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

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

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Pit Pony

8,624 posts

122 months

Tuesday 23rd April
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Sheets Tabuer said:
Being invited out for my birthday for a meal with a few family members, asked where I wanted to go so I said low key. Everyone ate and drank and the bill came and everyone sat and looked at me..

Wait a fecking minute, you all invited me!

Feckers.
And I'd say "thank you all for arranging this, I’ve had a lovely time. Anyway, I'm off to the loo. There are 17 of you here. Whilst I'm gone you best sort the bill between you. I'll do the tip, when I get back"



Cotty

39,569 posts

285 months

Tuesday 23rd April
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hidetheelephants said:
Consignia was a stupid name, no one used it.
Has it got everything, shampoo to shower gel, deodorant and aftershave for that one all over smell

nismocat

387 posts

9 months

Tuesday 23rd April
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Cotty said:
I don't understand why a person on their own needs to have a speaker conversations, regardless of where they are.
I assume this comes from one of those reality programs where the camera/microphone would need to hear both sides of the conversation, but in real llife not necessary.
The ear speaker on my phone just busted so I have to put on the large speaker.

Which brings me onto the Iphone haters.
"Why did you pay £1100 for a bloody Iphone. I paid $300 for this!"
"When did you replace it?"
"Last week"
"How much was your last phone and how long did it last?"
"£300, 12 months. Never pay more than $300 for a phone"
"So in seven years you have paid around $2100, plus didn't you lose a load of data once? I paid Apple £1100 seven years ago and have just replaced the battery..."

>silence<

Jim1064

345 posts

206 months

Tuesday 23rd April
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nismocat said:
Cotty said:
>silence<
Not surprising with the random use of $ and £.

captain_cynic

12,058 posts

96 months

Tuesday 23rd April
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Jim1064 said:
Cotty said:
>silence<
Not surprising with the random use of $ and £.
Thats an Iphone user for you.

Not being locked down and locked into Apples prison is priceless.

BTW, almost no one has a single phone for 7 years. Most Iphone users (the used) replace theirs every year, meanwhile the £300 phone I have does everything a £1100 phone does and will last 2-3 years unless you want to update

Edited by captain_cynic on Tuesday 23 April 10:03

paulguitar

23,506 posts

114 months

Tuesday 23rd April
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captain_cynic said:
Jim1064 said:
Cotty said:
>silence<
Not surprising with the random use of $ and £.
Thats an Iphone user for you.

Not being locked down and locked into Apples prison is priceless.

BTW, almost no one has a single phone for 7 years. Most Iphone users (the used) replace theirs every year, meanwhile the £300 phone I have does everything a £1100 phone does and will last 2-3 years unless you want to update

Edited by captain_cynic on Tuesday 23 April 10:03
I changed over to Mac in 2009 and it genuinely has made my life better.




MartG

20,691 posts

205 months

Tuesday 23rd April
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"BTW, almost no one has a single phone for 7 years"

Just on 5 years now with my iPhone XS...and I still use my 8 year old iPhone 6S to control my Osmo camera

I only bought the XS as the 6S was having trouble running the DJI Fly app to control drones

paulguitar

23,506 posts

114 months

Tuesday 23rd April
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I'm using a 5-year-old XR. It's still working perfectly.



snuffy

9,792 posts

285 months

Tuesday 23rd April
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I got my first mobile in 1998, and changed it every 12 months, without fail, until contracts got extended to 2 years. But 25 years ago, the pace of change was staggering, so that a 12 month old phone looked like it was out of the ark. But now of course, the pace of change has slowed a great deal.

Cotty

39,569 posts

285 months

Tuesday 23rd April
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My £110 Motorola G7 power is still going fine after four years.

Edited by Cotty on Tuesday 23 April 11:34

RustyMX5

7,073 posts

218 months

Tuesday 23rd April
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I'm still using a Moto G4 (2016 vintage)

cuprabob

14,670 posts

215 months

Tuesday 23rd April
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RustyMX5 said:
I'm still using a Moto G4 (2016 vintage)
"Hello Moto" smile

Red9zero

6,880 posts

58 months

Tuesday 23rd April
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Sheets Tabuer said:
Being invited out for my birthday for a meal with a few family members, asked where I wanted to go so I said low key. Everyone ate and drank and the bill came and everyone sat and looked at me..

Wait a fecking minute, you all invited me!

Feckers.
My father in law stayed with us for 6 months (what fun that was) and on his last day he took us out for a meal to say thank you. He sat on his hands at bill time, so I ended up paying.

njw1

2,073 posts

112 months

Tuesday 23rd April
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Lazy sellers on ebay that use those F'kin AI generated descriptions that are about ten paragraphs long but actually tell you absolutely f*ck all about the thing you're looking at. JUST WRITE THE DESCRIPTION YOURSELF FFS!!!

And breathe....

Truckosaurus

11,326 posts

285 months

Tuesday 23rd April
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paulguitar said:
I changed over to Mac in 2009 and it genuinely has made my life better.
Indeed. I've used Macs for years and all have lasted much longer than any PC I've had, same with iPhone versus Android.

I've just upgraded my work iPhone that I've had since 2017 as it wouldn't upgrade software versions anymore.

I'm typing this on a Mac Mini that says it is a 'Late 2012' version. It stopped updating to the very latest OS version last year, but is working fine.

Mercdriver

2,020 posts

34 months

Tuesday 23rd April
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+1 for Mac, been using Mac devices since the 80’s, anyone remember the Mac Lisa?

We both use i pads and I phones, I phone 8 as they are not too big, we do not use phones for the web, only as a phone and texting.

One benefit on holiday, only one charger to take.

They both do everything we need, but I suppose we are not average Mac user.

r3g

3,189 posts

25 months

Tuesday 23rd April
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Truckosaurus said:
paulguitar said:
I changed over to Mac in 2009 and it genuinely has made my life better.
Indeed. I've used Macs for years and all have lasted much longer than any PC I've had
Not wishing to start yet another Apple vs the world fanboy argument, but in what way exactly have Macs "lasted much longer" than your PCs, given that they both run the same internal components?

the-norseman

12,452 posts

172 months

Tuesday 23rd April
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r3g said:
Not wishing to start yet another Apple vs the world fanboy argument, but in what way exactly have Macs "lasted much longer" than your PCs, given that they both run the same internal components?
The usual argument is that their £1000-1500 machine has lasted for 7 years where as there £200-300 Windows machine only lasted two years.

captain_cynic

12,058 posts

96 months

Tuesday 23rd April
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the-norseman said:
r3g said:
Not wishing to start yet another Apple vs the world fanboy argument, but in what way exactly have Macs "lasted much longer" than your PCs, given that they both run the same internal components?
The usual argument is that their £1000-1500 machine has lasted for 7 years where as there £200-300 Windows machine only lasted two years.
The fact is, most laptops last that long it's just that most people upgrade sooner because it's cheap enough.

I've an Asus from 2012. I've only upgraded because it's a light gaming boxen. It still runs a modern version of Linux quite well even though it can't play new games.

the-norseman

12,452 posts

172 months

Tuesday 23rd April
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I'm not sure how long I have had my Dell XPS now, it was about £700 new and was a "Ubuntu Edition" , its running the newest version of Debian and is still as quick as the day I bought it. Battery life is about as good as well.

People that buy these £200-300 laptops tend to treat them like £200-300 machines, throw them around etc and they break, then when they buy a £1200 macbook they all of a sudden think I better now throw this around.