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Recipes that call for a thumb sized piece of ginger, is that a big thumb or a little thumb. Do we count to the first or second knuckle, perhaps even further? Then once you've decided what size thumb you want but your piece of ginger is shaped nothing like a thumb and once peeled is now half the size of your thumb.
It's ginger, if in doubt add a little extra. Yum.
But yes that reminds me about recipes that call for, say, shredded carrots and then are very vague about whether you should weigh them before peeling/shredding or after.
and once peeled is now half the size of your thumb.
You're peeling your ginger all wrong. Grr. Just scrape it with a knife or even a teaspoon, the peel is very thin, like carrots.
This should really go in the “things that make me cross thread”.
The Wife’s car got damaged whilst we were away on holiday, minor damage but enough to involve the insurance. It’s been in the repair shop for three weeks now, they are having a third attempt at getting the repair right. That’s annoying but they’ll have to keep going until it’s right.
That isn’t the source of my disproportionate crossness. The email from Enterprise who are supplying the courtesy car reads as follows:
Please may you contact ourselves regarding the hire car
Kind regards
You’re peeling your ginger all wrong. Grr. Just scrape it with a knife or even a teaspoon, the peel is very thin, like carrots.
Are you saying you peel carrots? 😲 (Regardless of implement used.)
Edit: agree with teaspoon for ginger
Shoelaces that come undone all the time. It's 2023, surely by now someone has invented shoelaces with a bit of friction
Emojis, stickers and memes.
Used by anyone anywhere anyhow unless they are under 13 years old.
Note the lack of smiley face.
Please may you contact ourselves regarding the hire car
Passive-aggressive emails from the Indian subcontinent that end 'Please revert to myself'. I suppose we just have to accept that Inglish and English are diverging, but I still find this excruciating.
I've got a couple of colleagues who email "please may you..." I know they are trying to be polite but it really irks me.
The use of "dis" as the opposite of something. Eg. Regulated/disregulated, invited/disinvited and todays rage inducing one benefit/disbenefit.
There were perfectly acceptable words for all of the above before some asshat decided to invent a new word for the same thing.
Dis anything can get in the ****ing sea.
EDIT: angry face emoji removed to not upset Winston.
Are you saying you peel carrots?
Sometimes. Depends on the carrots and what I'm doing with them.
By the way, if you use an actual peeler, keep going until you've shaved through the whole carrot into a pile of peelings. Good to eat like this!
Note the lack of smiley face.
And the lack of grumpy face. Now I'm confused. Are you being sarcastic? Your meaning is entirely lost without little faces, how am I meant to understand? 🤔❓
Shoelaces that come undone all the time. It’s 2023, surely by now someone has invented shoelaces with a bit of friction
Have you tried the rugby knot*? Normal overhand knot then when you loop the lace round the bite, loop it twice. It looks like a normal knot, releases like a normal knot but it as tough as a double knot.
*this might not be the correct name, but it has always been called that in my house.
then when you loop the lace round the bite, loop it twice
will try
Americans on Youtube saying 'Acclimated' rather than Acclimatised.
Divs.
Googling Google maps for 'campsites', and what you often get is loads of caravan sites, that don't allow tents anyway, even if you did want to be surrounded by a corral of white plastic boxes on manicured gravel parking bays.
Caravans aren't camping. Where's the suffering?
Can't they call them just caravan sites so there's some separation when searching?*
*Yeah I know you can put parameters into Ukcampsite when searching, but their website was designed in the 1950s and I prefer to use Google maps.
With the tying of shoelaces, there are two ways of doing a normal knot depending on whether you start with right over left or left over right. If the "ears" of the knot are pointing in the same direction as the laces then it's the strong version and should resist coming undone, if the ears are at 90° to the laces (i.e. pointing up towards your leg and down to your toes) then it's the weak version of the knot.
The use of “dis” as the opposite of something. Eg. Regulated/disregulated, invited/disinvited and todays rage inducing one benefit/disbenefit.<br />There were perfectly acceptable words for all of the above before some asshat decided to invent a new word for the same thing.<br />Dis anything can get in the **** sea.
EDIT: angry face emoji removed to not upset Winston.<br /><br />
on the flip side, it means the opposite of disgruntled is gruntled…
The use of “dis” as the opposite of something.
and people who don't know the difference between 'uninterested' and 'disinterested'. They're the worst.
