Irritations - dump here thread

'Key Performance Indicators'- which are, of course, performance indicators withoutt 'key' in front of them...

Benchmarking - fine for the shed-dwellers, but the military, or suits?

People on the radio saying, 'look'.

Impacting all over the place...

Truck Nuts, thongs in winter (in the parts of the country where it gets cold), 'colour coded' bumpers, chickens with multiple combs, cooked burssel sprouts, a scarcity of brandy butter outside the festive season, 'original' names for babies, large stickers on cars as an expression of individuality, leaf-blowers, rough-cut paper on books, pizza's and dvd's, 'low fat' milk (come on, anthing else with only 4% fat would be advertised as a good thing), olympic swimming, socks.

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Originally Posted by jimbur

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Which can lead to this sort of behavior : [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uynmApjhWI"]YouTube - ZIL screw drive (2)[/ame]

Sigh. Yes, the flashy lights enable you to be seen...but only in brief glimpses. The point I am trying to make is that as well as knowing where a bike is right now, I'd quite like to know where it is going to be when I am close enough to hit it. In daylight it's not a problem as I can see a bike and work out its speed and direction. At night I can also see a red or white light, and work out where it's going and how fast, providing the light is constant. You know, just like the lights on a car or a motorbike.

At night if all I can see is a flashing light then this could happen:

"Look! Pretty light!"

"Oh, wheredit go?"

"There tiz! Over there!"

"Oh. 'sgone again."

"Hey! Now its over there!"

"Gone again."

"Ok, turning now, check mirror, indicate, road clear after this car, turning now....AAAAARRRGGGHHH WHERE THE **** DID THAT ****ER COME FROM? WHERE'S HIS ****ING LIGHTS THE STUPID ****ING ****?!?!?!?"

"No, I'm not going to apologise for nearly dirtying my tyres with your head; put your ****ing lights on properly. Now go and change your Lycra."

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Originally Posted by Ashore

God botherers who knock on your door at 0900 this morning (wednesday) when you didn't get to bed till 0500 after installing a new modom and wireless network system .
Not only knock but ring the bell several times ...Agggh

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The last one that knocked on my door interrupted a ceiling painting session.....after climbing down the ladder I answered the door with a paint roller on an extension pole......the pole was just long enough to reach his trouser leg so he left with one leg of his trousers painted nice white.

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Originally Posted by Chief Tiff

Plus, flashing lights are without a doubt distracting. Why can't you just switch them to constant; is it a fashion or lifestyle thing?

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Yes they're distracting.....that's exactly what they're supposed to be.

A fashion or lifestyle thing.....maybe for some but for me its about staying alive and taking a responsible attitude towards other road users. Giving hand signals at intersections is considered uncool by many cyclists (and motorists) but I do it for the same reason I light up at night.

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Originally Posted by Chief Tiff

Now go and change your Lycra."

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That's why lycra is worn is it? Never thought of it as being leakproof:D

Here's some lycra...and not a bike in sight :D

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Originally Posted by kiwigeo

Here's some lycra...and not a bike in sight :D

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All that ridiculous nonsense should be banned too.

Agreed. Lycra clothing should be limitted to certain sports only and in minimal amounts. A good example could be women's volleyball...:)

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Originally Posted by rsser

Yeah.

My motorbike has to run its headlight acc to Vic law and I can tell you that when the globe blew and I rode for a few days without it, cars were much less likely to notice me. I put one of those high efficiency units in and that helps - except for bl**dy women in 4WDs in the mid-Eastern suburbs. They cut you off after seeing you or they don't even look.

OK, not all women and not all 4bies, and some men, but the pattern is striking.

I usually catch up with them at the lights, stare into their door window, and then slowly reach out and fold the wing mirror in. Too subtle?

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:roflmao: You need to come to Darwin for a ride. We call motorcycle riders temporary citizens(not because of there riding skills because of the other drivers) and road rage is taught in driving schools instead of learning how to drive:doh:
I love it when someone decide to have a go at me I just look at them and then blow them a kiss and the reactions are normally priceless:U.
I once got into a driving argument over a to##*r who throw rubbish out the window and hit my car:~ he thought he would be tough and stop indicating he would like it to get physical but I have never seen someone drive away so fast when he seen me stop as well:o

While ranting about driving.
I hate how every one now is driving road trains and no one can negotiate a corner without using the whole bloody road. What happened to the days when drivers knew how big their cars are and could drive around corners on their side of the road:~

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Originally Posted by kiwigeo

Here's some lycra...and not a bike in sight :D

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Footballers, role and fashion models for the nation:D

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Originally Posted by Rum Pig

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I once got into a driving argument over a to##*r who throw rubbish out the window and hit my car:~ he thought he would be tough and stop indicating he would like it to get physical but I have never seen someone drive away so fast when he seen me stop as well:o

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I used to ride a tandem with a blind mate. We had an orange thrown at us (accurately) by someone from a busload of young footballers. Now a tandem on the flat can travel pretty quickly on the flat, especially when it's adrenaline powered. At first, the occupants of the bus thought it was pretty funny watching these old blokes on a bike chasing them, but when we caught them, passed them an blocked them at the next set of lights, and told the driver what had happened, and that he wasn't going anywhere until we spoke to the bloke who threw the orange, we soon had a very embarrassed young bloke being ear-dragged out by his coach.

