Re: People you shouldn't trust
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2021 6:13 pm
The guy or girl in charge of the BBC website spoiling the result of the University Challenge final
A group for contestants and lovers of the Channel 4 game show 'Countdown'.
http://c4countdown.co.uk/
Agreed. Might start calling it a check hook instead. Much more effective.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 4:12 pm People who call it a jab. It just sounds annoying, right?
CJE*Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 4:12 pm People who boast on Facebook etc. about having had a COVID vaccination (especially those who add that NHS frame thing to their profile picture). We get it. You're not a conspiracy theorist anti-science anti-vaccine lunatic. It's a pretty low bar.
People who call it a jab. It just sounds annoying, right?
It got down to about 12 at one point but it has been over 20. It changes very frequently so I check multiple times a day.Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 6:27 pmCJE*Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 4:12 pm People who boast on Facebook etc. about having had a COVID vaccination (especially those who add that NHS frame thing to their profile picture). We get it. You're not a conspiracy theorist anti-science anti-vaccine lunatic. It's a pretty low bar.
People who call it a jab. It just sounds annoying, right?
*Covid jab envy.
How many miles away now is it Gev?
There isn't an official certificate or anything. So I'm not sure you're supposed to ask for evidence.Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 4:30 pm People who are exempt from wearing masks refusing to provide evidence when trying to buy their shopping inciting violation of their human rights
I thought there was a form you could download and wear as a colleague of mine said he would not wear a lanyard as it is like 1930s GermanyGavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 7:10 pmThere isn't an official certificate or anything. So I'm not sure you're supposed to ask for evidence.Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 4:30 pm People who are exempt from wearing masks refusing to provide evidence when trying to buy their shopping inciting violation of their human rights
Matt Rutherford said in another thread about buying lanyards online but I don't know if they're official or just something to look official as a way of shutting people up, and perhaps a money-maker.Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 8:09 pmI thought there was a form you could download and wear as a colleague of mine said he would not wear a lanyard as it is like 1930s GermanyGavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 7:10 pmThere isn't an official certificate or anything. So I'm not sure you're supposed to ask for evidence.Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 4:30 pm People who are exempt from wearing masks refusing to provide evidence when trying to buy their shopping inciting violation of their human rights
If you have an age, health or disability reason for not wearing a face covering:
you do not routinely need to show any written evidence of this
you do not need show an exemption card
This means that you do not need to seek advice or request a letter from a medical professional about your reason for not wearing a face covering.
However, some people may feel more comfortable showing something that says they do not have to wear a face covering. This could be in the form of an exemption card, badge or even a home-made sign.
Carrying an exemption card or badge is a personal choice and is not required by law.
I have a problem with members of my family that don't spell out my surname in the right way.Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 6:11 am People who DON'T read out phone numbers as (xxxx) pause (xxx) pause (xxx).
I think Americans do it in reverse with the 4 digits at the end
01223 CambridgeMarc Meakin wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 6:11 am People who DON'T read out phone numbers as (xxxx) pause (xxx) pause (xxx).
Indeed I did I won't correct it though.
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 6:11 am People who DON'T read out phone numbers as (xxxx) pause (xxx) pause (xxx).
I think Americans do it in reverse with the 4 digits at the end
Well, look what I found from 2019:Jon O'Neill wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 3:52 pm
While we're at it, encoding these in what I'm going to call Crossword Notation (e.g. xxxxx xxx xxx) rather than what I'm going to call Football Formation Notation (e.g. 5-3-3) is definitely indicative of underlying untrustworthiness. Truly psychopathic behaviour.
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Fri Aug 23, 2019 11:00 am People who don't say their mobile phone number in the 5/3/3 format
People who do do that in a clips quiz based on a couple of seconds of a different part of the song.Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 11:51 am People who don't join in a spontaneous rendition of Sweet Caroline, especially the ba ba baaaas.
Not crap per se but not the best drummer in the Beatles
And even the repeated so goods,?Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 11:51 am People who don't join in a spontaneous rendition of Sweet Caroline, especially the ba ba baaaas.
There's no record of Lennon ever actually saying that, even though it sounds like the sort of thing he would say. Bit like Hemingway, he sometimes gets credited for saying things he didn't.
I was thinking of Pete BestPaul Anderson wrote: ↑Fri Oct 08, 2021 9:27 am He was most definitely the best drummer in the Beatles, Paul even copying Ringo's style on occasion.
This is so stupid I immediately assumed Rhys had said it.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Oct 08, 2021 2:22 pm Surely drummers are all basically the same. Once you reach the point where you can actually play the drums.
I mean, you don't listen to music for the drums.
Don't be dissing Keith Moons legendary drum solos.Paul Anderson wrote: ↑Fri Oct 08, 2021 1:55 pm Or, Ringo played to The Beatles strengths...
Fabulous compositional drummer, as you rightly pointed out in Something, but there are many more examples. Drum solos and all that wank was a 70's phenomenon
Perhaps this should be one for the questions thread, but what is that stuff they put in jam doughnuts anyway, cos it sure ain't anything like actual jam.Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sat Nov 27, 2021 1:21 pm The people that put the jam in a Sainsbury jam doughnut.
