Stupid little things that bug you

Newman Noggs said:
When I arrive by train in an unfamiliar city and use Google maps directions, particularly in London, and the voice says "head west down such and such a street". Oh, hang on, I'll just get my astrolabe out and work out which direction is west.
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On such occasions I find it helps to travel wearing ‘Wayfinders’ with the compass inbuilt in the right sole. Plus they also have animal tracks on the underneath of both soles just in case the need arises to track a badger etc.
 
Newman Noggs said:
When I arrive by train in an unfamiliar city and use Google maps directions, particularly in London, and the voice says "head west down such and such a street". Oh, hang on, I'll just get my astrolabe out and work out which direction is west.
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Google Maps has a compass, and there are plenty of other compass apps out there. - But Google Maps isn't great for walking.
 
Dial M 4 Mercer said:
On such occasions I find it helps to travel wearing ‘Wayfinders’ with the compass inbuilt in the right sole. Plus they also have animal tracks on the underneath of both soles just in case the need arises to track a badger etc.
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Talk about a deprived childhood - I didn't know there'd been a 'Big Game' version ...

 
East Level 2 said:
Google Maps has a compass, and there are plenty of other compass apps out there. - But Google Maps isn't great for walking.
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especially when you leave it in driving mode - as I did once in Amsterdam a few years ago and found myself going around in circles following one way streets! :-(
 
Pubs that don’t have those footrails at the bar.

Instinctively, I always lift my leg and go to put my foot on them whennever I go to any bar to buy a drink. It always annoys me when my foot goes down to the floor because there is no footrail there; often, with a bit of a surprising jolt of my body because of the expectation of it taking my weight.
 
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Also, on pubs… when people queue up single file at the bar to get served annoys me.

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I always make a point of walking past the queue and stand at the bar. Serves people right if they’re upset about me ‘pushing in’.
 
The missus vacuuming every bloody day! And covering every inch of carpet with polythene sheets if we have new furniture delivered or a tradesman in. Absolutely paranoid about one tiny bit of fucking dirt!
 
mexico1970 said:
On any yank TV show or film the pursuers can tell which direction they are facing even if they are chasing some perp through an underground car park.

Yanks must be like homing pigeons.
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Haha Thought the exact same yesterday whilst watching a Jack Reacher film......in the middle of a carnival ( as usual ) in New Orleans, Jack got a phone call ( like you do...) and knew exactly where he was, hot footed it to the exact location and 30 seconds later he having bifters with a baddie on a roof....god he's good.
 
Newman Noggs said:
When I arrive by train in an unfamiliar city and use Google maps directions, particularly in London, and the voice says "head west down such and such a street". Oh, hang on, I'll just get my astrolabe out and work out which direction is west.
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Honestly....some people.....dont you know that if you find a tree and study it for moss, the moss will be on the north side, I think, of the tree, it's a simply case of working out where west is. Either that or ask an illegal immigrant.
 
Ordering from a .co.uk website then it comes from a warehouse in Germany
 
Engine management light coming on , scan for codes, spend £115 on replacement part , engine management light disappearing day after spending £115 on parts
 
Today, while using the recycling bins in a local car park. Bins overflowing with carboard, some tosser clears out a couple of boxes to make room for his carton (not squashed). The boxes, now on the floor, bear a name and address so someone could possibly be traced and fined for littering.
 
99% of TV presenters "exclusively revealing" and monetising every aspect of their dull lives. The problem with these arseholes is they are feted by similar junior types trying to get up the ladder. Schofield etc and goofy Garraway - most of them just read what they're told.

David Attenborough and Ray Mears seemed the only decent sorts and Ray seems to have disappeared into an Arctic wilderness. The rest of them seem to be trying to rinse every penny they can get before they're rumbled for whatever. Don't mind Mortimer & Whitehouse though.
 
mexico1970 said:
On any yank TV show or film the pursuers can tell which direction they are facing even if they are chasing some perp through an underground car park.

Yanks must be like homing pigeons.
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Most American cities have a simple grid system of streets, I can always tell which direction I’m going….drives the wife crazy as she is clueless with any directions
 
Barcon said:
Any man that doesn't know which way he is facing at all times is very much in touch with "his" feminine side.
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Everyone is so reliant on phones these days, I have a great app on my phone called ‘On X’
Highly recommend but when I’m out in the woods I keep it for backup only, like to use a compass more
 
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