# New Hampshire Excitement #2 **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [December 21, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653 "2025-12-21T13:29:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/141 "2026-01-02T20:31:48Z")
> [@bing](#): > > A clerk gave me an. Extra $20 one time and I returned it, Quite a few years ago, I found a $20 on the ground just outside the Harvard Square T-station. I walked to the nearest church, and put it into the poor box. A couple of years ago, I found two folded-up $20 bills on the floor near one of the checkouts in the supermarket. I asked the people standing nearby if the money belonged to them, and they were all honest enough to say that it wasn’t theirs. So, I turned it in at Customer Service, just in case someone went there to claim it. However, I’m not sure how honest the chick at Customer Service is. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/christhetirewhisperer/32/34798_2.png) [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ChrisTheTireWhisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/142 "2026-01-02T20:34:11Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > A few days ago, I was driving behind a guy who was doing a steady 28 mph on a road where the posted speed is 45 mph, and the prevailing speeds are 50 No excuses to drive _that far_ below the posted limit, even if lost. I would do no less than 40mph at 45. Prevailing speeds around 50mph? That’s that minimalist attitude prevailing around speed limits in general. > [@MikeInNH](#): > > worked with a guy who was a total a-hole driver. Driving down a single lane road with no passing and speed limit was 45 - If no one was behind him then he’d drive 60+. If someone was behind him, he’d drop to 30 just to ■■■■ him off. No, I’m not that guy either. I’d drive 41-44mph whether alone, or in traffic in that 45 zone. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/143 "2026-01-02T20:38:17Z")
> [@bing](#): > > In this jolly time of year, I have been surrounded by educators at various functions. I find it telling that not one has mentioned or condemned the growing Minnesota frsud. Maybe because it goes without saying that fraud is illegal . . . ? 🤔 > [@bing](#): > > Confessions anyone? Yes . . . I donate to various charities I restock paper plates and plastic cutlery at work, even though nobody asked me to do it I sometimes give a few bucks to guys in rough shape loitering around outside of convenience stores ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2026, 3:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/144 "2026-01-03T03:19:59Z")
> [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](#): > > No, I’m not that guy either. I’d drive 41-44mph whether alone, or in traffic in that 45 zone. Never said you were, nor was I even responding to you. As I said. You have issues. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/christhetirewhisperer/32/34798_2.png) [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ChrisTheTireWhisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2026, 3:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/145 "2026-01-03T03:24:02Z")
> [@MikeInNH](#): > > You have issues. Yesss! Old Time magazine issues (back when that was a respected publication), National Geographics, etc. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2026, 3:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/146 "2026-01-03T03:29:31Z")
@ChrisTheTireWhisperer ![s-l400](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/8/f/8f640d37bd57a19d94a05b64a5fa9c22b71d551e.png)don’t you find it concerning that essentially everyone here . . . with one exception . . . is telling you the same thing? 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Old-Days-Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7feea3/32.png) [@Old-Days-Rick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Old-Days-Rick)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/147 "2026-01-04T16:56:34Z")
> [@db4690](#): > > I restock paper plates and plastic cutlery at work, even though nobody asked me to do it We have guys that can’t even put a new roll of toilet paper on the spool after emptying it. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 5:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/148 "2026-01-04T17:22:06Z")
Let me clarify . . . I buy the paper plates and plastic cutlery with my own money In the past, I even did the coffee . . . I bought the machine AND the coffee with my own money, cleaned it every afternoon and set it up so that hot coffee would be ready at 6am, which is the begin of the workday Several guys would drop by in the morning, grateful to get a cup of hot coffee Everything was good for several years . . . But then some guy decided he no longer “approved” of the coffee machine OR the coffee, because it apparently didn’t meet his “lofty” standards . . . and he threw it all away That same guy then proceeded to complain coffee wasn’t ready at the begin of the workday, when he was still apparently in need of a dose of caffeine Needless to say, I have nothing to do with the coffee nowadays I don’t help out ungrateful guys They’re all on their own now 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 7:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/149 "2026-01-04T19:37:07Z")
