Random Irritations

[PJ87]

I'll tell you what's really annoying about wd40. Haven't needed to use in quite some time, went to get it about an hour ago and its rusted!

Bit of wd40 will fix that

 

[Mudball]

So i ordered a screw extractor drill bit. I need it for tomorrow, so did express delivery for today.,

Over lunch, i went over to the Ikea furniture to look at the nagging screws .... a bit of elbow grease, and all of them came off!!! Product already dispatched, so cant cancel either. They just had to wait there for me to spend the money

 

[D-S]

If that was the case, they would still be standing at the crossing, waiting for it to turn to green. The irritation is that someone has pressed the button and then crossed before that has happened.

I still smile at my first time in Germany when I encountered this. No cars to be seen along a straight road, no one moved until the crossing went green. It all seemed very odd and I had a little chuckle to myself at how orderly everyone was.

Yet when drivers in Egypt do this we think it is mad.

However, as they do this when there is traffic around it is mad. I’m sure traffic lights are optional over there.

 

[IanM]

I'm convinced there's a few new bogus/duplicate user ids on here today

 

[jim8flog]

Why? Single use plastics are a big environmental problem. Getting rid of plastic cutlery is really not a big deal and surely worth it to stop creating lots of largely useless waste that will still exist in hundreds of years time.

Now if we were talking getting rid of plastic straws and replacing them with papers ones, whole new b

The small cartons of orange drink I buy have had the straws replaced with paper ones. Halfway through drinking the juice they always collapse in the middle and nothing comes through them.

 

[Mudball]

The small cartons of orange drink I buy have had the straws replaced with paper ones. Halfway through drinking the juice they always collapse in the middle and nothing comes through them.

Try this

 

[jim8flog]

Try this

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Windscreen wipers.

 

[Sid Rixon IV]

A gently push has normally caused IKEA furniture to thoroughly dismantle itself, in my experience.

Certainly not so anymore!
You're thinking of MFI Wobbly Wardrobes.
When MFI merged with Tesco - by the time you got home the legs had fallen off the chickens!

 

[RichA]

Certainly not so anymore!
You're thinking of MFI Wobbly Wardrobes.
When MFI merged with Tesco - by the time you got home the legs had fallen off the chickens!

My last experience of IKEA was about 25 years ago.

 

[Pants]

And it's still only October grrrr

 

[Morfeen75]

Why? Single use plastics are a big environmental problem. Getting rid of plastic cutlery is really not a big deal and surely worth it to stop creating lots of largely useless waste that will still exist in hundreds of years time.

Now if we were talking getting rid of plastic straws and replacing them with papers ones, whole new ballgame

I'd argue theres more harmful enviromemtal issues going on than plastic KFS.
It may not be a big deal to you, it is a major irritation to me.
Why not make reusable plastic KFS?
I wonder if i carried my own KFS with me in my blazer pocket, the Met dibble would be sympathetic to my irritation should i be stopped and frisked?

 

[Voyager EMH]

I'm convinced there's a few new bogus/duplicate user ids on here today

I think some people argue with their own duplicate IDs just to throw us off the scent and to amuse themselves when they can't get anyone to give them a good argument.

Just wait and see who responds to this post.

It might be me.

Hang on while I give myself 3 likes.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

The M1
So many roadworks
6 hours from Rickmansworth to Scarborough

That is all

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Why not make reusable plastic KFS?

Reusable KFS we already have, they are metal. Plastic is a cheap alternative but utterly disposable. They are not designed to be used repeatedly, if they were that strong they wouldn't be cheap. Equally, those supplying plastic versions don't want them back, don't want to clean and reuse them. Even if they took them back, they are unlikely to wash well, be hygienic.

In essence, if you want reusable you need metal. If you want single use, or similar, then it's wood or bamboo now.

Of course you can be irritated by it, that's the thread. I was just explaining why, imo, it's not bonkers though

 

[Morfeen75]

Reusable KFS we already have, they are metal. Plastic is a cheap alternative but utterly disposable. They are not designed to be used repeatedly, if they were that strong they wouldn't be cheap. Equally, those supplying plastic versions don't want them back, don't want to clean and reuse them. Even if they took them back, they are unlikely to wash well, be hygienic.

In essence, if you want reusable you need metal. If you want single use, or similar, then it's wood or bamboo now.

Of course you can be irritated by it, that's the thread. I was just explaining why, imo, it's not bonkers though

It was a figure of speech, it never needing explaining.

 

[Billysboots]

The M1
So many roadworks
6 hours from Rickmansworth to Scarborough

That is all

It’s awful.

I would estimate that between Leeds and J6a with the M25 there must be in the region of 50 miles of roadworks now.

Oh, sorry. I meant 50 miles of cones.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

It’s awful.

I would estimate that between Leeds and J6a with the M25 there must be in the region of 50 miles of roadworks now.

Oh, sorry. I meant 50 miles of cones.

50 miles of slow / stationary traffic

It seems to be never ending

 

[Beezerk]

And it's still only October grrrr

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In fairness that is a pretty classy job…even though it’s not yet Halloween

 

[cliveb]

My last experience of IKEA was about 25 years ago.

IKEA stuff is actually pretty good.
The worst thing about IKEA is navigating the damn store.

 

[IanM]

M4 closures and diversions tonight