Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,504
    pblakeney said:

    pinno said:

    webboo said:

    pblakeney said:

    verylonglegs said:

    I'm actually sick of how windy this summer has been more than the lower temps and rain, every ride seems to involve a battle in to a headwind at some point, there certainly has been no calm still summer evenings.

    Takes me to my pet hobby horse.
    Less wind if you go out in the early morning.
    Not in East Yorkshire there isn’t.
    Or SW Jockland.
    My gripe is that it seems to be an eternal West/North Westerly and if I want to have a TWH, I have to go uphill almost straight away and the loop (if I do a rough figure of 8) is a maximum 26 miles.

    @briantrumpet : Leave at 6am surely?
    Just to prove my point about early mornings. Compare your (roughly) wind forecast for tomorrow. Much better early in the day. 6 mph gusts is nothing to moan about.


    I was referring to the heat BT was concerned about and the restriction on ride length.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,493
    pinno said:

    pblakeney said:

    pinno said:

    webboo said:

    pblakeney said:

    verylonglegs said:

    I'm actually sick of how windy this summer has been more than the lower temps and rain, every ride seems to involve a battle in to a headwind at some point, there certainly has been no calm still summer evenings.

    Takes me to my pet hobby horse.
    Less wind if you go out in the early morning.
    Not in East Yorkshire there isn’t.
    Or SW Jockland.
    My gripe is that it seems to be an eternal West/North Westerly and if I want to have a TWH, I have to go uphill almost straight away and the loop (if I do a rough figure of 8) is a maximum 26 miles.

    @briantrumpet : Leave at 6am surely?
    Just to prove my point about early mornings. Compare your (roughly) wind forecast for tomorrow. Much better early in the day. 6 mph gusts is nothing to moan about.


    I was referring to the heat BT was concerned about and the restriction on ride length.
    I was referring to the "Or SW Jockland."
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,734
    pinno said:

    webboo said:

    pblakeney said:

    verylonglegs said:

    I'm actually sick of how windy this summer has been more than the lower temps and rain, every ride seems to involve a battle in to a headwind at some point, there certainly has been no calm still summer evenings.

    Takes me to my pet hobby horse.
    Less wind if you go out in the early morning.
    Not in East Yorkshire there isn’t.
    Or SW Jockland.
    My gripe is that it seems to be an eternal West/North Westerly and if I want to have a TWH, I have to go uphill almost straight away and the loop (if I do a rough figure of 8) is a maximum 26 miles.

    @briantrumpet : Leave at 6am surely?

    7am, possibly. Remember that the mornings are darker here, not just because it's not one hour ahead in true solar time, but also because the longest days are an hour shorter than in southern England.

    Just checked - sunrise tomorrow here is 6.39am, Exeter is 6am.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,504
    briantrumpet said:

    pinno said:

    webboo said:

    pblakeney said:

    verylonglegs said:

    I'm actually sick of how windy this summer has been more than the lower temps and rain, every ride seems to involve a battle in to a headwind at some point, there certainly has been no calm still summer evenings.

    Takes me to my pet hobby horse.
    Less wind if you go out in the early morning.
    Not in East Yorkshire there isn’t.
    Or SW Jockland.
    My gripe is that it seems to be an eternal West/North Westerly and if I want to have a TWH, I have to go uphill almost straight away and the loop (if I do a rough figure of 8) is a maximum 26 miles.

    @briantrumpet : Leave at 6am surely?

    7am, possibly. Remember that the mornings are darker here, not just because it's not one hour ahead in true solar time, but also because the longest days are an hour shorter than in southern England.

    Just checked - sunrise tomorrow here is 6.39am, Exeter is 6am.
    So you should be out the door at 6.40am then?
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,734
    pinno said:

    briantrumpet said:

    pinno said:

    webboo said:

    pblakeney said:

    verylonglegs said:

    I'm actually sick of how windy this summer has been more than the lower temps and rain, every ride seems to involve a battle in to a headwind at some point, there certainly has been no calm still summer evenings.

    Takes me to my pet hobby horse.
    Less wind if you go out in the early morning.
    Not in East Yorkshire there isn’t.
    Or SW Jockland.
    My gripe is that it seems to be an eternal West/North Westerly and if I want to have a TWH, I have to go uphill almost straight away and the loop (if I do a rough figure of 8) is a maximum 26 miles.

    @briantrumpet : Leave at 6am surely?

    7am, possibly. Remember that the mornings are darker here, not just because it's not one hour ahead in true solar time, but also because the longest days are an hour shorter than in southern England.

    Just checked - sunrise tomorrow here is 6.39am, Exeter is 6am.
    So you should be out the door at 6.40am then?
    Sunrise in the mountains is more of a concept than reality. Aiming for 7 tomorrow, as if I get it right I should get a stonking tailwind for 25 miles home.

