Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

rick_chasey

Isn’t that the point of royals nowadays?

I can’t think of any speech or proclaim the royals says that isn’t that.

surrey_commuter

rick_chasey said:

Isn’t that the point of royals nowadays?

I can’t think of any speech or proclaim the royals says that isn’t that.

I have no idea as it is very rare that anything they do crosses my radar

photonic69

BBC iPlayer interface for Glastonbury.
Click on link that says "live - pyramid stage" and begin to watch something that was recorded earlier, whilst thinking the schedule is running late, only to find out you are watching the wrong feed and the band you wanted to watch is halfway through their set on the actual "live" feed.
They could have made it so much better,

Pross

The talk of music recently and watching Elton's set reminded me of this one. Songs that sample another song but cut the important part (for lack of a better description). That mash up of Elton songs recently has it where they never quite sing Rocket Man but the worst offender is probably Dario G's Sunchyme that never quite gets around to completing the chorus of Life In A Northern Town. It's very frustrating, almost like sex without the orgasm.

mrb123

Pross said:

The talk of music recently and watching Elton's set reminded me of this one. Songs that sample another song but cut the important part (for lack of a better description). That mash up of Elton songs recently has it where they never quite sing Rocket Man but the worst offender is probably Dario G's Sunchyme that never quite gets around to completing the chorus of Life In A Northern Town. It's very frustrating, almost like sex without the orgasm.

Is that what Sting used to do?

kingstongraham

Then again, Sunchyme is an absolute belter. And the soundtrack to Orla's dance in Derry Girls.

rjsterry

surrey_commuter said:

Prince William the virtue signalling tvvat will soon be as bad as his brother. He literally owns hundreds (maybe thousands) of properties and hundreds of thousands of acres and with immunity to planning rules he is literally one of the few people in the country who can make a difference to homelessness.

Yet he diverts £3m in one of his foundations and everybody treats him as a hero

Can you think of way to build lots of social housing without first owning lots of land? Housing Associations and Local Authorities also own thousands of properties and tend to not look after them very well - see Grenfell or numerous other examples. If he wants to become a significant provider then he can't do any worse.

Pross

Reading a LinkedIn article by a supposed professional where he states "this could almost certainly be causing the problem". Well, that's cleared that up then with absolutely no hedging his bets.

surrey_commuter

rjsterry said:

surrey_commuter said:

Prince William the virtue signalling tvvat will soon be as bad as his brother. He literally owns hundreds (maybe thousands) of properties and hundreds of thousands of acres and with immunity to planning rules he is literally one of the few people in the country who can make a difference to homelessness.

Yet he diverts £3m in one of his foundations and everybody treats him as a hero

Can you think of way to build lots of social housing without first owning lots of land? Housing Associations and Local Authorities also own thousands of properties and tend to not look after them very well - see Grenfell or numerous other examples. If he wants to become a significant provider then he can't do any worse.

how many spare bedrooms do you reckon he has?

rjsterry

surrey_commuter said:

rjsterry said:

surrey_commuter said:

Prince William the virtue signalling tvvat will soon be as bad as his brother. He literally owns hundreds (maybe thousands) of properties and hundreds of thousands of acres and with immunity to planning rules he is literally one of the few people in the country who can make a difference to homelessness.

Yet he diverts £3m in one of his foundations and everybody treats him as a hero

Can you think of way to build lots of social housing without first owning lots of land? Housing Associations and Local Authorities also own thousands of properties and tend to not look after them very well - see Grenfell or numerous other examples. If he wants to become a significant provider then he can't do any worse.

how many spare bedrooms do you reckon he has?

Let's say he has 20 in the properties he directly uses. Why is it that remotely relevant? It's not going to make a meaningful dent in homelessness just by opening those up to the first 20 guys hanging around outside Liverpool Street.
The vast majority of the Duchy's property will already be let to tenants. If he wants to develop more social housing on some of the estate land that sounds like a good idea, especially in the South West.

Obviously much easier to sneer and give yourself a pat on the back for it.

photonic69

People ignoring my sage advice.

surrey_commuter

rjsterry said:

surrey_commuter said:

rjsterry said:

surrey_commuter said:

Prince William the virtue signalling tvvat will soon be as bad as his brother. He literally owns hundreds (maybe thousands) of properties and hundreds of thousands of acres and with immunity to planning rules he is literally one of the few people in the country who can make a difference to homelessness.

Yet he diverts £3m in one of his foundations and everybody treats him as a hero

Can you think of way to build lots of social housing without first owning lots of land? Housing Associations and Local Authorities also own thousands of properties and tend to not look after them very well - see Grenfell or numerous other examples. If he wants to become a significant provider then he can't do any worse.

how many spare bedrooms do you reckon he has?

