Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[No Ta Doctor]

Two short ones, presumably ?

I think this would suggest that Einstein, for example, was thick as two short Plancks.

 

[mustang1]

My old Samsung is like that but it is no longer an issue because it is now dedicated to just being an HD monitor for an Apple TV box. I use that to run the apps for my smart turbo trainer.

Regular TV duties are now the responsibility of a modern Panasonic TV which has a much faster processor capable of doing its job at a good snappy pace. No more jerky scrolling through lists of content on YouTube, Netflix, Prime etc.

I think even the modern TVs are too slow!

 

[ColinJ]

I think even the modern TVs are too slow!

My Panasonic can scroll faster than I can read the content descriptions, which is fast enough for me.

The only thing that I am not 100% happy with is occasional slight picture judder when scenes are slowly panned. That is very hard to eliminate on OLED TVs. There are settings that can reduce it but they create really unnatural movement nicknamed the 'soap opera effect' which I find worse than the judder.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

So, on the subject of measuring things, why do these bridge height signs have differing values in metric & imperial? (As in one metric measurement has varying imperial values). And yes, there's a rational(ish) explanation


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH_bSvf7EVA

 

[DB Cooper]

Gmail sending me an email to inform me that there has been a login to my account from an unknown IP address.

If a fraudster is using my account then they're just going to delete the email. So will I. What's the point?

 

[Electric_Andy]

Gmail sending me an email to inform me that there has been a login to my account from an unknown IP address.

If a fraudster is using my account then they're just going to delete the email. So will I. What's the point?

If it seems suspicious then it's a good prompt to change your password?

 

[DB Cooper]

If it seems suspicious then it's a good prompt to change your password?

Will I see the email though? If a fraudster is using my account then they will just delete it.

 

[Alex321]

Will I see the email though? If a fraudster is using my account then they will just delete it.

Well there is a fair chance you will see it first, before they can delete it.

 

[captain nemo1701]

I tend to be a bit more understanding of delivery drivers: they didn't create the system, and they work under tight timelines and the company won't be sympathetic if they are delayed because it takes them three, ten or thirty minutes longer than the timetable says it should. I well remember as an apprentice carpenter being instructed to park illegally so we were close to a job, not because it was "convenient" but because clients would time us unloading and refuse to pay for that time, meaning we operated at a loss for the day.

I can imagine some drivers deciding that with the choice of losing their job or following the protocol and risking the ire of other drivers, they'll do the latter.

Well, it was here, Stapleton Road, Bristol. Main commuting & bus route for 48/49 services. He parked right at the yellow box:

street level:

Cars always illegally parked on left double yellows (never enforced). So, imagine white van man slap bang in middle of road, 8am on a weekday, blocking both ways....There's parking in side roads and at the Masala Bazaar shop a bit further along. He was delivering boxes of fruit so easily put in a hand cart. Instead of car parking on the right, it should be shop deliveries only.

 

[lenfield]

Buying milk from Aldi that's two days nearer its Use By Date than the previous lot that I bought. They've got worse stock rotation than a corner shop.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Gary Neville

 

[Jameshow]

Gary Neville

Clare Balding + Miranda Hart!

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Clare Balding + Miranda Hart!

I'm not sure that's technically how you make a Gary Neville, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt

 

[lenfield]

I've been feeding a feral cat Lidl cat treats for the past year or two. I bought a new packet a few weeks ago and I haven't seen him since.

 

[DRM]

I've been feeding a feral cat Lidl cat treats for the past year or two. I bought a new packet a few weeks ago and I haven't seen him since.

Probably got better offer from a neighbour who buys him Sheba gourmet instead