WAMT....what annoyed me today!

mj4456 said:
If you made it an obvious movement it also makes those around you aware that you are going to make a move, hopefully when safe.
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Firstly, though I have not ridden bikes for many years, I still use the "life saver" look over my shoulder when driving.

As for a biker making the "life saver" look obvious, yes I do see that but I also often see it 'late' i.e. a bit akin to drivers instead of 'Mirror Signal Move' they do a Move Signal Mirror(?).....the rider moves before they signal or even do their 'life saver'
 
PS to the above
When I was biking I attained my IAM pass & a RoAD Class 1 pass and was a member of the local IAM group doing "observer runs" of those who wanted to develop their skills to take their IAM motorcycle test.

Even all these decades later driving cars, things are still 'working for me' re: observation and that 6th sense on the road ;)

I am sure we all see other road users whose driving ranges from the exemplary the bl**dy awful.....with one heck of a lot of grey in the middle.
 
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Box Brownie said:
PS to the above
When I was biking I attained my IAM pass & a RoAD Class 1 pass and was a member of the local IAM group doing "observer runs" of those who wanted to develop their skills to take their IAM motorcycle test.

Even all these decades later driving cars, things are still 'working for me' re: observation and that 6th sense on the road ;)
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A conversation I often have with my wife in the car -

"How did you know he was going to do that?"
My reply - "His positiong, his previous actions, he couldn't see what I can" sort of answer.....

BTW, I still drive with my lights on dipped beam - none of this DRL stuff, proper lights, front and back - "SEE AND BE SEEN". The one thing that always sticks in my mind....
 
Many years ago, when I was still producing stories for newspapers, I was given the chance to do a piece about the driver safety training course, being run by the local police.

The course was both sensible and interesting. One of the things that was pushed hard by the trainers was a single sentence: "The most dangerous person on the road is the driver behind your steering wheel". I don't know about the other people on the course but once that sank in, a number of memories returned to haunt me!
 
We have a local pub that hosts "Full Throttle Thursdays" which has a large motorcycle following. 99% of the riders are "proper" bikers but the 1% seem to have a death wish! The speed limit on the "by-pass" which leads to the venue has recently been lowered to 40 mph as many new houses are being built there (with pedestrian crossings, traffic lights and junctions). The 1% seem to think that it is a test/race track, using all of the revs and all of the gears! Some even carry out "wheelies and stoppies" as they pass between cars that are driving at the 40mph limit and at the entrance to the site. Some locals have complained to the council/councillors and they say it is a police matter. We never see them on a Thursday!
 
AndrewFlannigan said:
Many years ago, when I was still producing stories for newspapers, I was given the chance to do a piece about the driver safety training course, being run by the local police.

The course was both sensible and interesting. One of the things that was pushed hard by the trainers was a single sentence: "The most dangerous person on the road is the driver behind your steering wheel". I don't know about the other people on the course but once that sank in, a number of memories returned to haunt me!
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IIRC the old saying was.......

The biggest nut in the car is the one holding the steering wheel!

So the phrase used is that much more pertinent especially in the light of the reason the attendees are there.
 
Delivery driver(in private car) dropped a parcel at a neighbour across the road then attempted to use my drive to turn and leave the cul de sac, he expected me to stop what I was doing and move to let complete his move! I point to the turning point at yards down the road and suggested he use that and not park on the pavement whilst delivering, whine, whinge and moan was all I got, so when I asked if his insurance knew he was doing deliveries the window up and was off pronto, he won’t be coming to my door and asking if I’ll take a parcel in for my neighbour if she s out methinks.
 
Called into my elderly mum's today, to set her heating timer and thermostat. All working perfectly. She rings at 7 pm to tell me that the heating hasn't come on. I ask her if she is cold. She isn't. I ask her what temperature the thermostat is set at. 22 degrees C. How warm is your room? It's warm. So that is why it hasn't come on. But it's supposed to come on at 6 pm. Not if it's already warm enough I tell her. But it's supposed to come on at six........................................................ no wonder that I have no hair! The good thing about banging your head against a wall is that it is nice, when you stop!

Should I put the electric fire on? Are you cold? No. Then, why would you need the fire on? Because the heating hasn't come on!

