Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

Pross

^ Solid effort, I'm going to give that a rant rating of 8/10

My rant is that I'd entered my first 50 mile ultra marathon. I was really looking forward to it as it starts at 10pm on a Friday night and the first 7 hours or so would have been running across the Brecon Beacons in darkness which could be spectacular with a clear sky. It had really helped me get my motivation back after 2 years of struggling to drag myself out on runs. Unfortunately I just got an email to say they are moving it to September due to a poor take up in entries and it is now too close to my other main race of the year, Snowdonia marathon. At least I hadn't invested in any extra kit for the ultra or really got into the big mileage runs but still gutted.

Pross

There’s actually a documentary on Channel 5 at the moment about the Beast From The East. I know it was a fairly severe winter storm by UK standards but we must be a right laughing stock to other countries. In these parts I don’t think it was even the worst snow of the 2010s.

briantrumpet

Pross said:

There’s actually a documentary on Channel 5 at the moment about the Beast From The East. I know it was a fairly severe winter storm by UK standards but we must be a right laughing stock to other countries. In these parts I don’t think it was even the worst snow of the 2010s.

Don't worry too much... mountain folk in France laugh at everywhere else in France... if you can understand a bit of French, this is quite drôle...

First.Aspect

I don't, but I'm guessing it is similar to the Canadian ones about the temps at which people from the Yukon wear shorts / t-shirts / flip flops, etc.

briantrumpet

First.Aspect said:

I don't, but I'm guessing it is similar to the Canadian ones about the temps at which people from the Yukon wear shorts / t-shirts / flip flops, etc.

Yup. Obviously, given it's France, including reference to considering whether to brush the snow away before the pre-dinner outdoors 'apéro'.

First.Aspect

briantrumpet said:

First.Aspect said:

I don't, but I'm guessing it is similar to the Canadian ones about the temps at which people from the Yukon wear shorts / t-shirts / flip flops, etc.

Yup. Obviously, given it's France, including reference to considering whether to brush the snow away before the pre-dinner outdoors 'apéro'.

The one from Quebec would probably be more sophisticated, but I couldn't read it.

carbonclem

Pross said:

There’s actually a documentary on Channel 5 at the moment about the Beast From The East. I know it was a fairly severe winter storm by UK standards but we must be a right laughing stock to other countries. In these parts I don’t think it was even the worst snow of the 2010s.

I don't think it lasted longer than 48 hours did it? I do recall I drove from London to Gloucester in it - not advised on reflection, but it was clearly not that bad.

First.Aspect

People starting conversations about topics of personal interest to them, and getting pissy when other people ask perfectly reasonable questions about it.

First.Aspect

People starting conversations about topics of personal interest to them, and then expect others to show more interest in the subject than they do in order to qualify to talk about it.

First.Aspect

I'm finished now.

Pross

carbonclem said:

Pross said:

There’s actually a documentary on Channel 5 at the moment about the Beast From The East. I know it was a fairly severe winter storm by UK standards but we must be a right laughing stock to other countries. In these parts I don’t think it was even the worst snow of the 2010s.

I don't think it lasted longer than 48 hours did it? I do recall I drove from London to Gloucester in it - not advised on reflection, but it was clearly not that bad.

I think a few remote areas got snowed in for a week of so but in most parts it significantly cleared in a few days. I think it was either 2009/10 or 2010/11 that was definitely worse around here as we had several heavy dumps of snow in December and January with freezing temperatures between meaning it never really cleared.

rick_chasey

First.Aspect said:

People starting conversations about topics of personal interest to them, and getting pissy when other people ask perfectly reasonable questions about it.

People too lazy to google things and read to facilitate better debates.

First.Aspect

rick_chasey said:

First.Aspect said:

People starting conversations about topics of personal interest to them, and getting pissy when other people ask perfectly reasonable questions about it.

People too lazy to google things and read to facilitate better debates.

Well that would include you.

If I posted something sciencey and told you to go look it up if you asked me about it, and then when you questioned me I said I knew more about it than you so there, possibly this may irk you.

pblakeney

Pross said:

carbonclem said:

Pross said:

There’s actually a documentary on Channel 5 at the moment about the Beast From The East. I know it was a fairly severe winter storm by UK standards but we must be a right laughing stock to other countries. In these parts I don’t think it was even the worst snow of the 2010s.

I don't think it lasted longer than 48 hours did it? I do recall I drove from London to Gloucester in it - not advised on reflection, but it was clearly not that bad.

I think a few remote areas got snowed in for a week of so but in most parts it significantly cleared in a few days. I think it was either 2009/10 or 2010/11 that was definitely worse around here as we had several heavy dumps of snow in December and January with freezing temperatures between meaning it never really cleared.

Winters of 2010-2011 and 2011-2012, but yes.

rick_chasey

First.Aspect said:

rick_chasey said:

First.Aspect said:

People starting conversations about topics of personal interest to them, and getting pissy when other people ask perfectly reasonable questions about it.

People too lazy to google things and read to facilitate better debates.

Well that would include you.

If I posted something sciencey and told you to go look it up if you asked me about it, and then when you questioned me I said I knew more about it than you so there, possibly this may irk you.

