Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 6)
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captain_cynic said:
Cotty said:
MadeInEngland said:
Ar63 said:
Go to a shopping centre car park late evening
Park away from the busy area
Parked in a bay with no cars nearby for at least 5 bays distance each side
Come back to find an MPV parked right next to me with kids going in and out. Not only going in and out but in and out on the side next to me
I don't get it
This seems to happen a lot with me too. And, its always a bloody 20 year old tranny van or similar thats not ever been cared for in it's entire life.Park away from the busy area
Parked in a bay with no cars nearby for at least 5 bays distance each side
Come back to find an MPV parked right next to me with kids going in and out. Not only going in and out but in and out on the side next to me
I don't get it
Or they do it on purpose. They think he wants to park on his own, ill piss him off by parking next to him. Either way they need to be culled.
I have been reliably informed by relatives without the ability to park that they do it because without another car to guide them, they cant get it between the lines.
ambuletz said:
if you have your wing mirrors adjusted properly you'll be able to see the lines.
I suspect most car drivers don't use their wing (how quaint) mirrors when reversing. Or indeed their reversing camera if they have one. They tend to look over their shoulder. Van and truck drivers of course do use their external mirrors for reversing.Lily the Pink said:
ambuletz said:
if you have your wing mirrors adjusted properly you'll be able to see the lines.
I suspect most car drivers don't use their wing (how quaint) mirrors when reversing. Or indeed their reversing camera if they have one. They tend to look over their shoulder. Van and truck drivers of course do use their external mirrors for reversing.jumare said:
I was an over the shoulder 'reverser', as taught when I was learning, but after towing horse boxes I reverse using the door mirrors. I've had cars where the passenger side mirror dipped down when reverse is selected to aid parking.
I remember looking over the shoulder in my younger days, but the advance of age and inflexibility have put an end to this. Fortunately I was taught how to drive a 7.5 ton truck as part of my last job (the blood service) and my use of mirrors increased exponentially because of this.My present car has a rear facing camera, but I never feel totally safe trusting what I see on the little TV screen on the dashboard. How do I know it's not a repeat?
Roofless Toothless said:
jumare said:
I was an over the shoulder 'reverser', as taught when I was learning, but after towing horse boxes I reverse using the door mirrors. I've had cars where the passenger side mirror dipped down when reverse is selected to aid parking.
I remember looking over the shoulder in my younger days, but the advance of age and inflexibility have put an end to this. Fortunately I was taught how to drive a 7.5 ton truck as part of my last job (the blood service) and my use of mirrors increased exponentially because of this.My present car has a rear facing camera, but I never feel totally safe trusting what I see on the little TV screen on the dashboard. How do I know it's not a repeat?
Bobberoo99 said:
Roofless Toothless said:
jumare said:
I was an over the shoulder 'reverser', as taught when I was learning, but after towing horse boxes I reverse using the door mirrors. I've had cars where the passenger side mirror dipped down when reverse is selected to aid parking.
I remember looking over the shoulder in my younger days, but the advance of age and inflexibility have put an end to this. Fortunately I was taught how to drive a 7.5 ton truck as part of my last job (the blood service) and my use of mirrors increased exponentially because of this.My present car has a rear facing camera, but I never feel totally safe trusting what I see on the little TV screen on the dashboard. How do I know it's not a repeat?
jet_noise said:
Bobberoo99 said:
Roofless Toothless said:
jumare said:
I was an over the shoulder 'reverser', as taught when I was learning, but after towing horse boxes I reverse using the door mirrors. I've had cars where the passenger side mirror dipped down when reverse is selected to aid parking.
I remember looking over the shoulder in my younger days, but the advance of age and inflexibility have put an end to this. Fortunately I was taught how to drive a 7.5 ton truck as part of my last job (the blood service) and my use of mirrors increased exponentially because of this.My present car has a rear facing camera, but I never feel totally safe trusting what I see on the little TV screen on the dashboard. How do I know it's not a repeat?
keirik said:
Langweilig said:
Stupid "flat earth" fanatics.
Moon hoax morons.
This.Moon hoax morons.
FB is full of moon loons today
"Why are space suits white?
Just another example of how white people oppress others".
They are white because white reflects heat and light. Black absorbs both.
Of course there's no talking to those idiots. All you get is a laugh emoji.
I’m not sure if this qualifies for this thread, or should be on the TV thread.
My brother-in-law and his wife recently stayed with us for almost a week.
To say that they and I are diametrically opposed, would be an understatement.
I’m not super intelligent, but I am aware of what’s going on in the world, and have my opinions, although I don’t ram them down people’s throats.
