Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 7)

[carlo996]

Langweilig said:

From today on the social media, flat-earthers and conspiracy nuts have been trying to explain how the eclipse happened.

"NASA fakery".
"Four black suns",
"The moon didn't cause the eclipse."
"Where did the moon go?"
"The eclipse didn't happen"

And many other silly explanations.

Bonkers.

[MiniMan64]

MartG said:

snuffy said:

I have been reading today that people are "bracing themselves" for it.

What exactly they are bracing against it's made clear however.

The usual crazies think it signals the end of the world/the rapture/demons - depressing how many people don't understand that it's simply the Moon and Sun lining up

It’s a real shame that the religious rapture wasn’t an actual thing. Can you imagine if all the nutjobs just disappeared one day?

[cuprabob]

Langweilig said:

"NASA fakery".
"Four black suns",
"The moon didn't cause the eclipse."
"Where did the moon go?"
"The eclipse didn't happen"

As song lyrics go, they're not that catchy

[Alickadoo]

FiF said:

I'd agree, have seen a number of eclipses, mostly partial obviously, over the years, first one recalled was 1961. As recently as 2015 when the total eclipse path passed close to the NW coast of the UK. Certainly where I was, out by the riverside with the dog it was very eery. The light was very strange, colours faded almost to monotone, things became very quiet, quite eery at times. Not sure what % of obscuration

Not anything to lose your self control over, but as a rare once in a lifetime experience can understand why people really want to see a total eclipse. Have people really forgotten the hoohah in SW England in 1999?

Would you say it was eery, a bit eery, quite eery, or very eery?

[beambeam1]

Ornamental wheelbarrows. Can't stand the chintzy bloody things.

[FiF]

Alickadoo said:

FiF said:

I'd agree, have seen a number of eclipses, mostly partial obviously, over the years, first one recalled was 1961. As recently as 2015 when the total eclipse path passed close to the NW coast of the UK. Certainly where I was, out by the riverside with the dog it was very eery. The light was very strange, colours faded almost to monotone, things became very quiet, quite eery at times. Not sure what % of obscuration

Not anything to lose your self control over, but as a rare once in a lifetime experience can understand why people really want to see a total eclipse. Have people really forgotten the hoohah in SW England in 1999?

Would you say it was eery, a bit eery, quite eery, or very eery?

And the point of your post is what, to be a humourless twerp?

Or does it annoy you beyond reason and therefore thread appropriate? Strange.

[Rusty Old-Banger]

beambeam1 said:

Ornamental wheelbarrows. Can't stand the chintzy bloody things.

Especially twee ones.

[mko9]

Alickadoo said:

FiF said:

I'd agree, have seen a number of eclipses, mostly partial obviously, over the years, first one recalled was 1961. As recently as 2015 when the total eclipse path passed close to the NW coast of the UK. Certainly where I was, out by the riverside with the dog it was very eery. The light was very strange, colours faded almost to monotone, things became very quiet, quite eery at times. Not sure what % of obscuration

Not anything to lose your self control over, but as a rare once in a lifetime experience can understand why people really want to see a total eclipse. Have people really forgotten the hoohah in SW England in 1999?

Would you say it was eery, a bit eery, quite eery, or very eery?

I think you need to define your terms

[Roofless Toothless]

FiF said:

I'd agree, have seen a number of eclipses, mostly partial obviously, over the years, first one recalled was 1961. As recently as 2015 when the total eclipse path passed close to the NW coast of the UK. Certainly where I was, out by the riverside with the dog it was very eery. The light was very strange, colours faded almost to monotone, things became very quiet, quite eery at times. Not sure what % of obscuration

Not anything to lose your self control over, but as a rare once in a lifetime experience can understand why people really want to see a total eclipse. Have people really forgotten the hoohah in SW England in 1999?

I was working in Brentwood the day of that eclipse and quite a few of us went down to the car park to witness it. A partial eclipse, but impressive enough. I was standing in the dappled light under a tree, and as the eclipse progressed I realised that all the little gaps between the leaves were acting like the holes in a pinhole camera, and projecting hundreds of crescent shapes on the ground. It was quite extraordinary. Everybody was looking up. I was watching the projection of the eclipse at my feet. As long as I live I won’t forget it.

[hidetheelephants]

It was cloudy where I was for that one so the eclipse itself was a bit meh, you could see it but it was distinctly lacking in oomph, but the temperature dropoff was quite impressive.

[CivicDuties]

The American term "drywall".

Of course it's fking dry, it's intended to be used indoors. What the fk use would wetwall be? And it's not a fking wall. It's boarding. Made out of plaster. Perhaps we could call it, oh I dunno, "plasterboard".

Pricks.

[Zarco]

CivicDuties said:

The American term "drywall".

Of course it's fking dry, it's intended to be used indoors. What the fk use would wetwall be? And it's not a fking wall. It's boarding. Made out of plaster. Perhaps we could call it, oh I dunno, "plasterboard".

Pricks.

