What makes you grumpy?
Apr 21st 2016, 4:08 am
#31
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Re: What makes you grumpy?
10 yards from this bend/junction scenario is a roundabout. What makes me grumpy is that apparently some drivers have no understanding that if you are indicating right, IT MEANS YOU ARE GOING PAST THEIR FLIPPING ENTRY POINT AND THUS THEY CAN'T ENTER THE FLIPPING ROUNDABOUT UNTIL I'VE FLIPPING GONE PAST.
Oh, and taxi drivers and ute drivers who insist on doing a u-turn outside the railway station, rather than negotiate the bend/junction and roundabout above.
In fact, if we could just remove that 30 yard stretch of road, my life would be far less grumpy.
(all distances are completely made up, I have no idea how far 10 or 30 yards are, but they're all really close to each other)
Apr 21st 2016, 4:30 am
#32
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Re: What makes you grumpy?
People who use "like" 3 times in every sentence.
Sticky labels (on newly bought electrical goods) which can't be peeled-off.
Australian/American/Israeli politics.
Sharp carousel microwaves that tend to die the minute the warranty expires.
Sticky labels (on newly bought electrical goods) which can't be peeled-off.
Australian/American/Israeli politics.
Sharp carousel microwaves that tend to die the minute the warranty expires.
Apr 21st 2016, 4:52 am
#33
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Re: What makes you grumpy?
Commuting during school holidays makes me grumpy.
Parents who let their feral little brats treat public transit like a playground. Surely they don't encourage them to be loud and run rampant at home.
People who have no spatial awareness and congregate at the bottom or top of escalators making it impossible for others to get on or off.
Parents who let their feral little brats treat public transit like a playground. Surely they don't encourage them to be loud and run rampant at home.
People who have no spatial awareness and congregate at the bottom or top of escalators making it impossible for others to get on or off.
Apr 21st 2016, 5:37 am
#34
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Re: What makes you grumpy?
Plus people who say "I know, right?"
Apr 21st 2016, 7:00 am
#35
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Re: What makes you grumpy?
And, closer to home:
Windows Ten
Passwords! Especially totally innocuous websites that ask for a password, then tell you again and again that it doesn't meet their format(but won't say what that is) or present a Captcha but won't accept your - correct - interpretation of it.
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
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Windows Ten
Passwords! Especially totally innocuous websites that ask for a password, then tell you again and again that it doesn't meet their format(but won't say what that is) or present a Captcha but won't accept your - correct - interpretation of it.
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
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Apr 21st 2016, 7:06 am
#36
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Re: What makes you grumpy?
And, closer to home:
Windows Ten
Passwords! Especially totally innocuous websites that ask for a password, then tell you again and again that it doesn't meet their format(but won't say what that is) or present a Captcha but won't accept your - correct - interpretation of it.
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
.
Windows Ten
Passwords! Especially totally innocuous websites that ask for a password, then tell you again and again that it doesn't meet their format(but won't say what that is) or present a Captcha but won't accept your - correct - interpretation of it.
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
.
I'll extend this by adding in websites that insist on a username and password for rudimentary stuff like getting an insurance or forex quote...
S
Apr 21st 2016, 7:48 am
#37
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Re: What makes you grumpy?
And, closer to home:
Windows Ten
Passwords! Especially totally innocuous websites that ask for a password, then tell you again and again that it doesn't meet their format(but won't say what that is) or present a Captcha but won't accept your - correct - interpretation of it.
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
.
Windows Ten
Passwords! Especially totally innocuous websites that ask for a password, then tell you again and again that it doesn't meet their format(but won't say what that is) or present a Captcha but won't accept your - correct - interpretation of it.
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
.
Apr 21st 2016, 8:31 am
#38
On the road again.
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Re: What makes you grumpy?
Lefty Loonies and Fluffy Bunnies.
Apr 21st 2016, 3:26 pm
#39
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Re: What makes you grumpy?
With contactless systems you put the card on the pad to 'touch' on or off.
If you have multiple zones then you need to 'touch on' and 'touch off' so that it can work out the journey and no over charge you.
Melbourne trams are all in zone 1 though - so it ought to be impossible for them to overcharge you. Hence Mr Grumpy.
However, there can actually be problems, in that if you use a tram to get somewhere, get off without touching off, then go back on the same route, you can actually catch the same tram - meaning your second 'touch on' can be registered as a 'touch off' and so in theory you are riding without paying.
Let's just say there are bigger issues with Myki than touching off ...
If you have multiple zones then you need to 'touch on' and 'touch off' so that it can work out the journey and no over charge you.
Melbourne trams are all in zone 1 though - so it ought to be impossible for them to overcharge you. Hence Mr Grumpy.
However, there can actually be problems, in that if you use a tram to get somewhere, get off without touching off, then go back on the same route, you can actually catch the same tram - meaning your second 'touch on' can be registered as a 'touch off' and so in theory you are riding without paying.
Let's just say there are bigger issues with Myki than touching off ...
Apr 21st 2016, 3:27 pm
#40
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Re: What makes you grumpy?
People who write "Super!"
Apr 21st 2016, 3:45 pm
#41
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Re: What makes you grumpy?
I do this myself occasionally as I habitually drive faster through turns than most other drivers - I drive only manual cars, which are RWD or with "sporty" suspension, and so I feel safer indicating a turn in case others interpret my speed as an indication that I am going straight forward.
Last edited by Pulaski; Apr 21st 2016 at 5:14 pm.
Apr 21st 2016, 10:25 pm
#43
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Re: What makes you grumpy?
If people who helped shape my younger years could stop dying I'd be less grumpy.
Apr 21st 2016, 11:15 pm
#44
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Re: What makes you grumpy?
I do this myself occasionally as I habitually drive faster through turns than most other drivers - I drive only manual cars, which are RWD or with "sporty" suspension, and so I feel safer indicating a turn in case others interpret my speed as an indication that I am going straight forward.
Oooh - You've touched on another one there - People who say/claim "I can only drive automatic cars"
S
Apr 22nd 2016, 12:05 am
#45
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Re: What makes you grumpy?
