What are your unpopular opinions?

[singlecoil]

Mashed potatoes should have lumps (of unmashed potato). Creamed potatoes

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singlecoil said:

Mashed potatoes should have lumps (of unmashed potato). Creamed potatoes

Yep, I like that. In the trade, will call generally the very creamy mash (or buttery), a mousseline.

Both a delicious but for different occasions.

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singlecoil said:

Mashed potatoes should have lumps (of unmashed potato). Creamed potatoes

Either have to have a fair bit of coarse black pepper mixed in for me.

[RATATTAK]

Parsnip said:

I have long since abandoned all hope when it comes to units.

Our precision drawings are done in inches to make a tool that goes inside an ID in inches, with a depth in meters, pressured up in bar using a fluid with a SG density and volume in barrels with the end goal of getting gas out in MMscf/day...

Are you from the USA ?

[Speed addicted]

Parsnip said:

I have long since abandoned all hope when it comes to units.

Our precision drawings are done in inches to make a tool that goes inside an ID in inches, with a depth in meters, pressured up in bar using a fluid with a SG density and volume in barrels with the end goal of getting gas out in MMscf/day...

Oil industry is fun isn't it...
I work in oil industry inspection, so mostly use mm, inches (up to about 48, due to pipe sizes), feet and meters.
I can't do fractions of an inch below about 1/4, have never used centimetres or yards.

So pipe sizes are in inches, wall thickness is in mm, length is in meters.

[bristolracer]

I like the new Top Gear
In fact i prefer it to the Grand Tour

[Lucas CAV]

WinstonWolf said:

Roast potatoes are horrible. There, I've said it.

On the plus side, they're great for bartering for extra pigs in blankets

Agree with you about Roast potatoes - just nasty stodge.

But I hate "pigs in blankets" too -- apart from the ridiculously twee name, the sausages never seem to be cooked that well --

And bacon is fkng disgusting stuff too -

[SlimJim16v]

Everyone pronounces longevity incorrectly.

[JimbobVFR]

Why are people arguing when the whole point of the thread is to air unpopular opinions. Just seems like a pointless waste of time.

[BrassMan]

Speed addicted said:

Parsnip said:

I have long since abandoned all hope when it comes to units.

Our precision drawings are done in inches to make a tool that goes inside an ID in inches, with a depth in meters, pressured up in bar using a fluid with a SG density and volume in barrels with the end goal of getting gas out in MMscf/day...

Oil industry is fun isn't it...
I work in oil industry inspection, so mostly use mm, inches (up to about 48, due to pipe sizes), feet and meters.
I can't do fractions of an inch below about 1/4, have never used centimetres or yards.

So pipe sizes are in inches, wall thickness is in mm, length is in meters.

As long as it isn't kPa, I can deal with it.

[WelshChris]

Can’t abide cats.

I love animals, and actively assist with wildlife conservation, but cats are pointless. No use to anyone. They st on my garden and their owners are normally self righteous types that don’t give a toss.

Never gone ‘awwwww’ to a pointless and supposedly cute or funny cat picture in my life.

[Turbotechnic]

Chip shop curry sauce is better than mushy peas and gravy

[hyphen]

WelshChris said:

Can’t abide cats.

I love animals, and actively assist with wildlife conservation, but cats are pointless. No use to anyone. They st on my garden and their owners are normally self righteous types that don’t give a toss.

Never gone ‘awwwww’ to a pointless and supposedly cute or funny cat picture in my life.

Cats are ok, unlike the unconditional loyalty of dogs, they have more integrity. if they don't like you they will look for another home and just go. They also don't needed to be walked each day, as lots of people will be having to very reluctantly do this week!

Plus unlike dogs, they don't st in your garden, they do it in someone else

[anonymous-user]

MrBig said:

NATO straps make watches look cheap

That’s quite a popular opinion, but it’s definitely wrong.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

hyphen said:

Cats are ok, unlike the unconditional loyalty of dogs, they have more integrity. if they don't like you they will look for another home and just go.

That's what I like about cats. Lavish love and affection on it for 10 years, someone moves in down the road with better cat food, and they've gone. You've got to admire that.

Dogs have no choice that to stick with you, you're the pack leader and evolution means they can't leave. Mistreat a dog and it'll still stick with you. If you have a cat, it's because you're doing something right, and the cat has selected to stick with you for the time being.

Any can have a dog. You have to work at keeping your cat onside.

[singlecoil]

I like cats. Dogs are ok for clearing up if a cat has spewed.

[p1esk]

Speed addicted said:

Parsnip said:

I have long since abandoned all hope when it comes to units.

Our precision drawings are done in inches to make a tool that goes inside an ID in inches, with a depth in meters, pressured up in bar using a fluid with a SG density and volume in barrels with the end goal of getting gas out in MMscf/day...

Oil industry is fun isn't it...
I work in oil industry inspection, so mostly use mm, inches (up to about 48, due to pipe sizes), feet and meters.
I can't do fractions of an inch below about 1/4, have never used centimetres or yards.

So pipe sizes are in inches, wall thickness is in mm, length is in meters.

For 'meters' read 'metres.'

Heh, does anybody remember rods, poles and perches? Er, I think they were units of length. Never used them though.

[Speed addicted]

p1esk said:

For 'meters' read 'metres.'

Bugger.
I've got the flu, it's my only excuse!

[p1esk]

hyphen said:

WelshChris said:

Can’t abide cats.

I love animals, and actively assist with wildlife conservation, but cats are pointless. No use to anyone. They st on my garden and their owners are normally self righteous types that don’t give a toss.

Never gone ‘awwwww’ to a pointless and supposedly cute or funny cat picture in my life.

Cats are ok, unlike the unconditional loyalty of dogs, they have more integrity. if they don't like you they will look for another home and just go. They also don't needed to be walked each day, as lots of people will be having to very reluctantly do this week!

Plus unlike dogs, they don't st in your garden, they do it in someone else

We have two cats, and within this last couple of days they've brought in one mouse (minus head), a young rabbit, a small bird, and this afternoon I found a beautiful thrush on the doormat.

...and I don't know which of the little blighters is guilty. Keeping them well fed makes no difference: they're just natural hunters/killers. I really don't like that aspect of their behaviour, but they're quite good company otherwise.

[RATATTAK]

p1esk said:

Heh, does anybody remember rods, poles and perches? Er, I think they were units of length. Never used them though.

When at college we started the land surveying course using a chain which is 22 yards long (or the length of a cricket pitch) for those that don't know ... and I seem to remember a rod (or pole or perch) is equal to ​5 1⁄2 yards, 16​1⁄2 feet, ​1⁄320 of a statute mile, 1/4 of a surveyor's chain and 5.0292 metres.

I work sometimes with old buildings and the brick built farm barns in my area are usually just over 5 metres in width with a clay pantile roof at 35 degrees pitch.

All good stuff ...