Things that annoy you beyond reason...? [Vol 3]
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Morningside said:
I have hearing loss on the left. Could not see anything and also did a MRI scan to check if tumer on the auditory nerve. It was borderline if he was going to give me a hearing aid or not.
I do struggle to hear what people are saying sometimes and miss bits on the telly. Normally I have the subtitles on as it assists me to fill in some gaps. I would have thought my good ear would do this but oddly enough it does not. And I used to have fantastic hearing. Up until my 40s I could hear the eht line timebase whistle on some tellies.
Is the mixing up of background noise with who or what you are supposed to be listening to new or always been like that?I do struggle to hear what people are saying sometimes and miss bits on the telly. Normally I have the subtitles on as it assists me to fill in some gaps. I would have thought my good ear would do this but oddly enough it does not. And I used to have fantastic hearing. Up until my 40s I could hear the eht line timebase whistle on some tellies.
Bloody Franglais and people who use it in a kind of awkward attempt at being informal.
We take post deliveries for our residents in our office and there is one chap who always pops by with lines such as 'I believe you have un petit packaaage for me...' It always makes me cringe as everybody else manages to ask for their packages without resorting to Alan Partridge-esque levels of embarrasment.
We take post deliveries for our residents in our office and there is one chap who always pops by with lines such as 'I believe you have un petit packaaage for me...' It always makes me cringe as everybody else manages to ask for their packages without resorting to Alan Partridge-esque levels of embarrasment.
227bhp said:
Morningside said:
227bhp said:
Arse.
I really did do this though, it was followed up the next morning by pouring Muesli into a large coffee mug.
I think I need a holiday as i'm annoying myself beyond reason.
24lemons said:
Bloody Franglais and people who use it in a kind of awkward attempt at being informal.
We take post deliveries for our residents in our office and there is one chap who always pops by with lines such as 'I believe you have un petit packaaage for me...' It always makes me cringe as everybody else manages to ask for their packages without resorting to Alan Partridge-esque levels of embarrasment.
It's like a colleague I had at a previous client. He used to say "what can I do you for?" instead of "what can I do for you?". He would say it at least once a day, often several times a day, and I was there for well over a year. We take post deliveries for our residents in our office and there is one chap who always pops by with lines such as 'I believe you have un petit packaaage for me...' It always makes me cringe as everybody else manages to ask for their packages without resorting to Alan Partridge-esque levels of embarrasment.
It wasn't funny the first time and it wasn't funny almost a 1000 times later either. In fact it was getting to the point where I was thinking of replying "Actual Bodily Harm" when he next said it to me. Or maybe "A thousand pounds, and not a penny less. And you have to use lube".
227bhp said:
Morningside said:
I have hearing loss on the left. Could not see anything and also did a MRI scan to check if tumer on the auditory nerve. It was borderline if he was going to give me a hearing aid or not.
I do struggle to hear what people are saying sometimes and miss bits on the telly. Normally I have the subtitles on as it assists me to fill in some gaps. I would have thought my good ear would do this but oddly enough it does not. And I used to have fantastic hearing. Up until my 40s I could hear the eht line timebase whistle on some tellies.
Is the mixing up of background noise with who or what you are supposed to be listening to new or always been like that?I do struggle to hear what people are saying sometimes and miss bits on the telly. Normally I have the subtitles on as it assists me to fill in some gaps. I would have thought my good ear would do this but oddly enough it does not. And I used to have fantastic hearing. Up until my 40s I could hear the eht line timebase whistle on some tellies.
SidJames said:
iambeowulf said:
Apple MacBook - USB socket for mouse on the left.
Why!
Most people are left handed.
The cable is quite short you b
ds
wireless mouse n'est ce pas? ;-)Why!
Most people are left handed.
The cable is quite short you b
ds(I rarely use the mouse, the touchpad only half works but very few things can't be done - clicking and moving a box in print dialogue box - so justifying the cost would be difficult. Especially where I am in SE Asia. It's prohibitively expenses and danger in buying a fake!)
Edited by iambeowulf on Thursday 23 July 08:09
iambeowulf said:
SidJames said:
iambeowulf said:
Apple MacBook - USB socket for mouse on the left.
Why!
Most people are left handed.
The cable is quite short you bds
wireless mouse n'est ce pas? ;-)Why!
Most people are left handed.
The cable is quite short you b
dsGood old Apple. Making life less complicated and more expensive.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-an...
rohrl said:
iambeowulf said:
Apple MacBook - USB socket for mouse on the left.
Why!
Most people are left handed.
The cable is quite short you bds
No they aren't.Why!
Most people are left handed.
The cable is quite short you b
dsA mere 10% or so are left-handed, and even that's far too many for my liking.
Should have been cast from the cliffs at birth, the dirty cripples. They can't even use an ink pen.
Matrix signs on the M67, and the idiots who st themselves when they are telling them something.
The M67 is a short length of motorway heading east, away from the M60 ring road, at the Denton Roundabout, towards Hattersley and Glossop. I live near the first junction after the start of the motorway at the Denton roundabout.
Most journeys involve a short run from here towards the roundabout. Sometimes I join the M67 and the 50 signs (advisory) are flashing, and the matrix signs are warming 'queue at junction'. You can see the traffic already on the motorway braking in panic, at the thought of being greeted by a huge traffic jam. The thing is though, you can almost see the fking junction!
Just before the roundabout, there is a bridge. The approach is a very gradual slope, and after the brow of the hill, there are traffic lights almost immediately. Before the brow are the usual end of motorway signs, so a sensible person will be preparing to stop as they approach this point irrespective of traffic conditions.
What pisses me off immensely about the knob-heads slamming on the anchors, is the fact I can see the brow of the hill from the fking slip road. If I cannot see queuing traffic from there, there is no fking queue!
t themselves when they are telling them something.The M67 is a short length of motorway heading east, away from the M60 ring road, at the Denton Roundabout, towards Hattersley and Glossop. I live near the first junction after the start of the motorway at the Denton roundabout.
Most journeys involve a short run from here towards the roundabout. Sometimes I join the M67 and the 50 signs (advisory) are flashing, and the matrix signs are warming 'queue at junction'. You can see the traffic already on the motorway braking in panic, at the thought of being greeted by a huge traffic jam. The thing is though, you can almost see the f
king junction!Just before the roundabout, there is a bridge. The approach is a very gradual slope, and after the brow of the hill, there are traffic lights almost immediately. Before the brow are the usual end of motorway signs, so a sensible person will be preparing to stop as they approach this point irrespective of traffic conditions.
What pisses me off immensely about the knob-heads slamming on the anchors, is the fact I can see the brow of the hill from the f
king slip road. If I cannot see queuing traffic from there, there is no fking queue!doogz said:
RobinOakapple said:
Turning right off an A road yesterday. Long train of traffic coming the other way doing about 20 mph, following a tractor. Would one of the st featured wking s let me cross? Not fking one of them, had to wait ages til there was a gap large enough for me to force my way across in.
Forced your way over did you?t featured wking s let me cross? Not fking one of them, had to wait ages til there was a gap large enough for me to force my way across in.Top driving. Well done.
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