amos hames
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Is there something in modern life that really annoys you. It could be a gadget. Person. Institution. Newspaper. Politician . Anything that really makes your blood boil. Your thoughts and comments please.
Hello Amos hope you are feeling a lot better can I please make a suggestion that we perhaps limit this in a similar vein to Desert Island discs where they nominate individual items in individual categories or this thread will grow to an unmanageable volume of replies. Perhaps most annoying gadget, person[which could encompass Politician if they are your greatest annoyance] and institution would be appropriate ?
This is more like the stuff I am looking for. Been a bit of a slow burner this threadHi All
Well where do I start. If it is a person it has to be Jeremy Clarkson in number one spot.
Gadgets right now trying to get spotify (A music App) to work in conjunction with my laptop, and failing miserably.
Politician, may avoid this one to stay away from the subject. However initials are DC.
TV programmes. Soaps and reality TV. Don't understand why shows like are much beloved LOSTW got canned and they will throw thousands at programmes that give platform to mindless idiots who could not get by in life any other way
That a start but may be back with more later.
1. Politicians. ALL Politicians. As a wise man once said, "anyone who has a desire to be a politician should be forever banned from becoming one!"
A long time bête noire for me, excessively nit-picking on-line payment routines, and I wouldn't mind but it just happened to me again in conjunction with this website.
Went to make an on-line payment and filled in all the details including all the card numbers etc. Some requirements auto-filled including, in particular, my home telephone number. Pressed 'Proceed' icon only to be hit with dreaded red instruction to ensure I had entered valid telephone number. What had been auto-filled was the international version (starting +44 or whatever) which as far as I and many others are concerned is perfectly valid. I can live with that but what really annoys me is that all the credit card detail which I had punctiliously entered previously had been deleted. Just don't know why they do that!
Other reasons I recall why what has been entered is not considered acceptable:
Correctly entering a space between area dialling code and the local number.
Correctly putting a space in the postal code.
Failure to have a line to enter in one's address between the street and the town.
Failure to enter a county name when it does not in fact constitute a valid part of one's postal address as defined by Royal Mail.
In some instances I have been absolutely bamboozled by exactly what the quirky system considers invalid.
A long time bête noire for me, excessively nit-picking on-line payment routines, and I wouldn't mind but it just happened to me again in conjunction with this website.
Went to make an on-line payment and filled in all the details including all the card numbers etc. Some requirements auto-filled including, in particular, my home telephone number. Pressed 'Proceed' icon only to be hit with dreaded red instruction to ensure I had entered valid telephone number. What had been auto-filled was the international version (starting +44 or whatever) which as far as I and many others are concerned is perfectly valid. I can live with that but what really annoys me is that all the credit card detail which I had punctiliously entered previously had been deleted. Just don't know why they do that!
Other reasons I recall why what has been entered is not considered acceptable:
Correctly entering a space between area dialling code and the local number.
Correctly putting a space in the postal code.
Failure to have a line to enter in one's address between the street and the town.
Failure to enter a county name when it does not in fact constitute a valid part of one's postal address as defined by Royal Mail.
In some instances I have been absolutely bamboozled by exactly what the quirky system considers invalid.
Wow everyone seems happy with modern Tech.
Ha Ha course it was.Hope that is tongue in cheek Amos.:me: