Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[bikingdad90]

That'd be above three foot off the ground then.
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That’s a darn good window holding back the flood!

 

[youngoldbloke]

The sockets are still well below bedside table or desk level though surely? I've not seen sockets 3 foot up the wall in normal houses

You don't have to charge phones or other equipment on bedside tables! (We don't actually have such items - our beds are very low, in effect not much higher than mattress on the floor.) Tend to recharge phones on the kitchen worktops, and the plugs I'm complaining about are a PITA, USB wall sockets are the obvious solution.

 

[youngoldbloke]

- wouldn't solve the issue of the BT and other plugs with built in transformers, however.

 

[oldwheels]

Or as we say round here - well above flood level!

Every socket in my old workshop was at least 42 inches above floor level. High tides have been a problem in the past and it is only going to get worse.

 

[Drago]

You don't have to charge phones or other equipment on bedside tables! (We don't actually have such items - our beds are very low, in effect not much higher than mattress on the floor.) Tend to recharge phones on the kitchen worktops, and the plugs I'm complaining about are a PITA, USB wall sockets are the obvious solution.

Get a proper phone that needs charging every 3 or 4 weeks and this becomes a complete non event. I usually plug mine in the kitchen while doing the housework, and by the time im finished its charged for another month.

 

[bikingdad90]

Cycling plus and their pointless articles. Was tempted by the £5 for 5 issues offer but can see on the cover 10 rules for cycling to work is a feature and best bike lights for £100 Is another, in other word between £80 and £100.

There are no rules other than the Highway Code and road laws to abide by. Ride with a pannier, ride with a rucksack, ride fast or ride slow - do whatever works for you!

In the lights review anything over £40 will give a decent light to see and be seen by and the winner/recommended product will be the one most sponsored.

 

[mistyoptic]

The sockets are still well below bedside table or desk level though surely? I've not seen sockets 3 foot up the wall in normal houses

I lived in a DC (Development Corporation) house in Peterborough, back in the late 70s where all the powerpoints and light switches were 3 feet up from the floor. Some idea about making them more "accessible" I believe

 

[youngoldbloke]

I lived in a DC (Development Corporation) house in Peterborough, back in the late 70s where all the powerpoints and light switches were 3 feet up from the floor. Some idea about making them more "accessible" I believe

Generally accepted that under current regs (part M) sockets should be a minimum of 450mm above floor level (in a new build)

 

[Profpointy]

Generally accepted that under current regs (part M) sockets should be a minimum of 450mm above floor level (in a new build)

That would be annoyingly high for most of us. I get having them at desk height, and floor height but in-between seems silly. I even get that old folks might struggle to bend down, but mid-height seems to create a quite high risk of trip hazzard

 

[youngoldbloke]

That would be annoyingly high for most of us. I get having them at desk height, and floor height but in-between seems silly. I even get that old folks might struggle to bend down, but mid-height seems to create a quite high risk of trip hazzard

Just moved into a new build and they are all at that height. In previous house, extension built 2012 same applied - no hassle, but as for those plugs with the cable coming out of the top .....

 

[youngoldbloke]

Router and other cables miles long, so you end up with a tangle of black cable collecting dust.

 

[Profpointy]

Router and other cables miles long, so you end up with a tangle of black cable collecting dust.

Cables are either 6" too short or 10 foot too long

 

[Accy cyclist]

Look at these,taken at 3pm today!! The whole fecking pavement taken up by this twat mobile!!

I would've gobbed on the thing,or even chucked some dog shoot on it,but we have to be wary of onboard cctv these days.

 

[Oldhippy]

Now if that ripe for an 'accidental ' scrap I don't know what is!

 

[Oldhippy]

Missed the word isn't above.