Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 5)
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Someone at work saying he was in the army but couldn't talk about it. So we said fair enough and moved on. Then spends the next half hour telling us what establishments he was at with hints of what went on there but again couldn't tell us.
Transpires after a while tgat he was in the cookhouse.
Transpires after a while tgat he was in the cookhouse.
matchmaker said:
ViaGoGo. I have just bought three tickets for Within Temptation who are playing in Glasgow in November. Including booking fee, £25-50 each direct from the Within Temptation website and their ticket agent Music Glue.
The same tickets are available on ViaGoGo. For £67-00 each. Thieving b
ds! Oh, and here's the good part. It is clearly printed on the tickets that only tickets bought from Music Glue are valid and any others will be rejected. 
Yeah, viagogo appear to be just scum. Don't believe in fair trading etc, I think they paid money to Google to get themselves listed at the top when you searched for "Ed Sheeran Tickets" (may have been another artist, ES used as reference) instead of the official ticketing agent etc etc... The same tickets are available on ViaGoGo. For £67-00 each. Thieving b
ds! Oh, and here's the good part. It is clearly printed on the tickets that only tickets bought from Music Glue are valid and any others will be rejected. DannyScene said:
Something I never realised annoyed me but a mate of mine did a bit of time in the army and now refers to any military vehicle he ever went in as a 'company car'
A fking tank/transporter is not a company car!
Just his little joke / turn of phrase, Danny. I worked for BA and all ' my ' aircraft were company transport.A f
king tank/transporter is not a company car!Edited by nonsequitur on Tuesday 19th June 14:13
nonsequitur said:
DannyScene said:
Something I never realised annoyed me but a mate of mine did a bit of time in the army and now refers to any military vehicle he ever went in as a 'company car'
A fking tank/transporter is not a company car!
Just his little joke / turn of phrase, Danny. I worked for BA and all ' my ' aircraft were company transport.A f
king tank/transporter is not a company car!Edited by nonsequitur on Tuesday 19th June 14:13
droopsnoot said:
loudlashadjuster said:
but who knows why the default search parameters are by some spurious 'relevance' instead of 'last post date, descending'. Change it to that (two clicks with.....a bit of.....delay) and you're golden.
Yes, that's been annoying me recently as I've been frantically searching for a thread containing advice that has suddenly become relevant. Not so much the clicking away from "relevance", but the thought that when choosing "last post date", someone thought that the best thing to do is to sort them in ascending order first and make me run a second sort so I don't have to read through posts from more than ten years ago.Oh, and the way that when you narrow down the search on the left hand side by hovering over a section and clicking on "Only" for a specific section, there's no indication in the browser or in the header tab that anything is happening at all - it all just appears to freeze up for ages until it suddenly shows the narrowed results.
tim0409 said:
I raised this exact point on the appropriate forum last year and nothing was done. It would take less than 1 minute on the backend to change what is a stupid default.
It would take less than a minute for someone with the technical ability to do it. However, there is no such person for PH.It is absolutely clear to me that the "PH team" was one or more web developers (I suspect only one, given the observed productivity during that time) either temporarily seconded from elsewhere in Haymarket, or else hired on a fixed-term contract basis. Once that ended, absolutely no development has been done since.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
It would take less than a minute for someone with the technical ability to do it. However, there is no such person for PH.
It is absolutely clear to me that the "PH team" was one or more web developers (I suspect only one, given the observed productivity during that time) either temporarily seconded from elsewhere in Haymarket, or else hired on a fixed-term contract basis. Once that ended, absolutely no development has been done since.
You know how the old saying goes......if it's broke, don't fix it....It is absolutely clear to me that the "PH team" was one or more web developers (I suspect only one, given the observed productivity during that time) either temporarily seconded from elsewhere in Haymarket, or else hired on a fixed-term contract basis. Once that ended, absolutely no development has been done since.
captain_cynic said:
Gary29 said:
You know how the old saying goes......if it's broke, don't fix it....
If its broke(n) and no-one else is around... Walk away and pretend it's someone else's problem. glenrobbo said:
glenrobbo said:
james_tigerwoods said:
Realising something that I should have about a year ago - Proper "light bulb" moment
Followed swiftly by much self chastisement
Can you talk us through it? Followed swiftly by much self chastisement
Rest assured that conversations with friends have provided me with bulbs, lamps, streetlights and clarity that only the rising of the sun at dawn can provide.
Antony Moxey said:
Le Mans commentators. FFS SHUT UP!!!! I would genuinely rather watch the action in silence than listen to your crushingly dull, smug and everlasting conversations about an incident that happened in 1972 or what sort of stitching they use in their fireproof underwear. If ever the phrase ‘less is more’ was apt it would be for this event. Carlton Kirby would do well to have it printed on his microphone, the clueless t**t.
Or do what I did:1) Europsort tv coverage on mute;
2) Radio LeMans commentary.
The current AUDI advert on TV.
