Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

pinno

Didn't hear of nor see any of it.
(You can switch the bloody TV off you know).

rjsterry

morstar said:

I used to enjoy Eurovision before it got all serious.

Now it’s just an overblown showcase for not especially good pop music.

Much preferred a good novelty act in there but it all seemed to die with the introduction of semi finals.

First.Aspect

pinno said:

Didn't hear of nor see any of it.
(You can switch the bloody TV off you know).

They are still talking about it on 5live this morning. It is "news" apparently, up there with a cyclone and an ongoing war.

I've switched to watching cat videos on youtube, which is more newsworthy.

Stevo_666

Worth watching the Polish and Iraeli entries for visual appeal, but otherwise steer clear, as I tried to do on Saturday after Mrs 666 hijacked the remote.

morstar

pinno said:

Didn't hear of nor see any of it.
(You can switch the bloody TV off you know).

If that’s aimed at me, I didn’t turn it on in the first instance. Stopped watching years ago for reasons stated.

morstar

rjsterry said:

morstar said:

I used to enjoy Eurovision before it got all serious.

Now it’s just an overblown showcase for not especially good pop music.

Much preferred a good novelty act in there but it all seemed to die with the introduction of semi finals.

Pfft, mainstream.

So maybe the odd one squeezes through. But was the song also novelty/ unusual or did they just dress weird?

Pross

morstar said:

rjsterry said:

morstar said:

I used to enjoy Eurovision before it got all serious.

Now it’s just an overblown showcase for not especially good pop music.

Much preferred a good novelty act in there but it all seemed to die with the introduction of semi finals.

Pfft, mainstream.

So maybe the odd one squeezes through. But was the song also novelty/ unusual or did they just dress weird?

Song was batshit too as was the Finnish entry that came second. It was a fairly traditional Eurovision mix of that sort of thing, pop versions based on traditional folk tunes and bland power ballads.

surrey_commuter

The Council have reduced grass verge cutting to 4 times a year and whilst that is sh1te, my annoyance is with the whiners who could spend 2 mins cutting it themselves

TheBigBean

surrey_commuter said:

The Council have reduced grass verge cutting to 4 times a year and whilst that is sh1te, my annoyance is with the whiners who could spend 2 mins cutting it themselves

I often think that lots of these jobs should be given to locals for a minor council tax reduction. There was a park near where I used to lived and the council struggled to lock and unlock the gates - a job surely better suited to someone living next to it than a dedicated employee who drove there every day.

rjsterry

morstar said:

rjsterry said:

morstar said:

I used to enjoy Eurovision before it got all serious.

Now it’s just an overblown showcase for not especially good pop music.

Much preferred a good novelty act in there but it all seemed to die with the introduction of semi finals.

Pfft, mainstream.

So maybe the odd one squeezes through. But was the song also novelty/ unusual or did they just dress weird?

It was pretty odd.

And flatly ignored the no politics rule, which was fun.

pangolin

TheBigBean said:

surrey_commuter said:

The Council have reduced grass verge cutting to 4 times a year and whilst that is sh1te, my annoyance is with the whiners who could spend 2 mins cutting it themselves

I often think that lots of these jobs should be given to locals for a minor council tax reduction. There was a park near where I used to lived and the council struggled to lock and unlock the gates - a job surely better suited to someone living next to it than a dedicated employee who drove there every day.

How would liability work when the various locals find imaginative ways to get the jobs wrong?

rick_chasey

about 8 weeks ago I caught a pretty nasty gut infection.

Since then, I have something called Post Infection IBS, which in laymen's terms means I have a relatively painful version of the runs. All the time.

Having had it all checked out with the Dr that it's nothing more serious, there is nothing that I can do but wait for it to improve.

This, on average, takes years.

So I can look forward to firing stuff out that is more like minestrone than anything you'd expect to come out of there for the foreseeable.

Sucks.

pangolin

rick_chasey said:

about 8 weeks ago I caught a pretty nasty gut infection.

Since then, I have something called Post Infection IBS, which in laymen's terms means I have a relatively painful version of the runs. All the time.

Having had it all checked out with the Dr that it's nothing more serious, there is nothing that I can do but wait for it to improve.

This, on average, takes years.

So I can look forward to firing stuff out that is more like minestrone than anything you'd expect to come out of there for the foreseeable.

Sucks.

Apologies you've probably read up lots on this, but my understanding is that this is due to all the good bacteria in your gut presumably being wiped out by the antibiotics.

Can you not speed up their recovery with supplements & the right kind of food?

rick_chasey

Tbh I went through my diet with the dr and it’s pretty good already.

