Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 5)

Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 5)

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SpeckledJim

31,608 posts

252 months

Friday 20th July 2018
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£500,000,000,000,000 in one photograph. Wow.

FourWheelDrift

88,381 posts

283 months

Friday 20th July 2018
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The real black gold.

captain_cynic

11,873 posts

94 months

Friday 20th July 2018
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SpeckledJim said:
£500,000,000,000,000 in one photograph. Wow.
That's the equivalent of 3 large popcorns at the cinema.

talksthetorque

10,815 posts

134 months

Friday 20th July 2018
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4000 litres give or take.


Rich_W

12,548 posts

211 months

Saturday 21st July 2018
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talksthetorque said:
V8mate said:
My printer is so fking annoying that if one colour runs out it refuses to print. At the moment, magenta is out but it won't print B&W Word docs!

And, if you use your printer a lot, the ink runs out. If you don't use it much at all... the ink runs out!

£85 for a set of OEM ink. Fcensoreders
Do what my customers do. Buy in bulk
Do what sensible people do.

Buy non genuine ones biggrin (mine cost £11 for CMR and B XL when the gen Epsons are £65!)

My printer keeps telling me they are non gen and I should buy their ones. But I'm not printing posters. So it's fine for the occasional use I do. fk em! laugh













V8mate

45,899 posts

188 months

Saturday 21st July 2018
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Rich_W said:
talksthetorque said:
V8mate said:
My printer is so fking annoying that if one colour runs out it refuses to print. At the moment, magenta is out but it won't print B&W Word docs!

And, if you use your printer a lot, the ink runs out. If you don't use it much at all... the ink runs out!

£85 for a set of OEM ink. Fcensoreders
Do what my customers do. Buy in bulk
Do what sensible people do.

Buy non genuine ones biggrin (mine cost £11 for CMR and B XL when the gen Epsons are £65!)

My printer keeps telling me they are non gen and I should buy their ones. But I'm not printing posters. So it's fine for the occasional use I do. fk em! laugh
Posting previously^ prompted me to do something about my belligerent printer. A full set of OEM cartridges, today, is £82.56. A set of moody ones is £16.99. With two black carts, £19.99.

Why don't the companies charge £75? Or why doesn't HP charge £30? The magnitude of the differential is just bonkers, isn't it?

talksthetorque

10,815 posts

134 months

Saturday 21st July 2018
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Because your printer will burn your house down if you don't use Manufacturer cartridges. *
There is a likelihood that the quality control is not as good on 3rd party cartridges. So something might not work, including your printer afterwards ( very unlikely but possible

But - here's the issue now - who gives a toss?
You can buy a set of 3rd party cartridges
AND a new printer
AND another set of 3rd party cartridges

for that - all for the same price as HP/Canon/Lexmark/whoever set of Manufacturer cartridges

*don't say I didn't warn you, however, this has never happened.

Frank7

6,619 posts

86 months

Saturday 21st July 2018
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I feel that I may have posted on this particular annoyance somewhere before, if it was on this thread, then I apologise.
About 10 minutes ago, while watching TV, my wife’s phone rang, as she reached for it, I killed the sound on the TV.
I could only hear her, but it became obvious what the call was about, and who it was from.
She said, “Which pub, what time, how many people?”, then hung up and looked through her contacts.
I said, “Promise me that wasn’t your brother?”, she said, “You know it was, he’s in Tankerton, and wants to have lunch tomorrow in The Plough.”
I said to her, “Gimme a break, he’s 60 fu**ing years old!”
She said, “Don’t start, you know he’s not as intelligent as you.”
“Intelligent? How fu**ing intelligent do you have to be to phone a pub/restaurant, and say, would it be possible to make a reservation for X people, at X time, on X day?”
“Shut up, I’m calling the pub.”
It turned out that the pub’s chef was on holiday, so they weren’t serving food that day, she called her brother to tell him, and he had the brass neck to ask her to go online to see if there was anywhere else available in that area that she could check for him.
I don’t know whether to kill him, kill her, or jump off Tower Bridge.
Anyone think that I’m a bad person, and should have just ignored it?

Dibble

12,925 posts

239 months

Saturday 21st July 2018
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People (usually women, but I’ve seen some men doing it too) who do that duckface/pout thing in pictures. Some perfectly fine looking people make themselves look like utter dicks. Just smile, or even have a neutral expression. You won’t then look like a cat’s ahole as its about to have a massive st.

Stupid eyebrows. I’m thinking of those ones that are drawn on with what looks like a thick, permanent marker, nowhere near the actual natural line of an eyebrow.

Women who do that thing where they stand with one leg bent in photos.