................................... and breathe!
 
Pixbarmy said:
Called into my elderly mum's today, to set her heating timer and thermostat. All working perfectly. She rings at 7 pm to tell me that the heating hasn't come on. I ask her if she is cold. She isn't. I ask her what temperature the thermostat is set at. 22 degrees C. How warm is your room? It's warm. So that is why it hasn't come on. But it's supposed to come on at 6 pm. Not if it's already warm enough I tell her. But it's supposed to come on at six........................................................ no wonder that I have no hair! The good thing about banging your head against a wall is that it is nice, when you stop!

Should I put the electric fire on? Are you cold? No. Then, why would you need the fire on? Because the heating hasn't come on!

................................... and breathe!
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A couple of points, I share your pain. I lost count of the number of times I tried to explain pause or record on sky to my old mum, she never really got it bless her.
My wife is an intelligent woman. Ever since I have known her, she turns the heating thermostat up in really cold weather. In a hot summer she turns the thermostat down in the fridge.
 
My electric toothbrush stopped working last week -no problem I'd had it a while so bought a replacement. I'd seen that I shouldn't put the old one in the rubbish and there had been a recent bin lorry fire due to a battery. Doing my online research the relevant web site said my local Boots accepted small electricals for recycling - so far so good.

Wandered into town, the staff knew nothing about this and suggested another bigger branch. A few days later I go into the the suggested branch ...nope don't do that here. Have you tried a larger store ?

So, to responsibly dispose of this I need to make an appointment with my closest recycling site involving a 15 mile round trip. Is it any wonder people just chuck potentially dangerous stuff in the bin
 
woof woof said:
People who are 40 minutes late.
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Darned annoying if not as a result of an unavoidable circumstance. My sister never arrives on time or anyhere near it when visiting us. It's a point of principle with me that when we are given a time to arrive anywhere but usually visiting friends or my sister, we arrive on time. I take punctuality very seriously. I think it's a bit insulting not to, tbh.
 
taxboy said:
My electric toothbrush stopped working last week -no problem I'd had it a while so bought a replacement. I'd seen that I shouldn't put the old one in the rubbish and there had been a recent bin lorry fire due to a battery. Doing my online research the relevant web site said my local Boots accepted small electricals for recycling - so far so good.

Wandered into town, the staff knew nothing about this and suggested another bigger branch. A few days later I go into the the suggested branch ...nope don't do that here. Have you tried a larger store ?

So, to responsibly dispose of this I need to make an appointment with my closest recycling site involving a 15 mile round trip. Is it any wonder people just chuck potentially dangerous stuff in the bin
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I think our first Oral B electric brush was NiCd rechargeable and when it gave up the ghost there was in the manual and instruction to remove the battery. IIRC we put the body into a bag of small electricals recycling and the battery in the battery recycling.

Our new more current one i think is Li-Ion and have not looked for the same info.
 
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If you have a Currys near you they might take it. I dropped a load of electronic junk at my local but that was last year so I don't know if they're still accepting it. Maybe worth a try.
 
woof woof said:
If you have a Currys near you they might take it. I dropped a load of electronic junk at my local but that was last year so I don't know if they're still accepting it. Maybe worth a try.
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My nearest Currys is further away than the recycling centre !
 
On Friday, my PC crashed, just came to a halt in the afternoon. I switched it off, then when I rebooted, just a black screen with vague instructions. Got a guy out yesterday and the hard disk was dead. so he fitted another and we are up and running. However, I am having to reinstate all passwords and I have lost all my files and images from 2017 to date. I can recreate many of the files, but the images of holidays and family are gone.
On top of that, I had an implantable loop recorder fitted at the end of July, which monitors my heart and since then, have had half a dozen phone calls from the cardio department, telling me that my heart stopped for five seconds or longer (do they know how distressing that is to hear), so I am up to St Thomas' in London tomorrow to have a Cardio MRI done, in order to see what kind of pacemaker I should have fitted. So, after nine abnormal ECG's in three years, they are finally starting to do something.
 
andya700 said:
I have lost all my files and images from 2017 to date.
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I feel sorry for you but this is why it's so important to keep at least two backup copies of all your data.

