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

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#3212549 31-Mar-2024 17:50

The price of a hot chocolate. It's pretty much seen the end of me drinking out at cafe's except when it's really something I'm craving.

Probably better for my health too.

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#3212552 31-Mar-2024 17:59

networkn:

The price of a hot chocolate. It's pretty much seen the end of me drinking out at cafe's except when it's really something I'm craving.

Probably better for my health too.

Apparently due to challenging weather conditions in Africa the price of the beans are at a crazy high price. Thankfully I don't eat chocolate and never have. Easter must have been a lot cheaper for my parents.

Here is a crazy notion, lets give peace a chance.

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#3212578 31-Mar-2024 18:54

The number of shops with lights on so you park the car and try to get in but they are closed because of Easter and are doing stock taking and you can see their employees inside....

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#3212580 31-Mar-2024 19:03

Can private medical specialists charge more for operating on a public holiday? Just checking where the boundaries are..

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#3212582 31-Mar-2024 19:09

networkn:

The price of a hot chocolate. It's pretty much seen the end of me drinking out at cafe's except when it's really something I'm craving.

Probably better for my health too.

Climate change, the spread of new pests/diseases is going to have significant impacts on a variety of food stuffs.

Everyone will be waiting until the government hands out big wads of cash before the will do anything....

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#3212584 31-Mar-2024 19:12

sir1963:

Ahh yes...I won't spent extra with you... but I will drive around until I find someone who does not charge $1 more for a $10 breakfast on a public holiday...so how much fuel did you use ?

$10 breakfast? If I could get a breakfast for only $11 on a public holiday I would be all over it. Last one I had at the cafe at mitre10 I was over $40 all in with the food, coffee, tiny pepsi in a glass bottle and a snack.

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#3212586 31-Mar-2024 19:17

Todays annoy:

Went to do the 3 monthly run of the generator to check that it still works for when needed, and the fuel priming bulb disintegrated when I pushed on it.

As a result it seems that all the fuel in it has gone - didn't notice any smells because its in the small shed out the back of the shed.

Now I have to pull it apart and figure out what size the primer is and get some ordered.

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#3212590 31-Mar-2024 19:33

richms:

sir1963:

Ahh yes...I won't spent extra with you... but I will drive around until I find someone who does not charge $1 more for a $10 breakfast on a public holiday...so how much fuel did you use ?

$10 breakfast? If I could get a breakfast for only $11 on a public holiday I would be all over it. Last one I had at the cafe at mitre10 I was over $40 all in with the food, coffee, tiny pepsi in a glass bottle and a snack.

I don't eat out for breakfast, but I do have coffee 7 times a week and a hot chocolate once a week.

The cost is (for me) irrelevant as it is something I enjoy, but I also spend $10 a day on CBD oil to keep my migraine at bay (after having it every day for 11 years), so I snatch every piece of "happy" I can get. Last night I was able to go to stock cars again to see my Grand Daughter race her junior mini stock. I could not have done this 8 months ago, the noise would have driven me to tears.

I go to places because I like the staff, the coffee, the food (we go to Cafe Cuba occasionally to have dessert + drink).

When I have the car during the week I drive and pick up the wife, go to a bakery and we have lunch at home, bring the dogs home a sausage (spoilt !)

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#3212648 31-Mar-2024 20:09

If I'm annoyed by a service that is too expensive or expected to be bad, I simply do it myself. If I can't do it, I learn how to do it (if the effort is justified). Supply and demand determine the price. If there is no demand, supply is no longer an issue. I certainly don't pay for someone who thinks they have to offer a service and is simply there, whether on weekdays, public holidays or breakfast time. That is his business risk.

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#3212657 31-Mar-2024 20:34

Car cigarette lighter plugs and sockets. Unreliable 1950s technology.

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#3212659 31-Mar-2024 21:00

MikeB4:

Apparently due to challenging weather conditions in Africa the price of the beans are at a crazy high price. Thankfully I don't eat chocolate and never have. Easter must have been a lot cheaper for my parents.

Be prepared for risotto to get more expensive, then. Over the last two years, drought in Italy has caused arborio rice numbers to drop.

Also, the Canadian Maple Syrup reserves are being depleted. Canada has a national maple syrup reserve. It's almost empty (thestar.com)

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#3212661 31-Mar-2024 21:11

freitasm:

Be prepared for risotto to get more expensive, then. Over the last two years, drought in Italy has caused arborio rice numbers to drop.

Also, the Canadian Maple Syrup reserves are being depleted. Canada has a national maple syrup reserve. It's almost empty (thestar.com)

I use Jasmin rice for risotto but Maple Syrup, no that is too far, this is an international catastrophe.

Here is a crazy notion, lets give peace a chance.

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#3212667 31-Mar-2024 21:22

freitasm:
Be prepared for risotto to get more expensive, then. Over the last two years, drought in Italy has caused arborio rice numbers to drop.

It's OK, I believe there are alternative sources of rice in Asia that can fill the gap. I prefer basmati, but use whatever you like. I mean, it's just a fancy word for "hot wet rice" so there's no need to use arboreal rice.

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#3212669 31-Mar-2024 21:24

Having at one point so many IEC C13 cables I couldn't give them away, to now having zero. Not from giving them away, they've just slowly attritted to the point where I have none left, but need several.

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#3212670 31-Mar-2024 21:25

neb:
freitasm:

Be prepared for risotto to get more expensive, then. Over the last two years, drought in Italy has caused arborio rice numbers to drop.

It's OK, I believe there are alternative sources of rice in Asia that can fill the gap. I prefer basmati, but use whatever you like.

Asia has issues too with falling yields.

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