WAMT....what annoyed me today!

Norkie said:
WAM This week!

1st the microwave packed up, with a bang.

Breadmaker would not switch on, dead.

Halogen oven bulb blew, couldn't get the screws to undo, mind it is 8 years old.

Three appliances changed, £600.00 the poorer.

Do you feel sorry for me??
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I've had weeks like that, did you buy all three items around the same time? I did and the three items, different makers, all decided to give up the ghost within days of each other.
 
Earley Man said:
I've had weeks like that, did you buy all three items around the same time? I did and the three items, different makers, all decided to give up the ghost within days of each other.
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No we didn’t buy them at the same time, a few years apart. The halogen did well though, about eight years old, I changed the bulb twice previously so quite happy with that.
The microwave was a Panasonic from John Lewis, must be ten years old!
The bread maker was only about seven years old, used nearly every day.
 
Constable said:
Conspiracy theory --- encoded obsolescence!
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Correct, that’s why I don’t update my Tom Tom, as soon as I do it will pack up!
 
The bin men annoyed me today.

Where I live the road is just a normal residential road with room for two cars to comfortably pass each other but if you have parked cars it all gets a bit difficult. Today on the way home I stopped at the T junction needing to turn right onto my road but I couldn't because of parked cars and an approaching bin lorry. Fair enough, I just sat waiting for the bin lorry to advance passed the junction and I would then be able to make my right turn.

So, the bin lorry slowly advanced stopping every so often for the operatives to collect the bins etc. All the time the driver would be able to see me at the junction waiting. What would the driver do when he got to the junction? Would he carry on past the junction and then stop and in so doing allow me to pull out or would he stop right in front of me and block me one last time?

Of course he didn't pull forward the extra 6 feet or so, he stopped dead in front of me. What an absolute clown.
 
Dark at nine o’clock :(
 
Well it was delivered the following day, so I don't think it was ever on the van for Monday. Why can't they just tell the truth, if they said it would be delivered on Tuesday, I would have been happy at that.
 
When Netflix doesn't provide hardcoded or forced subtitles for the foreign speaking parts in a film.
 
Ordered something on eBay on Monday and it was dispatched Tuesday Royal Mail Tracked 48 so should have been delivered yesterday, Thursday..... It was posted in Cannock.... Woke up to a message from Royal mail saying the parcel was delayed as it had been sent to Hull instead of Carlisle. This morning got another message saying delivery will be on Saturday with tracking showing it to have reached the North West Superhub at Warrington..... I guess Royal mail Tracked 48 has now become Royal Mail Tracked 96!!!
 
48 what? I reckon it's 48 hours at each stop along the way! Having said that, I ordered something 3 days ago and it's just arrived via Tracked 48.
 
UPS tracking a return:rolleyes:
4 days after dropping off a return at the drop off shop UPS are, tonight, showing they have still not picked up the item. Checked with the shop and it was picked up soon after I dropped it off. Retailer confirmed they have received item earlier today
 
People in cars who block junctions with poor positioning.

I watched a BMW today and he positioned himself in the centre using up two lanes when turning left out from a side road. It should be done right. You should position yourself correctly so that you don't take up too much room and in the BMW's case the driver should have allowed room for someone to pull up on his right to turn right.

If a thing is worth doing it's worth doing right :D
 
woof woof said:
People in cars who block junctions with poor positioning.

I watched a BMW today and he positioned himself in the centre using up two lanes when turning left out from a side road. It should be done right. You should position yourself correctly so that you don't take up too much room and in the BMW's case the driver should have allowed room for someone to pull up on his right to turn right.

If a thing is worth doing it's worth doing right :D
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TBH I see all kinds of cars doing that all the time round here. :(
 
It wasn't really BMW drivers I was having a go at, it's just that it was a BMW today. It could have been anything as it's so common now, the norm really. It's worse if they're turning right and people blocked behind them want to turn left as quite often waiting for a gap when turning right takes longer so the people behind are blocked for longer.

I still take pride in my driving and position myself correctly :D
 
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People who drive like the red car are from a worn out gene pool as far as I'm concerned.

Zero correction upon seeing you and typically complimented with a filthy look as if you are in the wrong.


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gman said:
People who drive like the red car are from a worn out gene pool as far as I'm concerned.

Zero correction upon seeing you and typically complimented with a filthy look as if you are in the wrong.


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Yes we get that a lot coming out of our estate for some reason
 
I do wonder about standards when I see learner drivers, with a 'school of motoring', so professional tutors, who tell their pupils to pull in, or whatever, and allow them to stop across our drive. It happens a few times a month. We're open plan and worse, we're on a bend..a longish one, but view is restricted

Re the diagram. Very good btw. I see that a lot. I suppose we all do. It's just lazy driving and the hope that no vehicles will come to the junction .I've had to stop short of the dotted line sometimes to avoid a collision. My driving (car not motorbike) is what could be called 'defensive'. Is he/she going to pull out onto the main road ? Have they seen me ? Will they try a quick pullout ? It's good to get early eye contact with that driver,too. Is anything coming through a red light ?...where's there's a view into the other road , keep an eye on that cyclist, what's that kid (or kids) on the bike likely to do ?..etc etc.

Another common practice on the motorways is to indicate, not moments before pulling out but as a vehicle pulls out. That often happens with lorries. The only thing you can say is, considering the number of vehicles on our roads, 41.4 million at the end of 2023, there aren't even more accidents/incidents. That's the highest number ever. Obviously, they aren't all out and about at the same time.The fastest growing category of vehicle is the van and I assume it correlates with the ever-increasing online shopping. I'm reluctant to call collisions, 'accidents' as most aren't 'accidents' in the true sense of the word but we can't say 'carelessnesses' so 'incident' seems to be the term used nowadays, at least by the police if not the public. The good news is that the number of killed or seriously injured has decreased by around 40% in the last decade and the UK has one of the lowest road death rates in Europe putting us within the top 3 safest countries. It probably won't come as a surprise that the top two are Norway and Sweden and it's no coincidence that they have,pretty well, zero tolerance of drink/driving with the allowed level of alcohol at 0.02%. The amount in a christmas pudding, I'd imagine.Other factors apply too, a lot of speed checks for instance.
 
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LCPete said:
Yes we get that a lot coming out of our estate for some reason
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There's a country road near us, with a junction that is almost a "Y".

It's rather alarming, if you are approaching the junction from the arm of the "Y" and someone from the main road simply cuts through the left hand lane. I don't know how many collisions have occurred at that junction but have to assume it's a number greater than zero. :thinking:
 
JohnC6 said:
I do wonder about standards when I see learner drivers, with a 'school of motoring', so professional tutors, who tell their pupils to pull in, or whatever, and allow them to stop across our drive.
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We're on the test route so we get learners all the time. Next door persistently leave a car (they have three) parked on their front so as it's a fixed feature all the learners pull along side and reverse park and then just sit there very often blocking our drive.

I did lose my temper with one one day as they just sat there as I reversed my car down the drive. I opened the passengers side door and told them to move and amazingly the reply from the instructor was "In a minute" which got a very firm "No, not in a minute. Now" from me, I felt a bit sorry for the learner but why on earth do instructors persistently allow learners to park blocking drives?

This all brings me on to another pet hate. Why wont people put their cars in their drives? I have three and apart from when I'm washing one I never leave a car on the road for more than a few minutes whilst I'm swapping them about. This reluctance to park in drives causes problems as all the parked cars mean that it's difficult to drive down the road if there's any oncoming traffic.
 
JohnC6 said:
The good news is that the number of killed or seriously injured has decreased by around 40% in the last decade and the UK has one of the lowest road death rates in Europe putting us within the top 3 safest countries. It probably won't come as a surprise that the top two are Norway and Sweden and it's no coincidence that they have,pretty well, zero tolerance of drink/driving with the allowed level of alcohol at 0.02%. The amount in a christmas pudding, I'd imagine.Other factors apply too, a lot of speed checks for instance
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French drivers are about twice as likely to have an accident as UK drivers AIUI. It's not the speed limits, which are often slower except on autoroutes, it not lack of attention from the police with speed cameras hidden and moved (some areas have a LOT of cameras) nor is it lack of training and not alcohol either. Much more, it's a different attitude to driving, safety and other vehicles. Driving habits are cultural as well as educated.
 
