Random Irritations

[Bazz]

Little mercies

Why do these companies get it so badly wrong? Cost cutting, cheap labour, poorly trained, poor systems. All avoidable. Infuriating.

They don't want you phoning, costs too much. Convinced the service is so poor that you just use the app.

 

[KenL]

Aaargh…such and American thing…the plane was landed…hurrah.

I thought it was a Scottish thing to clap. Heard it a few times landing in Glasgow.

 

[Lucifer MorningStar]

I thought it was a Scottish thing to clap. Heard it a few times landing in Glasgow.

Should be clapping on takeoff to get out of there

 

[jim8flog]

Nope I’m not having it. It is never acceptable to clap when landing anyone that does should be flogged. It would be akin to clapping the bus driver.

My sister once told me that in Malta all the locals do a sign of the cross and a few hail Mary's before getting on a bus .

 

[jim8flog]

Mother has never had sky, but when her VHS recorder packed up three weeks ago.it was the end of the world. The thought of not being able to see tape emmerdale was unbearable.
Manhattan T4 free view box was our saviour.

I wasted a Christmas present once. My MIL was an avid Inspector Morse viewer so I bought the complete set on VHS only to find she had got rid of the tape player.

 

[Beezerk]

Bazball.

 

[rulefan]

The amount of people who use amount when the appropriate word is number.

 

[IanM]

My sister once told me that in Malta all the locals do a sign of the cross and a few hail Mary's before getting on a bus .

I've been on a bus in Malta. They do that for good reason.

 

[Voyager EMH]

The amount of people who use amount when the appropriate word is number.

Yep.
I heard "amount of people" several times on Sky News this week.

But I nearly spat my branflakes out when I heard, "the level of people..."

I imagined several bodies piled on top of one another.

 

[Tashyboy]

I wasted a Christmas present once. My MIL was an avid Inspector Morse viewer so I bought the complete set on VHS only to find she had got rid of the tape player.

The manhattan T4 free view box is a thing of beauty. Me mothers eyes lit up when I told her it was £170. I asked her how much her VHS recorder cost. £450, she had forgot that.” But it’s so small” she said pointing to the box

 

[Pants]

Traffic reports (yes LBC, I'm talking about you but other stations are available and just as bad).

"There are delays on the A xx due to an accident that occurred earlier". Well it wouldn't be due to one that might happen later, would it?

Numpties. Wonder who writes their scripts.

 

[Imurg]

My gripe is that they call them accidents....probably less than 5% are actual accidents..ie unavoidable , mechanical failure or driver being ill etc..
The rest are crashes or collisions....caused by idiots.

 

[jim8flog]

The manhattan T4 free view box is a thing of beauty. Me mothers eyes lit up when I told her it was £170. I asked her how much her VHS recorder cost. £450, she had forgot that.” But it’s so small” she said pointing to the box

When I got rid of Sky initially I just put a HD in the USB socket on the TV but realised I could only record or watch one channel at a time

I then managed to pick up a twin tuner Freesat HD recorder S/H for £20.

I had looked at the T4 but baulked a bit at the cost Putting in to perspective with older prices my 32" Sony CRT TV cost me £1000 my last 32" TV cost me £89.

 

[cliveb]

When I got rid of Sky initially I just put a HD in the USB socket on the TV but realised I could only record or watch one channel at a time

I then managed to pick up a twin tuner Freesat HD recorder S/H for £20.

I had looked at the T4 but baulked a bit at the cost Putting in to perspective with older prices my 32" Sony CRT TV cost me £1000 my last 32" TV cost me £89.

The T4 appears to only be able to record two channels at a time.
Assuming it's Linux based (pretty much all PVRs are), then why?
LinuxTV multirec for DVB-T has been around for donkeys years. There's really no excuse.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

I've been on a bus in Malta. They do that for good reason.

We drive on the left, the yanks drive on the right…….

The Maltese drive in the shade

 

[KenL]

We drive on the left, the yanks drive on the right…….

The Maltese drive in the shade

Most of the world drives on the right The use of the word you used is an irritation to me.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

The manhattan T4 free view box is a thing of beauty. Me mothers eyes lit up when I told her it was £170. I asked her how much her VHS recorder cost. £450, she had forgot that.” But it’s so small” she said pointing to the box

It's £70 on Amazon.....

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Most of the world drives on the left. The use of the word you used is an irritation to me.

Oh dear, how sad, never mind

 

[Voyager EMH]

Oh dear, how sad, never mind

 

[Tashyboy]

It's £70 on Amazon.....

Just checked, the model I got mum was the 500gb recording one, it’s£1.24 cheaper. don’t tell me mum