How else would you pronounce it? Third sounds like herd/heard
Not in Ireland
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So the poster doesn’t like Irish accents or just Irish people saying third?
This is the only way to tell the time
you’ll probably hate me for this similar thing.
at 12:34 oclock If i notice i traditionaly exclaim “its 1 2 3 4 oclock”
How about 11:11 is "ones"?
My new USB-C to HDMI converter. It works when first plugged in but if the Mac goes to sleep after waking it up the TV reports no signal but the mouse behaves like there are two screens. At this point restarting the Mac doesn't make any difference.
The rewind function on streaming apps on sky, Xbox, etc. (I’m looking at you Prime) that won’t let you rewind at anything less than what feels like 100x speed. Have to tap the button for a fraction of a second then immediately hit play and it still goes back a good minute or so. FFS 🤦♂️
I can’t be the only one am I? If anyone has a suggestion for this I’d be more than happy to admit user error!
I'd have to check, but I think on the Xbox at least, different buttons might do different things? It's been a while since I used Prime, I'll have a look later.
Think Netflix lets you skip back 10 seconds which is great.
Things that take normal batteries, such as TV remotes. Why not just make them rechargeable?
Would save me rummaging around in the 'draw of chaos' looking for a couple of AAA batteries, failing, then having to use the almost invisible buttons on the TV to change AV input. Looking at you LG.
I'm aware you can buy separate rechargeable batteries but it's just one more unnecessary thing.
Also
Any packaging I need tools to open.
Any household electronics I need a manual to operate.
That's a failure in design as far as I'm concerned.
I had a Denon hifi which I had to keep the manual next to it to set the clock, every time the power went off for a split second. If left it would flash annoyingly forever.
A. Fit a capacitor to preserve the setting you tight bastards
B. Wtf does a hifi need a clock for?
C. Why make it flash?
D. Why make it so hard to set the clock?
Things that take normal batteries, such as TV remotes. Why not just make them rechargeable?
Why not just buy rechargeable batteries?
Would save me rummaging around in the ‘draw of chaos’
And swerving back on topic,
IT'S A ****ING DRAWER! WHY IS THIS SUCH A DIFFICULT WORD?! AAAARRRGHGHGTHGH!!11!ELEVEN!!
A. Fit a capacitor to preserve the setting you tight bastards
<span style="font-size: 0.8rem;">B. Wtf does a hifi need a clock for</span>
<span style="font-size: 0.8rem;">C. Why make it flash</span>
<span style="font-size: 0.8rem;">D. Why make it so hard to set the clock</span>
<span style="font-size: 0.8rem;">Surely this is a job for a tidy strip of black insulation tape?</span>
The rewind function on streaming apps on sky, Xbox, etc. (I’m looking at you Prime) that won’t let you rewind at anything less than what feels like 100x speed.
This used to drive me mad on the AppleTV until I realised I could ask Siri nicely for a precise rewind 😀
What drive me insane is Workday, this is a multi billion dollar company that sells software that looks (and works) like it was written by a drunk intern back in the 90s.
Shitty AirBnB hosts who mis-represent where the house is, and consider filthy, cigarette ash and doghair everywhere as acceptable. Arsehole.
Not the way to end a holiday.
And swerving back on topic,
IT’S A ****ING DRAWER! WHY IS THIS SUCH A DIFFICULT WORD?! AAAARRRGHGHGTHGH!!11!ELEVEN
Because I struggle with these things .
I often read and re read to see if I've dropped any howlers. Much more obvious on WhatsApp as I can't edit it.
Actually no worse than I often see on news items (not on Singletrack), which are written by people paid to do so.
Negotiating a sale of a bike, arranging a time & place to meet, and then, on the day of collection the **** ghosts me.
Guess what I’ve been up to this aft…
Actually no worse than I often see on news items (not on Singletrack), which are written by people paid to do so.
The amount of "professional" journos who don't know the difference between it's and its is shocking. Even STW does not escape this.
As I said: disproportionately cross. I think mostly it irritates me because it's so common. It's not even like they sound the same.
... Wait. Are "draw" and "drawer" homophones in some accents?
Er, yeah.....
......I pronouce them the same.
Draw was also a term for weed in my youth.
*Sticks head out of upstairs window, waves at the Yonner in a Mancunian accent.*
Oh, back to the OP.
1. People who don't read manuals.
More specifically, the type of supercilious ****er who appears to take pride in the fact that they have bought a nice piece of tech and have absolutely no idea of how it works or it's capabilities.