Lots of yoghurt @ other fermented foods etc

First.Aspect

You could try a fecal transplant.

rick_chasey

Yeah I'm down to see a specialist soon. We'll see. Dr was pretty bearish that anything material can be done

monkimark

surrey_commuter said:

The Council have reduced grass verge cutting to 4 times a year and whilst that is sh1te, my annoyance is with the whiners who could spend 2 mins cutting it themselves

I have a verge between the pavement and the road outside my house, council rarely cut it but I'm fine with that. I mow around the edges and leave the middle to grow wildflowers.

TheBigBean

pangolin said:

TheBigBean said:

surrey_commuter said:

The Council have reduced grass verge cutting to 4 times a year and whilst that is sh1te, my annoyance is with the whiners who could spend 2 mins cutting it themselves

I often think that lots of these jobs should be given to locals for a minor council tax reduction. There was a park near where I used to lived and the council struggled to lock and unlock the gates - a job surely better suited to someone living next to it than a dedicated employee who drove there every day.

How would liability work when the various locals find imaginative ways to get the jobs wrong?

I can see that this would be raised as an objection, but I think the trick would be risk assessment of the job, so no chainsawing locals, but generic third party insurance for the lawn mowing brigade.

rick_chasey

Good way to lose 10% of your weight, mind.

Pross

surrey_commuter said:

The Council have reduced grass verge cutting to 4 times a year and whilst that is sh1te, my annoyance is with the whiners who could spend 2 mins cutting it themselves

They lack imagination. Around here they put up signs passing it off as an ecology initiative, they also tend to leave most of the grass in parks uncut with just mown strips for people to walk on. I think I mentioned it on here last year, there's definitely ecological benefits but I doubt anyone is buying that being the reason rather that cost saving. It can look a bit ugly but not so much if they chuck some wildflower seeds down. The problem is where they leave verges in visibility splays to get overgrown.

Pross

rick_chasey said:

about 8 weeks ago I caught a pretty nasty gut infection.

Since then, I have something called Post Infection IBS, which in laymen's terms means I have a relatively painful version of the runs. All the time.

Having had it all checked out with the Dr that it's nothing more serious, there is nothing that I can do but wait for it to improve.

This, on average, takes years.

So I can look forward to firing stuff out that is more like minestrone than anything you'd expect to come out of there for the foreseeable.

Sucks.

I don't envy you, I had IBS for a few years to the point I was scared to go out for a run or on my bike. I think in my case it was stress related as it stopped soon after I changed jobs and hasn't been an issue inn the 7 years since.

surrey_commuter

Pross said:

surrey_commuter said:

The Council have reduced grass verge cutting to 4 times a year and whilst that is sh1te, my annoyance is with the whiners who could spend 2 mins cutting it themselves

They lack imagination. Around here they put up signs passing it off as an ecology initiative, they also tend to leave most of the grass in parks uncut with just mown strips for people to walk on. I think I mentioned it on here last year, there's definitely ecological benefits but I doubt anyone is buying that being the reason rather that cost saving. It can look a bit ugly but not so much if they chuck some wildflower seeds down. The problem is where they leave verges in visibility splays to get overgrown.

It moved from local council to SCC who are trying to use the eco excuse, unsurprisingly people too lazy to mow a couple of square metres aren’t bothered by that.

The intellectuals point out that as it is between knee and waist high they will have to suck up the cutting which will take the wildflower seeds with it, so yes they are talking rightybankruptbollox

rick_chasey

Pross said:

rick_chasey said:

about 8 weeks ago I caught a pretty nasty gut infection.

Since then, I have something called Post Infection IBS, which in laymen's terms means I have a relatively painful version of the runs. All the time.

Having had it all checked out with the Dr that it's nothing more serious, there is nothing that I can do but wait for it to improve.

This, on average, takes years.

So I can look forward to firing stuff out that is more like minestrone than anything you'd expect to come out of there for the foreseeable.

Sucks.

I don't envy you, I had IBS for a few years to the point I was scared to go out for a run or on my bike. I think in my case it was stress related as it stopped soon after I changed jobs and hasn't been an issue inn the 7 years since.

That's good to know.

I don't quite understand in my own case if or how there is a stress link > I don't feel especially stressed, at least, not compared to other parts in my life, and I can't see a correlation between the two, beyond being much grumpier when I am uncomfortable.

pinno

I had IBS after my mother had a brain haemorrhage such was the shock.
It was unbearable but the triggers I found were fats and oils so I quickly cut out butter and fried stuff. It soon stopped only lasted 9 days.

Mum recovered as it was an inter cranial haemorrhage but we didn't know that at the time.

