Jim, yes, those ring bells.
Emotional as used in broadcasts. What?? Could mean
* angry
* sad
* happy
* anxious
* grieving
* raging
* joyous, and so on.
Sloppy journalese.
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Jim, yes, those ring bells.
Emotional as used in broadcasts. What?? Could mean
* angry
* sad
* happy
* anxious
* grieving
* raging
* joyous, and so on.
Sloppy journalese.
Stickers on apples. Suits, women in suits more. Bread ties. Plastic milk bottles. Packaging. "Moving forward" is a positive direction. What did we do without the"Model". Global warming. Who's tried to open the wrong end of thoise plastic bags that come off a roll in supermarkets.
When talking to most younger people why do they insist on the well over used word......LIKE Like when did it come into service. Like Maynard G Crebbs used it because he was the original beatnik like. But that was, how long ago like?
AND what about those few hairs that get missed being shaved under the middle of the bottom lip or the 3 day growth look on today's celebrities. What is that about?
Then there is is those body pearcings.....you know those people (male or female) who look like they have fallen face first into a tackle box like
As a GOM and proud of it :U why doesn't Austar replay The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis so we can see Maynard G before he turned into Gilligan?
The drips who push & shove to get in front of you, then stop dead once they are there & rubber neck, fly catch & generally faff around. Preferably somewhere you can't get past THEM in turn, say at the top or bottom of an escalator in a busy shopping mall.
Ditto people who do DiY pedestrian traffic jams, again in the narrowest available space. There were a group of mothers (30 or so from one ethnic group) who used to hold a 'mothers club' & let their kids run riot outside a local retailer from about 2.30 on. The shop shut down because it was almost impossible to get in or out while they were there, no one else has leased the space & the 'mothers club' has disappeared.
And then they get in their cars, head up the road & drive through red lights to stop anyone entering from a side street (with the green) getting in front of them.
Just as well they no longer give me a gun & ammo to carry.
Trying to operate the Tele with the heater remote control :-
Spending all day on the computer at work, then come home to a pc that doesn't work thanks to some wierd S***, spend the next 3 hours fixing it while running kid around to sports, cook dinner and eat said dinner, only to fix it just at bedtime....:rolleyes:
Ok I'll jump on the band wagon.
People who are INCONSIDERATE, be it driving in trafic, in the supermarket, Bunnies where ever:((. To be considerate to others costs nothing (mostly) ahhh but then there are the others who then take your goodwill and consideration for granted they are just as bad.
And all the above:U
The term WT? Can't even say it.:~
How many forum members does it take to post irritations?:DQuote:
Originally Posted by rsser
Cheers,
Joe
Pardon me :?Quote:
Originally Posted by
Getting the car door unlocking thing out of my pocket when it's not a car door I'm approaching...bit wierd aye...door/open :-
I'm having another go ?.
What about all these Ladies? who always wear Black clothes. Really gives me the Irats.
Gee there must be a lot of Dead People, Relatives or what ever.
Ladies, there are other Colours you know.
Black, sometimes, yes. but not day in day out, every day.
These days it is almost Blinding to see a Lady in a bit of Colour.
Regards,
issatree.
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firebugs. just got called out to fight another bushfire.:doh:
People who bitch and moan when the cashier at Bunnies has to call for a price when the barcode is missing from a piece of timber, moulding, bolt....you name it.Quote:
Originally Posted by metester
People who want you to give, or have given 110%, not possible mate.
Not their fault, they're not in their right minds....:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Sebastiaan56
All the jargon of the corporate self-exciters - the mission statements, motivational, inspirational, aspirational etc. Then there are the twenty page resuméspacked with the above when all they want to say is, "give me a go, I have no experience".
Jim
1. Yes, or 'negative growth', and 'non-performing loans'; lot of those about but you can't get one from the bank more's the pity.
2. Fruit and veg shoppers keen to reduce waste who fill their basket with loose oranges, mandarines, lemons, carrots etc. And then everyone in the checkout queue has to wait for the cashier to sort them out for weighing. Shoot, why don't they just reuse some strong plakky bags?!
Oh, and car makers that hold you to ransom with the price of spares.
