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Hi
Back on a new thread.... as promised or threatened as the case may be.
Words/phrases that are generally used in conversation which make absolutely no sense at all....
You know, basically at the end of the day we need to look outside the box but having said that we also have to look at our horizons on a different level.
This "grumpy old woman" and moblie phones.... do not get me going !
Why does everybody start a mobile phone conversation with.. "Where are you" ? Surely that is self explanitory... at the end of another b***** mobile phone.
"I can't hear you, can you hear me?" ... yes we can ALL hear you in this quiet moblile free zone.
" I am on a train at the moment"..... well thanks for sharing that , I wondered where I was. :mad:
There are lots more but to finish, could someone explain to me why stores/shops which state they are open 24hrs a day 365 days of the year have locks on their front doors ? :D
Viv
Talking about mobile phones, I was on the Gosport Ferry one day and my missus phoned me,,, I still don't know how she knew I was there?
and my smilies on the right don't work
Oh Well
Can't say I've ever come across a place which professes to be open all year long!
Harley
(From his iPhone)
The Sailor
22-02-2008, 21:22
Viv, I have to own up to something. I'm a grumpy old man.
Here is the sign on our front gate.
Yes, Graeme. When I first read the thread title, It thought that it was referencing you.
Can't say I've ever come across a place which professes to be open all year long!
Harley
(From his iPhone)
Harley
Having just relocated from London to Portsmouth.... believe me there are many "corner" stores in the BIG city which in fact do stay open 24/7 363 days a year.
Viv
Another statement that never made sense to me!
My Mum use to say "David, If you fall out of that tree and break both your legs, don't come running to me"!!!!!!!!
Hi
Back on a new thread.... as promised or threatened as the case may be.
Words/phrases that are generally used in conversation which make absolutely no sense at all....
You know, basically at the end of the day we need to look outside the box but having said that we also have to look at our horizons on a different level.
This "grumpy old woman" and moblie phones.... do not get me going !
Why does everybody start a mobile phone conversation with.. "Where are you" ? Surely that is self explanitory... at the end of another b***** mobile phone.
"I can't hear you, can you hear me?" ... yes we can ALL hear you in this quiet moblile free zone.
" I am on a train at the moment"..... well thanks for sharing that , I wondered where I was. :mad:
There are lots more but to finish, could someone explain to me why stores/shops which state they are open 24hrs a day 365 days of the year have locks on their front doors ? :D
Viv
A few years ago our local Coles Supermarket advertised "Open 24hrs" on a big sign that ran the length of the building. Trouble was it closed between 2400 and 0600. Didn't take the shoppers long to work out it wasn't a 24hr store but it was about three years before management apparently did and so took the sign down!
Cheers
Bruce
Youngest daughter "Dad how much do you love me?"
Thinks,"How much is this going to cost?".
For years I was Taxi driver and ATM, when she passed her test I bought her a little car, she is at present up in Brisbane completing her schooling, but I am still an ATM:D
Youngest daughter "Dad how much do you love me?"
Thinks,"How much is this going to cost?".
For years I was Taxi driver and ATM, when she passed her test I bought her a little car, she is at present up in Brisbane completing her schooling, but I am still an ATM:D
Know how you feel, my daughter in Broadbeach recently requested my investment in her car !
My late mums favourite was "Its plain as a Pikestaff".
My Grandfather coloured every sentence with fluffing and flaffing! When I had been up to no good he used to say to my Grandmother, "If he's right I know where there's a house full":D
Wombat,
(James).
Viv 1949 didn't get around to starting this thread (see "Its HMS not The HMS" on Royal Navy Ships and Crews.
Words and phrases that annoy. How about the Soccer commentators and interviewees who blandly state "We are hoping for a result!" Win, lose or draw there will be a result!
Come on you lot there must be thousands of niggles waiting to be aired.
Van
I hate pseudo Naval Historians on the History Channel, claiming 'the HMS Belfast' was doing this, that and the other, Aagh!.............already discussed on another thread!
But recently, a commentator on 'the most interesting naval films' insisted that the best submarine film was "Das boat"....
Sorry, but it's either "Das Boot" or "The boat".
What say ye?
Note; I think the German noun is always a Capital letter.. but no such luck for the English noun! They (the pseudos), get it wrong most of the time.
Lets hear it old Guys and Gals!
p.s. I ain't a historian, linguist or a commentator, just a simple stoker!
:eek:
John O'Callaghan
09-02-2011, 23:40
Dont you just hate it when you discover that the lace on Das boot has broken.It's only then you realise you should have paid the extra few pence for the Jack boot style of footwear which didn't require constant renewal of laces.
Cheers John O'C.
Mitch Hinde
09-02-2011, 23:48
Hi All
Don't you just hate it when people who have never been in any of the armed forces tell you how much better it is now and how useless we and our old ships were.
Mitch Hinde
harry.gibbon
09-02-2011, 23:51
just a simple stoker!
:eek:
Hey up Keblin mate.... you said it:eek:;):)
Little h
Dont you just hate it when you discover that the lace on Das boot has broken.It's only then you realise you should have paid the extra few pence for the Jack boot style of footwear which didn't require constant renewal of laces.
Cheers John O'C.
Or why every new pair of shoes or boots you buy, now have laces that are about 3ft long?
clevewyn
10-02-2011, 09:27
Dont you just hate it when you discover that the lace on Das boot has broken.It's only then you realise you should have paid the extra few pence for the Jack boot style of footwear which didn't require constant renewal of laces.
Cheers John O'C.
No such problem with Das Flipflop :D
Dave Hutson
10-02-2011, 09:52
Why oh why does every answer to questions by interviewers on TV begin with the word "ABSOLUTELY". If it is Absolutely then why ask the damned question anyway.?
Terrible tragedy and the Interviewer asks the Family "How do you feel about that" - How the hell do they think they feel?.
Yet another example of Morons getting Big Bucks.
Grouse over , Jeez I feel better already - up spirits.
Dave H
clevewyn
10-02-2011, 10:23
Know what you mean Dave H, I have many bitches about the way the media abuse the language.
Anybody who does anything these days is liable to be labelled a "hero" even though they were only doing their job.
Devalues it for me, a bit like getting a Knighthood. That used to be for chivalrous acts (or always saying yes to the King/Queen), these days they are ten a penny.
Destroyerman
10-02-2011, 10:32
Why oh why does every answer to questions by interviewers on TV begin with the word "ABSOLUTELY". If it is Absolutely then why ask the damned question anyway.?
Terrible tragedy and the Interviewer asks the Family "How do you feel about that" - How the hell do they think they feel?.
Yet another example of Morons getting Big Bucks.
Grouse over , Jeez I feel better already - up spirits.
Dave H
Dave,
the simple answer to that is to lay out a couple of pounds of BBQ sausages in front of you when watching TV.
When some pillock asks a stupid question you can safely go .......... PRICK.
When some pillock over-dramatises the patently banal, you can safely go ..... PRICK.
When some double glazing advertiser in a shredded red coat screeches his tawdry product at you, you can safely go ..... PRICK.
When a reality TV narrator tries to convince you of the hardships that the contestants (volunteers) endure, you can safely go ....... PRICK.
When an announcer waits an interminable full minute to announce the winner of some drab ice dance contest, you can safely go ................. PRICK.
When a journalist asks a facially injured Mike Gatting exactly where the cricket ball hit him, you can safely go ................. PRICK.
With the crop of drivel on the box at present, we could all PRICK for England.
(I make the association with the sausages purely to dilute the obvious meaning of the word PRICK).
Good thread by the way, right up my cynical street. :D:rolleyes:
The presenters who walk away from the camera and talk over their shoulder, so it is impossible to (a) see their face or (b) hear their voice!
The notion that things are 'FOR free' - they are either free of charge or not, for nothing would be more grammatical.
Different to - instead of different from - minor point but irritating!!!
Edna
bluestreak
10-02-2011, 13:00
I hate the Zurich advert that ends, "because change happens". No it don't, SH1T 'appens!!
Semper Strenuissima
Mitch Hinde
10-02-2011, 13:06
Hi All
The use of the word "basically" at every conceivable opportunity.
Mitch Hinde
Clive 58
10-02-2011, 13:39
English people who use American words like "gotten" as in "We have gotten better"
Cor blimey!
Oh boy........I'm with you Sandy. Great thread! :)
TV presenters that find it necessary to leer close-up into camera.!
Pillock at every interview being conducted "on the street", that has to "wave at Mum" .
