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Really minor annoyances


TV presenters/celebs that have a go at something involving graft/effort & go at it like they're possessed. Poor bloke that's done it all his life, 8 - 10 hours a day & has another 20 years to go, looking on while said idiot announces how much of a work out they're getting lugging bricks or hacking at undergrowth.
 
Going to the urinals and standing beside someone on their phone, not holding their cock, texting, watching TikTok or whatever. They could be sneakily taking a photo of little Bat_Finchale without my permission.
 
DaveH said:
Any software subscription model these days. A complete rip off and very few people offer a lightweight option.

There used to be a really good free tool (with paid for upgrade for more features) for designing PCBs. I have designed two in my life, and being good software I would have either been happy to pay a reasonable amount for each single use, pay a low one off cost for the software or signed up for a monthly subscription where I could cancel at any time.

They switched to a model where you could only by annually, but pushed people for 3 years, at hundreds of pounds per year. Thousands of people who used it at a hobby level ditched it, as has many businesses. I'm not sure if their smaller but paying more user base builds more profit for them. Neither option was worth it for the very limited use cases I have.

Black Mirror did a really good episode about subscriptions and terms changing.
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Saw that
Im currently at odds with all road works signage , especially on dual carriageway or motorway. Who ever puts the signage out is on drugs , they put a 50mph out then nothing for about 2 miles after its gone back to 3 lanes and you presume youve missed the clear sign,then theres another lone 50 sign so youve been speeding. Or worse nothing at all so you dont know youre back up to 70 for miles until every one just goes f*ck it .
 
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Geras said:
Saw that
Im currently at odds with all road works signage , especially on dual carriageway or motorway. Who ever puts the signage out is on drugs , they put a 50mph out then nothing for about 2 miles after its gone back to 3 lanes and you presume youve missed the clear sign,then theres another lone 50 sign so youve been speeding. Or worse nothing at all so you dont know youre back up to 70 for miles until every one just goes f*ck it .
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You've just accurately described the M27 between Portsmouth and Southampton. It really is the Road to Hell.
 
F.Frederick Skitty said:
I thought it sounded familiar 🙂
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. Not handy when youve just driven up half of France , youre still tring to adjust to going left round roundabouts and still have a 5 hour drive . A38 was as bad with the added hazard of being like a roller coaster for bumps. Since then its been everywhere , latest was M60 Manchester Airport ." Do 50 , no 60 is ok , whoa theres a queue do 40 ( there wasnt) , 3 lanes clear , no advice , no we said 50" . Then nothing on an open road , until a random one off 50 sign 10 miles along the M62 🤬
 
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Geras said:
. Not handy when youve just driven up half of France , youre still tring to adjust to going left round roundabouts and still have a 5 hour drive . A38 was as bad with the added hazard of being like a roller coaster for bumps. Since then its been everywhere , latest was M60 Manchester Airport ." Do 50 , no 60 is ok , whoa theres a queue do 40 ( there wasnt) , 3 lanes clear , no advice , no we said 50" . Then nothing on an open road , until a random one off 50 sign 10 miles along the M62 🤬
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Dreadful. The M1 around Notts was bad a few years ago for 50mph, seemed to go on forever. Another minor annoyance is closing major roads after 10pm, I was heading south quite late a couple of years ago and I was rerouted round half of Leicestershire, and when I got to the M25 found out the A3 was closed so ended up doing the same thing round Berkshire. Added about 3 hours to my journey.
 
F.Frederick Skitty said:
Dreadful. The M1 around Notts was bad a few years ago for 50mph, seemed to go on forever. Another minor annoyance is closing major roads after 10pm, I was heading south quite late a couple of years ago and I was rerouted round half of Leicestershire, and when I got to the M25 found out the A3 was closed so ended up doing the same thing round Berkshire. Added about 3 hours to my journey.
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Yup , think i caught that Leicester one going north, same time June 2 years ago ? Again i was coming back from France shattered . Its a a bit surreal rolling up to the whole M1 shut , like WTF? . I was reading they were having an 80 mile detour around Oxford recently 😳😤
 
Enjoying reading the debate about this seasons new home strip then finding it's locked by the mods - why?

It was getting panned by a minority and we shouldn't upset the club?
 
DaveH said:
Worse when you are on a work conference call, take that last swig and it hits the back of your throat leaving you pulling a face as you try not to cough, you have nowt else to drink because you just finished your tea and your face is large on most peoples screen so they can all see you.

People who insist on sitting underneath the aircon at work or in it's direct path, or next to the window for those without aircon, then demand the window is kept shut or the aircon is turned up to make the office 25 degrees or more, while complaining they are cold. Usually women in my experience, most often women who can get away with very lightweight summer clothes, which blokes in an office can not.

"Lets have the office at 21 degrees and anyone cold can put a jumper on" is apparently not an appropriate thing to say. Neither is "well why don't you move from the coldest part of the office to the hottest dumbass? We will be happier, you will be happier, no more moaning about being cold"
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Hmmmm, sounds like you`ve been caught on the Coldplay Kiss Cam.
Geras said:
Saw that
Im currently at odds with all road works signage , especially on dual carriageway or motorway. Who ever puts the signage out is on drugs , they put a 50mph out then nothing for about 2 miles after its gone back to 3 lanes and you presume youve missed the clear sign,then theres another lone 50 sign so youve been speeding. Or worse nothing at all so you dont know youre back up to 70 for miles until every one just goes f*ck it .
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Diversion signs that disappear at a junction or roundabout. Where the hell are you supposed to go now??? 😤 😤 😤
 
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mickb2112 said:
Hmmmm, sounds like you`ve been caught on the Coldplay Kiss Cam.

Diversion signs that disappear at a junction or roundabout. Where the hell are you supposed to go now??? 😤 😤 😤
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We've had a major works and traffic diversion round our town for the last year . I know the town obviously but have often had to go " the sign cant mean that " and ignore it to take the next turn on a roundabout to get through . Would be a nightmare for a stranger . I think they just let the brew lad put the signs out
 
Bring of a particular generation I pronounce the letter ‘H’ as ‘aitch’

It’s a minor irritation to me when people pronounce it ‘haitch’.

I STILL find my brain being momentarily surprised at that pronunciation. It’s so ingrained.
 
when you're away camping and you end up sleeping on the ground because your airbed's gone down.
also after a skinful when you finally negotiate the tent zips then sleeping bag zip and get comfy you're suddenly bursting for a slash so have to do the same in reverse whilst trying to hold it in. all in the pitch black with little co ordination because of the previous skinful.
 
People starting threads with the name of somebody in it but they don't explain who it is so you've got to google who they are to see if you're interested.
 
humbug said:
when you're away camping and you end up sleeping on the ground because your airbed's gone down.
also after a skinful when you finally negotiate the tent zips then sleeping bag zip and get comfy you're suddenly bursting for a slash so have to do the same in reverse whilst trying to hold it in. all in the pitch black with little co ordination because of the previous skinful.
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Air bed thing for me The weekend just gone. Old self inflating mattress and I think it has just given up. Woke up with a sore hip where it was pressed into the hard ground.
 
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