Seemingly trivial things that annoy you
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When one is trying to 'get aero' on the downhill run in to home and one bangs one's nuts on the saddle in so doing.
Might be walking John Wayne (google it kids) stylee for a wee while.0 -
All noises made by Oasis. How did that woeful, half Beetles tribute band, pair of w...kers get to make a record?0
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team47b wrote:HaydenM wrote:"Sent from my very own iPad Air 2" on the bottom of a professional email.
Tsk tsk, may as well have added...discontinued
As an aside mine says...sent from my pad...hopefully this will annoy people too
To be honest, when I send emails from my phone it probably says 'from my iphone 6s 128gb, A9 processor blah blah blah'. I'm just happy looking down on people who haven't bothered to change the default but not bothered enough to change mine... :oops:0 -
Suitably trivial one:
A friend of mine who blew all of his student loan, grant and money his rich grandparents gave him on the latest computer thing every time something new came out, used it for a month then broke it. When I said it was a waste of money he told me it's exactly the same as me buying lots of guitars. He couldn't understand the key difference that if I could buy the same guitars in a year or two time for less than half the price I would, hence why he was wasting money and I wasn't. Neither of us had any money at the end of it...0 -
HaydenM wrote:Suitably trivial one:
A friend of mine who blew all of his student loan, grant and money his rich grandparents gave him on the latest computer thing every time something new came out, used it for a month then broke it. When I said it was a waste of money he told me it's exactly the same as me buying lots of guitars. He couldn't understand the key difference that if I could buy the same guitars in a year or two time for less than half the price I would, hence why he was wasting money and I wasn't. Neither of us had any money at the end of it...
I flit around between different hobbies and interests, moving on when I get bored with them. I've seen the same pattern in HiFi, record collecting, computers, cars, motorbikes, bicycles, guitars etc. All boys toys.
1) buy entry level equipment (bike/telescope/turntable/computer/guitar) "to see if I like it"
2) get the upgrade itch within four weeks and double budget (facilitated and encouraged by Internet forums)
3) spend a year lusting after the "ultimate" gear while upgrading current stuff bit by bit at high cost (chainset/tripod/cartridge/graphics card/pickups)
4) birthday treat!
5) realise the "ultimate" is actually only 1% better and 10% cooler for five times the price
6) remorse/regret/denial
7) new "ultimate" announced (return to 3)...0 -
Thick Mike wrote:HaydenM wrote:Suitably trivial one:
A friend of mine who blew all of his student loan, grant and money his rich grandparents gave him on the latest computer thing every time something new came out, used it for a month then broke it. When I said it was a waste of money he told me it's exactly the same as me buying lots of guitars. He couldn't understand the key difference that if I could buy the same guitars in a year or two time for less than half the price I would, hence why he was wasting money and I wasn't. Neither of us had any money at the end of it...
I flit around between different hobbies and interests, moving on when I get bored with them. I've seen the same pattern in HiFi, record collecting, computers, cars, motorbikes, bicycles, guitars etc. All boys toys.
1) buy entry level equipment (bike/telescope/turntable/computer/guitar) "to see if I like it"
2) get the upgrade itch within four weeks and double budget (facilitated and encouraged by Internet forums)
3) spend a year lusting after the "ultimate" gear while upgrading current stuff bit by bit at high cost (chainset/tripod/cartridge/graphics card/pickups)
4) birthday treat!
5) realise the "ultimate" is actually only 1% better and 10% cooler for five times the price
6) remorse/regret/denial
7) new "ultimate" announced (return to 3)...
I definitely do something like that though I think these days when I get into a hobby I have learnt that buying entry level stuff mostly pointless, and you can usually get something to be ridden/used at a high level for much less than top end costs. The difficult trick would be to do enough research to go for the right thing and not regret spending more than entry level costs. At the moment I'm definitely in danger of spending too much on the first purchase than not enough though, there is nothing I hate more than buying something then finding it isn't fit for purpose. While an entry level thing might be cheap, you'll still lose a few hundred which could be better spent on nice stuff whether you get into it or not...
Mountain bikes and guitars are the two hobbies which don't change for me, been playing since I was 9 so I'm reasonably happy that if I blow thousands on top end I'll still be playing it in 50 years. Luckily the tech doesn't change all that much and my nice ones will get better with age. With mountain bikes I've spent years riding rubbish bikes, now I am fortunate enough to have a nice bike and race it's refreshing
A trivial thing that annoys me:
Cheap stuff sold as 'entry level' which isn't remotely fit for purpose. And anything that falls apart after little use. The canopy on the back of my pickup truck was ~£2000 and the build quality is so shocking it makes me sick. Both hinges have fallen out of the rear door, hinges in the windows have gone, seals have perished and it's just over 20 -
HaydenM wrote:Thick Mike wrote:HaydenM wrote:Suitably trivial one:
A friend of mine who blew all of his student loan, grant and money his rich grandparents gave him on the latest computer thing every time something new came out, used it for a month then broke it. When I said it was a waste of money he told me it's exactly the same as me buying lots of guitars. He couldn't understand the key difference that if I could buy the same guitars in a year or two time for less than half the price I would, hence why he was wasting money and I wasn't. Neither of us had any money at the end of it...
