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Drivers who stare rabbit-like at the tail lights of the car in front rather than looking further down the road to anticipate hazards.
You should flash your headlights at them. Oh...you do don’t you?
People that do not acknowledge or thank you for pulling in to let them come through in a car! Don't mention it.
People who use "swap out" when they mean replace.
I can’t make up my mind if it’s lack of spatial awareness or just ignorance.
It's called being oblivious.
Oblivious drivers are the most dangerous things ever.
Don't kick me off about people who haven't learned the green cross code & press the button before looking.
Being single, and trying to find a relationship, I am incredibly confused by the world of dating.
My approach so far has been to just get to know people in real life; but this hasn’t really worked, as if I find myself liking someone I am mainly “friendzoned”. That’s fair enough, but I can’t get my head around this new thing called Dating anonymous strangers.
I’m no looker, with a leg disability, all of which I’m very honest and open about, and I’ve had some replies, agreements to meet for a coffee, and then…complete silence. It gets annoying as it is like a part-time job just sending messages to get any replies.
I think I’m going to give up!
Big tip - don't date British women.
They're either:
* Brexit Voters
* Fat
* Entitled
* Anti-Cyclist
* Bigger drinkers than you
* Predisposed to duck lip selfies
* Orange
* Or already have kids
The above probably leaves about 2 percent of the population dateable. Of which only about 20 percent of those will probably find you physically attractive and on top of that there are those that will be more educated than you (because someone always is) and dating down educationally seems to be an issue.
We use Instant Messenger/Skype/Teams at work for communication. This seems to be a typical conversation...
THEM: "Hi"
ME: "Hello"
THEM: <silence for 30mins>
THEM: "Hi"
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@rayban My ex was italian, and the last relationship I had was with a moldovan. I've also had short term relationships with women from turkey and poland.
The issue with dating non-British partners is in the event of having children, do you stay in the uk or will she want to move back to her mother country. Ive known a couple of people who married foreign women, agreed they would stay in the uk, but then that all changes when the kids come along.
I think the best time to meet someone is in your early to mid-20s, most of my friends did this, then the law of diminishing returns sets in.
I've completely derailed this thread, so to make up:
Pretty much everyone annoys me.
@rayban My ex was italian, and the last relationship I had was with a moldovan. I’ve also had short term relationships with women from turkey and poland.
The issue with dating non-British partners is in the event of having children, do you stay in the uk or will she want to move back to her mother country. Ive known a couple of people who married foreign women, agreed they would stay in the uk, but then that all changes when the kids come along.
I think the best time to meet someone is in your early to mid-20s, most of my friends did this, then the law of diminishing returns sets in.
I’ve completely derailed this thread, so to make up:
Pretty much everyone annoys me.
My brothers wife stayed here, depends how much your grandparents help out/how much they are around. Everyone else in the world has stronger connections to their grandparents and their wider family than the anglosphere does.
The trick is to not get too jaded - you need to be a happy individual for when you do meet the right person.
Would it really bother you to move from the UK anyway - is our cold, aloof, brexity, angry culture and our propensity to live in or replicate Victorian or interwar shitboxes with tiny windows somewhere where you really see yourself raising happy children?
To clarify this answer
'Just reminded me there. People that wear those “commuter specific” hump rucksacks with the chevrons on.'
...I dont mean those ones..I mean the hike a mountain type ones that are severely overloaded..when its about as much as a pair of good panniers..
@rayban, good points, I'm not too jaded at the moment, interesting idea - pick the country I would like to live in, then filter the internet dating accordingly!
New Zealand (an ambitious one at my age though, and probably too far away) or Ireland (although the weather is worse than here) are top of the list so far. I'm half irish so never felt completely at home in (southern) england anyhow.
Tits that overtake as their lane is coming to an end then slam the brakes on to get into the tight space, temporary traffic lights for a wee road excavation ie the lights 10 yards apart, nobody coming the other way but the law abiding person in front wont jump the red. Road closed sign with no prior warning and you have a ten mile detour
Yup, even look for friends and then really travel. Don't go on holiday - crash at peoples places and meet people. Try and expand your interests internationally to do this - you could look for mountain bike groups in New Zealand or Japan that you can hook up with (the less well known the place, the more people on here will want to read about it as well). If you can save up and can get the time off or you can ditch work for a few months do it.
If you have a degree you could even study abroad? If not, you could learn a language abroad? And if you don't meet someone along the way - well you have made yourself a more interesting person to talk to.
Don't dismiss travelling when you are older, it achieves different things than those doing a "gap yahh" - you can work out where you would feel comfortable living. Just remember that whilst many people feel a sigh of relief coming back to their home country, you might be one of the ones where the adage "You Can't Go Home Again" rings true.
Talking about bike helmets, I don’t understand why so many people feel the need to wear them.
Ah, clearly the world’s most perfectly balanced and poised human being, one who’s never, ever, fallen off a bike!