Ha, love it Alex. Nicely done.

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Just discovered the new cleaner was taking a solvent cleaner to the burr walnut piano, the french polished cedar chests of drawers ..... arggh!

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Originally Posted by rsser

Ha, love it Alex. Nicely done.

Just discovered the new cleaner was taking a solvent cleaner to the burr walnut piano, the french polished cedar chests of drawers ..... arggh!

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Great work Alex.
Want to borrow a spade Ern?:o
Jim

Thanks Jim.

She'll fit in the wheely bin.

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Originally Posted by AlexS

I used to ride a tandem with a blind mate. We had an orange thrown at us (accurately) by someone from a busload of young footballers. Now a tandem on the flat can travel pretty quickly on the flat, especially when it's adrenaline powered. At first, the occupants of the bus thought it was pretty funny watching these old blokes on a bike chasing them, but when we caught them, passed them an blocked them at the next set of lights, and told the driver what had happened, and that he wasn't going anywhere until we spoke to the bloke who threw the orange, we soon had a very embarrassed young bloke being ear-dragged out by his coach.

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:2tsup::2tsup: Not so brave when face to face are they:no:

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Originally Posted by AlexS

I used to ride a tandem with a blind mate. We had an orange thrown at us (accurately) by someone from a busload of young footballers. Now a tandem on the flat can travel pretty quickly on the flat, especially when it's adrenaline powered. At first, the occupants of the bus thought it was pretty funny watching these old blokes on a bike chasing them, but when we caught them, passed them an blocked them at the next set of lights, and told the driver what had happened, and that he wasn't going anywhere until we spoke to the bloke who threw the orange, we soon had a very embarrassed young bloke being ear-dragged out by his coach.

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Brilliant! Better than keying the bus Ern-style.

OK, I was young and full of rage.

Now I'm older and only half full.

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Originally Posted by rsser

Thanks Jim.

She'll fit in the wheely bin.

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:U Make sure you dispose of the solvent in an environmentally friendly manner.
Cheers,
Jim

This is how we should settle disputes
Naked protest shocks cafe patrons | Northern Territory News | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia | ntnews.com.au

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Originally Posted by Rum Pig

This is how we should settle disputes
Naked protest shocks cafe patrons | Northern Territory News | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia | ntnews.com.au

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Why does that irritate you? I find it quite a refreshing approach.

A new irritation (for me at any rate): Trades people who don't turn up as promised after they have agreed to carry out some work and then, despite not responding to numerous phone call messages and emails over several weeks, turn up on the door step and crack a wobbly because the work has been completed by someone else who had the decency and good manners to turn up when they said they would.

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Originally Posted by Woodwould

Why does that irritate you? I find it quite a refreshing approach.

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I'm cold enough already
Cheers,
Jim

The motor of my drill press blowing up 6 months after the warranty expired.:((

Even more annoying was finding out that it would cost more to fix the motor then buying a new one.

Guess what I did ?

Peter.

Planned obsolescence strikes again huh Peter :((

What did you do ?

At least I salvaged the Jacobs chuck with MT2 as a spare for use with my lathe and an assortment of bits and pieces for later use.

The new one is very similar and came from Pop's Shed a recently new wood turning supply shop that is very helpful and gives discounts to turning club members.:2tsup:


Peter.

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Originally Posted by Sturdee

At least I salvaged the Jacobs chuck with MT2 as a spare for use with my lathe and an assortment of bits and pieces for later use.

The new one is very similar and came from Pop's Shed a recently new wood turning supply shop that is very helpful and gives discounts to turning club members.:2tsup:
Peter.

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You can gather quite a collection of parts from clapped out machinery. It's very difficult to throw them out.:U

Storage can get to be a problem tho :~

Doesn't work for body parts either.

How's the knee MJ?

(posted from Howman's Gap camp)

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Originally Posted by rsser

Doesn't work for body parts either.

How's the knee MJ?

(posted from Howman's Gap camp)

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It's still telling me about the weather . And some cramp in both is keeping it company .
And a long session at the lathe sets me feet tingling :U.
So in time off from the workshop my brain sends me off on weird turning ideas :D


Howman's Gap camp looks great Ern , how long are you there for ?

Just a couple of nights MJ, then I remove to Mt Beauty and drive up each day.

As a YMCA camp they do groups but Friday and Sat nights they have space for individuals.

Well I'm sorry to hear your knees are giving you curry.