TV presenters (usually at Christmas period) who gush, "I am SO glad to be here with you....". For the money they are getting I would be "so glad" to be damn near anywhere!
TV shows that use "canned laughter", so every utterance is greeted by gales of laughter.
Cyclists, Taxis, "white van man", BMW drivers, "school run" cars, "Chelsea Tractors", jay-walking pedestrians, and most other road users.
Supermarket Check-Outs, Queues for anything, and enough other things to fill a book.........
......."Who me? Grumpy?....nah" :D
Mac Hendry
10-02-2011, 14:20
News reporters who call all Commanding Officers of any ship "skippers", I always thought that the only true "skippers" were trawler boat skippers, but if I'm wrong I stand corrected.
Derek Dicker
10-02-2011, 14:55
Hi All,
What about the "At the end of the day" Im surprised they can see that far ahead.
Derek (Bunts)
Old Salt
10-02-2011, 16:00
We used to play 'Bingo' ! Every time one of our detested words and phrases was used we would mark a tick. When you got six ticks you would shout 'Bingo' at the top of your voice.
That really throws the presenter who has completely not noticed using so many catchwords. Livens up any boring presentation !
Brian
Why do all coppers talk like crazed committee members, they seem to invent idiotic phrases all the time.
There are many more words and phrases in “Newspeak” (sorry Mr Wyndham) that have obscure meaning and annoy me. Spin doctors is a starter. Then follow up with empowering people, stakeholders, outcomes the list is endless and leads naturally toward apps, wifi, ipod etc. etc. etc.
Another track, why can’t we have a car that doesn’t have hundreds of expensive extras like buzzers or voices that tell you the door is open, not that it is not correctly closed a more dangerous situation, but open which you can see for yourself? Or engines that do not need replacement if a timing belt breaks?
Vegaskip
10-02-2011, 17:42
Like, I'm with you Dudes,It's Like a different Language, Like, and Stuff,Know Wot I mean Bro. An Like,Have you Like noticed how nothing is Like, nice, or you like it, or it looks good. NO! everything is Like FANTASTIC, AWESONE or Like AMAZING!.
TV.... Those programs that are usualy about an hour long, with 3 stories, not 20 min each, no, thats too simple. Goes something like......."still to come on **********" then you get what you will see in a few mins, then about 8 min of the first story.......another "still to come", then a bit of No 2, then, a wee change here ..." previously on *******" and you see a bit of the first story which you saw a few mins. ago. and so on.
The list is endless
I'm withDave H grouse over "Up Spirits" .........standfast the Holy Ghost!
My three pet hates,
1. The constant use on TV of the word "Vunerable". Would someone please tell them that there is an "L" between the u and the n!!!
2. "At this point of time" What happened to "now" or "at the moment"?
3. The use of the word "Arguably" before making a statement. Everything is arguable so why say it!
Aaargh!! - Time for a drink :mad::D:D
Cheers
Bruce
Dave Hutson
10-02-2011, 18:02
Right on Daddio Jim ....... hi five an' youse gotit in one like. A virtual tot awaits youse in the Wardrobe but ise orft fer me actual.
Iffen dey don spik proper like den we ain't gonna lissen. Oh heck, I can't keep this up so I will leave it to little h because those Scousers are better at bastardising the English language than we Southern born lads. Oops, here comes that ducking game again.:eek::eek:
Why do all coppers talk like crazed committee members, they seem to invent idiotic phrases all the time.
As an ex "Walloper" I heartily agree. Many years ago a workmate of mine won the annual Australian Police Essay competition with his essay pointing out the stupidity of "Police Talk".
Here is a bit from his winning essay.
"Would you say to your wife when you got home - "Did you have to remove any detritus from the baby's ablutory apparel and replace said ablutory apparel today?" No, you would say "Did you have to change any dirty nappies today"
So why use this meaningless and convoluted way of speaking when talking about Police matters?"
Unfortunately his essay appears to have fallen on deaf ears.
Cheers
Bruce
Here's another one!
Why don't people say what they actually mean?
The purpose of all communications from the corporate sector seem to be that under no circumstances should anyone understand what has been actually said.
Our former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke was a grand champion at this caper. Here is a quote from a recent speech by a company executive that would make him proud.
''I'm not envisaging us doing dramatic step-outs domestically but rather bulking up the positions we've got organically'' (''DuluxGroup demerger lets Orica focus on mining'', SMH July 12).
What does it all mean? :confused::confused::o
Cheers
BC
chris westwood
10-02-2011, 20:54
English people who use American words like "gotten" as in "We have gotten better"
Cor blimey!
'gotten' is a perfectly good old english word as in 'ill gotten gains'. It has fallen out of use somewhat, but remained in use in the states.
by the way, there is nothing new in using so called 'american' words. Words such as 'blizzard' and 'swamp' hav been in use for centuries.
chris westwood
10-02-2011, 20:56
Hi All
Don't you just hate it when people who have never been in any of the armed forces tell you how much better it is now and how useless we and our old ships were.
Mitch Hinde
or when people tell you how much their generation was than the current one
harry.gibbon
10-02-2011, 21:00
or when people tell you how much their generation was than the current one
..... or when there is a word (or two) missing from a sentence Chris!!!!
Little h
Mitch Hinde
10-02-2011, 21:58
'gotten' is a perfectly good old english word as in 'ill gotten gains'. It has fallen out of use somewhat, but remained in use in the states.
by the way, there is nothing new in using so called 'american' words. Words such as 'blizzard' and 'swamp' hav been in use for centuries.
Hi
Several dictionaries including Collins and the OED state that blizzard is of unknown origin and swamp is probably of German or Old Norse origin.
Gotten, as in "I have gotten a new car",is American and is the past participle of get.
Mitch Hinde
The continuing stream of unwanted mail from insurers reminding me I am over fifty.
Brett Hendey
11-02-2011, 06:38
I gave up watching the South African Broadcasting Corporation TV news because our TV set was in danger from flying objects and an earlier-than-necessary demise for me from heart attack or stroke became a certainty.
Instead, I now switch from station to station on satellite TV, but mostly stick to SkyNews, even though it can also be very annoying. (e.g. (1) A breaking news story is shown on the running type at the foot of the picture and then the announcer repeats the message several times, adding nothing new. (2) Andy Murray has been beaten [again], but the typed news still carries the story of the nation's high hopes this time.)
I must end by saying the SkyNews ladies are mostly very attractive and make me feel happy. Unfortunately, I can no longer remember the reason for the connection between attractive women and happiness,
Regards
Brett
chris westwood
11-02-2011, 07:34
:..... or when there is a word (or two) missing from a sentence Chris!!!!
Little h
:) ah that's better!
chris westwood
11-02-2011, 07:39
Hi
Several dictionaries including Collins and the OED state that blizzard is of unknown origin and swamp is probably of German or Old Norse origin.
Gotten, as in "I have gotten a new car",is American and is the past participle of get.
Mitch Hinde
gotten is still an english word-look it up in Collins and OED.
The English language is a living breathing thing it absorbs cultural influences, and it adds cultural influences from outside and is the better for that. If we removed words that our language has absorbed from other cultures our labguage would be unrecognisaable from what it is and was and would be barren to the point of uselessness: and all that jazz(american)
by the way I suggest you do a little more research regarding swamp and blizzard. Looking things up in a dictionary isn't all it's cracked(origin germanic) up to be.
alanbenn
11-02-2011, 09:21
absorbed from other cultures our labguage would be unrecognisaable
mmm......anyone ever heard of the word Labguage:D
Regards
Alan
Vegaskip
11-02-2011, 09:31
Probably a posh name for an old wooden 1' ruler used in scientific places for measuring old things, or even 'newah fings'
Regards 'Has Been'
John O'Callaghan
11-02-2011, 09:33
Labguage. lab-gage (v) of canine origin.When your blonde/black working dog assess the likelyhood of a bone or WALKIES!!!
Cheers John O'C.
One of our imported words. Laub from the German, leaf. Gauge from old French, to measure. Using Kipling's interpretation of leaf. An assessment of whether your time ashore was long enough.
clevewyn
11-02-2011, 09:37
mmm......anyone ever heard of the word Labguage:D
Regards
Alan
Dipstick for measuring your dog :confused:
chris westwood
11-02-2011, 10:46
mmm......anyone ever heard of the word Labguage:D
Regards
Alan
ha!
a word is born:D
Mitch Hinde
11-02-2011, 10:55
gotten is still an english word-look it up in Collins and OED.
The English language is a living breathing thing it absorbs cultural influences, and it adds cultural influences from outside and is the better for that. If we removed words that our language has absorbed from other cultures our labguage would be unrecognisaable from what it is and was and would be barren to the point of uselessness: and all that jazz(american)
by the way I suggest you do a little more research regarding swamp and blizzard. Looking things up in a dictionary isn't all it's cracked(origin germanic) up to be.
Hi
I bow to your superior knowledge and will attempt to persuade the OED and Collins to change the definition.
By the way, illgotten, is one word.
Mitch Hinde
Vegaskip
11-02-2011, 11:08
Hi Mitch, acorting two my Gra sonns teecher spelen dozent cownt az long az thae under stand. Spelin kan b corektid laytor.
I kid you not!
regards Jim
Mitch Hinde
11-02-2011, 14:01
Hi Jim
Wundaphul, innit.
Mitch Hinde
Dave Hutson
11-02-2011, 15:46
An' there wuz me finkin' only little H an' me wuz the oni wuns wot cudn't spell or talk propa innit.
Dave H
Dave H.............Dew yew lot talk proper loike what I dew, then yew talk much more proper than you dew do.
chris westwood
11-02-2011, 17:06
Hi
I bow to your superior knowledge and will attempt to persuade the OED and Collins to change the definition.
By the way, illgotten, is one word.
Mitch Hinde
the thing about the american use of the word gotten is that it is used incorrectly, but as language evolves words and phrases become 'correct' through time.
look how using the word 'hopefully', instead of 'I hope' has become part of common usage.
Hi All,
What about the "At the end of the day" Im surprised they can see that far ahead.
Derek (Bunts)
Or its not Rocket science?? Aaaagh
Brian.
Destroyerman
11-02-2011, 19:51
Current pet hate, usually on TV promotions is "Everybody is talking about ........................"
The latest is a promo for "The Kings Speech".
This is a falsehood. My one-year-old great granddaughter isn't talking about it. Therefore NOT EVERYBODY is talking about it. So why make this spurious blanket claim?:mad:
Headlines which I suppose reporters think are chic, amusing or whatever. (Especially sports writers) Example Coos to moo-ve to Royal Park (re biodiversity project at Richmond Park). Is it a nein year old? (re German malt whisky) Novak slips under the radar (Tennis). Or how about Successful trial for 'liquid grit' (de-icing fluid for roads). All from one issue of the Sunday Post
harry.gibbon
12-02-2011, 00:11
EMOLUMENT!
now come on lads and lasses we got PAID every fortnight, what did we spend our emoluments on:D
Little h
chris westwood
12-02-2011, 07:25
on the news when the studio hands over to someone 'at the scene' the person always starts their report with 'well' for some odd reason
rude old people in bus queues. I use buses a lot, and I'm old myself, but it is invariably old people who push to the front, and young people are invariably polite.
racists on radio phone ins who invariably start their rants with "I'm not racist..."
European wines and californian wines
swedes wrapped in cling film in the supermsrket. The things have got their own natural wrapping for heavens sake
people who wear baseball caps back to front
Sarah palin and all she stands for
that'll do for now.
Derek Dicker
12-02-2011, 07:47
Hi Mitch, acorting two my Gra sonns teecher spelen dozent cownt az long az thae under stand. Spelin kan b corektid laytor.
I kid you not!
regards Jim
Tks for that one Jim, does anybody remember when our children were at junior school (60s or 70s) I think.
There was a new learning system called ITA or something, little ones used to bring home reading books, couldnt make head nor tail of it, scrapped very soon after. Why do the so called experts keep trying to change the way children are taught.
End of dripping.
Derek (Bunts)
Vegaskip
12-02-2011, 08:48
One I read 10 min. ago, from a 'political' column writer in the Courier, re the Harrier on Ebay, he mentions 'The two Airship Carriers' being built at Rosyth.
Well I suppose that was pretty close for todays standard of accuracy.Whether it was the original writer, type setter (or what ever they are called these days) or proof reader, whoever it was , thanks, gives me something else to drip about!.
regards Jim
According to today's news a photographer badly injured in Afghanistan was "embedded" with US forces and is being "Jetted" home to UK. Then a BBC reporter found "wall to wall blue sky" in California! Oh my!
chris westwood
12-02-2011, 09:51
people who think that things and people were better in 'their day'
Vegaskip
12-02-2011, 12:22
Well we, or at least some of us must have done something right back then, seeing that everyone is doing such a fine job, with such 'State of the Art' equipment of today. Somebody had to train the next generation, develop and produce the new equipment.
So no doubt the 'Dinasaurs' of tomorrow will be making the same kind of posts that we 'Whizkids and RuffyTuffy Matelots' of yesterday are making just now.
regards Jim
barracuda
12-02-2011, 13:06
The habit that many young people seem to have acquired of raising the pitch of their voice at the end of a sentence as if they're asking a question when no question is intended.
People who end your, err…
…sentences for you.
Young and poorly trained male supermarket assistants particularly, but also other young males whose work involves dealing with the public referring to one as “mate” or “pal”; and who when your business with them is concluded say “cheers”.
And just so on one thinks I’m unfairly criticising the young, when older people, er…
…no, they can be excused on the grounds they are getting on a bit.
People who squeeze in phrases about their own particular brand of politics no matter what subject is being discussed. ;)
People who go off topic in this thread and grumble about things other than words and phrases. ;)
Peter
chris westwood
12-02-2011, 15:52
Well we, or at least some of us must have done something right back then, seeing that everyone is doing such a fine job, with such 'State of the Art' equipment of today. Somebody had to train the next generation, develop and produce the new equipment.
So no doubt the 'Dinasaurs' of tomorrow will be making the same kind of posts that we 'Whizkids and RuffyTuffy Matelots' of yesterday are making just now.
regards Jim
correct
just as a previous generation of 'dinosaurs' did with your generation.
I've helped to raise five chilldren two of my own and three step children, their cousins, friends plus the people I had the privilege to teach for thirty years are just as good as my generation. Nobody has said 'your' generaion is 'bad'. It's a question of assuming that one's generation and the era that one lived in is better than the current one.
Hey Barracuda. This is not just about words and phrases. You gat a free chance to grumble on this thread! Van
Mitch Hinde
12-02-2011, 18:16
Hi All
Politicians and others in positions of authority, who, when asked a direct question as to why their department has screwed up again, start the reply with "First let me say......." and continue with a string of totally irrelevant waffle.
Has me screaming at the television, "Answer the bloody question".
Calm now, Mummy has put Teddy back in pram.
Mitch Hinde:p
bluestreak
12-02-2011, 19:53
Staff who ask a slightly stooped, slightly balding 70 year old, "Are you over 18?" Just because I had my headset on when I purchased a pack of razors!
People who are busy "24/7"
Jan Steer
13-02-2011, 10:13
News reporters who, resplendent in 'wellies', have to stand in a brook to tell me about the latest floods. I know what water looks like you idiots! And those that stand outside "Number ten" in the black of the winter evening to tell me what the prime minister said. Get inside, get inside!!!
Newsreaders who are now called 'Newscasters' that can only talk in decades: e.g. "For two and a half decades...." What is wrong with 25 years?!
Media people who tell me about "troops on the ground". As opposed to the ones six inches above it?!
Calm now Jan. Think happy thoughts.
Best wishes
Jan
Destroyerman
13-02-2011, 19:12
News reporters who, resplendent in 'wellies', have to stand in a brook to tell me about the latest floods. I know what water looks like you idiots! And those that stand outside "Number ten" in the black of the winter evening to tell me what the prime minister said. Get inside, get inside!!! ......................
Best wishes
Jan
Jan,
you mean that you haven't been 'conditioned' yet? You still have that rare quality: IMAGINATION.
Hope the politicos don't get wind of that or you'll end up lobotomised like the rest of us.:D
Sandy.
John O'Callaghan
13-02-2011, 22:40
Hi All! As has been said by no doubt by a GOM/W.It's a pity that youth is wasted on the young. One thing to be said for maturity is you generally have 20-20 hindsight upon which to base you pronouncements. As for reporters standing in brooks in wellies. In Oz of recent times we have Authorities appealing to idiots to not swim or wade in floodwaters because of the chemicals, sewerage and pollution, not to mention the speed of the water and wildlife drifting by.The same Authorities appeal to idiots not to venture out in 200km an hour winds because you may be blown away or cut in two by flying debris.The message appears lost when reporters and producers who want colour and immediacy in their broadcast. They then wade through floodwaters and waves breaking on shorelines or stand in winds with sheets of corrugated iron flying about or have their umbrella turned inside out to tell us theres a cyclone. Great footage that!
