Random Irritations

[AmandaJR]

Did you keep the box for the dogs?

They are great shredders...Cooper thinks he's a ballerina though and eats cardboard!

 

[jim8flog]

The automated manual transmission gearbox in the Hyundai i10.

Got a couple to deliver tomorrow and, even though they are brand new cars, from bitter experience I know they are hideous to drive.

Got my neck brace ready.

I had the Citroen Nemo with that type of box - never again.
When I bought the next car a 1 year old Peugeot 308 I could have bought a pre-reg 3008 for less money but turned it down because t had that box

 

[jim8flog]

Sorry, I'm feeling stupid here. Is it not just an automatic then? I'm not grasping the manual aspect of it.

From my understanding it is like an actual gearbox but gear changes are actuated by electric motors. One of the problems I initially had driving it was realising that it does not hold on slopes and had to be held on the brake it took away one of the reasons I drive autoboxed cars which is to avoid using my left foot.

 

[cliveb]

I know that language usage mutates, but (in the context of products) why the hell has the meaning of the word "drop" completely reversed?
It used to mean "discontinued", and now it appears to mean "introduced". Confuses me every time I see it.

 

[rulefan]

Posters on any forum who either don't bother using their 'spellchecker' or ignore the prompt when they do.

 

[hambugerpete]

Posters on any forum who either don't bother using their 'spellchecker' or ignore the prompt when they do.

 

[Sid Rixon IV]

Posters on any forum who either don't bother using their 'spellchecker' or ignore the prompt when they do.

Why do u let the'se posters bother u sew much?

 

[hambugerpete]

Why do u let the'se posters bother u sew much?

Ikr!

 

[RichA]

Posters on any forum who either don't bother using their 'spellchecker' or ignore the prompt when they do.

Why is "spellchecker" in inverted commas?

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Posters on any forum who either don't bother using their 'spellchecker' or ignore the prompt when they do.

Should that be “spellchecker”

 

[Sid Rixon IV]

A priest, an imam and a rabbit walked into a bar.....

 

[hambugerpete]

Should that be “spellchecker”

 

[AmandaJR]

Bluddy shrug emoji - enough already!

 

[RichA]

Bluddy shrug emoji - enough already!

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Better?

 

[AmandaJR]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Better?

Weirdly yes!

 

[Bunkermagnet]

It's like being at school again, junior school.

 

[Neilds]

Calling a company and entering/speaking loads of security questions before talking to an advisor, who then asks the same questions to check who you are. What is the point of the automated check which always takes a few goes to get through as you aren't speaking in a way it can understand.

 

[GreiginFife]

Should that be “spellchecker”

Surely it should be neither as spell checker is a real thing, not an implied or suggested thing.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Surely it should be neither as spell checker is a real thing, not an implied or suggested thing.

 

[rulefan]

Why do u let the'se posters bother u sew much?

They don't bother me, just irritate me