Oh, how I wish I possessed your level of perfection, otherwise I wouldn’t have had my bike go out from under me at walking pace, causing my left knee, shoulder, side of my face and head to hit the ground very hard, consequently I now have osteoarthritis in my left knee, and if I hadn’t been wearing my crash hat then I would likely have suffered a fairly severe head injury as well. As it was I got away with a bad graze across my cheekbone, the outer edge of my helmet’s visor took the brunt of the hit.
People have died from hitting their head on kerbstones, I’ve proved to my own personal satisfaction that my helmet saved me from a greater injury than the damage to my knee.
I would suggest that wearing one is just common sense.
Men with wallets with change in … whats that all about ?? Are you ten ??
So, what, exactly, are we supposed to do with a handful of change from a tenner when the shop/pub/whatever doesn’t have any fivers?
After busting an expensive Oakley wallet through stuffing a load of loose change into the little zipped pocket, I now carry my lose change in a leather drawstring bag that I’ve made, after wearing out loads of cloth bags, and wearing holes on jeans and trouser pockets, thus losing significant amounts of money.
No, I’m not ten, I’m old enough to get cranky when I lose my hard-earned cash unnecessarily.
You should flash your headlights at them. Oh…you do don’t you?
No, I just like to see the road rather than the immediate five feet in front of me.
THEM: “Hi”
ME: “Hello”
THEM: <silence for 30mins>
THEM: “Hi”
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wearing holes on jeans and trouser pockets, thus losing significant amounts of money.
Point the first, I'm 47 years old, I've carried coins in my pocket since I was in short pants, and I think I've had holes in my pockets in like four pairs of jeans / pants ever. In each case both pockets went, which would rather suggest to me that it's a failing of crap trousers rather than usage.
Point the second, "a significant amount of money," really? You'd have to have an undiscovered hole (otherwise you'd either darn it or not use it), fail to notice coins skittering down the length of your leg, and fail to hear them clattering on the floor. How much have you actually lost that way, thruppence? Do you get paid in diamonds? This from a man who's just dropped £1500 on a phone.
Operation Less Pricks
It's FEWER! God! Can't you get anything right?!
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Dog owners..with their four legged friend on a retractable lead who don't reign them in when you are trying to get past them ...then take offence when you guess wrong !
*Yesterday evening while trying to get by a "gentleman" and little rat on a string which was wandering from side to side on the pavement .." Watch my dog " says he when it suddenly veers into my path ..then can't understand why I lose it with him ..
^^ So you were riding on the footpath?!😳
And flounce...😁
Who said anything about riding ..
I was walking briskly behind him .with owner and dog meandering as if they had been on the piss all afternoon ..
The animal had typical little dog syndrome ( chihuahua) staggering about as if it owned the place!😉😁
3 pages & no specific mention of vapers, who cannot let go of their little puff stick, who set it so they get a massive cloud to come out their mouth, you're not James Dean, he looked cool smoking - you just look like you're sucking a pen.
Also people while driving down the road, randomly stop to let someone out of a side road!? Why is that now a thing?!
Also people while driving down the road, randomly stop to let someone out of a side road!? Why is that now a thing?!
Why not? Be polite now and then, make someone's day a little brighter.
Big tip – don’t date British women.
They’re either:
* Brexit Voters
* Fat
* Entitled
* Anti-Cyclist
* Bigger drinkers than you
* Predisposed to duck lip selfies
* Orange
* Or already have kidsThe above probably leaves about 2 percent of the population dateable. Of which only about 20 percent of those will probably find you physically attractive and on top of that there are those that will be more educated than you (because someone always is) and dating down educationally seems to be an issue.
The trick is to not get too jaded
Lol
Why not? Be polite now and then, make someone’s day a little brighter.
Because if a cyclist or motorbike is filtering the pulling out car might not be aware & cause an accident, because the cars following the car won't be expecting them to come to a complete stop, because the cars behind the car will then come to a complete stop creating a traffic jam that will make it harder for the next person to pull out etc...
Why do people keep paying to listen to Billy Joel or watch Tom Hanks? They're both the epitome of mediocrity. It's intensely annoying to me, on top of being confusing.
It’s FEWER! God! Can’t you get anything right?!
Always struck me as a bit odd they'd get it wrong, not sure if they put that in deliberately or not.
From a recent holiday.
People who leap from their seats whilst the aircraft is still taxiing, seat belt light still on to be first to the queue for luggage.
People who will spend a fortune on miniature version of snacks and drinks on a short-haul flights between meals times.
People who book hire cars on the French side of Geneva airport when they're flying in/out of the Swiss side, I know you're going to France, but you really don't want to do that.
Sadly, all of the above I do.
