Random Irritations

[PaulMdj]

So why are you worried and hope the cold snap ends soon ?

A. I hate the Cold.
B. Our reliance on overseas suppliers.

 

[PaulMdj]

Not really news though just how life's been the last 14 years

Doesn’t change the facts though or make F&D’s point invalid.

 

[Fade and Die]

Will their home burn down, will people die?

I’m surprised at your lack of understanding…Businesses fail, unemployment rises, houses lost, depression rises, relationships fail, suicidal thoughts anyone?

C’mon man, wake up.

 

[Orikoru]

Where did this obsession with boiling water come from, is it because I use a kettle, maybe?
I actually said 'a kettle full of warm water', which ironically comes from my hot tap.
I use the kettle because it is there.
As I said, been doing it for decades and never had an issue.

Yeah, I knew what you meant, I was just talking generally as I've heard a lot of people say how boiling water cracks the glass - when you don't even need boiling water.

 

[cliveb]

Not really news though just how life's been the last 14 years

If you think it's only been going on for 14 years, you must be quite young.

 

[Slime]

Not really news though just how life's been the last 14 years

........................... and now it's going to get a whole lot better?

 

[hambugerpete]

........................... and now it's going to get a whole lot better?

Sadly we are not able to go into it.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

I have found the obsession with the US fires painful. It's a story, but for us it isn't the headline or the bulk of a bulletin. Our news has become very US obsessed whilst ignoring what happens with our European neighbours.

Perhaps if it wasnt affecting so many rich and famous celebrities there wouldnt be quite th coverage there is. Greece got some coverage, but nowhere near as much as this.

 

[jim8flog]

I hope you have windscreen excess

I agree about using water that is so 'warm' it will cause the glass to crack but water at that the right sort of temperature is an easy way. Trouble is it causes puddles which turn to ice so be careful.

 

[AmandaJR]

I agree about using water that is so 'warm' it will cause the glass to crack but water at that the right sort of temperature is an easy way. Trouble is cause puddles which turn to ice so be careful.

Good point. A few doors down from us the pavement and part of the road are sheet ice due to water being used on the car screens.

 

[hambugerpete]

Perhaps if it wasnt affecting so many rich and famous celebrities there wouldnt be quite th coverage there is. Greece got some coverage, but nowhere near as much as this.

This is just recency bias.

 

[jim8flog]

As far as iced windscreens, I no longer worry about it. Recent purchase of a house with a double.....double garage. I park inside.... is this what rich people feel like?

I am envious of the double garage.
When I bought this 1970s built house the one time I used the garage I drove my car in to it realised I could not get out of the car and drove out again. The garage is now been turned in to a bedroom with an on suite shower room so it has a use.

 

[jim8flog]

Whats a Swedish ice scraper

The au pair

 

[PJ87]

Adverts that use car horn (or siren noise)

I appreciate adds are made for wider audiences but radio is a lot of adverts. Nothing worth than the ad break and you hear a car horn. It's really not required

Makes me want to avoid that product not buy it

 

[IanM]

News reports that are clearly cobblers, but you have to have worked in the area to know it.

Usually contain the word, "could" in the headline.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

This is just recency bias.

Whats "recency"?

 

[hambugerpete]

Whats "recency"?

It's a word.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

It's a word.

Apparently it is, another Americanism.

 

[hambugerpete]

Apparently it is, another Americanism.

It's been around for ages.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

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