Things that annoy you beyond reason...? [Vol 3]
Discussion
RobinBanks said:
When a guest comes to your home for the first time and immediately or almost immediately asks for the WiFi pass code.
But consider the alternatives. 
Anyway, these days a decent host should not only ask a guest if they would like a drink but also if they would like to connect to the house WiFi.
Rough roads. I have had chronic back ache for the last week. I've been doing 14 hours a day on the road, in a tractor with no suspension. It's ridiculous not being able to even do 20mph because you can't sit in the seat! everything rattles in the tractor now, and there is a dent in the headlining.
Resurfaced roads seem the worst; theres a noticeable wave in them, which you just bounce along.
Another point. Why can't people fecking reverse. It's literally just driving backwards, how hard can it be!
You seem to get two types of people driving near tractors; those that don't give way and make you back up, and overtake at 3000mph on a blind bend. Or you get people who stop somewhere near the falklands out of fear, and it takes about 10 minutes to get to where they've stopped and they're always on the narrowest part of the road! They seem sit behind you for ages on a straight road unable to overtake, but driving about 4mm from the back of the tractor.
Resurfaced roads seem the worst; theres a noticeable wave in them, which you just bounce along.
Another point. Why can't people fecking reverse. It's literally just driving backwards, how hard can it be!
You seem to get two types of people driving near tractors; those that don't give way and make you back up, and overtake at 3000mph on a blind bend. Or you get people who stop somewhere near the falklands out of fear, and it takes about 10 minutes to get to where they've stopped and they're always on the narrowest part of the road! They seem sit behind you for ages on a straight road unable to overtake, but driving about 4mm from the back of the tractor.
Agrispeed said:
Rough roads. I have had chronic back ache for the last week. I've been doing 14 hours a day on the road, in a tractor with no suspension. It's ridiculous not being able to even do 20mph because you can't sit in the seat! everything rattles in the tractor now, and there is a dent in the headlining.
Resurfaced roads seem the worst; theres a noticeable wave in them, which you just bounce along.
Another point. Why can't people fecking reverse. It's literally just driving backwards, how hard can it be!
You seem to get two types of people driving near tractors; those that don't give way and make you back up, and overtake at 3000mph on a blind bend. Or you get people who stop somewhere near the falklands out of fear, and it takes about 10 minutes to get to where they've stopped and they're always on the narrowest part of the road! They seem sit behind you for ages on a straight road unable to overtake, but driving about 4mm from the back of the tractor.
When the Highways Agency or the Caaaancil check the roads they should use a tractor on rowcrops, not a bloody hovercraft.Resurfaced roads seem the worst; theres a noticeable wave in them, which you just bounce along.
Another point. Why can't people fecking reverse. It's literally just driving backwards, how hard can it be!
You seem to get two types of people driving near tractors; those that don't give way and make you back up, and overtake at 3000mph on a blind bend. Or you get people who stop somewhere near the falklands out of fear, and it takes about 10 minutes to get to where they've stopped and they're always on the narrowest part of the road! They seem sit behind you for ages on a straight road unable to overtake, but driving about 4mm from the back of the tractor.
Anyway, what the heel are you carting about at this time of the year that can't be done in normal hours?
Willy Nilly said:
Agrispeed said:
Rough roads. I have had chronic back ache for the last week. I've been doing 14 hours a day on the road, in a tractor with no suspension. It's ridiculous not being able to even do 20mph because you can't sit in the seat! everything rattles in the tractor now, and there is a dent in the headlining.
Resurfaced roads seem the worst; theres a noticeable wave in them, which you just bounce along.
Another point. Why can't people fecking reverse. It's literally just driving backwards, how hard can it be!
You seem to get two types of people driving near tractors; those that don't give way and make you back up, and overtake at 3000mph on a blind bend. Or you get people who stop somewhere near the falklands out of fear, and it takes about 10 minutes to get to where they've stopped and they're always on the narrowest part of the road! They seem sit behind you for ages on a straight road unable to overtake, but driving about 4mm from the back of the tractor.
When the Highways Agency or the Caaaancil check the roads they should use a tractor on rowcrops, not a bloody hovercraft.Resurfaced roads seem the worst; theres a noticeable wave in them, which you just bounce along.
Another point. Why can't people fecking reverse. It's literally just driving backwards, how hard can it be!
You seem to get two types of people driving near tractors; those that don't give way and make you back up, and overtake at 3000mph on a blind bend. Or you get people who stop somewhere near the falklands out of fear, and it takes about 10 minutes to get to where they've stopped and they're always on the narrowest part of the road! They seem sit behind you for ages on a straight road unable to overtake, but driving about 4mm from the back of the tractor.
Anyway, what the heel are you carting about at this time of the year that can't be done in normal hours?
JonRB said:
RobinOakapple said:
Black 13amp plugs. In the good old days they were mostly white. Then I could write in felt tip on them what was at the other end of the cable.
Might I suggest that sir invests in some small white self-adhesive address labels? 
But what annoys me is that I have to do anything other than simply write on the plug itself.
RobinOakapple said:
I usually use blue insulating tape.
But what annoys me is that I have to do anything other than simply write on the plug itself.
