chrisp65 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Yep, the whole let’s see what I just bought buzz has been removed. I’ll end up buying something random instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted October 16, 2019 Moderator Share Posted October 16, 2019 35 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Yep, the whole let’s see what I just bought buzz has been removed. I’ll end up buying something random instead. Yep, absolutely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welnik Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Some absolute bellend decided it would be fun to play chicken with me and my van through the cones on the A452. Cock nearly ran me off the road, and then had the temerity to thank me for letting him in front! This is the section from the A45 island to the M6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko154 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 On the subject of directions, I'm 30 and have never used road maps, sat nav's have always been a thing for me. What annoys me is when you mention to someone that your going somewhere, an airport or an away game. 'Ah are you taking the A46 or the A41?' 'Ooo the A46 is normally busy at that time of day, I would take the A34 and link on to the M4 just off Swindon' 'I took the A34 last week and it was a nightmare' I have no idea what you are talking about. I don't know which road I'm taking, I just follow my satnav to where I'm going or I know the route I'm taking as I've driven there before. Note the roads I have added are probably not even related to each other, they are examples only 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 I usually have the sat nav on with the voice turned off, even when I'm driving to work. It knows what the traffic conditions are like so can help dodge traffic well before I run in to it. Beeps when there are speed cameras ahead too. Just in case! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 A thing that pisses me off is posting, then reading up and realising I'm a page or two behind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 work... trying to sign a contract, easy contract, nice client, there's a clause in there saying all travel is reimbursable plus a fee you just have to keep receipts of everything, we have probably 2 guys travelling to Barcelona 3 times max, probably in and out day trips maybe a 1 nighter at best, the guy putting our bid together thinks that's too much work, we are incapable of printing of and organising our hotel / flight receipts and issuing them to the client, he wants to put a lump sum rate instead, we book all our trips via 1 single source company you can say what you like about german efficiency and its not everyone here but there's more than a fair few where work ethic is **** shocking and they have no commercial awareness at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 17, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted October 17, 2019 1 hour ago, wilko154 said: On the subject of directions, I'm 30 and have never used road maps, sat nav's have always been a thing for me. What annoys me is when you mention to someone that your going somewhere, an airport or an away game. 'Ah are you taking the A46 or the A41?' 'Ooo the A46 is normally busy at that time of day, I would take the A34 and link on to the M4 just off Swindon' 'I took the A34 last week and it was a nightmare' I have no idea what you are talking about. I don't know which road I'm taking, I just follow my satnav to where I'm going or I know the route I'm taking as I've driven there before. Note the roads I have added are probably not even related to each other, they are examples only Exactly what I was getting at. I'd feel very uncomfortable not having that basic knowledge about the road network. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 My wife uses road numbers, I know motorways obviously but A roads, I have to ask her what landmarks are on roads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 7 hours ago, wilko154 said: On the subject of directions, I'm 30 and have never used road maps, sat nav's have always been a thing for me. What annoys me is when you mention to someone that your going somewhere, an airport or an away game. 'Ah are you taking the A46 or the A41?' 'Ooo the A46 is normally busy at that time of day, I would take the A34 and link on to the M4 just off Swindon' 'I took the A34 last week and it was a nightmare' I have no idea what you are talking about. I don't know which road I'm taking, I just follow my satnav to where I'm going or I know the route I'm taking as I've driven there before. Note the roads I have added are probably not even related to each other, they are examples only Me, I couldn't tell you an M5 from an M6 or an M42. I motorway everyday almost now, i don't know what junction I get on at or get off at. I just get off when the satnav tells me or I get to the point where I recognize the exit. Pointless information. Sadcases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 (edited) A small Hospital car park that only let you in when there’s spaces so you have to wait until then. I have no problem with that. So why has it it let me and about 6 other cars in when there are clearly no spaces! So we’re all slowly driving around trying to find a spot and getting in each other’s way. I was getting late for appointment so I just landed it in a random spot which said no parking on the ground but wasn’t obstructing anyone. I’ll take the fine if it comes in the post rather than wait another year for an appointment. Edited October 17, 2019 by Vive_La_Villa 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 I work from home Fridays and will either have Spotify or Youtube on, my wife comes down puts Radio 2 on and then almost immediately goes upstairs again not listening to it, so then I have to shout at Alexa. Every bloody Friday. