Seemingly trivial things that annoy you
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rick_chasey said:
‘Kin hell since when did Dutch retailers decide using mastercard was extremely optional.
Sounds like the sort of thing that is market distorting, and should be outlawed to preserve consumer choice.0 -
On the sunscreen discussion, clothes can be better at protecting your skin and keeping you call although probably not so good for marathon running.0
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Forecast temperatures seem to have dropped a bit.0
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Getting covid on the nicest days of the year.
I feel like poo.
The older I get, the better I was.0 -
I'm a perv and I don't wear them.masjer said:
I don't wear them for the perviness, just sun protection.First.Aspect said:
For a while yes. Theory in marketing spraff is that they increase surface area for sweat wicking.pinno said:
'Summer arm sleeves'. Is that a thing?!masjer said:Above spf 30 not a lot more happens. 30 blocks 97% 50 blocks 98%. Having said that, I tend to use 50.
I always wear summer arm sleeves on the bike nowadays.
Personally I think it is the sort of thing a triathlete would use. Perverts.
I like the slippiness of sun cream.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Don't apply it down there.pinno said:masjer said:
I don't wear them for the perviness, just sun protection.First.Aspect said:
For a while yes. Theory in marketing spraff is that they increase surface area for sweat wicking.pinno said:
'Summer arm sleeves'. Is that a thing?!masjer said:Above spf 30 not a lot more happens. 30 blocks 97% 50 blocks 98%. Having said that, I tend to use 50.
I always wear summer arm sleeves on the bike nowadays.
Personally I think it is the sort of thing a triathlete would use. Perverts.
I like the slippiness of sun cream.0 -
The overuse of dream sequences in films and series. Add flashbacks to that too.0
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Apparently, if you expose your dangly bits to the sun, you increase your testosterone levels.masjer said:
Don't apply it down there.pinno said:masjer said:
I don't wear them for the perviness, just sun protection.First.Aspect said:
For a while yes. Theory in marketing spraff is that they increase surface area for sweat wicking.pinno said:
'Summer arm sleeves'. Is that a thing?!masjer said:Above spf 30 not a lot more happens. 30 blocks 97% 50 blocks 98%. Having said that, I tend to use 50.
I always wear summer arm sleeves on the bike nowadays.
Personally I think it is the sort of thing a triathlete would use. Perverts.
I like the slippiness of sun cream.
However, scorching your sausage would have be contrary.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
All that testosterone coursing through your veins and a blistered sausage. Bad combo.0
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Did consider a t shirt rather than a vest but decided the air circulation of the vest would be better.TheBigBean said:On the sunscreen discussion, clothes can be better at protecting your skin and keeping you call although probably not so good for marathon running.
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I think that's a mistake. The suncream interfers with the sweating, so a loose fitting top would have been better as it would have allowed you to sweat properly and therefore cool.Pross said:
Did consider a t shirt rather than a vest but decided the air circulation of the vest would be better.TheBigBean said:On the sunscreen discussion, clothes can be better at protecting your skin and keeping you call although probably not so good for marathon running.
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Just like being a pubescent male at an all boys schoolmasjer said:All that testosterone coursing through your veins and a blistered sausage. Bad combo.
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Things that go 'beep' when you respond with a button press asking for a receipt and then do nothing so you have to press the button again.
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This now extends to the local “OV chipkaart” (the Duch national Oyster card for all public transport) top up machines outside of train stations which also don’t accept cash, and only accept Maestro or Visa pay (not normal visa like you get in the UK) Which is a problem when you want to use the tram or bus to get to the train station.rick_chasey said:‘Kin hell since when did Dutch retailers decide using mastercard was extremely optional.
To be even more annoying, the govt has switched from paying local newsagents to host their machines (so they can in turn top it up for you if you pay cash), to charging them for the privilege of hosting them, so no newsagents have them anymore.
I used to think the Dutch transport system was great but there are delays very often now and things like this make it much much less useable.0 -
just look at them with disdain and put your Amex Black down.rick_chasey said:
This now extends to the local “OV chipkaart” (the Duch national Oyster card for all public transport) top up machines outside of train stations which also don’t accept cash, and only accept Maestro or Visa pay (not normal visa like you get in the UK) Which is a problem when you want to use the tram or bus to get to the train station.rick_chasey said:‘Kin hell since when did Dutch retailers decide using mastercard was extremely optional.
To be even more annoying, the govt has switched from paying local newsagents to host their machines (so they can in turn top it up for you if you pay cash), to charging them for the privilege of hosting them, so no newsagents have them anymore.
I used to think the Dutch transport system was great but there are delays very often now and things like this make it much much less useable.
not accepting Amex = sticks0 -
The two women being interviewed about the heatwave on BBC (in British accents) "we live in America so this is normal". Obviously too full of themselves and dull to realise that there's a massive difference in climate across 'America' and that the current temperature would be considered high in large parts.