I would question anyone though who has had to use the French side of Geneva airport not to question the ludicrous concept of national borders. These imaginary lines that say this bit is French and this bit is Swiss, what a nightmare! The French, for reasons unknown hide their entrance, especially the road back to the hire car place, I would imagine it's easier to drive into the loading bay of Fort Knox than it is the French Carpark of Geneva airport, and do we really need to show our passports, boarding passes and have our bags checked to walk through a door in an airport when you can walk/drive through it unstopped outside.
>>Lunchtime update >> Mid-life crisis bikers that have speakers mounted on their Harley cruisers; other ridiculous cruisers are available. Radio 2 blaring out as they try and park on the pavement without falling over. Yir in a wee Scottish town, not California, ya roasters.
People that don't understand the concept of 'merge in turn'.
People that don’t understand the concept of ‘merge in turn’.
It seems entirely at odds with British values doesn't it!
Every time I see it at road works it's the same, 95% of people will ignore it and form a single file queue on whatever side the first driver of the morning decided on that's twice the length it should be. 5% of people will use the opportunity to drive faster than is wise down the other lane, unless some 'badass' Lorry driver decides he wants to Police the unwritten law of British queuing by driving down the middle.
The 5% are a bit of an enigma, by the way they drive/merge and frankly at lot of the time what they drive, you can be fairly certain a lot of them are what is known in Psychiatric circles as "arseholes", but unlike almost any other set of circumstances, these "arseholes" are actually in the right for once. The "arseholes" are doing the right thing. It's maddening.
People that don’t understand the concept of ‘merge in turn’.
I'll see your idiots and raise you some other idiots that don't understand that 'merge in turn' doesn't apply on roundabouts or where two roads meet and there's a clearly marked and signposted give way on one of them.
Driving seems to be a recurring theme, mine is people who drive at 40 on a ntional speed limit road, and stay at 40 when going througha village with a 30mph limit. Driver of Nissan Micra who regularly goes along the Trelleck to Devauden raod please take note. You muppet.
Argh, monospeeders.
A near-circular Venn diagram with people who wear hats in cars.
I could probably list 50 things but
People who finish reading a newspaper on the train and put it under the seat on the floor, or fling it it in the overhead luggage rack - this is despite the fact there's a bin by the doors as you exit the train.
Why people don't open train windows pretty much from August through to about mid May, I feel the cold but no harm in a bit of fresh air. Likewise South Eastern Railway who normally have the heating on from September through to mid May...
People who half ar5ed put a seat belt on in the car - just draped over the shoulder
Smoking and vaping strawberry scented chemicals
Chuggers who try and stop you in the street with the hello give me handshake trick
I've known people who are genuinely proud they do no exercise and wouldn't even consider walking up an escalator, they think smoking fags and going to the pub every day is an achievement
Confusing:
People who don't turn their vehicles engine off when doing so would have no negative consequence for them whatsoever.
Annoying:
Smokers who exhale stale smoke on entering a building so it lingers around for ages afterwards. Stinks worse than passive smoking. Addmitedley I used to do it, but I'm an ex-smoker now.
People who spit at least twice a minute while standing around outside.
Old people driving like they stole it.
People who half ar5ed put a seat belt on in the car – just draped over the shoulder
Does that ever happen?
Smokers who exhale stale smoke on entering a building so it lingers around for ages afterwards. Stinks worse than passive smoking. Addmitedley I used to do it, but I’m an ex-smoker now.
Self-righteous ex-smokers. (-:
People who should know better by now having their posts deleted due to deliberate swear filter avoidance.
I didn't use a swear word.People who cant read others posts carefully.
People like Cougar who allow words like piss and bullshit on other threads and then block mine.Also ascribing motivations to my actions which are pure fantasy.
I didn't avoid the swear filter, the swear filter just fails to filter out "bullshit". 🙂
Rule of thumb, if it's censored and you avoid the censor you get banned. I learnt the hard way.
People that don’t understand the concept of ‘merge in turn’.
Pffft - do you even merge bro?
This is a merge in turn....
My missus - keeps on leaving her shoes/bags directly behind the front door and then complains about the noise I make as I struggle to open it fully whilst getting my bike out of the house at daft o bloody clock! She also puts the toilet roll on the wrong way round. ffs.
I think there has been a seperate post on this ..but ..re: toilet roll .
I'm assuming pulling down from the top and not from underneath is the correct way ? It is in this household anyway..
The one that really gets to me is the unneeded overtake when I am on my bike. traffic stacked up at lights 100m away - car overtakes then comes to a halt on the back of the traffic queue. I go sailing past it filtering while the car is stationary. Happens every day.
People who should know better by now having their posts deleted due to deliberate swear filter avoidance.
I still do not fully understand the rules on swearing and I have tried to understand them. (I’m going to regret saying this, as I won’t be able to find the evidence) but it is not uncommon to see moderators break the above rule without comment.
I still do not fully understand the rules on swearing and I have tried to understand them.
It's fairly easy. The following words are prohibited and will get you banned....
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