finds offense in the fact that my joke's are not original. Oh really???? You don't say??? Fancy that, huh! I will not dispute this fact. No I can not claim to be the author of said humour......but I'm pretty darn sure I never did!!
I have asked the poor creature, to kindly refrain from bothering me with any future correspondance. But alas, I doth fear I was unable to convey this effectivily , as yet another message arrived this morning. Naturally it was deleted unopened.....have far better reading material at hand then to subject myself to more of this member's effluent!
I realize there is little that staff/mod or fellow member's can offer in the way of aid, to my wee problem. And nor do I expect it....am a big girl and can handle myself.

I am sad that this has come to pass, as it has to a small degree taken some of the shine off my recent visit's to this site. As I have really enjoyed posting and corresponding with the fine people here at APi!

Phew....that feels a little better. Thankyou for letting me get that off my chest!

I’m sorry to hear you‘ve had a problem Bid and I’ve PM’d you with an outline of my intentions regarding the matter.

I don’t have all the facts yet, so I’m not going to jump the gun, but let it be known that we here at APi

[u][SIZE=2](BTW – around 99% of the jokes in the jokes and trivia forum are unoriginal, so I really don’t know what the problem is??????????)[/SIZE]

[quote]Originally posted by Steve F STAFF@Dec 19 2002, 04:12 PM
[b]I’m sorry to hear you‘ve had a problem Bid and I’ve PM’d you with an outline of my intentions regarding the matter.

I don’t have all the facts yet, so I’m not going to jump the gun, but let it be known that we here at APi

[u][SIZE=2] I will make your exsistance here unbearable[/SIZE]
if I am notified of such behavior......you best prey that another staff member gets to you before I do.

In addition, to those who feel the need to act in such a gutless manner, do NOT think that the staff will tolerate such disregard of the rules.....we WILL remove the cause......and if the cause is you.......out you go!

I whole heartedly agree with Steve and Lu!!! There is no way no how we will put up with this nonsense!!!!! There are things that we can do here to keep such riff-raff out of this site, but there are also things that you can do if you ever receive such garbage again..... Bid, did you notify your server of the abusive email? I know of one server who has a notification option, and I'd bet money there are others out there too! Let them know what you are receiving and from whom!

LOOK OUT YOU WHO WOULD PULL SUCH GARBAGE, WE ARE WATCHING!!!


Now, I'd like to add something a bit off the subject here, if ya'll don't mind. This goes back a bit to the 'telemarketers' thing. I read this in one of my regular emailings (so I am NOT taking credit for it!!) and wanted to share it here! These are some funny ideas of things to do with those pesky telemarketers!

Telemarketing come-backs:

1. If they want to loan you money, tell them you just filed forbankruptcy and you could sure use some money. Ask, "How long can I keep it? Do I have to ever pay it back, or is it like the other money I borrowed before my bankruptcy?"

2. If they start out with, "How are you today?" say, "Why do you want to know?" Or you can say, "I'm so glad you asked, because no one seems to care these days and I have all these problems, my sciatica is acting up, my eyelashes are sore, my dog justdied...." When they try to get back to the sales process, just continue on with telling about your problems.

3. If the person says he's Joe Doe from the XYZ Company, ask him to spell his name, then ask him to spell the company name, then ask where it is located. Continue asking personal questions or questions about the company for as long as necessary.

4. This one works better if you are male: Telemarketer: "Hi, my name is Judy and I'm with Canter and Siegel services.... You: "Hang on a second." (few seconds pause) "Okay, (in a really husky voice) what are you wearing?"

5. Crying out, in well-simulated tones of pleasure andsurprise, "Judy!! Is this really you? I can't believe it! Judy, how have you BEEN?" Hopefully, this will give Judy a few brief moments of terror as she tries to figure out where the heck she could know you from.

6. Say, "No," over and over. Be sure to vary the sound of each no, and keep an even tempo even as they're trying to speak. This is the most fun if you can keep going until they hang up.

7. If MCI calls trying to get you to sign up with their Family and Friends plan, reply, in as sinister a voice as you can muster, "I don't have any friends...would you be my friend?"

8. If they clean rugs: "Can you get blood out, you can? Well,how about goat blood or HUMAN blood - chicken blood too?"

9. Let the person go through their spiel, providing minimal but necessary feedback in the form of an occasional "Uh-huh, really, or, "That's fascinating." Finally, when they ask you to buy, ask them to marry you. They get all flustered, but just tell them you couldn't give your credit card number to someone who's a complete stranger.

10. Tell them you work for the same company they work for. Example: Telemarketer: "This is Bill from Watertronics." You: "Watertronics!! Hey I work for them too. Where are you calling from?" Telemarketer: "Uh, Dallas, Texas." You: "Great, they have a group there too? How's business/the weather? Too bad the company has a policy against selling to employees! Oh well, see ya."

I thought these were funny and wanted to share them with ya'll for the next time you get any of those pesky calls!

CHEERS! :lol:

I'm just really bugged by people riding elevators and using the automatic door opener even though they aren't handicapped or in any other way incapable of using stairs or their own force to open the door.
I know it's a silly thing to get all worked up over but if they knew what an enourmus waste of energy it is then they wouldn't do it.
And while I'm at it I might as well give a kick in the a*s to all idi*ts leaving their cars running while off doing something else (probably robbing banks, I can't think of an other reason for leaving your car running for 30 minutes).
Last week I saw the worst one of all. A cab driver pulled up to the entrance (the handicap zone) got out of the car with a woman and a young boy (who apearantly were his wife and child) left the car running and walked into the store and started shopping (I know cus I was following him). When I got tired of stalking and realized I stil havn't got the guts to tell him what an idi*t he was I left the place, and when I walked by 30 minutes later the cab still stood there spewing out a gray cloud wich went straight into the store via the air vents.

I swear, some day I'm gonna steal one of those cars and drive it to the other side of the parking lot and leave a window open.

[SIZE=2]MEN!!!!!!!!

I admit, I have a problem, but it's one that I have no control over....... that I know of. I make lots of noise when I sleep. Not snoring, mind, but moaning. Hubby says it sounds like $ex noises, but I'm not lucky enough to be plagued by 'those' sorts of dreams, so it's not dream related.

Well, I went to bed early last night as I was bone-weary-knocked-on-my-butt TIRED!!! Last thing he said to me as I was on my way out of the living room down the hall to the bedroom was, "SO PATHETIC!!" Ya know, that is such a rude and thoughtless thing to say!!!!!!! I don't go calling him names when he falls asleep on the couch 4 nights in a row at 9:00!!!! I just wake him with kisses and drag his lazy worthless carcass off to bed!!! But noooooooooooooo, I'm not allowed to go to bed early........ and I didn't even fall asleep on the couch so that he'd have to worry about draggin' me away, I was in bed, he didn't have to worry about a thing!!!!!! But that's not ok I guess!?!?! Then, at 3:00 AM, he comes in, having to turn on the light at full blast, ('cause he's an idiot and after 8 years he has NO IDEA where the bed is!!!)..... then, at 4:00 he's KICKING me saying 'SSSSSHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! really loudly!!! Well, now I'm awake, thank you very little!!!!!! He has no idea how RUDE I could be to him with all his snoring, but he has the NERVE to get angry at me for all the noise I make!?!!!!!!!!!!!! Like I have any control over it,
I'M UNCONSCIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, obviously this morning has started out completely $HITTY because he's so mean and rude!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Then, as he leaves for work (for which I have STILL made his lunch and coffee no less)..... he tells me "You'd better straighten out woman!!"

OOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'M SOOOOOOOOO ANGRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [/SIZE]