Seemingly trivial things that annoy you
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Sure, but in some parts of that part of the world, people also think prawn and licorice makes a good flavour combination, so you have to put things in context.
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But if its not in the rule book...
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
They travel all over the world for the photos in a lot of cases too. Whenever I go to Bourton-on-the-Water there seems to be a wedding shoot going on. The first time I thought it was for an article in a magazine but apparently it's a very popular destination for wedding photos. We had a couple on our cruise last year who were a PITA, people would be queuing for a photo with the onboard photographers (who weren't very good) and having to wait for 15-20 minutes whilst this couple in their wedding gear were treating it as their private shoot.
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Very funny.
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I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
I've never really understood this and put it down to fundamental cultural differences.
We had a photographer to help document the moment and the day. It's not some vain excuse to have some photos in a flattering suit/dress.
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If it was just to document the day people wouldn't stop at any point to pose for photos
- Genesis Croix de Fer
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People pay a LOT of money for wedding photos. They are damned sure they are going to get their money's worth!
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I worked in St Katherine's Dock for a while and used to regularly see wedding photo shoots of south east asian couples (just bride and groom) being done on Tower Bridge. Always seemed odd but I guess that kind of explains it.
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Most photographers don't hang around for the whole wedding day, so taking the photos in advance just allows the photo shoot element of a wedding (which they all have) to be done on a different day. Plus, the photos are then available for the wedding.
Some people also think of it as fun.
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I probably shouldn't get annoyed by the Daily Mail not realising that the 'houses' in question aren't actual, like, er, buildings. But, hey, what do facts matter when you're engaged in culture wars? (I probably ought to declare an interest in this particular case... it's where I work. Not the Daily Mail, I hasten to add.)
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Are they going to ask people if they want to be in the house of Tiky Winky, Dipsy, Laa Laa or Po?
And is that where you work Brian?
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As a former private school student...I see that as very superficial boring virtue signalling crap.
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I think they wanted to overhaul the pastoral structure anyway, and it seems like an appropriate time to update names. One of the ones going is Sir Redvers Buller, who allegedly didn't cover himself in glory.
Historian Richard Holmes (1946–2011) commented that Buller has gone down as "one of the bad jokes of Victorian military history", and quotes a famous verdict that he was "an admirable captain, an adequate major, a barely satisfactory colonel and a disastrous general". Viscount Esher called him "a gallant fellow but no strategist".[22] Wolseley praised his "stern determination of character". At least one recent historian has been kinder to his reputation: Buller's achievements have been obscured by his mistakes. In 1909, a French military critic, General Langlois, pointed out that it was Buller, not Roberts, who had the toughest job of the war – and it was Buller who was the innovator in countering Boer tactics. The proper use of cover, of infantry advancing in rushes, co-ordinated in turn with creeping barrages of artillery: these were the tactics of truly modern war, first evolved by Buller in Natal. — Thomas Pakenham[23]
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Sure. It's jsut not wedding photo is it? It's a sort of posed portrait in the kit you'll be wearing on the day.
I dunno. I mainly use photos to document stuff - like a sort of helpful memory jog.
Me standing next to some tourist site - evidence and a reminder that I was indeed there. Nowadays I also rely on the meta info on the photo to help remember when I was there etc.
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I'm no doubt missing the point, but isn't that quite cheap for a private school?
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Yes, intentionally. Mind you, not many years ago it was 'only' £12k pa.
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Shouldn't it be described as a "surprisingly cheap
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Yebbut the DM wants to make this all about woke elites, obvs. Gotta get those trigger/clickbait words in.
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It isn't London. It's Exeter.
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Did the DM not know that Drake was essentially a state-backed pirate?
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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Not sure the shoddy journalism can entirely be blamed on the DM, it seems like the whole story was just copied from The Sun.
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There ought to be an agreement by all broadcasters and producers of TV and Radio content to only use uncommon phone ringtones, both mobile and landline as well as doorbell sounds.
I'm fed up with answering the door/looking around for my phone when I have the radio on in the background. It bloody gets on my tits.
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There's a whole Fry and Laurie sketch on exactly this. They start flashing up a caption when it's their phone or your phone.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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I get confused when my ringtone tune comes on the radio. 🤣
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 -
Buying from a company online for the first time - uncheck all the marketing opt-in choices (and checking the sneaky box that asks you to opt out instead of in). You then receive the half a dozen emails confirming you order, letting you know it's been despatched, that the person delivering it to you will be called Postman Pat and then almost instantly starting to get the marketing emails from them. But hey, you can scroll all the way to the bottom and find the microscopic 'unsubscribe' button to unsubscribe from the thing you specifically told them you didn't want to subscribe to (don't worry if you hit it by accident as they will ask you to confirm that you really want to unsubscribe from the thing you didn't subscribe to in the first place).
I would boycott the companies that do this but unfortunately it seems to be universal. What is the point in them having all the opt-in stuff to start with if they just ignore it?
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Those fecking annoying Microsoft product "Hints and Tips" pop-ups that seem to appear recently with the welcomeness of genital warts. They are actually more fucking annoying than that bastard Paper Clip character from the 90's. God, he boiled my piss but these are worse!
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Hi photonic69!
It looks like you're trying to write a rant. Would you like some help?
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