Seemingly trivial things that annoy you
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Well yes, the clue is in the 'trivial' bit.lesfirth said:
Excellent question and yes not trivial. I would like an answer but it looks like pita breads are a bigger issue on the forum today.pblakeney said:Not trivial and probably experienced by a few on here.
Being asked….
“Why can’t I just get a euthanasia pill?”
Followed by…
“They wouldn’t treat a dog like this.”
We have some strange priorities.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Pop them in the toaster. The heat puffs them up making them easier to open (if you can hold onto very hot bread with your bare hands.masjer said:Pitta bread.
You need the skills of a surgeon to make a successful pocket, and then trying to stuff the thing invariably ends in a disappointing mess.
The supermarket varieties should be renamed PITA bread.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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Thanks, good suggestions. I was going to say it’s not a burning issue, but now it seems it is. I think I’ll just stick to easier breadsrjsterry said:
Pop them in the toaster. The heat puffs them up making them easier to open (if you can hold onto very hot bread with your bare hands.masjer said:Pitta bread.
You need the skills of a surgeon to make a successful pocket, and then trying to stuff the thing invariably ends in a disappointing mess.
The supermarket varieties should be renamed PITA bread.
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This sign:
It's at the end of the road where I fell off on some ice in January, wasn't there when it was icy, but appeared a few days after the thaw. Still there now.0 -
Give it a good kicking.veronese68 said:This sign:
It's at the end of the road where I fell off on some ice in January, wasn't there when it was icy, but appeared a few days after the thaw. Still there now.
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I'd probably miss and fall offpinno said:
Give it a good kicking.veronese68 said:This sign:
It's at the end of the road where I fell off on some ice in January, wasn't there when it was icy, but appeared a few days after the thaw. Still there now.
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You don’t mean Mister self aware. I.e. everyone knows I’m a kn@b but I can’t see it myself.pinno said:
There is no point having a conversation with someone so detached.rick_chasey said:
Go on, I've posted enough on here, go find one where I wail at the impending doom of our race and come post it here.pinno said:
Less of that hang wringing:rick_chasey said:Flight pricing transparency.
Booked some flights which on face value cost £350 all in for the family of 3 - pretty good value.
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Now, why would you think that?!webboo said:
You don’t mean Mister self aware. I.e. everyone knows I’m a kn@b but I can’t see it myself.pinno said:
There is no point having a conversation with someone so detached.rick_chasey said:
Go on, I've posted enough on here, go find one where I wail at the impending doom of our race and come post it here.pinno said:
Less of that hang wringing:rick_chasey said:Flight pricing transparency.
Booked some flights which on face value cost £350 all in for the family of 3 - pretty good value.
https://www.forestcarbon.co.uk/offset-your-flightsseanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
I could say but he’ll only link to a graph or some research paper he’s never read.0
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First.Aspect said:
But but but... the line goes up.pinno said:
That doesn't prove anything.
My friends know and that proves my point and it's party party party.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1owcncKCHgseanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
See, you couldn’t.pinno said:
There is no point having a conversation with someone so detached.rick_chasey said:
Go on, I've posted enough on here, go find one where I wail at the impending doom of our race and come post it here.pinno said:
Less of that hang wringing:rick_chasey said:Flight pricing transparency.
Booked some flights which on face value cost £350 all in for the family of 3 - pretty good value.
https://www.forestcarbon.co.uk/offset-your-flights0 -
Rode bike this morning, walked dogs after lunch for a couple of hours, after taking dogs home stopped 20 mins or so, then walked to shops and on to coffee shop.
Sat in coffee shop for around 30 mins and watch tells me i need to exercise. I’ve literally been still for an hour in total out of the last 40 -
Mine did it after I’d been sat down for half an hour after finishing a marathon. I switched the alert off at that point.morstar said:Rode bike this morning, walked dogs after lunch for a couple of hours, after taking dogs home stopped 20 mins or so, then walked to shops and on to coffee shop.
Sat in coffee shop for around 30 mins and watch tells me i need to exercise. I’ve literally been still for an hour in total out of the last 4
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Obviously not trying hard enough.0
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Exercise is counted in steps, didn't you know.
