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

[nonsequitur]

Antony Moxey said:

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.

But isn't London slightly 'up' from Bristol?

Also, when someone is starting at a well known university, they go 'up' to Oxford / Cambridge from wherever they live.

And Billy Joel was seeing an 'Uptown Girl' and was living in a 'Downtown World'. Work that one out. (Although your family will understand that perfectly).

Edited by nonsequitur on Thursday 9th May 19:01

[GeneralSinn]

MartG said:

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.

Strange then how so many people in hospitals now work for private companies rather than directly for the NHS

Not really. Many of these “private companies” are actually NHS arms length bodies / SPVs that have been created to leverage better deals from suppliers, offer more services to wider populations and compete in different markets - such as transport, community services, general practice, etc.

[MartG]

GeneralSinn said:

MartG said:

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.

Strange then how so many people in hospitals now work for private companies rather than directly for the NHS

Not really. Many of these “private companies” are actually NHS arms length bodies / SPVs that have been created to leverage better deals from suppliers, offer more services to wider populations and compete in different markets - such as transport, community services, general practice, etc.

Really...like Virgin Care then ? The company which has just walked away from a contract to provide care in East Staffordshire because it wasn't profitable

[GeneralSinn]

MartG said:

GeneralSinn said:

MartG said:

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.

Strange then how so many people in hospitals now work for private companies rather than directly for the NHS

Not really. Many of these “private companies” are actually NHS arms length bodies / SPVs that have been created to leverage better deals from suppliers, offer more services to wider populations and compete in different markets - such as transport, community services, general practice, etc.

Really...like Virgin Care then ? The company which has just walked away from a contract to provide care in East Staffordshire because it wasn't profitable

I’ve actually consulted recently about this specific case and the fault lies with commissioner not speccing the procurement correctly and therefore ANY bidder would be handing the contract back as they are entitled to do - no provider, private sector, NHS or 3rd sector could deliver what’s actually required for the payments involved.

[gothatway]

Antony Moxey said:

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.

They are right, you are wrong. One always goes "up" to London or "down" from it; it doesn't matter whether you're talking about Brighton, Exeter, Bristol, Birmingham, York, Newcastle, wherever. As others have said, it certainly dates back to railways with Up lines and Down lines. Strange how what one might think was common knowledge obviously isnt !

[Antony Moxey]

gothatway said:

Antony Moxey said:

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.

They are right, you are wrong. One always goes "up" to London or "down" from it; it doesn't matter whether you're talking about Brighton, Exeter, Bristol, Birmingham, York, Newcastle, wherever. As others have said, it certainly dates back to railways with Up lines and Down lines. Strange how what one might think was common knowledge obviously isnt !

'They' say up to Bude from Exmouth. They are not correct. Neither is my daughter when she goes 'up' to London in her car and not by train.

[MartG]

Antony Moxey said:

gothatway said:

Antony Moxey said:

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.

They are right, you are wrong. One always goes "up" to London or "down" from it; it doesn't matter whether you're talking about Brighton, Exeter, Bristol, Birmingham, York, Newcastle, wherever. As others have said, it certainly dates back to railways with Up lines and Down lines. Strange how what one might think was common knowledge obviously isnt !

'They' say up to Bude from Exmouth. They are not correct. Neither is my daughter when she goes 'up' to London in her car and not by train.

And London is definitely down from anywhere in the North

[Frank7]

MartG said:

And London is definitely down from anywhere in the North

Geographically I’d agree, but gothatway got it right with his mention of the railways.
My father worked on Southern Railways in the fifties, and any train going TO London, was the up train, going away from London, it was the down train.
It had nothing to do with London being the Capital, or being thought of as better than anywhere else, it was just the way it was then.

[fatboy18]

Sick to death of this bloody website keep asking me to allow advertising preferencies, just fk off

[AstonZagato]

fatboy18 said:

Sick to death of this bloody website keep asking me to allow advertising preferences, just fk off

And websites that then make it almost impossible to opt out. Grr.

