Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 6)
Discussion
Frank7 said:
Loads of stuff about his in laws
Now you've got me confused, Frank. You refer to them as your BiL and SiL from which I infer that neither of them is your sibling, so one of them must be your wife's sibling. But isn't she American, and therefore her sibling is very likely to be likewise ? And yet SiL cannot stand things American ?Please clarify, if only for the sake of my sanity.
Lily the Pink said:
Now you've got me confused, Frank. You refer to them as your BiL and SiL from which I infer that neither of them is your sibling, so one of them must be your wife's sibling. But isn't she American, and therefore her sibling is very likely to be likewise ? And yet SiL cannot stand things American ?
Please clarify, if only for the sake of my sanity.
Sorry for any confusion, it was my brother-in-law, my wife’s brother that was visiting, with his wife, whom I refer to as sister-in-law, although legally we’re not related, it just makes my life easier.Please clarify, if only for the sake of my sanity.
My wife is not American, London born and raised, but we were married in Florida, and our witness was my good platonic female friend from New York City.
My wife spends so much time over there, that she drops enough Americanisms to be persona non grata on PH.
Kelly, my pseudo SIL, doesn’t dislike all things American, she’s a little on the dim side, she doesn’t understand Americans, their politics, or their humour, so because she can’t understand things American, she declares that all American TV output is crap, and won’t watch any.
Cliftonite said:
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People (seemingly nearly everybody?!) referring to Register Offices as Registry Offices.
Are we all saying it wrong, both Registry and Register Office?People (seemingly nearly everybody?!) referring to Register Offices as Registry Offices.
Being pedantic, should it be the Registrar’s Office?
Full disclosure, I know that I’ve been guilty of using Registry and Register Office.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
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. 
Slight tangent - and this is only from memory so the details may be suspect - but related to that. There was a physicist called Zwicky who fell out with another physicist over a theory.
Zwicky was quiet acerbic and would rant about the other guy calling him a "Spherical b
d". When asked why this particular insult as the other guy was actually slim he replied "Because he's a bd whichever way you look at him".Always liked that.
br d said:
Slight tangent - and this is only from memory so the details may be suspect - but related to that.
There was a physicist called Zwicky who fell out with another physicist over a theory.
Zwicky was quiet acerbic and would rant about the other guy calling him a "Spherical bd". When asked why this particular insult as the other guy was actually slim he replied "Because he's a bd whichever way you look at him".
Always liked that.
There was a physicist called Zwicky who fell out with another physicist over a theory.
Zwicky was quiet acerbic and would rant about the other guy calling him a "Spherical b
d". When asked why this particular insult as the other guy was actually slim he replied "Because he's a bd whichever way you look at him".Always liked that.
A quasi-static heterogeneous spherical b
d in a vacuum? 
Clockwork Cupcake said:
br d said:
Slight tangent - and this is only from memory so the details may be suspect - but related to that.
There was a physicist called Zwicky who fell out with another physicist over a theory.
Zwicky was quiet acerbic and would rant about the other guy calling him a "Spherical bd". When asked why this particular insult as the other guy was actually slim he replied "Because he's a bd whichever way you look at him".
Always liked that.
There was a physicist called Zwicky who fell out with another physicist over a theory.
Zwicky was quiet acerbic and would rant about the other guy calling him a "Spherical b
d". When asked why this particular insult as the other guy was actually slim he replied "Because he's a bd whichever way you look at him".Always liked that.
A quasi-static heterogeneous spherical b
d in a vacuum? 
Cliftonite said:
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People (seemingly nearly everybody?!) referring to Register Offices as Registry Offices.
Using Google, the top results "near me" are: People (seemingly nearly everybody?!) referring to Register Offices as Registry Offices.
Horsham Registration Office
Crawley Registry Office
Registration Office of Births, Marriages and Deaths in Haywards Heath
Guildford Registration Office
Reigate Registrar's Office
Leatherhead Register Office
You can perhaps understand why Registry Office has passed into common parlance even if it isn't specifically correct?
Shakermaker said:
Using Google, the top results "near me" are:
Horsham Registration Office
Crawley Registry Office
Registration Office of Births, Marriages and Deaths in Haywards Heath
Guildford Registration Office
Reigate Registrar's Office
Leatherhead Register Office
You can perhaps understand why Registry Office has passed into common parlance even if it isn't specifically correct?
Nope, Crawley is a Registration office too. Horsham Registration Office
Crawley Registry Office
Registration Office of Births, Marriages and Deaths in Haywards Heath
Guildford Registration Office
Reigate Registrar's Office
Leatherhead Register Office
You can perhaps understand why Registry Office has passed into common parlance even if it isn't specifically correct?
https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/find-my-nearest/regi...
OpulentBob said:
It is indeed, but I was basing it purely on what Google showed up as its results. Canon printer "Sorry, the ink waste tank is nearly full, so I won't be able to scan that document for you"
Canon printer "Oh, and even after you've cleaned the waste ink tank, I won't respond to any of the published methods of resetting the error code"
Canon printer "Why are you throwing me in the bin ?"
Canon printer "Oh, and even after you've cleaned the waste ink tank, I won't respond to any of the published methods of resetting the error code"
Canon printer "Why are you throwing me in the bin ?"
This shouldn’t really bother me, but as a lifelong lazy s.o.b., it mildly annoys me.
I rarely drive anything, and even then only if I can’t get someone else to do it, but on the rare occasions that I HAVE to drive my wife’s Peugeot 2008, I have to pump the seat lower.
I wouldn’t mind, but she is barely 16 cm shorter than me.
Then, when I’ve got settled, I turn the key, move the gear shift into D, gently stroke the gas, and go nowhere, yes, Red’s done it again, applied the handbrake!
I rarely drive anything, and even then only if I can’t get someone else to do it, but on the rare occasions that I HAVE to drive my wife’s Peugeot 2008, I have to pump the seat lower.
I wouldn’t mind, but she is barely 16 cm shorter than me.
Then, when I’ve got settled, I turn the key, move the gear shift into D, gently stroke the gas, and go nowhere, yes, Red’s done it again, applied the handbrake!
Frank7 said:
I wouldn’t mind, but she is barely 16 cm shorter than me.
People vary not only in overall height but also in length of torso / length of leg. You can have two people who are the same height stood up but significantly different in height when sat down, for example. If it annoys you that much, though, buy a car with electronically adjustable seats with memory function.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
People vary not only in overall height but also in length of torso / length of leg. You can have two people who are the same height stood up but significantly different in height when sat down, for example.
If it annoys you that much, though, buy a car with electronically adjustable seats with memory function.
And an electronic handbrake if taking the handbrake off is that much of a chore for you, or isn't immediately obvious by the position of the lever? (I don't know what type of handbrake the 2008 has)If it annoys you that much, though, buy a car with electronically adjustable seats with memory function.
Fastdruid said:
Lynx deodorant. They've redesigned the caps and the button now slopes the opposite way to the way it did on the older ones, which I've still got a few of around. It means I've got to think about how I hold the damn can and l've managed to squirt it the wrong way three times already.
I once accidentally picked up a can of fly spray that had been left near my deodorant and sprayed my underarms with it. No flies on me! (That wasn't just a setup for a joke - it really happened
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