Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

First.Aspect

Inversion table?
Reiki?
Homeopathy?

First.Aspect

Bike fit. Surely that'll fix everything.

webboo

Have you tried laying crystals on your self.

briantrumpet

A neighbour did actually drop in the Aldi equivalent of a Shakti mat (a kind of mini, plastic bed of nails) - to be fair, as I'm spending a lot of time lying down in between kitchen and toilet visits today, I thought I might as well give it a try. A bit weird, but not unpleasant after the first few minutes. Not sure if I was supposed to chant something at the same time...

First.Aspect

briantrumpet said:

A neighbour did actually drop in the Aldi equivalent of a Shakti mat (a kind of mini, plastic bed of nails) - to be fair, as I'm spending a lot of time lying down in between kitchen and toilet visits today, I thought I might as well give it a try. A bit weird, but not unpleasant after the first few minutes. Not sure if I was supposed to chant something at the same time...

"Ow ow ow"?

What you really need Brian is someone both willing, sadistic and with pointy elbows or very strong thumbs.

surrey_commuter

Wheelspinner said:

surrey_commuter said:

Wheelspinner said:

Speaking of trivial things that annoy me, the use of this phrase…

TheBigBean said:

In an ideal world everyone would be blind to race. …

Who’s version of ideal? Yours, or are alternatives allowed? It’s often used by people who assume their version of what ideal might be is the One Truth and any dissent will not be tolerated. There’s roughly 8 billion people in this world. I’d be reasonably sure a survey of what an “ideal world” might be would elicit more than one definition in reply.

In any case, it doesn’t and never will exist, because if it did it would cease to be the ideal and become the real world, no?

surely the inverse of In an ideal world everyone would be blind to race. …

would be
In an ideal world everyone would be a racist

I think I will choose TBB's version of utopia over yours

Just so I am clear, @surrey_commuter can you confirm you are calling me a racist? Or did you simply not read my earlier post correctly?

I never called you a racist, but yes it seems I misinterpreted your post and am sorry for any offence caused.

N0bodyOfTheGoat

Finding a beetroot juice on the the kitchen floor and bottom half of the fridge from a jar, complete with poorly tightened lid, on its side.

veronese68

Mini Cheddars? These are Mini Red Leicesters surely

briantrumpet

N0bodyOfTheGoat said:

Finding a beetroot juice on the the kitchen floor and bottom half of the fridge from a jar, complete with poorly tightened lid, on its side.

Even more annoying if it's stained the plastic in the fridge, or the floor.

pinno

de_sisti said:

The next time someone asks me if I was born in this country, I will not be as polite with my response as I was on previous occasions.

Were you born in this country ?
(I wasn't and i'm proud/glad of it).

I have been here for years - born in Kenya*. Well, I say here I have lived daan souf and then came back and went West Scandiwegia way and then went away again and then came back but still occasionally I get 'yer noo fe aroon' here are ye?' or the worse one (and they don't even know how insulting it is) 'Ye dinny belong here though, de ye?'.

I like telling them 'Yes I did come up the Clyde in a banana boat'. F*cks them off.

*I have had:
Why aren't you black?
Did you live in a mud hut?
'Did you like Africa? ...then if you like it so much, why don't you fcuking well go back?'

Pross

Pretty much every day I see some cluckbait like this from the Daily Express. I don’t click to see the detail but suspect it is some amateur meteorologist that they quote and it is never supported by any respectable source.



Edit - there’s some heavy snow showers forecast for early next week in the towns at the top end of the valleys around here so not a complete fabrication for a change but not exactly snow blanketing the country.

First.Aspect

Here are a few more.....

New highway code changes mean cyclists face fines of up to £2500.

New laws motorists mean motorists could be charged thousands.

Press this button in your car that no one knows about and save ££££ on fuel.

Vote for the Conservative party.

briantrumpet

Pross said:

Pretty much every day I see some cluckbait like this from the Daily Express. I don’t click to see the detail but suspect it is some amateur meteorologist that they quote and it is never supported by any respectable source.

Quite correct - it's Nathan Rao quoting 'Exacta Weather' loon James Madden. They've been doing this routine for years, and it never changes. At least these days Madden doesn't have a website trying to sell subscriptions to his 'weather service'.

The Express are still disingenuous in conflating Madden's extremist warnings with more sensible ones from the Met Office and others, trying to disguise the fact that he has no qualifications or expertise at all to give weather forecasts.

Pross

First.Aspect said:

Here are a few more.....

New highway code changes mean cyclists face fines of up to £2500.

New laws motorists mean motorists could be charged thousands.

Press this button in your car that no one knows about and save ££££ on fuel.

Vote for the Conservative party.

Is that the one that turns the engine off?

First.Aspect

Pross said:

First.Aspect said:

Here are a few more.....

New highway code changes mean cyclists face fines of up to £2500.

New laws motorists mean motorists could be charged thousands.

Press this button in your car that no one knows about and save ££££ on fuel.

Vote for the Conservative party.

Is that the one that turns the engine off?

No, I think it's the air conditioning. Most motorists don't know there's a button for that. And if they switch it off they save more power even than a ceramicspeed jockey wheel.

pblakeney

Pross said:

First.Aspect said:

Here are a few more.....

New highway code changes mean cyclists face fines of up to £2500.

New laws motorists mean motorists could be charged thousands.

Press this button in your car that no one knows about and save ££££ on fuel.

Vote for the Conservative party.

Is that the one that turns the engine off?

🤣. My guess is the recirculation button.
That was highlighted in other media during the summer.

