Seemingly trivial things that annoy you
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You sure it's a sauce not someone's lube?
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I fear I might be going down a similar route, except it's garlic in my case, and the only distress will be to the people I breathe at in the following 24 hours....
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Not if it was chilli coated (I wouldn't have thought, no experience!)
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Where I was volunteering yesterday, doing stuff various in woodland areas, the wild garlic aromas were lovely. I've started a small patch in my garden from plants potted up prior to The Move, it's getting established but way too small yet for a pesto type harvest. Colleague has lots growing in her wooded area so will lift more bulbs for me post the growth season 👍 And I have rows of Picardy Wight planted in the raised bed, all showing green and go.
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A friend rode down the Teign Valley a couple of days ago, and while the wild garlic is flourishing there, it seems to be at the expense of the bluebells - apparently the garlic out-competes them.
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I'll admit to going to micturate after chopping chili's for a curry without first washing my hands. I did of course wash hands post-peeing.
It was like a fire on the top of Mount Doom.
Sometimes. Maybe. Possibly.
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First ever bike race I did I covered my legs with hot Sports Balm then made the mistake of going straight to the toilet without washing it off my hands. Some mistakes you only make once!
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I picked up 3 disposable 5 blade BIC razors for £2.39 yet the cheapest 5 blade replacements cartridges I’ve seen are generic Boots own brand that work out at £2 each. Surely at a time where we need to be cutting back on plastic waste there is something wrong here?
I generally use a safety razor and the replacement blades cost pennies with no plastic waste but needed to replace the blades on the one I keep in my travel bag so at least the 3 I bought today should last a good few years.
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Yeah, they really sting you once you've bought the handle for one of the branded multi-blade razors. Tis either 'lectric or safety razor for me, having got uncomfortable about the plastic waste with disposable razors.
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The way that The Cycling Podcast is becoming more and more just a D Friebe drone on and on... getting a bit too boring now, find I give up after n minutes with the same OFFS feeling. I enjoy Escape Collective a lot more.
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yes, terrible for making pictures from. Useless artistic medium.
Sometimes. Maybe. Possibly.
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Took some recycling out and it was warm and sunny so took the opportunity to hand some washing out for about the second time this year. It clouded up as I was doing it and as soon as I sat back down in the house it has started to rain. Now can’t decide whether to bring it in or hope it’s a very short shower.
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On the back of that, just checked the rainfall radar before stomping off on foot to the local farm shop... should be OK, but there are some chunky buggers about coming down from the NNE.
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Getting washing dry is a science in Wales. Another thing that affects me more than it should is when a peg breaks just at the point of pegging clothes to the line. Argh!
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Get the pegs breaking all the time. Had a fragment of one stuck in my finger for weeks before it got close enough to the surface that I could cut it out.
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Stainless steel pegs are the best thing since sliced bread. Hell, I think they are better than sliced bread. Life changing.
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Ooh, shiny. Those could bring a ray of sunshine into my life and save Pross from a gangrenous finger. Life changing indeed.
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They look painful. If applied to nipples. Allegedly.
Sometimes. Maybe. Possibly.
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They are also much better for resealing bags of peas in the freezer or bags of lentils in the cupboard. Who's not had a catastrophe on that front?
I reckon Sunak could swing the polls right round if he promised free universal stainless steel clothes pegs, though he'd need to work on the acronym 'FUSSCP' a bit.
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I recently bought 4 "Mach 3" replacement blades that cost me £9.50 from a supermarket. Each one consists of 3 blades held in a plastic shell
I also recently bought a carburretor (vacuum type) for a 125 scooter. This consists of a precision enginereed body with springs, pipes, electrical connection, valves, jets, manifolds etc etc. It cost £23 delivered.
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Multiblade cartridges are up there with branded inkjet cartridges in terms of eye watering retail price when I suspect the cost of production is just pennies? Definitely annoying.
Definitely going to try a safety razor / blades when I retire....
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Yeah, the price in itself is annoying but being able to get something that offers more shaves for less money whilst having more plastic waste was what really got to me. That feels like the sort of thing that should be dealt with by regulations if we're serious about cutting waste.
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100 Derby Extra blades are £6 on Amazon. I use each one twice (front and back) and get away with shaving once a week. Therefore, £6 lasts me about 4 years.
I spent £40 on the razor itself. It's now £45.
It's also much easier to shave once a week with a safety razor as they don't get all clogged up.
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During covid i gave up making even my previous token efforts at being clean shaven and now just use the clipper I bought for home haircuts to trim my face every few days.
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As trivial annoyances go, is the fact that I now shave if I need to look less old something that would qualify?
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There is a thread dedicated to that. Changed my regime.
I got 20 year supply of blades delivered for £25.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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