Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)
Discussion
dudleybloke said:
colin_p said:
Has anyone mentioned this ? ...
Apologies for lowering the tone.
... That modern toilets cannot cope.
They are supposed to be water saving this and that but cannot do what was done routinely is days past. There was a reason toilets in the olden days had large cisterns and had a bit of oomph on the flush.
I've got two of these stupid modern ones in my house and they waste a lot of time. A double flush is routine with a third often required if the brush has to be used.
They probably use more water than the old ones that actually worked on the first flush.
The problem is two fold, there is not enough water to move things away and secondly the landing zone is too small and as such striping the pan is something that cannot be avoided. If you happen to unleash a flock of starlings on the back wall the feeble amount of water will not wash them away.
Never mind. The only positive I can think of is that splashback is virtually a thing of the past.
I'd love to fit a proper old fashioned one one day, the type where the tank is about six feet above the pot, pull the chain and whoosh, no messing about waiting for the damned thing to fill up again and again and only very rare use of the brush.
It is just a demonstration of the continual feminisation of everything, modern toilets cannot cope with a man sized sh
Get this!Apologies for lowering the tone.
... That modern toilets cannot cope.
They are supposed to be water saving this and that but cannot do what was done routinely is days past. There was a reason toilets in the olden days had large cisterns and had a bit of oomph on the flush.
I've got two of these stupid modern ones in my house and they waste a lot of time. A double flush is routine with a third often required if the brush has to be used.
They probably use more water than the old ones that actually worked on the first flush.
The problem is two fold, there is not enough water to move things away and secondly the landing zone is too small and as such striping the pan is something that cannot be avoided. If you happen to unleash a flock of starlings on the back wall the feeble amount of water will not wash them away.
Never mind. The only positive I can think of is that splashback is virtually a thing of the past.
I'd love to fit a proper old fashioned one one day, the type where the tank is about six feet above the pot, pull the chain and whoosh, no messing about waiting for the damned thing to fill up again and again and only very rare use of the brush.
It is just a demonstration of the continual feminisation of everything, modern toilets cannot cope with a man sized sh
http://youtu.be/yt5kXFKhbIQ
And who on earth passes 20 golf balls, I obviously watch the wrong type of porn.
colin_p said:
I like that but the tests are invalid, nothing 'sticky' went down there. For reality they'd need to mix something like a caserole and black forest gateaux togther and drop in in there from height to simulate the real life escape velocity. Alas a double flush would still be required.
Maybe it's you? Maybe you need to get a squatty potty. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbYWhdLO43Q
TV directors for motor racing, all forms of racing. When there is action on the track we would like to see it, we don't want you cutting to a shot of people standing in a pit garage watching the monitor. Perhaps the person gesticulating at the screen seeing himself instead of the action on track might have been a hint. There was World Superbike, F1. BTCC and WTCC today and they were all doing it.
ClockworkCupcake said:
colin_p said:
I like that but the tests are invalid, nothing 'sticky' went down there. For reality they'd need to mix something like a caserole and black forest gateaux togther and drop in in there from height to simulate the real life escape velocity. Alas a double flush would still be required.
Maybe it's you? Maybe you need to get a squatty potty. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbYWhdLO43Q
To make it real life you'd have to put a well fed shire horse on the pot.
colin_p said:
I like that but the tests are invalid, nothing 'sticky' went down there. For reality they'd need to mix something like a caserole and black forest gateaux togther and drop in in there from height to simulate the real life escape velocity. Alas a double flush would still be required.
And who on earth passes 20 golf balls, I obviously watch the wrong type of porn.
"This chemical toilet is a Saniflow 33, now this little babe can cope with anything, and I mean anything. Earlier on I put in a pound of mashed up Dundee cake, let's take a look...not a trace! Peace of mind I'm sure, especially if you have elderly relatives on board."And who on earth passes 20 golf balls, I obviously watch the wrong type of porn.
You are Alan Partridge. ICMFP.
FourWheelDrift said:
TV directors for motor racing, all forms of racing. When there is action on the track we would like to see it, we don't want you cutting to a shot of people standing in a pit garage watching the monitor. Perhaps the person gesticulating at the screen seeing himself instead of the action on track might have been a hint. There was World Superbike, F1. BTCC and WTCC today and they were all doing it.
This and German commentators zarjaz1991 said:
rambo19 said:
5 of us in my house, and the same thing happens!
I've tried everything. My most recent once was either not responding, or just grunting and continuing to look at the screen, but even constantly getting no response fails to shut these people up.I can't do it any more, it gets my blood pressure going. I leave them to it and watch it in my own time.
They wonder why an hour long programme takes 90 minutes,and that includes fast forwarding through the ads
This weekend I annoyed myself beyond reason, I took notice of the weather forecast yet again.
How the heck do they manage to get it so wrong just 12hrs before?
Freeze, snow, rain? Not one. Warm, clear blue skies, occasional cloud, nil precipitation.
Never put off today what you could do tomorrow, especially after listening to the Met office.
How the heck do they manage to get it so wrong just 12hrs before?
Freeze, snow, rain? Not one. Warm, clear blue skies, occasional cloud, nil precipitation.
Never put off today what you could do tomorrow, especially after listening to the Met office.
It seems to be the fashion these days for people to write and, rather than placing a full-stop at the end of a sentence, they place a comma.
It's everywhere (on PH, too, but that's not my point) with most people.
Write a paragraph and, usually, the only full-stop can be found at the end. Why?
It's everywhere (on PH, too, but that's not my point) with most people.
Write a paragraph and, usually, the only full-stop can be found at the end. Why?
SimesJH said:
It seems to be the fashion these days for people to write and, rather than placing a full-stop at the end of a sentence, they place a comma.
It's everywhere (on PH, too, but that's not my point) with most people.
Write a paragraph and, usually, the only full-stop can be found at the end. Why?
Even worse are the people who feel that the only way to finish a sentence is with a row of full stops.....It's everywhere (on PH, too, but that's not my point) with most people.
Write a paragraph and, usually, the only full-stop can be found at the end. Why?
227bhp said:
This weekend I annoyed myself beyond reason, I took notice of the weather forecast yet again.
How the heck do they manage to get it so wrong just 12hrs before?
Freeze, snow, rain? Not one. Warm, clear blue skies, occasional cloud, nil precipitation.
Never put off today what you could do tomorrow, especially after listening to the Met office.
12 hours is nothing! There's been more than one occasion recently where I/we have got wet because we looked at the forecast in the morning, which had been updated that morning to show fine weather, and then we went out that morning, and rain. Are they so reliant on supercomputers these days that they can't even be arsed to look out of the window?How the heck do they manage to get it so wrong just 12hrs before?
Freeze, snow, rain? Not one. Warm, clear blue skies, occasional cloud, nil precipitation.
Never put off today what you could do tomorrow, especially after listening to the Met office.
I am erring towards my own assessment now for short term forecasting. Better success rate.
RobinOakapple said:
SimesJH said:
It seems to be the fashion these days for people to write and, rather than placing a full-stop at the end of a sentence, they place a comma.
It's everywhere (on PH, too, but that's not my point) with most people.
Write a paragraph and, usually, the only full-stop can be found at the end. Why?
Even worse are the people who feel that the only way to finish a sentence is with a row of full stops.....It's everywhere (on PH, too, but that's not my point) with most people.
Write a paragraph and, usually, the only full-stop can be found at the end. Why?
I like to do that...
[edit] and I'm an old git...
Edited by colin_p on Monday 18th April 14:25
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