We had coworkers leave an 1/8 of an inch of coffee in the pot. They didn’t use the last, therefore did not brew a fresh pot. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/150 "2026-01-04T20:28:39Z")
> [@Purebred](#): > > therefore did not brew a fresh pot. Ooooo… that a serious pet peeve of mine considering I drank coffee all day long at work. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/151 "2026-01-04T20:36:02Z")
I’m a keurig fan myself. Everybody can choose their own k cup. The wife likes hazelnut that I cant stand. With our high mineral water, they only last a couple years though. I keep a brand new one in the box on the shelf for when it clogs up. $50 a year is all. So buy a new one but keep the k pods yourself and sell them fir a dollar to those ungrateful fools. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/christhetirewhisperer/32/34798_2.png) [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ChrisTheTireWhisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 9:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/152 "2026-01-04T21:48:41Z")
> [@bing](#): > > I’m a keurig fan myself. Everybody can choose their own k cup. The wife likes hazelnut that I cant stand. \*Disclaimer: The following statement does not mean I am “better than you” in any meaningful way\* I learned, on regular news by the way, that those K-cups, which I used to use, contain chemicals for preservatives that could pose long-term health issues. As for the regular-Joe vs Hazelnut coffee debate, we just make a barako of one one morning, and the other the next. Monday = Hazel, Tuesday = Joe, and so on. (barako = brewed pot of coffee by the way) ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/153 "2026-01-04T21:53:43Z")
Everything in California causes cancer, even extension cords. My doctor uses them too. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/christhetirewhisperer/32/34798_2.png) [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ChrisTheTireWhisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 10:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/154 "2026-01-04T22:02:04Z")
> [@Old-Days-Rick](#): > > We have guys that can’t even put a new roll of toilet paper on the spool after emptying it. \*Disclaimer: The following is an observation, and not an attack on any individual, and does not mean I am any better than anyone else:\* Some folks, even in 2026, think that changing the roll is something only women do, I’ll put on a new roll even if there’s a quarter inch left on the old one, and put the old one on top of the tank. That’s just how I was brung up. 😂 ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/155 "2026-01-04T22:05:05Z")
> [@Old-Days-Rick](#): > > We have guys that can’t even put a new roll of toilet paper on the spool after emptying it. ![1767385622339 (1)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/d/1d55571f8cc1e827052f93f8a52c799adfa678a1.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![asemaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@asemaster](https://community.cartalk.com/u/asemaster)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 10:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/156 "2026-01-04T22:06:04Z")
> [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](#): > > I learned, on regular news by the way, that those K-cups, which I used to use, contain chemicals for preservatives that could pose long-term health issues. Long ago I figured that whatever was in the coffee I was drinking couldn’t hurt me more than what was in the mug which may get washed once a month. Or the residue on my hands from all the brakeclean, grease, antifreeze, or whatever else I may be handling or breathing. Did you know we are supposed to wear respirators when soldering? > [@Old-Days-Rick](#): > > We have guys that can’t even put a new roll of toilet paper on the spool after emptying it. We have friends who have eliminated that issue. They’ve installed bidets in their house and no longer use toilet paper. Instead, they’ve gone to washable/resuable absorbent wipes to cut down on paper waste. They’ve also eliminated paper towels from the kitchen. I sure hope they can keep the kitchen and bathroom laundry separated. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/157 "2026-01-04T22:08:46Z")
Agree. I actually chastised staff for doing it wrong. Must be the way they were brung up, but I can never remember mom, dad, or grandma ever mentioning it. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 10:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/158 "2026-01-04T22:11:06Z")
Then I apparently like mullets 😆 because that’s the way I roll 🧻 ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/159 "2026-01-04T22:13:27Z")
And just when I was starting to agree with you. I’m gonna go order some door parts before Mike sees me. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/christhetirewhisperer/32/34798_2.png) [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ChrisTheTireWhisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/160 "2026-01-04T22:18:15Z")
I prefer mullet paper, partly because that’s how it was always hung in the house I grew up in, and secondly, in a narrow stall I don’t like the beard against my leg when I’m in the number two seated position. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653.md?page=7) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653.md?page=9)