2. People who post on HiFi threads who have obviously never, ever used their ears.
3. People who own a nice BBQ but are incapable of cooking anything properly.
4. Tories who keep telling me that they had no idea BJ was a mendacious, priapic alcoholic with the morals of Jeffrey Archer.
People who have an accent when they wave.
Okay a real one, stems that have 4mm face plate bolts but 5mm steerer bolts. Just pick one.
People who have an accent when they wave.
Would save me rummaging around in the ‘draw of chaos’
And swerving back on topic,
IT’S A ****ING DRAWER! WHY IS THIS SUCH A DIFFICULT WORD?! AAAARRRGHGHGTHGH!!11!ELEVEN!!
Maybe it's more like a tombola?
Okay a real one, stems that have 4mm face plate bolts but 5mm steerer bolts. Just pick one.
Or take my Marin. Which came needing three different BB tools - different sized rotor mounts and a different BB.
The frequency of which Loyle Carner goes 'oouurrgh' in his music...
Not sure how to spell it but it's the first thing he says in this song, and then it's about every 4 seconds.
It's not 'ugh' or even 'ugghhhh', it's more 'ooheuurggh' and it's entirely unnecessary and sounds ridiculous.
Just stop it.
'XXXXXXtrackworld' thread titles.
Never open them.
People who say thank you at Zebra Crossing. I'm legally require stop. Conversely drivers who get arsey because people don't say thank you.
Being ill when you aren't expected at work (currently missing out on sunny but not too warm weather, perfect for nice long rides). 🙁
‘XXXXXXtrackworld’ thread titles.
Never open them.
XXXXXX-erists Assemble thread titles.
Americans saying 'Urbs'.
Drivers (who I assume are also cyclists at other times) who don't follow the normal conventions of the road to be overly compensating to cyclists, therefore causing great confusion, ie slowing down to let you out when they are the only car on the road, by the time you have worked out that was there intention they would have past and you would be 50 metres up the road anyway.
Americans saying ‘Urbs’.
How mushy pea tins are always smaller than most other cans.
Wtf is that about?
'angings too good for 'em! Somebody get a rope.
Ok. I'm admitting to one.
Why. Why. Why. Are the daytime running lights on cars only* on the front?
Sooooo many people in the dark, wet and poor visibility this weekend with no rear lights on.
Surely you make the law to have both front and rear DRL's?
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*Apart from enlightened brands like Volvo.
Not sure how to spell it but it’s the first thing he says in this song, and then it’s about every 4 seconds.
It’s not ‘ugh’ or even ‘ugghhhh’, it’s more ‘ooheuurggh’ and it’s entirely unnecessary and sounds ridiculous.
Just stop it.
do you not think that this is just part of his delivery? For me its what gives his music the feeling that hes just rolling it off is brain at that moment or he's mid conversation with someone - also give his music this super laid back feel.
do you not think that this is just part of his delivery?
Well, I don't think it, I know it. That's because he doesn't stop doing it. I think it spoils it but realise that others don't.
🙂👍
Surely you make the law to have both front and rear DRL’s?
That would make a lot more sense. I guess cars like Volvo built in Scandinavian countries (where always-on lights have been law for a long time) are better thought out.
But yeah, odd why rear lights remain off 🤷♂️
Leaving lights on.
Leaving dirty dishes by the dishwasher.
Leaving clean dishes in the dishwasher.
Leaving recycling on the work surface not in the bin below it.
The use of the word 'gotten'.
Putting glass bottles & jars, or cardboard, ready to be recycled directly Infront of the back door, which opens inwards.
You have to open the back door to take the recycling out.
But you can't because someone put all glass bottles and cardboard Infront of it.
Aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhh.
WHY???
There is a perfectly good alternative place on the worktop adjacent to the back door which doesn't either block the back door or risk getting the bottles all accidentally kicked over.
Or even better, take the bloody recycling out for once.
Does my head in.
I never say anything, obviously.
A combination of that ^^ and
Leaving recycling on the work surface not in the bin below it.
Stacking shit up on top of the bin. Not only is it, y'know, not in the bin, but it's now preventing other things from going in the bin without requiring extra work.
On the worktop above would be preferable, at least then I can still get to the actual bin. Also, it wouldn't all skitter down the back if I don't notice before pressing the pedal.
Also also,
Non-food waste in food receptacles. The innocuous version of this is chocolate wrappers tossed back in the box. But this is where the rot sets in.
