40v Makita tools.
Wtf was wrong with 18v, and occasionally 18v x2 if you must?
Ridiculous thing to have to wield on a hand held tool. (I know you get smaller ah versions)
Aside from maybe a cordless chop saw, I cannot see where they are an advantage to anyone else but the tool companies who get to sell people more tools and batteries.
Reply all *thumbs up!*
Do you want this?
"Good day to you, sir. I trust this missive finds you well and that the morning light has graced your workspace with optimal productivity.
I am writing to formally acknowledge the receipt of your calendar invitation. Please allow me to express my profound gratitude for the opportunity to convene. Regarding the proposed temporal window for our assembly: I have cross-referenced your request with my own internal scheduling ledger and can confirm, with a high degree of certainty, that my presence shall be accounted for. I shall arrive prepared to engage in robust discourse and synergistic ideation.
I trust this detailed confirmation provides the requisite level of professional decorum you seek. I eagerly await the moment our schedules entwine in the spirit of corporate cooperation.
Yours in steadfast diligence."
Or you could get a 👍 instead and save everyone the effort.
People that reply to emails in a professional setting, with a **** emoji.
The amount of times I daily want to reply with a first line of
"sadly, I must inform you that, no, your email does not find me well"
Or you could get a
instead and save everyone the effort.
Or if it's a calendar invite, you could just click the [accept] button. Or [reject] if you're feeling rebellious.
"Reply All" really is a blight at times.
On the subject of calendar invites, sending them for days/times that I'm not in the office or already have a meeting. The scheduler view has been a thing in Outlook for about a thousand years, so you can see when we have a mutually free slot. I know balancing calendars can be hard when there's loads of people*, but if it's just you and me than, well, FFS.
*which brings me on nicely on to 'why the f__k do you think we need all these people on this call?'
Apps not supporting old versions of Android. I'm looking at you iPlayer!
I don't want to buy a new tablet. It's a basic old Kindle HD10 5th gen that happily runs a few different streaming apps and doesn't need to do anything else. Stop trying to force me to create more landfill.
Stickers on every **** thing.
Look idiots, I paid extra for a polished chrome version because guess what? Yes that's right, I wanted to look at a polished chrome object, not two sets of welded on stickers advertising the functions of the thing plus its product name...30 minutes and some WD40 and I still have a smeary mess. FFS.
Oh and while I'm complaining, Met Office your new layout absolutely sucks and I don't want to have to KEEP changing it back to the old one, just leave things that aren't broken alone.
People in A&E who give the staff shit because their twisted sock means that have to wait a little longer.
I'm knackered and would rather not be here, but I ain't taking it out on the poor ****ers trying to get us all sorted.
People in A&E who give the staff shit because their twisted sock means that have to wait a little longer.
I read that several times to try and work out if it was a euphemism.
Hope you're all good.
People in A&E who give the staff shit because their twisted sock means that have to wait a little longer.
I read that several times to try and work out if it was a euphemism.
Hope you're all good.
Haha, fair one. Old military reference, could be brutal when you were injured. Or 'on the biff'.
High speed saddle/stomach interface has left me a little worse for wear, just here as a precaution from minor injuries.
Cheers for the concern.
Hope you got sorted RM.
Handles on coffee cups, or occasionally tea cups in cafes, where the hole is too small, for even one finger to fit in (fnarr).
So you have to pinch the handle precariously between two fingers like you're a gorilla at a dolls tea party FFS. ****s who deliberately design a drinking utensil that is unfit for purpose for some unfathomable, poncey or 'aesthetic' reason. ****ers!
Booking websites with a baffling array of options...
For example - the Colosseum
Do I want:
- the arena floor
- the underground
- first level only
- the attic (but then I can's access the underground)
(Not available on the first Sunday of the month)
book 30 days in advance, at exactly 8:45 am local time
Bah. I just want to go in and have a wander about!
Romans wouldn't have stood for this shit! "Bread and Circuses" keep the plebs fed and entertained! Back in the day whoever designed the booking system would have been fed to a leopard.
People who think its acceptable to watch their devices on public transport without headphones on. Especially those who turn it down "a little bit" thus proving they know exactly what they are doing and simply don't care.
don't want to buy a new tablet. It's a basic old Kindle HD10 5th gen t
On which subject - why are Amazon killing off old Kindles that have been working perfectly well? (Yes, that was a rhetorical question).
