Seemingly trivial things that annoy you
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Garry H wrote:The seal on the top of milk bottles
I accidentally found a knack to that when normally I use my teeth.
Squeeze the top tightly as you unscrew it - it dislodges it. You might need a bit of practice. Don't thank me.
Don't try doing it without an adult present.
No Stoats were harmed during the great milk bottle (contradiction in terms) seal experiment.
Other kinds of vessels are available.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Perfume/aftershave adverts. What a load of c*ckrot.0
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Pc World 'Know How'0
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Alain Quay wrote:earth wrote:When a road is resurfaced or a pothole patched up shortly before more work is carried out underneath the road which results in channels or patches cut accross an otherwise fresh smooth surface. :evil: :evil:
What if a company had said that they are going to dig up every road in the Uk, no matter how big or small, and
leave a 18" gouge all the way along each these, which will wear away at a different rate to the rest of the road,
creating a hazard for cyclists everywhere. Would we say, "It's ok, just so long as some of our fellow citizens
can pay Voldemurdoch £30-40 per month to watch football on cable tv."
Exactly. At least someone in authority could try to time the road works so that the task to put the top layer on comes last.0 -
Hahaha. Gas, Elec, Phone/Broadband, Water and Drainage.
Most of the time roads are ripped up, not because of scheduled works, but because something has gone bang. Either a burst main, leaking gas pipe etc. They are emergency repairs.
Yes, the patched tarmac is terrible, but seeing as they can ill afford to put streetlights on at night or empty bins etc I can't see councils relaying a full road everytime one of the services running under it needs a little repair.0 -
Borderline trivial. 2nd instance this week of new (to me) form of driving xxxxery.
Normal single carraigeway roads. T-junction side road with wide mouth. Non-gender specific k-nob pulls up alongside car in front waiting to turn right to join main road so have 2 cars side by side indicating right, rather than sitting behind to wait his/her/its turn while forming an orderly queue. Morons.0 -
Why do people say "what was your name"? do they think I have changed it?0
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The need to let everyone know you've been on the turbo trainer.
Ie. uploading a ride onto strava that doesn't hold any information whatsoever - so time is 0mins and 0secs, speed 0mph, distance 0miles etc.
Worse still, I purposely didn't follow anyone on strava as I couldn't give a toss what anyone else does, how fast etc but I've basically been forced to follow this wolloper.0 -
finchy wrote:
Jeremy Corbyn would be sitting on the floor too.0 -
Hoi! Met Office! Where's the tailwind you promised?0
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Is it too much to ask to bring back the death penalty?
Specifically for drivers who turn left, without signalling, just before they get to the junction where you've slammed on the brakes and unclipped to wait for them.
Maybe with added drawing and quartering for those who keep their headlights on full beam throughout the above.0 -
This one is properly trivial, with added pedantry:
People who say "If you'd like to follow me..." or "if you'd like to enter your PIN..." or similar.
IF I'd like to do that.... then what? "If" is conditional and must be followed by a "then".
"If you'd like to follow me...then I'll show you to your table".
"If you'd like to enter your PIN...then we can complete this transaction".
I told you it was trivial. But it does annoy me. A bit.Cube Reaction GTC Pro 29 for the lumpy stuff
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Pross wrote:HaydenM wrote:Pc World 'Know How'
I was in Currys / PC World last weekend buying a new running watch and the person on the Know How desk was trying to print a receipt and needed to get a colleague to help him!
Not quite sure why we used them again to helpfully not deliver the fridge freezer we have been without for 2 weeks, last time we used them they posted my GF's laptop to about 5 different stores around the country before it came back semi repaired...
The other thing that annoys me about them is the number of times they try and sell you anti virus software whenever you buy anything. It took me threatening to leave without buying the laptop and TV we were after before she stopped trying to sell me things I don't want over and over again0 -
Fat people at work. They always want to know what others are having for lunch.0
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Brown nosing work colleagues.
Boss just said something funny, but the new(ish) girl was practically rolling around the floor in laughter. I wouldn't care but our boss is pretty good and has no ego so she doesn't require that kind of crap.
Utterly cringeworthy.0 -
The fact that after every visit to my favourite chess website, I get loads of ads for Russian/Thai/Ukrainian/Romanian women who are looking for Western men.0
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Drivers coming the other way on unlit country lanes who dip their full beam only to put it back on again just before they pass you so you get blinded.'Hello to Jason Isaacs'0
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This fashion for releasing mash up recordings featuring current and dead artistes.
Non working day today so pottering about while listening to radio. Have Elvis plus Royal Philharmonic. Now just heard yon heifer Susan Boyle plus Nat King Cole. Artistes estates - stop exploiting their legacy; current performers - just leave them alone.0 -
Review "vetting".
Was sent an email asking for a review of a recent bike purchase - which got returned because the bike was damaged and poorly built. Had a total ball ache dealing with them so in the end asked for a refund.
I've just left a decent, lengthy review of their service but it won't get published until it's checked for "poor language".
I have no doubt it being a review saying how shoddy they've been it won't be published.0 -
People being overly affectionate in public, especially in a confined space. I was on a crowded rush hour train yesterday morning and a woman kept leaning forward to give her boyfriend a noisy kiss every few minutes. He looked really uncomfortable as did the guy stood a foot away from them.0
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Pross wrote:People being overly affectionate in public, especially in a confined space. I was on a crowded rush hour train yesterday morning and a woman kept leaning forward to give her boyfriend a noisy kiss every few minutes. He looked really uncomfortable as did the guy stood a foot away from them.
You should have suggested that they strip off and do 'it' right here.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
I tend to prefer woodland car parks for that.0
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Pinno wrote:Pross wrote:People being overly affectionate in public, especially in a confined space. I was on a crowded rush hour train yesterday morning and a woman kept leaning forward to give her boyfriend a noisy kiss every few minutes. He looked really uncomfortable as did the guy stood a foot away from them.
You should have suggested that they strip off and do 'it' right here.
Or just unashamedly film them with your phone.0 -
People who don't understand the dipped beam height adjustment in their cars0
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People who post that they have x £000's of pounds and (a huge/small willy..delete where appropriate) and enquire what bike they should buy for £3k or £9K etc usually giving no details of their wants/needs/preferences, terrain ridden etc.
Absolutely pointless. Having weirdly looked through some of these said threads and others made subsequent to them by the said poster it would appear that many of these people never ever spend such an amount on a bike or indeed end up with any of the bikes that are 'recommended'. Pointless.Colnago C60 SRAM eTap, Colnago C40, Milani 107E, BMC Pro Machine, Trek Madone, Viner Gladius,
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