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

[alorotom]

curious one this ... we've had the same in NYC, especially with the Mrs who is broad Geordie ... however in Vegas and pretty much all of the west coast this understanding phenomena has never happened - and even upstate NYC it hasn't been seen.

I do wonder if New Yorkers (Manhattan and Queens IME) are indeed just a little intolerant and ignorant where even a small amount of effort is required from them which then makes them deviate from the routine tasks

[glenrobbo]

nonsequitur said:

Clockwork Cupcake said:

Using a mechanical keyboard under Ubuntu.

(Its pretty rubbish at handling key chatter, and the workaround is only partially effective and brings its own annoyances, like false positives)

We've been Clockworked!

You've been Ubuntu'd.

Whatever that is... ???

We all know about keyboard chatter: PH is famous for it!

[nonsequitur]

JulianPH said:

I was in a deli in Ney York once where the woman serving insisted she could not understand what I was saying when asking for grapefruit juice. I could understand every word she said, but she refused to understand me. Then asked me if I was Australian!

Blame 'Crocodile Dundee', That's when ' are you Australian? ' started', 1987. Prior to that it was ' I just love your accent ' , knowing we were British.

[Cotty]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

People who use Americanisms and American spellings also annoy me beyond reason.

What if you deal with Americans a lot? Probably 75% of my work is in America.

[Moonhawk]

MartG said:

Weather radar

According to https://www.netweather.tv/live-weather/radar there was snow falling here ( just North of Blackpool ) most of yesterday - not a single flake actually fell

I have found it to be inaccurate with regards to snowfall - but that site was a godsend over the summer whilst we had the roof off our house. I could track rainfall and predict to within a minute or so exactly when it was going to start raining. Made waking up in time to juggle buckets and tarps much easier.

It's loads better than the Met office rainfall radar map.

[nonsequitur]

nonsequitur said:

Cotty said:

Clockwork Cupcake said:

People who use Americanisms and American spellings also annoy me beyond reason.

What if you deal with Americans a lot? Probably 75% of my work is in America.

Good point. I use to switch easily to Americana on my twice monthly visits to to the states, (and return to local lingo on arrival in the UK.) Where I got into my automobile for a leesherly ride up the freeway to my home, the one with the backyard.

[Roofless Toothless]

Moonhawk said:

MartG said:

Weather radar

According to https://www.netweather.tv/live-weather/radar there was snow falling here ( just North of Blackpool ) most of yesterday - not a single flake actually fell

I have found it to be inaccurate with regards to snowfall - but that site was a godsend over the summer whilst we had the roof off our house. I could track rainfall and predict to within a minute or so exactly when it was going to start raining. Made waking up in time to juggle buckets and tarps much easier.

It's loads better than the Met office rainfall radar map.

... which hasn't been working during the entire snow event due to its website being overloaded.

[Morningside]

SUV- this is really annoying me now. Seems to be used for everything from a shoebox to a focus to stilts. Whatever happened to people carrier, 4x4, saloon & estate.

[wst]

If it's any consolation, the entire idea of a "sports" "utility" vehicle just sounds purely like a compromise that shouldn't happen.

I just hope estates (or however they're named) continue to exist. I have to lift an electric wheelchair into the car quite often, and it's one heavy old bit of kit. Anything that unnecessarily raises the boot loading lip is not something I care for... especially when you get all the other compromises of having glass and metal unnecessarily high off the floor!

[V8mate]

Morningside said:

SUV- this is really annoying me now. Seems to be used for everything from a shoebox to a focus to stilts. Whatever happened to people carrier, 4x4, saloon & estate.

Well, 4x4 doesn't reflect a car's shape. And it has been some years now since car shapes we used to call 4x4s are often now 2WD.

[kowalski655]

Cotty said:

Clockwork Cupcake said:

People who use Americanisms and American spellings also annoy me beyond reason.

What if you deal with Americans a lot? Probably 75% of my work is in America.

Then just use VERY simple words

[Hugo a Gogo]

Morningside said:

SUV- this is really annoying me now. Seems to be used for everything from a shoebox to a focus to stilts. Whatever happened to people carrier, 4x4, saloon & estate.

SUV is just a raised up car with larger wheels, usually with some sort of off-road styling

all kinds of actual shapes, like traditional estates or fastback hatches now, with the X6 and the Merc ones

'people carrier' is also a weird one, surely all cars are built to carry people?

