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Really minor annoyances


When nobody uses the other bloody lane in a zipper merge. I have this issue every day in Durham, at Neville's Cross/Newcastle Road. Instead of using the centre lane (which is explicitly for going straight ahead only) almost everyone just decides to sit in the left hand lane forming a queue that is 900 million miles long, and impacts other junctions, and blocks off cars would actually need that lane to turn left.

Meanwhile, there's a big empty space in the middle of the road that could be oppucied by cars that are going straight ahead, freeing up more space in the left lane for those actually going left, and reducing the length of the queue of traffic impeding the rest of the road.
 
Georgewhitt said:
Nearest Macs to me is 30 miles away.

I live on a country lane that leads from the arsehole of nowhere to the arsehole of fuck all.

And some scratter c***s still manage to dump maccy shite in the hedgerows.

Thats not out in the country though mate.
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Exactly. You country bumpkins can enjoy the smell of shite to your heart’s content if you want - it’s an occupational hazard of being a woolyback but it shouldn’t be foisted on the townies.
 
Big Jeff said:
People who can’t go 45 minutes at the match without needing a p***.

People vaping in their seats at the match.

Useless stewards at the match.

Other than that I’m happy with the three points.

😂
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About 2 mins before kick off on Sat there were 2 lads standing at the top of the gangway in the East Stand, resting their pints of Guinness on the wall in front of them. 3 stewards stood next to them, did and said nowt.
 
Big Jeff said:
People who can’t go 45 minutes at the match without needing a p***.

People vaping in their seats at the match.

Useless stewards at the match.

Other than that I’m happy with the three points.

😂
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When I sit next to my sister at the match, it is the same story every game.

10 minutes to kick off, the bloke in front starts a vape. Occasionally a steward tells him to stop so he puts it in his pocket for 4 seconds, then slowly puffs on it all game. (I'm sure people take in more nicotine now they can basically use them like a dummy rather than a fag every couple of hours).

8 minutes in, stand up because a whole stream of blokes from further down the row come in. 32 minutes, one of them goes for a piss. 36 minutes he is back. 40 minutes, half of them leave to get to the kiosks at half time. 52 minutes they come back. 70 minutes, piss break, 74 minutes back, 85 minutes leave. They only get to see about two thirds of the game, and you can pretty much set your watch by them.
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Radio stations moving to DAB+ and now I can't listen to Absolute on either my house radio or my car radio as both are too old.
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The radio adverts go on about DAB as if it is the best thing ever. To me it isn't.

So many times I get in the car and it decides the stations are not available. I think it needs a very good signal to work or it doesn't. Where as your quality might drop slightly with FM but be barely noticeable over the other sounds of a running car. Then when it does work, if signal gets a bit shaky, or it might be as it moves from one transmitter to another, it can jump back in time 10 seconds and play the same thing again.

It might be that my car has a really bad DAB (Ford standard), but I always go FM first. I only really hunt around DAB because now Radio 2 is pretty much 90s club/dance half the time.
 
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Becs said:
Radio stations moving to DAB+ and now I can't listen to Absolute on either my house radio or my car radio as both are too old.
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One of them dongles that plug into the lighter socket, then Spotify (or absolute app if that’s your thing) all the way for me. Best £25 I’ve ever spent.
 
VenisonsMullet said:
About 2 mins before kick off on Sat there were 2 lads standing at the top of the gangway in the East Stand, resting their pints of Guinness on the wall in front of them. 3 stewards stood next to them, did and said nowt.
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Bet if a kid dared to sit on the barrier at the front or someone had a can of pop instead of a bottle they would have been straight there though

I find with our stewards the more likely it looks like someone will argue back, the less likely they are to say something
DaveH said:
When I sit next to my sister at the match, it is the same story every game.

10 minutes to kick off, the bloke in front starts a vape. Occasionally a steward tells him to stop so he puts it in his pocket for 4 seconds, then slowly puffs on it all game. (I'm sure people take in more nicotine now they can basically use them like a dummy rather than a fag every couple of hours).

8 minutes in, stand up because a whole stream of blokes from further down the row come in. 32 minutes, one of them goes for a piss. 36 minutes he is back. 40 minutes, half of them leave to get to the kiosks at half time. 52 minutes they come back. 70 minutes, piss break, 74 minutes back, 85 minutes leave. They only get to see about two thirds of the game, and you can pretty much set your watch by them.

The radio adverts go on about DAB as if it is the best thing ever. To me it isn't.

So many times I get in the car and it decides the stations are not available. I think it needs a very good signal to work or it doesn't. Where as your quality might drop slightly with FM but be barely noticeable over the other sounds of a running car. Then when it does work, if signal gets a bit shaky, or it might be as it moves from one transmitter to another, it can jump back in time 10 seconds and play the same thing again.

It might be that my car has a really bad DAB (Ford standard), but I always go FM first. I only really hunt around DAB because now Radio 2 is pretty much 90s club/dance half the time.
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Adult dummy is a pretty accurate description of vapers - see videos of people slyly using them on planes etc. - another example of absolute morons who only care about themselves
 
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DaveH said:
When I sit next to my sister at the match, it is the same story every game.