I know, in the grand scheme of things, none of this matters and it certainly doesn’t harm me in any way, shape or form.

They do all massively fk me off though.

And while I’m at it, “mahoosive”. I think I’ve previously used that, so I’m a massive dick splash too.

I’m going to find photos now, to illustrate.the above. Obviously not ”mahoosive”, just the other ones.

Dibble

12,925 posts

239 months

Saturday 21st July 2018
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Eyebrows. What the actual fk? I know, if she’s happy, then that’s all that matters.



While I’m on about it, selfies where people can’t look away from the camera/phone screen... With the added bonus of stupid fking “motivational” quotes on walls, like “Live, laugh, love.” fk. Right. Off.



Extra irritant bonus, Snapchat/Facebook filters. fk off, again.


Pericoloso

44,044 posts

162 months

Saturday 21st July 2018
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Sitting in the car on a ferry waiting for the off about 2am this morning I looked up "M20 night closures"

Really useful site told me it's closed next weekend ,it told me why and lots of other things.

Half hour later ,having driven a few miles of A20 leading to M20,sign says M20 closed.

Well thanks for that !

Got home at 4am.

nonsequitur

20,083 posts

115 months

Saturday 21st July 2018
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Frank7 said:
I feel that I may have posted on this particular annoyance somewhere before, if it was on this thread, then I apologise.
About 10 minutes ago, while watching TV, my wife’s phone rang, as she reached for it, I killed the sound on the TV.
I could only hear her, but it became obvious what the call was about, and who it was from.
She said, “Which pub, what time, how many people?”, then hung up and looked through her contacts.
I said, “Promise me that wasn’t your brother?”, she said, “You know it was, he’s in Tankerton, and wants to have lunch tomorrow in The Plough.”
I said to her, “Gimme a break, he’s 60 fu**ing years old!”
She said, “Don’t start, you know he’s not as intelligent as you.”
“Intelligent? How fu**ing intelligent do you have to be to phone a pub/restaurant, and say, would it be possible to make a reservation for X people, at X time, on X day?”
“Shut up, I’m calling the pub.”
It turned out that the pub’s chef was on holiday, so they weren’t serving food that day, she called her brother to tell him, and he had the brass neck to ask her to go online to see if there was anywhere else available in that area that she could check for him.
I don’t know whether to kill him, kill her, or jump off Tower Bridge.
Anyone think that I’m a bad person, and should have just ignored it?
Potentially resorting to violence or suicide for the sake of a pub meal booking is beyond any rational thought. Must have been a slow day. I think that the reduced volume of the TV programme is at the heart of the irritation. You were missing dialogue of your fave show and resented it.
The intimation that as a 60 year old your BIL is in some way inferior intellectually is, as a 70 year old, deeply disturbing to me.
Brothers in law requesting help with a reservation, doncha just hate it when that happens.burgerdrinkmad

Clockwork Cupcake

74,402 posts

271 months

Saturday 21st July 2018
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Dibble said:
Women who do that thing where they stand with one leg bent in photos.
If you do any kind of modelling (of the photographic type, I mean) then this is the first thing they tell you to do. The classic model pose is weight on the back foot, other knee bent, tits out, arse out, hand on hip (optional), stand slightly oblique to the camera (ie. not straight on). And they tell you to do it because it works.

I realise this information doesn't reduce your annoyance - I merely state it so you know why girls do it.

handpaper

1,290 posts

202 months

Sunday 22nd July 2018
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talksthetorque said:
V8mate said:
My printer is so fking annoying that if one colour runs out it refuses to print. At the moment, magenta is out but it won't print B&W Word docs!

And, if you use your printer a lot, the ink runs out. If you don't use it much at all... the ink runs out!

£85 for a set of OEM ink. Fcensoreders
Do what my customers do. Buy in bulk.
Ink in 5 litre jugs is not bulk. Ink in 1000 litre IBCs or 25,000 litre tankers is bulk:


cossy400

3,153 posts

183 months

Sunday 22nd July 2018
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"popping" 0n a 300 mile round trip for one and half days to see relatives for one of them not to be bothered to drive the mile to where we area staying.

We can pop there and then come back here for dinner before we set off home.

