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  1. dutchman

    Things that annoy you

    Push-button domestic appliances on which the first thing to go wrong is usually the push-buttons and in the weeks before Xmas when the cost of replacing them is highest.
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    Life's guilty pleasures

    Annoying our German "allies" as much as possible while playing Hearts of Iron IV. 😜
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    Nick: Is this true?

    It's called "shadow banning".
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    Reffing

    Referees in one part of Holland have been asked to whistle less loud so as not to disturb the residents of nearby newly built houses: https://www.ed.nl/kempen/scheidsrechters-moeten-in-hulsel-speciaal-fluitje-gebruiken-vanwege-geluidsoverlast~aff4d5d24/
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    Things that annoy you

    Anyone here interested in Japanese Navy Clocks? Nah, thought not. That didn't stop YouTube randomly suggesting I might be!
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Sounds like heaven to me?
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    Random facts

    I read once we share 60% of our DNA with a lettuce but I never thought in a million years it would ever become relevant.
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    "Reporters repeatedly asked if public money being spent on the energy price cap freeze explains how the government can say that there won't be spending cuts, when belts are expected to be tightened. Given the size of the intervention in the energy markets, there would still be capacity for...
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    I believe Britain is peculiar in having variable mortgage rates? As far as I can tell in most countries the interest rate is fixed for the entire life of the loan.
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    Random facts

    And the word "soccer" is derived from the latin "socio" meaning to associate.
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    Death List 2022

    The Harvey Girls (1946)
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    I seem to remember Boris remained as a caretaker until a new leader was found?
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    Things that annoy you

    I had it TWICE many years ago although the second dose was not nearly as bad as the first, must have developed a resistance? Fortunately there was no one else living in the property at the time.
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    This is a bit worrying

    Which part of Coventry are there not dodgy things going on most evenings?
  15. dutchman

    Things that annoy you

    Afraid not.
  16. dutchman

    Things that annoy you

    They are blocked, these are official recommendations from YouTube and Google search engines.
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    Things that annoy you

    What is it with YouTube and Lego? I haven't been interested in Lego since I was four years old but every time I login to YouTube it recommends another bunch of Lego videos despite me repeatedly clicking "not interested" and "don't recommend channel". Also I searched on Google ( who...
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    Fuel prices

    Or Communal Heat & Power ("CHAP") for that matter? The reason is there's no profit in it for big corporations.
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    USSR invades Ukraine.

    I read once that out of every 100 boys in the Soviet Union aged 14 when the war began only three survived to the end of the war.
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