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I was thinking of something else.
When I lived in Wolverhampton, I was often taken for Scottish and sometimes this was taken further to outright hostility. Apart from the fact that I was from 60km to the southwest and had a Black Country parent. It was of course having a Scottish education and partner and inevitable usage of certain vocabulary that did for me.
The way some folk say drawring for the word drawing is never heard in Scotland but Simon and the nice pair of knockers Blue Peter presenter must have been a bit middly class and from down sowf somewhere
It's just drawing for me
English spelling - it's a game of guess the vowel and you often end up writing something that is totally unlike the way the word is spoken. I rely on spell checking to spot failed guesses. However there are sneaky obscure homophones out there that will defeat the spell checker. There is so much judgement and snobbery about it too, so if you cannot get it right 100% your life can be made very difficult.
The way some folk say drawring for the word drawing is never heard in Scotland but Simon and the nice pair of knockers Blue Peter presenter must have been a bit middly class and from down sowf somewhere
It’s just drawing for me
Conversely, the way people write 'draw' when it should be 'drawer'
The fact I was trying to do a good turn and now I'm going to end up in TK maxx on a Saturday afternoon. I predict grumpiness in the near future.
Oh and somehow I've messed up the curry recipe so it tastes a bit flaccid
Close the door and drift away
Into a sea of uncertainty
Where all your hopes and dreams
Have faded out of reach.
Remember all the bad dreams
Are not far from reality
Would you write again for me?
Microsoft Word and its ‘kin pita method you have to follow to make the occasional page in a document be landscape orientated.
The fake reductions on SportPursuit’s own-brand items. I shouldn’t care; I’m obviously not going to buy any of them. They still annoy me though.
All those mouth-breathing dawdlers who wilfully refuse to apply Highway Code rule 2 on the urban and suburban paths I walk, run, and cycle on. It’s almost impossible to travel correctly and predictably along any path with them. Perhaps our new Labour government could instruct England’s schools to take a break from exploring the finer details of the fetid depths of Michael Gove’s fundament to give an occasional refresher on how to ****ing walk in public.
People who use the word 'oriented' when they mean 'orientated' (this is certainly not directed at the post 3 above, where the correct word is in use. That just reminded me of the irritants)
Anyone else deeply curious as to what a flaccid curry might taste like?
I like curry - whatever that might taste like I'm pretty sure I don't want it anywhere near me!
Anyone else deeply curious as to what a flaccid curry might taste like?
Not sure, but a closely related situation would have been a Major problem
Has anyone mentioned maps that when you zoom in the features get bigger but the text doesn't? As I get older this is a growing source of frustration.
Driving an hour each way to collect a bargain eBay purchase of a nice Technics HD560 stereo and speakers, securing it in the car for the journey, only to drop it on the floor whilst trying to open my front door..... is what I've done this evening!
(two broken side panels and a speaker grill damaged - but it still works!)
It'll be deployed in the shed once I move home.
This is plastic glitter confetti. A neighbour had a party and thew this plastic rubbish, littering the pavement. Muggins here gets the brush and shovel to sweep it up, before it ends up in the grid and water course. Arrgghh.
That would make me cross too Bunnyhop. The same kind of people who release balloons into the sky without a thought as to where they will end up.
I was disproportionately cross about the driver in Milton Keynes with their rear fog lights on this morning. It wasn't foggy, there was the lightest of mists. And there's no need to have them on in town anyway.
EDIT - I am aware that Milton Keynes is a city these days
Sultanas with the stalks still on.
Drivers sat with their foot on the brake pedal for extended periods when parked up. FFS put it in park or put the handbrake on or something! I’ve no idea if you’re about to drive off or be there another 15 minutes. Best one was the bloke sat with his foot on the brake AND in reverse while stationary the entire time I was in the local supermarket. F me man.
Sultanas with the stalks still on.
Yep, can agree with this wholeheartedly
I've another cold. Granted I work in GP surgeries - the very next best thing to children attending a nursery for passing infections but seriously? It's only Nov, it's going to be a long winter season if its going to carry on like this.
Also: recently installed bike lanes where I live, should be a "yay" but in reality, they're now just the lane that any old tit uses, going in any direction they feel like regardless which side of the road they're on and what vehicle they're using.
Anyone else deeply curious as to what a flaccid curry might taste like?
A korma without the coconut.
Not sure it gets me disproportionately cross, but footjam tailwhips and nose-manuals/nollies. I like watching bike people do sick stunts and tricks, like seeing people ride their bikes with precision and control, sending big hucks, drop gaps, steps ups, but FJTWs and nose manuals, and can almost say manuals too. However it depends on the person, some riders it seems to come across right, can appreciate the skill involved, whereas other riders.... please just stop ****ing posing and do something else instead.
The website where I get my US politics news not writing "on" before the day. e.g.
Nikki Haley said Wednesday that President-elect Trump knew she did not want to serve in his second administration
Is this standard elsewhere and I just hadn't noticed?
Meanwhile. . . . . some . . . people . . . . . . go mental with. . . . . . . . ellipses!!!!!
And they don't even do them properly…
My neighbours, who seem to think it's acceptable so sweep all the leaves off their driveway so that they then end up clogging all the drains in the street. Selfish gits are far too lazy/important to either pay for a green waste bin, compost them, or take them to the tip.
One of the builders we have in at work who sits in his van at lunchtime with the engine running.
Ok, this might be controversial, but people moaning about the performance of this site.
Sure it can be pretty shonky, and its frustrating, but none of us really understand the technical issues that they're up against, coupled with the fact that its being done on a shoestring budget.
Give them a break.
^ can be a bit frustrating at times, but I agree with the sentiment.
Time taken to find out how to set the B screw on a Shimano GRX RX822 with a 12 Speed 10-51 Cassette. Nowt I could find on the Shimano website but finally found this on the t'internet .
Though there is a difference in performance where on that curve you align the 51t cog. To the right end, the gear change is OKish. To the left gear, change is bang on.
Just need to confirm that to check the chain length for the above configuration it's chain to the 51t cog + 5-6 links.
The fact that word online completely messes formatting on a document. But word downloaded on a laptop no longer works because Microsoft stopped the licences we could use. I only use word for work so in a round about way that stops me working at home
Domino hoo hoo
Oh God yes. Right up there with "Wassssssssssup!" a few years back.
The website where I get my US politics news not writing “on” before the day
File it alongside the weather forecast "calling for" rain, or whatever. Pretty sure that the weather does what it wants, regardless of what you call for.
Irritating adverts generally. Is the idea a bit like 'there's no such thing as bad publicity'? I'd cheerfully take a shotgun to whoever comes up with the cacophonic We Buy Any Car jingles. "Just sold my car..." bang bang.
My Bosch washing machine lying to me. Don't tell me there's only 2 minutes to go when you haven't even started the spin cycle!
Not cross so much as funny...
I mean, they spent £32 million on a house, 'they or thier staff' visited it 11 times prior to completion... I mean really... did they not have an extensive survey done, as presumably one would if spending that sort of cash?
Buying a multipack of protein/cereal bars and finding the bars only take up 1/2 the space inside the packaging.