Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)
Discussion
OpulentBob said:
...Especially in Cambridge - the place is so old and narrow ... that trying to manage all the traffic in and out is almost impossible....
...you've got major problems with pinchpoints...
...high numbers of cyclists and peds and the specific issues they bring...
...So you almost have a perfect storm of things that make easy travel impossible...
...Then add the fact that every Cambridigan that I have ever met is (in their mind) an educated expert on everything ...
...That scheme got through, IMO, purely because only the pro-cyclist lobby went to the panels that allocated the money...
...they would be a lot safer if the standard of cycling in Cambridge was a little more European and a little bit less Mad Max.
All good points. It is also not helped by other factors:...you've got major problems with pinchpoints...
...high numbers of cyclists and peds and the specific issues they bring...
...So you almost have a perfect storm of things that make easy travel impossible...
...Then add the fact that every Cambridigan that I have ever met is (in their mind) an educated expert on everything ...
...That scheme got through, IMO, purely because only the pro-cyclist lobby went to the panels that allocated the money...
...they would be a lot safer if the standard of cycling in Cambridge was a little more European and a little bit less Mad Max.
- The station was built a long way from the centre (supposedly at the behest of the university, so students wouldn't be tempted by the bright lights of London)
- Rampant development with no thought as to where those people will go to work, shop, play. There is already rush hour gridlock getting into Cambridge and the trains to London are rammed. There are thousands more houses going up. It will get worse. Far worse.
OpulentBob said:
The people that live there are going to moan, whinge and argue every single scheme until they get what they deserve - absolute gridlock from 7.30am to 8pm.
I hope not but I think you are right. In fact, you are already right 7.30-10.00 and 16:00-18:30. Just a few more hours to go.The flying insect that appears after turning the lights out.
Go to bed, have a read, quick last pit stop then under the covers and lights out...and just as I approach the land of nod THAT BUZZING NOISE starts.
Somehow it's internal guidance system allows it to repeatedly pass my head in the inky blackness and avoid my swishing arms, but stay within the all-important-listening-distance. The utter, utter, b
d.
Eventually I'll resort to lights on, inch-by-inch search of the room but of course he's wise to that and secreted himself out of sight. He's out there, laughing. The callous retch.
Or, it could all be a dream brought on by too much cheese after 20:00 hours.
Either way, an annoyance.
Go to bed, have a read, quick last pit stop then under the covers and lights out...and just as I approach the land of nod THAT BUZZING NOISE starts.
Somehow it's internal guidance system allows it to repeatedly pass my head in the inky blackness and avoid my swishing arms, but stay within the all-important-listening-distance. The utter, utter, b
d.Eventually I'll resort to lights on, inch-by-inch search of the room but of course he's wise to that and secreted himself out of sight. He's out there, laughing. The callous retch.
Or, it could all be a dream brought on by too much cheese after 20:00 hours.
Either way, an annoyance.
OpulentBob said:
Look naff, work brilliantly, peace of mind for a tenner.
https://youtu.be/elJ3t6AOPJc
ClockworkCupcake said:
OpulentBob said:
Look naff, work brilliantly, peace of mind for a tenner.
https://youtu.be/elJ3t6AOPJc
I WAS going to suggest a shotgun, but that seemed a little... strong.
Reminds me of the old "joke":
South African Dutchman Van der Merwe had never been out of South Africa. While on holiday in Australia he decided to spend an afternoon visiting Bondi Beach .
As he sat on the beach looking out to sea he saw a long line of black dots out in the water and said to an Aussie, who was sitting close by, "What are all those little black things out there?"
"They're buoys," said the Aussie.
"Boys?!" replied Van der Merwe. "What are they doing out there?"
"Holding up the shark net," the Aussie told him.
"Bloody great country!" said Van der Merwe, deeply impressed, "We'd never get away with that at home!"
South African Dutchman Van der Merwe had never been out of South Africa. While on holiday in Australia he decided to spend an afternoon visiting Bondi Beach .
As he sat on the beach looking out to sea he saw a long line of black dots out in the water and said to an Aussie, who was sitting close by, "What are all those little black things out there?"
"They're buoys," said the Aussie.
"Boys?!" replied Van der Merwe. "What are they doing out there?"
"Holding up the shark net," the Aussie told him.
"Bloody great country!" said Van der Merwe, deeply impressed, "We'd never get away with that at home!"
ClockworkCupcake said:
In fairness, that is closer to the French "filet" (eg in 'filet mignon') than we say it.
Ironically, they also pronounce "Nissan" closer to the correct Japanese pronunciation than we do.
Fillet is the cut of meat, not the recipe. It's pronounced 'fill-it'. Filet mignon is a French combined recipe and cut and is therefore not pronounced the same as it's Frog. The Americans, (as with a few other words), mispronounce 'fill-it'. Everyone knows this, but I sense your preoccupation with small baked fripperies has clouded your mind to other culinary factoids.Ironically, they also pronounce "Nissan" closer to the correct Japanese pronunciation than we do.
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