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Negotiating a sale of a bike, arranging a time & place to meet, and then, on the day of collection the **** ghosts me.
Guess what I’ve been up to this aft…
Actually no worse than I often see on news items (not on Singletrack), which are written by people paid to do so.
The amount of "professional" journos who don't know the difference between it's and its is shocking. Even STW does not escape this.
As I said: disproportionately cross. I think mostly it irritates me because it's so common. It's not even like they sound the same.
... Wait. Are "draw" and "drawer" homophones in some accents?
Er, yeah.....
......I pronouce them the same.
Draw was also a term for weed in my youth.
*Sticks head out of upstairs window, waves at the Yonner in a Mancunian accent.*
Oh, back to the OP.
1. People who don't read manuals.
More specifically, the type of supercilious ****er who appears to take pride in the fact that they have bought a nice piece of tech and have absolutely no idea of how it works or it's capabilities.
2. People who post on HiFi threads who have obviously never, ever used their ears.
3. People who own a nice BBQ but are incapable of cooking anything properly.
4. Tories who keep telling me that they had no idea BJ was a mendacious, priapic alcoholic with the morals of Jeffrey Archer.
People who have an accent when they wave.
Okay a real one, stems that have 4mm face plate bolts but 5mm steerer bolts. Just pick one.
People who have an accent when they wave.
Would save me rummaging around in the ‘draw of chaos’
And swerving back on topic,
IT’S A ****ING DRAWER! WHY IS THIS SUCH A DIFFICULT WORD?! AAAARRRGHGHGTHGH!!11!ELEVEN!!
Maybe it's more like a tombola?
Okay a real one, stems that have 4mm face plate bolts but 5mm steerer bolts. Just pick one.
Or take my Marin. Which came needing three different BB tools - different sized rotor mounts and a different BB.
The frequency of which Loyle Carner goes 'oouurrgh' in his music...
Not sure how to spell it but it's the first thing he says in this song, and then it's about every 4 seconds.
It's not 'ugh' or even 'ugghhhh', it's more 'ooheuurggh' and it's entirely unnecessary and sounds ridiculous.
Just stop it.
'XXXXXXtrackworld' thread titles.
Never open them.
People who say thank you at Zebra Crossing. I'm legally require stop. Conversely drivers who get arsey because people don't say thank you.
Being ill when you aren't expected at work (currently missing out on sunny but not too warm weather, perfect for nice long rides). 🙁
‘XXXXXXtrackworld’ thread titles.
Never open them.
XXXXXX-erists Assemble thread titles.
Americans saying 'Urbs'.
Drivers (who I assume are also cyclists at other times) who don't follow the normal conventions of the road to be overly compensating to cyclists, therefore causing great confusion, ie slowing down to let you out when they are the only car on the road, by the time you have worked out that was there intention they would have past and you would be 50 metres up the road anyway.
Americans saying ‘Urbs’.
How mushy pea tins are always smaller than most other cans.
Wtf is that about?
'angings too good for 'em! Somebody get a rope.
Ok. I'm admitting to one.
Why. Why. Why. Are the daytime running lights on cars only* on the front?
Sooooo many people in the dark, wet and poor visibility this weekend with no rear lights on.
Surely you make the law to have both front and rear DRL's?
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*Apart from enlightened brands like Volvo.
Not sure how to spell it but it’s the first thing he says in this song, and then it’s about every 4 seconds.
It’s not ‘ugh’ or even ‘ugghhhh’, it’s more ‘ooheuurggh’ and it’s entirely unnecessary and sounds ridiculous.
Just stop it.
do you not think that this is just part of his delivery? For me its what gives his music the feeling that hes just rolling it off is brain at that moment or he's mid conversation with someone - also give his music this super laid back feel.
do you not think that this is just part of his delivery?
Well, I don't think it, I know it. That's because he doesn't stop doing it. I think it spoils it but realise that others don't.
🙂👍
Surely you make the law to have both front and rear DRL’s?
That would make a lot more sense. I guess cars like Volvo built in Scandinavian countries (where always-on lights have been law for a long time) are better thought out.
But yeah, odd why rear lights remain off 🤷♂️
Leaving lights on.
Leaving dirty dishes by the dishwasher.
Leaving clean dishes in the dishwasher.
Leaving recycling on the work surface not in the bin below it.
The use of the word 'gotten'.
Putting glass bottles & jars, or cardboard, ready to be recycled directly Infront of the back door, which opens inwards.
You have to open the back door to take the recycling out.
But you can't because someone put all glass bottles and cardboard Infront of it.
Aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhh.
WHY???
There is a perfectly good alternative place on the worktop adjacent to the back door which doesn't either block the back door or risk getting the bottles all accidentally kicked over.
Or even better, take the bloody recycling out for once.
Does my head in.
I never say anything, obviously.
A combination of that ^^ and
Leaving recycling on the work surface not in the bin below it.
Stacking shit up on top of the bin. Not only is it, y'know, not in the bin, but it's now preventing other things from going in the bin without requiring extra work.
On the worktop above would be preferable, at least then I can still get to the actual bin. Also, it wouldn't all skitter down the back if I don't notice before pressing the pedal.
Also also,
Non-food waste in food receptacles. The innocuous version of this is chocolate wrappers tossed back in the box. But this is where the rot sets in.
Banana skins in cereal bowls. Used tissues in soup bowls. Chocolate bar wrappers in ice-cream bowls. How exactly do you think this is going to pan out other than some ****er else having to fish around in what's left of your food in order to retrieve it? How hard is it to leave things adjacent rather than actively creating grim work?
Quite a few mentions of the stuff that winds me up...
Mostly when people 'Crack on and let's get it done' not taking the time or energy to think a few steps ahead and work out that what they have done is create a mountain of unnecessary bullshizz and bother for someone else to be shouldered with later on who will clearly be thinking 'well, this wasn't thought through was it' and said thinker of that thought has to do inordinate amounts of work to put it right or totally undo the previous cracking on effort and then fix up ho× the job should have been done in the first place... arrrrtgh!
Avacados.
Rock hard, rock hard, rock hard, rock hard, rock hard, rock hard, rock hard, rock hard, perfect for approximately 3 minutes, rotten, rotten, rotten
Aggghhh! Missed it again!
Dicks 😡
People who use WhatsApp to send only voice messages and then get pissed off at me when I refuse to listen to/answer them.
People who put mugs on the worktop directly above the dishwasher even though the door is open and the machine is empty.
“Pet parents”. Aaaaaargh.
See also, "forever home" and "rainbow bridge."
I love animals, we have three cats. But I'm keeping them till they're dead.
Also, stop putting them in pyjamas you ****ing maniac. Facebook photo, "Fluffy doesn't like his new hat," well, that's because he's a dog. Get with the programme or have babies.
🤣
It's a common term in various animal groups, "Buttons crossed the rainbow bridge yesterday." And in all seriousness I sympathise 100%, my heart breaks when someone loses a pet. I still weep over the loss of my old girl from 20 years ago. But for ****'s sake, are you 12? Use grown-up words.
I think it’s something to do with MarioCart.
Mario Kart.
“Buttons crossed the rainbow bridge yesterday.”
Bleurgh.
The tweeness that people mistake for profundity these days.
Oh, I have a new one.
Holding a phone next to your ear. Well done, that's how phones have worked since Al Bell's days.
Holding a phone in front of your face, sure, video calls are a thing these days.
Holding a phone horizontally flat in front of your mouth. What the actual **** is that all about? Are you waiting for Scotty to beam you up? Is this some sort of fashion statement like John Woo having actors hold guns sideways? You look like a pillock.
People who attach ‘No Parking’ signs to the boundary wall in front of their property.
Or people who put No Parking signs ACROSS from their property, to compensate for their defective steering skills in driving from their driveway out into the street.
However, I am reluctant to be too dogmatic about things like this following an incident when I ignored someone's cones and parked in the street, but found a note on my windscreen explaining that the householder had a disabled son and had to carry him from the car to the house. The next day she came out to meet me and apologised for leaving the note. I felt about one inch tall, so nowadays I just drive on by in such situations.
Holding a phone horizontally flat in front of your mouth.
This is normal for contestants on The Apprentice. Which I guess is sort of what you were saying.