Edited by AstonZagato on Thursday 9th May 23:03

[davhill]

TV advertising mangling English... again. One ad keeps urging me to buy something because it contains 'caramell'while another says its product employs vegetal' protein. WTF?

[talksthetorque]

fatboy18 said:

Sick to death of this bloody website keep asking me to allow advertising preferencies, just fk off

ironically the fact you deny them using cookies is why you have to do this every time.
Because it can't leave a cookie to remember your preferences....

[davhill]

davhill said:

TV advertising mangling English... again. One ad keeps urging me to buy something because it contains 'caramell'while another says its product employs vegetal' protein. WTF?

Well, Muck Fee...

Vegetal (adj)

1 formal Relating to plants.
‘a vegetal aroma’

2 Embryology
attributive Relating to that pole of the ovum or embryo that contains the less active cytoplasm, and frequently most of the yolk, in the early stages of development.

'Origin
Late Middle English: from medieval Latin vegetalis, from Latin vegetare ‘animate’. vegetal (sense 2) dates from the early 20th century.'

Thanks, Oxford Dictionaries.

Every day's a schoolday but I automaticaly assumed someone cudn't spel. I doubt I'm the only one.

[I Love Cake]

RizzoTheRat said:

US date format! How the hell does anyone think Month-Day-Year is a suitable format for dates on a computer system?

This is now creeping into daily life here. News websites I visit use it. For example- ‘Bank robbed May 6’. This sort of thing makes me wonder why it took them so long to report it.


See also film release dates. June 7.

It’s ridiculous IMO.

[Frank7]

I Love Cake said:

This is now creeping into daily life here. News websites I visit use it. For example- ‘Bank robbed May 6’. This sort of thing makes me wonder why it took them so long to report it.


See also film release dates. June 7.

It’s ridiculous IMO.

Ridiculous? How so?
November 26, 26th of November, November 26th,
it’s not difficult to work out, did I miss something?

[bigpriest]

1 : Self-service checkouts that alert checkout assistants about medicines that are available to buy off the shelf.
2 : The alert is to check the customer is aged 25 or over.
3 : Having an argument with the checkout assistant that they just need to confirm my age not have a snoop in my bag.
4 : Buying laxatives from a supermarket that obviously has some problem with its customers abusing them.

[Bibbs]

I Love Cake said:

This is now creeping into daily life here. News websites I visit use it. For example- ‘Bank robbed May 6’. This sort of thing makes me wonder why it took them so long to report it.


See also film release dates. June 7.

It’s ridiculous IMO.

I'm often finding myself adding the "th" under my breath, when the ads are on the TV/radio.

I also add an "s" with "Math", and find I get tourettes when I hear "LEGOs" ..

[talksthetorque]

Frank7 said:

I Love Cake said:

This is now creeping into daily life here. News websites I visit use it. For example- ‘Bank robbed May 6’. This sort of thing makes me wonder why it took them so long to report it.


See also film release dates. June 7.

It’s ridiculous IMO.

Ridiculous? How so?
November 26, 26th of November, November 26th,
it’s not difficult to work out, did I miss something?

5/10/19

Today or October?

[GroundEffect]

talksthetorque said:

Frank7 said:

I Love Cake said:

This is now creeping into daily life here. News websites I visit use it. For example- ‘Bank robbed May 6’. This sort of thing makes me wonder why it took them so long to report it.


See also film release dates. June 7.

It’s ridiculous IMO.

Ridiculous? How so?
November 26, 26th of November, November 26th,
it’s not difficult to work out, did I miss something?

5/10/19

Today or October?

No one respectable would use a month as a number. Proper would be 10-May-19 for today, or May-10-19. Can't get it wrong!

[talksthetorque]

GroundEffect said:

No one respectable would use a month as a number. Proper would be 10-May-19 for today, or May-10-19. Can't get it wrong!

You've not used any american software then.
Oh - you said respectable - carry on as you were