Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)
Discussion
Issi said:
I can't put my finger on it, but people who are constantly on their phones.
A couple sat on the table next to me in a beer garden yesterday, and I swear to God they barely looked up from their screens or made an attempt at conversation for the hour that they were there.
What are they looking at so intently?
Same here. Family of four in small coffee place. Total silence. All on the phone. Constant checking / texting / updating etc. (I assume). My wife and I upped our conversation to hopefully show that there is life after phones.A couple sat on the table next to me in a beer garden yesterday, and I swear to God they barely looked up from their screens or made an attempt at conversation for the hour that they were there.
What are they looking at so intently?
God I'm turning into a grumpy old man !
Today, the only utter t
t that decides to drive into the petrol station and fill up the wrong way round! Everyone knows you enter and exit clockwise don't they?
The chap in the land rover that parked a foot from his bumper in the queue cheered me up though
Today, the only utter t
t that decides to drive into the petrol station and fill up the wrong way round! Everyone knows you enter and exit clockwise don't they? The chap in the land rover that parked a foot from his bumper in the queue cheered me up though
WD39 said:
Issi said:
I can't put my finger on it, but people who are constantly on their phones.
A couple sat on the table next to me in a beer garden yesterday, and I swear to God they barely looked up from their screens or made an attempt at conversation for the hour that they were there.
What are they looking at so intently?
Same here. Family of four in small coffee place. Total silence. All on the phone. Constant checking / texting / updating etc. (I assume). My wife and I upped our conversation to hopefully show that there is life after phones.A couple sat on the table next to me in a beer garden yesterday, and I swear to God they barely looked up from their screens or made an attempt at conversation for the hour that they were there.
What are they looking at so intently?
I'm sure those of you that live in or near wooded areas will be able to relate to this one - why the fk can't I have a window open and some kind of light on in the room without the world's entire flying wildfire population wanting to come in and see what I'm doing? 
Just fk off!! Why can't you all buzz round the streetlight like you normally do?
k can't I have a window open and some kind of light on in the room without the world's entire flying wildfire population wanting to come in and see what I'm doing? Just fk off!! Why can't you all buzz round the streetlight like you normally do? All that jazz said:
I'm sure those of you that live in or near wooded areas will be able to relate to this one - why the fk can't I have a window open and some kind of light on in the room without the world's entire flying wildfire population wanting to come in and see what I'm doing? Just fk off!! Why can't you all buzz round the streetlight like you normally do?
http://www.newblinds.co.uk/content/insect_screens/?utm_content=2890504115&utm_term=fly%20screen&utm_campaign=Fly+Screens+2011&utm_source=Bing&utm_medium=cpck can't I have a window open and some kind of light on in the room without the world's entire flying wildfire population wanting to come in and see what I'm doing? Just fk off!! Why can't you all buzz round the streetlight like you normally do? WD39 said:
I heard about a family that bought a throwaway BBQ, kept it in the fridge overnight and when they went to use it were disappointed that it did not contain the sausages, tomato and mushrooms etc that were illustrated on the BBQ packaging.
As a youth I remember being disappointed that they didn't, in many ways I still am. Willy Nilly said:
Thanks, I've looked at those before. Unfortunately the window handles get in the way when it's closed and the window frame itself doesn't clear the opening when it's open so there is no option for a flush fit fly screen. I suppose I could potentially fit something on the inside edge of the bay window/sill in line with interior wall but that's a huge area to cover and while it would stop the flies getting in the room with it fitted, they would just chill on the window ledge until I removed it and then come in the room.ClockworkCupcake said:
MartG said:
When both a hard disk and the NAS drive it's backed up on fail at the same time ( possibly connected to this morning's thunderstorm 
)
How can a NAS just fail? Pretty much every NAS has some kind of RAID level? )
And the disk is fine ( though formatted in XFS ), it's the NAS box itself that's gone tits up
Edited by MartG on Thursday 21st July 11:00
leigh1050 said:
The dheads who don't understand how air conditioning works!They don't seem to realise that opening a window on the train lets in hot air.
I have an irrational hatred of those who have climate control in their cars but have it on some half-arsed manual setting that they have to keep fiddling with (or just live with inefficient working of the system).heads who don't understand how air conditioning works!They don't seem to realise that opening a window on the train lets in hot air. Also, those with air con in their cars that have the windows open. Mainly Uber drivers.
People with loud fking exhaust pipes, especially the ones that have to nail it away from traffic lights, or sit at the lights and constantly blip the throttle, and even worse those on cruisers who seem to be able to generate earsplitting amounts of noise while crawling away at a snails pace, at least the faster ones get out of earshot a bit quicker.
Full discloser: I'm a biker and have non standard cans on my bike which are slightly fruitier than standard. However I'm currently renting a flat in a town and with the current hot weather have had the balcony doors open, and these arses make it pretty tricky to watch TV, I have to keep rewinding to catch the bits I couldn't hear because the traffic lights changed.
king exhaust pipes, especially the ones that have to nail it away from traffic lights, or sit at the lights and constantly blip the throttle, and even worse those on cruisers who seem to be able to generate earsplitting amounts of noise while crawling away at a snails pace, at least the faster ones get out of earshot a bit quicker.Full discloser: I'm a biker and have non standard cans on my bike which are slightly fruitier than standard. However I'm currently renting a flat in a town and with the current hot weather have had the balcony doors open, and these arses make it pretty tricky to watch TV, I have to keep rewinding to catch the bits I couldn't hear because the traffic lights changed.
Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff