Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

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  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
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  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,461
    A tiny minority of drivers regard themselves as being below average.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    briantrumpet said:

    First.Aspect said:

    I assume Brian knows everything, but is too polite to say.

    I'm much more likely to listen to someone who, à la Feynman, is aware of their ignorance, and is happy to declare it, alongside the stuff they do have 'some knowledge' of.

    When a scientist doesn't know the answer to a problem, he is ignorant. When he has a hunch as to what the result is, he is uncertain. And when he is pretty darn sure of what the result is going to be, he is still in some doubt. We have found it of paramount importance that in order to progress we must recognize our ignorance and leave room for doubt. Scientific knowledge is a body of statements of varying degrees of certainty - some most unsure, some nearly sure, but none absolutely certain.


    and

    You see, one thing is, I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I have approximate answers and possible beliefs and different degrees of certainty about different things... It doesn't frighten me.


    I'm just hoping that by admitting to be really ignorant, I might turn out to be as clever as Feynman.



    Trouble is, I'm just ignorant.
    Was a mega Feynman fan as a teenager but it’s all very good when you’re as clever as he is and as apolitical as he is.

    Social sciences certainly not his bag and for all his happy to say he didn’t know, he was very snobby about humanities in general.

    The kind of person who believes there is an absolute historical truth out there somewhere.
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  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,461
    Why snobby about humanities? o:)
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    edited January 2023
    Couldn’t get beyond the idea that there is a truth out there waiting to be found and that comprises in things like politics are, in fact, important even if the compromise is just that.

    He’s too much of an academic for that. Only politician he really got on with was a general who had a similar black and white idea of the world, or at least, was pushed into behaving that way.
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  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,461
    Nope, don't understand that post.
  • mully79
    mully79 Posts: 904
    Just got on to the jackpot king deluxe special feature. Thought I'd be spending my winnings on a holiday. Won £12. FU foxy bingo :#
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,925
    First.Aspect said:

    Nope, don't understand that post.


    Ignorant, obvs.
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,891
    First.Aspect said:

    Nope, don't understand that post.

    Pretending that some absolutely accurate apolitical view of the universe is even possible is a bit daft.
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  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,461
    rjsterry said:

    First.Aspect said:

    Nope, don't understand that post.

    Pretending that some absolutely accurate apolitical view of the universe is even possible is a bit daft.
    He wouldn't be the first person to erroneously discount human nature. All communists for example.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,614
    First.Aspect said:

    rjsterry said:

    First.Aspect said:

    Nope, don't understand that post.

    Pretending that some absolutely accurate apolitical view of the universe is even possible is a bit daft.
    He wouldn't be the first person to erroneously discount human nature. All communists for example.
    Are you a member of the John Birch society?
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,079
    Today's trivial annoyances
    1. Got puncture 2. Forgot to bring spare/tools 3. Got home to find only one new tube (after some recent punctures), so will mean riding without spare 4. Found puncture, but could not find cause. Always annoying and wastes time. 5. Put in new tube and pinched it with tyre lever causing hole 6. I used to repair punctures, but find the modern kit doesn't work as well. Anyway, I've tried 7. Loads of bike shops have closed, so buying new ones is no longer trivial
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,925
    On a similar note, I got back to Exeter at 1am last night, helpful friend having returned my bike and locked it up ready for me. He'd kindly pumped the tyres up, but I'd not noticed that the tyres were utterly shagged, nor did he, and by 1am, the front tyre was completely flat, and I was knackered.

    Anyway, thankfully, I had a spare tube and the spanner to remove the (old skool) wheel. Only when I started to pump up the tyre did I see the state of the tyre, with one very distinct bulge and canvas showing. The thought of a 4-mile walk home didn't appeal, so I left it at no more than 20psi (guess), rode very gingerly, expecting it to pop at any minute, but made it all the way to my front door at 2am. Joy. And bed.