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Genie Posted October 18, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2019 23 minutes ago, Seat68 said: I work from home Fridays and will either have Spotify or Youtube on, my wife comes down puts Radio 2 on and then almost immediately goes upstairs again not listening to it, so then I have to shout at Alexa. Every bloody Friday. Probably shouldn't have put your wife's name on a public forum 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Paddywhack Posted October 18, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2019 2 hours ago, Seat68 said: I work from home Fridays and will either have Spotify or Youtube on, my wife comes down puts Radio 2 on and then almost immediately goes upstairs again not listening to it, so then I have to shout at Alexa. Every bloody Friday. I was shattered yesterday so after my 5 month old had fallen asleep in the living room around 9, I asked Mrs P if I was okay to go to bed and she could bring the baby up when she was ready to go to bed (he still sleeps in our room). 15 minutes later, I was just dozing off when Mrs P opened the bedroom door and said she was coming to bed now as she was bored. She turned the big light on so she could see where she was going when bringing the bab up. One hour later, she still hadn't come to bed and I couldn't sleep because the big light was on. One hour of lying there thinking about getting up to turn it off but knowing that as soon as I did, she'd be come up the stairs with the bab and I'd get in trouble for turning it off. She finally brought him up, she got in bed and fell asleep within about 3 minutes and immediately started snoring her head off. Our sofa's fairly comfortable though so it's fine. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 18, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted October 18, 2019 4 hours ago, Seat68 said: I work from home Fridays and will either have Spotify or Youtube on, my wife comes down puts Radio 2 on and then almost immediately goes upstairs again not listening to it, so then I have to shout at Alexa. Every bloody Friday. Fridays? Just Fridays? I wish. I know I've ranted on here before about this one, but my missus switches on Radio 4 in every room she enters, and never switches it off when she leaves. So, for example, we're watching TV in the living room, she goes into the kitchen to get a drink, puts the radio on for the two minutes she's in there, leaves it on, comes back to the TV. I can hear the indistinct but audible muttering of R4 distracting me from the TV, so I sigh, go out and switch it off and come back. Every. Single. Time. If I ask her to switch the radio off on leaving a room, she says "But I might want to go back in there". Drives me insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post WhatAboutTheFinish Posted October 18, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2019 2 hours ago, Paddywhack said: I was shattered yesterday so after my 5 month old had fallen asleep in the living room around 9, I asked Mrs P if I was okay to go to bed and she could bring the baby up when she was ready to go to bed (he still sleeps in our room). 15 minutes later, I was just dozing off when Mrs P opened the bedroom door and said she was coming to bed now as she was bored. She turned the big light on so she could see where she was going when bringing the bab up. One hour later, she still hadn't come to bed and I couldn't sleep because the big light was on. One hour of lying there thinking about getting up to turn it off but knowing that as soon as I did, she'd be come up the stairs with the bab and I'd get in trouble for turning it off. She finally brought him up, she got in bed and fell asleep within about 3 minutes and immediately started snoring her head off. Our sofa's fairly comfortable though so it's fine. This story got a like solely for you using the phrase ‘the big light’. Love that phrase, a staple in my house as a kid but haven’t heard it for years! 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 1 minute ago, WhatAboutTheFinish said: This story got a like solely for you using the phrase ‘the big light’. Love that phrase, a staple in my house as a kid but haven’t heard it for years! Ha, I did think twice about using it, same as when I typed 'bab' to describe my son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 5 hours ago, Seat68 said: I work from home Fridays and will either have Spotify or Youtube on, my wife comes down puts Radio 2 on and then almost immediately goes upstairs again not listening to it, so then I have to shout at Alexa. Every bloody Friday. You should get an Internet radio. All I play on mine is US rock stations, there's millions of 'em. And I bet there's even more Country stations. Just up your alley I expect. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 3 minutes ago, rjw63 said: You should get an Internet radio. All I play on mine is US rock stations, there's millions of 'em. And I bet there's even more Country stations. Just up your alley I expect. Ha, I do, but I have a few calls on a friday so stop and start music a lot, otherwise wall to wall US country stations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 The kitchen bin. Its always either newly emptied, or full to the point where the lid won't quite swing freely. Never inbetween. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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