    At least at the moment the nights aren't too cold... I've had days at the end of August where it's started at 9C and got up to 30C by lunchtime, which means you either wear too much for later on and have to carry it round after the first couple of hours, or you start absolutely freezing for the first part.
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,734
    briantrumpet said:

    pinno said:

    briantrumpet said:

    pinno said:

    webboo said:

    pblakeney said:

    verylonglegs said:

    I'm actually sick of how windy this summer has been more than the lower temps and rain, every ride seems to involve a battle in to a headwind at some point, there certainly has been no calm still summer evenings.

    Takes me to my pet hobby horse.
    Less wind if you go out in the early morning.
    Not in East Yorkshire there isn’t.
    Or SW Jockland.
    My gripe is that it seems to be an eternal West/North Westerly and if I want to have a TWH, I have to go uphill almost straight away and the loop (if I do a rough figure of 8) is a maximum 26 miles.

    @briantrumpet : Leave at 6am surely?

    7am, possibly. Remember that the mornings are darker here, not just because it's not one hour ahead in true solar time, but also because the longest days are an hour shorter than in southern England.

    Just checked - sunrise tomorrow here is 6.39am, Exeter is 6am.
    So you should be out the door at 6.40am then?
    Sunrise in the mountains is more of a concept than reality. Aiming for 7 tomorrow, as if I get it right I should get a stonking tailwind for 25 miles home.

    At least at the moment the nights aren't too cold... I've had days at the end of August where it's started at 9C and got up to 30C by lunchtime, which means you either wear too much for later on and have to carry it round after the first couple of hours, or you start absolutely freezing for the first part.

    Got 60 miles in the bag by noon, though slightly annoyed that the tailwind turned round 180° for the last 10 miles. Also, 19° at the start felt jolly parky, the 29° at the end less so, and by the time I finished lunch it was 33°, so job done.

    Siesta time.
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    How can you still be doing this in miles?
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,867
    kingstongraham said:

    How can you still be doing this in miles?

    He didn't quite crack 100k and it would have looked bad?
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,734
    kingstongraham said:

    How can you still be doing this in miles?


    Translating for those stuck in Imperial Land. 96km, if you prefer. It would have been even better if it had been 99, just to wind up the Round Numbers Only crowd.
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  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    My Cingles attempt was something like 99.6km.
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,734
    I was thinking about what non-round numbers I prefer, and I think it goes x0, x2, x4, x5, x6, x8. In other words, x1, x3, x7 and x9 are annoying, unless it's 99, and that annoys other people more than me, so quite nice for a laugh.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,504
    So as soon as you clock up 1379km's in a calander year...
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,734
    pinno said:

    So as soon as you clock up 1379km's in a calander year...


    Hang on while I convert that to furlongs...
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,504
    briantrumpet said:

    pinno said:

    So as soon as you clock up 1379km's in a calander year...


    Hang on while I convert that to furlongs...
    Three good grains of Barley laid end to end make one inch...
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  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,270
    BBC radio newsreader mispronouncing the month of February as something like 'Febbi-arry'
  • secretsam
    secretsam Posts: 5,120
    orraloon said:

    BBC radio newsreader mispronouncing the month of February as something like 'Febbi-arry'

    Or referring the to constabulary as the "Pleeace"
    It's just a hill. Get over it.
  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,497
    orraloon said:

    BBC radio newsreader mispronouncing the month of February as something like 'Febbi-arry'

    My favourite recently was in the men's roadrace where the pundit kept mentioning Pojakar
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,734
    secretsam said:

    orraloon said:

    BBC radio newsreader mispronouncing the month of February as something like 'Febbi-arry'

    Or referring the to constabulary as the "Pleeace"

    Blame the schwa.
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,812
    Trying out a doorstep milk delivery. Wednesday's delivery was four bottles. One was put in the little 4-bottle cool box the other three lined up outside it in full sun. 🤷🏻‍♂️
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,493
    rjsterry said:

    Trying out a doorstep milk delivery. Wednesday's delivery was four bottles. One was put in the little 4-bottle cool box the other three lined up outside it in full sun. 🤷🏻‍♂️

    Primary reason for not considering the option.
    Secondary reason is remembering the overspill on frosty mornings in the 70s.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    rjsterry said:

    Trying out a doorstep milk delivery. Wednesday's delivery was four bottles. One was put in the little 4-bottle cool box the other three lined up outside it in full sun. 🤷🏻‍♂️

    Weird.

    Usually takes a few weeks to bed in.

    Tbh if you’re up early enough the cool box is not necessary. Plus they look sh!t.

    Done it for about 4 years now. I reckon they get stolen by skagheads maybe 3 times a year?