Cheers John O;C.
Jan Steer
15-02-2011, 19:48
Shades of "1984" Sandy?!!
Best wishes
Jan
George Alagiah.
To see this guy at the end of the mutilated runway in Haiti after the earthquake, obstructing operations, not lifting a hand to help anyone but himself; talking as he normally does; for any reason other than to help those unfortunate people, is maddening!
Never gets a finger dirty.
He has done this in Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and many other disaster/war zones. Great at talking, no help or action. Got Awards for talking about it. He could have said the same things from Benidorm! Still, it's only at the taxpayers expense!
But like recently in Eygpt, we need him, and tens of people from the same News Station, to be implanted in the region; to pass us from person to person in the same hotel, to tell the same version of the same story, but in a slightly different accent. These people are normally sat in a studio in London, doing exactly the same thing.
I think all the Military service personnel who have just been told they are redundant should be accomodated in the BBC News set-up. It seems the BBC has taxpayers money to burn, despite the cutbacks elsewhere in the 'other' establishments. They can't be much worse than George. Maybe some of them will even give a helping hand to the unfortunates!
Guz rating
15-02-2011, 22:17
What gets on my nerves is two television presenters normally a man and woman, taking turns to speak about ten words each. I loose track of what they are saying because I'm busy looking at the one who is not talking.
My other gripe is getting old, and the jobs in the garden that used to take half an hour now takes half a day.
And presenters who say "Thank you for joining us" as if they are falling apart, and your man has come in to stick them together again.
My other great hate is old gits who are always complaining.
Francis Stanley
16-02-2011, 12:22
1. Politicians
2. People on radio phone - ins who continue to talk over every one else trying to get an opinion in
3. Anyone who phones / calls at the door claiming to be conducting a survey, but really wants to sell something, YES MR SPECIALISED EXTERNAL WALL COVERINGS I AM TALKING TO YOU!
4. Anyone who phones / calls at the door.
5. Politicians
Greetings from Tynemouth,
My pet hate is people who address me as THERE as in Hello There instead of my name or mate, oppo etc. One of the worst offenders is one of our local weather forecasters who says Hello There as soon as the camera settles on him instead of Good Morning or Good Evening; I now tend to turn the Telly off as soon as I see him, yes it's good to be a grumpy old bloke.
Alan
Old Salt
27-02-2011, 16:15
Reporters who force their way into the hospital demanding to interview a patient just rescued from the rubble after an earthhquake.
Reporters who stick a microphone under the nose of people just rescued from the rubble after an earthhquake. Particularly when the rest of their workmates are still under the rubble.
Reporters who make derogatory comments about the speaker when asking questions of him when he has just updated the media on the current emergency.
I could go on.
But the emergency is enough on its own.
Brian
The football managers/commentators etc who "come here hoping for a result" win, lose or draw a result is what they get!
johnny07
26-03-2011, 15:37
Hi All
Don't you just hate it when people who have never been in any of the armed forces tell you how much better it is now and how useless we and our old ships were.
Mitch Hinde
Can't say I've come across that one Mitch and I can't imagine anyone thinking that todays navy is better than a generation ago. :confused:
brian james
26-03-2011, 19:48
My pet hate...Politicians kissing babies......on or near elections trying to prove their 'humanity'...... give us a bloody break!
Vegaskip
27-03-2011, 11:06
Have you noticed how 'TV Chefs' seem to have antiseptic fingers, forever poking food and picking it up to put on plates, even re aranging it when its about to be taken to the customer.
Yet if you went into a baker's shop or 'burger joint', and the person serving picked up your food with their fingers, the place would be liable to imediate shut bown.
End of drip Jim
Old Salt
28-03-2011, 08:35
People who think that earthquakes are just one big bump and it is all over and things are back to normal.
chris westwood
28-03-2011, 12:17
toenails and fingernails
usel;ess, and you have to mess about with them
brian james
28-03-2011, 20:12
My pet hate is people who whinge ...moan ...and gripe all the time........Geez I'm starting to sound like one.!!!.....................
Francis Stanley
29-03-2011, 10:53
Having just tried to explain something simple over 5 times, 5 different ways to someone who just could not grasp the concept, people thought we were having a huge argument, which we werent, we are mates.
I hadn't realised how the volume of my explination had gone up each time of re telling. :D
Now I realise when I am trying to tell my wife something for a third time she tells me to stop shouting, to which I reply I AM NOT SHOUTING! :(
It must be an age thing as I am sure I never used to do that.:o
When my son mislays his tools and blows the roof off ................
Edna
Francis Stanley
29-03-2011, 11:19
That's something else I do, when I put down the screwdriver and then can't find it again I demand who has had my screw driver!.....
.....er I'm not painting a very good picture of myself am I :o
chris westwood
29-03-2011, 18:04
tinned mushy peas should be against the law
Old Salt
30-03-2011, 08:16
When the manual says simply 'Undo the four nuts ....' ...but one is rusted solid ... one snaps off .. one is inaccessible without dismantling the rest of the car ... and you drop the fourth one into the engine, never to be found again. And your wife asks "What is taking so long ?" :mad:
Mitch Hinde
30-03-2011, 16:56
tinned mushy peas should be against the law
Hi
For once I whole heartedly agree, and the inventor should be hung, drawn and quartered.:D
Mitch Hinde
When my son mislays his tools and blows the roof off ................
Edna
And then finds whichever was missing and says "When in blue blazes did I put it there? ! ! ! "
Edna
Destroyerman
11-04-2011, 18:30
It really annoys me when advertisers, newsreaders and their ilk talk about "everybody" being interested in the Royal Wedding, or, "everybody's" talking about a specific film, celebrity or other such drivel.:rolleyes:
Not everybody is, (otherwise we would not have sign language), so the assumption is erroneous.
If they mean "lots of people", then refer to "lots of people" and don't throw a blanket over the whole of humanity.
Perhaps lots of people may discuss this posting, (as if!), but I would not claim that "everybody" will.
Signed; Annoyed of Ballyauchmacgullion.:D
Further to Sandy's post......................"celebrities" (using term loosely), who prattle "I am SO glad to be here with you this Christmas morning"............I bet they are, for the money they are getting I'd be pleased to be just about anywhere.
"One in ten of over 50's are out of work" (for example)..........that means 9/10 are not! How to twist words to infer something!
"It must be said............", interviewee prattles. Why must it?
ted short
11-04-2011, 20:53
you are quite right Keblin it was Das Boot i have quite a few subs dvd,s that one as well it was a great sub story
ted
TACKLINE
11-04-2011, 21:03
Why do TV reporters do their piece to camera on main roads, so it's almost impossible to hear what they are saying, due to the volume of traffic?
John O'Callaghan
12-04-2011, 10:54
I suppose the thig that P....... s me off most is wars that are going to be over by Christmas.
Cheers John O'C.
chris westwood
12-04-2011, 14:35
adjustable spanners
They are useless. You never get a decent grip with them, and you end up scuffing your knuckles and rounding off the head of the bolt. A pox on em.
Dave Hutson
12-04-2011, 14:49
Interviewees that start every answer with that word "ABSOLUTELY" - do any of them know the meaning of the word.
Jan Steer
12-04-2011, 14:58
Yes! Absolutely.
best wishes
Jan:D
D01Caprice
26-04-2011, 12:11
Whether you like Bill Gates or not, this is pretty cool. Here's some advice Bill Gates recently dished out at a high school speech about 11 things they did not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teaching has created a full generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept sets them up for failure in the real world.
RULE 1
Life is not fair - get used to it.
RULE 2
The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
RULE 3
You will NOT make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice president with car phone, until you earn both.
RULE 4
If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.
RULE 5
Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping, they called it Opportunity.
RULE 6
If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
RULE 7
Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you are. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
RULE 8
Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
RULE 9
Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.
RULE 10
Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
RULE 11
Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
Brett Hendey
27-04-2011, 06:02
Until today, my feelings towards Bill Gates were envy and resentment, because he is so rich and I am so poor. After reading his advice to the youth of today, I now have the utmost admiration for him. His advice should be required reading in schools everywhere.
Regards
Brett
Old Salt
27-04-2011, 09:02
Those pearls of wisdom from Bill Gates should be compulsory reading, learning and an examination paper for all schoolchildren today.