If you go to 120 psi and remove the bar tape, you can get your 10000 steps in about a mile and a half.1 -
My washing machine was starting to go on walkabout under its own steam, so I fitted new suspension arms. It seemed a little better. Heavy load went in…bang, bang, bang. That doesn’t sound good. Next suspect, worn bearings. There was certainly some play in the drum.
Right, stripped the machine down. Pump, motor, control panel, various hoses, concrete counterweights, etc, all easy enough. Lifted the complete drum assembly out of the top of the machine.
B’stards, they’ve only gone and bonded the two halves of the drum housing, making it impossible to remove the drum to get to the bearings. They used to be bolted together. Progress👎
Not wanting to be thwarted, I cut the two halves apart (oscillating tool) and extracted the stainless drum. Finally, got to inspect the bearings, which only had slight play. On further investigation, the three-armed spider (that holds the drum to the shaft) had a crack through one of the arms.
Parts availability, zero for a sealed unit.
Sorry about the boring read, but my annoyance is built in obsolescence. A perfectly good machine now scrap.
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That's a worthy rant and I completely agree with you. I've replaced the bearings in washing machines and it's a pig of a job, but really should be possible without resorting to cutting things and spares for white goods shouldn't be so hard to buy.masjer said:
Sorry about the boring read, but my annoyance is built in obsolescence. A perfectly good machine now scrap.1 -
That's the kind of thing that the EU might eventually get on - ensuring that white goods are repairable. The 'free market' is rubbish at that sort of thing, and partly why we're screwed - all short term gain.veronese68 said:
That's a worthy rant and I completely agree with you. I've replaced the bearings in washing machines and it's a pig of a job, but really should be possible without resorting to cutting things and spares for white goods shouldn't be so hard to buy.masjer said:
Sorry about the boring read, but my annoyance is built in obsolescence. A perfectly good machine now scrap.
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Where they used to be bolted, they are now factory fused. Mad, the bearings can fail quite early with no way to replace. The bearings and seals are only about £35 for the repairable types.
Fused drum housing.
Anyway £400 machine on its way. What a boring way to spend money!
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Having to use three - yes, *three* - matches to get the woodburner roaring away.0
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😊 This looks like will be night #2, after last night, when a woodburner doesn't fire up here, breaking the every evening since end September cozy stove sequence. Spring has sprung.briantrumpet said:Having to use three - yes, *three* - matches to get the woodburner roaring away.
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The nights here are down to about 2 or 3C for the next two or three days, So I'll be hoping to let it go out after then, if I can, but will keep it ticking over in the meantime, so no more matches.orraloon said:
😊 This looks like will be night #2, after last night, when a woodburner doesn't fire up here, breaking the every evening since end September cozy stove sequence. Spring has sprung.briantrumpet said:Having to use three - yes, *three* - matches to get the woodburner roaring away.
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Woke up to an unexpected frost and having to scrape the windscreen this morning here. Luckily it warms up quickly when the sun is out so not much heating needed.briantrumpet said:
The nights here are down to about 2 or 3C for the next two or three days, So I'll be hoping to let it go out after then, if I can, but will keep it ticking over in the meantime, so no more matches.orraloon said:
😊 This looks like will be night #2, after last night, when a woodburner doesn't fire up here, breaking the every evening since end September cozy stove sequence. Spring has sprung.briantrumpet said:Having to use three - yes, *three* - matches to get the woodburner roaring away.
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Having been out running & riding over the last 3 mornings, the temperature change between 9 and 10 is remarkable.0
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morstar said:
Having been out running & riding over the last 3 mornings, the temperature change between 9 and 10 is remarkable.
If the sun comes out here at this time of year, it'll be shorts by the lunchtime, but there's no real warmth in the air, and the mistral can make it feel artic very quickly if the sun boogers off.0 -
Very much like that here at the moment. Walking in and out of shadow is quite striking.briantrumpet said:morstar said:Having been out running & riding over the last 3 mornings, the temperature change between 9 and 10 is remarkable.
If the sun comes out here at this time of year, it'll be shorts by the lunchtime, but there's no real warmth in the air, and the mistral can make it feel artic very quickly if the sun boogers off.0