I flit around between different hobbies and interests, moving on when I get bored with them. I've seen the same pattern in HiFi, record collecting, computers, cars, motorbikes, bicycles, guitars etc. All boys toys.
1) buy entry level equipment (bike/telescope/turntable/computer/guitar) "to see if I like it"
2) get the upgrade itch within four weeks and double budget (facilitated and encouraged by Internet forums)
3) spend a year lusting after the "ultimate" gear while upgrading current stuff bit by bit at high cost (chainset/tripod/cartridge/graphics card/pickups)
4) birthday treat!
5) realise the "ultimate" is actually only 1% better and 10% cooler for five times the price
6) remorse/regret/denial
7) new "ultimate" announced (return to 3)...
I definitely do something like that though I think these days when I get into a hobby I have learnt that buying entry level stuff mostly pointless, and you can usually get something to be ridden/used at a high level for much less than top end costs. The difficult trick would be to do enough research to go for the right thing and not regret spending more than entry level costs. At the moment I'm definitely in danger of spending too much on the first purchase than not enough though, there is nothing I hate more than buying something then finding it isn't fit for purpose. While an entry level thing might be cheap, you'll still lose a few hundred which could be better spent on nice stuff whether you get into it or not...
Mountain bikes and guitars are the two hobbies which don't change for me, been playing since I was 9 so I'm reasonably happy that if I blow thousands on top end I'll still be playing it in 50 years. Luckily the tech doesn't change all that much and my nice ones will get better with age. With mountain bikes I've spent years riding rubbish bikes, now I am fortunate enough to have a nice bike and race it's refreshing
A trivial thing that annoys me:
Cheap stuff sold as 'entry level' which isn't remotely fit for purpose. And anything that falls apart after little use. The canopy on the back of my pickup truck was ~£2000 and the build quality is so shocking it makes me sick. Both hinges have fallen out of the rear door, hinges in the windows have gone, seals have perished and it's just over 2
Thing with high end guitars is that they generally retain their value (especially if bought second hand). Bikes and HiFi can sting on resale if you're not careful, and computers are like feeding your bank account through a shredder!0 -
The inability for the cafe next door to produce tuna mayo to a set consistency. One day it's fine then other days it's a nun's fish related body part. A sliced shallot and a dash of lemon juice wouldn't go amiss either. I think it is a symptom of the lack of aspiration prevalent in the indigenous population of the area. Dry tuna and dreadful low wage jobs, typical.0
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Also, the way we all have to be patronisingly described as 'ordinary working people' or 'hard working families' by every politician who opens their stupid mouth. I can go without some 'ordinary politician tw4t' trying to get me to vote for them by pretending they respect the public. Also, who are they to assume that I am in any way 'ordinary' or 'hard working'?!0
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HaydenM wrote:The inability for the cafe next door to produce tuna mayo to a set consistency. One day it's fine then other days it's a nun's fish related body part. A sliced shallot and a dash of lemon juice wouldn't go amiss either. I think it is a symptom of the lack of aspiration prevalent in the indigenous population of the area. Dry tuna and dreadful low wage jobs, typical.
Oh, no. No onion for me thank you.
I agree with you on consistency, although I make my sandwhiches every day and despite having a set 'recipe' consistency is still all over the place :?0 -
I had a job as a student at a national trust restaurant, used to spend hours making giant tubs of sandwich fillings. It was always bad if someone else had done it and skimped on the mayo0
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Motorists who wait at a side road without indicating they are planning on turning right in the hope that someone will think they are turning left and let them out, only for them to then sit blocking half the road while waiting for someone to let them complete the turn.0
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The sponsored content at the bottom of this page . If you ever happen to click it, even by mistake it takes you to something irrelevant to what it says it's about.0
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People who think snow in April is incredible in some way. It's not that uncommon!0
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The over enthusiasm of extolling the virtues of Yorkshire.Always be yourself, unless you can be Aaron Rodgers....Then always be Aaron Rodgers.0
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MimeWilier Izoard XP0
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FatTed wrote:Mr Goo wrote:The over enthusiasm of extolling the virtues of Yorkshire.
No one from Yorkshire is enthusiastic.
Perhaps that's why they keep saying how great things up 't' north.
My daughter's boyfriend is from W Yorkshire and loves everything about it. Only time he drinks beer down here in New Forest is when he can get TT Landlord or Theakstons. So great is Yorkshire that after 2 years of trying to get a full time job in the digital arts industry, he's got one. Oxford!Always be yourself, unless you can be Aaron Rodgers....Then always be Aaron Rodgers.0 -
Never ask anyone if they are from Yorkshire. If they are they would have told you about it already, if they aren't they are probably from Lancashire and will be offended.Mr Goo wrote:The over enthusiasm of extolling the virtues of Yorkshire.0 -
Mr Goo wrote:The over enthusiasm of extolling the virtues of Yorkshire.