Their current heat wave has most of the country being the same or lower than we've had today with only a few areas (much of Texas / parts of bordering states on their north and east, Arizona, Florida and, randomly, South Dakota). They are understandably making a bit of a fuss about it there too so far from 'normal'.0 -
If the Conservatives want to elect a new leader, then why don't they just do so?
There's no need to whittle the contestants down, one at a time, day by day, and make it some television event.
They're supposed to be running the bloody country, not Strictly Come Dancing
The older I get, the better I was.0 -
I don’t know the stats but is it true that large parts do not get this hot? NY is one of the more northerly states and it gets a lot hotter than thisPross said:The two women being interviewed about the heatwave on BBC (in British accents) "we leave in America so this is normal". Obviously too full of themselves and dull to realise that there's a massive difference in climate across 'America' and that the current temperature would be considered high in large parts.
Their current heat wave has most of the country being the same or lower than we've had today with only a few areas (much of Texas / parts of bordering states on their north and east, Arizona, Florida and, randomly, South Dakota). They are understandably making a bit of a fuss about it there too so far from 'normal'.0 -
Hottest temperature on record in NY is 42C. Everywhere has ac over there though, even the busses. Humidity innit.surrey_commuter said:
I don’t know the stats but is it true that large parts do not get this hot? NY is one of the more northerly states and it gets a lot hotter than thisPross said:The two women being interviewed about the heatwave on BBC (in British accents) "we leave in America so this is normal". Obviously too full of themselves and dull to realise that there's a massive difference in climate across 'America' and that the current temperature would be considered high in large parts.
Their current heat wave has most of the country being the same or lower than we've had today with only a few areas (much of Texas / parts of bordering states on their north and east, Arizona, Florida and, randomly, South Dakota). They are understandably making a bit of a fuss about it there too so far from 'normal'.
Highest recorded in NM its 46.5. Las Vegas 48. Didn't check Arizona but Phoenix gets pretty harsh, 50 maybe.
I don't know but I think 41 today can be classed as unusually hot for a lot of the US, and the desert states where its common are used to it. Also dry heat there, which helps.0 -
Not according to the graph on the NY Times article about the heat wave. They had a light amber for up to 103 degrees and a darker one for 103-125 degrees but it was only the areas I mentioned above that fell into the higher category. The fact they are talking about it as being a bad heat wave suggests it isn't normal.surrey_commuter said:
I don’t know the stats but is it true that large parts do not get this hot? NY is one of the more northerly states and it gets a lot hotter than thisPross said:The two women being interviewed about the heatwave on BBC (in British accents) "we leave in America so this is normal". Obviously too full of themselves and dull to realise that there's a massive difference in climate across 'America' and that the current temperature would be considered high in large parts.
Their current heat wave has most of the country being the same or lower than we've had today with only a few areas (much of Texas / parts of bordering states on their north and east, Arizona, Florida and, randomly, South Dakota). They are understandably making a bit of a fuss about it there too so far from 'normal'.
I suspect the women they spoke to didn't even live in the US really.0 -
Just checked and NYC usually has a maximum recorded annual temperature in the mid to high 30s. They hit 40 degrees in 2011 and the all time record is 41 degrees in 1936 so it would be a stretch for someone to class the last few days here as normal for them.0
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I was in NYC at 37 and that felt much hotter than this. Really felt like the outside was properly hostile. Really awful.First.Aspect said:
Hottest temperature on record in NY is 42C. Everywhere has ac over there though, even the busses. Humidity innit.surrey_commuter said:
I don’t know the stats but is it true that large parts do not get this hot? NY is one of the more northerly states and it gets a lot hotter than thisPross said:The two women being interviewed about the heatwave on BBC (in British accents) "we leave in America so this is normal". Obviously too full of themselves and dull to realise that there's a massive difference in climate across 'America' and that the current temperature would be considered high in large parts.
Their current heat wave has most of the country being the same or lower than we've had today with only a few areas (much of Texas / parts of bordering states on their north and east, Arizona, Florida and, randomly, South Dakota). They are understandably making a bit of a fuss about it there too so far from 'normal'.
Highest recorded in NM its 46.5. Las Vegas 48. Didn't check Arizona but Phoenix gets pretty harsh, 50 maybe.
I don't know but I think 41 today can be classed as unusually hot for a lot of the US, and the desert states where its common are used to it. Also dry heat there, which helps.
The subway holy moly that was just incredible. The platform must have easily been mid to late 50s.0 -
Late 80s I was in Boston Mass a lot for work. There was this 90/90 saying, locals warned furriners about it. 90F and 90% humidity. I experienced such. Not fun.0
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Anyone have an EDF offer code ? I think the possibility there could be an offer code annoys me more than the silly price.
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