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Most irritating things during the pandemic (1 Viewer)

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Nick

Administrator
  • May 21, 2020
  • #176
fernandopartridge said:
Anyway, I'm a member of a Facebook group for the small estate I used to live on. My former neighbour just put on a video of tonight's NHS clap. Some c**t blasting out that 'One Last Time' by Ariana Grande (presumably) because it's the anniversary of the Manchester bomb tomorrow.
What the fuck has happened to this country?

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Mega likes. I bet they planned it all week
 
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LastGarrison

Well-Known Member
  • May 22, 2020
  • #177
fernandopartridge said:
Anyway, I'm a member of a Facebook group for the small estate I used to live on. My former neighbour just put on a video of tonight's NHS clap. Some c**t blasting out that 'One Last Time' by Ariana Grande (presumably) because it's the anniversary of the Manchester bomb tomorrow.
What the fuck has happened to this country?

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Maybe they were just trying subliminal messaging so nobody goes out to clap next week?
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • May 22, 2020
  • #178
covmark said:
Is the NHS clap still a thing? Heard nothing round our way tonight.

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Apathetic around our way. Time for it to end though - point has been made, morale booster, and now it's having the opposite effect.
 
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Sky Blue Pete

Well-Known Member
  • May 22, 2020
  • #179
We quite like it
 

shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • May 22, 2020
  • #180
Totally forgot last night. Always do it when I have the kids on a Thursday, almost always forget when I don’t.
 

LastGarrison

Well-Known Member
  • May 22, 2020
  • #181
Sky Blue Pete said:
We quite like it
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We do go out but understand people's comments around it being a Social Media like fest.

However, last night I was walking the dog at 8 around the Morrison's estate and although there wasn't a massive turn out the thing I liked, and will be replicated around the UK, is how many people stayed out afterwards just to have a (socially distanced) catch up with their neighbours and really seemed to bring together a bit of community spirit which was good to see.

Simple solution - if you want to do it (for whatever reasons) do it and if you don't, don't!
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • May 22, 2020
  • #182
LastGarrison said:
I was walking the dog at 8 around the Morrison's estate
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Hmmm. Depending on where you live, you'll possibly have a liking for huskies, an ancient labrador cross, or a cocker spaniel...!
 
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OffenhamSkyBlue

Well-Known Member
  • May 22, 2020
  • #183
fernandopartridge said:
Anyway, I'm a member of a Facebook group for the small estate I used to live on. My former neighbour just put on a video of tonight's NHS clap. Some c**t blasting out that 'One Last Time' by Ariana Grande (presumably) because it's the anniversary of the Manchester bomb tomorrow.
What the fuck has happened to this country?

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I stuck my head above the parapet on our village Facebook group (part of the Spotted family - don't know how common they are) to request that the people who blast music and shouting to the people in their road after the clap (it now goes on for an hour, and can be heard WAYYYYY beyond their street) turn it down a bit or keep it to half an hour. It was a polite request, stating that some may wish to enjoy the tranquility of their garden as the sun goes down. The guy who does it was an absolute gent, and said "will do - don't want to offend anyone" (and we didn't hear it at all last night). The rest of the mongs who live in his road gave me a right trolling!
 
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LastGarrison

Well-Known Member
  • May 22, 2020
  • #184
Deleted member 5849 said:
Hmmm. Depending on where you live, you'll possibly have a liking for huskies, an ancient labrador cross, or a cocker spaniel...!
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Ha ha I'm slowly becoming part of the dog walking "clique" around Binley and Wyken and see my fellow dog walkers more than most of my friends family and but none of the above I am afraid.
 
