Things that piss you off...

Legend
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Unless unattainable means married and with kids. 

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It does not mean that.

Legend
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I <3 Nix wrote:

It does not mean that.

Then:
Qui audet adipiscitur.
Audere est facere.
tradition and history
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Good old Del Boy.

Lawyerish
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Americans. Have only met one in my lifetime that I have liked and that is only because New Zealand had mellowed him.


Marquee
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Hills - more precisely running down them, just did 15.5ishkm as I've the half marathon in a couple of weeks and I'm very ill prepared. Just done a night run and going up Airlie Road was fine but coming down was a killer on the knees.

Listen here Fudgeface
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FWIW - all the Americans I met in America were fantastic people.

Head Sleuth
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patrick478 wrote:

FWIW - all the Americans I met in America were fantastic people.

I dunno, I found it varying to extremes, especially at customer service places. A lot are really awesome people, but there are also a fair few who lived up to the stereotypes. 
That's what I found in NY and Florida anyway. 
Legend
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almost 16 years

Everyone from Washington State and Oregon is awesome.

Everyone from Northern California is a redneck. 

LG
Legend
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about 17 years
I <3 Nix wrote:

It does not mean that.


What luck, to find a female who is a serious Nix fan. Someone could be very lucky to find you.
LG
Legend
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ForteanTimes wrote:

Hills - more precisely running down them, just did 15.5ishkm as I've the half marathon in a couple of weeks and I'm very ill prepared. Just done a night run and going up Airlie Road was fine but coming down was a killer on the knees.


Best of luck with that. Sadly my surgeon says I have to give up anything that put stress on my knees. Football and golf being two of  my loves, havegone by the board. Eventually a knee replacement will happen.

Starting XI
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ForteanTimes wrote:

Hills - more precisely running down them, just did 15.5ishkm as I've the half marathon in a couple of weeks and I'm very ill prepared. Just done a night run and going up Airlie Road was fine but coming down was a killer on the knees.

Have done Airlie Road a number of times both running and cycling. Great route past the cemetery and along the old motorway to Pukerua Bay, but it is a horrid hill.
Marquee
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almost 15 years

Piss poor battery life on Smart Phones

Marquee
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about 17 years
hlmphil wrote:
ForteanTimes wrote:

Hills - more precisely running down them, just did 15.5ishkm as I've the half marathon in a couple of weeks and I'm very ill prepared. Just done a night run and going up Airlie Road was fine but coming down was a killer on the knees.

Have done Airlie Road a number of times both running and cycling. Great route past the cemetery and along the old motorway to Pukerua Bay, but it is a horrid hill.



Yeah I used Airlie to practice hills on the bike also. The Pukerua Bay route, (with a little bit added on), starting at Puk Bay and then down the cycle track through Plimmerton and up Arlie was a really nice run. Going to skip tonight as the knees are still a bit sore and  maybe do an 8km run tomorrow.
LG
Legend
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sthn.jeff wrote:

Piss poor battery life on Smart Phones

 

If its an android, go to the play store, theres a pretty good app that improves battery life.

Starting XI
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ForteanTimes wrote:
hlmphil wrote:
ForteanTimes wrote:

Hills - more precisely running down them, just did 15.5ishkm as I've the half marathon in a couple of weeks and I'm very ill prepared. Just done a night run and going up Airlie Road was fine but coming down was a killer on the knees.

Have done Airlie Road a number of times both running and cycling. Great route past the cemetery and along the old motorway to Pukerua Bay, but it is a horrid hill.



Yeah I used Airlie to practice hills on the bike also. The Pukerua Bay route, (with a little bit added on), starting at Puk Bay and then down the cycle track through Plimmerton and up Arlie was a really nice run. Going to skip tonight as the knees are still a bit sore and  maybe do an 8km run tomorrow.
Yeah, when I was heading back to Wgtn I would always forget to change down the gears after the cemetery and get stuck on that sudden hill on the bend to the left. Took me ages to remember early. ha.
Just getting back into a couple of hill runs myself. Nothing like a good hill to really remind you of the extra kgs you've put on lately.
Marquee
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Flat caps - folk who wear the flat caps that my granddad and his mates used to wear. The Herringbone ones. FFS awful, half are trying to be mumford wannabes the rest are trying to be del-boy geezers. Stop it. You look ridiculous unless you are working in an allotment, did something in the war and are very old just stop it.