Francis Stanley
27-04-2011, 13:05
You can't give them an exam! what if one of the little darlings failed. their self esteem would be so low they would have to get counselling and claim compensation for mental torture. ;)
chris westwood
27-04-2011, 16:45
Gregg's steak bakes, because of the way they toy with my emotions.
You are starving so you can't stop yourself biting off a big chunk and burn the roof of your mouth off.
You wont be beaten so you take another mouthfull, inevitably boiling hot gravy suns down your chin and down the front of your shirt.
yet you still buy em.
people on tv: presenters, politicians, newsreaders, sports p[ersonalities with poorly knotted ties. I rarely wear a tie, but when I do I take care with it: and I think the windsor knot is obscene.
Gregg's steak bakes, because of the way they toy with my emotions.
You are starving so you can't stop yourself biting off a big chunk and burn the roof of your mouth off.
You wont be beaten so you take another mouthfull, inevitably boiling hot gravy suns down your chin and down the front of your shirt.
yet you still buy em.
Fully agreed. I had two on Monday, the second one had cooled down a bit by the time I had finished the first one.
Dave Hutson
27-04-2011, 17:50
[QUOTE I think the windsor knot is obscene.[/QUOTE]
Nothig wrong with a Windsor knot Chris,if it is tied properly, most of them who display it today make it look like a soup driptray. In the 50/60's every dapper guy knew how to tie it properjob.
Dave H
At the risk of offending, by posting a youtube link (the pet hate of some), :)I have to agree with DaveH, the Windsor knot tied properly looks okay and this young man seems to do it pretty well. (A word of warning though - if you open this link, turn the volume down first.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-ms1eo9Aas&feature=related
My pet hate is school teachers insisting that all students (even those with large necks) have to do up their top buttons (under the tie). Surely, cutting off the blood supply to the brain might be detrimental. :rolleyes::(
Bee
John O'Callaghan
27-04-2011, 23:31
................................And another thing I hate is ROYAL WEDDINGS!!!!!..... Dress styles .....???? Is it ironed........????? Dress colour........??????? Length of train........???????Hair,Shoes, Handbag,Coach roof up....????coach roof down.........??????Will it rain..........??????wet weather routine ..........???????Is this the best Royal since the last Royal...........?????? Is this the end of the Royal Family...........??????? What about a Republic..........??????? Should the Yanks create their own Royal Family so they don't have to travel so far to see Royalty...................?????? Should the Royals move to Australia so we can feel closer to them.........??????Thank God I'm on the other side of the world and only encounter it in the media 24 hours a day. Well I'm off for a good lie down.Bye All!
You should be in GB,
nothing but royal wedding 24 hours a day,
I support the monarchy over a political president,
but PLEASE STOP the all day coverage.
Give us a break.
MelQuick
28-04-2011, 06:34
I've no problems with the Royal Family. it's the 'hangers on' that I can't stand, the so called 'Royal Watchers.'
Mel
I have the same amount of interest in Royal Wedding as Royalty had in my wedding - Zilch!:D
I know there are penalties for being a royal, but I think this present to-do and its publicity feels like voyeurism - certainly makes me feel uncomfortable, so I switch off.
Edna
Jan Steer
28-04-2011, 11:04
I am not a royalist but I wish Bill and Kate all the best for their future life together. They are a lovely young couple and obviously very much in love and I wish for them what I would wish for others. The problem as always is the media attention. These vampires get their teeth into a story and then proceed to bleed it dry. It is always the same and will always be so I fear. Why can they never just leave people alone? I'm guessing that hundreds of hours have already been spent in an effort to find something unsavoury in Kate's past to embarrass her and of course ruin her life. To misquote Henry VIII, "Who will rid me of these people?"
best wishes
Jan
Destroyerman
28-04-2011, 12:57
I am not a royalist but I wish Bill and Kate all the best for their future life together. They are a lovely young couple and obviously very much in love and I wish for them what I would wish for others. The problem as always is the media attention. These vampires get their teeth into a story and then proceed to bleed it dry. It is always the same and will always be so I fear. Why can they never just leave people alone? I'm guessing that hundreds of hours have already been spent in an effort to find something unsavoury in Kate's past to embarrass her and of course ruin her life. To misquote Henry VIII, "Who will rid me of these people?"
best wishes
Jan
Almost in my own speak Jan boy.:)
I echo your sentiments precisely and wish this lovely couple all the very best in their future life. However, I am sickened by the media speculation, investigation, probing and general press hysteria. My little addled mind remembers what weddings are like (my own and my childrens) and it is still capable of envisaging what a Royal Wedding would look like too, after all I've seen them televised since 1947.
I shall do the shopping whilst my wife watches the event.
Good luck William and Kate.:cool:
Sandy.
I am not a royalist but I wish Bill and Kate all the best for their future life together. They are a lovely young couple and obviously very much in love and I wish for them what I would wish for others. The problem as always is the media attention. These vampires get their teeth into a story and then proceed to bleed it dry. It is always the same and will always be so I fear. Why can they never just leave people alone? I'm guessing that hundreds of hours have already been spent in an effort to find something unsavoury in Kate's past to embarrass her and of course ruin her life. To misquote Henry VIII, "Who will rid me of these people?"
best wishes
Jan
I too, agree with you wholeheartedly Jan and wish this lovely couple all the best in their married life.
Everything would be fine if the media would just let them be. Yes it's interesting and a great occasion, something to be celebrated....but the constant media drooling over every, little thing is obnoxious.
Regards,
Bee
Old Salt
28-04-2011, 18:50
Which brings me to another pet hate ! Media reporters insisting on pursuing a rude line of questioning about the private lives of people. And the irritating "The public have a right to know !" Grrrh !!!
And the 'Royal Watchers' who seem to have plagued the media this week ! They really should get a life !
Brian
chris westwood
28-04-2011, 19:03
all you can eat buffet restaurants.
I love food, but these places are just temples to pig out gluttony.
I went to one a few weeks back and it was awful, not so much the food, but peoples' attitude to it. Because you can eat as much as you want it appeals to peoples' instinct to get as much as they want for nothing. To see people with these huge piles of food on their plates, which they can't possibly enjoy properly is nauseating.
Brett Hendey
29-04-2011, 06:47
Getting back to Will and Kate ......
I think the international interest in this couple and their wedding is because it is a "good news" story that has actually managed to push North Africa, the Middle East, Japan and other man-made and natural disasters off the front page, even if it is only for a short time. In spite of mounting what must be one of the most prolonged and expensive investigations of all time, the media have been unable to dig up any dirt on the happy couple, who seem to be thoroughly decent people.
What a positive change from the usual gloom and doom favoured by the press!
Brett
Dave Hutson
29-04-2011, 07:45
Well said Brett and all true.
But while we celebrate this joyous event let's dwell a moment on the one tragedy which has been pushed to the back burner - the fate of 300 plus people killed in the Alabama Tornado. Mother nature strikes back once again.
Dave H
chris westwood
29-04-2011, 09:00
cheap sausages
Derek Dicker
29-04-2011, 11:02
Well at least Princess Ann can save the planet, she can chuck the plastic floral bin bag in the recycle bin.
Derek (bunts)
chris westwood
29-04-2011, 11:16
white socks
Adrian Chiles
Donald Trump's hair
Okay, okay .... I confess - I've just watched "The Wedding" and I have to agree with you Brett (post #111), it was absolutely lovely to watch the Pomp and Circumstance that only the British can pull off so well and seem so at ease with. I love the sense of history in the making and the joyful, uplifting atmosphere was electric (even here in Australia.)
Also it was a very welcome diversion to what (as you mentioned) usually dominates the news these days - the man made and natural disasters.
I do wish them all the very best in their married life.....but I also hope that the media will give them some space and let them have a "life" without being hounded.
Special, public occasions, like we've just witnessed....well yes, the media can cover that....but in all else....moderation, please.
Bee
Destroyerman
29-04-2011, 13:59
Yep, I confess to watching it too! But only after being tasked to do the weekly shop on my own.:eek:
Delighted for this beautiful couple.
But as for the spectacle itself, not a patch on "My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding" series .............................. :D:D
But back to the thread proper and my "grumpyism" of the week:
Auntie Beeb, who got married today, the Wales' or the Beckhams?? Too much focus on Dave and Victoria, or was that the only way to foist the mandatory football quota on us??
Unimpressed of Sidcup.:rolleyes:
Dave Hutson
29-04-2011, 14:11
Great bit of British pageantry with all the trimmingsj just what we need in these strange times.. What a great couple and best wishes to them.
