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  • AndyT79
    AndyT79 Posts: 10
    Humble Bragging on social networks "so tired after that 5000 mile bike ride i did before the gym today"
  • napoleond
    napoleond Posts: 5,992
    Being asked to vote for a fugly bike in an online competition.
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  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    Other people's inability to realise that 'a' and 'lot' are separate words.
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    DesWeller wrote:
    Other people's inability to realise that 'a' and 'lot' are separate words.

    alot of people do that I've noticed.
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  • gingaman
    gingaman Posts: 576
    init
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    Why do I need four different keys for the four doors on my house? In fact, why don't houses have central locking?
  • bobtbuilder
    bobtbuilder Posts: 1,537
    My work's IT helpdesk.

    After complety faililng to be of any help whatsoever with the problem I phoned up with, then ask "Is there anything else I can help you with today?"

    How about you actually helping with the problem I'm experiencing? Also, their use of the words "anything else" which suggests that they've actually helped with something up to this point. :x
  • earth
    earth Posts: 934
    Indicator lights that are a yellow bulb inside a clear lens rather than an amber lens with a bulb inside. They are impossible to see in sunlight and seem to have been made popular by French cars. No doubt they are described as chic.
  • earth
    earth Posts: 934
    Capt Slog wrote:
    When people 'pronounce' their sneezes, as in shouting, "aaaachooooooo".

    Why do they do it? It's just a sneeze, it doesn't require the use of vocal chords.


    People who stifle their sneeze then have to sneeze again and again...
  • Reading1971
    Reading1971 Posts: 6
    Anyone who phones me up to sell me something i don't want. Especially when they tell me how great the offer is. .
    Why does my mobile phone company keep calling me to sell me another phone. I've got one and they know cause they bill me for it every month!!!!!
    Why do my printer cartridge company try to sell me more cartridges a few days after I just bought three sets on the special offer they have all the time that isn't special at all.......
    Rant over.....
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  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,974
    earth wrote:
    Indicator lights that are a yellow bulb inside a clear lens rather than an amber lens with a bulb inside. They are impossible to see in sunlight and seem to have been made popular by French cars. No doubt they are described as chic.

    +1. Just when did the colour yellow become embarrassing to have on a car? The whole point of indicators is that they be seen, now they just hide them in amongst the clusters and the disappear the moment any other light comes on with them.


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  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    The fact that this forum is still plagued by poor advertising design. If I wanted to view the pages in miniature, I'd have bought an iPad mini !
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  • gingaman
    gingaman Posts: 576
    Would resizing the screen hide the ads on the side? If you are using firefox, CTRL and + or - to resize
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    MattC59 wrote:
    The fact that this forum is still plagued by poor advertising design. If I wanted to view the pages in miniature, I'd have bought an iPad mini !


    I keep saying it: Nad Flocker.
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  • nunowoolmez
    nunowoolmez Posts: 867
    The tops of milk containers when you have to pull that bit of plastic off. Sometimes the little pull tab comes off leaving you to have to take the rest off seperately. Also, on the subject of milk, i usually only buy Cravendale, but i find the bottles really rubbish at pouring. It feels good to have gotten that off my chest...
  • mr_goo
    mr_goo Posts: 3,770
    'So' replacing 'Very'...ie; Thank you so much.
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  • graham.
    graham. Posts: 862
    Drivers putting the handbrake on without pressing the ratchety buttony thing and making that hideous clicking noise! :evil:
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  • smoggysteve
    smoggysteve Posts: 2,909
    Graham. wrote:
    Drivers putting the handbrake on without pressing the ratchety buttony thing and making that hideous clicking noise! :evil:

    You are actually meant to. the button is to release it. if you hold the button on when applying it, it can come off. Some french cars like Citroen used to have auto adjusting hand brakes. if you didnt ratchet it it could snap the cable after a while. Still all this is better than electronic hand brakes.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,811
    bompington wrote:
    Why do I need four different keys for the four doors on my house? In fact, why don't houses have central locking?
    Perfectly possible to get a suite of locks all to fit one key.
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  • graham.
    graham. Posts: 862
    SmoggySteve wrote:
    Graham. wrote:
    Drivers putting the handbrake on without pressing the ratchety buttony thing and making that hideous clicking noise! :evil:

    You are actually meant to. the button is to release it. if you hold the button on when applying it, it can come off. Some french cars like Citroen used to have auto adjusting hand brakes. if you didnt ratchet it it could snap the cable after a while. Still all this is better than electronic hand brakes.

