Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

First.Aspect

focuszing723 said:

Earth is 4.5 odd billion years old and the Universe is 13.7 billion odd years.

Why does this annoy you?

focuszing723

Alex Dietrich and David Fravor witnessed UAP's/evolved intelligent matter from the early Universe.

Fascinating, live long and prosper.

focuszing723

Because I would love to see other examples of evolved intelligent matter and whether they have Ulez too.

mrb123

focuszing723 said:

Because I would love to see other examples of evolved intelligent matter and whether they have Ulez too.

You've come to the wrong place then...

Stevo_666

focuszing723 said:

It's expanding as well.

I thought you said the Ulezverse for a minute...

briantrumpet

The way that buzzards sit there on telegraph poles when you stop to take a photo at close quarters, but fly off at the moment you get your camera out of the jersey pocket. Every time.

Pross

briantrumpet said:

The way that buzzards sit there on telegraph poles when you stop to take a photo at close quarters, but fly off at the moment you get your camera out of the jersey pocket. Every time.

I’ve been having similar with the swifts gathering on cables in the last couple of weeks.

There have been a few runs I’ve done where I’ve had buzzards follow me for miles from post to post. I think they’ve mistaken me for an animal in distress and sensed fresh meat to feed on, an easy mistake to make and generally not far from the truth.

pinno

Pross said:

briantrumpet said:

The way that buzzards sit there on telegraph poles when you stop to take a photo at close quarters, but fly off at the moment you get your camera out of the jersey pocket. Every time.

I’ve been having similar with the swifts gathering on cables in the last couple of weeks.

There have been a few runs I’ve done where I’ve had buzzards follow me for miles from post to post. I think they’ve mistaken me for an animal in distress and sensed fresh meat to feed on, an easy mistake to make and generally not far from the truth.

I wouldn't follow you if I was a bird of prey: you're far too bony and sinewy.

Pross

The stomach region would keep them fed for a lifetime

rick_chasey

How on earth do people who do up and flip houses live without having total nervous breakdown.

Having some very minor upheaval sorting out wardrobes and space etc for #2 on the way and f*ck me it absolutely does my head in.

How people can just live in a building site to building site "oh we just knocked the wall down" types.

Horrendous.

First.Aspect

rick_chasey said:

How on earth do people who do up and flip houses live without having total nervous breakdown.

Having some very minor upheaval sorting out wardrobes and space etc for #2 on the way and f*ck me it absolutely does my head in.

How people can just live in a building site to building site "oh we just knocked the wall down" types.

Horrendous.

They are either young or don't live in them while it is happening.

TheBigBean

rick_chasey said:

How on earth do people who do up and flip houses live without having total nervous breakdown.

Having some very minor upheaval sorting out wardrobes and space etc for #2 on the way and f*ck me it absolutely does my head in.

How people can just live in a building site to building site "oh we just knocked the wall down" types.

Horrendous.

Congratulations.

TheBigBean

A traffic related one. Coaches in London that get stuck, because they can't turn the corners. I assume trucks do some advance planning. Shouldn't they do it as well.

rick_chasey

TheBigBean said:

A traffic related one. Coaches in London that get stuck, because they can't turn the corners. I assume trucks do some advance planning. Shouldn't they do it as well.

Isn't it easier because trucks have a pivot 1/4 of the way down?

TheBigBean

rick_chasey said:

TheBigBean said:

A traffic related one. Coaches in London that get stuck, because they can't turn the corners. I assume trucks do some advance planning. Shouldn't they do it as well.

Isn't it easier because trucks have a pivot 1/4 of the way down?

A truck is probably longer. Plus the front wheels on a coach are not at the front. I have no idea though.

Stevo_666

rick_chasey said:

How on earth do people who do up and flip houses live without having total nervous breakdown.

Having some very minor upheaval sorting out wardrobes and space etc for #2 on the way and f*ck me it absolutely does my head in.

How people can just live in a building site to building site "oh we just knocked the wall down" types.

Horrendous.

Congrats RC.

I'm with you on this. Mrs 666 and I have only ever bought 2 houses and have deliberately avoided any property that needed major or structural work/extensions etc. As FA mentions, unless you have somewhere else to live while the work is going on, it's a complete pain and no fun whatsoever. Often for long periods.

Pross

rick_chasey said:

TheBigBean said:

A traffic related one. Coaches in London that get stuck, because they can't turn the corners. I assume trucks do some advance planning. Shouldn't they do it as well.

Isn't it easier because trucks have a pivot 1/4 of the way down?

Depends, generally artics manage anything over 90 degrees better than long rigid vehicles. Modern larger coaches also tend to have rear wheel steering which helps (part of my job is using software to check these things on new roads).

carbonclem

rick_chasey said:

How on earth do people who do up and flip houses live without having total nervous breakdown.

Having some very minor upheaval sorting out wardrobes and space etc for #2 on the way and f*ck me it absolutely does my head in.

How people can just live in a building site to building site "oh we just knocked the wall down" types.

Horrendous.

Congrats.