Living in a predominantly rural part of the world, we get a lot of elderly drivers ( I am one ) who can't and shouldn't drive ( I am not one!) that veer from nearside edge to over the white line continuously at 45 mph whether in 60 or 30 limits. If anything comes towards them, they slow down erratically. I don't know how or why they bother to drive.
 
Pixbarmy said:
Living in a predominantly rural part of the world, we get a lot of elderly drivers ( I am one ) who can't and shouldn't drive ( I am not one!) that veer from nearside edge to over the white line continuously at 45 mph whether in 60 or 30 limits. If anything comes towards them, they slow down erratically. I don't know how or why they bother to drive.
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I am also an elderly driver who, thankfully, still has all my faculties necessary for driving. I also live in an urban area with adequate public transport. Try living where you do without a car for three of four weeks, then you will have the answer to your question.
 
Earley Man said:
I am also an elderly driver who, thankfully, still has all my faculties necessary for driving. I also live in an urban area with adequate public transport. Try living where you do without a car for three of four weeks, then you will have the answer to your question.
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We are planning for our future, and expect to move to a town with shops in walking distance by the time we're in our mid 70s. Village living is generally impractical for those unable to manage their own transport.
 
Google (and me not checking that it's found what I asked it to!) Specific search for the sunscreen I use - in factor 30. No problem - a fair few hits. Ordered a few bottles which arrived today, only to find that I'd ordered factor 20 and that the supplier doesn't stock the factor 30. Fair enough, I should have checked more carefully and can return the misorder but IF Google had paid heed to my specific request, I wouldn't need to! Managed to find the correct factor at a different supplier so got Mrs Nod to check I was ordering the right stuff this time!!!
 
ancient_mariner said:
Village living is generally impractical for those unable to manage their own transport.
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I think that depends on the village.

Ours has a good shop, post office, pub, restaurant and garage. We also have a good bus service.
 
Today I was informed that I have to attend two zoom meetings. I hate this sort of thing. I hate doing most things on a computer.

I'm tempted to say never volunteer for anything but I didn't. I was volunteered and was persuaded to say yes.
 
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WAMT. .. more than each morning every week day, is the local 'boy racer' speeding, in his car, at 50mph + this morning, along our road. He's usually doing about 45-50mph every morning at 08.07 going to work and also returning at 5.15pm.. The road is subject to a 30mph limit. He lives quite close-by and manages to come out of his cul-de-sac and by the time he's going past our house....just 100m away..he's up at 45-50mph. The exhaust is also 'throaty". He's about 20 years old. He gets to the junction at the end of the road and then hammers along that road which is also subject to a 30mph limit. As he returns home from work we can hear the exhaust before he gets to our road.
 
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We went to view a car at a nearby dealers yesterday. It was a Hyundai 2018 i30 Auto. It looked great from the 25 photos on Autotrader, but when we got to the garage, it wasn't so great after all. Apparently it has a new MOT, which is peculiar as both rear Continentals are below the legal limit and there are two unmatched tyres on the front wheels, plus the n/s mirror is cracked and there are scratches around the surround. What a waste of time, we didn't stop to test drive it.
 
JohnC6 said:
WAMT. .. more than each morning every week day, is the local 'boy racer' speeding, in his car, at 50mph + this morning, along our road. He's usually doing about 45-50mph every morning at 08.07 going to work and also returning at 5.15pm.. The road is subject to a 30mph limit. He lives quite close-by and manages to come out of his cul-de-sac and by the time he's going past our house....just 100m away..he's up at 45-50mph. The exhaust is also 'throaty". He's about 20 years old. He gets to the junction at the end of the road and then hammers along that road which is also subject to a 30mph limit. As he returns home from work we can hear the exhaust before he gets to our road.
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Handful of gravel as he passes?
 