[gareth_r]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

People who use Americanisms and American spellings also annoy me beyond reason. ...

I found that when I understood which are Americanisms, and which are archaic Englishisms, there were fewer to annoy me.
(35 years working for US software companies)

[Clockwork Cupcake]

gareth_r said:

I found that when I understood which are Americanisms, and which are archaic Englishisms, there were fewer to annoy me.

This is very true.

The English language and the American language diverged, and theirs in some ways stayed truer to the original than ours. It's not dissimilar to software projects that get forked and then go down their own paths thereafter, with occasional cross-merges.

Although, I think David Mitchell makes a fair point on "could care less" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw

(He also commends Americans on spelling some words the way they look like they should be spelled, rather than the way we spell them. LOL)

Edit: Inflatable forts may be a thing in America.

Edited by Clockwork Cupcake on Saturday 3rd March 21:24

[gothatway]

wst said:

Anything that unnecessarily raises the boot loading lip is not something I care for

We're currently looking for a new car for SWMBO, and her primary criteria are the height of the boot loading lip and the flatness of the rear floor when seats are folded (not for wheelchair use but for accommodating dogs). It annoys me beyond reason that these dimensions are not mentioned in brochures and rarely visible in pictures, though I do get some compensation from the reaction of sales(wo)men when I go straight to the back of the car rather than fussing about the looks, colours, gizmos and stuff at the driver's disposal.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

gothatway said:

We're currently looking for a new car for SWMBO, and her primary criteria are the height of the boot loading lip and the flatness of the rear floor when seats are folded (not for wheelchair use but for accommodating dogs). It annoys me beyond reason that these dimensions are not mentioned in brochures and rarely visible in pictures, though I do get some compensation from the reaction of sales(wo)men when I go straight to the back of the car rather than fussing about the looks, colours, gizmos and stuff at the driver's disposal.

My parents settled on the Honda HR-V with this criteria. Although it is a soft roader (I hope that phrase doesn't annoy anyone beyond reason) it has quite a low loading lip.

[gothatway]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

My parents settled on the Honda HR-V with this criteria. Although it is a soft roader (I hope that phrase doesn't annoy anyone beyond reason) it has quite a low loading lip.

Thanks - I'll take a look.

[wst]

gothatway said:

wst said:

Anything that unnecessarily raises the boot loading lip is not something I care for

We're currently looking for a new car for SWMBO, and her primary criteria are the height of the boot loading lip and the flatness of the rear floor when seats are folded (not for wheelchair use but for accommodating dogs). It annoys me beyond reason that these dimensions are not mentioned in brochures and rarely visible in pictures, though I do get some compensation from the reaction of sales(wo)men when I go straight to the back of the car rather than fussing about the looks, colours, gizmos and stuff at the driver's disposal.

rica.org.uk is really useful for that information. And yes, they find it strange when I fanny about for ages with the boot and am looking for tie down points etc. I've phoned dealers in the past and asked simply "what estates have you got within my budget with no load lip" as well. That gives them a shock

[Clockwork Cupcake]

wst said:

ica.org.uk is really useful for that information. And yes, they find it strange when I fanny about for ages with the boot and am looking for tie down points etc. I've phoned dealers in the past and asked simply "what estates have you got within my budget with no load lip" as well. That gives them a shock

My mum had the idea of walking down a long row of car dealerships asking each what they had that matched their criteria of easy access, low load lip, car size, etc. etc. Most said they couldn't help, or tried to sell something unsuitable, but Honda couldn't have been more helpful and the nice salesman got the sale.

They seem happy with it. It was definitely the sensible choice, although I'm a little sad to see my dad finally succumb to old age and get something sensible. He has had a long line of performance cars ever since I was little. To be fair, though, it fulfils everything they need these days, and dad is a shadow of his former self.

Anyway, apologies for the off topic replies. People who derail threads annoy me beyond reason.

[glenrobbo]

wst said:

ica.org.uk is really useful for that information. And yes, they find it strange when I fanny about for ages with the boot and am looking for tie down points etc. I've phoned dealers in the past and asked simply "what estates have you got within my budget with no load lip" as well. That gives them a shock

Are they perhaps shocked at the limitations of your budget?