We had our upstairs completely remodelled during an extension. A period of time with just one exposed bedroom to sleep in and a bath left plumbed in that was in the midst of a building area. The rest of the house had to be vacated and covered in dust sheets by 7 am each morning.
On reflection we should have moved out

briantrumpet

TheBigBean said:

rick_chasey said:

TheBigBean said:

A traffic related one. Coaches in London that get stuck, because they can't turn the corners. I assume trucks do some advance planning. Shouldn't they do it as well.

Isn't it easier because trucks have a pivot 1/4 of the way down?

A truck is probably longer. Plus the front wheels on a coach are not at the front. I have no idea though.

I do like sitting in the front of a coach with a driver who knows how to drive the things properly, especially when it comes to tight corners... I love the way the front goes virtually sideways on full lock.

A truck got stuck on one of the hairpins around here a few years ago. Only way they could unstick it was with a crane to lift it off the hairpin. Watched another one near Cullompton take out an industrial estate sign and almost tip the trailer over not knowing what his truck could cope with.

OTOH https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1qmybbVBD40

laurentian

Pross said:

briantrumpet said:

The way that buzzards sit there on telegraph poles when you stop to take a photo at close quarters, but fly off at the moment you get your camera out of the jersey pocket. Every time.

I’ve been having similar with the swifts gathering on cables in the last couple of weeks.

They'll be swallows not swifts (just to be trivially annoying!)

Pross

laurentian said:

Pross said:

briantrumpet said:

The way that buzzards sit there on telegraph poles when you stop to take a photo at close quarters, but fly off at the moment you get your camera out of the jersey pocket. Every time.

I’ve been having similar with the swifts gathering on cables in the last couple of weeks.

They'll be swallows not swifts (just to be trivially annoying!)

Can never decide which is which. Actually they might even be house martins.

rjsterry

rick_chasey said:

How on earth do people who do up and flip houses live without having total nervous breakdown.

Having some very minor upheaval sorting out wardrobes and space etc for #2 on the way and f*ck me it absolutely does my head in.

How people can just live in a building site to building site "oh we just knocked the wall down" types.

Horrendous.

I have lots of stories...

Grit your teeth, it'll be worth it and congratulations.

rick_chasey

Yeah. My wardrobe is currently in my daughter's room, but that is where #2 will have to go, so we're swapping out the wardrobe in our bedroom for one 1.5x the size of the existing and we'll have to slim down the amount of clothes we've got (including bike kit, RIP) to fit it all in and get rid of my wardrobe entirely.

Playing tetris to get anything in the house is definitely annoying.

Anyone else play this game as a kid?

Good job I did; it's the only way to get anything done in my house

Stevo_666

rick_chasey said:

Yeah. My wardrobe is currently in my daughter's room, but that is where #2 will have to go, so we're swapping out the wardrobe in our bedroom for one 1.5x the size of the existing and we'll have to slim down the amount of clothes we've got (including bike kit, RIP) to fit it all in and get rid of my wardrobe entirely.

Playing tetris to get anything in the house is definitely annoying.

Anyone else play this game as a kid?

Good job I did; it's the only way to get anything done in my house

This is nature's way of telling you to get a bigger house.

rjsterry

Or extend! 😀

Stevo_666

rjsterry said:

Or extend! 😀

That's another way of getting a bigger house

TheBigBean

rjsterry said:

Or extend! 😀

That's your advice for someone who doesn't want to live in a building site?

laurentian

Pross said:

laurentian said:

Pross said:

briantrumpet said:

The way that buzzards sit there on telegraph poles when you stop to take a photo at close quarters, but fly off at the moment you get your camera out of the jersey pocket. Every time.

I’ve been having similar with the swifts gathering on cables in the last couple of weeks.

They'll be swallows not swifts (just to be trivially annoying!)

Can never decide which is which. Actually they might even be house martins.

Swifts very rarely land on anything! they feed, eat and sleep "on the wing" and a newly fledged one may not stop flying for for a couple of years (when nesting). They are quite remarkable birds.

Swallows and housemartins have white undersides (swifts are brown all over) and the swallow has the longer trailing tail feathers.

Tashman

laurentian said:

Pross said:

laurentian said:

Pross said:

briantrumpet said:

The way that buzzards sit there on telegraph poles when you stop to take a photo at close quarters, but fly off at the moment you get your camera out of the jersey pocket. Every time.

I’ve been having similar with the swifts gathering on cables in the last couple of weeks.

They'll be swallows not swifts (just to be trivially annoying!)

Can never decide which is which. Actually they might even be house martins.

Swifts very rarely land on anything! they feed, eat and sleep "on the wing" and a newly fledged one may not stop flying for for a couple of years (when nesting). They are quite remarkable birds.

Swallows and housemartins have white undersides (swifts are brown all over) and the swallow has the longer trailing tail feathers.

We have the generic SwiftSwallowMartin breed here that covers all bases when talking about them. They are great to watch swooping over a field late on a summers afternoon though.

rjsterry

TheBigBean said:

rjsterry said:

Or extend! 😀

That's your advice for someone who doesn't want to live in a building site?

😁. Moving with children is pretty stressful as well. You could rent somewhere while the works are carried out but that's more money and double moving.