Things that annoy you beyond reason...? [Vol 3]
Discussion
Babies love a bit of white noise including traffic, you could always suggest she downloads a white noise app on her phone?
My rant du jour concerns people who sit in the quiet coach on the train & then proceed to converse in voices above a whisper, no standards whatsoever, they might as well rape a nun wearing mismatched socks.
That'll teach me to get a later train.
My rant du jour concerns people who sit in the quiet coach on the train & then proceed to converse in voices above a whisper, no standards whatsoever, they might as well rape a nun wearing mismatched socks.
That'll teach me to get a later train.
MikeOxlong said:
The 80 year old biddy near me who has an enormous amount of money and owns a C63 AMG but never, ever goes over 50mph anywhere.
I bet she does track days and drifting at the weekends and you just don't know it. That white soap on her tyres isn't there cause the car doesn't move, it's because she gets new tyres every weekend. 
gowmonster said:
I bet she does track days and drifting at the weekends and you just don't know it. That white soap on her tyres isn't there cause the car doesn't move, it's because she gets new tyres every weekend.
If only! Cadwell Park is only up the road too.
When I worked in the pub she would come in for lunch with her husband quite a lot and if it was quiet we'd end up talking about things. One day it turned to cars and I asked them about their car as it was such a beast which was when it emerged that it never gets out of 1st gear as it was frightfully loud if you tried to go fast.
Nice couple but I think they missed the point with their purchase.
Apple.
We are pretty much fully Apple at home.
It was time to buy a laptop for Daughter 2. I bit the bullet and bought a MacBook.
The feckers have changed the charging cable. So the three that we already have will not work with the new one.
The change is infinitesimally small. But it still doesn't fit.
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We are pretty much fully Apple at home.
It was time to buy a laptop for Daughter 2. I bit the bullet and bought a MacBook.
The feckers have changed the charging cable. So the three that we already have will not work with the new one.
The change is infinitesimally small. But it still doesn't fit.
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Cyclists who insist on cycling on the road when there is a signposted cycle path that runs along side it for the entire length of the road.
Not like it is a small stretch either, and it is a busy road so holds everything up.
Why
I can answer this and there are a number of reasons:Not like it is a small stretch either, and it is a busy road so holds everything up.
Why
1) Often they are split or mixed use with pedestrians, its annoying enough being held up by other cyclists doing less than 10mph, without having to cycle slowly to avoid wiping out pedestrians, who glare at you if you have the audacity to warn them of your presence using the bell.
2) They are not wide enough to overtake slow-pokes safely, it becomes as infuriating for a cyclist as it does for the motorist.
3) There is a cycle path near me that is the same as you mention; but it is also frequented by horse riders so is often covered in horse s
t. Why the horse riders cannot use the grass verge I have no idea, there are some nice cycle paths that cut out whole sections of main road but I don't use them because I have had to literally stop, put the bike on my shoulder and tip toe around it.MartG said:
Pencil sharpeners which happily sit on your desk for weeks, right up until you actually need to sharpen a pencil, at which point they apparently vanish off through some wormhole in time and space, never to be seen again
Is this the same wormhole that scissors drop into when you need them?
BorkFactor said:
Cyclists who insist on cycling on the road when there is a signposted cycle path that runs along side it for the entire length of the road.
Not like it is a small stretch either, and it is a busy road so holds everything up.
Why
I must admit I'm probably guilty of doing this, but in my defence around here they're all on pretty wide stretches of road. I wouldn't do it on a narrow bit, just because of the thought of the vehicle driver behind me who doesn't realise how close the front of their car is to my rear wheel, or how far their mirrors stick out when they decide to squeeze past.Not like it is a small stretch either, and it is a busy road so holds everything up.
Why
I was always brought up to not cycle on the pavement, so it just feels wrong to me even if there's a white line that suggests it's OK. Another thing is the habit of running the lane along the right-hand side of the pavement, which also feels wrong to someone who's only ever driven or ridden in the UK.
Also around here some of the cycle lanes are continually going on and off the pavement, and I have a vivid recollection of cycling with someone when I was a kid who gradually eased onto the pavement (this is so long ago we were young enough that we were still allowed on the pavement) only to find that the dropped kerb wasn't as flat as they though, and came off the bike sideways. I hate the idea of falling off my bike now almost as much as I did then.
I don't cycle in busy places, though, as I only do it for recreation and the odd trip to an inconveniently-located pub.
But a corollary and a thing that annoys me - adults who ride their bikes on the pavement when there isn't a cycle lane there, and the local police or CSOs that see them and don't do anything about it.
I'm convinced that much of the bad practice of modern cyclists is down to lack of knowledge. When I was a kid in the 1960s most working-class men went to work on a bike, and kids used bikes for transport as much as anything, not just for fun. Everyone knew what the laws were - the stayed on the road, they used lights at night, because it was common practice.
When Britain prospered, and people could afford a car, the bike lapsed into a recreational machine - mainly for kids to play on, or for sport. There was quite a lengthy time lapse before bikes came back into fashion - a combination IMO of the new-found "get fit and healthy" craze, and the cool look of the mountain bike. (And what a useless machine that is for road use!). By then people had forgotten the laws of cycling on the road, and parents who'd never ridden to work couldn't pass on their knowledge to their kids.
I reckon if you tell someone they're breaking the law by riding on the path, they'd think you'd just made it up. I see bikes all the time going the wrong way up a one-way street, or unlit in the dark. The riders simply don't know better, or at least most of them don't. A few more penalties/fines, and maybe they'd wake up.
When Britain prospered, and people could afford a car, the bike lapsed into a recreational machine - mainly for kids to play on, or for sport. There was quite a lengthy time lapse before bikes came back into fashion - a combination IMO of the new-found "get fit and healthy" craze, and the cool look of the mountain bike. (And what a useless machine that is for road use!). By then people had forgotten the laws of cycling on the road, and parents who'd never ridden to work couldn't pass on their knowledge to their kids.
I reckon if you tell someone they're breaking the law by riding on the path, they'd think you'd just made it up. I see bikes all the time going the wrong way up a one-way street, or unlit in the dark. The riders simply don't know better, or at least most of them don't. A few more penalties/fines, and maybe they'd wake up.
nicanary said:
...I reckon if you tell someone they're breaking the law by riding on the path, they'd think you'd just made it up. I see bikes all the time going the wrong way up a one-way street, or unlit in the dark. The riders simply don't know better, or at least most of them don't. A few more penalties/fines, and maybe they'd wake up.
Agreed.I'm finding more and more bike marks on local footpaths - across ploughed fields etc - where weekend warriors belt across country in pairs or sometimes threesomes, without any outward care that they're not actually supposed to be riding there.
I've asked one lot who they sought permission from to be in the private woods on a permissive path, but only received a rather dismissive 'been doin' it years mate!' as an explanation. Maybe if they're not harming anyone it's really not a problem (like doing 45mph in a 30mph zone).
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