Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 5)
Discussion
Roger Irrelevant said:
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"...To choose a wholesalers or a rubbish tip over a theatre town, would have to have significant other attractions!
Lemming Train said:
In the bath or shower with the plug in so that the skin goes soft from being submerged. One of those lava rock things works excellent for removing dead skin on your heels.
You got any tips on which guyliner works best for a pale complexion and green eyes? Or whether to have my right or left ear pierced?Lemming Train said:
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.
Talking of fish n chips, went to Whitby, home of the aforementioned national dish. We thought, this is going to be the best FnC we've ever had. Wrong!. 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.Unbeknown to us, most places on Whitby cook their FnC in beef dripping, which might sound proper British bull dog and all that, but it adds a strange tang to the food and bloody ruins it.
For the record, the best FnC I ever had was in the Victoria Inn, Borth, Wales.
yellowjack said:
You got any tips on which guyliner works best for a pale complexion and green eyes? Or whether to have my right or left ear pierced?
Not a feckin clue. I just know that dead skin comes off a lot easier when it's soft and mushy and sitting it in water is a good way of doing that. Trying to carve it off when it's hard with your wife's cheese grater isn't going to end well for it on several points.If you're a gayer then get your right ear pierced, not your left one, and wear clothing made by Superdry.
Edited by Lemming Train on Monday 28th January 09:13
Lemming Train said:
Not a feckin clue. I just know that dead skin comes off a lot easier when it's soft and mushy and sitting it in water is a good way of doing that. Trying to carve it off when it's hard with your wife's cheese grater isn't going to end well for it on several points.
I tend to find dry with an orbital sander works best, but then it is around 5mm thick around my heels! GT03ROB said:
I tend to find dry with an orbital sander works best, but then it is around 5mm thick around my heels!
Just get in the feckin bath and soak them! You'll be able to peel it off in chunks if it's that thick. Get a lava pumice stone and rinse it after each scrape to stop it getting clogged up. Your peets will be minty clean in no time and won't stink of cheese from being covered in half a ton of dead skin. typo
Edited by Lemming Train on Monday 28th January 09:28
Lemming Train said:
Not a feckin clue. I just know that dead skin comes off a lot easier when it's soft and mushy and sitting it in water is a good way of doing that. Trying to carve it off when it's hard with your wife's cheese grater isn't going to end well for it on several points.
If you're a gayer then get your right ear pierced, not your left one, and wear clothing made by Superdry.
If you're a gayer then get your right ear pierced, not your left one, and wear clothing made by Superdry.
Cheers for the advice. I picked at a chunky patch of hard skin on my big toe last night, but in the end picked too much and tore it down to the fresh skin beneath. It now smarts!
Also, I tried to take a look inside a SuperDry store once. Sadly (or perhaps fortunately) I was driven back by an unbearable noise that is seemingly harmless to "youths", but apparently life-threatening to more mature persons. I recovered swiftly after staggering away from the door, though, so the effects must be temporary. My son suggested it might be their "in store music", but I'm not convinced...
Lemming Train said:
yellowjack said:
You got any tips on which guyliner works best for a pale complexion and green eyes? Or whether to have my right or left ear pierced?
If you're a gayer then get your right ear pierced, not your left one, and wear clothing made by Superdry. 
Lemming Train said:
Just get in the feckin bath and soak them! You'll be able to peel it off in chunks if it's that thick. Get a lava pumice stone and rinse it after each scrape to stop it getting clogged up. Your peets will be minty clean in no time and won't stink of cheese from being covered in half a ton of dead skin.
I can peel it off in chunks!! Unfortunately this has happened too often...…yellowjack said:
I picked at a chunky patch of hard skin on my big toe last night, but in the end picked too much and tore it down to the fresh skin beneath. It now smarts!
Actually the whole subject of my feet annoys wife beyond reason.... I also have a habit of peeling away my toe nails, to the extent I actually pull the whole nail out. …..
Edited by GT03ROB on Monday 28th January 09:39
Perhaps I should scrub this, as it’s resolved now, but it annoyed me last night.
My Freedom Pass, a free travel card for over 60s, although the age limit may be higher now, stopped working, so although still valid, it would not open barriers at subway stations, or change the reader on buses from red to green, meaning that I had to take it out of its protective cover, and show it to staff, no big deal, unless I arrived at an unmanned station late at night, and had to climb over the gates to get out.
So I went online to apply for a new one, and after completing my name, address, email address, phone #, etc., all exactly the same as when I had to do it when the last one stopped working, the screen said, “As your details have been updated, you will now have to scan and attach proof of your name and address”, but they were exactly the same as before.
I phoned the help #, and a disembodied voice said, “We are closed now, please call back during office hours”, arrghh!
I called this a.m., and a polite Scots girl said, “I don’t know why that happened, give me your details, and I’ll process it right now.”
All done now, but I had flames coming out of my ears last night.
My Freedom Pass, a free travel card for over 60s, although the age limit may be higher now, stopped working, so although still valid, it would not open barriers at subway stations, or change the reader on buses from red to green, meaning that I had to take it out of its protective cover, and show it to staff, no big deal, unless I arrived at an unmanned station late at night, and had to climb over the gates to get out.
