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

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#2638577 20-Jan-2021 08:42

Geektastic:I was just wondering...did they use NZ contractors or build it themselves? It might not be so hilarious if the former!

Yes, they did use a Christchurch Company!

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#2638594 20-Jan-2021 09:29

msukiwi:

Stuff show a photo "buried" in another story....without mentioning the Consulate <- Of course!

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/123991032/helicopters-called-to-fire-at-lyttelton-beach-as-city-battered-by-strong-winds

(Near the bottom of the story - there is actually some steel, but no infill concrete)

I worked as a brickie's labourer one summer decades ago, so naturally I'm an expert on concrete block construction. :rolleyes:

Solid infill of concrete block walls wasn't/isn't? common. Instead, there would be a "bond beam" every 4th or 5th or so layer -- a layer of blocks with the ends knocked out and bottom closed off. This layer would have some rebar placed lengthwise through it, and then be filled with concrete. I see some of these "bond beam" blocks at the right of the photo (so would have been near the top of the wall) not filled with concrete, and some steel rebar running along the wall. It does look like the fifth layer (about middle of the photo, with (originally) vertical rebar through it) is solid.

I also see some palettes of blocks in the background, so I'd say that the wall wasn't finished, and the top bond beam hadn't been poured. So wind load on part of the top of the wall wouldn't be passed along the bond beam, and would begin to move those blocks (especially if the mortar hadn't completely set). Eventually the top layers of blocks had been moved enough that they started to bend the vertical rebar, and the wall collapsed.

PS: Don't mention that the block with the X on it contains a directional mic and 5G Guitar Pedal.

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#2638599 20-Jan-2021 09:41

frankv: ...snip...I also see some palettes of blocks in the background ... snip...

They are building a separate bit, blocks for it...footing yet to be poured.

Was not filled for weeks after "completion"!!!

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#2638614 20-Jan-2021 10:24

Always sensible to pour the footing last.

Sometimes I just sit and think. Other times I just sit.

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#2638619 20-Jan-2021 10:33

The Southern Oscillation

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#2638686 20-Jan-2021 11:24

Plug socket boards.

The spacing between each socket seems to originate from a time when power bricks, wall warts, powerline adapters etc didn’t exist. I have many instances where a 4 socket board is effectively a 2 socket board because the two things I need plugged in obscure part of the adjacent socket, rendering it unusable.

Likewise, electricians that wire houses so that there is another item - aerial sockets, outlets etc immediately below the one above so that items like adapters etc obscure not only the one adjacent to them but the one below as well!!

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#2638692 20-Jan-2021 11:49

Geektastic: Plug socket boards.

The spacing between each socket seems to originate from a time when power bricks, wall warts, powerline adapters etc didn’t exist. I have many instances where a 4 socket board is effectively a 2 socket board because the two things I need plugged in obscure part of the adjacent socket, rendering it unusable.

Actually, why are wall warts nowadays made so wide? Make them all the width of a standard plug. And don't have the USB outlet on the side.

In fact (am I a stable super-genius or what?) make them stackable, so that you can have two or three wallwarts in one socket, since they'll be drawing a total of about 0.1A. In which case the physical shape becomes less important.

Of course, nowadays you can get a multi-USB wallwart, if only all those manufacturers would just use USB as a power supply, instead of having 4.5V supplies, 3.7V supplies, 6.5V supplies, etc.

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#2638701 20-Jan-2021 12:07

As a follow up to the "Great Wall of China", I spoke to one of the wall builders today:

Was awaiting (2 1/2 weeks) for an Engineers approval before the infill concrete.

Now it is the subject of an Insurance Claim.

Stuff updated the buried story several times, eventually adding the Consulate reference!

(I was not the only one surprised)

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#2639689 21-Jan-2021 15:20

The email I just got from Noel Leeming advising me that the PS5 console was sold out.

It would have been nice to receive the one that came before, telling me they had stock...

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#2639692 21-Jan-2021 15:24

Geektastic:

The email I just got from Noel Leeming advising me that the PS5 console was sold out.

It would have been nice to receive the one that came before, telling me they had stock...

irritating much. They also seem to be guilty (apparently) of advertising stock they do not have. That has caught me several times.

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#2639871 21-Jan-2021 21:58

still the AppleTV remote. A truly infuriating piece of poor industrial design

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#2639874 21-Jan-2021 22:08

MikeB4:

still the AppleTV remote. A truly infuriating piece of poor industrial design

It's such a polarizing design. Some people love it but many others think it's total trash. I think it sucks.

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#2639910 22-Jan-2021 05:06

MikeB4:

still the AppleTV remote. A truly infuriating piece of poor industrial design

The most frustrating POS that’s ever been my misfortune to use. Apple out-minimalised themselves on that one. A new ATV is rumoured to be coming this year - with a re-vamped remote.

A few GZ-ers here recommended training the TV remote (for LG C8 in my case) to operate the ATV. For months I couldn’t seem to get the two to remember how work together properly. Each time I wanted to use them, the learning appeared to be forgotten. Then I stumbled on a simple solution, now have it sussed and it has made ATV simpler and more pleasant to use.

Prior to this I was using the ATV remote app on Control Panel on my iPhone and/or iPad to control the ATV - works better than the physical remote but not as convenient as the TV remote solution.

Sometimes I just sit and think. Other times I just sit.

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#2639915 22-Jan-2021 06:06

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#2639936 22-Jan-2021 07:38

eracode:

MikeB4:

still the AppleTV remote. A truly infuriating piece of poor industrial design

The most frustrating POS that’s ever been my misfortune to use. Apple out-minimalised themselves on that one. A new ATV is rumoured to be coming this year - with a re-vamped remote.

A few GZ-ers here recommended training the TV remote (for LG C8 in my case) to operate the ATV. For months I couldn’t seem to get the two to remember how work together properly. Each time I wanted to use them, the learning appeared to be forgotten. Then I stumbled on a simple solution, now have it sussed and it has made ATV simpler and more pleasant to use.

Prior to this I was using the ATV remote app on Control Panel on my iPhone and/or iPad to control the ATV - works better than the physical remote but not as convenient as the TV remote solution.

I know it is a bit of a sledgehammer/walnut solution, but since I paired my Harmony Elite with my ATV4K I have hardly picked up the OEM ATV4K remote.

“We’ve arranged a society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science technology. Carl Sagan 1996

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