Irritations - dump here thread

[Blue-deviled]

That stopped when I went on the Do not disturb register.

Peter.

That register irritates me as well. It should be a 'do call' register, not the other way around.

I'm convinced that there is sponsorship in voice recognition software and the directory enquiries. Just as with pait internet searches, the wrong business always seems to be given!

[jimbur]

The sod in the box could've let on that if you come in after 3 you only pay for the next day. I could've waited and had a fag and saved $30.
(Posted from Dinner Plain; sunny day and fresh snow.)

I hope you told him he'd just blown any chance of a tip

[Dave50]

computer updates..............the thing remains on all day then as I want to use it then it chooses that time to update slowing the net down and then wanting to restart to install the updates, someone should blow updates up!

[Manuka Jock]

I use the "check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install " them option .

[Dave50]

yep good Idea but it's just a pain in the butt, should do it while I'm not using it! it has the time!

[jimbur]

The list is now so long I can't be bothered to see if this one has come up. Perhaps I should add long threads versus short memory.
The errant apostrophe drives me up the wall. Shops that sell kebab's or other possessively modified products, centuries being described as the 1800's for example. I won't even go into its and it's.
Jim

[nihilism]

They stopped making hazelnut rolls.

Anyone got some spare plutonium for the time machine?

[artme]

Hard shelled tacos.

I have resisted using an apostrophe for the sake of Jimbur's blood pres's'ure.

[jimbur]

Hard shelled tacos.

I have resisted using an apostrophe for the sake of Jimbur's blood pres's'ure.

How kind

[underfoot]

Diposable razors...
the ones with the lubricating strips (impregnated with exotic plant extracts)
Apparently designed to improve our shaving experience,
when what they really do is expand a few days after contact with water,
ensuring that the shaver is unusable before the blades become blunt.
hint....scrape the strip off and it shaves again

[kiwigeo]

what i cant understand is why dose everyone feel the need to wear really tight Lycra suits to ride there bike.

if it not possible to ride in normal clothes.

I regularly ride 70 - 100kms on my road bike. The advantages of lycra? Ever tried cycling into a head wind with a pair of board shorts ballooning out with the wind and a T shirt blowing up around your man boobs? Ever jumped off a bike after a long ride in "normal" shorts and wondered why your crotch feels like you've been sitting on a razor blade for a couple of hours?

Anyway whats the difference between a bike wearing lycra and an AFL player wearing those ridiculously tight shorts??? Why cant THEY wear normal clothes?

Here's a pick of me in my lycra about to set out on a 70km ride.......I cant see what the problem is.

[kiwigeo]

Diposable razors...
the ones with the lubricating strips (impregnated with exotic plant extracts)
Apparently designed to improve our shaving experience,
when what they really do is expand a few days after contact with water,
ensuring that the shaver is unusable before the blades become blunt.
hint....scrape the strip off and it shaves again

Um arent they disposable razors?? ie you use 'em and then chuck 'em away??

[kiwigeo]

Was listening to some guy from Monash Uni on ABC Radio a couple of weeks ago who was in to designing bicycles from high tech materials. He was talking about a crowd in Geelong that build custom bicycles to order, from thing like titanium etc. Prices were in the $20,000 range

The frames on those bikes are hand built....and the quality of build is second to none.

Ive just spent $10,000 on a new bike....yeah its a lot of money but Ive spent the last 25 years slogging in a job that keeps me away from home half my life and the working conditions aren't the best...Ive got to the stage in my life where I can sit back and spend a bit on toys so why not??? For some its V8's or wood working machinery....for me its classy bikes (and woodworking machinery).

[kiwigeo]

that's for the aerodynamic gain. Some of these eejuts ride at almost 30kph and need all the help they can get.

My pet hate...pedestrians who have no idea how fast a cyclist can move...the ones that bother to look before they cross see you coming and then they start crossing the road no matter how fast you're going. Half of them do the same with cars....

My average speed out on a ride is around 30km/hr.......on a moderate grade I'm doing around 50k/hr and if I'm really hooping it the Garmin can be reading up to 70k/hr (only done on an open road with no cars in sight).

My average speed going UP hills.....around 12k/hr but we wont talk about that.

[Manuka Jock]

hint....scrape the strip off and it shaves again

now ya tell me