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OffenhamSkyBlue

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  • May 23, 2020
  • #185
OffenhamSkyBlue said:
I stuck my head above the parapet on our village Facebook group (part of the Spotted family - don't know how common they are) to request that the people who blast music and shouting to the people in their road after the clap (it now goes on for an hour, and can be heard WAYYYYY beyond their street) turn it down a bit or keep it to half an hour. It was a polite request, stating that some may wish to enjoy the tranquility of their garden as the sun goes down. The guy who does it was an absolute gent, and said "will do - don't want to offend anyone" (and we didn't hear it at all last night). The rest of the mongs who live in his road gave me a right trolling!
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Further to this, i have now been blocked by the Facebook group, showing what a bunch of small minded bigots i share my village with. Oh, and the Admins hide behind the front page so i cannot contact them to ask for their reasoning.
Cunts!
 
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wingy

Well-Known Member
  • May 23, 2020
  • #186
OffenhamSkyBlue said:
Further to this, i have now been blocked by the Facebook group, showing what a bunch of small minded bigots i share my village with. Oh, and the Admins hide behind the front page so i cannot contact them to ask for their reasoning.
Cunts!
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Reject, leper, pariah,personna non grata .
 
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OffenhamSkyBlue

Well-Known Member
  • May 23, 2020
  • #187
wingy said:
Reject, leper, pariah,personna non grata .
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I'm used to it, Wingy!
 
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wingy

Well-Known Member
  • May 23, 2020
  • #188
OffenhamSkyBlue said:
I'm used to it, Wingy!
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Villagers are an imsular lot at the best of times .
Outsider,.
 
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oscillatewildly

Well-Known Member
  • May 24, 2020
  • #189
Twats dumping 'donations' outside charity shops.
 
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OffenhamSkyBlue

Well-Known Member
  • May 24, 2020
  • #190
oscillatewildly said:
Twats dumping 'donations' outside charity shops.
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We used to call it "having a piss in a shop doorway on our way home from the boozer"!
 

Nick

Administrator
  • May 29, 2020
  • #191
New cyclists. Absolutely no road sense and can't really ride a bike, veering left and right and not looking.

Ones with headphones even more so.
 
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SBAndy

Well-Known Member
  • May 29, 2020
  • #192
Nick said:
New cyclists. Absolutely no road sense and can't really ride a bike, veering left and right and not looking.

Ones with headphones even more so.
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Remember on Dragons Den a few years back someone had designed cycling headphones that don’t fully enter your ear so you can hear the traffic. Always thought about investing in a pair. Then remembered I go cycling maybe once or twice a year.
 

ajsccfc

Well-Known Member
  • May 29, 2020
  • #193
I bought a bike years ago under a work scheme that gets them before tax or something, telling myself this was how I'd commute every few days. Rode to work and back one day, avoided death about five times in that day and sold the bike without ever using it again. People who cycle regularly on the roads are brave and foolish in equal measure
 
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shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • May 29, 2020
  • #194
ajsccfc said:
I bought a bike years ago under a work scheme that gets them before tax or something, telling myself this was how I'd commute every few days. Rode to work and back one day, avoided death about five times in that day and sold the bike without ever using it again. People who cycle regularly on the roads are brave and foolish in equal measure
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The missus is Dutch and in her words “lived on bikes” growing up.

She says she’d never ride on British roads and thinks anyone who does is mental.
 

Nick

Administrator
  • May 29, 2020
  • #195
shmmeee said:
The missus is Dutch and in her words “lived on bikes” growing up.

She says she’d never ride on British roads and thinks anyone who does is mental.
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Lived on Bikesh?
 

shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • May 29, 2020
  • #196
Nick said:
Lived on Bikesh?
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Also her words:

“That’sh rashisht!”
 

Houchens Head

Fairly well known member from Malvern
  • May 29, 2020
  • #197
I'll tell you what makes my blood boil.
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Cremations.
 

Houchens Head

Fairly well known member from Malvern
  • May 29, 2020
  • #198
Joggers coming towards you and crossing over the road like you were some fucking blood thirsty zombie! Geez! How much social distancing do they need? And it's not always joggers. Most people who are just walking towards you are the same. Prats!
 