    Different bike for the morning commute, suffice to say.
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,079
    8. Out of stock on Wiggle so need to engage brain for alternatives
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,925
    TheBigBean said:

    8. Out of stock on Wiggle so need to engage brain for alternatives


    Amazon or eBay?
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  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,461
    briantrumpet said:

    On a similar note, I got back to Exeter at 1am last night, helpful friend having returned my bike and locked it up ready for me. He'd kindly pumped the tyres up, but I'd not noticed that the tyres were utterly shagged, nor did he, and by 1am, the front tyre was completely flat, and I was knackered.

    Anyway, thankfully, I had a spare tube and the spanner to remove the (old skool) wheel. Only when I started to pump up the tyre did I see the state of the tyre, with one very distinct bulge and canvas showing. The thought of a 4-mile walk home didn't appeal, so I left it at no more than 20psi (guess), rode very gingerly, expecting it to pop at any minute, but made it all the way to my front door at 2am. Joy. And bed.

    Different bike for the morning commute, suffice to say.

    You need to move to Ricktopolis. There is such money sloshing around following the abolition of automobiles that everyone has a number of cheap bikes that they don't mind being stolen or disposed of in a canal. So you could have disposed of yours and stolen someone else's. It is called the Amsterdamnit model.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,680
    edited January 2023
    The lack of horse cakes / spogs in my pack of Liquorice Allsorts. I only had one in an entire pack and more then a fair share of the plain liquorice ones.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    edited January 2023
    TheBigBean said:

    8. Out of stock on Wiggle so need to engage brain for alternatives

    Sports pursuit have continental tyres and inner tubes at 45-55% off.

    Can buy a load in bulk. Downside is they don’t come quickly - sometimes takes a month.

    https://www.sportpursuit.com/products/equipment/parts-components/tyres-inner-tubes/inner-tubes?sp_src_search=Inner tube

    I regularly buy from there so can vouch for it being legit.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,614
    Buy latex inner tubes; less punctures.
    No punctures (I can say it now) in 2022. Vittoria Corsa's may have helped too.

    The slight caveat is that because I don't live in a city, I don't pick up glass.
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  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    rick_chasey said:

    TheBigBean said:

    8. Out of stock on Wiggle so need to engage brain for alternatives

    Sports pursuit have continental tyres and inner tubes at 45-55% off.

    Can buy a load in bulk. Downside is they don’t come quickly - sometimes takes a month.

    https://www.sportpursuit.com/products/equipment/parts-components/tyres-inner-tubes/inner-tubes?sp_src_search=Inner tube

    I regularly buy from there so can vouch for it being legit.
    Not a good company when you want something tomorrow. I think the jeans I ordered took 6 weeks.
    Also not the most ethical company either, they treat their staff poorly.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,079
    Having been to a bike shop, it is fairly clear why they have all closed down. Will try to avoid that mistake in the future.
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,461
    TheBigBean said:

    Having been to a bike shop, it is fairly clear why they have all closed down. Will try to avoid that mistake in the future.

    Go on... what's the issue? Clueless staff, over knowledgeable patronising staff? No parts you wanted, but offered the parts you really need if you know about cycling? We can order that and it will be in stock in June?
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,079
    Just over £3/tube on Merlin at the moment. That's cheered me up.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,680
    People who drive around with roof boxes and the like permanently on their car. There is someone near me who has a huge roof box tent constantly their BMW.
  • monkimark
    monkimark Posts: 1,972
    Maybe they don't have a garage?
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,680
    I don't have a garage but managed to store a roof box in my shed for years.
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,461
    I don't have a garage but I manage to store things in the boot.
  • monkimark
    monkimark Posts: 1,972
    I think storing a roof box in the boot may defeat the point and require an additional roof box.
    First.Aspect said:

    I don't have a garage but I manage to store things in the boot.

  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,461
    monkimark said:

    I think storing a roof box in the boot may defeat the point and require an additional roof box.

    First.Aspect said:

    I don't have a garage but I manage to store things in the boot.

    Kind of like Russian roof boxes?
  • monkimark
    monkimark Posts: 1,972
    Maybe that is the answer: store each roof box in a slightly larger roof box

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