Banana skins in cereal bowls. Used tissues in soup bowls. Chocolate bar wrappers in ice-cream bowls. How exactly do you think this is going to pan out other than some ****er else having to fish around in what's left of your food in order to retrieve it? How hard is it to leave things adjacent rather than actively creating grim work?
Quite a few mentions of the stuff that winds me up...
Mostly when people 'Crack on and let's get it done' not taking the time or energy to think a few steps ahead and work out that what they have done is create a mountain of unnecessary bullshizz and bother for someone else to be shouldered with later on who will clearly be thinking 'well, this wasn't thought through was it' and said thinker of that thought has to do inordinate amounts of work to put it right or totally undo the previous cracking on effort and then fix up ho× the job should have been done in the first place... arrrrtgh!
Avacados.
Rock hard, rock hard, rock hard, rock hard, rock hard, rock hard, rock hard, rock hard, perfect for approximately 3 minutes, rotten, rotten, rotten
Aggghhh! Missed it again!
Dicks 😡
People who use WhatsApp to send only voice messages and then get pissed off at me when I refuse to listen to/answer them.
People who put mugs on the worktop directly above the dishwasher even though the door is open and the machine is empty.
“Pet parents”. Aaaaaargh.
See also, "forever home" and "rainbow bridge."
I love animals, we have three cats. But I'm keeping them till they're dead.
Also, stop putting them in pyjamas you ****ing maniac. Facebook photo, "Fluffy doesn't like his new hat," well, that's because he's a dog. Get with the programme or have babies.
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It's a common term in various animal groups, "Buttons crossed the rainbow bridge yesterday." And in all seriousness I sympathise 100%, my heart breaks when someone loses a pet. I still weep over the loss of my old girl from 20 years ago. But for ****'s sake, are you 12? Use grown-up words.
I think it’s something to do with MarioCart.
Mario Kart.
“Buttons crossed the rainbow bridge yesterday.”
Bleurgh.
The tweeness that people mistake for profundity these days.
Oh, I have a new one.
Holding a phone next to your ear. Well done, that's how phones have worked since Al Bell's days.
Holding a phone in front of your face, sure, video calls are a thing these days.
Holding a phone horizontally flat in front of your mouth. What the actual **** is that all about? Are you waiting for Scotty to beam you up? Is this some sort of fashion statement like John Woo having actors hold guns sideways? You look like a pillock.
People who attach ‘No Parking’ signs to the boundary wall in front of their property.
Or people who put No Parking signs ACROSS from their property, to compensate for their defective steering skills in driving from their driveway out into the street.
However, I am reluctant to be too dogmatic about things like this following an incident when I ignored someone's cones and parked in the street, but found a note on my windscreen explaining that the householder had a disabled son and had to carry him from the car to the house. The next day she came out to meet me and apologised for leaving the note. I felt about one inch tall, so nowadays I just drive on by in such situations.
Holding a phone horizontally flat in front of your mouth.
This is normal for contestants on The Apprentice. Which I guess is sort of what you were saying.
Drivers who don't seem to realise they would have better control of their car if they put the douche flute down. I've just watched a woman struggle to park a Toyota iQ whilst gripping her vape like her life depended on it. Idiot.
In terms of sheer eye-bulging, fist-shaking fury vs actual harm done:
In the intro to her hit song “Bubbly”, Colby Callait makes the request “Will you count me in?”, but does not wait for anyone to count her in; rather launches straight into the song immediately with nary a pause for a “1, 2” never mind a “1, 2, 3, 4”.
Annoys me every time I hear it.
Holding a phone horizontally flat in front of your mouth. What the actual **** is that all about?
So you can still have a conversation without the government/CIA/lizard overlords seeing your face or microwaving your brain. Obviously.
I don’t know what “rainbow bridge” is, and I don’t think I want to.
Wasn’t it an entry in Rogers Profanisaurus about a sex act?
Sadly not, I just looked it up. Perhaps Crossing the Rainbow Bridge is the act of going from one side of the rainbow (the pink) all the way to the other side (the brown) and the bridge in question is the biffin bridge (aka the notcher)?
God I'm bored. 😁
Gotta say, that puts a whole new perspective on someone's dead gerbil.
biffin bridge (aka
aka the chinrest.
aka the notcher
LOL.
The tint (or taint) depending on your accent.
People who go to the local beach (it's more rocks hence why popular with me and my RC crawler mates) for an evening, have a firepit (nothing wrong with that), carry their rubbish out in bags (excellent behaviour) but then leave the bags on the side of the road where they had their car parked! To make it even worse the local recycling depot is 100m away and you have to drive past it to go home, it even has bins outside for you to use outside of opening hours, but no. Leaving it in the way of everyone is much better than using the bins or taking it home.