Almost none in each one for two weeks now
Do people claim he did?
I think I read a headline on my news feed that irked me at the time
Yes. Michael Masi in particular.
I do wear my fitbit though mainly for the alarmGavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 6:52 pmYes. Michael Masi in particular.
Also, people who wear their watch in bed. Borderline pyschopathic.
Not an excuse. Put it on the side.Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 9:41 pmI do wear my fitbit though mainly for the alarmGavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 6:52 pmYes. Michael Masi in particular.
Also, people who wear their watch in bed. Borderline pyschopathic.
It vibrates on my wrist though i think I would sleep through if it was on the side.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 9:58 pmNot an excuse. Put it on the side.Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 9:41 pmI do wear my fitbit though mainly for the alarmGavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 6:52 pm
Yes. Michael Masi in particular.
Also, people who wear their watch in bed. Borderline pyschopathic.
This. I share a bedroom with someone who doesn't want to be woken by my alarm clock blaring, so a near-silent vibration on my wrist is the perfect compromise. Not to mention that my clock radio is quite bright.Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Mon Dec 13, 2021 8:21 amIt vibrates on my wrist though i think I would sleep through if it was on the side.
Plus it monitors my sleeping pattern
I wear mine in bed because it monitors my heart rate and sleep, and one day that extra data might be useful. It hasn't had any value beyond satisfying a bit of curiosity so far, I admit. It's all moot anyway because I cross my 7s and do separate hats on my 5s so you already don't trust me.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 6:52 pm Also, people who wear their watch in bed. Borderline pyschopathic.
Guilty, guilty. Can't be bothered to change the units on my watch. Can you not do the conversion in your head, Mr Numbers? And sometimes I have nothing to say about a mundane run. I'm not sure "Easy Flitch Way 8-miler" is any more imaginative than "Morning Run".Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Dec 15, 2021 6:31 pm Speaking of activity tracking - people who do a run/race that is a set distance in miles or km, but always just leave their watch in the other unit rather than changing it for the event. (I've seen a lot of people log their parkrun in miles.)
People who log their runs on Strava but just leave them as their default name - e.g. Morning Run or Afternoon Run.
Well, on Strava it comes up with whatever units I've got in my setting anyway, but I just find it slightly strange when I hear people's watches beeping at the mile intervals in a parkrun. And when people talk about whether a parkrun is long or short, they're like "I measured it as 3.14 today." Great. That's quite short. It's meant to be 5.Tim Down wrote: ↑Thu Dec 16, 2021 2:45 pmGuilty, guilty. Can't be bothered to change the units on my watch. Can you not do the conversion in your head, Mr Numbers? And sometimes I have nothing to say about a mundane run. I'm not sure "Easy Flitch Way 8-miler" is any more imaginative than "Morning Run".Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Dec 15, 2021 6:31 pm Speaking of activity tracking - people who do a run/race that is a set distance in miles or km, but always just leave their watch in the other unit rather than changing it for the event. (I've seen a lot of people log their parkrun in miles.)
People who log their runs on Strava but just leave them as their default name - e.g. Morning Run or Afternoon Run.
Here's one I'm not quite sure of but am going with it anyway: runners whose watches beep. It's the equivalent of a Crazy Frog ringtone on a phone, and we've all moved on from that, thankfully. Just set it to vibrate.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Dec 16, 2021 3:25 pmWell, on Strava it comes up with whatever units I've got in my setting anyway, but I just find it slightly strange when I hear people's watches beeping at the mile intervals in a parkrun. And when people talk about whether a parkrun is long or short, they're like "I measured it as 3.14 today." Great. That's quite short. It's meant to be 5.Tim Down wrote: ↑Thu Dec 16, 2021 2:45 pmGuilty, guilty. Can't be bothered to change the units on my watch. Can you not do the conversion in your head, Mr Numbers? And sometimes I have nothing to say about a mundane run. I'm not sure "Easy Flitch Way 8-miler" is any more imaginative than "Morning Run".Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Dec 15, 2021 6:31 pm Speaking of activity tracking - people who do a run/race that is a set distance in miles or km, but always just leave their watch in the other unit rather than changing it for the event. (I've seen a lot of people log their parkrun in miles.)
People who log their runs on Strava but just leave them as their default name - e.g. Morning Run or Afternoon Run.
This made me lol. A Gev kudos is awarded entirely on the basis of the activity owner having changed its title from the default. Good to know.As for the name, well I suppose changing it shows some effort! But the worst is when it's not even "run" or "cycle" etc. but "activity". I give kudos (essentially likes on Strava for those who have no idea what's going on) to pretty much everything in my feed, but if I come across something like "Evening activity" with nothing to explain what might have happened, it goes unkudosed.
Mine upload themselves to Strava from Garmin and get the default name. Changing it requires you to log into Strava and do stuff - sometimes I bother, sometimes I don't. But a lunch run round the pavements is a lunch run - not sure what else I could call it!Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Dec 15, 2021 6:31 pm People who log their runs on Strava but just leave them as their default name - e.g. Morning Run or Afternoon Run.