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Re: Pet Peeves?
Originally Posted by Anian
(Post 11430775)
I don't think anyone here would disagree that the US plug socket is one of the worst designs for electrical, ergonomical, and practical usage.
In the UK the nearest socket is usually other side of room :thumbdown: |
Re: Pet Peeves?
Originally Posted by Amie06
(Post 11438546)
Very handy though if staying in some US hotels, just plug them in the sockets in the base of table lamps by bed, ideal for laptop. .....
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Re: Pet Peeves?
Originally Posted by Pulaski
(Post 11438798)
Your laptop doesn't have a battery. :confused:
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Re: Pet Peeves?
Originally Posted by Amie06
(Post 11439059)
Yes it does but sadly the usable time on it is very short, so i try to use mains power when possible and save battery for when no power supply available :o
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Re: Pet Peeves?
Originally Posted by Yorkieabroad
(Post 11439074)
I feel for you - mine is now at the stage where it is more use as a doorstop than anything else....
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Re: Pet Peeves?
Someecards. They were funny, about three years ago, but now they all seem to be associated with utterly self-righteous and preachy messages. Arsebook really is making passive-aggression an art form.
Thank **** I'll be dead in 50 years because thinking about what the world will be like when the millenials start having children who will then themselves reproduce makes me want to shoot myself. |
Re: Pet Peeves?
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
(Post 11452184)
makes me want to shoot myself.
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Re: Pet Peeves?
Originally Posted by Nutek
(Post 11452235)
You'll need to go to the range to do that. ;)
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Re: Pet Peeves?
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
(Post 11452243)
But that would mean getting up :(
Maybe you could eat some skittles and have one of your neighbors shoot you. Or go to the bathroom and your wife could do it through the door. |
Re: Pet Peeves?
Originally Posted by Nutek
(Post 11452261)
Hmm.. Yeah, I can see how that is a bit of a weak point. :(
Maybe you could eat some skittles and have one of your neighbors shoot you. Or go to the bathroom and your wife could do it through the door. |
Re: Pet Peeves?
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
(Post 11452270)
There is still an element of getting up involved there.
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Re: Pet Peeves?
Originally Posted by Nutek
(Post 11452261)
Hmm.. Yeah, I can see how that is a bit of a weak point. :(
Maybe you could eat some skittles and have one of your neighbors shoot you. Or go to the bathroom and your wife could do it through the door. |
Re: Pet Peeves?
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
(Post 11452184)
Someecards. They were funny, about three years ago, but now they all seem to be associated with utterly self-righteous and preachy messages. Arsebook really is making passive-aggression an art form.
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Re: Pet Peeves?
Originally Posted by Anian
(Post 11452576)
Those would be those very bitchy ones that are aimed at no one in particular. Seem to be a lot of line drawings of happy Victorian women telling people to go f themselves. Because that empowers women or something.
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Re: Pet Peeves?
Bright blue LED lights on electronics devices. Just bought a new external hard drive, and the light is so bright that it's distracting ... Just because the technology now exists to blind you doesn't mean they should ...
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