Storage is so cheap these days and backup systems so common, I hope that others will learn from your misfortune,
 
andya700 said:
On Friday, my PC crashed, just came to a halt in the afternoon. I switched it off, then when I rebooted, just a black screen with vague instructions. Got a guy out yesterday and the hard disk was dead. so he fitted another and we are up and running. However, I am having to reinstate all passwords and I have lost all my files and images from 2017 to date. I can recreate many of the files, but the images of holidays and family are gone.
On top of that, I had an implantable loop recorder fitted at the end of July, which monitors my heart and since then, have had half a dozen phone calls from the cardio department, telling me that my heart stopped for five seconds or longer (do they know how distressing that is to hear), so I am up to St Thomas' in London tomorrow to have a Cardio MRI done, in order to see what kind of pacemaker I should have fitted. So, after nine abnormal ECG's in three years, they are finally starting to do something.
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Hope they get your pump sorted quickly.

You MIGHT be able to get some of your data recovered - at a price. Might be worth paying for if there are important files.
 
andya700 said:
On Friday, my PC crashed, just came to a halt in the afternoon. I switched it off, then when I rebooted, just a black screen with vague instructions. Got a guy out yesterday and the hard disk was dead. so he fitted another and we are up and running. However, I am having to reinstate all passwords and I have lost all my files and images from 2017 to date. I can recreate many of the files, but the images of holidays and family are gone.
On top of that, I had an implantable loop recorder fitted at the end of July, which monitors my heart and since then, have had half a dozen phone calls from the cardio department, telling me that my heart stopped for five seconds or longer (do they know how distressing that is to hear), so I am up to St Thomas' in London tomorrow to have a Cardio MRI done, in order to see what kind of pacemaker I should have fitted. So, after nine abnormal ECG's in three years, they are finally starting to do something.
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I am assuming your failed HD is a mechanical one.
I also assume your pc guy put it in a usb type rig and tried to access it with recovery software. He could also leave it in situ and boot the pc from a usb carrying retrieval software, (like Layzesoft).
Your data is still safely on the magnetic discs, the HD hardware just won't let you get at it.
If all else fails there are data retrieval companies who put your HD discs into a similar HD to recover the data.
It's expensive. The last customer I arranged it for was several years back and cost hundreds then.
They are still safe on your failed HD and will be for "ever".
So concentrate on your ticker, you can sort the data later.
Good luck.
Brian
 
ancient_mariner said:
If you still have tge hard drive, it might be readable from a caddy.
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Good point.

There are software systems you can buy to recover "lost" data and there are companies that may be able to recover data from a "crashed" disk.
 
The American Ryder Cup spectators - and the commentator who was LEADING the chants of "F*** you, Rory!".
 
Nod said:
The American Ryder Cup spectators - and the commentator who was LEADING the chants of "F*** you, Rory!".
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I was saying to my OH earlier that golf spectating used to be more akin to tennis where the crowd would been silent whilst play was going on..... FWIW I don't follow golf but the news reports of the USA spectators behaviour and those in charge of controlling the crowds is awful and frankly reprehensible.

To use the old expression, they have no class! But put simply, no consideration & respect for the players......on that note has there been any criticism of such behaviour by the American team Captain & players? By failing to 'call out such activity ' they are contributing to the "bad press" it is creating ~ shame on them:(
 
Nod said:
The American Ryder Cup spectators - and the commentator who was LEADING the chants of "F*** you, Rory!".
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I saw this and at first I thought WTF? but then I realised this is just the world we live in now and at least she didn't call for him to be killed. Small mercies.
 
Box Brownie said:
I was saying to my OH earlier that golf spectating used to be more akin to tennis where the crowd would been silent whilst play was going on..... FWIW I don't follow golf but the news reports of the USA spectators behaviour and those in charge of controlling the crowds is awful and frankly reprehensible.

To use the old expression, they have no class! But put simply, no consideration & respect for the players......on that note has there been any criticism of such behaviour by the American team Captain & players? By failing to 'call out such activity ' they are contributing to the "bad press" it is creating ~ shame on them:(
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Well, the American caddies (or at least one of them) have been deliberately walking on the Europeans' putting line and the players aren't above moving around in the opposition's eyeline. To give them a little credit, they have been trying to hush the crowd a little.
 
