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People in their 50s and 60s who have in recent years developed annoying intonation.
They didn't learn to speak like that.....WTF? You're not, erm, like, 16, or summfink
Anyone familiar with Husker Du’s post 1983 recordings will be familiar with their snare drum sound. It makes you blink, like being poked in both eyes simultaneously.
To anyone ‘scotch’, the mispronunciation of the word ‘loch’ into ‘lock’ ranks even higher on sheer irritability.
Youve got to wonder how the people who enquire as to “way t, lock lomond” would have fared in their grandparents shoes, trying to make good their escape from Colditz or parachuting behind Nazi lines with an “Acktoong” or a “Hand Hock”.
Not bloody far, I’ll wager.
Can it be too difficult to make a guttural aaachhh sound, like someone’s spat in your pint of ale?
Almost as worse…dropping the bin bag into the wheelie bin and receiving the aroma of three years worth of ashtrays in return 😩😩😩
"Well, impossible if they’re glued to their phone, it seems."
Bet there is a walking in a straight line app. Ask the Fieldhouses or Geowizard.
Probably bin dun, but wanabe 'mericans who say stuff like:
From the get go.
Have at it.
My bad.
If you're from Sacramento or Sausalito, fill your boots. If you're from Slough or Stirling, have a word with yourself.
Can it be too difficult to make a guttural aaachhh sound, like someone’s spat in your pint of ale?
Hahaha...I'd love to hear you pronounce hummus correctly
Anyone familiar with Husker Du’s post 1983 recordings will be familiar with their snare drum sound. It makes you blink, like being poked in both eyes simultaneously.
There's a certain musical... let's be kind and say "technique" which has the ADSR curve of any normal instrument arse-backwards. So, like you'd recorded a bass drum and reversed it so it kinda goes "whoom." There was a dance track from maybe the mid 90s where the for want of a better word "chorus" did this and whilst it's my cup of tea generally anyway I found it genuinely unlistenable to, it sent my ears funny.
(If anyone knows what I'm talking about, feel free to link it. Are we describing the same thing?)
The SQA, seem to devised ways to make simple things difficult.
Too long, summary they are the bane of my existence this week.
Pupils assignments need to be sent in for marking. OK
In packs of 10. OK
In alphabetical order. OK
With signed coverslips. Fine
In flimsy packs. Fine
With correct sign off sheet. Yip
You have three different dates to get them ready by for uplift. Mmmm
We'll only send you the return stuff with two weeks notice. Oh come on.
One of those two weeks will be across a holiday. Piss off.
There's no way to rectify mistakes, omissions or make additions even if a kid has broken a femur and undergone surgery in that timeframe. Just **** the **** off.
Moany teachers....🙃
Youve got to wonder how the people who enquire as to “way t, lock lomond” would have fared in their grandparents shoes, trying to make good their escape from Colditz or parachuting behind Nazi lines with an “Acktoong” or a “Hand Hock”.
But the German "ch" is not the same as the Scottish/Welsh "ch"... much softer.
It's not a normal sound in English so I have some sympathy with those who can't say it. At least at first - it's not hard to learn.
What about those who try and say the Welsh "ll" but use the "ch" sound? I'm going to cchhhlandudno today...
Probably bin dun, but wanabe ‘mericans who say stuff like:
Have at it.
Shakespearean innit? or Summfink
People using the stairs at work with an open laptop, a mug of tea and talking on their headphones. Yes, I know you're very busy and important but I don't see why you I need to squash myself against the wall for you to get past.
I’m going to cchhhlandudno today…
I thought it was more like thlan-did-no ?
I thought it was more like thlan-did-no ?
Exactly my point! People trying to say it properly and actually mangling it more than the usual English pronunciation "lan-dud-no" doesn't exactly make me cross but is mildy annoying. And I'm not even Welsh 😋
This may be a new thing, or just observational bias, but recently I've noticed an increase in people driving ever....so....slowly....across...road...junctions for****ssakegetamoveon...oh no, don't bother we've missed the lights.
You know when you put a bag down… a shopping bag, rucksack, any bag… you put it down against a wall… why the **** do they always topple away from the wall? Bags wind me up proper. Little bastards.
One of the advantages of a long neck I guess.
Might have been done but..
Over-designed websites...
I just want clear information, I don't want a gaudy display of carousels and pop ups, and no, I do not want to sign up to your news letter.
"Living his/her best life"
Are things really that bad.
Americans (usually) talking about “picking up” some item from a shop. Often it’s a very expensive item like a Rolex or some such but they suggest it’s just casual acquisition. Don’t know why exactly it’s so annoying. But it is.
Alpacas, with their long necks, overly dramatic chewing and bobbly heads.