So I went online to apply for a new one, and after completing my name, address, email address, phone #, etc., all exactly the same as when I had to do it when the last one stopped working, the screen said, “As your details have been updated, you will now have to scan and attach proof of your name and address”, but they were exactly the same as before.
I phoned the help #, and a disembodied voice said, “We are closed now, please call back during office hours”, arrghh!
I called this a.m., and a polite Scots girl said, “I don’t know why that happened, give me your details, and I’ll process it right now.”
All done now, but I had flames coming out of my ears last night.
Grahamdub said:
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 ?
Oil changes are invariably left to the most junior person in the workshop, who probably doesn't know how to work a dipstick ( or that oil needs topping up after then engine has been run due to the amount used to fill the filter )MartG said:
Grahamdub said:
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 ?
Oil changes are invariably left to the most junior person in the workshop, who probably doesn't know how to work a dipstick ( or that oil needs topping up after then engine has been run due to the amount used to fill the filter )These days, they just look up your car in 'the big (online?) book of oil capacities' and add oil accordingly. Invariably, it's a referencing error: not identifying your car correctly or simple illiteracy.
MartG said:
Oil changes are invariably left to the most junior person in the workshop, who probably doesn't know how to work a dipstick ( or that oil needs topping up after then engine has been run due to the amount used to fill the filter )
My current car doesn't have a dipstick, so that probably confused him even more ( or that oil needs topping up after then engine has been run due to the amount used to fill the filter )GT03ROB said:
toasty said:
Some guy in the gym changing rooms grating his feet all over the floor with one of these.
Parmesan with your pasta, sir?
Some s
t you should really do at home.
I do that at home.... it annoys my wife beyond reason.... so not sure where I should do it now!Parmesan with your pasta, sir?
Some s
t you should really do at home. 
Edited by nonsequitur on Monday 28th January 16:06
I work in an office with approximately 30-40 others.
In the kitchen there is a mug to chuck your used teaspoon in after making a brew.
The kitchen is tiny, if two people go in at the same time, its a fecking nightmare having to dance around each other like a pair of goldfish in an undersized tank.
I mention the size and capacity of said kitchen to emphasize the need to point out why the fk we need fifteen fking teaspoons in the aforementioned mug!
Three or four would suffice, but noooooo, every time someone makes a brew, straight into the drawer for a clean one, then chuck it in the mug with the rest of them!
Then there's the occasional throbbed who puts a fking knife/fork/spoon in there with half their breakfast/dinner all over it!
In the kitchen there is a mug to chuck your used teaspoon in after making a brew.
The kitchen is tiny, if two people go in at the same time, its a fecking nightmare having to dance around each other like a pair of goldfish in an undersized tank.
I mention the size and capacity of said kitchen to emphasize the need to point out why the f
k we need fifteen fking teaspoons in the aforementioned mug!Three or four would suffice, but noooooo, every time someone makes a brew, straight into the drawer for a clean one, then chuck it in the mug with the rest of them!
Then there's the occasional throbbed who puts a f
king knife/fork/spoon in there with half their breakfast/dinner all over it! Dave. said:
I work in an office with approximately 30-40 others.
In the kitchen there is a mug to chuck your used teaspoon in after making a brew.
The kitchen is tiny, if two people go in at the same time, its a fecking nightmare having to dance around each other like a pair of goldfish in an undersized tank.
I mention the size and capacity of said kitchen to emphasize the need to point out why the fk we need fifteen fking teaspoons in the aforementioned mug!
Three or four would suffice, but noooooo, every time someone makes a brew, straight into the drawer for a clean one, then chuck it in the mug with the rest of them!
Then there's the occasional throbbed who puts a fking knife/fork/spoon in there with half their breakfast/dinner all over it!
We have a similar number of people and a similar setup. Only annoying thing is the person who puts the glass out in the morning fills it with half washing up liquid and half water, so you can't just take the spoon out and use it as you get washing up flavoured tea, you have to scrub the damn thing anyway.In the kitchen there is a mug to chuck your used teaspoon in after making a brew.
The kitchen is tiny, if two people go in at the same time, its a fecking nightmare having to dance around each other like a pair of goldfish in an undersized tank.
I mention the size and capacity of said kitchen to emphasize the need to point out why the f
k we need fifteen fking teaspoons in the aforementioned mug!Three or four would suffice, but noooooo, every time someone makes a brew, straight into the drawer for a clean one, then chuck it in the mug with the rest of them!
Then there's the occasional throbbed who puts a f
king knife/fork/spoon in there with half their breakfast/dinner all over it! Old Man Fred said:
We have a similar number of people and a similar setup. Only annoying thing is the person who puts the glass out in the morning fills it with half washing up liquid and half water, so you can't just take the spoon out and use it as you get washing up flavoured tea, you have to scrub the damn thing anyway.
Ha, useful! Just made a brew.... We're up to 18 spoons...
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