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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    Pubs pushing to serve alcohol early on Sunday for the football so that supporters can ‘enjoy the full pub experience’. Why do people need to drink alcohol to be able to enjoy a sporting event with friends? They’ll be able to serve from kick off time anyway. If the pubs wanted it so much why didn’t they bite the bullet and apply in time before the semi final anyway? They could then decide if it would be worth opening or not.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,154
    Pross said:

    Pubs pushing to serve alcohol early on Sunday for the football so that supporters can ‘enjoy the full pub experience’. Why do people need to drink alcohol to be able to enjoy a sporting event with friends? They’ll be able to serve from kick off time anyway. If the pubs wanted it so much why didn’t they bite the bullet and apply in time before the semi final anyway? They could then decide if it would be worth opening or not.

    You can't tell me anybody watches Cricket sober?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Pross said:

    Pubs pushing to serve alcohol early on Sunday for the football so that supporters can ‘enjoy the full pub experience’. Why do people need to drink alcohol to be able to enjoy a sporting event with friends? They’ll be able to serve from kick off time anyway. If the pubs wanted it so much why didn’t they bite the bullet and apply in time before the semi final anyway? They could then decide if it would be worth opening or not.

    Get rid of license timings.
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  • verylonglegs
    verylonglegs Posts: 4,023
    Pross said:

    Pubs pushing to serve alcohol early on Sunday for the football so that supporters can ‘enjoy the full pub experience’. Why do people need to drink alcohol to be able to enjoy a sporting event with friends? They’ll be able to serve from kick off time anyway. If the pubs wanted it so much why didn’t they bite the bullet and apply in time before the semi final anyway? They could then decide if it would be worth opening or not.

    Plus who on earth is looking to start drinking beer at 10am on a Sunday morning?
  • monkimark
    monkimark Posts: 1,951
    I have never watched football buyt I seem to remember some international competition about 15 years ago (presumably in a far flung time zone) when the pubs were opening before I had even started work and serving alcohol.
    Memorable to me because my then housemate was so drunk by mid afternoon that he repeatedly fell asleep on various trains and it took him about 7 hours to make it from Victoria to Wimbledon
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,812
    rick_chasey said:

    rjsterry said:

    Trying out a doorstep milk delivery. Wednesday's delivery was four bottles. One was put in the little 4-bottle cool box the other three lined up outside it in full sun. 🤷🏻‍♂️

    Weird.

    Usually takes a few weeks to bed in.

    Tbh if you’re up early enough the cool box is not necessary. Plus they look sh!t.

    Done it for about 4 years now. I reckon they get stolen by skagheads maybe 3 times a year?

    Have discovered one of the presumed undelivered pints two days later under the front hedge. Presumably a thirsty fox. Seems they deliver at 11.30 at night so would really be helpful if they use the cool box. Giving them one more chance to complete the simple task.
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,812
    verylonglegs said:

    Pross said:

    Pubs pushing to serve alcohol early on Sunday for the football so that supporters can ‘enjoy the full pub experience’. Why do people need to drink alcohol to be able to enjoy a sporting event with friends? They’ll be able to serve from kick off time anyway. If the pubs wanted it so much why didn’t they bite the bullet and apply in time before the semi final anyway? They could then decide if it would be worth opening or not.

    Plus who on earth is looking to start drinking beer at 10am on a Sunday morning?
    The same people who can't get on a train without opening a can of Tenants.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,493
    verylonglegs said:

    Pross said:

    Pubs pushing to serve alcohol early on Sunday for the football so that supporters can ‘enjoy the full pub experience’. Why do people need to drink alcohol to be able to enjoy a sporting event with friends? They’ll be able to serve from kick off time anyway. If the pubs wanted it so much why didn’t they bite the bullet and apply in time before the semi final anyway? They could then decide if it would be worth opening or not.

    Plus who on earth is looking to start drinking beer at 10am on a Sunday morning?
    I once went on a club trip for the Six Nations.
    That started at 07:00 on the Friday and finished at 21:00 on the Monday.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    rick_chasey said:

    Pross said:

    Pubs pushing to serve alcohol early on Sunday for the football so that supporters can ‘enjoy the full pub experience’. Why do people need to drink alcohol to be able to enjoy a sporting event with friends? They’ll be able to serve from kick off time anyway. If the pubs wanted it so much why didn’t they bite the bullet and apply in time before the semi final anyway? They could then decide if it would be worth opening or not.

    Get rid of license timings.
    Most pubs in these parts don't seem to stay open until 11pm even in the weekdays.

    With things like the football the pub trade bodies try to make out it is all about the football and doing something for the fans whereas it is obviously just an opportunity to jump on a bandwagon and make a few quid. That said, they had enough power to not only get the Government to reopen pubs before everything else in lockdown but also get the Government to pump money into getting people to use them so they seem pretty good at lobbying!

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