Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 5)
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Someone being salty is another one I keep hearing
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red_slr said:
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Roger Irrelevant said:
It annoys me beyond reason that whenever there's one of those 'Best Places To Live In The UK Revealed' type articles in a newspaper or on the telly they always place emphasis on having theatres nearby. Most of my friends and acquaintances are highly educated metropolitan types, yet I cannot remember the last time any of them mentioned about going to the theatre. Hardly anybody in the real world seems to give a toss yet it is always brought up.
Those articles are inevitably written by media luvvies, to whom theatre is important. The same t
ts who bang on about ballet 
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Lemming Train said:
What is this new buzzword "melt" that is appearing everywhere? I've counted it in various forum posts on here 8 times over the past week. Is it the latest cool word for the kids?
Buzzword that the 'lads' use. The PHer Director buzzword of late is snowflake.
Some hipster probably heard his gran say it when he visited her.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Cotty said:
Someone being salty is another one I keep hearing
Yes, me too. Yet another American import, I'm guessing.
Edit: The "Urban Dictionary with Dad" video in the link you gave was quite amusing btw.
Edited by Clockwork Cupcake on Sunday 27th January 09:52
MartG said:
Roger Irrelevant said:
It annoys me beyond reason that whenever there's one of those 'Best Places To Live In The UK Revealed' type articles in a newspaper or on the telly they always place emphasis on having theatres nearby. Most of my friends and acquaintances are highly educated metropolitan types, yet I cannot remember the last time any of them mentioned about going to the theatre. Hardly anybody in the real world seems to give a toss yet it is always brought up.
Those articles are inevitably written by media luvvies, to whom theatre is important. The same tts who bang on about ballet 
) went up for Remembrance Sunday and booked the theatre tickets as part of our weekend away. "Having a theatre" would come way down my list of priorities for "somewhere nice to live"...Garages that can't do a simple oil change. For the second time in recent years I have had my cars underfilled with oil. This time it was only 0.5l, but still enough to get warning messages a few miles up the road. Last time it was over 2l and while there was enough in to keep the oil pressure light out, the louder than normal engine noise was rather obvious. I know modern cars don't like being overfilled with oil, but is it really that hard to get the level right ?
Langweilig said:
True. The last time I ate a fish supper, it cost eight quid. I'm old enough to remember a time when you couldn't eat eight quid's worth of fish and chips, let alone carry them.
Cost is relative, though. Has the cost of fish and chips really risen out of line with inflation?Pothole said:
Cost is relative, though. Has the cost of fish and chips really risen out of line with inflation?
Here in Yorkshire the price hasn't risen by much over the past decade, with the exception of a handful of places that take the piss. £4.10 for a decent size fish and good portion of chips at my local 5 mins off the M62. Rick up in t'hills on the west side of Bradford reported earlier in the thread that his local does fish and chips twice for £7.50 which is a bargain unless the fish are tiddlers. When I worked out of Northampton last year I use to go to Rainbow chippy on Weedon Rd (A4500) just outside Northampton centre and it was only a fiver there for a good size fish and chips and it was nice too, so it's not always mega bucks down south. Old foreign woman running it is mad as a box of frogs though 
. I found where I lived in Scotland that fish and chips is disproportionately expensive up there plus the fish is always full of bones and they cook it in bread crumbs instead of batter as well which annoys me.Edited by Lemming Train on Monday 28th January 03:43
yellowjack said:
I'm a fairly regular "theatre-goer". Probably as often as I go to the cinema to be fair. But I don't feel the need to live somewhere that actually has a theatre. I quite like the Yvonne Arnaud in Guildford, but the last show I saw was a Sherlock Holmes play (The Sign Of Four) in The Garrick, Lichfield. We (my wife, 'Agent K', and myself ) went up for Remembrance Sunday and booked the theatre tickets as part of our weekend away. "Having a theatre" would come way down my list of priorities for "somewhere nice to live"...
My point exactly. I'm not having a pop at theatre (in fact following a rave review from my dad I might go and see A Very Very Very Dark Matter sometime soon), but I think that in terms of making a place good to live in day-to-day more people would benefit from having, say, a decent builders merchants nearby, or a recycling centre, or a wholesalers. But you never hear any of that mentioned, it's always bloody theatres! ) went up for Remembrance Sunday and booked the theatre tickets as part of our weekend away. "Having a theatre" would come way down my list of priorities for "somewhere nice to live"...Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff