Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 5)
Discussion
yellowjack said:
Well I drive an old car, ride an old bicycle, and live in an old house. I wear old shoes too. All of which, like my "outdated, unsupported operating system" are still completely serviceable. Should I scrap my car, donate my bike to a museum, demolish my house and replace hand made shoes with something from M&S too?
I'm still using kitchen knives and a Black & Decker power drill that were wedding presents from 30 years ago. Are they suddenly "unfit for purpose" because something new came along?
Grrrrr!
Modern consumer capitalism, insisting that we all must spend, spend, spend in order to shore up some venture capitalist pricks and keep them in the robber-baron luxury they've become accustomed to.
Well f
k you, Apple iAddicts, etc. I'm keeping my shonky old crap until it becomes beyond economic repair, thank you very much...
...I'd post this from my mobile phone, but that's a PAYG Nokia C1, and although it's fully functional still, it "doesn't do apps" so...
Bully for you, no-one saying there is anything wrong with using old stuff but there is more than a bit of false equivalence in your post.I'm still using kitchen knives and a Black & Decker power drill that were wedding presents from 30 years ago. Are they suddenly "unfit for purpose" because something new came along?
Grrrrr!
Modern consumer capitalism, insisting that we all must spend, spend, spend in order to shore up some venture capitalist pricks and keep them in the robber-baron luxury they've become accustomed to.
Well f
k you, Apple iAddicts, etc. I'm keeping my shonky old crap until it becomes beyond economic repair, thank you very much......I'd post this from my mobile phone, but that's a PAYG Nokia C1, and although it's fully functional still, it "doesn't do apps" so...
The final update to Vista was made about six months before emoji were even added to unicode, it literally pre-dates them so it's a bit unfair to moan about a technology that probably 99.8% of other users will have when it is your system that is incapable of showing them. You might as well complain about how your FM radio doesn't allow you to listen to digital stations, or how your old CRT TV doesn't pick up Netflix.
You really can't compare a drill, still perfectly compatible with 2019 mains AC and with a bit bought today in Screwfix, with an obsolete piece of software which absolutely isn't built for the features and security needs of being online in 2019.
Software is, frankly, an immature and imperfect art and we're still not very good at it. The 10 years since the last Vista update equates more to like 100 years for more established technologies. Not sure you'd like to cycle a century on a 100 year-old bike
loudlashadjuster said:
Bully for you, no-one saying there is anything wrong with using old stuff but there is more than a bit of false equivalence in your post...
...Not sure you'd like to cycle a century on a 100 year-old bike
False equivalence? Damn right there was, that was the entire point of the post, to have a "silly old fart" rant about various "modern life is rubbish" stuff....Not sure you'd like to cycle a century on a 100 year-old bike
A century on a 100 year-old bike? Hmmmm?
I presume it's fully servicable, I can have modern tyres, and I get to choose the route? If so, I'm well up for giving that a go... nonsequitur said:
Balmoral said:
Temporary traffic lights at roadworks that are no bigger than a legally parked car, that we all seem to be able to negotiate day in day out without the need for temporary traffic lights to be set up around it.
'Elf & Safety I suspect.
thebigmacmoomin said:
nonsequitur said:
Balmoral said:
Temporary traffic lights at roadworks that are no bigger than a legally parked car, that we all seem to be able to negotiate day in day out without the need for temporary traffic lights to be set up around it.
'Elf & Safety I suspect.Grahamdub said:
I saw some a while ago that were just the 2 sets of traffic lights literally back to back. There was nothing there apart from the traffic lights and the generators to power them. It was a Sunday, so I assume they just moved them further apart on the Monday morning, but why leave them out all weekend ?
I've seen seen this recently too. No obstacles or work going on but 2 sets of traffic lights with a gap in the middle. The only obstacles were the traffic lights themselves. They were there for a few days. I passed them several times at different times of the day and never saw any reason for them being there. Bit odd. yellowjack said:
False equivalence? Damn right there was, that was the entire point of the post, to have a "silly old fart" rant about various "modern life is rubbish" stuff.
It does annoy me beyond reason when people complain that the world isn't standing still precisely at the point they decided to stop adopting new technologies and processes.Grahamdub said:
I saw some a while ago that were just the 2 sets of traffic lights literally back to back. There was nothing there apart from the traffic lights and the generators to power them. It was a Sunday, so I assume they just moved them further apart on the Monday morning, but why leave them out all weekend ?