Cheers



Frank7

6,619 posts

86 months

Sunday 22nd July 2018
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nonsequitur said:
Frank7 said:
I feel that I may have posted on this particular annoyance somewhere before, if it was on this thread, then I apologise.
About 10 minutes ago, while watching TV, my wife’s phone rang, as she reached for it, I killed the sound on the TV.
I could only hear her, but it became obvious what the call was about, and who it was from.
She said, “Which pub, what time, how many people?”, then hung up and looked through her contacts.
I said, “Promise me that wasn’t your brother?”, she said, “You know it was, he’s in Tankerton, and wants to have lunch tomorrow in The Plough.”
I said to her, “Gimme a break, he’s 60 fu**ing years old!”
She said, “Don’t start, you know he’s not as intelligent as you.”
“Intelligent? How fu**ing intelligent do you have to be to phone a pub/restaurant, and say, would it be possible to make a reservation for X people, at X time, on X day?”
“Shut up, I’m calling the pub.”
It turned out that the pub’s chef was on holiday, so they weren’t serving food that day, she called her brother to tell him, and he had the brass neck to ask her to go online to see if there was anywhere else available in that area that she could check for him.
I don’t know whether to kill him, kill her, or jump off Tower Bridge.
Anyone think that I’m a bad person, and should have just ignored it?
Potentially resorting to violence or suicide for the sake of a pub meal booking is beyond any rational thought. Must have been a slow day. I think that the reduced volume of the TV programme is at the heart of the irritation. You were missing dialogue of your fave show and resented it.
The intimation that as a 60 year old your BIL is in some way inferior intellectually is, as a 70 year old, deeply disturbing to me.
Brothers in law requesting help with a reservation, doncha just hate it when that happens.burgerdrinkmad
Not easy to tell if you’re serious, but I highly doubt it, more likely you think that it would be fun to inject a layer of what you see as humour, (and I’m not knocking that), into this.
Obviously, kill him, kill her, top myself, are just meaningless throwaway lines to show how pi**ed off I was that my BIL asked his sister, (65 miles away), to try to make a reservation for him at a restaurant that was maybe 500 metres from where he was staying.
Example, you live in Reading, Berks., a close relative is on holiday in Edinburgh, Scotland, would you consider it no big deal if that relative called you and said, “See if you can get me a table at X restaurant in Princes St. for lunch tomorrow?” that would be okay I take it, you wouldn’t be a tad miffed?
Regarding the reduced volume of the TV, it was something my wife was watching, I was reading a magazine.
My BIL isn’t intellectually inferior because he’s 60, he’s intellectually inferior to a lump of coal.
Him requesting help is okay, I’m always willing to help him, but asking his sister to call a restaurant for him, that he could probably see from where he was calling, that’s what annoyed me beyond reason.
He has form for this, he got her to go online to book a car to pick him up and drop him off at the airport in Madeira, as he’s a complete technophobe, then phoned her from Funchal at the end of his holiday, and asked her to phone the car company, to ask what time he would be picked up.
Perhaps you think that that shouldn't have annoyed me beyond reason.

glenrobbo

35,077 posts

149 months

Sunday 22nd July 2018
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Last weekend I stayed in a hotel just outside Swansea.

After checking in I went to the bar and picked up a copy of the bar tariff/menu to see what refreshing beverages were available:

They had an IPA. .......... 5.4

I asked the bar tender ( not a barman yet, as he was far too young ) whether that was the ABV of said IPA?
"No", he replied, "the ABV is 5.9" ( Wow! A bit strong for an IPA, but there you go. )

"Then what is the 5.4?" I enquired.

"That is the price" he said.

5.4? scratchchin 5.4 what exactly?

I wondered if it was some strange Welsh currency that I hadn't encountered previously.

Apparently it was Pounds Sterling.
£££££s.
GBP

£5.40

For a pint of IPA? yikes

"Yes Sir, this particular splendid IPA is crafted in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Bloody hellfire, is it flown over here by private chartered jet?


I settled for a pint of Black Sheep at 4.8 whatevers.



Are they so hard up that they couldn't afford to pay to have the £ signs or 0s included in the price list?

Or is this one of those new fking pretentious designer "trends"?

Or are they so ashamed of their rip-off prices that they are trying to disguise them by omitting any notion of currency units?

I could understand if the hotel.had been in Knightsbridge.
But not fking Swansea irked FFS!

I get more worked up the more I think about it.




