Lost my temper today.

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Teenagers stop back talking you when you smash the internet router with a hammer.

Just saying.
 
SGBARRACUDA said:
I have never been accused being patient. I dug a 150x250’ pond in my front yard. When something doesn’t go right. In the pond it goes and I go buy a new one. I mean chain saw, weed eaters, mowers, wrenches you name it it’s in there. But funny thing is, as soon as it leaves my hands, I am totally at piece. This is how I cope with frustration. The guys at work at the fire station would tell my wife that when I die they want the salvage rights to the pond. I totally can relate to your aggravation. I can see that screen door in my pond.
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Funny u mentioned chainsaws , back when I was young , I had a mcculough<''sp'' chainsaw , because I couldnt afford a good one , I had a fit and repeatedly slammed it on the sidewalk , till it was in way many pieces , my wife and kids went in the house and didnt say a word -------------
 
This is a hole in my workbench top. 3/4” plywood. Had a momentary loss of control while holding a 20oz. ball peen hammer. I instantly felt much better.

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I can see that, this shelter in place thing is getting a bit ridiculous. It's beginning to take its toll on people, it seems that some of the most mild mannered people are developing very short fuses. Everyone is starting to get cabin fever, myself included.
 
Doors will do it everytime.
I put one of those cheap doors on the house of a toy executive.
He had all kinds of big boy toys, including a Viper.
Door had one of those long springs for a closer. That's it. While the guy was standing there I opened the door all the way and let it fly. You could have heard the noise two blocks away.

i would get called routinely to houses where the husband and wife thought a new storm door would make a nice Saturday morning project.
After hearing the same story over and over I could tell the wife exactly what went down the entire time, until they gave up late Sunday evening, including the part where divorce came up numerous times. They were amazed.
 
jos51700 said:
Teenagers stop back talking you when you smash the internet router with a hammer.

Just saying.
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I think thats just good parenting skills. Sometimes they need to know when they've gone too far.
 
Used to play racketball. After a long day of ridiculous customers, smashing that little blue ball may have saved a few lives! lol Now I take my .22 target pistol out back and aim at a few select targets. Like photos. You get the idea.
 
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When trying to make something ill-designed or inferior work or dealing with any anger, I slow down and think of this quote.

"We either make ourselves happy or miserable. The amount of work is the same."
 
When I first got my driver's license, I used to take out my frustrations through my right foot, went through a lot of tires, transmissions, differentials, and a few engines. I also racked up a pretty good collection of traffic tickets, and totaled a car or two. Getting that under control was the first step for me, after losing my license for 5th or 6th time, and my job, and ending up bankrupt as a result of all my stupidity, I finally realized that it was time to grow up a bit.
 
My teenage son watched me turn his one piece flip phone into two pieces at Ocean City one night when he didn’t answer my calls for hours years ago. It’s one thing if you know where your kids are in the later hours four hundred miles from home but when I was out searching the campground for him he passed his limit. Snap.
 
4 pieces on a flip phone here. My boss called me during a 3 martini lunch and wanted me back at work. Closed the phone in the wrong direction, ripped the antenna off, and then bounced the rubble off the floor and the battery flew out.
 
DodgeLad said:
4 pieces on a flip phone here. My boss called me during a 3 martini lunch and wanted me back at work. Closed the phone in the wrong direction, ripped the antenna off, and then bounced the rubble off the floor and the battery flew out.
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Whoops. Lol
 
When I was 16 I totaled my 55 Buick with an old exhaust manifold because the muffler fell off. When I say totaled I mean undriveable. Have calmed way down since then. :)
 
Cope said:
I use to have a serious issue with my temper but over the years i have learned to control it. When i feel that spike in the back of my head i do breathing exercises or remove my self from the situation.

Today i wad installing a new screen door at the house and it just was not working. I can build an entire house, hang double hung windows, french doors, sliders what ever.

This dang screen door that cost 14 bucks just would not work. I should have know as the red was creeping in and my level of frustration was going up fast.

Before i realized it, the screen door was ripped out of the wall,on the floor in a ball and my women was looking at me like she dont know what to do....

In our 4 years she has never seen me even raise my voice.

Well now I feel super stupid and have to buy a new screen door...

Not sure what the point of this is, maybe just a heads up that folks are under a lot right now so lets all just try and relax.
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I have a screen door that ether slams or doesn't shut, new piston, new piston and bracket kit, adjustments, flipped brackets ... ... just keeps slammin'. That last inch just will not co-operate. :BangHead::icon_fU: BAM !

When getting really pissed off to the point of smashing the **** out of it beware of the 'boomerang phenomenon' That's when you stomp on it the dam thing whacks you in the back of the knee only adding injury to insult. :eek::rolleyes:

Won't fit? Probably **** made in china :D
 
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magnumdart said:
Doors will do it everytime.
I put one of those cheap doors on the house of a toy executive.
He had all kinds of big boy toys, including a Viper.
Door had one of those long springs for a closer. That's it. While the guy was standing there I opened the door all the way and let it fly. You could have heard the noise two blocks away.

i would get called routinely to houses where the husband and wife thought a new storm door would make a nice Saturday morning project.
After hearing the same story over and over I could tell the wife exactly what went down the entire time, until they gave up late Sunday evening, including the part where divorce came up numerous times. They were amazed.
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The thing is. I use to do high end carpentry for a living. Getting beat by a flippin screen door was just to much...

:)
 
Long time ago, my brother would get mad at obstinate car parts. Stuck bolts, etc. Angrily, he would throw them into the woods in the backyard.
One day he quit doing that and would place the part in a box. I asked why. He said he was going to mail it to NASA. Send it up in the space shuttle and have the astronaut throw it out into space during orbit. Then he would watch the offending car part re-enter the Earths atmosphere.
 
P.S. I bought a new screen door at the scratch and dent section of Lowe’s. Very inexpensive. That piece of junk is laying against the fence where I put it 5 years ago, after I couldn’t get it fitted to the door frame. There’s something about screen doors.
 
Well The pond had another deposit added to it. Years ago my wife bugged me to buy her a weed eater. Now I knew this wasn't going to get used much by her but I went ahead and bought her a nice Stihl weed eater. Just like I figured, she never used it. I bet it had maybe 5 hours on it. But Thursday she tells me she is going to help me weed eat as I really can't do it all by myself anymore since the heart attack. So I take it out of the shed, it was looking still brand new. Gased it up and tried to start it. it would run for a split second and die. After this went on for just a few minutes until I dumped the gas out, washed the tank out, walked to the pond, and launched that SOB! Problem solved.
 
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