10 minutes to kick off, the bloke in front starts a vape. Occasionally a steward tells him to stop so he puts it in his pocket for 4 seconds, then slowly puffs on it all game. (I'm sure people take in more nicotine now they can basically use them like a dummy rather than a fag every couple of hours).

8 minutes in, stand up because a whole stream of blokes from further down the row come in. 32 minutes, one of them goes for a piss. 36 minutes he is back. 40 minutes, half of them leave to get to the kiosks at half time. 52 minutes they come back. 70 minutes, piss break, 74 minutes back, 85 minutes leave. They only get to see about two thirds of the game, and you can pretty much set your watch by them.

The radio adverts go on about DAB as if it is the best thing ever. To me it isn't.

So many times I get in the car and it decides the stations are not available. I think it needs a very good signal to work or it doesn't. Where as your quality might drop slightly with FM but be barely noticeable over the other sounds of a running car. Then when it does work, if signal gets a bit shaky, or it might be as it moves from one transmitter to another, it can jump back in time 10 seconds and play the same thing again.

It might be that my car has a really bad DAB (Ford standard), but I always go FM first. I only really hunt around DAB because now Radio 2 is pretty much 90s club/dance half the time.
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Sunderland must have the biggest number of folks with ADHD in the country. Never seen so many people not be able to sit still for 45 mins. They wander about the whole match and most of them walk and don’t even watch the match. Wankers
 
Walking in woodland, stepping on a downed branch/foliage, enabling the end to tip slightly upwards, snaring your other foot. This is exacerbated as the wood is anchored quite well by your standing foot. It leads, at the very least, to a stumble style trip, accompanied by a "FFS!" At worst, you're ower...
 
c032745y said:
Walking in woodland, stepping on a downed branch/foliage, enabling the end to tip slightly upwards, snaring your other foot. This is exacerbated as the wood is anchored quite well by your standing foot. It leads, at the very least, to a stumble style trip, accompanied by a "FFS!" At worst, you're ower...
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Similar with brambles. Stand on the loose end, then snare your shin on the branch which scrapes as it’s fixed at both ends.
 
DaveH said:
When I sit next to my sister at the match, it is the same story every game.

10 minutes to kick off, the bloke in front starts a vape. Occasionally a steward tells him to stop so he puts it in his pocket for 4 seconds, then slowly puffs on it all game. (I'm sure people take in more nicotine now they can basically use them like a dummy rather than a fag every couple of hours).

8 minutes in, stand up because a whole stream of blokes from further down the row come in. 32 minutes, one of them goes for a piss. 36 minutes he is back. 40 minutes, half of them leave to get to the kiosks at half time. 52 minutes they come back. 70 minutes, piss break, 74 minutes back, 85 minutes leave. They only get to see about two thirds of the game, and you can pretty much set your watch by them.

The radio adverts go on about DAB as if it is the best thing ever. To me it isn't.

So many times I get in the car and it decides the stations are not available. I think it needs a very good signal to work or it doesn't. Where as your quality might drop slightly with FM but be barely noticeable over the other sounds of a running car. Then when it does work, if signal gets a bit shaky, or it might be as it moves from one transmitter to another, it can jump back in time 10 seconds and play the same thing again.

It might be that my car has a really bad DAB (Ford standard), but I always go FM first. I only really hunt around DAB because now Radio 2 is pretty much 90s club/dance half the time.
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In other car radio related matters, the sounds that come out of various parts of the cars speakers nowadays have me regularly scrambling to turn the volume down as i`m sure somethings rattling or clunking somewhere on the motor :lol:
 
BiG said:
Im watching an old episode of House of Games and it’s a minor annoyance just how utterly thick Linda Robson is and another annoyance how everyone is mollycoddling her and another one that she’s managed to make a living - presumably from memorising words that she hardly understands.
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Patsy Kensit was unbelievably thick too, why do people with negligible knowledge go on quiz shows?
 
Crook Mackem said:
In other car radio related matters, the sounds that come out of various parts of the cars speakers nowadays have me regularly scrambling to turn the volume down as i`m sure somethings rattling or clunking somewhere on the motor :lol:
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Or in my car the rattle that sounds like a lose nut somewhere in the front top drivers side of the dashboard that in the 8 years I have owned the car I have not been able to track down. It only does it over 30 mph on certain road surfaces. I need a big vibrating platform to park the car on to see if I can make it do it when I'm not driving and can spend a bit of time identifying it. I have tried a few times bouncing the car on the drive, no sound at all.
 
DaveH said:
Or in my car the rattle that sounds like a lose nut somewhere in the front top drivers side of the dashboard that in the 8 years I have owned the car I have not been able to track down. It only does it over 30 mph on certain road surfaces. I need a big vibrating platform to park the car on to see if I can make it do it when I'm not driving and can spend a bit of time identifying it. I have tried a few times bouncing the car on the drive, no sound at all.
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If my car didn't rattle I'd think summat was wrang. 😁

265000 mile dog bus. 😁

Sometimes the windows work, sometimes they dont. Depends what mood its in.
Open the door, and the radio gans off. 🤣🤣🤣
 
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