Stuff that makes you disproportionately cross

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 **** 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?

Probably, the and of have been suspended for use when writing dates ie I did a thing on 1st September, and some ommit the ordinal too. Meanwhile. . . . . some . . . people . . . . . . go mental with. . . . . . . . . ellipses!!!!!

Is this standard elsewhere and I just hadn’t noticed?

Standard (or at least very commonplace) in America, yes. Pretty much been like it for years, along with capitalising every word in newspaper and online headlines. Please stop them both.

I’ve noticed an increasing trend in American English to dispense with the “th” as well. “Coming soon, November Four.” It makes me think “well, that’s no good, I haven’t watched the first three.”

Meanwhile, in today’s episode of Disproportionately Cross I give you this crime against CDO:

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 .

https://imgur.com/KE3ATM7

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.

Putting up the Christmas tree for the Megasack studio set. It feels horrible on my hands, it’s November… it fills me with rage.

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…

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/london-moth-mansion-notting-hill-iya-patarkatsishvili-b2646184.html

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.

Buying a multipack of protein/cereal bars and finding the bars only take up 1/2 the space inside the packaging.

See also, the ‘wrap scam’….

Not seen the wrap scam before, maybe it’s a Pret scam.

Attribution is missing: https://www.reddit.com/r/shrinkflation/comments/11ny4dk/pret_a_manger_taking_out_the_main_bit/

Attribution is missing: https://www.reddit.com/r/shrinkflation/comments/11ny4dk/pret_a_manger_taking_out_the_main_bit/

It wasn’t actually Pret when I got scammed by this, it was just the first image found on google….it was a similar deli sandwhich type shop in Leeds several years ago, I can’t remember the name but it was marketed as a trendy health food type place. I’ve just checked on google maps and it doesn’t seem to be there any more, must have shut down.

Anyway..beware when buying wraps!

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!

Oh yes. My tumble drier said 11 minutes to go so 15 minutes later off I go to empty it… now it says 7 minutes to go.*

I mean, what is even the point of the timer? Each setting tells you the time it’ll take to complete, trouble is that it’s a load of rubbish because (obviously) it depends on the size of the load, how damp it is, etc.

(*Before submitting this post I took a phone call for 14 minutes. The timer now says 4 minutes to go.)

See also, the ‘wrap scam’….

I give you ASDA a few years ago:

I give you ASDA a few years ago:

The icing on the cake is the ‘pizza retailer of the year’ award they have very graciously given to themselves, hahah!

Porco dio!

E non si cap isce un cazzo!

Va fa Napoli!

That’s easy for you to say.

In related pizza news, I amuse me:

Our washing machine tumble dryer is a **** ****. Minimum drying time is 3 hours and the clothes might still be damp. In the good old days a large load took 80 minutes.

Cougar – how many pizzas did you buy to set that up?

Took me a moment; I initially thought is La Reine a special pizza where the ragu uses no stock? Then I actually read the meme as a whole

Station car park ticket machines out of action so having to pay a 10% surcharge for the convenience of paying on the app.

It’s Monday morning. Just **** off.

 did they not have an extensive survey done, as presumably one would if spending that sort of cash?

I read that story a few days ago, and initially I did think the same, but actually, it’s a bit more nuanced (who’d have thought it!) The previous owners did try to warn them and put details in the sale, but moths aren’t vermin, so legally, there’s nothing saying you have to report it, and no real comeback. They tried all sorts to fix it, and the moths just keep returning – it’s thought the wool insulation may have something to do with it. I do have some sympathy for them, despite the fact that laughing at the woe of millionaires is of course, objectively funny.

Threads that ask for an opinion, say about films and folks just say “It’s shit” or “It bobbins” and offer no explanation as to why they think that or why they didn’t enjoy it. Pointless contrarianism for the sake of it

Them – Has it got any MOT?

Me-it’s in the advert

Them – What’s the license plate so i can get an insurance quote?

Me- it’s in the advert

Them- Has it got manual gears operated by your foot like a normal bike?

Me- it’s in the advert…

@kayak23 We had a similar conversation about a washer dryer yesterday.

What’s wrong with it?

Nothing it’s in full working order as the ad says.

Is it a washer and a dryer?

Yes as it says in the ad.

That turned into a block him everywhere on Meta by herself.

Cougar – how many pizzas did you buy to set that up?

I swear, both of those were genuine.

Pointless contrarianism for the sake of it

No it isn’t.

Our washing machine tumble dryer is a **** ****. Minimum drying time is 3 hours and the clothes might still be damp. In the good old days a large load took 80 minutes.

I’ve had several over the years due to space constraints. They’re all universally crap, you’ve got all the worst things about a washing machine with all the worst things about a tumble dryer all in one handy unit. But at least they’re expensive.

Snow, or rather, the lack of it.

I like snow. Living in Salford we regularly get forecasts of “THE WORLD IS ENDING, NECK DEEP SNOW IN WEEK LONG BLIZZARDS” for the entire surrounding area and here, if lucky, we might see a couple of flakes mixed in with the rain and drizzle while the rest of the country gets out their snow chains and has happy times building snowmen while snowed in at home.

*Mild* exaggeration perhaps, but it makes me grumpy. Oh the celebrations of the children when we have half a glorious inch that lasts for nearly a whole day! Back when I were young, darn sarf in Kent, we had it proper. My kids have seen nothing like it.