Seemingly trivial things that annoy you
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New inner tubes that don't have the inner bit of the valve tightened up properly, and you either get very slow leakage, or when you try to undo the knurled knob to pump up the tyre, the whole inner bit comes flying out instead, never to be found again.0
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The way I remember it is that Smiths were green for cheese and onion and blue for salt and vinegar, Smiths seemed to be more prevalent as I remember things. But, Walkers then bought Smiths and messed things up. This may well be factually incorrect, I don't often buy crisps, so this is trivial and I couldn't give a monkeys, there's not a thread for that.0
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Conti?briantrumpet said:New inner tubes that don't have the inner bit of the valve tightened up properly, and you either get very slow leakage, or when you try to undo the knurled knob to pump up the tyre, the whole inner bit comes flying out instead, never to be found again.
I always nip up the valve before use.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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pblakeney said:
Conti?briantrumpet said:New inner tubes that don't have the inner bit of the valve tightened up properly, and you either get very slow leakage, or when you try to undo the knurled knob to pump up the tyre, the whole inner bit comes flying out instead, never to be found again.
I always nip up the valve before use.
Not the most recent occurrences.
Yeah, I should remember to, but I shouldn't have to remember to.1 -
Living in an early 20th century terraced house that has no cavity walls; I can hear virtually everything from one of the adjoining properties. Even worse is their inability to quietly close their front door.
However, they have been very kind to me so don't want to spoil any neighbourly friendship.0 -
What sort of animal chooses cheese and onion over salt and vinegar anyway?0
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Ready salted you maniacs.0
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Crisps used to be terrible, the flavours were too strong and they used to be greasy. Now with foil bags I'd hapily most varieties, accept horse of course.
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Meh!mrb123 said:0 -
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Quite the turn around for you there. 🤣focuszing723 said:Crisps used to be terrible, the flavours were too strong and they used to be greasy. Now with foil bags I'd hapily most varieties, accept horse of course.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.2 -
In my defiance I have posted this nice picture of a grab bag of Monster Munich to desalinate my embarrassing mistake.0 -
Your AI typing bot really needs an upgrade. 🤣focuszing723 said:
In my defiance I have posted this nice picture of a grab bag of Monster Munich to desalinate my embarrassing mistake.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.2 -
I wish I had a decent excuse.pblakeney said:
Your AI typing bot really needs an upgrade. 🤣focuszing723 said:
In my defiance I have posted this nice picture of a grab bag of Monster Munich to desalinate my embarrassing mistake.0 -
I think he's French.mrb123 said:"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Singers who mumble words so you can’t understand what they are saying. Just heard a song by Jorja Smith, her voice is fine even though it isn’t my sort of music but I literally couldn’t understand a word she was saying at first. When I was really concentrating on working out what she was saying I could make out maybe one word in 10 on average. What’s the point in taking time to write lyrics and then singing so no-one knows what they are?0
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It's mainly about the melody and how the voice accompanies that though isn’t it?Pross said:Singers who mumble words so you can’t understand what they are saying. Just heard a song by Jorja Smith, her voice is fine even though it isn’t my sort of music but I literally couldn’t understand a word she was saying at first. When I was really concentrating on working out what she was saying I could make out maybe one word in 10 on average. What’s the point in taking time to write lyrics and then singing so no-one knows what they are?
If you really want to get into it a bit more rather than quick entertainment, a five second Google gives you the lyrics and the context/meaning.
I get what you mean though and half of me agrees, TV/Films can be the same, mumbling characters.
It reminds me a bit of Car ads nowadays too, you never actually see the the car in full just various stupid angles. I guess they want you to go online or to a showroom.0 -
People's brains process music differently and some people naturally hear or pay more attention to the lyrics than others.focuszing723 said:
It's mainly about the melody and how the voice accompanies that though isn’t it?Pross said:Singers who mumble words so you can’t understand what they are saying. Just heard a song by Jorja Smith, her voice is fine even though it isn’t my sort of music but I literally couldn’t understand a word she was saying at first. When I was really concentrating on working out what she was saying I could make out maybe one word in 10 on average. What’s the point in taking time to write lyrics and then singing so no-one knows what they are?
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Prime example for me is that I like early Simple Minds when the vocals are just mixed into the overall sound and indecipherable. I switched off when they got successful and Jim Kerr started "singing".focuszing723 said:
It's mainly about the melody and how the voice accompanies that though isn’t it?Pross said:Singers who mumble words so you can’t understand what they are saying. Just heard a song by Jorja Smith, her voice is fine even though it isn’t my sort of music but I literally couldn’t understand a word she was saying at first. When I was really concentrating on working out what she was saying I could make out maybe one word in 10 on average. What’s the point in taking time to write lyrics and then singing so no-one knows what they are?
...The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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Yeah, Pross is right I do like to hear the lyrics, but I think it's the accompaniment that the majority go for.pblakeney said:
Prime example for me is that I like early Simple Minds when the vocals are just mixed into the overall sound and indecipherable. I switched off when they got successful and Jim Kerr started "singing".focuszing723 said:
It's mainly about the melody and how the voice accompanies that though isn’t it?Pross said:Singers who mumble words so you can’t understand what they are saying. Just heard a song by Jorja Smith, her voice is fine even though it isn’t my sort of music but I literally couldn’t understand a word she was saying at first. When I was really concentrating on working out what she was saying I could make out maybe one word in 10 on average. What’s the point in taking time to write lyrics and then singing so no-one knows what they are?
