Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 6)
Discussion
S1KRR said:
Drihump Trolomite said:
Do those 3m command strips work?
I have a clothes hook fixed on the back of a wooden door with those 3M strips. I imagine a coat is heavier than the frame and picture and they've been more than adequate for years.YMMV disclaimer of course
Personally I wouldn't trust an adhesive to hold up a picture frame. No matter how strong the adhesive, you are trusting the surface it's adhered to, and over a fairly small area too. If that's old paint on plaster then it will simply fall off with the paint still stuck to it.
If a coat hook falls off then it's no big deal, but if a picture falls down you'll have broken glass and a damaged picture.
If a coat hook falls off then it's no big deal, but if a picture falls down you'll have broken glass and a damaged picture.
EarlofDrift said:
Main one coming up to Christmas is delivery companies not carrying out instructions. I work from home a lot fo the time upstairs usually with AirPods in so can' hear the door.
Expecting a delivery so specified online on the couriers website for it to be delivered to my safe place ie- shed. I even have a clear sign on the door not to leave with neighbours or take back to depot ( firstly because it's 10 miles away and secondly I can't be bothered going).
Of course they ignored both instructions and took it back to the depot.
Some customers do not allow delivery companies to leave goods unsigned... remember, you are not the customer to the delivery company!Expecting a delivery so specified online on the couriers website for it to be delivered to my safe place ie- shed. I even have a clear sign on the door not to leave with neighbours or take back to depot ( firstly because it's 10 miles away and secondly I can't be bothered going).
Of course they ignored both instructions and took it back to the depot.
Bobberoo99 said:
DavieW said:
Fermit and Sexy Sarah said:
Rain sensing wipers. Never used any which work. Ours can be going mad at a few drops or barely registering heavy rain. Tonight, in a NSL a truck passed the other way. It dumped a likely bath-load of water on the windscreen. Did they register? did they f
k. Nothing. Had to slam on the brakes to not risk hitting any number of the cars behind it. More annoyingly they cancel out the useful variable intermittent. An answer to question that nobody asked.
Ford Focus?k. Nothing. Had to slam on the brakes to not risk hitting any number of the cars behind it. More annoyingly they cancel out the useful variable intermittent. An answer to question that nobody asked. Strange but true
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Multi-storey car parks, and the fact that just one incompetent faffing around for ages, and taking several painfully slow attempts to get into a space, can block the entire car park for everyone behind them.
Or any car park really.Just came back from the Early M&S (OK, I was really going to McD's), that car park is terrible for jams and anyone sitting still will cause one. Some absolute knobette (in a VW SUV no less) sat straddling both lanes blocking traffic in two directions until someone gave her a parking spot. Even after being beeped at by multiple people. She could have gone forward, done a turning manouver or parked somewhere else but nooooooooo... the f
king world had to stop for her.People like that make me long for a fascist state where we can legally stop them from breeding.
captain_cynic said:
Or any car park really.
Just came back from the Early M&S (OK, I was really going to McD's), that car park is terrible for jams and anyone sitting still will cause one. Some absolute knobette (in a VW SUV no less) sat straddling both lanes blocking traffic in two directions until someone gave her a parking spot. Even after being beeped at by multiple people. She could have gone forward, done a turning manouver or parked somewhere else but nooooooooo... the fking world had to stop for her.
People like that make me long for a fascist state where we can legally stop them from breeding.
We don't need to stop them from breeding, just driving.Just came back from the Early M&S (OK, I was really going to McD's), that car park is terrible for jams and anyone sitting still will cause one. Some absolute knobette (in a VW SUV no less) sat straddling both lanes blocking traffic in two directions until someone gave her a parking spot. Even after being beeped at by multiple people. She could have gone forward, done a turning manouver or parked somewhere else but nooooooooo... the f
king world had to stop for her.People like that make me long for a fascist state where we can legally stop them from breeding.
Seriously, it can't be that difficult to come up with an addition to the theory test that the mentally subnormal can't pass.
Dr Jekyll said:
We don't need to stop them from breeding, just driving.
Seriously, it can't be that difficult to come up with an addition to the theory test that the mentally subnormal can't pass.
Loathe as I am to advocate yet more autonomy in cars, as it lowers people's driving ability, but there is a lot to be said for self-parking systems. At least that way the incompetent can press a button and get their useless incompetent arses out of the way and into the parking space. Seriously, it can't be that difficult to come up with an addition to the theory test that the mentally subnormal can't pass.
Likewise, you don't tend to see coffin-dodgers riding the clutch these days as they tend to buy autos or DSGs. Which is frankly a bit of a relief as the sound and smell was always like nails down a blackboard for me.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Loathe as I am to advocate yet more autonomy in cars, as it lowers people's driving ability, but there is a lot to be said for self-parking systems. At least that way the incompetent can press a button and get their useless incompetent arses out of the way and into the parking space.
Likewise, you don't tend to see coffin-dodgers riding the clutch these days as they tend to buy autos or DSGs. Which is frankly a bit of a relief as the sound and smell was always like nails down a blackboard for me.
Coffin Dodgers?Likewise, you don't tend to see coffin-dodgers riding the clutch these days as they tend to buy autos or DSGs. Which is frankly a bit of a relief as the sound and smell was always like nails down a blackboard for me.
An -ist from you CC?
Happy Christmas.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Likewise, you don't tend to see coffin-dodgers riding the clutch these days as they tend to buy autos or DSGs. Which is frankly a bit of a relief as the sound and smell was always like nails down a blackboard for me.
I've ensured that my FiL sticks with a manual car. So when his foot inevitably slips, his car stalls rather than sending him and his car flying into the scenery.Clockwork Cupcake said:
Multi-storey car parks, and the fact that just one incompetent faffing around for ages, and taking several painfully slow attempts to get into a space, can block the entire car park for everyone behind them.
Non-regulars in the NCP we use for work do that. Regulars know that if you go up a floor or two you will find them half empty.talksthetorque said:
S1KRR said:
Drihump Trolomite said:
Do those 3m command strips work?
I have a clothes hook fixed on the back of a wooden door with those 3M strips. I imagine a coat is heavier than the frame and picture and they've been more than adequate for years.YMMV disclaimer of course
V8mate said:
alorotom said:
We live in a new build and don't want holes in the walls so all our artwork, pics, mirrors, coat rack etc... Are on with 3m strips ... 2 mirrors we have are 124kg a piece ... Held on for over 18mths now with the heavy-duty strips. I love them!
paua said:
V8mate said:
alorotom said:
We live in a new build and don't want holes in the walls so all our artwork, pics, mirrors, coat rack etc... Are on with 3m strips ... 2 mirrors we have are 124kg a piece ... Held on for over 18mths now with the heavy-duty strips. I love them!
People who think it’s just the emergency services that work over Christmas (not that they don’t do a fine job).
I was shopping last Friday and the subject of working came up, they looked gone out when I said I finished this Thursday morning, I could hear the cogs turning when he blerted out “that means you’re working Christmas Day!”
Yep.
I was shopping last Friday and the subject of working came up, they looked gone out when I said I finished this Thursday morning, I could hear the cogs turning when he blerted out “that means you’re working Christmas Day!”
Yep.
Grahamdub said:
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Multi-storey car parks, and the fact that just one incompetent faffing around for ages, and taking several painfully slow attempts to get into a space, can block the entire car park for everyone behind them.
Non-regulars in the NCP we use for work do that. Regulars know that if you go up a floor or two you will find them half empty.Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff