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Trivial things that annoy you Part 2

Frigga_92

Hope it's okay to start the new thread (not sure if mods have to do it).

I posted this right at the end of the last thread so just carrying it over as it has me driven demented.

I have a question on this subject.

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(my first thread on boards :cool: )

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Pumpkinseeds

LizzieJones wrote: »

Today's humidity.

I needed a shower after changing the bedlinen the humidity here is awful

LizzieJones

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

I needed a shower after changing the bedlinen the humidity here is awful

Where is 'here'?

I'm in Southern Ontario ... close to Hamilton. The temperature here at the moment is 23C but with the high humidity it feels like 31C. I would not mind that so much and would prefer to just sit in front of the fan but my landlord wants to do his annual inspection this coming Friday so that means I have to clean my apartment floors in this heat.
Also, we've just gotten a thunderstorm warning for the rest of today and tonight from Gov't of Canada's weather bureau. I just hope it doesn't escalate into tornado warnings.

czechlin

Cooking according to Julia Child. Well fudge there's more butter on that chicken than there's meat! :eek: It looks nice though, I must say.

desultory

Bloody 89% humidity at the moment, rotten.

BeerSteakBirds

Czarcasm wrote: »

It's supposed to be like that BSB -

http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2014/0622/625665-taoiseach-enda-kennys-meaning-of-life/

http://www.rte.ie/tv/meaningoflife/

ah but Byrne already knows the answers to the questions and it's done in such a way that its feckin obvious that he knows the answers and that it is all bull.

hence Enda in the style of Charles McQuaid stepping up onto a pulpit and screaming about what a special spectacular man of God he is has been cunningly replaced with Byrne leading the conversation so Enda can brag without being blamed for being a braggart or immodest etc. Pure North Korean propaganda learned from FF.
It is all : ''You are a great man arent you ?'' followed by a ''WHY YES, YES I AM'' . No ''Why did you pay back unguaranteed bondholders you prick'' followed by a ''because as you correctly guessed I am a prick just like my predecessors'' which would be an honest interview.

Anyway, this is all trivial because I dont' let these fools ruin my day lol

Czarcasm

Trivial annoyance - not being able to let shìt go

Tardful Slakerly II wrote: »

Rousing stuff, but all rhetoric. Good political speech material. And a pot shot at the Irish welfare system for good measure.

This is why I don't normally entertain discussions on politics, economics nor employment - you're always guaranteed to offend somebody.

Why not a pot shot at the Irish welfare system? I'm making this quick because I don't want to dwell on it and ruin the thread but it's a crap system, badly managed and badly maintained, and like I said, allows people to stay in the poverty trap, and encourages them to stay there. That's not right IMO. There are numerous opportunities funded and provided by the State and private enterprise, but people in the poverty trap are more focused on short term goals and will quickly dismiss long term opportunities as unrealistic.

Ya. The middle ground is where most reasonableness lies, if that doesn't sound pompous.

The whole idea of ambition and a determination to succeed is to rise above the middle ground and not just settle for average. The middle ground is occupied by the most people who are squeezed from both sides, and if a person is determined enough and resourceful enough, they don't have to settle for the middle ground.

Bad management is inexcusable, but a bad attitude is even more inexcusable, and I wouldn't rely on personal accounts posted online because they're often fuelled by a bad attitude, but again - I wouldn't often admit that online because you're bound to offend somebody, and I'm not someone who sets out to offend anyone on purpose.

Pumpkinseeds

LizzieJones wrote: »

Where is 'here'?

I'm in Southern Ontario ... close to Hamilton. The temperature here at the moment is 23C but with the high humidity it feels like 31C. I would not mind that so much and would prefer to just sit in front of the fan but my landlord wants to do his annual inspection this coming Friday so that means I have to clean my apartment floors in this heat.
Also, we've just gotten a thunderstorm warning for the rest of today and tonight from Gov't of Canada's weather bureau. I just hope it doesn't escalate into tornado warnings.

I'm in County Clare in Ireland, it's 22C in our bedroom.

LizzieJones

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

I'm in County Clare in Ireland, it's 22C in our bedroom.

Nine more degrees and you've got the temperature here.

Colser

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

I'm in County Clare in Ireland, it's 22C in our bedroom.

Last night was very humid...dont think anyone slept (well going by my work mates anyway):) doubt if it will result in a babyboom though as we are all fecked from the heat:pac:

Tardful Slakerly II

Czarcasm wrote: »

Trivial annoyance - not being able to let shìt go

This is why I don't normally entertain discussions on politics, economics nor employment - you're always guaranteed to offend somebody.