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OffenhamSkyBlue

Well-Known Member
  • May 29, 2020
  • #199
Houchens Head said:
Joggers coming towards you and crossing over the road like you were some fucking blood thirsty zombie! Geez! How much social distancing do they need? And it's not always joggers. Most people who are just walking towards you are the same. Prats!
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Thereby stepping into oncoming traffic. The number of times i had to swerve before i hit 'em!
It's what you call a dynamic risk assessment - do i want to face the extremely small likelihood of something that will most probably not cause me too much damage, OR face almost certain severe injury by getting run over!
Fuxache ...
 
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Deleted member 5849

Guest
  • May 29, 2020
  • #200
OffenhamSkyBlue said:
Thereby stepping into oncoming traffic. The number of times i had to swerve before i hit 'em!
It's what you call a dynamic risk assessment - do i want to face the extremely small likelihood of something that will most probably not cause me too much damage, OR face almost certain severe injury by getting run over!
Fuxache ...
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It works the other way too, had people walking/running right at me. If the road's empty, why not cross? Who does that hurt? What it does do is minimise any possibility of hilarious misunderstandings, and it's hardly a chore or a deep offence.
 
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OffenhamSkyBlue

Well-Known Member
  • May 29, 2020
  • #201
If you WERE a bloody thirsty zombie or a flasher, i'm sure people would cross over soon enough!
 

Houchens Head

Fairly well known member from Malvern
  • May 29, 2020
  • #202
OffenhamSkyBlue said:
If you WERE a bloody thirsty zombie or a flasher, i'm sure people would cross over soon enough!
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Flasher? Damn! I thought that was a well kept secret! :emoji_thinking:
 

Tommo1993

Well-Known Member
  • May 29, 2020
  • #203
Equally funny but irritating. Since start of lockdown and the roads being very quiet (not so much anymore), the dramatic increase in speeding. Simpletons assuming all police efforts are going towards clobbering people ‘flouting the rules’. However there’s still plenty of speed traps hovering about, very cleverly placed as per, and people see it and shit themselves. Test the brakes. Too late, they’ve already busted you!
 

Tommo1993

Well-Known Member
  • May 29, 2020
  • #204
...also. The one way system in most shops. We do stick to it but I can’t be convinced it helps anything. It won’t keep people 2m apart. Even in normal circumstances if an aisle was too full you wouldn’t bother with it anyway.
 

Sbarcher

Well-Known Member
  • May 29, 2020
  • #205
Tommo1993 said:
...also. The one way system in most shops. We do stick to it but I can’t be convinced it helps anything. It won’t keep people 2m apart. Even in normal circumstances if an aisle was too full you wouldn’t bother with it anyway.
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Bloody shops, seems likely they will stop me trying on ladies clothing!
 
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chiefdave

Well-Known Member
  • May 31, 2020
  • #206
Its sad to see the state of the parks and other public places. Had hoped that having seen how positive the impact had been of people not being around people would treat it as a reset and show more respect but its back to normal and people treating everywhere like shit.

How hard is it to clear up after yourself?
 

Marty

Well-Known Member
  • May 31, 2020
  • #207
chiefdave said:
Its sad to see the state of the parks and other public places. Had hoped that having seen how positive the impact had been of people not being around people would treat it as a reset and show more respect but its back to normal and people treating everywhere like shit.

How hard is it to clear up after yourself?
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Most people are utter arseholes. Everywhere is back to being a dump again.
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #208
I dont get why people are queuing for hours for a KFC or Mcdonald.
 
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shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #209
Nick said:
I dont get why people are queuing for hours for a KFC or Mcdonald.
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Guy at work was boasting this morning he spent an hour getting a Big Mac last night.

TBF Id probably do that for a sausage and egg muffin and a hash brown right now. Just don’t like the main menu.
 
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OffenhamSkyBlue

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #210
shmmeee said:
Guy at work was boasting this morning he spent an hour getting a Big Mac last night.

TBF Id probably do that for a sausage and egg muffin and a hash brown right now. Just don’t like the main menu.
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Aren't you a couple of hours too late for one of them??
 
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