Holding a phone horizontally flat in front of your mouth. What the actual **** is that all about? Are you waiting for Scotty to beam you up? Is this some sort of fashion statement like John Woo having actors hold guns sideways? You look like a pillock.
They've grown up watching shows like the Kardashians where they do it so the camera can hear the conversation on loudspeaker. Amazingly Orange County Choppers was the first TV show to use the technique! What's even more amazing though is having to explain to my 10 year old nephew that it's not the correct technique for using a phone, especially when he's talking to a friend in the middle of a supermarket and especially when it's about their discovery of wet dreams!
Drivers who don’t seem to realise they would have better control of their car if they put the douche flute down.
I've never quite understood smoking in enclosed spaces generally. You see plumes of smoke coming out of a Tesla or something and I wonder who on earth spends £45k on a motor and then thinks "you know, it's just not yellow and sticky enough in here."
People who drive onto roundabouts, literally, without looking right, at all.
I can generally judge them by thier speed on approach, and clock that they are playing with thier info-tainment center trying to find a song they like, but it happens a lot more frequently than I remember. Maybe that's just become normalised behaviour for many, so maybe i'm the one who shouldn't get wound up about it.
See also people who can't drive progressivley and observe the road ahead, braking late for junctions and acellerating hard out of them.
Fully automated vehicles can't come fast enough, if you ask me.
biffin bridge
aka the ‘butfer’ as in ‘butfer that you’d be in the sh1t’
(I got myself in the profanisaurus with that one.)
Wasn’t it an entry in Rogers Profanisaurus
You rang?
Anyway, people parking on grass verges when there's a perfectly acceptable bit of road adjacent.
Edit: I mean wholly on the verge, not just 2 wheels up.
Losing my favourite racing spoon. Pure rager.
Probably one of the best saddles ever made in terms of VFM, my condolences for your loss.
RIP
It's ony about £25 for a new one though...
https://www.tredz.co.uk/.Madison-Flux-Classic-Standard-Saddle_248557.htm
People who drive onto roundabouts, literally, without looking right, at all.
I can generally judge them by thier speed on approach, and clock that they are playing with thier info-tainment center trying to find a song they like, but it happens a lot more frequently than I remember.
Years ago I used to commute to Warrington (Appleton Thorn Trading Estate, detail fans). One time I was going round the roundabout (J20, Lymm turnoff from the M6) and a lorry was approaching from the opposite direction. I wasn't taking prisoners because I was late for work, we looked each other right in the eyes and I processed "it's OK, he's seen me."
What I didn't process was "... but he doesn't give a **** because Truck." He pulled right on out in front of me at pace and the skid marks I left on the road as I stood the car on its nose was probably the shorter of the two.
Hah.
Holding a phone horizontally flat in front of your mouth. What the actual **** is that all about? Are you waiting for Scotty to beam you up? Is this some sort of fashion statement like John Woo having actors hold guns sideways? You look like a pillock.
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People who hold their mobile phone out in front of them on speaker when on a phone call. Has no one ever shown you how to use it ‘properly’?? <sigh>
Doubly piss boiling if done in close proximity to others i.e. in supermarket/pub/restaurant grrrrrrr!
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I'm reading back through this thread. Maybe 30% of posts I have to check "did I write that?"
I don't know if this is disproportionate or not but,
Stationary motorcyclists who can't keep their right wrist still. RM RMRM RMMMMM RM RM RMRMMRM RMMMM RMMMMM RM RM RRRRR RM for ****'s sake, what are you doing? It's not going to stall, you're not going anywhere, you might as well set fire to five pound notes.
Doubly crossmaking when it's 3am and it sounds like they have a straight-through exhaust.
I don’t know if this is disproportionate or not but,
Stationary motorcyclists who can’t keep their right wrist still. RM RMRM RMMMMM RM RM RMRMMRM RMMMM RMMMMM RM RM RRRRR RM
I'm not a motorcyclist, but some of my best friends are... were...
I'm joking... People with decent motorbikes don't do that, they don't need to. It's usualy antisocial crack dealing scroats on 50's or 125 mopeds that probably don't even have a provisional licence.
You'll never see them riding a honda 750, because they are usualy dead or in jail before they can afford one.
It's a bit like revving the engine on your mums 1.2 vauxhall nova at the traffic lights, you're not going to impress anyone, your just making a noise and wasting petrol.