[Annoy] What's something small that really annoys you?

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#2902449 14-Apr-2022 16:39

martyyn:

The way my wife has started to cut camembert, or any round cheese for that matter.

Rather than slicing into segments from the middle, she's started slicing it in half and then cutting strips from the middle parallel to the first cut meaning she gets all the cheese in a couple of slices and I'm left with two bits of rind from the outside edges.

Wives... sometimes smarter than they look.

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#2902450 14-Apr-2022 16:42

frankv:

I had an Uncle Jack whose proper name was Jacobus.

Did you ever help your Uncle Jack off a horse?

(Capitalisation is important joke)

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#2902457 14-Apr-2022 17:28

Opening our mailbox to find that someone had opened one of our mail. I am unsure if it was a neighbour who did it by accident, but I'd leave a note if I made that mistake, but then add to that, that pass the parcel dropped off some new bags, but didn't pickup the parcels that have been sitting at our front door all week long that are still waiting to leave! Hopeless.

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#2902478 14-Apr-2022 18:44

Geektastic:
MadEngineer:

Re: table-less dining - we normally eat as a family on the dining table but on the odd occasion I've wanted to catch something on the news I can do so with the plate in one hand and creative use a of a fork in the other. I can use the knuckle of one finger as a fulcrum on the edge of a plate and cut down with the edge of a fork if required. Not that my steaks ever get so tough that I can't manage that :p

I have chairs I can lend you.

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#2902493 14-Apr-2022 21:24

Those chinese manufacturer‘s mails asking me to ‚test‘ their newest stuff for free (to keep only for an excellent 5 star feedback of course) even when it is total useless junk. Nope! :-(

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#2903001 16-Apr-2022 17:15

The ridiculous hoops you have to jump through to upgrade an EOL'd Ubuntu release (it's nearly 18 months old, presumably totally ancient as far as the Ubuntu folks are concerned) to a current version. The one redeeming feature is that there are endless posts complaining about these problems so the necessary silly-walk that's required isn't too hard to find, but it's still a stupid amount of effort required to perform what should be a basic one-click update.

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#2903012 16-Apr-2022 17:33

It's been a while since my last Food Bag grizzle but they're still refusing to test/check the recipes before subjecting us to them.

"Preheat the oven. Prepare an overproof pan. If you don't have an overproof pan, prepare a baking dish. Do [this] in the pan. Transfer to baking dish, if using."

Yet at no point does the recipe tell you to put it in the oven.

Edit: It also says to sprinkle the prawns over the almonds. There are no almonds (not supplied in the box or listed with the ingredients).

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#2903133 16-Apr-2022 23:35

The fact that the more you understand something, the harder it becomes to do it.

* If you want to solder something and you just need some solder, you go and buy the first roll you see at Mitre 10 or Bunnings.

* If you want to solder something and do a reasonably good job, you track down some name-brand 60/40 and use that.

* If you know the joint has to last for years and accessibility for later repairs will be damn tricky, you need to find some Kester 63/37 with 245 flux which is only available from a buddhist monk who lives in a cave three days hike into the Craigieburn Range.

I've heard similar complaints from petrolhead friends, because they know that the no-name replacement they could be using won't work properly, it actually doesn't work properly, whereas if someone who doesn't know it's junk uses it, it works fine.

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#2903160 17-Apr-2022 10:01

Probably the wrong place to put it, and its probably not an annoyance, but why are lectric cars so heavy ? I mean they're using lithium, the lightest metal there is.

I'm too lazy to Google this...

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#2903167 17-Apr-2022 10:28

rb99:

Probably the wrong place to put it, and its probably not an annoyance, but why are lectric cars so heavy ? I mean they're using lithium, the lightest metal there is.

I'm too lazy to Google this...

Momentous things are always heavy. Didn't you see Back to the Future?

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#2903169 17-Apr-2022 10:35

@rb99:

Probably the wrong place to put it, and its probably not an annoyance, but why are lectric cars so heavy ? I mean they're using lithium, the lightest metal there is.

I'm too lazy to Google this...

lol

"a Nissan Leaf battery has about 4 kg of lithium in it. Assuming the author is (or was) talking about the 24 kWh nominal capacity Leaf battery, that’s about 167 g of lithium (in the battery) per kWh of nominal capacity" the pack weighs about 225kg so its less than 2%

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#2903172 17-Apr-2022 10:50

neb: The ridiculous hoops you have to jump through to upgrade an EOL'd Ubuntu release (it's nearly 18 months old, presumably totally ancient as far as the Ubuntu folks are concerned) to a current version. The one redeeming feature is that there are endless posts complaining about these problems so the necessary silly-walk that's required isn't too hard to find, but it's still a stupid amount of effort required to perform what should be a basic one-click update.

Whats the device? That seems a little short even for them to be EOLing things.

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#2903173 17-Apr-2022 10:54

Well there you go then - 4kg of lithium, 221kg of extras. I'm sure its 221kg of very useful stuff and other metals and lots of protection etc.

But still...

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#2903213 17-Apr-2022 14:02

rb99:

Well there you go then - 4kg of lithium, 221kg of extras. I'm sure its 221kg of very useful stuff and other metals and lots of protection etc.

But still...

the extras you speak of is the rest of what makes the battery work, electrolyte, case, connections, bus bars cables etc. without those you dont have the cells or the battery pack.

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#2903216 17-Apr-2022 14:36

In 8 months, I’ll be the same age Julius Caesar was when he was assassinated.

His net worth at that time in current money has been estimated at USD4.5 trillion.

He leaves me feeling very inadequate on so many levels. I’ve conquered zero countries, won zero famous military victories and made nowhere near that much money.

It’s annoying that we just don’t get the same opportunities these days.

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