If it's any use I can recommend a good physio; mine is keeping me going, along with his exercise regime. But my prob is soft tissue, not bone. Yet!

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Originally Posted by rsser

Just a couple of nights MJ, then I remove to Mt Beauty and drive up each day.

As a YMCA camp they do groups but Friday and Sat nights they have space for individuals.

Well I'm sorry to hear your knees are giving you curry.

If it's any use I can recommend a good physio; mine is keeping me going, along with his exercise regime. But my prob is soft tissue, not bone. Yet!

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I appreciate the physio offer Ern , but the swim and the walk might be a bit of a bother :U .
Anyway , this one is hereditary , the Celtic ' Iron in the Blood' syndrome .... and thats' irritating :p

Whats' at Mt Beauty ?

Mt Beauty is an ex hydro scheme construction town that's morphed into a holiday town to serve the snow field here as well as summer walking, fishing etc. I spent some years there as a kid and had always hoped to retire to it - but the prices have gone loopy.

Well, time to get out on the High Plains. It's about -4 C, snowing and windy. Just the way I like it.

My wife and daughter share a dyson vac as we share the same home at present and as they have two grandchildren helping us, we need to vacuum on a daily basis. The house is a two storey with the entire ground floor common area tiled, around 100sqm.

On carpet its great, no doubt about it. :2tsup: But on tiles its well nigh useless. The head tend to push more away in front of it than suck up, irrespective of being full or empty.. oh yeah it doesn't lose suction. I have tried the various settings..two only :C Nope one sucks so hard its hard to push this is the carpet option. The other is the brush option....woeful. Tried the power head, not too bad but damned noisy on a tiled floor and its not that great on the corners

Also the hose runs around the outside on the right hand side allowing the ribbed hose to catch every corner on this side. To add further insult to injury the damn hose likes to kink up as well.:~


I brought this little grievances up with dyson who told me it did not lose suction and they could replace the hose.:? My reply was that it takes more that not losing suction in designing a vacuum cleaner. I also pointed out we have an el cheapo that doesn't to have any of these problems. I must admit its sucking power is pretty woeful. :no:...incidentally its a bag less vac similar to the dyson and has the hepa filter etc etc.

But my point was if the el cheapo can get these points right why not them? and considering the price variation about 8 times yours truly was not real impressed.:~

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Originally Posted by Rum Pig

This is how we should settle disputes
Naked protest shocks cafe patrons | Northern Territory News | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia | ntnews.com.au

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:roflmao:

That's a classic.

Appropriately it happened in Fannie Bay.
:D

When I was living in South Hedland a man stripped off and ran naked through the shopping centre. In a scene reminiscent of "When Harry met Sally" a lady being served at the butcher shop turned to the butcher and said "that reminds me I need some sausages too."
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I'm just back off the mountain and there were three vehicles stopped in the middle of their lane going up, to fit their chains.

Clearly they were told to fit them at the resort entry but thought they didn't need to. Talk about idiots.

Hughie, that's p*ss poor. Not fit for purpose?

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Originally Posted by stuffy

"that reminds me I need some sausages too."
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She didn't specify fat or thin? ;-}

Hi Hughie, what model Dyson are you using? Mine is a DC07 upright I bought 7 years ago and I wouldn't change brands for the world.

On tiled floors you often find the head is so close to the surface nothing larger than an apple pip can get sucked under. The only way to cure that would be to raise the overal height of the machine somehow. I just tilt it up, although that's the point where you discover that the extra build quality manifests itself into a fairly hefty machine.

WRT your other "bagless" machine, I was informed that Dyson patented the cyclone dust seperation system for vacuum cleaners so well that no other brand can come even close to their efficiency. Every other "bagless" vacuum cleaner uses a paper or foam filter to stop the dust from leaving the machine, which of course clogs up and causes the machine to lose suction.....so basically instead of changing a full bag with the other brands you have to empty the cannister and then either change or clean a filter as well.

I'll stick with my Dyson, although I have to say that SWMBO doesn't like using it because of the weight!

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Hughie, that's p*ss poor. Not fit for purpose?

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:U that struck me as well.


Model DC05 not an upright. I have to pick up the head and drop it on the offending piece of rubbish. But it doesn't lose any suction. :U

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WRT your other "bagless" machine, I was informed that Dyson patented the cyclone dust seperation system for vacuum cleaners so well that no other brand can come even close to their efficiency. Every other "bagless" vacuum cleaner uses a paper or foam filter to stop the dust from leaving the machine, which of course clogs up and causes the machine to lose suction.....so basically instead of changing a full bag with the other brands you have to empty the cannister and then either change or clean a filter as well.

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Hmm, but there is a few of them on the market. So I suspect the actual cyclone is not patentable, perhaps the method and application is and or design. This then allows for some variation or innovation design improvement/changes etc to get by the examiner.