My drip ........... too many shots that other Queen [Elton John] and his """other half"""
Sean Roberts
29-04-2011, 14:47
Ah but Dave,you left out the countless shots of the other "Royal Hosehold" The Beckhams,plus people from royal family's I had never heard about:D
Trust you all enjoyed "The Wedding"..........herself decreed that it would be an excellent time to go into town.......and so it proved..........no crowds, plenty of parking space, little traffic...........wonderful.! :)
Dave Hutson
29-04-2011, 17:31
Trust you all enjoyed "The Wedding"..........herself decreed that it would be an excellent time to go into town.......and so it proved..........no crowds, plenty of parking space, little traffic...........wonderful.! :)
Scurs ...... you is in danger of becoming a "Cynical Grumpy Old Bugger" :D:D;)
chris westwood
30-04-2011, 09:30
jars of chutney with with pieces of checked cloth tied over the lid snd quasi handwritten labels, that are supposed to look homee made and are called things like 'Old Grandma Fothergill's Original recipe belladonna and onion marmalade'.
People who sit near you, who have been smoking: they stink.
People who sit near you, who have been drinking: they stink
People who sit near you, who have been eating garlic: they stink
People who sit near you (usually female) who have used strong & cheap perfume: they stink
People who sit near you and pass wind: they stink.
But..............that's life! :D
Vegaskip
30-04-2011, 14:02
Scurs, How in the name o' the wee man did you survive in a mess deck of a Royal Navy ship!?
Jim
PS Re the wedding, it was fine( if you like that sort of thing) what got me was the 'Commenters', the fashon experts etc, they reminded me of Poppy (my wee dug), when she finds something she likes she rolls in it, and it's usualy disgusting. Quote, " will it have long sleaves?, "oh yes or possibly short or even medium"
end of rant
chris westwood
30-04-2011, 14:43
People who sit near you, who have been drinking: they stink
People who sit near you, who have been eating garlic: they stink
People who sit near you (usually female) who have used strong & cheap perfume: they stink
People who sit near you and pass wind: they stink.
But..............that's life! :D
drinking in modersation is hamless, and unlike smoking people other than winos don't do it all day long
garlic is good for you
one person's strong and cheap perfume is another's elixir of desire
passing wind is a natural function: one can't always control where one sarries it out
Jan Steer
30-04-2011, 14:54
"Hamless?" I guess you're just porking fun.
best wishes
Jan
Labourites, Liberals, Democrats, Socialists and Commmunist of any ilk.
Lovies and celebs, Chief GI's [that one goes back to a threat of being charged with silent contempt on my first day in the mob :mad:] and self-centred shirt-lifters.
I think I've nailed my bigoted colours to the mast with that lot!
Destroyerman
30-04-2011, 15:55
.........Lovies and celebs, Chief GI's [that one goes back to a threat of being charged with silent contempt on my first day in the mob :mad:] and self-centred shirt-lifters...............
With the exception of the Chief GI, you could lump the rest into one ghastly pile!!
Luvvies; celebs and self-centred shirt-lifters, there's hardly a fag paper's width between the lot of 'em.:rolleyes:
Every one of them a televisual laxative.;):rolleyes::D
Sandy.
"Fag" being the operative word Sandy! :D
How did I survive Jim asks. Easy mate, couldn't beat 'em, so joined 'em. :D
Nowt better, than sitting down to breakfast of "rubber" egg and greasy bacon, to have a hairy leg descend from hammock above, the owner breathing stale beer fumes at you, then passes wind as his scratches nether regions................and we all accepted this as perfectly normal behaviour! As I said, "that's life".......you might not LIKE it, but you live with it!
Same, in my books, applies to smoking. :)
Dave Hutson
30-04-2011, 17:09
Scurs ...... you is in danger of becoming a "Cynical Grumpy Old Bugger" :D:D;)
Scurs,
I take back what I said about you above. That title has got to without a doubt got to go to Chris. He can load the gun on any subject under the sun and wait for someone else to fire the bullets. Must be a Yorkshire thing. :D:D
Dave H [with tinhat on and waiting]
p.s. Nice to see you back Ben - I knew you would rise to the Woofta bait. :D:D
Destroyerman
30-04-2011, 17:47
Scurs,
I take back what I said about you above. That title has got to without a doubt got to go to Chris. He can load the gun on any subject under the sun and wait for someone else to fire the bullets. Must be a Yorkshire thing. :D:D
Dave H [with tinhat on and waiting]
Were "Triang" based in Yorkshire Dave?? More than likely.
They were the original "wind-up merchants".:rolleyes:;):D
Sandy. (Key in hand, waiting for the next wind-up).:D
Dave Hutson
30-04-2011, 18:01
Thanks for the support Sandy.
Two destroyers is better than one, if Scurs joins us we can have "Triang"ulation. :D:D
Dave H
Don Boyer
30-04-2011, 18:17
I had not noticed this thread until today. What fun, and not a one I don't agree with! Lots of spot on thrills here.
Here in Uncle Sam's beloved government, the "catch phrase" that just makes me murderous is the one bandied about every week while we struggle with the latest budget cuts or idiotic reduction in personnel under the guise of economy: "We'll just have to do more with less!" I can't count the number of idiot managers who think that's and adequate response to the situation.
My response (after 32 years service, they have to shoot me, they can't fire me!) is always the same -- "If you think you can do more with less, try it with toilet paper sometime and see what happens." I'm very unpopular with some managers.
Then there's the world of advertising: "Product X will get your dishes virtually spotless!!" (Unlike Product Y). "Virtually spotless -- translation -- you're dishes will have some spots.
"Virtual reality" -- it isn't real.
"Ask your doctor if Phlymorgzbstal is right for you!" (Followed by a rapid breathy voice listing 88 potentially fatal side-effects). It's probably right for someone on my hit list, but not me.
The list is becoming almost endless, the result of totally inadequate educational systems that avoid the hard work necessary to learn the English language (yours or mine) properly. Some people just ain't got no couths whatever, yo!
Dave..............I'm still trying to work out whether you have just insulted me, or complimented me! :D
Dunno what the bait is Chris uses, but it usually works ! :D
With no offence meant what-so-ever, there was usually one "Chris" in each mess................who would "innocently" make a remark at tot time, which resulted in heated arguments and he would then clear off somewhere and leave everyone to it! :p
brian james
30-04-2011, 22:09
Yeah Scurs..usually called sh.t stirrers...as you say always one in the mess..
harry.gibbon
30-04-2011, 22:50
People who sit near you, who have been drinking: they stink
People who sit near you, who have been eating garlic: they stink
People who sit near you (usually female) who have used strong & cheap perfume: they stink
People who sit near you and pass wind: they stink.
But..............that's life! :D
Hey up Scurs mate,
Phew!! Guess there are a lot of 'stinkers' out there:eek:.
Wot 'wiff' all them characters you've described:D
Little h
chris westwood
01-05-2011, 13:48
Dave..............I'm still trying to work out whether you have just insulted me, or complimented me! :D
Dunno what the bait is Chris uses, but it usually works ! :D
With no offence meant what-so-ever, there was usually one "Chris" in each mess................who would "innocently" make a remark at tot time, which resulted in heated arguments and he would then clear off somewhere and leave everyone to it! :p
I don't like the smell of people who smoke: hence it's apposite to this thread. I find smoking repulsive in general
chris westwood
01-05-2011, 13:49
people who use their mobile phones whilkst driving. The punshment is nowhere near severe enough.
Unlike you Chris, I have no objection to, or dislike of, tobacco smoke............and I am a non-smoker myself!
However, totally agree with you (shock, horror :rolleyes:) about Mobile Phones and driving. It may be illegal, but how often do you see someone driving one handed with mobile "glued" to ear?
Bit like parking on pavement, so many do it that it is not worth the while of the Police to take any action (in fact they do it too)............likewise with Mobile Phones!
I don't like the smell of people who smoke: hence it's apposite to this thread. I find smoking repulsive in general
Not only repulsive but nauseating too. It literally makes me feel sick. The ban on smoking in public places now makes a lot more places accessible to me, pubs, restaurants, coffee shops etc., and probably the only piece of useful legislation passed in the last ten years.
Dave Hutson
01-05-2011, 17:33
Unlike you Chris, I have no objection to, or dislike of, tobacco smoke............and I am a non-smoker myself!
