Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 5)
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paua said:
OpulentBob said:
JimSuperSix said:
CaptainSlow said:
JimSuperSix said:
If that's your point then you are pretty petty-minded. Try acting like an adult and having a bit of tolerance to other people.
Looking at your garage you own a sports bike, which is probably pretty loud. Loads of people don't like loud bikes, so you should probably get rid of it?
..and here we have another example of someone looking into another poster's garage to try and "win" some argument points...Looking at your garage you own a sports bike, which is probably pretty loud. Loads of people don't like loud bikes, so you should probably get rid of it?
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ds, it's just take take take and then occasionally one will bite your foot for no reason.Next time I will probably get a pair so they can annoy each other instead of me.
Roofless Toothless said:
Grahamdub said:
The NHS. After waiting for over 5 hours today, my wife has had her operation cancelled for the 3rd time in 4 days. I'm glad they think so little of other people's time and money.
Three years ago I was getting prepared for a 14 hour operation that had been described to me as 'life changing'. At the last minute it was cancelled and I was sent off home. It's a bit of a shocker, I must admit.
When the emotion cooled down and the common sense kicked in again, I reminded myself that a decision had been made that the guy who was getting the theatre time was worse off than me. I felt a bit better then.
Like you, I was bloody annoyed (and hungry!), until I reminded myself the person who they had "given" the ICU bed to was in a worse state than me.
The whole NHS funding issue is massively complicated and some difficult conversations need to be had. It is potentially a bottomless pit. To those who say "it used to be OK until austerity" or similar, maybe it did. However, we now live in an age of healthcare unimaginable back when the NHS was founded, which means treatment is much better but also fabulously more expensive - we now have things like MRI scanners, and courses of drug treatment that cost thousands of pounds for a single patient.
Roofless Toothless said:
Three years ago I was getting prepared for a 14 hour operation that had been described to me as 'life changing'. At the last minute it was cancelled and I was sent off home.
It's a bit of a shocker, I must admit.
When the emotion cooled down and the common sense kicked in again, I reminded myself that a decision had been made that the guy who was getting the theatre time was worse off than me. I felt a bit better then.
Three times though ? My wife is taking it well, just me getting a bit fed up with it.It's a bit of a shocker, I must admit.
When the emotion cooled down and the common sense kicked in again, I reminded myself that a decision had been made that the guy who was getting the theatre time was worse off than me. I felt a bit better then.
GeneralSinn said:
MartG said:
Odd then that it managed OK until they started selling off parts of it
No parts have been sold off. There are new providers that help provide capacity, choice and that can do things cheaper than tariff (some elective and community works mainly). Typical guff spouted by ill informed people ignorant of the NHS and it’s workings.
JimSuperSix said:
Obviously cats are pointless. I mean, have you owned one? There's no point at all. Nasty little bds, it's just take take take and then occasionally one will bite your foot for no reason.
Next time I will probably get a pair so they can annoy each other instead of me.
You need to understand this. Dogs have owners but cats have staff. ds, it's just take take take and then occasionally one will bite your foot for no reason.Next time I will probably get a pair so they can annoy each other instead of me.
RizzoTheRat said:
Lemming Train said:
FourWheelDrift said:
captain_cynic said:
loudlashadjuster said:
RizzoTheRat said:
US date format! How the hell does anyone think Month-Day-Year is a suitable format for dates on a computer system?
Amen. ISO 8601 or GTFO, my American friends.
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Grahamdub said:
The NHS. After waiting for over 5 hours today, my wife has had her operation cancelled for the 3rd time in 4 days. I'm glad they think so little of other people's time and money.
Tell your wife to go out and get drunk and then collapse in the street. She'll be taken to hospital and receive priority treatment and be patched up in no time at all. This happens quite frequently in A&E units.GroundEffect said:
MartG said:
bristolracer said:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1123254/russi...
Do journalists have spell checkers?
I understand they will play on words for headlines, but shouldn't their spelling and grammar be exemplary?
Spell checkers don't spot when some eejit journalist uses the wrong ( but correctly spelled ) wordDo journalists have spell checkers?
I understand they will play on words for headlines, but shouldn't their spelling and grammar be exemplary?
You are totally correct though - people whose job it is to communicate using the written word should have exemplary grammar and spelling capabilities, and should know the difference between lightening ( i.e. making something lighter ) and lightning, and other ones like phase/faze, break/brake etc.
Langweilig said:
Tell your wife to go out and get drunk and then collapse in the street. She'll be taken to hospital and receive priority treatment and be patched up in no time at all. This happens quite frequently in A&E units.
She did actually trip up in the street, but as she was on her way to the office, she carried on and worked all that day and half of the next before me and her work colleagues convinced her to go to A&E. Grahamdub said:
Langweilig said:
Tell your wife to go out and get drunk and then collapse in the street. She'll be taken to hospital and receive priority treatment and be patched up in no time at all. This happens quite frequently in A&E units.
She did actually trip up in the street, but as she was on her way to the office, she carried on and worked all that day and half of the next before me and her work colleagues convinced her to go to A&E. grumbledoak said:
MartG said:
Don't blame the NHS - blame the ones who systematically underfund it, while at the same time creating a 'hostile environment' for so many of its employees 
You cannot adequately fund that bottomless pit. No amount of money will ever be enough.matchmaker said:
"please use Internet Explorer to access this"
What fking website is this???? Haven't seen a thing like that in a good 6 or 7 years... Or since Chrome became the more popular browser?TheInsanity1234 said:
Don't you mean, you cannot adequately fund the bottomless pockets of the rich people that own the private companies who profit off NHS contracts and thus end up taking public tax-payer money into their private bank accounts, rather than having the NHS managing all the various aspects itself and reinvesting all possible surplus income into itself?
No, but I can see why you picked your username. Investing. In the public sector. 
There is no end to the treatments the NHS could offer, and they proudly do so for anyone who can buy a plane ticket. After multiplying these two unlimited quantities we can add inefficiency and waste that only the public sector could dream of, and we do indeed have a bottomless pit.
JimSuperSix said:
paua said:
OpulentBob said:
A tasty pussy is never a pointless indulgence, an indulgent pussy is never without a tasty point, a tasteless indulgence without a pussy may well be pointless.
Obviously cats are pointless. I mean, have you owned one? There's no point at all. Nasty little bds, it's just take take take and then occasionally one will bite your foot for no reason.TheInsanity1234 said:
matchmaker said:
"please use Internet Explorer to access this"
What fking website is this???? Haven't seen a thing like that in a good 6 or 7 years... Or since Chrome became the more popular browser?Cliftonite said:
matchmaker said:
"please use Internet Explorer to access this"
First Direct?ds (one of the smaller cable companies) send you a link to a website where you get the above message. You then have to download Silverlight. Nothing happens. I generally then say "fk it" and give up.People getting their geography wrong, specifically my family. We live in Exmouth, and have always enjoyed (amongst other places) holidays in Bude. Without fail every one of them will say we're going down to Bude. Look on a fking map - in what warped parallel universe do you travel down to Bude from Exmouth? My daughter in Bristol will also declare she's going up to London. Drives me up (not down) the wall.
king map - in what warped parallel universe do you travel down to Bude from Exmouth? My daughter in Bristol will also declare she's going up to London. Drives me up (not down) the wall.Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff