Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

capt_slog

fat daddy wrote:

changing a rear wheel over

some people make it look so easy job done.

it should be simple ....... and it is on the hybrid, but every other bike I own I fook it up !

sounds about right :roll: (well, sometimes at least)

I remove the skewer on one bike, the wheel won't go in with it fitted, the nut fouls on the edge of the deraileur. Just a bad design.

similar is clipping in, The only time I manage it seamlessly is when there is no pressure

Dog Breath

fat daddy wrote:

changing a rear wheel over

some people make it look so easy ... change to smallest cog, flip the QR, drop the wheel, put new one inplace whilst holding the bike, move derailleur slide in to dropsput bike on floor, tighten qr

this is how I do it

change to smallest cog, flip qr, lift bike, drop wheel get it stuck on the chain, hato use fingers to move the ghain so get covered in oil, put wheel down, get new wheel, hook it in the chain, try to push the derailleur down at the sma e time as positioning wheel and holding bike, realise I need 3 hands as I keep dropping the bike, wedge bike under armk, wheel is now stuck somewhere, its not touching the frame, why wont the QR align with the dropouts, back the wheel off, try again, still not lining up push harder, nothing, move derailleur more, still not budging ... FFS sake wheel out, open up qr more, put back in again, get more oil on fingers when I am trying to line the chain up in a futile attept that this might make it easier try again ................ add a minute of faff ............ eventually it slots in, mysteriously taking a slice of flesh off my finger .... do up QR, job done.

it should be simple ....... and it is on the hybrid, but every other bike I own I fook it up !

I am with you on this one. Always have to put the bike upside down to get the wheel back in :evil:

pinno

fat daddy wrote:

changing a rear wheel over

some people make it look so easy ... change to smallest cog, flip the QR, drop the wheel, put new one inplace whilst holding the bike, move derailleur slide in to dropsput bike on floor, tighten qr

this is how I do it

change to smallest cog, flip qr, lift bike, drop wheel get it stuck on the chain, hato use fingers to move the ghain so get covered in oil, put wheel down, get new wheel, hook it in the chain, try to push the derailleur down at the sma e time as positioning wheel and holding bike, realise I need 3 hands as I keep dropping the bike, wedge bike under armk, wheel is now stuck somewhere, its not touching the frame, why wont the QR align with the dropouts, back the wheel off, try again, still not lining up push harder, nothing, move derailleur more, still not budging ... FFS sake wheel out, open up qr more, put back in again, get more oil on fingers when I am trying to line the chain up in a futile attept that this might make it easier try again ................ add a minute of faff ............ eventually it slots in, mysteriously taking a slice of flesh off my finger .... do up QR, job done.

it should be simple ....... and it is on the hybrid, but every other bike I own I fook it up !

You missed the 'having to push the pin across the ergo lever' bit 'cos the tyres are too fat to get passed the caliper so the wheel hangs mysteriously.

Pross

Chris Bass wrote:

bbrap wrote:

When there is nothing worth watching on the box (quite often), my other half will put headphones on and then attempt to sing without realising that
1, she can't sing,
2, the volume control appears to be broken
3, its terrifying to listen to

Cats fighting in a sack are more melodious

record her doing it and play it back to her later! sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind!

Too kind, record her doing it and post it on social media (or if still feeling kind save that in case she continues after the 'warning').

Pross

SecretSam wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Yeah right pross:

Bristol:

Ah, the shell of the old sorting office; not sure that qualifies as town planning, but I'm surprised that they still haven't redeveloped it. Mind you, just round the corner is this



Old photo, but only the colour of the paint has changed.

Depends which way you are looking.

Where to in Bristol's that, then?

Temple Church, just off Victoria Street. I overlook it from the kitchen when I'm in our Bristol office.

secretsam

Pross wrote:

Temple Church, just off Victoria Street. I overlook it from the kitchen when I'm in our Bristol office.

Never even knew it was there! Mind you, I only lived in Bristol for the first 19 years of my life...

secretsam

Chris Bass wrote:

bbrap wrote:

When there is nothing worth watching on the box (quite often), my other half will put headphones on and then attempt to sing without realising that
1, she can't sing,
2, the volume control appears to be broken
3, its terrifying to listen to

Cats fighting in a sack are more melodious

record her doing it and play it back to her later! sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind!

Better yet, record it on your phone, then make it your ringtone

bbrap

SecretSam wrote:

Chris Bass wrote:

bbrap wrote:

When there is nothing worth watching on the box (quite often), my other half will put headphones on and then attempt to sing without realising that
1, she can't sing,
2, the volume control appears to be broken
3, its terrifying to listen to

Cats fighting in a sack are more melodious

record her doing it and play it back to her later! sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind!

Better yet, record it on your phone, then make it your ringtone

I think that might result in having to cycle standing up for a few days.