On which subject - why are Amazon killing off old Kindles that have been working perfectly well? (Yes, that was a rhetorical question).
On that note, are they actually bricking them in some way? IIRC once you'd downloaded the book from amazon you could interface with the kindle through 3rd party software?
I dug mine out the loft the other day after someone mentioned there was a large library of pirated books floating around the internet that had been used to train AI and figured I might try and download it. I never really used it much when I actually bought it as it turned out 2nd hand books were always cheaper than new kindle downloads.
I might have grumbled about this before, but... Retired people who go shopping at lunchtime. You've got ALL DAY to do your shopping, why are you going during the 30mins I have spare in the day...
Today's example was on top of a seemingly endless spiral of disproportionately cross items...
- Rear brake binding on the car, decided to replace with new calipers on both sides, and sort it myself.
- When fitting new calipers discovered that the handbrake cable had welded itself to the caliper... Ended up ordering new cables.
- Week later I fitted new handbrake cables, which was a right faff.
- Sorted out the side which wasn't binding too badly, but when trying to replace the other side, discovered that the hydraulic hose has also welded itself to the caliper. New hose needed
- Ordered hose on Sunday eve, to arrive in store next day, collected hose from Halfords near work, got home and found package had been previously opened and the banjo bolt (shown and mentioned on the website) wasn't present.
- Took it back on Tues, they ordered a replacement, when that arrived on Weds it also had no bolt (apparently the description and pic are wrong!!!)
- Ordered from another place (GSF, which is more of a faff to get to), to arrive today - after waiting for Mr ****ing McGoo to finish paying with bits of string, I got to the counter to find that for seemingly no reason, it had been delivered to the store, then returned back to the warehouse. Apparently I can collect it tomorrow..............................
Wargh.....
I might have grumbled about this before, but... Retired people who go shopping at lunchtime. You've got ALL DAY to do your shopping, why are you going during the 30mins I have spare in the day...
MrsJ and I are retired I suggest we go somewhere and she says she can’t go during the week as she has gym classes, so we have to go at the weekend - which is less than optimal, for similar reasons.
On that note, are they actually bricking them in some way?
Dunno. At least preventing directly downloading to the kindle. Introducing an extra step requiring more software and another device seriously negates the value of the kindle.
I might have grumbled about this before, but... Retired people who go shopping at lunchtime. You've got ALL DAY to do your shopping, why are you going during the 30mins I have spare in the day...
Honestly, you have no idea. I haven't got all day at all! I'm cycling, hillwalking, motorcycling, pottering in the garage, sat in cafes or pubs. All that fun stuff leaves precious little time for dull shite like shopping. So if I have to do it, I like to extract maximum fun from it by timing it to cause the most inconvenience to workers 😋
So if I have to do it, I like to extract maximum fun from it by timing it to cause the most inconvenience to workers
I hope you remember to take your time at the till and spend a few minutes getting your carrier bags out. Maybe a few more minutes chatting to the cashier if there is one 😀
Honestly, you have no idea. I haven't got all day at all! I'm cycling, hillwalking, motorcycling, pottering in the garage, sat in cafes or pubs. All that fun stuff leaves precious little time for dull shite like shopping. So if I have to do it, I like to extract maximum fun from it by timing it to cause the most inconvenience to workers
My list of things to be disproportionately cross about is growing by the minute! 🤪
Triggered by this: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/apr/30/you-be-the-judge-open-sandwiches
The term "open sandwich". There's no such thing. A sandwich, by definition, is something between two of something else. Otherwise it's just stuff on bread. You wouldn't call beans on toast an open sandwich would you?
From the comments on that article - Tom, 43, I'm 100% with you.
On which subject - why are Amazon killing off old Kindles that have been working perfectly well? (Yes, that was a rhetorical question).
On that note, are they actually bricking them in some way? IIRC once you'd downloaded the book from amazon you could interface with the kindle through 3rd party software?
I dug mine out the loft the other day after someone mentioned there was a large library of pirated books floating around the internet that had been used to train AI and figured I might try and download it. I never really used it much when I actually bought it as it turned out 2nd hand books were always cheaper than new kindle downloads.