If you asked my BIL and his wife, “Do you think that leaving the EU without a deal is a good idea?” They’d probably look blank, and say, “Deal? What deal?”, or if you said, “Who’d you prefer, Johnson or Hunt?” They might say, “Are they on Line of Duty?”, and don’t even think of asking their opinion on the tanker held by Iran.
Anyway, my BIL released his death grip on the remote last week, and I saw the opportunity to look for something more interesting than horse racing, or darts.
I had a re-run of Frasier recorded, so I clicked on it, only for my SIL to get up, saying, “I’ll go to our room to read a magazine.”
“Something wrong Kelly?”, I said.
She knocked me bandy with her reply, “It’s American isn’t it, I don’t watch anything American, I don’t understand American humour, and it’s all crap as far as I’m concerned.”
I glanced at my wife, and she mouthed, “Don’t say a word.”
I just sat back, amazed, and watched Niles and Frasier’s incisive sparring.
My brother-in-law and his wife recently stayed with us for almost a week.
To say that they and I are diametrically opposed, would be an understatement.
I’m not super intelligent, but I am aware of what’s going on in the world, and have my opinions, although I don’t ram them down people’s throats.
If you asked my BIL and his wife, “Do you think that leaving the EU without a deal is a good idea?” They’d probably look blank, and say, “Deal? What deal?”, or if you said, “Who’d you prefer, Johnson or Hunt?” They might say, “Are they on Line of Duty?”, and don’t even think of asking their opinion on the tanker held by Iran.
Anyway, my BIL released his death grip on the remote last week, and I saw the opportunity to look for something more interesting than horse racing, or darts.
I had a re-run of Frasier recorded, so I clicked on it, only for my SIL to get up, saying, “I’ll go to our room to read a magazine.”
“Something wrong Kelly?”, I said.
She knocked me bandy with her reply, “It’s American isn’t it, I don’t watch anything American, I don’t understand American humour, and it’s all crap as far as I’m concerned.”
I glanced at my wife, and she mouthed, “Don’t say a word.”
I just sat back, amazed, and watched Niles and Frasier’s incisive sparring.
Bloody USB charging cables! For years everything has used micro USB. I had a phone, a kindle, a backup battery, a couple of sets of headphones, a bluetooth speaker, a Satnav, and probably a few other things I can't think of at the moment, which could all be charged by the same cable.
Replaced my phone and of course they all use USB-C now so I'm going to have to buy some new cables and keep swapping them around to charge things as most of my charges are single port.
Replaced my phone and of course they all use USB-C now so I'm going to have to buy some new cables and keep swapping them around to charge things as most of my charges are single port.
RizzoTheRat said:
Replaced my phone and of course they all use USB-C now so I'm going to have to buy some new cables and keep swapping them around to charge things as most of my charges are single port.
You can buy micro-to-C adaptors, if you have a load of cables (and/or chargers with moulded plugs) that you want to continue to use.Personally I'd buy a decent multi-port charger with a decent output per port. A lot of older chargers are 1A per port or less, but modern ones give the full 2.1A, and also support higher output charging like Qualcom etc.
I've got a decent 4 port in the flat (weekdays), but I currently have chargers and micro usb cables at home for the weekends, in the office, in the car, in my hand luggage bag and with my backup battery. I suppose new phone without knackered battery should mean I don't need the one in the office but I still need at least 3 new cables or adaptors.
RizzoTheRat said:
I've got a decent 4 port in the flat (weekdays), but I currently have chargers and micro usb cables at home for the weekends, in the office, in the car, in my hand luggage bag and with my backup battery. I suppose new phone without knackered battery should mean I don't need the one in the office but I still need at least 3 new cables or adaptors.
Fair enough.At least you don't need to replace your chargers and power banks, since it's only the phone end that needs to be USB-C. The power end is still USB-A. So you should be able to get away with just some new cables or cable adapters.
But, yes, I totally get the annoyance. Mind you, at least USB-C removes the annoyance of putting the cable in the wrong way, because it is rotationally symmetrical.
My current annoyance is TV shows and YouTube videos where people are unable to describe what they are doing without prefixing it with "go ahead".
"So I'm going to go ahead and rotate this, then I'm going to go ahead and undo that, then we can go ahead and remove it. Now we can see the widget, so I'm going to go ahead and replace it and...."
It's "super-annoying", which is another prefix that irritates me.
"So I'm going to go ahead and rotate this, then I'm going to go ahead and undo that, then we can go ahead and remove it. Now we can see the widget, so I'm going to go ahead and replace it and...."
It's "super-annoying", which is another prefix that irritates me.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Mind you, at least USB-C removes the annoyance of putting the cable in the wrong way, because it is rotationally symmetrical.
True, although I swear all other usb connectors live in some higher dimensional space as it's always the 3rd way round I try that seems to fit.Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff