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Trivial things that annoy you

Discussion in 'General Off Topic Discussion' started by Minty, Feb 19, 2017.

  1. RM

    RM Registered User

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    Is this personal to your store or a recording that plays in all of them? Worth a visit for this alone I feel.
     
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    I’m guessing all of them as it does it in both of the ones here and I doubt that Stretford Ends local store is Grimsby. :laugh:
     
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  3. StretfordEnd

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    It's in all of them round here, and it's a recording so probably common to all branches. :(
     
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    It’s piss poor from Rodgers, and absolutely no chance he’d be saying “Good boy” to Geoff Shreeves.
     
  5. Taffy

    Taffy C'mon you reds.

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    He prefers " gorgeous one".
     
  6. StretfordEnd

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    Had blurry vision in my right eye for a week, occasionally accompanied by some flashing lights. Been to SpecSavers today and had lots of strange tests, and it seems I have the beginnings of a cataract which may require removal in "7 or 8 years". Otherwise my eyesight continues to be tickety boo, the blurriness is a 'floater' caused by the shrinking of the vitreous gel which can produce wavy collagen strands (fibrils).

    Time and tide . . . :shrug
     
  7. Lugna rambler

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    no detached retina though?

    I got the advice recently about such things live never experienced.
     
  8. StretfordEnd

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    Not so far, the shrinking of the gel is a natural aging process that can happen to anyone over 50 apparently. However during the process it can, in very, very rare cases snag the retina and cause further issues. :hopefully
     
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    specsavers might be a big chain but they do the job very well
     
  10. StretfordEnd

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    I can't complain, cost a tenner and I was in and out within an hour, albeit after filling in the forms on my phone the day before.
     
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    they told.me I had long eyeballs or some such so to watch out for what you said that'd why I asked
     
  12. Pagnell

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    Had exactly the same thing 3-4 years back. Got used to it now.

    How old are you, if you don't mind me asking?
     
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    Me too. My parents have both had laser surgery for cataracts and they've both said it's like having the eyesight of a kestrel afterwards.

    Oh, and Stret is old enough to remember United signing Tommy Taylor from Barnsley..
     
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    Pagnell MISERABLE C**T

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    This is going to sound a bit heartless, and it really isn't meant to be. But I find it mildly irritating that so often, whenever a tragedy or crime happens involving someone dying, there is a call for a law to be named after the victim.
     
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    No doubt this started in America.

    Does feel like the previous victims of a particular crime are not important and get forgotten about because now it is all about one person.
     
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    Si Robin Cheltenham Spa - Ra ra ra

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    The first time I remember it being a thing was when Sarah Payne went missing in 2000 having been abducted and murdered by a known child sex offender.

    Sarah's Law was brought in to allow parents to request disclosure on anyone who may have contact with their children (or something along those lines).

    Looking it up - that was so named because in the US they had Megan's Law, so there's logic in your argument Taffy.
     
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    Amazon over excessive packaging.

    Ordered a roll of stickers for work. (6cm x 5cm x 6cm) It came in a box, large enough to fit a microwave in, also with tons of bubble wrap/cardboard streams inside too.
     
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  18. Taffy

    Taffy C'mon you reds.

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    Bubble wrap for a pack of stickers. Crazy.
     
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    I remember ordering a memory card from Dell many years ago and it turned up in a box big enough to hold 3 shoe boxes weighing absolutely nothing. The delivery driver laughed asking why they'd sent me an empty box so I opened it in front of him. Inside was a single sheet of paper for the delivery note and an envelope like those ones little gift card ones you get on bouquets taped to the bottom of the box holding the memory card :laugh:
     
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    Putting the clocks forward.

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