Random Irritations

[Bazz]

I really enjoy listening to Stick to Football when I'm out running...this week they've got Coleen Rooney on. Hard pass.

 

[patricks148]

the tube that released two adult Lynx in Kingussie this week. Luckily Highland wildlife park managed to trap them pretty quickly. highly irresponsible, but where do you pick up two adult lynx??

 

[jim8flog]

The proliferation of the word “yap”/“yapping” used instead of “talking”. Apparently, it’s lost its negative connotations after some tictoks and now means sth like “the ability to talk about anything”
From a golf article about TGL:

Still jars me…

evolution of language

It used to be yak/yakking

 

[BrianM]

the tube that released two adult Lynx in Kingussie this week. Luckily Highland wildlife park managed to trap them pretty quickly. highly irresponsible, but where do you pick up two adult lynx??

Read that last night, absolutely mental.
Luckily they never killed somebody.

 

[KenL]

Read that last night, absolutely mental.
Luckily they never killed somebody.

Don’t think that could/would happen.
Highly irresponsible though.

 

[VVega]

evolution of language

It used to be yak/yakking

ChatGPT disagreed Yap and Yack were independent and had different though relatable meanings. Only yap had the origin in dog’s barking and therefore was very negatively loaded.

Changing the meaning through memes is not evolutionary. Though of course I’m very mindful and demure now

 

[Orikoru]

My new manager is one of those types that wants me to run everything by him instead of just getting on with it. Except he then doesn't reply to confirm anything so it looks like I'm just ignoring people's requests when I can't proceed with them. Annoying.

 

[KenL]

My new manager is one of those types that wants me to run everything by him instead of just getting on with it. Except he then doesn't reply to confirm anything so it looks like I'm just ignoring people's requests when I can't proceed with them. Annoying.

Have words!

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

People getting a bonus in their job. Just pay people what they are worth.

Bonus’s keep a companies salary-linked pension contribution down - also NI? And when money is a bit tight…funny thing…bonus’s become more limited.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

If they’re happy with their cars I can’t see them giving a .
Do you research owners of companies when purchasing things?

Tusk is not just ‘any old company owner’…

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Stuart Hogg.

Loved him as a player, but as a human being, he is a nasty piece of work.

Most disappointing…

 

[Hobbit]

Bonus’s keep a companies salary-linked pension contribution down - also NI? And when money is a bit tight…funny thing…bonus’s become more limited.

I negotiated a very nice opt out of the company’s bonus scheme worth 50% of the total bonus element. People laughed in the early noughties but weren’t laughing when they realised I was doing very well in extra pension, especially during the banking crisis in 08/09 and the austerity that followed.

 

[Pin-seeker]

Two tier