Marquee
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Work and FKN Income,As if the daughter dosnt have enough on her plate trying to fight breast cancer.The bastards are just ignoring requests for information about her application for a benefit.Despite leaving messages with her supposed case manager the ignorant bastard hasnt even had the courtesy to reply to the messages left by her.Information she gave him last week has still not been passed on.

The way they are carrying on you would think its her choice to give up her well paying job.

Wasnt bad enough she got scrwed around by the medical profession initially we are having to put up with this shit.

Wish we could sue the arse off them FKN doctors. 

Marquee
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Lonegunmen wrote:
sthn.jeff wrote:

Piss poor battery life on Smart Phones

 

If its an android, go to the play store, theres a pretty good app that improves battery life.


Cheers. Will give one a go
LG
Legend
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ballane wrote:

Work and FKN Income,As if the daughter dosnt have enough on her plate trying to fight breast cancer.The bastards are just ignoring requests for information about her application for a benefit.Despite leaving messages with her supposed case manager the ignorant bastard hasnt even had the courtesy to reply to the messages left by her.Information she gave him last week has still not been passed on.

The way they are carrying on you would think its her choice to give up her well paying job.

Wasnt bad enough she got scrwed around by the medical profession initially we are having to put up with this shit.

Wish we could sue the arse off them FKN doctors. 


Do like me, send an email to Paula Bennett. It gets results, I got a response and an apology from Upper Hutt WINZ  24 hours later. Paulas executive assistant is excellent.
LG
Legend
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about 17 years
sthn.jeff wrote:
Lonegunmen wrote:
sthn.jeff wrote:

Piss poor battery life on Smart Phones

 

If its an android, go to the play store, theres a pretty good app that improves battery life.


Cheers. Will give one a go

"Go Power Master" seems to be good. Been using the pro version for five days and it seems effective enough.
Chant Savant
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ForteanTimes wrote:

Flat caps - folk who wear the flat caps that my granddad and his mates used to wear. The Herringbone ones. FFS awful, half are trying to be mumford wannabes the rest are trying to be del-boy geezers. Stop it. You look ridiculous unless you are working in an allotment, did something in the war and are very old just stop it.



 

Is it ok for me to wear one when playing golf?

 

 

Kangol Goodness!!!
Legend
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almost 16 years

Only if you wear outrageous plus fours to take attention away from your Andy Capp.

Marquee
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almost 13 years


Anonymous numbers leaving multiple missed calls on my mobile and work phone without leaving a voicemail on either.

Listen here Fudgeface
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over 14 years

Courier drivers who seem to be unable to deliver a package.

LG
Legend
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about 17 years
patrick478 wrote:

Courier drivers who seem to be unable to deliver a package.

"Because no one was home" Even though you were sitting in your lounge with the curtains pulled back so you could see the roadway?
Cock
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about 15 years

I feel your pain on that one pal.

Starting XI
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ForteanTimes wrote:

Flat caps - folk who wear the flat caps that my granddad and his mates used to wear. The Herringbone ones. FFS awful, half are trying to be mumford wannabes the rest are trying to be del-boy geezers. Stop it. You look ridiculous unless you are working in an allotment, did something in the war and are very old just stop it.


Thats a bit rich coming from you FT.

I seem to recall you wearing a fucking CAT on your head.




Saw a dyslexic Yorkshireman yesterday, he was wearing a cat flap!

Marquee
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Kiwi Hatter wrote:
ForteanTimes wrote:

Flat caps - folk who wear the flat caps that my granddad and his mates used to wear. The Herringbone ones. FFS awful, half are trying to be mumford wannabes the rest are trying to be del-boy geezers. Stop it. You look ridiculous unless you are working in an allotment, did something in the war and are very old just stop it.


Thats a bit rich coming from you FT.

I seem to recall you wearing a fucking CAT on your head.




Saw a dyslexic Yorkshireman yesterday, he was wearing a cat flap!



