Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 6)

[popeyewhite]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

popeyewhite said:

IT MEANS NOTHING WITHOUT TELLING US WHICH MONTH

You could look at a clock or a calendar or something to tell which month we are currently in.

Qualified in my following post (10.36).

[popeyewhite]

popeyewhite said:

Digga said:

The clue...

No, I didn't mean that, but anyway.

In some months average rain will have fallen, the wet days spread over most of the month, and the same month two years later the rain might have fallen over TWO DAYS. GEDDIT? So when they say a month's worth of rain will fall over the weekend it might be perfectly normal.

Secondly the fact it's an average means that at certain times in the past OVER a month's worth of rain has fallen doesn't it? Point being an average month might not be that catastrophic, or at least not the rain of biblical proportions that the weather numpties are trying to foist on us.

Repost.

[cuprabob]

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[Big Easy]

Digga said:

New day, new moan; traffic & travel announcers on Planet Rock; why are they all Jockanese?

Nothing against the Scottish, but no idea what's so difficult about the word "vehicle". How on earth does it end up being pronounced "vee-kul"?

(Yes, I know that's probably better than the hayseed-USA "vee-hickle" pronunciation, but still.)

I'm guessing you don't listen to Talk Sport then? In Scotland we need to listen to an Australian attempting to pronounce Scottish towns etc.

[V8mate]

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[SVX]

Tradesmen, more specifically building contractors. Literally sending me from my zen-like calm to the gammon face. They're uncouth, lazy people of questionable parentage. Is it really necessary to insert an expletive as every second word of your mornic droning? No. Just because you are wearing Hi-Viz, it doesn't give you the right to throw litter out of the side of your poorly maintained van either. Considerate Constructors scheme, what a f*ing waste of time.

[bristolracer]

BBC sounds app .

[talksthetorque]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

I think they say it because saying "A fkload of rain" wouldn't get past the censors.

Joking aside, though, it's not a precise scientific measurement to the nearest millilitre. They're just trying to convey that it is an order of magnitude greater than normal.

Pedant mode on.
It’s not an order of magnitude it’s just double. (Unless mm now use the binary system.)
As you were.
Great map btw. Explains why the Trent flooded near me.
Itis also worth remembering that the east of the country is drier so 200% rainfall in Lincolnshire might be less actual rain than 100% rain in the Lake District

[Clockwork Cupcake]

People faffing around in multi-storey car parks and blocking it up for others and causing huge traffic jams.

Also, paying for 15 mins of parking by the time you have actually parked.

[MartG]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

People faffing around in multi-storey car parks and blocking it up for others and causing huge traffic jams.

Also, paying for 15 mins of parking by the time you have actually parked.

Oh yes - the ones who will faff around squeezing into a space between other cars on the ground floor while the upper floors are totally empty

( and before anyone raises the 'd' card, there are lifts to all floors )

[captain_cynic]

MartG said:

Clockwork Cupcake said:

People faffing around in multi-storey car parks and blocking it up for others and causing huge traffic jams.

Also, paying for 15 mins of parking by the time you have actually parked.

Oh yes - the ones who will faff around squeezing into a space between other cars on the ground floor while the upper floors are totally empty

( and before anyone raises the 'd' card, there are lifts to all floors )

"D" people have their own spaces on every floor... So do breeders... What you mean are lazy people who won't waddle further than 10 meters

But this is the reason I go straight to the 3rd or 4th floors in most multi story car parks. Even then I park at least a good half minutes walk from the lifts to minimise the chances of some waddler parking next to me.

What I'd like is specialised sports car parking. Wider bays to avoid door dings from careless parkers. They can put it at the back of the car park as anyone who drives and cares about an impractical car isn't going to balk at a short walk.

[vaud]

captain_cynic said:

What I'd like is specialised sports car parking. Wider bays to avoid door dings from careless parkers.

Just have kids, use parent & child space.

[Fastdruid]

vaud said:

captain_cynic said:

What I'd like is specialised sports car parking. Wider bays to avoid door dings from careless parkers.

Just have kids, use parent & child space.

It was amusing when we had an RX-8, would rock up to the shops and park in the parent & child space... the least "mumsy" car there next to the sea of mpv's, SUV's and sensible cars.

Did get a few looks sometimes, until got the pram base out from the boot, stuck the wheels on and put the baby in seat on.

[vaud]

Fastdruid said:

It was amusing when we had an RX-8, would rock up to the shops and park in the parent & child space... the least "mumsy" car there next to the sea of mpv's, SUV's and sensible cars.

Did get a few looks sometimes, until got the pram base out from the boot, stuck the wheels on and put the baby in seat on.

I get the same with an MX5...

[Clockwork Cupcake]

captain_cynic said:

But this is the reason I go straight to the 3rd or 4th floors in most multi story car parks. Even then I park at least a good half minutes walk from the lifts to minimise the chances of some waddler parking next to me.

Which is all very well unless you can't get to the 3rd or 4th floors due to a huge traffic jam caused by people faffing around / waiting / doing an umpteen-point turn to get their gargantuan Q7 into a space that was designed for a Morris Minor, which is the situation I found myself in today.

I am really not exaggerating when I say that 15 mins elapsed between me entering the car park and finally getting parked, up on the roof on the 5th floor as the car park was so full. Then I had to wait ages for a lift, and then it stopped at every single bloody floor on the way down.

I was not in the best of moods when I finally started shopping, and indeed went straight to Patisserie Valerie for a pot of tea and a cake to calm myself down a bit.

[vaud]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

I was not in the best of moods when I finally started shopping, and indeed went straight to Patisserie Valerie for a pot of tea and a cake to calm myself down a bit.

Did you have a cupcake?

[MartG]

vaud said:

Fastdruid said:

It was amusing when we had an RX-8, would rock up to the shops and park in the parent & child space... the least "mumsy" car there next to the sea of mpv's, SUV's and sensible cars.

Did get a few looks sometimes, until got the pram base out from the boot, stuck the wheels on and put the baby in seat on.

I get the same with an MX5...

As did I with a Mk1 MR2

[Voldemort]

Shakermaker said:

I haven't eaten since Wednesday but somehow, there's still a lot of poo coming out. This is very annoying.

It's just God's way of telling you you're full of 5hit. I am au fait with the feeling myself

[grumbledoak]

Apps on Windows 10 that install themselves within a folder in the list.

Yes, I know you can fix it. It's annoying having to Google where they live each time, and I've got more useful things to remember.

[paua]

MartG said:

vaud said:

Fastdruid said:

It was amusing when we had an RX-8, would rock up to the shops and park in the parent & child space... the least "mumsy" car there next to the sea of mpv's, SUV's and sensible cars.

Did get a few looks sometimes, until got the pram base out from the boot, stuck the wheels on and put the baby in seat on.

I get the same with an MX5...

As did I with a Mk1 MR2

928GTS - had to sell when No. 2 was due. 928 doors need lots of space to open.