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

[Hackney]

Roofless Toothless 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?

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.

I was in a field somewhere near Bournemouth having been bussed down from London. DJs Seb Fontaine, Carl Cox and Fatboy Slim then live bands after breakfast.

Just prior to the eclipse Faithless played God is a DJ

I’m not a religious man but that was special.

[RayDonovan]

Certain posters who constantly try to portray a 'richer than you' image to a load of strangers on the Internet

I'm not sure if it's insecurity or an emotionless upbringing, but it's tiresome and quite frankly, weird.

[Hackney]

RayDonovan said:

Certain posters who constantly try to portray a 'richer than you' image to a load of strangers on the Internet

I'm not sure if it's insecurity or an emotionless upbringing, but it's tiresome and quite frankly, weird.

I won the tickets in a competition.

[Tankrizzo]

"The proof is in the pudding".

No, no it's not. It's in the eating.

[RustyMX5]

Pit Pony said:

If i travel alone it is efficient and relatively stress free.
If I travel with wife, family or work colleagues it's all very stressful. I've no idea why.

I find exactly the same thing. Although the wife triples or quadruples the stress levels.

[generationx]

RustyMX5 said:

Pit Pony said:

If i travel alone it is efficient and relatively stress free.
If I travel with wife, family or work colleagues it's all very stressful. I've no idea why.

I find exactly the same thing. Although the wife triples or quadruples the stress levels.

It’s like herding cats, even simple tasks and processes attract insane amounts of faffing and misunderstanding.

[Sycamore]

Pit Pony said:

If i travel alone it is efficient and relatively stress free.
If I travel with wife, family or work colleagues it's all very stressful. I've no idea why.

Last time I travelled with colleagues - three of us through security in no time.
No sign of the fourth. We assumed he'd went a different way and would bump into him somewhere or other.
We're in Engineering, so Mr EC&I decided to chuck loads of screwdrivers, multitools, and various sparky devices with wires coming out into his hand luggage. Completely oblivious as to why it'd cause an issue. Or maybe he just wanted a cavity search

[snuffy]

Pit Pony said:

If i travel alone it is efficient and relatively stress free.
If I travel with wife, family or work colleagues it's all very stressful. I've no idea why.

It's because you are having to sort them out all the time.

[snuffy]

"The golden goose" is always being used at work, but what they actually mean is "the goose that lays the golden eggs".

I feel I have to point out to them that the golden eggs are not laid by a golden goose; the eggs are golden but the goose is not.

The story of the golden goose is a different thing and it's best not to touch said golden goose.

[popeyewhite]

FiF said:

popeyewhite said:

5s Alive said:

popeyewhite said:

FiF said:

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.

I think he was making fun of your [repeated] spelling error.

It's always looked odd to my eyes but eery is an accepted alternative spelling.

Hmm. You mean others have spelt 'eerie' wrong enough times the variant has found its way into the dictionary.

Wouldn't be PH without the grammar and spelling twerps piling on for a poke. Tiresome. The spelling version in my post has been in use since 17th century apparently.

Two words, second one Off.

First is "I'm"?

[Cold]

C5_Steve said:

CivicDuties said:

Zarco said:

Drywall is referring to a system formed by the timber/metal studwork and plasterboard. To make a wall. Same as what we call drylining in the UK.

You seem to be getting your knickers in a twist thinking it is just the plasterboard. Of course this is the beyond reason thread, so crack on

Indeed.

However, the Yanks don't use the word plasterboard to just refer to the plasterboard. They call it drywall. So the word drywall can mean 2 different things. The plasterboard alone, or the whole installation.

This makes absolutely no difference to me in my life, but it annoys me beyond reason.

Slight tangent but for years I had no clue what they were talking about when they (Americans) talked about Sheetrock. Turns out it's a brand of plasterboard and like many things (Hoover etc) it's adopted.

Now that's sorted to the conclusion that it's just the Americans being American with all the nonsense that often brings, can we question "thin set"?

[Deranged Rover]

generationx said:

It’s like herding cats, even simple tasks and processes attract insane amounts of faffing and misunderstanding.

I think it's time we re-considered the use of "herding cats" as a synonym for something difficult.

Since the invention of Dreamies, most cats will go anywhere you want them to if you just rattle a bag in front of them.

[MartG]

Deranged Rover said:

generationx said:

It’s like herding cats, even simple tasks and processes attract insane amounts of faffing and misunderstanding.

I think it's time we re-considered the use of "herding cats" as a synonym for something difficult.

Since the invention of Dreamies, most cats will go anywhere you want them to if you just rattle a bag in front of them.

[Dan Singh]

The recently increasing number of annoying people saying "bear with".
What happened to "me"?

[r3g]

Dan Singh said:

The recently increasing number of annoying people saying "bear with".
What happened to "me"?

I don't even.

[ChocolateFrog]

For fear of being labelled bellend of the month.

Legoland for employing people with disabilities and then not supporting the properly.

Left to operate a ride solo and its running half empty and atleast 5x slower than it should be.

Its impossible to tell a 3 year old why a queue that should be 15-20 mins is over an hour.

[FiF]

popeyewhite said:

FiF said:

popeyewhite said:

5s Alive said:

popeyewhite said:

FiF said:

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.

I think he was making fun of your [repeated] spelling error.

It's always looked odd to my eyes but eery is an accepted alternative spelling.

Hmm. You mean others have spelt 'eerie' wrong enough times the variant has found its way into the dictionary.

Wouldn't be PH without the grammar and spelling twerps piling on for a poke. Tiresome. The spelling version in my post has been in use since 17th century apparently.

Two words, second one Off.

First is "I'm"?

There's quite a few on this site wish you were.

[popeyewhite]

FiF said:

popeyewhite said:

FiF said:

popeyewhite said:

5s Alive said:

popeyewhite said:

FiF said:

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.

I think he was making fun of your [repeated] spelling error.

It's always looked odd to my eyes but eery is an accepted alternative spelling.

Hmm. You mean others have spelt 'eerie' wrong enough times the variant has found its way into the dictionary.

Wouldn't be PH without the grammar and spelling twerps piling on for a poke. Tiresome. The spelling version in my post has been in use since 17th century apparently.

Two words, second one Off.

First is "I'm"?

There's quite a few on this site wish you were.

[Alickadoo]

People who post on PH - my son, brother, uncle, friend, someone want help with XYZ.

Why don't they post themselves?

I have probably posted this before, that annoys me as well.

[Bobberoo]

People who plaster a smile on their face and then proceed to walk straight at you expecting you to either make way for them or simply disappear, see also people in supermarkets who reach around you instead of simply saying "excuse me".