Why not a pot shot at the Irish welfare system? I'm making this quick because I don't want to dwell on it and ruin the thread but it's a crap system, badly managed and badly maintained, and like I said, allows people to stay in the poverty trap, and encourages them to stay there. That's not right IMO. There are numerous opportunities funded and provided by the State and private enterprise, but people in the poverty trap are more focused on short term goals and will quickly dismiss long term opportunities as unrealistic.

The whole idea of ambition and a determination to succeed is to rise above the middle ground and not just settle for average. The middle ground is occupied by the most people who are squeezed from both sides, and if a person is determined enough and resourceful enough, they don't have to settle for the middle ground.

Bad management is inexcusable, but a bad attitude is even more inexcusable, and I wouldn't rely on personal accounts posted online because they're often fuelled by a bad attitude, but again - I wouldn't often admit that online because you're bound to offend somebody, and I'm not someone who sets out to offend anyone on purpose.

By middle-ground I mean that equitable living and oppertunity is found with balanced rather than polar policies, that there's room for improvement in both Irish and American society and we could learn from each other with regard to various things. I'm not sure what you think I mean.
But, determination means nothing in the grand scheme. It's all numbers. Only a few will ever be on the top, and always the many will be on the bottom. If you know how the world works then you know that.
I don't know why you have problem with the idea of the middle. The middle class is the heart of any economy, every healthy nation has a strong "middle". It's a good thing.
I don't know if that addresses the middle for you or what you're really getting at otherwise.

OK, welfare.
It's not a bad system at all, it's a system that looks after people, and that's a good thing (as if I should need to say that). A few abuse it, and they are a minority of people. If you don't understand that then you need stop reading red tops. You can find wastage in lots of areas of the budget without targeting and belittling the poor and unemployed.
You think our welfare is crap because it allows people to live without suffering is the gist of it. If people were homeless or starved or both I'm getting the impression you would think it were a better system, you think that would motivate the bums or something crappy like that.
It's judgmental to talk about people, many of whom come from disadvantaged backgrounds and many of whom have had bad luck or suffered however so, as if they're brainless leeches. You aren't an authority on the minds of everyone who recieves welfare, that's a guess on my part. They're human beings just like you, not mindless animals.
You're going on with generalities with regard to what people on welfare, or in the poverty trap as you've defined it, think. It's all pundit talk.
The majority of people want work, many working can only find part time work and that means they're still receiving welfare too. The largest portion of welfare money is even toward pensions, not the unemployed. It's a fraction of it. It's only an issue because the poor are easily attacked and looked down on.

McChubbin

My aunt and granny are coming out for their bi-monthly hair cut and colors tomorrow and I've to give up my room to make way for my parents to sleep in it while our guests use their room.
I'm regulated to the pull-out couch in the box room which is little more than a futon with no back support.
Normally I don't mind but my back's been hurting lately and that box room is always too hot in the summer. It's uncomfortable and I'm probably going to be stuck in it 'til Saturday as my relatives have an annoying habit of overstaying their welcome.
*sigh*

homemadecider

McChubbin wrote: »

My aunt and granny are coming out for their bi-monthly hair cut and colors tomorrow and I've to give up my room to make way for my parents to sleep in it while our guests use their room.
I'm regulated to the pull-out couch in the box room which is little more than a futon with no back support.
Normally I don't mind but my back's been hurting lately and that box room is always too hot in the summer. It's uncomfortable and I'm probably going to be stuck in it 'til Saturday as my relatives have an annoying habit of overstaying their welcome.
*sigh*

Time to move out to your own place?

Trivial annoyance: these two feckin flies that won't bugger off away from my face! BOG OFF, FLIES!

LynnGrace

deise08 wrote: »

You see a beautiful sports car.
Porsche, lamborghini and its an auld fella driving it.

That reminds me of the Friends episode where Ross buys one, and then meets an ould fella driving the same type of car... 'How hot are we'

McChubbin

homemadecider wrote: »

Time to move out to your own place?

Would love to but I can't afford it at the minute.

OT: I got a PM from a user called "McChubin". Just said "hi there" but I'm annoyed at the fact he/she is aping my username. I *could* be wrong and they could just've coincedently come up with it all on their own but I smell a troll in the midst.

LizzieJones

McChubbin wrote: »

Would love to but I can't afford it at the minute.

OT: I got a PM from a user called "McChubin". Just said "hi there" but I'm annoyed at the fact he/she is aping my username. I *could* be wrong and they could just've coincedently come up with it all on their own but I smell a troll in the midst.

If it smells like a troll, it generally is a troll.

czechlin

McChubbin wrote: »

OT: I got a PM from a user called "McChubin". Just said "hi there" but I'm annoyed at the fact he/she is aping my username. I *could* be wrong and they could just've coincedently come up with it all on their own but I smell a troll in the midst.