Cheaper than the collection & delivery charges that the hire company would charge.
Lemming Train said:
Shakermaker said:
Many years ago on a night out, and when my inhibitions were somewhat loose, we were heading between pubs when my mate stopped to use the cash point. It was cold, and so in the faff of him taking his gloves off to be able to use the screen I decided to "help" him out instead. Thinking it would be funny (which it was) I typed "cash - other amount" and then as he kept saying "Don't do that Alex, stop being a dick" etc, I typed in £1,000, expecting it to just say "computer says no"
He wasn't happy, as he was using his credit card, with the high rate being applied to cash withdrawls meaning it cost him around £40 extra to withdraw that...
£1000 from an ATM? He wasn't happy, as he was using his credit card, with the high rate being applied to cash withdrawls meaning it cost him around £40 extra to withdraw that...
Unless you specifically ask for higher amounts with the card issuer I believe the max withdrawal is capped at £250.yellowjack said:
...I'd post this from my mobile phone, but that's a PAYG Nokia C1, and although it's fully functional still, it "doesn't do apps" so...
You'll probably find that the old guy tutting at you while you faff around at the ATM is also a dinosaur who doesn't have a smartphone on which he could easily check his bank balances without having to stand in the rain while some doddery and cussed old fart pretends that he knows what he's doing by using every service available even though he doesn't need any of them. How will you manage as more and more ATMs disappear with the advance of contactless payments ? I know - you can create a queue in a Post Office. If they still exist.Rostfritt said:
Lemming Train said:
Shakermaker said:
Many years ago on a night out, and when my inhibitions were somewhat loose, we were heading between pubs when my mate stopped to use the cash point. It was cold, and so in the faff of him taking his gloves off to be able to use the screen I decided to "help" him out instead. Thinking it would be funny (which it was) I typed "cash - other amount" and then as he kept saying "Don't do that Alex, stop being a dick" etc, I typed in £1,000, expecting it to just say "computer says no"
He wasn't happy, as he was using his credit card, with the high rate being applied to cash withdrawls meaning it cost him around £40 extra to withdraw that...
£1000 from an ATM? He wasn't happy, as he was using his credit card, with the high rate being applied to cash withdrawls meaning it cost him around £40 extra to withdraw that...
Unless you specifically ask for higher amounts with the card issuer I believe the max withdrawal is capped at £250.Johnspex said:
Rostfritt said:
Lemming Train said:
Shakermaker said:
Many years ago on a night out, and when my inhibitions were somewhat loose, we were heading between pubs when my mate stopped to use the cash point. It was cold, and so in the faff of him taking his gloves off to be able to use the screen I decided to "help" him out instead. Thinking it would be funny (which it was) I typed "cash - other amount" and then as he kept saying "Don't do that Alex, stop being a dick" etc, I typed in £1,000, expecting it to just say "computer says no"
He wasn't happy, as he was using his credit card, with the high rate being applied to cash withdrawls meaning it cost him around £40 extra to withdraw that...
£1000 from an ATM? He wasn't happy, as he was using his credit card, with the high rate being applied to cash withdrawls meaning it cost him around £40 extra to withdraw that...
Unless you specifically ask for higher amounts with the card issuer I believe the max withdrawal is capped at £250.https://www.dieboldnixdorf.com/-/media/diebold/die...
I'm sure others will have different limitations.
£1000 is 50 x £20 notes.
Used to work in ATM/Point Of Sale install and maintenance... but that was many years ago and in another country.
Having seen the TV advert a few times, I thought I'd try the "Motokiki" tyre price comparison website to see who has a decent price on tyres at the moment. Selected "Price by tyre size", entered the details, up pops a tyre with a price of £185-odd. So I click on the button to choose that tyre and see who can fit it locally, and all the prices are £200+. At the top of the screen it says:
"Not seeing the price displayed on the previous page?
We sort results by location first, so the cheapest price might be a bit further away from you.
Just scroll to the bottom and select load more!"
What's the point? You've shown me a price for a tyre, I'm on a site doing a price comparison, I want to see where I can get that tyre at the price you showed me. Or at least give an option for me to re-sort the results by price lowest to highest so I can find it myself.
"Not seeing the price displayed on the previous page?
We sort results by location first, so the cheapest price might be a bit further away from you.
Just scroll to the bottom and select load more!"
