What's too complicated for you?

[buggi]

why do people put an ed or 'd on the end of FUBAR? if FUBAR stands for "Fukd up beyong all recognition" it doesn't technically need it does it?

am i being anal?

 

[Aperitif]

No - just anal-ed.

 

[Bman]

why do people put an ed or 'd on the end of FUBAR? if FUBAR stands for "Fukd up beyong all recognition" it doesn't technically need it does it?

am i being anal?

It's the same with "mice". The only people that have "mice" are people with a rodent infestation problem, small furry pets, or a pet shop!

MOUSE stands for Manual Operated User Signal Encoder, If you have two of them, you dont have "mice"

 

[John the Monkey]

Mountain Bikes.

Don't know how the groupset heirarchy works, where the deuce the cables go for V-Brakes, and why it all has to have different mechanical advantages, over lock nut distances etc to the stuff I HAVE IN THE PARTS BOX ALREADY.

This week has been a bit of a learning experience. And something of a trial for the lads at my LBS.

 

[yello]

I find most things too complicated as I'm getting older. There's probably an equation somewhere that explains the inverse relationship... but I doubt I'd understand it.

My wife's digital slr camera (if that is what it's called) frightens me. Way too many functions. Even my own finepix, or whatever it is, is overly complex for me. I've stuck it in simple 'take a picture' mode and just push the button on the rare occasions I take a picture.

And, as a former gadget geek, I'm somewhat amazed that I have absolutely no desire to learn how to use anything with more than one button!

 

[Mr Pig]

Has anybody tried to fix a leaking tap recently ?

Interesting. We've got ceramic valve taps in the bathroom and I had wondered about this. Not had to touch them yet and hopefully it'll be years 'till I need to. Did you get the part?

 

[Kirstie]

SRAM front mechs. Come to think of it any front mech. I find setting them up almost impossibly frustrating...!

 

[John the Monkey]

My wife's digital slr camera (if that is what it's called) frightens me. Way too many functions. Even my own finepix, or whatever it is, is overly complex for me. I've stuck it in simple 'take a picture' mode and just push the button on the rare occasions I take a picture.

Digitial SLRs I find ok, because my film knowledge translates to them.

Point and shoots that want to sort everything out for me so I can spontaneously capture the moment (providing that I can overcome the shutter lag and tendency to expose/focus wrongly) are a collossal pain.

 

[cheadle hulme]

Headlights on modern cars. You used to be able to pop the bonnet and change the bulb.
Skoda Fabia vRS takes 1 hour plus 3 layers of knuckle skin. I dread to think what I owe the swear box.

No wonder you see so many people driving with a bulb out.

 

[threefingerjoe]

Lack of standardisation on ANYTHING. I despise gadgets with a steep learning curve. There should be no need for it. As someone said, with the washing machine, "I want to wash clothes...I don't want to be a computer programmer." I don't have time for such "time-saving" devices. What are these designers thinking? If I want to snap a picture, I want to grab the camera...not the phone. Too many functions make an easy task difficult.

Next pet-peeve: WHY are good products discontinued? You spend hours or days locating a product that works perfectly. A year later, when it's worn out, just try to buy another one! They don't make them, anymore!

 

[Bigtwin]

Next pet-peeve: WHY are good products discontinued? You spend hours or days locating a product that works perfectly. A year later, when it's worn out, just try to buy another one! They don't make them, anymore!

Shut up and keep spending.

There's your answer.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Other people's lives.

Far too complicated.

Life is too short to be all 'soap opera / Jeremy Kyle', just get on with it.

 

[snakehips]

Interesting. We've got ceramic valve taps in the bathroom and I had wondered about this. Not had to touch them yet and hopefully it'll be years 'till I need to. Did you get the part?

Not yet. As somebody else said , lack of standardisation is the problem.
You can only buy them in pairs and a pair cost about £15 , so you can't just afford to buy a likely looking pair on spec. My local DIY store just doesn't stock them 'because there are too many types'. I have spent a lot of time in other stores counting splines , measuring length of splines , etc.
I can't swap with another tap in the same house because they are all different and I am hindered by the fact that it's a mixer unit so I can't just take the valve out for a while hawking it round the shops leaving me old mum with no water supply in her kitchen.

 

[accountantpete]

It's the "simple" things that complilers of user manuals forget to include.

Just built a pc and went to install the os when I realised I had no connector for my mouse - searched the motherboard manual high and low (1 hour) searched the net (another hour) both without success and had to trek down to the local pc shop to find out that it needed a USB mouse.

 

[Mr Pig]

Not yet.

Unbelievable. I flippin tap :0(