Troll bellow?:mad: Ain't nobody taking the p1ss out of our McChubbin! We kill 'em! :pac:

dragonfly7

People in the queue in shops that queue for ages an when they go to pay they have to rummage for money cards etc.why weren't they ready coming up to the checkout ??? They had AGES!!!!"

mickydoomsux

dragonfly7 wrote: »

People in the queue in shops that queue for ages an when they go to pay they have to rummage for money cards etc.why weren't they ready coming up to the checkout ??? They had AGES!!!!"

By "people" you mean women.

LynnGrace

dragonfly7 wrote: »

People in the queue in shops that queue for ages an when they go to pay they have to rummage for money cards etc.why weren't they ready coming up to the checkout ??? They had AGES!!!!"

That, and people foostering at an ATM. Sometimes I wonder WTF they are at. Put in card, enter pin, select service, just get on with it. Some people are just short of resting their elbows each side of the screen and getting comfortable for the duration.

Fred Swanson

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Tardful Slakerly II

LynnGrace wrote: »

That, and people foostering at an ATM. Sometimes I wonder WTF they are at. Put in card, enter pin, select service, just get on with it. Some people are just short of resting their elbows each side of the screen and getting comfortable for the duration.

And standing there fumbling with their stuff afterward instead of getting out of the way. Sometimes I wonder if people are disoriented at ATMs when I see them, like they don't know who or where they are.

shruikan2553

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

We have that here. Every year there's a spate of photos in the county papers of toddlers in caps and gowns graduating from playschool. It's as bad as giving prizes to all entrants/competitors. Competition is healthy and it diminishes the dedication and commitment that other kids put in to something when all the kids get a prize.

Why can't they be allowed to fail? As much as society would wish it otherwise, not every one is talented.

The problem is everyone has to be at least average, if you are below average there is something wrong. It ignores the whole idea of average.

dragonfly7

People in the queue in shops that queue for ages an when they go to pay they have to rummage for money cards etc.why weren't they ready coming up to the checkout ??? They had AGES!!!!"

LynnGrace

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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That reminds me of when I used to travel by bus, and people would try several prepaid tickets before hitting on the one that actually worked
Did they dispose of the used up ones ,in the container that is there for just that purpose? Oh no.
Replace them delicately in wallet for repeat performance the following day.
And rinse and repeat ...

Photo-Sniper

I work in Gastronomy and i'm living abroad and theres nothing that grinds my gears more than the people moving over here for the summer looking for waitressing/waiter jobs.

Had to deal with an irish girl just tonight and the conversation went something along the lines of;

"Guten Tag, mein name ist ****, I would like to work here, could you take my cv"

Yeah not a bother, Im actually the cook here but ile pass it onto my boss.

"Ahh your irish aswell thats class, where do you go clubbing, im looking for a place to go with my mates tonight"

Ah I dont club too much, I work nearly every weekend as thats when we do the most business.

"Working weekends?! What?! would I have to work on saturdays and sundays if I was to work here?

Yes.

"Ok no bother, eh...see ya"

CV in the bin.

Czarcasm

LynnGrace wrote: »

That reminds me of when I used to travel by bus, and people would try several prepaid tickets before hitting on the one that actually worked
Did they dispose of the used up ones ,in the container that is there for just that purpose? Oh no.
Replace them delicately in wallet for repeat performance the following day.
And rinse and repeat ...

It makes their wallet look full

LynnGrace

Czarcasm wrote: »

It makes their wallet look full

Used to do my head in. Especially in the mornings when delays were hard to put up with.

mickydoomsux

Photo-Sniper wrote: »

I work in Gastronomy and i'm living abroad and theres nothing that grinds my gears more than the people moving over here for the summer looking for waitressing/waiter jobs.

Had to deal with an irish girl just tonight and the conversation went something along the lines of;

"Guten Tag, mein name ist ****, I would like to work here, could you take my cv"

Yeah not a bother, Im actually the cook here but ile pass it onto my boss.

"Ahh your irish aswell thats class, where do you go clubbing, im looking for a place to go with my mates tonight"

Ah I dont club too much, I work nearly every weekend as thats when we do the most business.

"Working weekends?! What?! would I have to work on saturdays and sundays if I was to work here?

Yes.

"Ok no bother, eh...see ya"

CV in the bin.

They are really just on an extended holiday if they were being honest about it.

mickydoomsux

shruikan2553 wrote: »

The problem is everyone has to be at least average, if you are below average there is something wrong. It ignores the whole idea of average.

I might be misremembering it but i think it was George Carlin that had a bit in one of his specials pointing out that it was terrifying to think that half the people in the world had to be ****ing stupid because there is an "average" level of intelligence.

It's a great point.

gramar

Photo-Sniper wrote: »

I work in Gastronomy and i'm living abroad and theres nothing that grinds my gears more than the people moving over here for the summer looking for waitressing/waiter jobs.

Gastronomy eh?