Ok jam-bo, I concede there are some valid uses such as in the thread title but that doesn't mean people should stick it in front of any word they want to make up new words for no reason when we already have existing words for what they want to convey.
Notably, in my experience, the people using these primarily work for consultancies or 'think tanks' where they think it makes them sound clever. Instead it just marks them out as utter wallopers.
With the tying of shoelaces, there are two ways of doing a normal knot depending on whether you start with right over left or left over right
I've been doing it wrong all my life. Can I add myself to things that make me disproportionately cross
Or at least until I've tried this method for a week or two and it works
The use of “dis” as the opposite of something. Eg. Regulated/disregulated, invited/disinvited and todays rage inducing one benefit/disbenefit.
Disbenefits is a genuine one - it gets used a lot in transport modelling schemes where you're looking at the pros and cons of traffic interventions.
I promise you it's not being used to annoy you, it is an Actual Thing.
If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to revert to myself...
😉
Grown adults who should know better trying to speak like da yoof.
Remember when you used to laugh at middle aged folk trying to look cool by using words you used? Yeah, you're that guy now.
'Touch the grass'
Etc.
Disbenefits is a genuine one – it gets used a lot in transport modelling schemes where you’re looking at the pros and cons of traffic interventions.
Does that make it a real word? Disadvantage? Downside? Drawback? etc etc. Lots of good english words to use that are the opposite of benefits
Lots of nonsense is regularly used in all sorts of specialities. Doesn't stop it being poor english 🙂
Typing a long reply then having the forum bin the lot because I used a bracket somewhere.
Senior people at work expecting you to work on work related thing when not at work. Or come in early/finish late for the same
I used to get a variation on this. I worked in a 6th form college where the start time for the students was 8.50am and finish at 4.10 pm. I used to arrive as the doors were being unlocked at 7 am because a, I work much better in the mornings, b, the traffic was so much easier so I could get there in 20 minutes rather than the 45 it would have taken me if I left home at 8am and c, there were no queues for the photocopier etc and few distractions for at least an hour. I would then leave at about 4.20pm assuming there were no scheduled meetings as again the traffic was much easier and I was usually completely knackered by then ( I realise now that this was probably the start of my CFS ) get home have a break and then do some more preparation at home.
I used to get snide comments from my colleagues and sometimes from the management as being a ‘ clock watcher’, a‘part timer’ because I didn’t stay till 5 pm like they did and made sure the management had seen them. But some of them had turned up at 8.45am or later so I had spent at least as long as they had at work.
This was ten years ago but it still rankles
used to get snide comments from my colleagues and sometimes from the management as being a ‘ clock watcher’, a‘part timer’ because I didn’t stay till 5 pm like they did and made sure the management had seen them. But some of them had turned up at 8.45am or later so I had spent at least as long as they had at work.
This was ten years ago but it still rankles
Did you ever send lots of emails that started "As I sit here in the office by myself at 7am..."?
If not you missed a trick.
Work family
Work wife
Work hubby
With the tying of shoelaces, there are two ways of doing a normal knot depending on whether you start with right over left or left over right
I’ve been doing it wrong all my life. Can I add myself to things that make me disproportionately cross
Or at least until I’ve tried this method for a week or two and it works
If that doesn’t work out here’s a few more options.
https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/knots.htm
and people who don’t know the difference between ‘uninterested’ and ‘disinterested’. They’re the worst.<br /><br />
Myself couldn’t be more disinterested if I tried.
I could care less to be honest
It’s been a great day. I’m turbed, enheartened and combobulated
I always feel the same after a night dancing at the co
I always feel the same after a night dancing at the co
-op?
People don't peel carrots? First against the wall when I'm in charge.
With the tying of shoelaces, there are two ways of doing a normal knot depending on whether you start with right over left or left over right.
Now that I'm less disproportionately cross about losing a lengthy post I'll try again.
This is a Granny Knot vs a Reef Knot. If you tie two cords (say) left-over-right and then left-over-right again, you end up with a shit knot because there is very little friction in the system. If instead they oppose (so one LoR and the other RoL) then the cords run parallel and the knot is considerably stronger.
