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I have no idea what that is, but PuTTY's author is a friend of mine so I could always ask.
‘Do you want anything from the shop’
Does not mean I’ll do your weekly shop or hunt out specific brands of thing, especially tobacco products,
6530 block mode is the protocol invented by Tandem Computers for their bespoke slightly intelligent terninals back in the day - so logically like IBM 3270 but completely different. It's only used by HPE NonStop (the current name for Tandem) so probably not worth developing support for but thanks for the thought Cougar.
The word 'Schedule'
It's pronounced SHED U AL not; SKED U AL
It causes me to shout at the telly or radio.
It causes me to shout at the telly or radio
As in Rad-e-oh, not Ray-de-oh?
Fireworks. Currently dog2 is enjoying a valium and hiding under the sofa. 1 night is a pita but a couple of weeks is hateful.
American voters.
Oh, and those who've had enough of experts.
Elections... Start off with a mild worry, then get hopeful only to be royally pissed off when the results roll in. The UK GE this summer less so but I'd like a feeling of joy on the day after an election at some point...
Broadband/media provider companies...
Convo something like this via webchat:
Here's the best deal we can get you. Now, it's what you have said you need and more than what you have at the moment, and £105 p/m.
OK - let's look at the detail...oh, so it's the same as I have now?
Yes
But its £35 a month more?
Yes
And I can renew online for only an extra £2 a month?
Yes
Have I misinterpreted something here?
I don't know what this means.
I'll leave it thanks.
Hello, can you clarify how you wish to proceed?
I'll leave it thanks, as I'm not ineterested.
Oh, ok, can you fill out this survey?
FML
Cookery programmes - when did they all start saying tewmrick instead of turmeric?
Makes me tut quietly every time.
And why do chefs always put a redundant "off" after words? Fry off, seal off, roast off etc.
I've never listened to GB News before. This morning someone had it on in the background so I was idly listening.
.....
Can't even formulate a sentence properly about it. Let's just say it explains a lot.
The world's really going down the drain, isn't it.
And why do chefs always put a redundant “off” after words? Fry off, seal off, roast off etc.
"Fry off" at least makes a nominal degree of sense. If you fry something, you cook it with oil. If you fry off something it implies some sort of reduction. Maybe.
A few tractor drivers. I know you're in a hurry but driving at 20+mph around a blind corner on a single track road isn't on. And whilst you're very skilled I'm sure the giant trailer really needs more than 20cm clearance from the cyclist who's now in a hedge.
Elections… Start off with a mild worry, then get hopeful only to be royally pissed off when the results roll in. The UK GE this summer less so but I’d like a feeling of joy on the day after an election at some point…
I've got some great news for people like you living in the US. You won't have to worry about elections ever again.
After recent events I'd have to say Americans.
When Strava doesn't record a ride. I had it started on both my phone and Samsung smar****ch. The watch ran out of battery (it's old) and the app didn't save on the phone.
A few tractor drivers.
People following tractors.
Behind a tractor, you'll have a line of traffic half a mile long dribbling along at 10mph. Yet behind a bicycle they'll cheerfully fling themselves into oncoming traffic with nary a care in the world. And gods help you if you're next-but-one behind a tractor, not only will the driver in front not consider an overtake until the heat death of the universe but if you think "I can pass both of these" then they'll actively pull across to obstruct you for queue-jumping. ¬!"£$%^&*(ards.
The bloke who nicked cutlery from Pedalabikeaway at FOD on the weekend because he didn’t bring any in his van. Don’t be a ****
When Strava doesn’t record a ride
What ride?
When "Pie" turns out to mean soup with a pastry lid.
Bake, or rather bakes, used as a noun
E.g. Bob bakes (correct) some delicious bakes (get f*cked)
I feel quite strongly about this. Who's with me...
Auto correct on messaging apps/keyboards. If I wanted to type 'hit' I would have typed 'hit'...what I actually typed was 'got' because I wanted to use the word 'got'.