It's only "clown proof" if the clowns are on the outside. Sadly, a significant minority of AUDI drivers seem to have found their way into the driving seat via the Barnum & Bailey company car scheme.
And FFS quit showing people that it's somehow OK to reverse OUT of a garage onto a busy street. It isn't. EVER. Just reverse INTO the garage/driveway, and it's about 300% safer (scientifically proven ) to emerge onto the carriageway, and about 500% quicker. But still the clowns (and I'm no longer on about AUDI drivers in isolation here) insist on driving in and reversing out. fking morons.
All this will lead to is an increase in the "my car will save me with it's electronic trickery, I saw it on an advert so it must be true" attitude that leads to morons paying ever less attention to the task of driving, at a time when we've already got enough problems with technology diverting drivers' attention away from the road.
TL;DR? Too much tech in cars annoys me beyond reason.
It's only "clown proof" if the clowns are on the outside. Sadly, a significant minority of AUDI drivers seem to have found their way into the driving seat via the Barnum & Bailey company car scheme.
And FFS quit showing people that it's somehow OK to reverse OUT of a garage onto a busy street. It isn't. EVER. Just reverse INTO the garage/driveway, and it's about 300% safer (scientifically proven
) to emerge onto the carriageway, and about 500% quicker. But still the clowns (and I'm no longer on about AUDI drivers in isolation here) insist on driving in and reversing out. fking morons.All this will lead to is an increase in the "my car will save me with it's electronic trickery, I saw it on an advert so it must be true" attitude that leads to morons paying ever less attention to the task of driving, at a time when we've already got enough problems with technology diverting drivers' attention away from the road.
TL;DR? Too much tech in cars annoys me beyond reason.
yellowjack said:
The current AUDI advert on TV.
It's only "clown proof" if the clowns are on the outside. Sadly, a significant minority of AUDI drivers seem to have found their way into the driving seat via the Barnum & Bailey company car scheme.
And FFS quit showing people that it's somehow OK to reverse OUT of a garage onto a busy street. It isn't. EVER. Just reverse INTO the garage/driveway, and it's about 300% safer (scientifically proven ) to emerge onto the carriageway, and about 500% quicker. But still the clowns (and I'm no longer on about AUDI drivers in isolation here) insist on driving in and reversing out. fking morons.
All this will lead to is an increase in the "my car will save me with it's electronic trickery, I saw it on an advert so it must be true" attitude that leads to morons paying ever less attention to the task of driving, at a time when we've already got enough problems with technology diverting drivers' attention away from the road.
TL;DR? Too much tech in cars annoys me beyond reason.
And to cap it all, slowed-down breathy version of a song.It's only "clown proof" if the clowns are on the outside. Sadly, a significant minority of AUDI drivers seem to have found their way into the driving seat via the Barnum & Bailey company car scheme.
And FFS quit showing people that it's somehow OK to reverse OUT of a garage onto a busy street. It isn't. EVER. Just reverse INTO the garage/driveway, and it's about 300% safer (scientifically proven
) to emerge onto the carriageway, and about 500% quicker. But still the clowns (and I'm no longer on about AUDI drivers in isolation here) insist on driving in and reversing out. fking morons.All this will lead to is an increase in the "my car will save me with it's electronic trickery, I saw it on an advert so it must be true" attitude that leads to morons paying ever less attention to the task of driving, at a time when we've already got enough problems with technology diverting drivers' attention away from the road.
TL;DR? Too much tech in cars annoys me beyond reason.
The "Go Outdoors" advert with the accompanying song written and sung by Gary Barlow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFEESVQQGN8
A song written about his stillborn daughter for an advert about family holidays? Doesn't for it for me I'm afraid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFEESVQQGN8
A song written about his stillborn daughter for an advert about family holidays? Doesn't for it for me I'm afraid.
Ebay's new "feature" where if you go to a finished auction rather than display the auction it gives:
"The listing you’re looking for is no longer available. Check out this similar item we found for you."
So for example this:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Suzuki-sv-650-track-bik...
(you can guess what it is from the URL)
Turns into this
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Oxford-Aquatex-Cover-To...
fk off ebay and give me what I fking asked for not what you "think" I want.
"The listing you’re looking for is no longer available. Check out this similar item we found for you."
So for example this:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Suzuki-sv-650-track-bik...
(you can guess what it is from the URL)
Turns into this
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Oxford-Aquatex-Cover-To...
f
k off ebay and give me what I fking asked for not what you "think" I want.Here is one that annoys the hell out of me and it seems like everyone says it wrong EVEN DOCTORS FFS!!
The pronunciation of the word 'Alzheimer's '.
Everyone pronounces it like altimers, or even oldtimers I've heard a few times.
How hard is it to pronounce it correctly, really?!? Exactly as it is spelled; al-ZHEIMERS!!! 'Z'!!! It is a 'Z' for hells sake!!!
The pronunciation of the word 'Alzheimer's '.
Everyone pronounces it like altimers, or even oldtimers I've heard a few times.