Unable to get Youtube on our LG TV now. It won't let me sign in,either. It won't accept the password. We spent almost an hour earlier on, trying to follow the onscreen instructions which we were unable to carry out..it won't let us. I've had to ask my near neighbour to ask his son to call round when he can. He's a bit of a wizard with this sort of thing and they have an LG, too.

I did go Route 1. Pull out the mains plug for a minute. It didn't work. Googled it. Pulled out the mains plug again but this time pushed in and held the on/off button for 30 seconds. That didn't work either. I don't understand why they make it so compliucated with onscreen Q codes and options using language that means nothing to me..nor my wife who's, generally, pretty good with technology..well, our iMacs and her iPhone.
 
Pupil dilating eye drops!

I know they're a necessary evil if I want my eye checks (ocular hypertension) done but they mean I can't drive for 6 hours after they've been put in and it's a glorious day for a ride!
 
Nod said:
The American Ryder Cup spectators - and the commentator who was LEADING the chants of "F*** you, Rory!".
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The leader of their great?nation is a golf fan, would you expect any other kind of behaviour?
 
I am a bit late to this thread,....
I have been watching YouTube clips of the Ryder Cup from New York Sate. I have seen heckling from the crowd towards the European golfers, the caddy of a US golfer keeps walking close to Rory McIlroy when he is putting, and getting in the face of another European golfer.
Someone in the crowd thrown under arm a cup of liquid at Rory McIlroy wife hitting the edge of her hat.
WTF,...this is golf, not a football match ! !
 
Actually WAMY

We occasionally see dog poo bags out by the road sign to the close adjacent (we are a corner property at the junction of this 100% residential estate) to us and in the main they disappear (picked up on the return walk ~ perhaps) but the, to put mildly, annoyance yesterday was to see that one had been thrown over our hedge into the garden :mad:

The dog owners are, so to speak, local'ish and who the miscreant was is a mystery but oh boy do they need metaphorical slapping!!!!!

As non dog owners I can only surmise that we should add it to a 'landfill waste bin' but I wish I knew who it was because would be tempted to deliver back to them!
 
Box Brownie said:
Actually WAMY

We occasionally see dog poo bags out by the road sign to the close adjacent (we are a corner property at the junction of this 100% residential estate) to us and in the main they disappear (picked up on the return walk ~ perhaps) but the, to put mildly, annoyance yesterday was to see that one had been thrown over our hedge into the garden :mad:

The dog owners are, so to speak, local'ish and who the miscreant was is a mystery but oh boy do they need metaphorical slapping!!!!!

As non dog owners I can only surmise that we should add it to a 'landfill waste bin' but I wish I knew who it was because would be tempted to deliver back to them!
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About 15 years ago when were living London, our next door neighbour had a few friends round on a saturday afternoon, and they thought it funny to chuck a couple of emties over the fence. What they didn't know was that I was working in the garden, the 2nd bottle missed me by about 12 inches. So I threw them back, man did that cause a ruckus, my Mrs ended up calling out Plod..... Funny that, they can throw them into my garden, but I can't throw them back..... The bloke always was a loser anyway.
 
Jelster said:
About 15 years ago when were living London, our next door neighbour had a few friends round on a saturday afternoon, and they thought it funny to chuck a couple of emties over the fence. What they didn't know was that I was working in the garden, the 2nd bottle missed me by about 12 inches. So I threw them back, man did that cause a ruckus, my Mrs ended up calling out Plod..... Funny that, they can throw them into my garden, but I can't throw them back..... The bloke always was a loser anyway.
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I take it the 2 Tier Plod took the neighbours side ! ?
 
Jelster said:
About 15 years ago when were living London, our next door neighbour had a few friends round on a saturday afternoon, and they thought it funny to chuck a couple of emties over the fence. What they didn't know was that I was working in the garden, the 2nd bottle missed me by about 12 inches. So I threw them back, man did that cause a ruckus, my Mrs ended up calling out Plod..... Funny that, they can throw them into my garden, but I can't throw them back..... The bloke always was a loser anyway.
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I’d have taken a leak into the bottle before returning it.
 
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