Pross

Interviewers who don’t understand the subject they’re talking about so keep asking what they think are “tough” questions that the interviewee isn’t answering e.g. Naga Munchetty this morning talking about sewer overflows and seeming unable to grasp that a £10 billion investment isn’t going to be something that can bring instant results. I suppose, having seen newsreaders on quizzes, I shouldn’t be surprised as they seem surprisingly thick as a group.

pinno

Pross said:

Interviewers who don’t understand the subject they’re talking about so keep asking what they think are “tough” questions that the interviewee isn’t answering e.g. Naga Munchetty this morning talking about sewer overflows and seeming unable to grasp that a £10 billion investment isn’t going to be something that can bring instant results. I suppose, having seen newsreaders on quizzes, I shouldn’t be surprised as they seem surprisingly thick as a group.

Usual BBC (?) shyte. Like 'Hard talk'. He doesn't allow the person to answer the question. Kirsty Wark is worse. They act like experts in all departments... except what they are paid to do.

de_sisti

Now, I've nothing against people supporting Man United who live nowhere near the
Greater Manchester conurbation, but when they automatically go on to say they hate
Man City, it's taking their faux United support too far (for the record, I was brought up in Moss Side and Cheetham Hill and still have siblings living in Manchester).

When living there, it was always possible to have banter (as a United supporter) with
City fans (at work, in the office, pub, etc etc), especially when one team is doing better than the other, or on derby days.

However, when United fans who live far away from Greater Manchester start going
on about their dislike for City I think it's just taking their 'association' with United too
far and is pathetic (in my opinion).

Yes, United have always had supporters who live nowhere near the north-west, but
other teams who have been successful in the past also have fans who live nowhere near, or have no connection with that particular city/town (I'm looking at you Liverpool, Arsenal,
Spurs, Celtic, Rangers).

surrey_commuter

de_sisti said:

Now, I've nothing against people supporting Man United who live nowhere near the
Greater Manchester conurbation, but when they automatically go on to say they hate
Man City, it's taking their faux United support too far (for the record, I was brought up in Moss Side and Cheetham Hill and still have siblings living in Manchester).

When living there, it was always possible to have banter (as a United supporter) with
City fans (at work, in the office, pub, etc etc), especially when one team is doing better than the other, or on derby days.

However, when United fans who live far away from Greater Manchester start going
on about their dislike for City I think it's just taking their 'association' with United too
far and is pathetic (in my opinion).

Yes, United have always had supporters who live nowhere near the north-west, but
other teams who have been successful in the past also have supporters who live
no connection with that particular city/town (I'm looking at you Liverpool, Arsenal,
Spurs, Celtic, Rangers).

if these "gloryhunters" have hung in there for the last 62 years then I would be inclined to cut them some slack

Pross

surrey_commuter said:

de_sisti said:

Now, I've nothing against people supporting Man United who live nowhere near the
Greater Manchester conurbation, but when they automatically go on to say they hate
Man City, it's taking their faux United support too far (for the record, I was brought up in Moss Side and Cheetham Hill and still have siblings living in Manchester).

When living there, it was always possible to have banter (as a United supporter) with
City fans (at work, in the office, pub, etc etc), especially when one team is doing better than the other, or on derby days.

However, when United fans who live far away from Greater Manchester start going
on about their dislike for City I think it's just taking their 'association' with United too
far and is pathetic (in my opinion).

Yes, United have always had supporters who live nowhere near the north-west, but
other teams who have been successful in the past also have supporters who live
no connection with that particular city/town (I'm looking at you Liverpool, Arsenal,
Spurs, Celtic, Rangers).

if these "gloryhunters" have hung in there for the last 62 years then I would be inclined to cut them some slack

To be fair they won a couple of FA cups less than 40 years ago.

Edit - actually only one, the ones I was thinking of were over 40 years ago now!

surrey_commuter

Pross said:

surrey_commuter said:

de_sisti said:

Now, I've nothing against people supporting Man United who live nowhere near the
Greater Manchester conurbation, but when they automatically go on to say they hate
Man City, it's taking their faux United support too far (for the record, I was brought up in Moss Side and Cheetham Hill and still have siblings living in Manchester).

When living there, it was always possible to have banter (as a United supporter) with
City fans (at work, in the office, pub, etc etc), especially when one team is doing better than the other, or on derby days.

However, when United fans who live far away from Greater Manchester start going
on about their dislike for City I think it's just taking their 'association' with United too
far and is pathetic (in my opinion).

Yes, United have always had supporters who live nowhere near the north-west, but
other teams who have been successful in the past also have supporters who live
no connection with that particular city/town (I'm looking at you Liverpool, Arsenal,
Spurs, Celtic, Rangers).

if these "gloryhunters" have hung in there for the last 62 years then I would be inclined to cut them some slack

To be fair they won a couple of FA cups less than 40 years ago.

Edit - actually only one, the ones I was thinking of were over 40 years ago now!

even so of all the sticks to hit them with "gloryhunter" seems unfair