Matthewfalle

Electrocute her I next time she does it and when she screams and says "what on earth was that?" Just say "it was God/Allah/Mohamed/Jahweh/insert superior being of choice punishing you".

You can use the same excuse if she persists and you have to hit her with a pick axe handle.

Matthewfalle

rjsterry wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Pross wrote:

I've certainly seen a few with headphones in not picking up their phone when it rings. I'm not a fan of it, you call across the desk to ask them to do something and get no response forcing you to get up and walk around.

Just keep a few things in your desk to chuck at them when the need arises.

A well aimed, high velocity rubber band to the back of the neck or ear lobe should suffice. Difficult to pull off if you have to pretend to be a grown-up, though.

A brick does the same job. Or a cannula.

haydenm

Pross wrote:

Simon Mayo's All Request Friday. More specifically the people who call in. Let's face it, it's not the 80s and if you fancy listening to a particular song you don't need to call a national radio station to ask for it and so your reason the calling is to be on the radio boring everyone senseless with details of the tedious plans you have for the weekend. This is usually a giggly middle aged, middle class bint telling us she's 'travelling down to Devon to meet up with my best friend for a catch up and maybe a few glasses of prosecco hehehe'. Even worse is when they stick their kids on to 'talk' which involves them giving one word answers before finally selecting their dad's favourite 70s prog rock track that the kid has never even heard of.

On a similar note the item Chris Evans does for kids to call in and say what they are doing for the first time that day has me reaching for the channel button - 'Mark yourself out of 10' 'a trillion, gazillion' :evil:

There was one really hilarious caller last summer about some old bloke who had forgotten his anniversary. Pretty sure his wife called, complained, then put him on and he couldn't care less.

Nearly everyone on BBC2 annoy me these days, everyone except Ken Bruce. Chris Evans went through a phase of not being a knob a while ago but he's back on form again, Sarah Cox is a moron, Vanessa is a tw4t, and the rest go through their ups and downs fairly close to the unlistenable end of the graph.

I would also like to add the A75 from Stranraer, the only times I have ever done it I have been in a massive queue of idiots doing 50 all the way from the ferry. Some good over taking spots but usually any overtaking attempts are curtailed by van drivers overtaking you who were already on the wrong side of the road going round the blind corner before hand.

pinno

HaydenM wrote:

Pross wrote:

Simon...gazillion' :evil:

I would also like to add the A75 from Stranraer, the only times I have ever done it I have been in a massive queue of idiots doing 50 all the way from the ferry. Some good over taking spots but usually any overtaking attempts are curtailed by van drivers overtaking you who were already on the wrong side of the road going round the blind corner before hand.

I will beg to differ slightly. The ferry traffic consists of the 50 ers and the odd 95 er that makes it hell sometimes but it is 10 times better than the A77.
The Police have really clamped down on trucks to the extent that some of them are sticking to their 40mph limit. Which would you believe, exists for most of the A75!!

mrb123

HaydenM wrote:

Pross wrote:

Simon Mayo's All Request Friday. More specifically the people who call in. Let's face it, it's not the 80s and if you fancy listening to a particular song you don't need to call a national radio station to ask for it and so your reason the calling is to be on the radio boring everyone senseless with details of the tedious plans you have for the weekend. This is usually a giggly middle aged, middle class bint telling us she's 'travelling down to Devon to meet up with my best friend for a catch up and maybe a few glasses of prosecco hehehe'. Even worse is when they stick their kids on to 'talk' which involves them giving one word answers before finally selecting their dad's favourite 70s prog rock track that the kid has never even heard of.

On a similar note the item Chris Evans does for kids to call in and say what they are doing for the first time that day has me reaching for the channel button - 'Mark yourself out of 10' 'a trillion, gazillion' :evil:

There was one really hilarious caller last summer about some old bloke who had forgotten his anniversary. Pretty sure his wife called, complained, then put him on and he couldn't care less.

Nearly everyone on BBC2 annoy me these days, everyone except Ken Bruce. Chris Evans went through a phase of not being a knob a while ago but he's back on form again, Sarah Cox is a moron, Vanessa is a tw4t, and the rest go through their ups and downs fairly close to the unlistenable end of the graph.

I would also like to add the A75 from Stranraer, the only times I have ever done it I have been in a massive queue of idiots doing 50 all the way from the ferry. Some good over taking spots but usually any overtaking attempts are curtailed by van drivers overtaking you who were already on the wrong side of the road going round the blind corner before hand.

On the subject of radio request shows, may I nominate the people who ring in to the Classic FM request show and ask for "something lively" for example. FFS, if you're going to ring up a request show can you not manage to think of one piece from the entire history of classical music that you'd like to hear??