I also get accused here of googling and reading up on things too much, so which is it?

TheBigBean

First.Aspect said:

People starting conversations about topics of personal interest to them, and getting pissy when other people ask perfectly reasonable questions about it.

What about the people who get disgruntled when others offer solutions to trivial annoyances?

First.Aspect

TheBigBean said:

First.Aspect said:

People starting conversations about topics of personal interest to them, and getting pissy when other people ask perfectly reasonable questions about it.

What about the people who get disgruntled when others offer solutions to trivial annoyances?

They are just looking for things to be annoyed about.

First.Aspect

rick_chasey said:

First.Aspect said:

rick_chasey said:

First.Aspect said:

People starting conversations about topics of personal interest to them, and getting pissy when other people ask perfectly reasonable questions about it.

People too lazy to google things and read to facilitate better debates.

Well that would include you.

If I posted something sciencey and told you to go look it up if you asked me about it, and then when you questioned me I said I knew more about it than you so there, possibly this may irk you.

I also get accused here of googling and reading up on things too much, so which is it?

Don't think that's a criticism as such, more a question of where do you find the time.

de_sisti

First.Aspect said:

People starting conversations about topics of personal interest to them, and then expect others to show more interest in the subject than they do in order to qualify to talk about it.

Had something similar in the sauna the other week. A bloke was talking about the meaning of life, evolution, etc; and asked if I agreed with him. I told him I had not given it any thought and had not formed an opinion. He didn't seem to like my response.

Pross

Someone talking to me whilst sat virtually naked in a sauna would annoy me for sure.

orraloon

briantrumpet said:

First.Aspect said:

I don't, but I'm guessing it is similar to the Canadian ones about the temps at which people from the Yukon wear shorts / t-shirts / flip flops, etc.

Yup. Obviously, given it's France, including reference to considering whether to brush the snow away before the pre-dinner outdoors 'apéro'.

Parisienne schools closing with 1-4cm! Hardcore. Think some schools in The Valley would shut with 1-4 snowflakes in the air.

pinno

It annoys me when things fall on the last post of the previous page and no one bothers looking at 'cos the default of the BR server is to send you to the first post of the next page when you click on the notification that there have been X number of posts since you last visited.

pinno said:

briantrumpet said:

I ought to be in prison really. Perhaps next time I should go for pigeon avoidance or evasion (or are they the same thing?)

It's gone viral @briantrumpet :

https://www.worldgreynews.com/details/257955/evil-cyclist-injures-pigeon

briantrumpet

Voter ID (well, the principle annoys me properly as it's obviously been done for reasons other than virtually non-existent in-person voter fraud)... the trivial annoyance is not being able just to pop in after work without remembering to take my passport with me, and the increased risk of loss.

Anyway, I'm applying for postal votes from now on so I can use my vote easily to get rid of the people who have brought in voter ID.

pblakeney

Not trivial - Your vote has never been private and the parties know your voting history.

drhaggis

No driving license?

Anyway, Voter ID coupled with lack of standarised ID for adults sucks. IMHO, the lack of ID cards in the UK just eases ID fraud while, at the same time, making it very annoying to identify yourself when actually needed.

It's all just a disaster waiting to happen. Given I have (had?) two UTR's for at least two years and a good 18 months after notifying HMRC of the issue, I have little hope.

kingstongraham

pblakeney said:

Not trivial - Your vote has never been private and the parties know your voting history.

That's not true.

pblakeney

kingstongraham said:

pblakeney said:

Not trivial - Your vote has never been private and the parties know your voting history.

That's not true.

Then tell me why all polling cards have unique numbers on them that are also on the voting register and why I get letters from parties that I have voted for in the past asking why I didn't vote for them last time.

Pross

drhaggis said:

No driving license?

Anyway, Voter ID coupled with lack of standarised ID for adults sucks. IMHO, the lack of ID cards in the UK just eases ID fraud while, at the same time, making it very annoying to identify yourself when actually needed.

It's all just a disaster waiting to happen. Given I have (had?) two UTR's for at least two years and a good 18 months after notifying HMRC of the issue, I have little hope.

There was huge push back when ID cards were mooted though. I'd rather have one, there's been a couple of times lately when I've needed two forms of ID and my passport has currently expired (I'm planning on renewing it closer to the time I next need to use it for its proper purpose). The other thing that annoys me is 'proof of address' in the form of a utility bill less than 3 months old. The only hard copy bills I get are my Council tax and, possibly, water rates both of which are annually around March so anything from July onwards asking for this relies on a print out of an online bill which can easily be tampered with so I don't see how it is any use.

Pross

I mentioned before that some animal keeps cr@pping on our front lawn. I went and checked this morning as it is pretty dry and clear of frost, there were around 10 piles on a lawn that is around 15m2. It's definitely some kind of domestic animal doing it and if it's a cat then it is a big one as each pile is at least as big as our small cockerpoo does. I might get a camera to see what is doing it and if it is a dog I'll bag up future deposits to dump on the owner's driveway and / or let my dog out to play on the lawn when it is out there.

briantrumpet

drhaggis said:

No driving license?

Old paper version.