Dicks 😡
It's because they're basically just goats crossed with camels. They do it deliberately to annoy you.
Reminds me of one of my favourite lines from a poem:
The Llama is a woolly sort of fleecy hairy goat,
With an indolent expression and an undulating throat
Llama/Alpaca, same thing.
Can anything be done about the muppets who walk up to a pelican crossing (or lights with a ped button) - then, without looking at the traffic, press the button.
Now they look and if it’s clear - walk across. Maybe they are just idiots who don’t realise they created a delayed traffic stop situation.
I’ve wasted too much time car ticking over at red crossing lights when the folk have obviously crossed and walked on. This must waste hundreds of hours a year. Productivity, pollution. Does anyone care?
Llama/Alpaca, same thing.
Alpacas are lovely. Llamas are evil bastards.
Can anything be done about the muppets who walk up to a pelican crossing (or lights with a ped button) – then, without looking at the traffic, press the button.
I was out and about last week with a guy I've never met before, he did this at every crossing. I felt like shoving him into traffic.
Mind you, he was from the land that made jaywalking a felony. But you'd think he'd have worked it out in the ten years he's lived here since.
I'm generally pretty level headed but people with zero awareness of their surroundings make me want to go on a murder spree, supermarkets are particularly bad.
Dealing with people who leave their trolley blocking 3/4 of the aisle while they block the rest trying to decide which brand of coffee to buy, chatting to their friend while completely blocking the isle, meticulously packing their shopping and then having a chat with the cashier while there's a massive line waiting.
I could go on for hours. If there's ever a news story about a madman going on a rampage with a can beans it was probably me.
Once bought a train ticket for Ludlow, got one for Llandudno. Pronounciation lesson ensued.
Was a while ago, could not afford to get to either now.
Anyway for making me want to go postal (other than the phrase go postal) today: car bloat and the practice of parking slab sided wide vehicles right on junctions making it impossible to progress without inching out and getting a blast if something is coming. TL:DR. Car bloat!
People in that Netflix recommendations thread who keep recommending things on Apple TV, or Disney or Sky or some shit.
G Tae F will ya! Clue is in the title 😐
@kayak23 - got any Disney+ recommendations?
The end of Eurosport programs that show a road bike from behind. With the disc on the right and block and derailleur on the left.
People in that Netflix recommendations thread who keep recommending things on Apple TV, or Disney or Sky or some shit.
Perhaps it's time to take a break from the internet, maybe do some simple household chores, like hoovering for example 😉
Vacuuming
There’s a certain musical… let’s be kind and say “technique” which has the ADSR curve of any normal instrument arse-backwards. So, like you’d recorded a bass drum and reversed it so it kinda goes “whoom.” There was a dance track from maybe the mid 90s where the for want of a better word “chorus” did this and whilst it’s my cup of tea generally anyway I found it genuinely unlistenable to, it sent my ears funny.
I really want to know what it is to see how funny it sends my ears. Unfortunately, your 'technique' isn't exactly esoteric but somewhat common for electronic music. I'm sure I can't recollect a single track with an example however!
How do you know it was an 'arse-backwards' amplitude envelope creating the effect and not a section of music just played backwards?
People who list things on FB marketplace as free, then in the description say £x or message for price. It's not free then is it why couldn't you put a price on and save everyone the bother of looking at your advert
When I select Cash only on the cash machine, not show balance and not cash with a recipt and then the machine asks me if i want to see my balance and then asks me if i want a recipt!
Some cash machines charge for balance enquiries. There's even a little scam where the machine offers you 2 options: "cash and balance" or "other services". Cash only is under other services but they really want you to ask for that balance.
TL:DR. Car bloat!
Car bloat with parking spaces that haven't changed size since we had a man with a little red flag in front of the cars.
How do you know it was an ‘arse-backwards’ amplitude envelope creating the effect and not a section of music just played backwards?
I don't, I'm not musical. That's just the best way I could think of to describe it.
Threads being closed and posts deleted.
#tinfoilhat
Fibre installer due at 8. Now apparently will be here 'before 1'. I know it's going to get done and even if it's not today, it'll happen soon. But we've been waiting SEVEN YEARS since we were first promised a decent connection and our 4G has been absolute pants for the last month.
I should just get on with some work and not get annoyed about stuff I can't control. Except of course our internet keeps crapping out this morning...
Ceramic tap cartridges. Supposed to last ten years but lucky if they do two. There are literally hundreds of different sizes - all of the dimensions in this diagram can vary
and when you do find one that fits it's £20 instead of a few pence for a washer.
I should just get on with some work and not get annoyed about stuff I can’t control. Except of course our internet keeps crapping out this morning…
And they've just turned up so this thread title absolutely sums me up today!
