Pet Peeves

[Caomhaoin]

Trying to plan a two week trip for myself, the Mrs and the young lad to Ireland without needing to remortgage my apartment for somewhere to lay my head or rent a poxy VW Polo. You are talking 5 grand, at least.

[jobrok1]

Click on the word Instagram on the top left, you'll get a menu, with two options, "following" and "favourites". Click on favourites and you just get posts from the people you follow, and as a bonus, it's actually in chronological order.

So simple... and so handy!
Cheers for that.

[astfgyl]

Mobile data reception. Go back about 5 years and the H+ symbol meant that I could tether the phone to the laptop and download torrents and stream Netflix and YouTube. This was then superseded by the magic 3G symbol which meant I could do all these things but faster.

Now H+ means no internet at all and 3G means slower than dial up.

What gives?

[leatherface]

Modern music talent shows. Here in Spain there is something like 'Pop Idol' called 'La Voz' (the voice) . Panel of judges listening to would be singers, sometimes kids. The panel of 'judges' are always very supportive, nice, gushing and say nothing offensive or hurtful to the candidates. Never negative. I am not sure if this is 'woke' entertainment. It's all so sugary and niice. Where is Simon Cowell when you need him??.

[Eoin McLove]

There's one here in Oz I've seen ads for, it's probably based on an English or American show, called The Masked Singer. The singer comes out dressed as an alien or a chicken or a God knows what, and they have to guess who it is. At least I think that's the aim. It honestly looks like satire of those singing/ talent shows... but it's real. You always think you are at the bottom of the barrel, but there are always frightening new depths to scrape!

[Caomhaoin]

Modern music talent shows. Here in Spain there is something like 'Pop Idol' called 'La Voz' (the voice) . Panel of judges listening to would be singers, sometimes kids. The panel of 'judges' are always very supportive, nice, gushing and say nothing offensive or hurtful to the candidates. Never negative. I am not sure if this is 'woke' entertainment. It's all so sugary and niice. Where is Simon Cowell when you need him??.

Jaysus your first mistake was turning on Spanish TV. It's unbelievably shit!

[leatherface]

Modern music talent shows. Here in Spain there is something like 'Pop Idol' called 'La Voz' (the voice) . Panel of judges listening to would be singers, sometimes kids. The panel of 'judges' are always very supportive, nice, gushing and say nothing offensive or hurtful to the candidates. Never negative. I am not sure if this is 'woke' entertainment. It's all so sugary and niice. Where is Simon Cowell when you need him??.

Jaysus your first mistake was turning on Spanish TV. It's unbelievably shit!

Not me, it was the missus!  (Your honour)

[Snare]

I'm not sure who's worse - cyclists who insist on ignoring the separate, clear cycle path, and stay on the narrow road, or drivers who think cycle ways are car parking spaces. Could be the same gits actually now that I think about it...

[StoutAndAle]

I'm not sure who's worse - cyclists who insist on ignoring the separate, clear cycle path, and stay on the narrow road, or drivers who think cycle ways are car parking spaces. Could be the same gits actually now that I think about it...

I spotted this on Twitter yesterday and it was pretty much perfect. A bike shop's van parked in a cycle-lane... 



https://twitter.com/linef4ult/status/1548927164011220993?s=20&t=Yt6GcSE6gPDC1IX2dZbIAg

[Snare]

Jesus doesn't that just sum up the lunacy of it all perfectly! So they are one and the same afterall...

[Giggles]

I'm not sure who's worse - cyclists who insist on ignoring the separate, clear cycle path, and stay on the narrow road, or drivers who think cycle ways are car parking spaces. Could be the same gits actually now that I think about it...

I see that, and I'll raise you a jogger who insists on jogging on road, instead of the footpath right beside him. And on the wrong side of the road too. It's like the cunt actually wants me to run him over, and it would be so easy to get away with it 

[Trev]

I've noticed that since the pandemic there's way more road joggers than there used to be, absolute fuckers

[The Heretic]

My first time on a bus for almost 3 years and I can't see out the window properly to enjoy the views because of some fine mesh thingy in the glass...ffsakes

[mickO)))]

Mentioned it before but all the big companies still using the pandemic as an excuse for shitty service. AIB upped the banking charges a month or two into the pandemic then decided to cut the phone lines down to 9-6. Needed to ring them this evening and couldn't get a hold of anyone so this along with cashless bullshit they started this week means after being with them for nearly 20 years I will now be changing bank. But I have no doubt whoever I move to will try to pull the same shit.

[Carnage]

Yep, planning on changing myself. I moved most of my money to the Credit Union a few months ago, they have a new current account/debit card set up that's quite handy, minimal fees etc. so will go with them for most things. Still need a separate account for a few bits though, and BOI are the only other bank in town. They're also the only other ATM but it's usually out of order about 50% of the time.

Edit: Pet peeve/minor inconvenience:

Now that I have hair again, my caps won't fit me anymore, which is a pain in this weather and why my face is peeling after the weekend.