What's the point? You've shown me a price for a tyre, I'm on a site doing a price comparison, I want to see where I can get that tyre at the price you showed me. Or at least give an option for me to re-sort the results by price lowest to highest so I can find it myself.
On average, it's 15 per day. Of what do I speak? Choccy Hobnobs? Fags? Tinnies? No, I am referring to farts, trumps, anal announcements, trouser coughs. We can all produce such a quantity every day and of course, averages aren't maxima.
However, the mobile sewage plants that get right up my nose in a literal sense are those individuals that emit a secret waft in places where the freshening wind doesn't blow. Newsagents' magazine displays, Boots' cough drop aisles, Aldi's aisle of dreams, they're everywhere. And it's inexplicable; those responding to an unexpected command...'blow tanks'...invariably produce a trailer of the worst possible kind. It's always a glutinous guff that violates the sinuses and hangs on with talons of steel.
Being a smoker, I can be fined, prosecuted and otherwise penalised for lighting up in the wrong place. But exponents of the Vaterland can let fly with impunity.
My mind naturally turned to potential solutions to such antisocial expulsions. A compulsory butt plug employing activated charcoal? No, I came up with a superior two-stage strategy.
Stage one is a warning stage. Rather like a klaxon, it allows those of us in the fallout zone to move quickly in the direction of away. Perhaps appropriately, I first thought of a police whistle.There is also a thing called a firedamp whistle, which is set off by the noxious gases in mines. Whether one can detect sulphuretted hydrogen is as yet unknown. That said, we can forget the chemistry for now. All that's needed is a siren whistle ( as used in Supertramp's 'Logical Song.'). Yes, the pressure is there, the gas flow is matchless, let's use them.
Stage two is of necessity more drastic. Like crims are tagged at all times, serial offenders should be made to wear this item. As above, it's butt plug-like but this time, it's high tech. When fitted, the unit's internal capacitor is charged by the caramel-chewing action of walking. When discharge occurs, the unit can detect the composition of the kind of parp that allows others to identify last night's dinner.
At this point, the unit deploys. No, there isn't a chemical filtration, nor does of fart-isolating airbag appear. Instead, the capacitor is triggered to produce a spark at a pair of contacts. We've all seen a jet fighter's flameout, you get the picture. We all know that energy can only be converted; here it's converted in a useful way.
Seeing a person with a charred anal area and no hair at the back means we know whom to avoid. After all, he or she can produce the archetypal horse choking fart.
However, the mobile sewage plants that get right up my nose in a literal sense are those individuals that emit a secret waft in places where the freshening wind doesn't blow. Newsagents' magazine displays, Boots' cough drop aisles, Aldi's aisle of dreams, they're everywhere. And it's inexplicable; those responding to an unexpected command...'blow tanks'...invariably produce a trailer of the worst possible kind. It's always a glutinous guff that violates the sinuses and hangs on with talons of steel.
Being a smoker, I can be fined, prosecuted and otherwise penalised for lighting up in the wrong place. But exponents of the Vaterland can let fly with impunity.
My mind naturally turned to potential solutions to such antisocial expulsions. A compulsory butt plug employing activated charcoal? No, I came up with a superior two-stage strategy.
Stage one is a warning stage. Rather like a klaxon, it allows those of us in the fallout zone to move quickly in the direction of away. Perhaps appropriately, I first thought of a police whistle.There is also a thing called a firedamp whistle, which is set off by the noxious gases in mines. Whether one can detect sulphuretted hydrogen is as yet unknown. That said, we can forget the chemistry for now. All that's needed is a siren whistle ( as used in Supertramp's 'Logical Song.'). Yes, the pressure is there, the gas flow is matchless, let's use them.
Stage two is of necessity more drastic. Like crims are tagged at all times, serial offenders should be made to wear this item. As above, it's butt plug-like but this time, it's high tech. When fitted, the unit's internal capacitor is charged by the caramel-chewing action of walking. When discharge occurs, the unit can detect the composition of the kind of parp that allows others to identify last night's dinner.
At this point, the unit deploys. No, there isn't a chemical filtration, nor does of fart-isolating airbag appear. Instead, the capacitor is triggered to produce a spark at a pair of contacts. We've all seen a jet fighter's flameout, you get the picture. We all know that energy can only be converted; here it's converted in a useful way.
Seeing a person with a charred anal area and no hair at the back means we know whom to avoid. After all, he or she can produce the archetypal horse choking fart.
Edited by davhill on Thursday 17th January 18:39
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