People who bang on about how great their home town/county/country (etc) is, when they don't live there. I know of a South African couple where she's always on about how great it is; in which case, fark off back there - you're effectively putting down my country.
If it's so great - move back. Otherwise, shut up.
FWIW: Bristol, love it, would love to move back, but kids and job prevent. So I suck it up.
It's just a hill. Get over it.0 -
SecretSam wrote:Mr Goo wrote:The over enthusiasm of extolling the virtues of Yorkshire.
People who bang on about how great their home town/county/country (etc) is, when they don't live there. I know of a South African couple where she's always on about how great it is; in which case, fark off back there - you're effectively putting down my country.
If it's so great - move back. Otherwise, shut up.
FWIW: Bristol, love it, would love to move back, but kids and job prevent. So I suck it up.
God's country. Anyone who utters that sentence is instantly branded a tw@.
Someone caught on to my wheel a while back, got talking about how nice a day it was etc and then he mentioned those fateful words. Had to drop him before I put him into a hedge.0 -
People talking amongst themselves when part of a group being addressed by another speaker. For example, I'm in two choirs and in both cases people talk when the chairman is talking to tell us about upcoming events etc. they are then usually the ones complaining they didn't know about something. Then there's those who run through their part and talk while another section are trying to learn theirs.
Similarly, I've been in numerous project meetings where I sit for hours listening patiently to irrelevant (to me) issues being addressed but then when my item comes up, as it doesn't affect them, rather than repay the courtesy they start having side discussions about their issues. It got to the point in one meeting where I said to the client if no-one needed to hear what I had to say I wouldn't bother attending future meetings.0 -
SecretSam wrote:Mr Goo wrote:The over enthusiasm of extolling the virtues of Yorkshire.
People who bang on about how great their home town/county/country (etc) is, when they don't live there. I know of a South African couple where she's always on about how great it is; in which case, fark off back there - you're effectively putting down my country.
If it's so great - move back. Otherwise, shut up.
FWIW: Bristol, love it, would love to move back, but kids and job prevent. So I suck it up.
Scallies also have a bad habit of promoting how wonderful and delightful Liverpool is.
In the 80s when I used to work in a certain international bank in Poole in Dorset, one of my co workers was a middle aged lady from Liverpool.
Everyday she would harp on about what a lovely city it is. How wonderful the people are and they all have a great sense of humour and are all community minded.
I got so farked off with the continued diatribe that I piped up and said that it can't be that great because you live and work in the south. Shut her up permanently.Always be yourself, unless you can be Aaron Rodgers....Then always be Aaron Rodgers.0 -
Joey Barton.
Every time he's embroiled in his latest scandal, he holds his hands up, apologises and accepts responsibility....whilst in the background he is up to no good in another, unconnected way until he get's found out, holds his hands up, apologises and accepts responsibility.
He likes to portray himself as learning from his mistakes, but it's all just been a front (who knew?) to allow him to keep earning thousands of pounds a week.
Now I realise he's not had the greatest of upbringings, but there comes a time when you have to get your shoot together.
Bankrupt in the next decade.0 -
Chris tw@tting Evans and James f@cking Blunt. The EPO likes to have Radio 2 on in the morning, I only hear about 5 minutes worth of it from 6.37 to 6.42. Twice this week in those 5 minutes I've been subjected to that sh!t.0
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Veronese68 wrote:Chris tw@tting Evans and James f@cking Blunt. The EPO likes to have Radio 2 on in the morning, I only hear about 5 minutes worth of it from 6.37 to 6.42. Twice this week in those 5 minutes I've been subjected to that sh!t.
"you're beautiful"
Right: American stupid "cup" measures. WTF is a "Cup", FFS? They come in all shapes and sizes. Seriously, buy a set of scales and grow up, you're not at nursery any more.
It's just a hill. Get over it.0 -
SecretSam wrote:Veronese68 wrote:Chris tw@tting Evans and James f@cking Blunt. The EPO likes to have Radio 2 on in the morning, I only hear about 5 minutes worth of it from 6.37 to 6.42. Twice this week in those 5 minutes I've been subjected to that sh!t.
"you're beautiful"
Right: American stupid "cup" measures. WTF is a "Cup", FFS? They come in all shapes and sizes. Seriously, buy a set of scales and grow up, you're not at nursery any more.
Madness that!0 -
SecretSam wrote:
Right: American stupid "cup" measures. WTF is a "Cup", FFS? They come in all shapes and sizes. Seriously, buy a set of scales and grow up, you're not at nursery any more.
You must get really confused by weight in stones.0 -
Songs of Praise.
It can f off. The fact it is still taking up TV License money and has a slot on BBC One is quite unbelievable. We should have all religions represented equally on TV, or none. I'd vote for the latter.0