All that those "requests" achieve is allowing the presenters/show editors to choose half the music, thereby defeating the object of the show and allowing them to play the same stuff as every other show.

crispybug2

Pross wrote:

Simon Mayo's All Request Friday. More specifically the people who call in. Let's face it, it's not the 80s and if you fancy listening to a particular song you don't need to call a national radio station to ask for it and so your reason the calling is to be on the radio boring everyone senseless with details of the tedious plans you have for the weekend. This is usually a giggly middle aged, middle class bint telling us she's 'travelling down to Devon to meet up with my best friend for a catch up and maybe a few glasses of prosecco hehehe'. Even worse is when they stick their kids on to 'talk' which involves them giving one word answers before finally selecting their dad's favourite 70s prog rock track that the kid has never even heard of.

On a similar note the item Chris Evans does for kids to call in and say what they are doing for the first time that day has me reaching for the channel button - 'Mark yourself out of 10' 'a trillion, gazillion' :evil:

And you can absolutely guarantee that when Simon asks said bint what song she wants, every single f*cking time they'll say 'Girls just want to have fun'!!! EVERY SINGLE F*CKING TIME!!!!!


Having said that I did phone up the day after Donald Trump's election and requested 'It's the end of the world as we know it' by R.E.M., they refused​ as they thought it was a political statement!!

pinno

crispybug2 wrote:

Pross wrote:

Simon...gazillion' :evil:

Having said that I did phone up the day after Donald Trump's election and requested 'It's the end of the world as we know it' by R.E.M., they refused​ as they thought it was a political statement!!

As if the Beeb hasn't been critical of Trump...

Pross

HaydenM wrote:

Nearly everyone on BBC2 annoy me these days, everyone except Ken Bruce. Chris Evans went through a phase of not being a knob a while ago but he's back on form again, Sarah Cox is a moron, Vanessa is a tw4t, and the rest go through their ups and downs fairly close to the unlistenable end of the graph.

I do enjoy Ken Bruce but only get to listen when I'm on my travels. I normally like Mayo, he always researches his guests well and seems quite knowledgable but it's when he allows listeners to get involved it annoys me (the three word texts, especially the talking ones are annoying and many of the confessions are just not funny and / or rehashes of old stories and plainly not true). I am starting to tire of of Chris Evans and he does my head in when he gets involved in a trend (usually after everyone else) then goes on and on about it. On the whole it's still more tolerable than commercial radio and the constant adverts though.

secretsam

Cables and wires. Bloody everywhere, catch on everything. Bastards.

fat daddy

When the gps logs your max speed at 46.6mph .... but strava then takes the gpx file runs it through its own algorithms and tells you it was only 42.7 .... pffffft it does nothing for my status anxiety, might just give up and ride fixie, but is now 6years old so I do t know what's cool to wear any more nooooooooo

pinno

SecretSam wrote:

Cables and wires. Bloody everywhere, catch on everything. Bastards.

Yes, it's about time they invented wireless electricity.

@FD - Your power to drag ratio is much better than mine, so what's with the 42mph max? :roll:

homers_double

Sales people who phone and ask to speak to whoever deals with X, when half way through telling them we don't use/need X thay just hang up.

FoldingJoe

Ellie Goulding!!

Matthewfalle

Naivety.

rubertoe

People moaning about seemingly trivial things.

rubertoe

FoldingJoe wrote:

Ellie Goulding!!

I'd like to annoy her.

fat daddy

Pinno wrote:

so what's with the 42mph max? :roll:

its not my fault, they put these levers on the front of the bike that you pull when you get scared ... the upside is they do make you less scared, must be some kind of dopamine thing ? .... the downside is they seem to slow the bike down.

AND IT ISNT 42MPH ...... ITS 64.6 I TELL YOU :x

diplodicus

fat daddy wrote:

Pinno wrote:

so what's with the 42mph max? :roll:

its not my fault, they put these levers on the front of the bike that you pull when you get scared ... the upside is they do make you less scared, must be some kind of dopamine thing ? .... the downside is they seem to slow the bike down.

AND IT ISNT 42MPH ...... ITS 64.6 I TELL YOU :x

Can you not just disconnect the levers? What's the worst that could happen?

Matthewfalle

People who leave things in a shit state and don't care.

milton50

Old people choosing to go shopping between 12pm-2pm, the busiest time of the day when most workers have to quickly nip in and get out, despite having the whole day to do whatever it is they need to do.

Pross

Milton50 wrote:

Old people choosing to go shopping between 12pm-2pm, the busiest time of the day when most workers have to quickly nip in and get out, despite having the whole day to do whatever it is they need to do.

Yep, it was even worse in the old days if you had to enter a Post Office or bank in your lunch break. It would be like a scene from Cocoon!

Tashman

Milton50 wrote:

Old people choosing to go shopping between 12pm-2pm, the busiest time of the day when most workers have to quickly nip in and get out, despite having the whole day to do whatever it is they need to do.

and at the weekends too, then stop to have a catch up in the middle of the aisle. grrr