Calibre is a great free tool that can upload books to Kindle, and convert from ePub to Mobi and other formats.
I have no intention of updating my 2012 Kindle paperwhite.
There are vast online resources, free ebooks, downloads etc.
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Mrs 100th puts up with a lot but she does have her foibles. I am getting preemptively cross.
She leaves for a cycling holiday at 0100 tomorrow. I've been suggesting she might like to pack or at least pile for packing. Nope not a thing. Bike and bike box still two separate entities. She's currently dog walking before meeting for a boozy lunch. She's mastered the hidey tidy .
We all know how this evening is going to go.
Next door leave their dogs during the day in the back garden whilst they are at work. One of them barks. Constantly. It is like a car alarm going off all day, everyday. Can't escape the noise even when inside.
People who throw their McDonalds crap out of the car window in my nice patch of countryside, the nearest one is 20miles away ffs. I’d have them flogged.
Next door leave their dogs during the day in the back garden whilst they are at work. One of them barks. Constantly.
They're only playing. They've never done that before. They love children.
Have I got the hang of this "dog owner" thing yet?
Rather than offer me a selection of any audio books in any subject I choose, I used be able select say "genre horror", and it used to show me everything it had, Audible now just offers me it's "recommendations for you" of 10 titles, apparently I'm not allowed to browse the entire library, I can't be trusted clearly.
Have I got the hang of this "dog owner" thing yet?
No, but you're extremely adept at applying that tar, and all with the same brush too! 😉
We're in the garden, the bike is semi packed, it's raining and "I'm not being helpful"
Have I got the hang of this "dog owner" thing yet?
You forgot "I've only got one bag and it's already full" and "I'll pick it up later on my way back to the car"
We're in the garden, the bike is semi packed, it's raining and "I'm not being helpful"
I feel your pain. Unless I misunderstood your earlier, post though, she's leaving you on your own for a few days? Result! Bite your lip, smile then break out the playstation, beer and takeaway menus when the coast is clear.
She leaves for a cycling holiday at 0100 tomorrow. I've been suggesting she might like to pack or at least pile for packing. Nope not a thing. Bike and bike box still two separate entities. She's currently dog walking before meeting for a boozy lunch. She's mastered the hidey tidy .
This affects you how?
A new one this evening.
A 'very helpful' 2nd cook has come along and got involved in peeling, preparing, cutting vegetables while the 1st cook (me) was still doing the potatoes. That's a job which needs a little space on the chopping board, but once they're cut and dropped into the pan for parboiling, then the chopping board will be free.
So bugger off with your other veg until the tatties are out of the way. Please.
I know, 2 chopping boards, etc. But there's only so much worktop estate too.
Decorating. Specifically the downstairs loo this morning. Tiny room, no space to move or set up properly, loads of corners and edges to cut in.
She leaves for a cycling holiday at 0100 tomorrow. I've been suggesting she might like to pack or at least pile for packing. Nope not a thing. Bike and bike box still two separate entities. She's currently dog walking before meeting for a boozy lunch. She's mastered the hidey tidy .
This affects you how?
Because finding stuff and packing under a short time pressure is not her forte. Finding the key item that was around a week ago but has been tidied is nigh on impossible.
To "help" I laid out things I thought she might need so I could grab them for her. So although I had written that post in the tone of an eye rolling misogynist that is not my nature.
Just been for an MRI. I was asked if I wanted to listen to music and I said yes, not because the noise of the machine bothers me but so I have an idea about the passing of time. However, the music du jour was Smooth, so I spent 45 minutes stuck in a metal tube with Celine Dion, Elton John and the like. Hopefully my groaning didn’t blur the image.
I've reached an age where I needed to go to a garden centre on a bank holiday weekend. FML.
And I still forgot to get a packet of pea seeds.
There is a fox with some sort of terrible bowel disorder that leaves a watery yet sticky shit in my garden every single night (currently on the shed base I'm working on, without fail) Now I like foxes, I'll be very happy to see it visit in the future if it improves its diet and eats some more fibre or something but the smell is incredible- not so much how bad it is, but how it spreads. I literally step into the back garden and I know that somewhere out there is a fresh delivery.
Country music.
I mean, surely it's some kind of elaborate joke I'm missing? 🤔