Sky now supply plugs with 'Sky' written on them and they're round rather than the usual slightly oblong with a thinner top most other plugs have.But what annoys me is that I have to do anything other than simply write on the plug itself.
People who leave a bit of coffee in the bottom of the cup everytime. It's instant coffee FFS, the bit at the bottom tastes the same as the bit at the top, just fecking drink it and don't leave it there for someone else to tip out/all over themselves/the carpet, whatever...People who advertise items for sale really badly and then don't answer your questions when you ask. f
king lazy arsed bellends the lot of them.
Agrispeed said:
Willy Nilly said:
Agrispeed said:
Rough roads. I have had chronic back ache for the last week. I've been doing 14 hours a day on the road, in a tractor with no suspension. It's ridiculous not being able to even do 20mph because you can't sit in the seat! everything rattles in the tractor now, and there is a dent in the headlining.
Resurfaced roads seem the worst; theres a noticeable wave in them, which you just bounce along.
Another point. Why can't people fecking reverse. It's literally just driving backwards, how hard can it be!
You seem to get two types of people driving near tractors; those that don't give way and make you back up, and overtake at 3000mph on a blind bend. Or you get people who stop somewhere near the falklands out of fear, and it takes about 10 minutes to get to where they've stopped and they're always on the narrowest part of the road! They seem sit behind you for ages on a straight road unable to overtake, but driving about 4mm from the back of the tractor.
When the Highways Agency or the Caaaancil check the roads they should use a tractor on rowcrops, not a bloody hovercraft.Resurfaced roads seem the worst; theres a noticeable wave in them, which you just bounce along.
Another point. Why can't people fecking reverse. It's literally just driving backwards, how hard can it be!
You seem to get two types of people driving near tractors; those that don't give way and make you back up, and overtake at 3000mph on a blind bend. Or you get people who stop somewhere near the falklands out of fear, and it takes about 10 minutes to get to where they've stopped and they're always on the narrowest part of the road! They seem sit behind you for ages on a straight road unable to overtake, but driving about 4mm from the back of the tractor.
Anyway, what the heel are you carting about at this time of the year that can't be done in normal hours?
The media's apparent inability to correctly identify aircraft when reporting on something
Yesterday it was an article on Harrison Ford's crash where a pic captioned as being one of Ford's other aircraft, a DHC-2 Beaver, was actually a Cessna 182T
Today it was the solar powered 'Solar Impulse 2' aircraft being described as a single seater, despite the article then going on the name the TWO people onboard
It's not just aircraft either - the 'media studies' graduates who seem to run things seem to have troble identifying anything which lies outside their very limited experience. Sadly gone are the days when you had specialised reporters who actaully knew something about what they were reporting on
It's not as if it is difficult these days to identify something via Google
Yesterday it was an article on Harrison Ford's crash where a pic captioned as being one of Ford's other aircraft, a DHC-2 Beaver, was actually a Cessna 182T
Today it was the solar powered 'Solar Impulse 2' aircraft being described as a single seater, despite the article then going on the name the TWO people onboard
It's not just aircraft either - the 'media studies' graduates who seem to run things seem to have troble identifying anything which lies outside their very limited experience. Sadly gone are the days when you had specialised reporters who actaully knew something about what they were reporting on
It's not as if it is difficult these days to identify something via Google
Anything that is pretty normal but is prefixed by the word "artisan" to make it appear more hip. I'm particularly thinking of "Artisan Coffee" in trendy Shabby Chic / reclaimation / upcycling shops. So you have a coffee machine and you make coffee for customers. That doesn't make it "artisan". 
MartG said:
The media's apparent inability to correctly identify aircraft when reporting on something
Yesterday it was an article on Harrison Ford's crash where a pic captioned as being one of Ford's other aircraft, a DHC-2 Beaver, was actually a Cessna 182T
Today it was the solar powered 'Solar Impulse 2' aircraft being described as a single seater, despite the article then going on the name the TWO people onboard
It's not just aircraft either - the 'media studies' graduates who seem to run things seem to have troble identifying anything which lies outside their very limited experience. Sadly gone are the days when you had specialised reporters who actaully knew something about what they were reporting on
It's not as if it is difficult these days to identify something via Google
Completely agree with you. Yesterday it was an article on Harrison Ford's crash where a pic captioned as being one of Ford's other aircraft, a DHC-2 Beaver, was actually a Cessna 182T
Today it was the solar powered 'Solar Impulse 2' aircraft being described as a single seater, despite the article then going on the name the TWO people onboard
It's not just aircraft either - the 'media studies' graduates who seem to run things seem to have troble identifying anything which lies outside their very limited experience. Sadly gone are the days when you had specialised reporters who actaully knew something about what they were reporting on
It's not as if it is difficult these days to identify something via Google
JonRB said:
Anything that is pretty normal but is prefixed by the word "artisan" to make it appear more hip. I'm particularly thinking of "Artisan Coffee" in trendy Shabby Chic / reclaimation / upcycling shops. So you have a coffee machine and you make coffee for customers. That doesn't make it "artisan".
I'm with ya. I used to work near this place. Artisans?
isans more like. http://hotnumberscoffee.co.uk/
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