The former is unfortunately instinctive. Try this as an experiment: put your hands on the table in front of you, then quickly fold your arms. You'll have one hand on top, the other underneath. Now repeat the process only folding them the other way. It's trivial with practice but the first time you try it'll likely bake your noodle. (I'm available for parties, weddings, bar mitzvahs...)
Now, the same is true of shoelaces, only it's not as immediately obvious when the second knot is formed with two loops learned by some bollocks about a rabbit sticking its ears up its arse or something back when you were in infant school. Look at your laces right now, are they straight or are they at a pissed angle? If they're crooked then you're probably tying them wrong.
Unlearning this after decades is hard but the fix is actually really easy, carry on tying the bow as you always have and just reverse the 'hand' of the bottom knot instead.
Unlearning this after decades is hard...
As I am now discovering. I couldn't describe how I tie laces but my hands absolutely know and are not happy about the change
People don’t peel carrots? First against the wall when I’m in charge
People who waffle at great length about tying shoelaces. Shoelaces FFS! 🙄 Any last requests? 😉
This will blow your mind. I never peel carrots, parsnips, mushrooms, potatoes* or tomatoes. Life is too short and the most nutritious and best tasting part of most veg is the skin. A quick scrub/wash and jobs a good un.
*except (reluctantly) for mash. For chips, wedges, roasters, boiled tatties I simply CBA and reckon they taste all the better for it.
As I am now discovering. I couldn’t describe how I tie laces but my hands absolutely know and are not happy about the change
String Theory? 😁
Do the bow as you always have, reverse the initial knot.
I never peel carrots, parsnips, mushrooms, potatoes* or tomatoes.
I always knew you were a ****ing deviant.
Mash can be the one you don't need to peel. Take baby potatoes almost cooked through, transfer to a wok with chopped spring onions and too much butter that have been sizzling for a couple of minutes, bash it all together. Bit of salt, herbs du jour, You'll never want regular mash again.
Look at your laces right now, are they straight or are they at a pissed angle? If they’re crooked then you’re probably tying them wrong.
[looks at laces, is smug...]
Look at your laces right now, are they straight or are they at a pissed angle? If they’re crooked then you’re probably tying them wrong
I humbly refer your honours to the comment I made some pages back about tying coats, jumpers etc around waists with reef knots versus granny knots. Verily 'tis the same bloody thing.
It is. (I think I replied at the time, also?)
You did indeed. We appeared to be a minority of two; heyho
Training courses where the trainer spends the first hour on an introduction which isn’t particularly helpful and could have been done in ten minutes. <br /><br />
At this rate I’m going to struggle to do all three sessions.
Training courses where the trainer spends the first hour on an introduction which isn’t particularly helpful and could have been done in ten minutes.
Followed by “let’s go around the room and introduce ourselves.”
No. Just no. I tend to stay awake just long enough in sessions like this to appreciate that the content might be mildly interesting in the hands of a competent person.
I’ll add to this mandatory computer-based training that’s the same irrelevant content every year and which lacks a fast-forward button.
mandatory computer-based training that’s the same irrelevant content every year and which lacks a fast-forward button
They've changed ours so that we can read a short summary and go straight to the test, far better.
And "I'm not a robot" can get to ****!
That isn't a motorbike anyway, it's a moped. So you're wrong anyway. Now let me in!
And, do I click the square with 1/16th of the wheel in it or not…………
It's probably not looking for absolute accuracy anyway. It's looking for whether you're going "do I click the square with 1/16th of the wheel in it or not" like a human would.
Gift bags.
Why TF do we have a drawer full of them that only multiplies and I'm not allowed to get rid? 😐
Date codes.
Just write the date FFS.
Why TF do we have a drawer full of them that only multiplies and I’m not allowed to get rid? 😐
Because you can reuse them! Nothing says "I love you" like a gift bag that's been crumpled at the back of a drawer for years.
One of my exes, at Christmas her dad would have everyone open their presents carefully so that he could try and salvage the wrapping paper.
Folk in the street that get their bins emptied but take 3 maybe 4 days to take them back round to where they should be kept not on the pavement
Probly bin dun but ...
people who sit on the weights machines for ages between "sets" I get that you're "recovering" but people have recovered from open heart surgery in less time, and if it really DOES take you that long, then why don't you **** off and recover elsewhere so I can use the machine while you do your Facebook ?