Edit: I'm aware I can turn this off, but that means navigating through 6 screens to get to the deactivate button. Having a bad day 🙁
my newish phone, when i want to download photos to the computer by USB, it says to tap the notification saying your phone is being charged by USB. But now that its 100% full, theres nowhere to tap/connect
More cars in front of you, that slow down when the lights are green, so theyre the only ones that can get through
chicken pies, they all have bacon in them, i dont eat red meat, I need chicken pies with real chickens
Bake, or rather bakes, used as a noun
You can blame the likes of Greggs for that... it's not a 'steak bake' it's a meat pasty FFS.
The horrible whiny space ship noise of a neighbour’s Tesla numerous times a day - her Green credentials would be a lot greater if she got off her ample backside and did trips to the local shops and the school run on foot and not by lining that right wing cretin Elon Musk’s pockets
Cookery programmes – when did they all start saying tewmrick instead of turmeric?
Jamie Oliver. Just shut up. Just shut your freekin mouth. Please.
People on eg Facebook who assume that everyone is in the US. “Where’s the best place to buy x?” Well, I dunno, there’s a little shop down a back street in Ulam Bator. How dis that work for you?
American voters
Well, it makes sense they voted to not have abortions, cos they also voted to not have health insurance. So at least they’re consistent.
"when did they all start saying tewmrick instead of turmeric?"
My girlfriend says tewmrick and I am cross with myself for not having the balls to correct her.
^^ see also bay-zil, oreg-en-oh and urrrrbs generally!
Braking bumps especially on berms. I don't understand why you'd be braking on a corner anyway.
Rode the new Flat White today which I believe has only been open after been rebuilt and it is already showing signs of wear. Still amazingly good fun though.
Mild or mature cheddar that doesn't taste of anything. Go extra mature or go home.
Milk that isn't cold on cereal.
People on eg Facebook who assume that everyone is in the US.
You can guarantee that whenever someone is talking about a place on social media without actually saying where it is, it's either the US or London.
Braking bumps especially on berms.
After the preceding post, I had to read that three times before I worked out that you weren't talking about a large bread roll.
Having my brummie way of speaking English corrected by Scottish people. The same Scottish people who do don't pronounce their 'T's or 'L's (I give you 'Fitba'), pronounce the letter J as 'jie' (rhymes with tie) and can't say purple burglar alarm.
And I don't even have that strong a brummie accent ;)
don’t pronounce their ‘T’s or ‘L’s (I give you ‘Fitba’)
How does fitba not have a T in it?
Scottish people who do don’t pronounce their ‘T’s or ‘L’s (I give you ‘Fitba’), pronounce the letter J as ‘jie’ (rhymes with tie) and can’t say purple burglar alarm
I pronounce Ls and Ts, don’t say jie and can even say purple burglar alarm.
How many Scots are digging you up about a brummie accent in reality? One?
English people who call lochs locks.?
I would agree that extra mature cheddar tastes best but if you need to slice it or grate it then it just disintegrates so going slightly younger is a compromise between taste and structural integrity
I don't get the l & t non pronunciation but I do say fitbaw and J rhymes with tie or pie even slightly
Jay is a corvidae to me
Predictive text sigh
How many Scots are digging you up about a brummie accent in reality? One?
In my 22 years of living in Scotland I haven't counted but it is definitely more than one, at a guess 5-6. Once by a lecturer in Inverness college, because I said J as Jay.
Obviously it's not all Scottish folk who don't pronounce their 'T's but some definitely do (or should that be definITEly).
But there's no need to get all defensive for other Scottish people being fannies, there's plenty of English people who are also unpleasant to Scottish folk, like Londoners calling them 'Sweaties' (sweaty socks - Jocks).
TBF though it rarely comes up in conversation.
True, not in every day chat. I pretty much like how Scottish people roll their 'R's, there is only one way to say "there's been a murder" and that's like it was on Taggart.
But there’s no need to get all defensive for other Scottish people being fannies
I didn’t call them fannies for having their own dialect, but you did. That’s something for me to be disproportionally cross about!