Seemingly trivial things that annoy you
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rain that isn't enough to put your windscreen wipers on but is too much to not have them on!
Windscreen wipers that only have 3 settings ("basically off", "too much", and "go f*ing mental and try to jump off the car")
Yes!! There should be some kind of throttle to let you decide the speed.www.conjunctivitis.com - a site for sore eyes0 -
As with windscreen wipers, car doors, why do they open n stages? which seem to be, too small, still too small but you think you'll fit, too big for the car next to you and way too big.www.conjunctivitis.com - a site for sore eyes0
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rain that isn't enough to put your windscreen wipers on but is too much to not have them on!
Windscreen wipers that only have 3 settings ("basically off", "too much", and "go f*ing mental and try to jump off the car")
Yes!! There should be some kind of throttle to let you decide the speed.
Funny enough my last 3 cars have all had adjustable intermittent speeds. My current one also has auto (which monitors the screen for drops and works when it needs to).Rose Xeon CDX 3100, Ultegra Di2 disc (nice weather)
Ribble Gran Fondo, Campagnolo Centaur (winter bike)
Van Raam 'O' Pair
Land Rover (really nasty weather
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I remember my old man used to have a 1960 Ford Consul. It had a system whereby the wiper speed was dependant on the speed the car was being driven. ie The faster you drove, the slower the wipers went. The idea was to slow drivers down in wet weather.0
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Relentless rain.
I mean come on, give some to Sudan or somewhere else that needs it. In 3 months we'll have a hosepipe ban.Advocate of disc brakes.0 -
Vacuum operated wipers. A closed throttle gave more vacuum so faster wipers. Open the throttle wide and there is less vacuum, so less wiping.I remember my old man used to have a 1960 Ford Consul. It had a system whereby the wiper speed was dependant on the speed the car was being driven. ie The faster you drove, the slower the wipers went. The idea was to slow drivers down in wet weather.0 -
Beat me to it Veronese!
Years ago I almost came a cropper several times on the Hammersmith flyover in a Lotus Elan, a bit of throttle to accelerate up the grade, and the wipers do a decreasing dance of death.
I drive a 1964 motor (when I can be arsed to get it out of the garage), with 3 wiper speeds: 'off', 'on' - and they sort of have a half hearted attempt at it, switching direction at random places on the windscreen, and 'fast' - when they just wave about frantically without actually touching the glass.
I can't say that it annoys me though, it's kind of funny in an endearingly fifties engineering way.0 -
People who say "expresso"Advocate of disc brakes.0
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Yeah and don't forget people who can't espress themselves properly.0
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faux notherners who pronounce all their vowels apart from "U". There's an epidemic on the BBC now.0
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What if they are discussing the excellent Cliff Richard film "Expresso Bongo"?People who say "expresso"Ecrasez l’infame0 -
Then they need their heads testing.Advocate of disc brakes.0
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Ballysmate. Well more particularly the fact that I, and others, refer to him as Bally when he isn't. Bally is his mate. So what should we call him? The Grinch?0
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Oi !! Who you calling trivial? :P0
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We could call you that if you prefer it to the Grinch, or Santa.
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Bin lorries. More specifically bin lorries screwing up the traffic flow in rush hour.
Yes, I know I should have been on my bike but I had to drive the old man's car in to fix it today.0 -
Bin lorries. More specifically bin lorries screwing up the traffic flow in rush hour.
Yes, I know I should have been on my bike but I had to drive the old man's car in to fix it today.
Would make little diffrence. The bin men would no doubt dump the wheelie bins in the centre of the cycle paths anyway0 -
People who use "revert" instead of "reply".
As in "I'll check with my boss and revert tomorrow".0 -
Even in management speak, how can that possibly make sense?0
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Even in management speak, how can that possibly make sense?
At what point in human history did management speak EVER make any sense?0 -
Even in management speak, how can that possibly make sense?
At what point in human history did management speak EVER make any sense?
Having taught Business English for a few years, if there's one way to push me to the edge of insanity, it's spouting management speak in my presence.0 -
I think we're on the same page there Finchy.0
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Just read a headline saying someone had been burglarized. Surely burgled is the correct word. Bloody Americans I suspect.0
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I think we're on the same page there Finchy.
As long as that page isn't one out of First Insights Into Business... (shudders at long-repressed memories of sitting in a factory in Slovakia, trying to teach the manager how to talk about advertising)0 -
I think we're on the same page there Finchy.
As long as that page isn't one out of First Insights Into Business... (shudders at long-repressed memories of sitting in a factory in Slovakia, trying to teach the manager how to talk about advertising)
I'm sure you ran many ideas up the flagpole and there were many salutes.0 -
I think we're on the same page there Finchy.
As long as that page isn't one out of First Insights Into Business... (shudders at long-repressed memories of sitting in a factory in Slovakia, trying to teach the manager how to talk about advertising)
I'm sure you ran many ideas up the flagpole and there were many salutes.
Surely it is time to draw a line in the sand and move on though? After all, we are where we are.0 -
I'm still in my silo wondering what a stake holder is, this is full of what you love Bally:-
"A consultation on the Government's mandate to NHS England to 2020"
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/472043/final_consultation_doc.pdf0 -
I'm still in my silo wondering what a stake holder is, this is full of what you love Bally:-
"A consultation on the Government's mandate to NHS England to 2020"
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/472043/final_consultation_doc.pdf
Acronyms for the sake of them. In the above document, you get as far as Para 1.2 in the introduction and you get Spending Review(SR)
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Even in management speak, how can that possibly make sense?
I did some googling It seems it comes from south Asian (India) English, possibly through some sort of translation. And is used by Americans.
Some actual quotes from my emails:According to your report [company] should have provided us some deliverables.
Could you please check and revert?As these findings have not gone to the HSE and we are not in UK waters, I can’t see any of them being an issue but, I will look in to this one and revert.Please review the attached draft MSA and revert with any comments (including information requested in the documents) electronically, using the attached table.
(to be fair this guy's first language isn't English)So tell us what your thoughts are and revert with all information you need from us so we can make it happen.I will revert with the travel itinerary as soon as it is bookedPlease review and revert with any queries you may have.I note that you still need to revert on the insurance amendment
It does my f*cking head in.0