JohnC6 said:
WAMT. .. more than each morning every week day, is the local 'boy racer' speeding, in his car, at 50mph + this morning, along our road. He's usually doing about 45-50mph every morning at 08.07 going to work and also returning at 5.15pm.. The road is subject to a 30mph limit. He lives quite close-by and manages to come out of his cul-de-sac and by the time he's going past our house....just 100m away..he's up at 45-50mph. The exhaust is also 'throaty". He's about 20 years old. He gets to the junction at the end of the road and then hammers along that road which is also subject to a 30mph limit. As he returns home from work we can hear the exhaust before he gets to our road.
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Set up a remote flash and fire it just after he passes. Chances are that he'll think there's a speed camera...
 
Boot the chemist. My wife popped in to get me some Stugeron (travel sickness tablets)
They asked who they were for, what medication I was one.
My wife said he had taken them before and used them when I get vertigo.
Off to see the pharmacist they went, when they came back ‘sorry can’t sell you them for vertigo’
WTF
 
leaky5 said:
Boot the chemist. My wife popped in to get me some Stugeron (travel sickness tablets)
They asked who they were for, what medication I was one.
My wife said he had taken them before and used them when I get vertigo.
Off to see the pharmacist they went, when they came back ‘sorry can’t sell you them for vertigo’
WTF
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lol missus is even more annoyed after Googling it

. Stugeron can also be used to treat inner ear balance disorders that cause dizziness and vertigo.
 
andya700 said:
We went to view a car at a nearby dealers yesterday. It was a Hyundai 2018 i30 Auto. It looked great from the 25 photos on Autotrader, but when we got to the garage, it wasn't so great after all. Apparently it has a new MOT, which is peculiar as both rear Continentals are below the legal limit and there are two unmatched tyres on the front wheels, plus the n/s mirror is cracked and there are scratches around the surround. What a waste of time, we didn't stop to test drive it.
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I was a bit nosy.. :) It looks a very nice car.

I think I'd have photographed it and sent them to Autotrader. That sort of thing really annoys me. In the olds days I'd have sent them to the local Trading Standards,too but they are so underfunded now they woukdn't have the resources to look at that. It's straight-forward deception.

Years ago..ie. in the old days..lol..I was miffed after buying ..on offer..a Wilkinsons razor and what I thought were 5 blades. No.not 5 blades .they were promoting the new "Five-blade"razor. I had the old three-blade ones. I think there were two and one on the razor. I took it to the local Trading Standards which is no longer there and reports have to be made to Citizens Advice who pass on the details to TS. I took the pack and said to the lady that I wasn't trying to catch her out but what would she expect to find in the pack ? She said 5 razor blades. She took possesion of the package and said she'd follow it up.
 
Nod said:
Set up a remote flash and fire it just after he passes. Chances are that he'll think there's a speed camera...
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I think the real thing is in order....a mobile speed-check van.:D
 
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Drivers in a queue who do not move off promptly when the lights turn green, especially when it's poorly setup temporary lights.

You have to witness the huge gap in front of them grow and then subsequently witness the lights turn back to red as said person just manages to selfishly scoot themselves through on amber (sometimes red) leaving everyone behind them screwed for another cycle of the lights.

In my mind, these people are the ones who require labels such as this:


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Takes a while to put the mobile phone down when you're mid rant about bloody roadworks. See it a lot when I've filtered to the front of a queue on the bike.
 
I bought some DVD's off ebay, all described as new and sealed. When I opened the first I thought that the plastic was a bit odd as it was very thick and DVD's are usually wrapped in a thin plastic and when I looked at the DVD playing surface I saw that it's covered in scratches. It's clearly been played and not only played but played in some crappy DVD player which has covered it in scratches, it's then been rewrapped and sold as new.

I'm watching it now and it hasn't skipped or frozen so far but someone in the chain is clearly telling porkies. It's not new and sealed, it's used and resealed. Such is life today, so many fiddles.
 
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