However, totally agree with you (shock, horror :rolleyes:) about Mobile Phones and driving. It may be illegal, but how often do you see someone driving one handed with mobile "glued" to ear?
Bit like parking on pavement, so many do it that it is not worth the while of the Police to take any action (in fact they do it too)............likewise with Mobile Phones!
Got it one Scurs ..... I have Mr, and Miss Plods living all around me with people parking on pavements, mothers having delivered their kids to school using the road like a racetrack and immediately on their mobiles having dumped the kids. But then name one law in this DEMOCRATIC country of ours that isn't a toothless tiger - compliments of Human, Animal, or Political Acitvists only out to further their own agenda/pocket.
Dave H
Dave H....................found one mate!
"Thou shalt not exceed the speed limit", when (a) a speed camera is sited, or (b) when PC Plod is feeling bored and operating his own radar trap!
Otherwise..............go whatever speed you like!
Wife was "done" in Chester for doing 35 in a 30 limit, a matter of yards earlier it had been a 40mph limit.
alanbenn
01-05-2011, 20:03
Wife was "done" in Chester for doing 35 in a 30 limit, a matter of yards earlier it had been a 40mph limit.<!-- / message -->
Dislike people who do 35mph in a 30mph limit, ask my widowed neice what she thinks of them:(
Regards
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Old Salt
02-05-2011, 03:46
When the ones complaining about others smoking are 'half cut' and are the worst 'pi**heads' in the ship. !!
Brian
brian james
02-05-2011, 06:44
Seated in a nice restuarant.... When some 'Richard,s' mobile phone goes off!!...Why they cant switch the bloody things to vibrate instead of having innocent bystanders forced to listen to some inane cacophony of 'Audio Sewage' and then followed by the usual 'high decibel' feral conversation that nobody wants to be part of....
I apologise Alan........but to explain..............
Nobody complains about speed limits, they are there for a valid reason..............however..........they have a tendency to change without warning. Which is fine if you live there and KNOW it changes, but when driving along an unfamiliar road?
In the case of my wife, she was driving at about 38 mph in a 40mph zone..........she was a stranger to the area, she spotted suddenly a sign saying 30mph........before she had a chance to react "Flash"..........the camera was situated literally yards into the 30mph zone. As I say anyone local would know this and reduce beforehand, a stranger has no way of knowing it is suddenly going to change.
Dave Hutson
02-05-2011, 09:19
I apologise Alan........but to explain..............
Nobody complains about speed limits, they are there for a valid reason..............however..........they have a tendency to change without warning. Which is fine if you live there and KNOW it changes, but when driving along an unfamiliar road?
In the case of my wife, she was driving at about 38 mph in a 40mph zone..........she was a stranger to the area, she spotted suddenly a sign saying 30mph........before she had a chance to react "Flash"..........the camera was situated literally yards into the 30mph zone. As I say anyone local would know this and reduce beforehand, a stranger has no way of knowing it is suddenly going to change.
We've got a stretch like that down here when you leave the M5 to go to Bristol Airport - the speed limit changes every couple of hundred yards -20 then 30 then 40 back to 20 up to 40 down to 30 :confused::confused::confused::confused: none of the locals drive over 20 cos' of the cameras ....... Grrrrrrr.
Agree speed limits are there for a reason but sometimes you wonder what moron worked it out.
Dave H
chris westwood
02-05-2011, 15:08
mayonaise in shop bought sandwiches.
I don't like mayo that much anyway, but when you buy a sandwich in a shop, and they bulk it up with the stuff it's annoying because they are skimpoing on proper ingredients, and it tastes and feels vile.
mayonaise in shop bought sandwiches.
I don't like mayo that much anyway, but when you buy a sandwich in a shop, and they bulk it up with the stuff it's annoying because they are skimpoing on proper ingredients, and it tastes and feels vile.
Got to agree it is nigh on impossble to buy a sandwich that does not have mayo in it, my wife hates it?
alanbenn
02-05-2011, 20:40
I apologise Alan........but to explain..............
Nobody complains about speed limits, they are there for a valid reason..............however..........they have a tendency to change without warning. Which is fine if you live there and KNOW it changes, but when driving along an unfamiliar road?
Scurs, you're right, I think we've all done it at some stage, just wanted to make the point that although it may seem the 'norm' it does have consequences, wasn't my intention to embarass you in any way.
We have a new speed limit on a stretch of the A1 here in Gateshead, now a 50mph zone for about 2 miles or so. Today in the Ambulance I was doing exactly 50mph and was overtaken by about 50-60 vehicles in that zone, despite several signs showing the new speed limit.
Regards
Alan
astraltrader
03-05-2011, 19:27
What really makes me feel sick and with no offence intended to my friend Chris is many times more nauseating than smelling smoke on someone and IMO is worse than people who use their mobiles whilst driving.
Men who hit their wives, [or Men who hit any woman]
I can honestly say that I have stopped having anything to do with what were previously good friends when I have found out they were violent to their wives. There is no excuse for this in my book. :(
chris westwood
03-05-2011, 20:03
What really makes me feel sick and with no offence intended to my friend Chris is many times more nauseating than smelling smoke on someone and IMO is worse than people who use their mobiles whilst driving.
Men who hit their wives, [or Men who hit any woman]
I can honestly say that I have stopped having anything to do with what were previously good friends when I have found out they were violent to their wives. There is no excuse for this in my book. :(
absolutely right terry
Vegaskip
11-05-2011, 10:58
I was at the Doctor on monday, and while waiting I was reading all the posters on the walls, one in particular re. the monetary rewards of stopping smoking.Apparently you can save about £2,900 in a year!, I've been stopped for around six years. I'm assuming HMG has a crafty scheme for recovering this, as I can't say I've noticed the £18,000.
Commenting on this to the middle aged matron sitting two seats away, I was ammazed at her reply.
"Your own fault for starting in the first place!, I've never smoked in my life."
Slightly taken aback I replied" Oh good for you, and continued with
" And do you take a drink?"
"Certainly not!, or at least just the occasional toast at a wedding or celebration."
Thank goodness , at this point the nurse called my name, as I was about to reply
"Well I suppose if it wasn't for Sex you'd wave topped your self years ago"
Anyway off I went to get my ears syringed, (supposed to be getting a hearing aid fitted on Saturday) So at least I managed to avoid being ejected from the GP's surgery.
Another thread in life's rich tapestry.
While I'm here, BBC news this morning doing a feature on seat belts, quote. "one in three deaths in cars, weren't wearing a seat belt'?
Glad to see the other two corpses were law abiding!
Local News paper, about a Royal Naval Assosiation Ceremony for vetrens, who 'braved Nazi Submarines and Bombers' on the 'Baltic' Convoys to Murmansk!
Hope the Features editor has a satnav in his car.
Jim
Jan Steer
11-05-2011, 12:38
Sex? Isn't that what the wardroom get coal in?!!
best wishes
Jan
Vegaskip
11-05-2011, 12:58
Or in our case 'Peat'
Jim
Dave Hutson
11-05-2011, 13:03
Can't remember Pete ever getting the coal in :confused::confused::confused: and as for Sex I never get up before Seven :)
And I thought sex was a county in the south east ;):D
Destroyerman
11-05-2011, 14:56
The latest road safety proposals.:mad:
Much is made of drivers "undertaking" when passing. But nothing is mentioned of the idiot who occupies the overtaking lane at numpty mph, when the nearside lane traffic is moving at a patently greater speed.:eek:
These are the idiots that ought to be given an "on the spot fine" first.
This simple expedient would instantly cure the "undertaking" syndrome.:rolleyes:
Sorted.
Sandy (Minister of Transport designate).:rolleyes::D
Sandy
It's not Macho for drivers to be in the slower lane.:rolleyes:;)
One of my favourite TV programmes is Grumpy Old Men which has been followed up by Grumpy Old Women. Where they air their views on things in public life that they find irritating, and they use the programme to get it off their chest. I'm sure members of this site also have similar irritations and would like the opportunity to let off steam about them. I have many and the first that comes to mind is the use of the expression 24/7.
Dave Hutson
28-07-2011, 18:43
One of my favourite TV programmes is Grumpy Old Men which has been followed up by Grumpy Old Women. Where they air their views on things in public life that they find irritating, and they use the programme to get it off their chest. I'm sure members of this site also have similar irritations and would like the opportunity to let off steam about them. I have many and the first that comes to mind is the use of the expression 24/7.