Yes and it's what everyone is wearing in Paris.

 

Here's Joaquin Phoenix...



And Beck from Odelay fame not quite managing it.


Dave mate you are all good if you wanna wear a flat cap as you'd not look out of place on an allotment. (that's not an insult as my Granddad had several allotments).

One thing that really pissed me off today was seeing a bloke with knee-length spray on shorts when he didn't have the figure for it. My mind was aghast.

Marquee
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actually that last picture looks like Bez from HM and now that picture is understandable.

Starting XI
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ForteanTimes wrote:
Kiwi Hatter wrote:
ForteanTimes wrote:

Flat caps - folk who wear the flat caps that my granddad and his mates used to wear. The Herringbone ones. FFS awful, half are trying to be mumford wannabes the rest are trying to be del-boy geezers. Stop it. You look ridiculous unless you are working in an allotment, did something in the war and are very old just stop it.


Thats a bit rich coming from you FT.

I seem to recall you wearing a fucking CAT on your head.




Saw a dyslexic Yorkshireman yesterday, he was wearing a cat flap!



Yes and it's what everyone is wearing in Paris.

 

Here's Joaquin Phoenix...



And Beck from Odelay fame not quite managing it.


Dave mate you are all good if you wanna wear a flat cap as you'd not look out of place on an allotment. (that's not an insult as my Granddad had several allotments).

One thing that really pissed me off today was seeing a bloke with knee-length spray on shorts when he didn't have the figure for it. My mind was aghast.


Marquee
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People who dismiss sport as "just a bunch of grown men chasing a ball around". Fair enough if you don't like sports but there's no need to be a condescending douchebag. I could just as easily dismiss movies, tv shows and theatre as a bunch of people playing make believe.

Marquee
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People who dismiss sport as "just a bunch of grown men chasing a ball around". Fair enough if you don't like sports but there's no need to be a condescending douchebag. I could just as easily dismiss movies, tv shows and theatre as a bunch of people playing make believe.



You tend not to see it so much in NZ where most folk "get" sport. I've never understood that attitude though as playing sport even at amateur levels requires at the very least commitment. When I did the enduro bike ride the training was crazy and gave me a real appreciation of what professional athletes put themselves through.
Marquee
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ForteanTimes wrote:


People who dismiss sport as "just a bunch of grown men chasing a ball around". Fair enough if you don't like sports but there's no need to be a condescending douchebag. I could just as easily dismiss movies, tv shows and theatre as a bunch of people playing make believe.



You tend not to see it so much in NZ where most folk "get" sport. I've never understood that attitude though as playing sport even at amateur levels requires at the very least commitment. When I did the enduro bike ride the training was crazy and gave me a real appreciation of what professional athletes put themselves through.
Yeah, and sport as entertainment is just another way of narratives about human experience being portrayed - good guys and bad guys, justice and redemption, plot twists and cliffhangers - people who have no problem engaging with other forms of entertainment to experience these things belittling sports fans is just hypocritical.
Marquee
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People who dismiss sport as "just a bunch of grown men chasing a ball around". Fair enough if you don't like sports but there's no need to be a condescending douchebag. I could just as easily dismiss movies, tv shows and theatre as a bunch of people playing make believe.

Perhaps they should be encouraged to watch a DVD of classic drama using sport as a major motif, e.g. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, or Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, or Goalkeeper's Fear of the Pen. etc. etc.

Marquee
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Jerzy Merino wrote:


People who dismiss sport as "just a bunch of grown men chasing a ball around". Fair enough if you don't like sports but there's no need to be a condescending douchebag. I could just as easily dismiss movies, tv shows and theatre as a bunch of people playing make believe.

Perhaps they should be encouraged to watch a DVD of classic drama using sport as a major motif, e.g. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, or Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, or Goalkeeper's Fear of the Pen. etc. etc.



or
This Sporting Life


or
Breaking Away (not seen it for years fantastic film)

Legend
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almost 16 years

or "She's the Man"?


28
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over 16 years

Drivers not merging properly.

Marquee
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over 17 years
I <3 Nix wrote:

Drivers not merging properly.

To be fair, they should really be concentrating on the driving.

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