We call it drylining in this country too. Likely because there is no wet trade involved (bricks and mortar). It is a wall because it has metal or timber studs holding it up (instead of bricks/blocks).

Make sense to me.

[Cold]

CivicDuties said:

The American term "drywall".

Of course it's fking dry, it's intended to be used indoors. What the fk use would wetwall be? And it's not a fking wall. It's boarding. Made out of plaster. Perhaps we could call it, oh I dunno, "plasterboard".

Pricks.

Yes, all of that.

[5s Alive]

Zarco said:

We call it drylining in this country too. Likely because there is no wet trade involved (bricks and mortar). It is a wall because it has metal or timber studs holding it up (instead of bricks/blocks).

Make sense to me.

Makes sense to me too, still annoys me though. That and saying sodder instead of solder, absolutely infuriating!

[CivicDuties]

Zarco said:

CivicDuties said:

The American term "drywall".

Of course it's fking dry, it's intended to be used indoors. What the fk use would wetwall be? And it's not a fking wall. It's boarding. Made out of plaster. Perhaps we could call it, oh I dunno, "plasterboard".

Pricks.

We call it drylining in this country too. Likely because there is no wet trade involved (bricks and mortar). It is a wall because it has metal or timber studs holding it up (instead of bricks/blocks).

Make sense to me.

Drylining is a less awful term, but again, I would assume it's sodding dry, I don't need telling because there isn't a "wetlining" alternative. And no, it isn't a wall. It is part of a wall. The frame it is nailed to plus the plasterboard = wall.

[stemll]

CivicDuties said:

Zarco said:

CivicDuties said:

The American term "drywall".

Of course it's fking dry, it's intended to be used indoors. What the fk use would wetwall be? And it's not a fking wall. It's boarding. Made out of plaster. Perhaps we could call it, oh I dunno, "plasterboard".

Pricks.

We call it drylining in this country too. Likely because there is no wet trade involved (bricks and mortar). It is a wall because it has metal or timber studs holding it up (instead of bricks/blocks).

Make sense to me.

Drylining is a less awful term, but again, I would assume it's sodding dry, I don't need telling because there isn't a "wetlining" alternative. And no, it isn't a wall. It is part of a wall. The frame it is nailed to plus the plasterboard = wall.

There is a "wetlining" alternative. It's called plastering.

[CivicDuties]

stemll said:

CivicDuties said:

Zarco said:

CivicDuties said:

The American term "drywall".

Of course it's fking dry, it's intended to be used indoors. What the fk use would wetwall be? And it's not a fking wall. It's boarding. Made out of plaster. Perhaps we could call it, oh I dunno, "plasterboard".

Pricks.

We call it drylining in this country too. Likely because there is no wet trade involved (bricks and mortar). It is a wall because it has metal or timber studs holding it up (instead of bricks/blocks).

Make sense to me.

Drylining is a less awful term, but again, I would assume it's sodding dry, I don't need telling because there isn't a "wetlining" alternative. And no, it isn't a wall. It is part of a wall. The frame it is nailed to plus the plasterboard = wall.

There is a "wetlining" alternative. It's called plastering.

I wouldn't plaster a wooden frame, which is the sort of thing which constitutes the majority of a wall on which plasterboard is hung. Because it doesn't adhere well to fresh air. So it's not an alternative to plasterboard.

[Alex_225]

The phrase, "there's nothing worse". My mum has a terrible habit of using that phrase for the most inane crap and I've heard others use it, is it just me?

"I was out shopping earlier and I got caught without my umbrella", "oooh there's nothing worse!". Well there is actually, quite a large list of things worse, drowning is up there, being horribly burnt in a fire is probably worse too I'd imagine.

[21st Century Man]

Hot sauce that isn't, not even remotely.

[stemll]

CivicDuties said:

stemll said:

CivicDuties said:

Zarco said:

CivicDuties said:

The American term "drywall".

Of course it's fking dry, it's intended to be used indoors. What the fk use would wetwall be? And it's not a fking wall. It's boarding. Made out of plaster. Perhaps we could call it, oh I dunno, "plasterboard".

Pricks.

We call it drylining in this country too. Likely because there is no wet trade involved (bricks and mortar). It is a wall because it has metal or timber studs holding it up (instead of bricks/blocks).

Make sense to me.

Drylining is a less awful term, but again, I would assume it's sodding dry, I don't need telling because there isn't a "wetlining" alternative. And no, it isn't a wall. It is part of a wall. The frame it is nailed to plus the plasterboard = wall.

There is a "wetlining" alternative. It's called plastering.

I wouldn't plaster a wooden frame, which is the sort of thing which constitutes the majority of a wall on which plasterboard is hung. Because it doesn't adhere well to fresh air. So it's not an alternative to plasterboard.

All of the solid walls in my house have plasterboard on them but you wouldn't put the frame on would you, you'd plaster the bricks or blocks

Maybe if there was more of that, we'd get proper solid walls rather than partition walls that exist for no reason other them being cheap.