Seemingly trivial things that annoy you
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Yeah I've had that happen at work.
No biggie really it's not like it's something that happens weekly.
- Genesis Croix de Fer
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We get it. You hate animals. Others don't.
Further report on tonight's news. Seems pretty clear that the police were completely out of their depth with twenty of them milling around. Eventually two members of the public herded it into a horsebox without hitting it with anything.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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I'd have quite liked the challenge. I'd not take on an angry bull, or an agitated cow with calf, but you'd first want to stop all the noise and agitation, give it time to un-panic, and if possible, talk gently to it, while you shepherded it somewhere like an enclosed garden from where to get it into a horse box.. It's no wonder the thing was stressed and jumpy.
Sorry for the (very old) photo of me, but it's worth talking to cows, quietly.
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My recent interaction with cows, taken while cycling. Be nice to them and they'll be nice to you.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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Asturias cows - wonderful
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Other trivial annoyance. People referring to Farage as an ex "banker" or "city banker".
He was a metals broker. Strictly speaking a metals derivatives broker. Rather different. He's never been part of a lending operation of any sort.
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Most likely being used as cockney slang. 😉
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Much like people in fact. Or possibly the other way around.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
Part of the anti-growth coalition0 -
Why use six letters when four is sufficient?
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
Part of the anti-growth coalition1 -
True. It's not coincidence that angry/unhappy people seem to be surrounded by anger/unhappiness.
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 -
It's just inaccurate and the City spiv caricature who gets shitfaced at lunch is much much closer to a metals broker in the 80s and 90s than it is any banker.
It was not a particularly high paying profession, and it was not a part of the City known for much talent.
He was asked to leave Crédit Lyonnais Rouse after taking a drunken friend on to the floor of the LME following a long lunch.
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He worked for an investment bank and a bank. It's not unreasonable to call him a banker. Do you have a more snappy title for all the people working in banks who are not directly involved in lending.
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However Cows are one most dangerous/ deadliest animals to humans in the UK.
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Yeah, what they actually did.
If you're an accountant at an Ad company, you're not an Ad Man, are you?
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This is true, but almost all incidents are with people working with them on a daily basis. You have to try awfully hard to get trampled by a single cow, or crushed between a single cow and itself.
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Most people know what an accountant does whereas they think the Greeks are people that live in Greece. Therefore, it is easier to summarise a lot of finance jobs as "work in an investment banker".
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The ex becomes superfluous then though.
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76% deaths are workers who are supposed to know deal with them. One in four is still a lot for Joe Public out for a stroll in the field, having been chased across a field when myself and two mates were on a public footpath. They scare the shit out of me.
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"Metals broker? What like a scrapyard dealer? It is terrible how people keep stealing things just for the metal. Hope you're not involved in any of that "
"Options trader? Eh?"
"Risk manager? Are you one of those insurance people who try to work out the risk of everything? Sounds a bit dull"
"Work at a bank? Gotcha"
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So, given there are 4-5 deaths per annum, cows would be around as statistically dangerous to the general public as cyclists.
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I dont know what those jobs are (i dont really want to learn)
It is pretty standard, how many people get described as 'builder' because they work in construction?
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1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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What's the bigger picture? Can you link?
Sometimes. Maybe. Possibly.
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It's a bit out of date but I suspect it's not changed that much with the exception of respiratory virus deaths.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
Part of the anti-growth coalition1 -
Someone down the road from me has a van that takes 10-15 seconds of constant cranking before it fires up and has been like it for 6 months or more. The owner leaves the house every morning about half an hour before my alarm goes off and the noise wakes me every morning. I manage to get back to sleep again but it’s hardly worth it.
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Ah, takes me back to the 70s and early 80s when most cars were like that.
Everyone knew how to do points, clean sparkplugs and dry out a distributor.
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 -
I had a diesel Fiesta back in the early 90s that was like it for a while on cold mornings and the glow plugs needed replacing. I’m amazed the battery on this van can cope as it does this every time he starts it. I remember the good old days of having to get the choke just right to start a car without flooding it.
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Went to top up washer fluid in the MH and the cap broke off the retaining tab and disappeared into the engine compartment never to be seen again. Had to bodge a cover with plastic and a jubilee clip.
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John Caldwell thinking he is so important that everyone needs to know who he is going to vote for in the general election.
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