Another that may have been done. People who say 'fur babies'. I just unwisely went on the local facebook page to check on which roads were open after the flooding and was met by people stressing about collecting their 'fur babies' from 'doggy day care'. I'm not belittling their concern for their pets, just their vomit inducing choice of words.
Oh... local facebook groups
People who call each other 'hun'
People who say ‘fur babies’.
But how will they find their forever home after the other pet has passed over the rainbow bridge?
These are the same people who dress up their cats and dogs in little outfits. I love animals but jesus christ, go and get laid already.
People who call each other ‘hun’
On that note,
"u ok hun?"
People who shorten already diminutive words. Like "you" is so complex. It's harder to read and these days it's harder to type. A while back someone was talking about their dorta, that took me a minute to decipher.
Look at your laces right now, are they straight or are they at a pissed angle? If they’re crooked then you’re probably tying them wrong.<br /><br />
I. Don’t. Care. I have increasingly painful joints in my thumbs and wrists, so as long as my laces are tight enough my shoes stay on, I’m perfectly happy.
Anyone looking at someone else’s shoes and tutting about their laces, needs to find a mirror and have a long and involved conversation with themselves about their life choices. 🙄
Gift bags
We have a couple of these that are purposely 'recycled' each year. Each year we give our friends a bottle of wine in a gift bag, and they do likewise for us. The following year we repeat the process, using the bag each other gave the year before. Think we've managed 10+ years still using the same 2 bags 😁
People who ask you a question on whatsapp but **** off even if you answer immediatly and don't reply again for hours. I think I'm too old for modern messaging, i need to treat it like telegrams really
I. Don’t. Care. I have increasingly painful joints in my thumbs and wrists, so as long as my laces are tight enough my shoes stay on, I’m perfectly happy.
Slip ons are beckoning and cardigans with patches on the elbows and maybe a nice pair of beige crimplene 'slacks'? 😉
I. Don’t. Care. I have increasingly painful joints in my thumbs and wrists, so as long as my laces are tight enough my shoes stay on, I’m perfectly happy.
All the more reason to do it properly so you don't need to do it again. 😁
Anyone looking at someone else’s shoes and tutting about their laces, needs to find a mirror and have a long and involved conversation with themselves about their life choices. 🙄
I saw some mirrored shoes in a shop window once. I thought, "I could see myself in those..."
Poor, lazy grammar such as this phrase, from a BBC article about a Govt policy report on wildlife reintroductions, which apparently "shows that one in six UK species are at risk of extinction"
You need an 'is' there, not an 'are'. So much for professional journalism.
"One in six" doesn't refer to a singular species, but a huge number of species that make up that proportion of all species. Your house style guide might prefer different use of language, but the BBC grammar is fine.
Yeah, nice catch. If it was "one of six" then it should be 'is,' but I'm fairly sure there's more than six species in total. Compare "around 17% of species [is|are] at risk."
£100 parking fine for 5 mins in a loading bay on a Sunday morning but not got the correct vehicle to use a loading bay
Greedy councils hate them with a passion
Hotel restaurants that serve fish and chips on fake newspaper. The plate you provided as well would have done FFS. Oh, and while I'm on the subject, stop plastering the lifts, room, welcome info, bathroom with notices extolling your green virtues regarding use of, and replacement of towels. I hung mine up, as I do every time, yet still you insist on replacing them daily...I'd prefer it if you'd focus on dusting and hoovering tbh.
So much for professional journalism.
I think you are missing slightly more serious failures of professional journalism
but the BBC grammar is fine.
Looks like we'll have to agree to disagree on the grammar; I appreciate the context refers to many species, but nonetheless the subject of that specific sentence was 'one species'. Therefore 'are' doesn't feel right. And it was only one example of plenty others like what I've seen recently.
Let's not forget this is all about disproportionate crossness 😉
the subject of that specific sentence was ‘one species’
No, it wasn't. Clearly. Taking half the words out of a clause completely changes the meaning.
It would be better to get more angry about UK habitat loss and fragmentation.
[ I've gone all fun police, sorry. I started off trying to dissipate some anger, now I just feel like a bore. ]
People who get all serious on humorous threads.