First.Aspect

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/leading-american-university-removes-the-word-field-because-it-is-racist/ar-AA16eN0o?li=BBoPWjQ

I think if all words avoided, no offence can be caused.

Precisely how arable farmers will be able to operate is beyond me.

Stevo_666

First.Aspect said:

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/leading-american-university-removes-the-word-field-because-it-is-racist/ar-AA16eN0o?li=BBoPWjQ

I think if all words avoided, no offence can be caused.

Precisely how arable farmers will be able to operate is beyond me.

Maybe those university people need to go on a course.

https://twitter.com/bbccomedy/status/1010189882503950336/mediaviewer

pinno

First.Aspect said:

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/leading-american-university-removes-the-word-field-because-it-is-racist/ar-AA16eN0o?li=BBoPWjQ

I think if all words avoided, no offence can be caused.

Precisely how arable farmers will be able to operate is beyond me.

Re name farmers?: Turnip engineer or... Wheat growing facility procurement custodian.

kingstongraham

Christmas cards from moonpig just arrived.

rick_chasey

Clothes shops that have enough rack space for 4XL, 3XL, 2XL but not XS.

Pross

rick_chasey said:

Clothes shops that have enough rack space for 4XL, 3XL, 2XL but not XS.

More a reflection on the health of the nation.

briantrumpet

rick_chasey said:

Clothes shops that have enough rack space for 4XL, 3XL, 2XL but not XS.

And at my end of the price range, if I go into Primark for some disposable trousers and the one size they haven't got is mine. I almost wonder if they remove the most common sizes to make you go in a few times.

On the other hand, I sometimes just look at the XL trouser sizes in astonishment, while I'm there. I just can't imagine being that big, however hard I try.

JimD666

briantrumpet said:

rick_chasey said:

Clothes shops that have enough rack space for 4XL, 3XL, 2XL but not XS.

And at my end of the price range, if I go into Primark for some disposable trousers and the one size they haven't got is mine. I almost wonder if they remove the most common sizes to make you go in a few times.

On the other hand, I sometimes just look at the XL trouser sizes in astonishment, while I'm there. I just can't imagine being that big, however hard I try.

I keep a pair of 46" waist joggers to remind me of how fat I'd gotten.

Currently renting them out to a family of 4 as a tent.

Tashman

briantrumpet said:

rick_chasey said:

Clothes shops that have enough rack space for 4XL, 3XL, 2XL but not XS.

And at my end of the price range, if I go into Primark for some disposable trousers and the one size they haven't got is mine. I almost wonder if they remove the most common sizes to make you go in a few times.

On the other hand, I sometimes just look at the XL trouser sizes in astonishment, while I'm there. I just can't imagine being that big, however hard I try.

XL is my standard size. I know I'm overweight but by no means enormous. If I got down to a medium I'd look quite gaunt. 36 waist is pretty standard for me in other trouser measurements.

pblakeney

Tashman said:

briantrumpet said:

rick_chasey said:

Clothes shops that have enough rack space for 4XL, 3XL, 2XL but not XS.

And at my end of the price range, if I go into Primark for some disposable trousers and the one size they haven't got is mine. I almost wonder if they remove the most common sizes to make you go in a few times.

On the other hand, I sometimes just look at the XL trouser sizes in astonishment, while I'm there. I just can't imagine being that big, however hard I try.

XL is my standard size. I know I'm overweight but by no means enormous. If I got down to a medium I'd look quite gaunt. 36 waist is pretty standard for me in other trouser measurements.

Not wanting to be the bearer of bad news so take this as an advisory warning.
Do not use a tape measure to measure your waist. it will only lead to disappointment.

briantrumpet

Tashman said:

briantrumpet said:

rick_chasey said:

Clothes shops that have enough rack space for 4XL, 3XL, 2XL but not XS.

And at my end of the price range, if I go into Primark for some disposable trousers and the one size they haven't got is mine. I almost wonder if they remove the most common sizes to make you go in a few times.

On the other hand, I sometimes just look at the XL trouser sizes in astonishment, while I'm there. I just can't imagine being that big, however hard I try.

XL is my standard size. I know I'm overweight but by no means enormous. If I got down to a medium I'd look quite gaunt. 36 waist is pretty standard for me in other trouser measurements.

It's the ones like 44+ that make me wonder... there's XL, then there's XL....

Tashman

pblakeney said:

Tashman said:

briantrumpet said:

rick_chasey said:

Clothes shops that have enough rack space for 4XL, 3XL, 2XL but not XS.

And at my end of the price range, if I go into Primark for some disposable trousers and the one size they haven't got is mine. I almost wonder if they remove the most common sizes to make you go in a few times.

On the other hand, I sometimes just look at the XL trouser sizes in astonishment, while I'm there. I just can't imagine being that big, however hard I try.

XL is my standard size. I know I'm overweight but by no means enormous. If I got down to a medium I'd look quite gaunt. 36 waist is pretty standard for me in other trouser measurements.

Not wanting to be the bearer of bad news so take this as an advisory warning.
Do not use a tape measure to measure your waist. it will only lead to disappointment.

That's the size of trousers that fit me. Can't remember when I last physically measured myself

Pross

I can comfortably get into a 34" waist and occasionally a 32" but when I've been measurd for suits waist has been 36". Clothing sizes have been amended to flatter the purchaser, I suspect even more so with women's sizes.

pinno

Yep ^.

I am almost always an M but recently have found that I have bought S/M as the usual M looks far to big and it is.
I got Mrs P some clothing for xmas. She's between 10 and 12 and the 12 I bought is far too big.