How hard is it to pronounce it correctly, really?!? Exactly as it is spelled; al-ZHEIMERS!!! 'Z'!!! It is a 'Z' for hells sake!!!ESOG said:
Here is one that annoys the hell out of me and it seems like everyone says it wrong EVEN DOCTORS FFS!!
The pronunciation of the word 'Alzheimer's '.
Everyone pronounces it like altimers, or even oldtimers I've heard a few times. How hard is it to pronounce it correctly, really?!? Exactly as it is spelled; al-ZHEIMERS!!! 'Z'!!! It is a 'Z' for hells sake!!!
It's because ze English can't easily do the 't' sound that is required before the z. Pronunciation is Altz.The pronunciation of the word 'Alzheimer's '.
Everyone pronounces it like altimers, or even oldtimers I've heard a few times.
How hard is it to pronounce it correctly, really?!? Exactly as it is spelled; al-ZHEIMERS!!! 'Z'!!! It is a 'Z' for hells sake!!!And the syllable break is after the z, not before it: Alz-heimers.
ESOG said:
Here is one that annoys the hell out of me and it seems like everyone says it wrong EVEN DOCTORS FFS!!
The pronunciation of the word 'Alzheimer's '.
Everyone pronounces it like altimers, or even oldtimers I've heard a few times. How hard is it to pronounce it correctly, really?!? Exactly as it is spelled; al-ZHEIMERS!!! 'Z'!!! It is a 'Z' for hells sake!!!
Well, as V8mate says, pronouncing it as 'altheimers' is closer to the correct pronunciation than using a soft z like in blazer, and indeed the limited audio bandwidth on TV, radio etc. may actually make people pronouncing it correctly appear as if they're saying 'altheimers', particularly if your tuned into listening for it. The pronunciation of the word 'Alzheimer's '.
Everyone pronounces it like altimers, or even oldtimers I've heard a few times.
How hard is it to pronounce it correctly, really?!? Exactly as it is spelled; al-ZHEIMERS!!! 'Z'!!! It is a 'Z' for hells sake!!!School run mums or, more correctly, lazy, stupid, school run mums.
Back story, our house is one of 5 that faces onto the main road through the development, 100m from the school.
We have parking around the back accessed through a side road. The side road between junction and entrance to car park is 50m and has become a bit of a dumping ground for a couple of large vans or large transit sized flat beds. One of the flatbeds belongs to someone who lives elsewhere in the development as I've seen it outside another house.
This frequently blocks visibility out of the car park and you end up pulling out of the car park onto the wrong side of the road and then approaching the junction on the wrong side of the road. I've had one near miss - someone pulling into the junction too quickly and not expecting a car to be there.
We're also a dumping ground, turning place for the school drop off. They take the junction too quickly and head into our car park too quickly. Every house has kids and they do play (or run off) in the car park.
They're building another row of houses opposite and in the last few days cones have been put around to give them better access and for deliveries etc.
So this morning having passed one fat woman stopped right opposite a lorry while she deposits the kids I turned into the side street and saw another women unloading kids from a people carrier. As I slowed past I called out, "the cones are so you *don't* park there"
She left the kids and came into our car park to ask why I was so rude. I was in no mood to debate with her, but some classic nuggets were:
"the cones were on the pavement, not the road"
"I'm not parked on the pavement"
Apparently I was rude in front of here children. (I wasn't),
In the end I just told her to read the highway code and learn how to drive as asking her what she thought the cones were there for didn't seem to register.
More angry than I should be about this TBH but I'm fed up of the dumped vans and the school run loons.
Back story, our house is one of 5 that faces onto the main road through the development, 100m from the school.
We have parking around the back accessed through a side road. The side road between junction and entrance to car park is 50m and has become a bit of a dumping ground for a couple of large vans or large transit sized flat beds. One of the flatbeds belongs to someone who lives elsewhere in the development as I've seen it outside another house.
This frequently blocks visibility out of the car park and you end up pulling out of the car park onto the wrong side of the road and then approaching the junction on the wrong side of the road. I've had one near miss - someone pulling into the junction too quickly and not expecting a car to be there.
We're also a dumping ground, turning place for the school drop off. They take the junction too quickly and head into our car park too quickly. Every house has kids and they do play (or run off) in the car park.
They're building another row of houses opposite and in the last few days cones have been put around to give them better access and for deliveries etc.
So this morning having passed one fat woman stopped right opposite a lorry while she deposits the kids I turned into the side street and saw another women unloading kids from a people carrier. As I slowed past I called out, "the cones are so you *don't* park there"
She left the kids and came into our car park to ask why I was so rude. I was in no mood to debate with her, but some classic nuggets were:
"the cones were on the pavement, not the road"
"I'm not parked on the pavement"
Apparently I was rude in front of here children. (I wasn't),
In the end I just told her to read the highway code and learn how to drive as asking her what she thought the cones were there for didn't seem to register.
More angry than I should be about this TBH but I'm fed up of the dumped vans and the school run loons.
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