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

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#3341421 11-Feb-2025 11:55

freitasm:

Handsomedan:

Coming off the motorway (where the permanent speed limit is 80km/h) at Cook Street to enter the CBD and immediately having to slow to 30km/h upon turning a fairly sharp corner.

Why are you doing sharp corners at 80km/h?

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#3341423 11-Feb-2025 12:02

Handsomedan:

The accidents this must cause (nose-to-tail accidents must happen here regularly) surely would outweigh the benefits of an immediate slow-down?

The area I am talking about (circled in red), with 30km/h limit at approx the purple mark (possibly/probably slightly earlier than marked):

I got this little boy as a present from a customer who is always in a hurry. You can preset the warning threshold for „all sorts of things“ yourself. Unfortunately, the device is not yet supported in NZ. 😁

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#3341500 11-Feb-2025 13:20

Tinkerisk:

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I got this little boy as a present from a customer ...

Not quite the terminology I use when I'm gifted something 🙂, but it's a cool gadget.

Sometimes I use big words I don't always fully understand in an effort to make myself sound more photosynthesis.

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#3341537 11-Feb-2025 15:32

Handsomedan:

Coming off the motorway (where the permanent speed limit is 80km/h) at Cook Street to enter the CBD and immediately having to slow to 30km/h upon turning a fairly sharp corner.

CBD has many 30 or 40 km/h roads, but to not have an adequate slow-down area and effectively having to slam your brakes on immediately after exiting the motorway is ludicrous.
The accidents this must cause (nose-to-tail accidents must happen here regularly) surely would outweigh the benefits of an immediate slow-down?

The area I am talking about (circled in red), with 30km/h limit at approx the purple mark (possibly/probably slightly earlier than marked):

Yep i stay on the motorway there and the number of people that start breaking and go off the motorway at 50kph well over 50%, this causes those sting going straight on the motorway to have to slow down. Really is a poor design.

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#3341555 11-Feb-2025 16:20

Jase2985: Yep i stay on the motorway there and the number of people that start breaking and go off the motorway at 50kph well over 50%

Don't brake, start breaking

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#3341562 11-Feb-2025 17:09

floydbloke:

Tinkerisk:

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I got this little boy as a present from a customer ...

Not quite the terminology I use when I'm gifted something 🙂, but it's a cool gadget.

Would you prefer „bad boy“? 😊

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#3341778 12-Feb-2025 09:03

Tinkerisk:

floydbloke:

Tinkerisk:

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I got this little boy as a present from a customer ...

Not quite the terminology I use when I'm gifted something 🙂, but it's a cool gadget.

Would you prefer „bad boy“? 😊

It feels slightly less...um...

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#3341842 12-Feb-2025 10:16

Handsomedan:

It feels slightly less...um...

Yeah, some things that sound normal in one context come across as very PDF file in another.

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#3341880 12-Feb-2025 11:42

kingdragonfly:
Jase2985: Yep i stay on the motorway there and the number of people that start breaking and go off the motorway at 50kph well over 50%

Don't brake, start breaking

Just not Raygun breaking. Never do Raygun breaking.

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#3341953 12-Feb-2025 13:12

Booting PC's, (or rather not booting) from USB flash drives. Got hoops? Jump through em.

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#3341963 12-Feb-2025 13:48

Its my birthday, a rather significant half century birthday at that. I'm at work and my wife has the day off?

I was at least hoping for a fairly chill day but the universe has had other plans and decided to throw everything including the kitchen sink at my team and I in terms of fighting fires. Oh well, there's always tomorrow.

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#3341983 12-Feb-2025 14:03

Senecio:

Its my birthday, a rather significant half century birthday at that. I'm at work and my wife has the day off?

I was at least hoping for a fairly chill day but the universe has had other plans and decided to throw everything including the kitchen sink at my team and I in terms of fighting fires. Oh well, there's always tomorrow.

Well...despite the slightly rubbish day you seem to be having, I hope you have a very enjoyable rest of your birthday!

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#3341985 12-Feb-2025 14:06

Handsomedan:

Well...despite the slightly rubbish day you seem to be having, I hope you have a very enjoyable rest of your birthday!

And something nice at the end of it to enjoy! :-)

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#3341996 12-Feb-2025 14:46

Being woken up to the dog having a chunder on the carpet. Great start to the day.

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#3342011 12-Feb-2025 15:04

Handle9:

Being woken up to the dog having a chunder on the carpet. Great start to the day.

Don't tell me. Dog puked on daughter's bed. Daughter wasn't impressed. So much washing done this week...

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