Edited by glenrobbo on Sunday 22 July 11:41

nonsequitur

20,083 posts

115 months

Sunday 22nd July 2018
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Frank7 said:
nonsequitur said:
Frank7 said:
I feel that I may have posted on this particular annoyance somewhere before, if it was on this thread, then I apologise.
About 10 minutes ago, while watching TV, my wife’s phone rang, as she reached for it, I killed the sound on the TV.
I could only hear her, but it became obvious what the call was about, and who it was from.
She said, “Which pub, what time, how many people?”, then hung up and looked through her contacts.
I said, “Promise me that wasn’t your brother?”, she said, “You know it was, he’s in Tankerton, and wants to have lunch tomorrow in The Plough.”
I said to her, “Gimme a break, he’s 60 fu**ing years old!”
She said, “Don’t start, you know he’s not as intelligent as you.”
“Intelligent? How fu**ing intelligent do you have to be to phone a pub/restaurant, and say, would it be possible to make a reservation for X people, at X time, on X day?”
“Shut up, I’m calling the pub.”
It turned out that the pub’s chef was on holiday, so they weren’t serving food that day, she called her brother to tell him, and he had the brass neck to ask her to go online to see if there was anywhere else available in that area that she could check for him.
I don’t know whether to kill him, kill her, or jump off Tower Bridge.
Anyone think that I’m a bad person, and should have just ignored it?
Potentially resorting to violence or suicide for the sake of a pub meal booking is beyond any rational thought. Must have been a slow day. I think that the reduced volume of the TV programme is at the heart of the irritation. You were missing dialogue of your fave show and resented it.
The intimation that as a 60 year old your BIL is in some way inferior intellectually is, as a 70 year old, deeply disturbing to me.
Brothers in law requesting help with a reservation, doncha just hate it when that happens.burgerdrinkmad
Not easy to tell if you’re serious, but I highly doubt it, more likely you think that it would be fun to inject a layer of what you see as humour, (and I’m not knocking that), into this.
Obviously, kill him, kill her, top myself, are just meaningless throwaway lines to show how pi**ed off I was that my BIL asked his sister, (65 miles away), to try to make a reservation for him at a restaurant that was maybe 500 metres from where he was staying.
Example, you live in Reading, Berks., a close relative is on holiday in Edinburgh, Scotland, would you consider it no big deal if that relative called you and said, “See if you can get me a table at X restaurant in Princes St. for lunch tomorrow?” that would be okay I take it, you wouldn’t be a tad miffed?
Regarding the reduced volume of the TV, it was something my wife was watching, I was reading a magazine.
My BIL isn’t intellectually inferior because he’s 60, he’s intellectually inferior to a lump of coal.
Him requesting help is okay, I’m always willing to help him, but asking his sister to call a restaurant for him, that he could probably see from where he was calling, that’s what annoyed me beyond reason.
He has form for this, he got her to go online to book a car to pick him up and drop him off at the airport in Madeira, as he’s a complete technophobe, then phoned her from Funchal at the end of his holiday, and asked her to phone the car company, to ask what time he would be picked up.
Perhaps you think that that shouldn't have annoyed me beyond reason.
Well done Frank,thumbup You sussed the light-heartedness of my reply. It was too good a post to go ignore:.
ps, How did you know that I live in Reading? scratchchin

daqinggegg

1,393 posts

128 months

Sunday 22nd July 2018
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Mrs. DG is always makes a point of telling me how skint her family are. However, every time relatives or friends visit, they always go out for expensive lunches/dinners to show off, and “give face” to the visitor

Case in point yesterday; Friend’s son is visiting, so we’re going out for a seafood lunch (five people). Personally l never eat lunch, but have to go along to keep the family happy. So lunch is Crab, Abalone, and other marine delicacies, what’s wrong with that? l hear you say, nice bit of seafood. Well, no bugger in this city can cook, therefore, these fine ingredients are swimming a shiny coating of MSG..

Now let’s place this in context, l live in the far North East of China, average salaries are GBP 300 per month. How much was lunch? GBP 200. I now have the pleasure that my tongue feels like it’s been licking a camels plums.

Skint!

Rich_W

12,548 posts

211 months

Sunday 22nd July 2018
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Clockwork Cupcake said:
Dibble said:
Women who do that thing where they stand with one leg bent in photos.
If you do any kind of modelling (of the photographic type, I mean) then this is the first thing they tell you to do. The classic model pose is weight on the back foot, other knee bent, tits out, arse out, hand on hip (optional), stand slightly oblique to the camera (ie. not straight on). And they tell you to do it because it works.

I realise this information doesn't reduce your annoyance - I merely state it so you know why girls do it.
This? confused



WRT Duck face. Absolutely. A girl I know in her early 20s (9 out of 10 would smash!) is CONSTANTLY doing pouty pics, even her friends tell her to do smiley ones, since she looks a damn sight more attractive!

daqinggegg said:
Mrs. DG is always makes a point of telling me how skint her family are. However, every time relatives or friends visit, they always go out for expensive lunches/dinners to show off, and “give face” to the visitor...
I know several guys like that! Money is always tight, despite 2 incomes, 1 sprog and earning a good chunk more than me (single/no kids/mortgage) yet of course all have new cars on pcp. A motorbike in another case. Constantly eating out, spending it on frivolous ste. Somehow I manage to cut my cloth slightly differently.

Meh, it's their lives, 1 is currently re-mortgaging!

Edited by Rich_W on Sunday 22 July 13:59

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