Let's say he has 20 in the properties he directly uses. Why is it that remotely relevant? It's not going to make a meaningful dent in homelessness just by opening those up to the first 20 guys hanging around outside Liverpool Street.
The vast majority of the Duchy's property will already be let to tenants. If he wants to develop more social housing on some of the estate land that sounds like a good idea, especially in the South West.

Obviously much easier to sneer and give yourself a pat on the back for it.

are you alright hun?

rjsterry

Fine, yes thanks.

You and your republican chip?

🙂

briantrumpet

The most extreme fill-the-box-up-with-air packaging of chocolate I've seen yet. Enough to see if I can goad the manufacturers into responding.

https://twitter.com/briantrumpet1/status/1673809470030327816

Apologies for sharing my own tweet.

rick_chasey

All metal drinks cans have a plastic lining, so it annoys me they’re sold as a more sustainable alternative to plastic bottled.

They’re metal AND plastic!

monkimark

Aluminium is much more recyclable than plastic though (ie can be recycled almost indefinitely). I doubt the thin liner is much different to the paint on the outside, which needs removing anyway.

Pross

I'm sure Pinno will be able to give some detail

Munsford0

And what happens to the cans with those plastic widgets in them?

Pross

Always makes be laugh when the recycling collection teams won't take items because they haven't been washed (ours are alright for this). Surely everything goes through and industrial cleaning process as part of the recycling?

pinno

Pross said:

Always makes be laugh when the recycling collection teams won't take items because they haven't been washed (ours are alright for this). Surely everything goes through and industrial cleaning process as part of the recycling?

Yes but food residue attracts rodents and smells distract the local nimby population.

pinno

monkimark said:

Aluminium is much more recyclable than plastic though (ie can be recycled almost indefinitely). I doubt the thin liner is much different to the paint on the outside, which needs removing anyway.

The plastic lining is very thin and the initial process before melting involves a step:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmMP67eC2tg

briantrumpet

Quelle surprise, they don't own up to it being a con to make you think you're not buying just 4oz. of chocolate by filling the box up with air. I suppose the air in the plastic envelopes is recyclable.

Thank you for sharing your concerns with us, but our flow wraps are recyclable when taken to larger supermarket stores and popped in the 'soft plastics' recycling bags. 😻 ♻️ The films ensure that our award winning truffles are protected whilst preserving their shelf life.

pinno

briantrumpet said:

Quelle surprise, they don't own up to it being a con to make you think you're not buying just 4oz. of chocolate by filling the box up with air. I suppose the air in the plastic envelopes is recyclable.

Thank you for sharing your concerns with us, but our flow wraps are recyclable when taken to larger supermarket stores and popped in the 'soft plastics' recycling bags. 😻 ♻️ The films ensure that our award winning truffles are protected whilst preserving their shelf life.

Bollox ^.

briantrumpet

pinno said:

briantrumpet said:

Quelle surprise, they don't own up to it being a con to make you think you're not buying just 4oz. of chocolate by filling the box up with air. I suppose the air in the plastic envelopes is recyclable.

Thank you for sharing your concerns with us, but our flow wraps are recyclable when taken to larger supermarket stores and popped in the 'soft plastics' recycling bags. 😻 ♻️ The films ensure that our award winning truffles are protected whilst preserving their shelf life.

Bollox ^.

Absolutemently. Maybe someone else will reply to my tweet pointing that out...

First.Aspect

Brian, if you are purchasing "award winning truffles", you've already been taken for a ride.

A large box of mostly air is merely the lapel flower that squirts water, worn by the clown that's just pinched your nose.

briantrumpet

First.Aspect said:

Brian, if you are purchasing "award winning truffles", you've already been taken for a ride.

A large box of mostly air is merely the lapel flower that squirts water, worn by the clown that's just pinched your nose.

Twas a gift, so I didn't inspect the mare's dentition.

First.Aspect

briantrumpet said:

First.Aspect said:

Brian, if you are purchasing "award winning truffles", you've already been taken for a ride.

A large box of mostly air is merely the lapel flower that squirts water, worn by the clown that's just pinched your nose.

Twas a gift, so I didn't inspect the mare's dentition.

That's some consolation, surely?

rick_chasey

Last day of train journeys for the first half of the year and so far I’ve only had one week which has not had at least one delay or cancellation.

Remarkably bad.

(Typed on a delayed train, naturally)

Tashman

When Tashwife unloads the dishwasher

shirley_basso

That is not trivial