Good on yer Bonzo ........ mine is people who don't check whether we already have a thread on things :eek::eek:....... so look out mate a Mod may be lurking to move this to where it should reside ........ only joshing mate :D:D..... it happens to us all:cool:
Before they shift it ..... I also hate 24/7 and the word "absolutely" as the answer to all questions :(:( but I've said that before on the "Grumpy" thread :D
Dave H
harry.gibbon
28-07-2011, 18:46
Me thinks that thread is this one gents in Shore Leave:-
http://www.worldnavalships.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9250
Little h
Apologies the thread already exists.
Close this one please moderator
Dreadnought
28-07-2011, 20:54
No problem Bonzo ... threads merged ,,
chris westwood
29-07-2011, 16:32
I've never had a pair of oven gloves that was any good
People in pubs drinking beer from the bottle
chris westwood
29-07-2011, 20:34
People in pubs drinking beer from the bottle
great call
takeaways thsat sell pizzas as well as curries
I don't go for takeaway food anyway apart from fish and chips, but this is wrong
brian james
29-07-2011, 21:00
I work in the Retail Industry.....Undisciplined 'brats' running amok with so called 'parents' oblivious......
Mitch Hinde
29-07-2011, 21:41
Hi All
People with mobile phone clutched in one hand, fag in the other trying to cross a busy road while supposedly in charge of a child in a pushchair within yards of a pedestrian crossing. Makes me want to slap 'em.
Mitch Hinde
derek s.langsdon
30-07-2011, 07:32
"You know".........hope I do !
"I mean".............hope you do !
"have a nice day.",,,always plan to !
derek-L/Norfolk
Vegaskip
16-09-2011, 15:04
Thought it was time I had another grump!. From todays local paper,
'Harbour Plunge Driver Hunted', a white van had plunged into Newhaven ( Edinburgh) harbour and police are looking for the driver.
Quote...'.A Lothian and Borders Police spokeswoman said no one was inside. She said the force was now dealing with the prospect that a "criminality" had been involved'.
Further on,....... Forth Ports Authority was called to assist with the removal of the van.
'A spokesman for Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service said: " A water technician waded through the water and managed to open the doors of the van, where he found no one inside"
Anyone know what a 'water technician' is ? and what is the difference between 'a criminality' and a crime? also, how can you find something or someone who isn't there, surely he 'found' the van was empty.
I'm off to 'get a life' now
regards Jim
eskimosailor
17-09-2011, 09:52
Why do people nowadays always use "ourselves" when they should be saying "us". Even my bank manager does it - "We would like you to invest with ourselves" for example.
Also, even when printed, the use of "me" when it should be "I". Such expressions as "Me and my mum went shopping"> Firstly the other party should be mentioned first as a matter of politeness, and the personal pronoun would be the same as if it were in isolation i.e. "I went". Therefore "Mum and I went shopping".
Does no-one get taught English today. It's fairly simple and logical, but I don't think even the teachers know it.
Steve
Derek Dicker
17-09-2011, 10:01
Na innit
Derek (bunts)
The letters "th" don't seem to exist any more so I don't fink I'll bovver to use em.
Brian
harry.gibbon
17-09-2011, 12:00
Does no-one get taught English today.
Steve
I do hope that is a rhetorical question Steve, otherwise I suspect that a question mark would be a definite requirement;);)
Just a thought; perhaps no one attends English classes on a Saturday:D
Little h
Vegaskip
17-09-2011, 13:50
The letters "th" don't seem to exist any more so I don't fink I'll bovver to use em.
Brian
Fink it went the same place as the 'R' Bruva or should that be Bro!
Regards Jim (or Jum as we might say in these 'airts')
I have missed this thread, glad it has popped up again.
It isn't only 'th' that gets lost, what about the lost 't' - Manchester Uni'ed !! Athle'ic!! Bemer'on!! Atlan'ic!! Amacheurs!! Spar'an!! Foo'ball!! etc.
Edna
brian james
17-09-2011, 21:34
Newsreaders have this lets put a 'T' where a 'D' used to reside disease.... ...Where on the globe is Englant or New Zealant?!! .....Absoluley supid!!!
eskimosailor
18-09-2011, 01:11
I do hope that is a rhetorical question Steve, otherwise I suspect that a question mark would be a definite requirement;);)
Just a thought; perhaps no one attends English classes on a Saturday:D
Little h
Oops. Mea culpa. Thank you for pointing that out Little H. I will accept 100 lines if you feel it's warranted: "I will not criticise mistakes in others without first correcting my own errors".
Mind you the addition of a "k" sound to words ending in "-ing" annoys me too, e.g. "somethink" or "nothink".
Steve
"Dew yew talk loike what yew should, then yew talk better than yew dew do" :D:D
SheppeyMiss
18-09-2011, 10:36
Lawd above! A Mun may mayak a Remark...
In itself.... a kwiate fing
Fvat may furnish da Fuse intew a Spark
In dawman' nature... lain... , innit.
Lor' luv a duck! Let us depawt... wiv skill...
Let us discaaahrse... wiv care...
Powda exists in Charcowl...
Befawer i' exists in Fire. Know wot I mean?
With apologies to Emily Dickinson
Missy
Just 2 minutes ago an idiot presenter on BBC Countryfile in Scotland described the water flowing past at 10 knots per hour - doesn't it want to make you want to spit.
eskimosailor
18-09-2011, 20:17
Just 2 minutes ago an idiot presenter on BBC Countryfile in Scotland described the water flowing past at 10 knots per hour - doesn't it want to make you want to spit.
Even my wife commented on it. What crass ignorance.
Another naval one which upsets me is people referring to THE HMS Victory or other ship of Her Majesty's Navy.
Steve
derek s.langsdon
23-09-2011, 09:52
Third packet of recently bought "Biro" pens---out of which-with luck- maybe just one might work/flow !!-------
and---why did I ever order "Reader's Digest" ?! a good read,but those never
ending special offers !-- AND the courier deliverer who insists on crashing on the actual front door -panel instead of using the bell or knocker to hand me the
small packet- that without it's (unopenable) cardboard container, could easilly be put through the letter-box !
derek L
My grump with TV documentaries is why do they keep jumping from one part to another with the statement "coming up on ******" .
Then "later on ******".
Why not just start with whatever the programme is about and let it flow naturally instead of jumping from one part to another.
I am treading on dangerous ground here, when I say that my grump at the moment is with my wife! :rolleyes:
On our way home from shopping recently, the car suddenly came to a stop, it was pouring with rain, and we live miles from anywhere. I asked my wife where her new mobile phone was, so that I could call our local break-down service. Her reply was, " In its box on the kitchen bench"!!! :o
She had mithered for years to get a mobile for emergencies, just like the one we were having, and then goes and leaves it sat in its box in the kitchen for the last 3 months. :mad::mad:
I had a melt down, but that was soon cooled off by the wind and rain as I WALKED home for the Land Rover to go back and tow the car with, in which she was sitting, warm and dry.
Wombat,
(James).
Why do the youth of today, and indeed some older members of society find it necessary to stick chunks of metal all over their face. On the lips on the tongue on the nose and eyebrows and just about anywhere there is room.
Brian
SheppeyMiss
24-09-2011, 11:08
Why is it when one has gained enough experience of life to really want to learn, that one's brain is on the downward slope to the long sleep and not up to the task... :( Youth is wasted on the young, leastways t'was on me :mad:.
Missy
Why is it when one has gained enough experience of life to really want to learn, that one's brain is on the downward slope to the long sleep and not up to the task... :( Youth is wasted on the young, leastways t'was on me :mad:.
Missy
Missy, you should discover the U3A (University of the Third Age) - it is designed to help regenerate those little grey cells!
Edna
SheppeyMiss
25-09-2011, 11:47
Missy, you should discover the U3A (University of the Third Age) - it is designed to help regenerate those little grey cells!
Edna
Edna, thanks for the info. Not actually retired yet but rapidly approaching said position, so will be actively looking at the local U3A in about 12 months. Just finding keeping up with one's younger work colleagues... challenging, shall we say.
Missy
harry.gibbon
25-09-2011, 12:46
Edna, thanks for the info. Not actually retired yet but rapidly approaching said position, so will be actively looking at the local U3A in about 12 months. Just finding keeping up with one's younger work colleagues... challenging, shall we say.
Missy
Just found out that one was started up in my town last year, site is now a short cut on screen .... I wonder if I can find the time???
Little h
Missy and Harry - welcome aboard! If you do join U3A, you will find lots of groups/topics to choose from - and, if not, permission to start your own and recruit support for it!
Edna
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