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The track Just sounds goods.0 -
Not a fan of radiohead then, presumably?pblakeney said:
Prime example for me is that I like early Simple Minds when the vocals are just mixed into the overall sound and indecipherable. I switched off when they got successful and Jim Kerr started "singing".focuszing723 said:
It's mainly about the melody and how the voice accompanies that though isn’t it?Pross said:Singers who mumble words so you can’t understand what they are saying. Just heard a song by Jorja Smith, her voice is fine even though it isn’t my sort of music but I literally couldn’t understand a word she was saying at first. When I was really concentrating on working out what she was saying I could make out maybe one word in 10 on average. What’s the point in taking time to write lyrics and then singing so no-one knows what they are?
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Yeah, everyone if different.rick_chasey said:
People's brains process music differently and some people naturally hear or pay more attention to the lyrics than others.focuszing723 said:
It's mainly about the melody and how the voice accompanies that though isn’t it?Pross said:Singers who mumble words so you can’t understand what they are saying. Just heard a song by Jorja Smith, her voice is fine even though it isn’t my sort of music but I literally couldn’t understand a word she was saying at first. When I was really concentrating on working out what she was saying I could make out maybe one word in 10 on average. What’s the point in taking time to write lyrics and then singing so no-one knows what they are?
Bowie used to cut words out from text and jumble them around to get some creativity. I think I've remembered that correctly without Google cheating.0 -
Got bored after OK Computer.rick_chasey said:
Not a fan of radiohead then, presumably?pblakeney said:
Prime example for me is that I like early Simple Minds when the vocals are just mixed into the overall sound and indecipherable. I switched off when they got successful and Jim Kerr started "singing".focuszing723 said:
It's mainly about the melody and how the voice accompanies that though isn’t it?Pross said:Singers who mumble words so you can’t understand what they are saying. Just heard a song by Jorja Smith, her voice is fine even though it isn’t my sort of music but I literally couldn’t understand a word she was saying at first. When I was really concentrating on working out what she was saying I could make out maybe one word in 10 on average. What’s the point in taking time to write lyrics and then singing so no-one knows what they are?
...The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Pross said:
Singers who mumble words so you can’t understand what they are saying. Just heard a song by Jorja Smith, her voice is fine even though it isn’t my sort of music but I literally couldn’t understand a word she was saying at first. When I was really concentrating on working out what she was saying I could make out maybe one word in 10 on average. What’s the point in taking time to write lyrics and then singing so no-one knows what they are?
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Ah that's just when they started to get good...Pre OK Computer is drab stuff with a handful of exceptions.pblakeney said:
Got bored after OK Computer.rick_chasey said:
Not a fan of radiohead then, presumably?pblakeney said:
Prime example for me is that I like early Simple Minds when the vocals are just mixed into the overall sound and indecipherable. I switched off when they got successful and Jim Kerr started "singing".focuszing723 said:
It's mainly about the melody and how the voice accompanies that though isn’t it?Pross said:Singers who mumble words so you can’t understand what they are saying. Just heard a song by Jorja Smith, her voice is fine even though it isn’t my sort of music but I literally couldn’t understand a word she was saying at first. When I was really concentrating on working out what she was saying I could make out maybe one word in 10 on average. What’s the point in taking time to write lyrics and then singing so no-one knows what they are?
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A classic example of music being subjective.rick_chasey said:
Ah that's just when they started to get good...Pre OK Computer is drab stuff with a handful of exceptions.pblakeney said:
Got bored after OK Computer.rick_chasey said:
Not a fan of radiohead then, presumably?pblakeney said:
Prime example for me is that I like early Simple Minds when the vocals are just mixed into the overall sound and indecipherable. I switched off when they got successful and Jim Kerr started "singing".focuszing723 said:
It's mainly about the melody and how the voice accompanies that though isn’t it?Pross said:Singers who mumble words so you can’t understand what they are saying. Just heard a song by Jorja Smith, her voice is fine even though it isn’t my sort of music but I literally couldn’t understand a word she was saying at first. When I was really concentrating on working out what she was saying I could make out maybe one word in 10 on average. What’s the point in taking time to write lyrics and then singing so no-one knows what they are?
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Each to their own.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Meh, up to a point. According to a book on the music theory in radiohead's music, and why it's quite so good, it gets much more interesting post OK Computer.pblakeney said:
A classic example of music being subjective.rick_chasey said:
Ah that's just when they started to get good...Pre OK Computer is drab stuff with a handful of exceptions.pblakeney said:
Got bored after OK Computer.rick_chasey said:
Not a fan of radiohead then, presumably?pblakeney said:
Prime example for me is that I like early Simple Minds when the vocals are just mixed into the overall sound and indecipherable. I switched off when they got successful and Jim Kerr started "singing".focuszing723 said:
It's mainly about the melody and how the voice accompanies that though isn’t it?Pross said:Singers who mumble words so you can’t understand what they are saying. Just heard a song by Jorja Smith, her voice is fine even though it isn’t my sort of music but I literally couldn’t understand a word she was saying at first. When I was really concentrating on working out what she was saying I could make out maybe one word in 10 on average. What’s the point in taking time to write lyrics and then singing so no-one knows what they are?
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Each to their own.
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