Little things that annoy



Adding the word "bells" after a number to indicate time. "I'll see you at 9 bells"

There's no such time, the use of a ships bell was to indicate the passage of a watch as nobody had a watch (timepiece). It is not the time!!!
 
Adding the word "bells" after a number to indicate time. "I'll see you at 9 bells"

There's no such time, the use of a ships bell was to indicate the passage of a watch as nobody had a watch (timepiece). It is not the time!!!

I thought that it was derived from the usage of bells in clock towers to indicate the time?
 
Road markings with poor road signs to go with them, traffic jams you've no idea which lane you need, unlike the good old days when everything worked pretty well.
 

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