Pet Peeves

[Ducky]

Wireless headphones are a cunt of a thing. Hate them.

Why so?

Extra hassle for absolutely no benefit, as Ducky has shown. Been an in-ear convert since the 80's, not the generic shite you see come free with phones, but decent, well fitting in-ears which form to the ear canal and block out external noise so you can have the volume low and still hear clearly. I had to go to wireless a few years back and found a Sony model which connected the two earpieces with a wire, discreet size with decent battery life. Even so, they give no benefit to when I could just plug a wire in. They're discontinued now and the connected ones are definitely not in vogue. I dread the day they die. I do a fair bit of hill walking and I never want to find myself looking for one of the individual ones in a bog or a forest in the pissing rain. Over-ears are complete overkill and unsuited to being out and about in shit weather and they look spasticated too. I don't want to live a life where I am continually charging all kinds of different kit all the fucking time. Just give me a wire and one thing to charge and fuck the rest of it.

Honestly could've lost a pair of wired just as easily (as they'd live in my pocket just the same as the case). Wireless eliminates other things like microphonics transmitted along the cable (which melts my head), getting tangled in it, etc. Heck, losing the little lapel clasp for the cable rendered and old pair I had useless as the constant tugging just from walking was another head melt.

You usually get various sized tips included, and one of them is usually a decent fit. A decent fit will mean that bud is only coming out of your ear unless you try to have it come out. Plus you'll never have to worry about your cable getting damaged by the 10 months of rain we get.

Wireless buds really have an ingenious design too with the case recharging them. Only ever had to charge mine once a month or so.

Of course there's drawbacks to them, but for music on the go (whether that's out and about, or around the house), I'm never going back to wired.

[Caomhaoin]

The concept of inheritance tax. Can you imagine what kind of miserable bastard of a civil servant thought that one up? Twisted stuff.

'I know, let's tax corpses'

[Emphyrio]

The concept of inheritance tax. Can you imagine what kind of miserable bastard of a civil servant thought that one up? Twisted stuff.

'I know, let's tax corpses'

That's one that rightly fucks me off.

[Ducky]

Bags of spinach (and other leaves). There's only one other person in the house and they don't eat spinach, so I usually end up chucking some out every week because as much as I eat the stuff, the bags are usually too big for one person to get through before the use-by date.

[astfgyl]

Bags of spinach (and other leaves). There's only one other person in the house and they don't eat spinach, so I usually end up chucking some out every week because as much as I eat the stuff, the bags are usually too big for one person to get through before the use-by date.

That's a fair one actually I always end up throwing out half the bag as well. I know I could freeze it but that would involve conscious thought and it only comes to me when the bag is gone half liquid in the fridge

[91/30]

Bags of spinach (and other leaves). There's only one other person in the house and they don't eat spinach, so I usually end up chucking some out every week because as much as I eat the stuff, the bags are usually too big for one person to get through before the use-by date.

That's a fair one actually I always end up throwing out half the bag as well. I know I could freeze it but that would involve conscious thought and it only comes to me when the bag is gone half liquid in the fridge

If you have a blender you can make a smoothie out of it with whatever other fruit you have in the fridge, milk, bananas few strawberries....comes out lovely

[Giggles]

Speaking of bags of green, this thread is like, 420 pages long man, or something

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

 

[Carnage]

Pet peeve: the whole 420 thing. It's fucking 20/4, yanks.

[Trev]

Hangovers. Don't know if it's because sessions are much more infrequent now, or just that I'm older and falling apart, but can't handle this shite. Nearly considering completely knocking the booze off, just not worth it anymore

[Thorn]

I'm down to old man drinking levels, like four cans or six bottles of a night, can't do it at all any more. A proper session now would equate to a choice of feeling good for a few hours or feeling like shit for a few days.

[The Heretic]

The secret with drinking as you get older is to take food along with it....nibbles etc...it never fails. Last year I was on a session with 3 work colleagues and we ended up throwing back cocktails and mixing drinks like no ones business (I never mix drinks) but at the same time we were nibbling away at chips then crisps etc. Even with that I expected to be totally fucked the next day, but low and behold even though I knew I had overdone it the night before I was nowhere near as fucked as I should have been. May not work for all but it works for me.

[John Kimble]

Also, a pint or two of water after the sesh and a preemptive paracetamol goes a long way.

[Eoin McLove]

I'm off the beer over a year now. I find a few zeros work a treat if I'm in the mood. The flavor isn't that bad at all with some of them and if you're out with mates at a pub or at a gig you can sup away on them without feeling like a tit. Drinking water or Coke when you're out just isn't the same. And having the wind down on the weekend with a cold beer is a very satisfying experience so zeros mean you can swap it out while still pretty much keeping the experience mostly alive. Not having hangovers on the weekend is enough to make it worthwhile, especially if you have kids.

[The Great Cull]

I'm off the beer over a year now. I find a few zeros work a treat if I'm in the mood. The flavor isn't that bad at all with some of them and if you're out with mates at a pub or at a gig you can sup away on them without feeling like a tit. Drinking water or Coke when you're out just isn't the same. And having the wind down on the weekend with a cold beer is a very satisfying experience so zeros mean you can swap it out while still pretty much keeping the experience mostly alive. Not having hangovers on the weekend is enough to make it worthwhile, especially if you have kids.

Similar here. Heading for 2 years off the drink. Any lingering thoughts of a wine with a meal etc have all but vanished and I struggle to ever see myself drinking again. The hangovers I was getting just meant there was little to lose by stopping. Also agree  that zero beers are way better these days.