Seemingly trivial things that annoy you
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Doesn't really bother me, I'm not too keen on the places but there's no point being snobby about it.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]1 -
They did use to serve a good pint that was remarkably cheap. I use the past tense as they are at the cutting edge of my Brexit boycott
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Do you check out the political and/or Brexit views of all business owners before you buy from their companies? Life is too short..
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
You don't have to try very hard to check the Brexit views of Mr Wetherspoon, he printed half a million pro brexit beer mats in the run up to the referendum.
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The ease of accessing a business owner's views is not the issue here.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
There really are not that many of them so no I don't go out of my way to check so only have JCB, Dyson and Waitrose smoked salmon on my list.
The missus is hard to dissuade from buying Dyson but I am standing firm on JCB
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Must be tough...
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Dyson is worth objecting to purely on the basis of marketing bollox like 'digital motors'.
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Pinnacle Monzonite
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Not to mention their actual products being over-priced tat that breaks doing the job it is intended for.
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This isn’t the Brexit thread. 😉
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 -
Agreed. Dyson products are trivially annoying in their own right.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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It was a joke. Not to mention
their actual productsBrexit being over-priced tat that breaks doing the job it is intended for. 😉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 -
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Sucks
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Last incandescent light bulb has gone. £10 for a new LED bulb which then needs a new dimmer switch fitting. New switch is not guaranteed to work and whilst trivial to fit for many people it's annoying to fit for me.
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Don't bother with dimmers. I chased that tail for ages. They all buzz and/or flicker.
If you absolutely must have a variable brightness, smart.bulba are an option, albeit a bit of a pita themselves.
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My solution is no dimmers but two or three different light sources per room in different places, from bright enough to be able to thread a needle to subtle enough not to be able to see the dust on the picture rail.
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Even giving up on the dimming means I need to fit a new light switch which is annoying.
Or I could buy some dodgy bulbs on Amazon and delay the issue.
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Do LED bulbs need a different type of dimmer switch? I thought you just had to get dimmable bulbs (I am basing this on no knowledge but a vague memory of having seen dimmable and non dimmable bulbs on sale).
I have dimmer switches but having only recently moved in to the house, I have yet to change a light bulb.
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The place we moved into has some of those old energy savers with dimmers, which are less bad, if they are actually still available. Only viable in some light fittings though, i.e. the ones where you can't see the bulbs.
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In short, yes. They all dim between a range of watts and unless it is designed for LEDs, the lowest level will be too high. The upshot is that they buzz and flicker.
The additional problem, apparently, is that not all LED dimmer switches work with all dimmable LED bulbs.
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You just need to spend a bit more. Wiring up to scratch and the right sort of dimmer paired with the right quality fittings and it'll work fine. If you dim LED lamps they will even last longer
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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I gave up in the end.
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Hmmm. I don't have any dimmer switches. Lights on, lights off. Select appropriate wattage and jobs a good 'un.
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 -
You'd agreed that that is quite a bit more effort than spending £1 on an inefficient bulb?
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Yes. Cheap LED E27 bulbs are always going to struggle. It's a similar problem to phone chargers and USB cables. There's a bit of electronics needed to convert mains AC into a DC current for the LED and that needs to fit in the cap of the bulb. If you cut costs that affects quality of components and assembly, making noise free, even dimming more difficult to achieve.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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I still don't have any easy options for changing a lightbulb which I think is on topic for this thread.
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Sometimes, but even if I accept it will no longer be dimmable, I still need to change the light switch.
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