Hotel air con you can't turn off. Fan noise is pissing me right off and I can't sleep for it. FFS 🤬
1x. It's just such an annoying compromise.
Cycle companies that spend huge amounts on product development yet can't allocate a tiny amount on copy editing their click through ads to ensure the spelling is percise.
Hotel air con you can’t turn off.
Look for the fuse box and switch it off there.
Tender eligibility criteria (through an online portal) that states that the tender has to be in a printed format to ensure the tenderer meets their 'no printing' policy. So not only will you receive the same amount of tenders using exactly the same amount of paper, there will also be the additional wastage of envelopes and transportation.
Bloody public sector idiots.
Vodafone braodband.
Down for the 3rd time in three months! Utterly useless customer serive "we'll have a look and get back to you in 48hrs"
I've now had to drive to the actual office to be able to continue working. Just hoping it's back on later today before the teenagers get home from school.
The neighbour that treats seagulls as pets.
Military-esque working dog harnesses on dogs that are not military working dogs. Just stop it.
and just where do you expect the dogs to hang their grenades and spare clips? Hmmmm?
Day long training sessuons on Teams......
Letter number 24 from TV Licensing aka the BBC arrived in the post this morning. They've given me a date for their visit. They can FRO. Again.
Vodafone braodband.
Down for the 3rd time in three months! Utterly useless customer serive “we’ll have a look and get back to you in 48hrs”
I raise you Three who would consider that a stellar benchmark. 3 times in a week if we're lucky. Or a day*
*until yesterday, hello fibre, goodbye Three, never darken my internet again.
So not only will you receive the same amount of tenders using exactly the same amount of paper, there will also be the additional wastage of envelopes and transportation.
"Stuffing paper in envelopes" is a particular bugbear of mine generally. I had a full-on battle with my solicitor about this when I was moving house, they'd go "oh yeah" and email me instead, then two days later the same thing turned up in the post anyway. They once sent me a form which I had to sign, in pen, on the original form (welcome to the 20th Century) and post back to them. My hot take was "this is ****ing stupid" so I scrawled something almost but not quite entirely unlike my signature* on it, drove into town and shoved it through their letterbox. Whereupon they stuck back it in the post to another branch in a different town where their post room is so that it can be opened and scanned in.
I'm increasingly of the mind that Falling Down was a prescient documentary.
(* - I pick up a pen so rarely these days that I can scarcely write my own name anymore. If god had intended us to write things down he wouldn't have invented keyboards.)
Letter number 24 from TV Licensing aka the BBC arrived in the post this morning. They’ve given me a date for their visit. They can FRO. Again.
I know we've discussed this before and I think the TV Licence is good value even if personally I rarely watch what it pays for. But TV Licensing really are shits of the highest order, I can't think of any other entity offhand who are legally allowed to harass people in the manner they do. I'm almost tempted to stop paying for it simply out of pique.
(Is it Capita these days?)
@Cougar you're right, it is harassment and am disgusted that in the 21st century this is still going on. Yes, it is Capita who have their greasy fingers in many pies. The only 'good' thing to come out of this is that this organisation has been getting lots of publicity with regard to the Single Justice Procedure and the vulnerable who've been treated in a despicable manner. This must bring about change especially in the judiciary who're being especially lazy by not doing their job properly.
Just bent the nail right back on my index finger trying to "remove film" after sliding the cardboard sleeve off a fish pie, prior to throwing it in the oven. FFS.
Having not read the previous 42 pages of posts, I can well imagine that I'm pretty near the back of a very long queue here...
Windows 11 defaulting to 100% volume after connecting bluetooth earphones and me forgetting about it until hitting the play button on media player.
Having to go to the toilet.
Well annoying sometimes.
Shallots.
I swear they're just small onions.
Work just swapped my laptop for a new one, which is great but the ports are now on the opposite side so the cable routing is rubbish if I use it with an external monitor on the right.
(I'm sure people who have their external monitor on the left said the same thing about the old laptops)
Yodel tracking !!!!!!!!!!!
which is great but the ports are now on the opposite side so the cable routing is rubbish if I use it with an external monitor on the right.
Does it have a USB-C port on the right? You can get USB-C-to-most-things adapters. A hub with a HDMI port and a bunch of USB-A ports is about £20.
Writing the application for the job I've been temp in for 12 months but not being able to make it good enough that I'd interview me
Chiffchaffs. While I appreciate being serenaded by skylarks on my last two rides, the chiffchaffs can STFU.
Chiffchaffs chafe?
Yesterday's strong wind
Incorrectly coloured flags...
Folk who cannot tell a flag from a shirt collar. Good to have the chiffchaffs back.