Tale from my mechanic: he had to replace the engine mounts on a Ford Mondeo. They were $1400.
EACH!
They'd been damaged in a crash and that wasn't picked up at the time of the repair. Luckily the insurer was pressured into coughing up again.
That overused phrase "TOO easy"". Especially used by tadesmen who don't bother to recontact you!:~:~:~
Absolutely:DQuote:
Originally Posted by artme
Forumnites who seem too feel that a clean shed is no good and loudly tell you when you post a picture of your workshop that is neat.:((
I don't live in a pigsty at home so would should I want to wallow around in a filthy and dirty shed. :((
Peter.
And advertising claims of "5 times less"......................Quote:
Originally Posted by rsser
I suppose it sounds more impressive than 1 fifth.
Heard these dogs barking today at the shop and turned to see a woman and some dogs. She had one big dog and one little dog and this mongrel staffy had turned up and tried to go for the little one. The big dopey bully X she had just barked and the woman looked very worried. So me and this other bloke go and sort the dogs out (motorcycle boots aren't as good as steel caps for kicking things but better than thongs).
But not a thank you was forthcoming from her lips or her partner who turned up after I'd chased the Staffy away. :(
If someone helps you, you thank them.
Ive often wondered what that meant....Quote:
Originally Posted by Grumpy John
Customers who dont pay their accounts. Sharia Law has a place.....
..and what about "real turning"? :brick:Quote:
Originally Posted by
heh heh ....
I don't mind being known as an unreal turner :D
teenagers who say "lol" in answer to anything mildly amusing. By all means if it's funny then actually laugh but don't say it. :rolleyes:
Yes, my daughters, I'm talking about you!
Sounds like a theme for a musical - Ern, the Phantom of the LatheQuote:
Originally Posted by rsser
Like 6 o'clock ??? 16 o'clock maybe ? 16 is like 6 ..... or it could be 9 , thats' like 6 too ......Quote:
"umm like , it like , you know , like starts at at like 6 o'clock "
or it could even be 19 , thats' like 6 as well . :rolleyes:
The mind boggles .:roll:
And as for the out of context 'like' in place of 'such as' that is creeping in . :doh:
Ouch!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sturdee
People who will not take their shopping trolleys to the reaturn bays, or at least put them in a safe, out of the way space.
Yes!! ABSOLUTELY>:p:p:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Big Shed
what i always thaught you were suposed to leave them in the middle of teh nearest empty car space.Quote:
Originally Posted by artme
Shopping trolley bays that slope into the carpark:((
Smooth peanut butter.
Nouns being used as verbs.
Arsonists being called benign, chirpy things, such as 'firebugs'.
Sporting commentary - it is not 'medaling', you win a medal (the catholic church has issues with this too).
Aussie rules - I've been waiting for ages to see somebody 'kick a Major', and have yet to see a military man at the football, let alone one get booted.
The tug-of-war no longer being an Olympic sport.
Instructions on tooth-pick packets.
Anti-static straps on cars.
Lime-green (ouside of the outside of limes, of course).
Political correctness reaching Salada biscuits.
That's enough for now....
Usefull for roll-starting Minis, but otherwise annoying (or amusing, depending on where you're parked)!Quote:
Originally Posted by jimbur
I'll action this situation for you Jim.Quote:
Originally Posted by jimbur
When do you want me to finish the handles?Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue-deviled
Er, ASAP? I mean, in your good time.Quote:
Originally Posted by jimbur
That ridiculous advert that suggests that washing your clothes on a cooler machine setting will stop coral from overheating.
The word "empower" and all of its derivatives.
The word "pro-active"
Pro-active margerine.
Pro-active zit cream.
Any other word that's made up by putting the word "pro" in front of it to give it some sort of undeserved respectability; eg "pro-biotic" & "pro-vitamin".
People who use Phillips screwdrivers to drive Pozidrive screws.
People who when caught using Phillips screwdrivers to drive Pozidrive screws insist that "ah, they're all the same anyway mate".
People who I don't know but insist on calling me "mate".
People who don't know when to stop writi...
what's a posidrive screwdriver mate?