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  • Peddle Up!
    Peddle Up! Posts: 2,040
    Graham. wrote:
    Drivers putting the handbrake on without pressing the ratchety buttony thing and making that hideous clicking noise! :evil:

    And drivers not applying the handbrake but subjecting me to the dazzle from their stop lights. Great on a dark wet day. :roll:
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  • dodgy
    dodgy Posts: 2,890
    Peddle Up! wrote:
    Graham. wrote:
    Drivers putting the handbrake on without pressing the ratchety buttony thing and making that hideous clicking noise! :evil:

    And drivers not applying the handbrake but subjecting me to the dazzle from their stop lights. Great on a dark wet day. :roll:

    Modern cars encourage this. Auto stop start cars want you to hold the footbrake for the duration of the short stop.
  • 2Phat4Rapha
    2Phat4Rapha Posts: 238
    Drivers who park on the “wrong” side of the road.

    I’m old enough to remember that though not illegal in daylight, my driving instructor, an ex police driver, made it clear it was frowned upon.

    These days I can hardly ride anywhere without having to swerve out the way of drivers edging their way back out out virtually blind to oncoming traffic.

    Personally I think this should be a road traffic offence day or night.
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  • nunowoolmez
    nunowoolmez Posts: 867
    My right Scott road shoe sqeaks on nearly every pedal stroke. I think the epicentre of the sqeak is from the tongue area & I don't know what to do about it. They are leather effect & really nice comfy shoes, but that squeak just does my head in! Good job I only use em for my short commute.
  • Giraffoto
    Giraffoto Posts: 2,078
    nunowoolmez wrote:
    My right Scott road shoe sqeaks on nearly every pedal stroke. I think the epicentre of the sqeak is from the tongue area & I don't know what to do about it. They are leather effect & really nice comfy shoes, but that squeak just does my head in! Good job I only use em for my short commute.

    Wear some loud socks to drown them out
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  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    rjsterry wrote:
    bompington wrote:
    Why do I need four different keys for the four doors on my house? In fact, why don't houses have central locking?
    Perfectly possible to get a suite of locks all to fit one key.
    Precisely, so why can't the builders do that? Of course I could go out and spend the money , but why should I have to when it would be far easier and cheaper for them to do that in the first place?
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    bompington wrote:
    rjsterry wrote:
    bompington wrote:
    Why do I need four different keys for the four doors on my house? In fact, why don't houses have central locking?
    Perfectly possible to get a suite of locks all to fit one key.
    Precisely, so why can't the builders do that? Of course I could go out and spend the money , but why should I have to when it would be far easier and cheaper for them to do that in the first place?

    You could have a remote lock like your car, when you press it ALL the lights in the house flash and the alarm goes MEEP MEEP

    Boy would that p*ss the neighbours off :D
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  • arran77
    arran77 Posts: 9,260
    Arriving at work on time after a 3 day weekend to discover that the boss is out for the day :roll:
    "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity" :lol:

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  • smoggysteve
    smoggysteve Posts: 2,909
    People who use a wet spoon to put coffee in a cup then put it in the sugar so now the sugar bowl is full of coffee.

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  • smidsy
    smidsy Posts: 5,273
    Peddle Up! wrote:
    And drivers not applying the handbrake but subjecting me to the dazzle from their stop lights. Great on a dark wet day. :roll:

    Those lights are the handbrake, my car has an electronic handbrake which has an autohold function. This automatically applies the brakes for hill starts. stopping at lights etc and puts the rear brake lights on without my foot being any where near the brakes.

    The only other option is to apply fully the electronic handbrake which needs you to have your foot on the brake when pressing the button on the centre console (same to take it off). This means you can not control roll back as your foot is on the brake so not available for the clutch.

    I could of course not use the autohold function (so no lights) and roll back into your car instead. :wink:
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