What really grinds your gears?

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Carpathius Apr 2017 9:56pm, 26 Apr 2017 11,708 posts	0 Carpathius No idea - I pay a tenner to get my hair cut, or £12 if I want it dried before leaving the hairdressers.
CharlieP Apr 2017 9:59pm, 26 Apr 2017 759 posts	0 CharlieP You could easily save £2 by taking an umbrella with you if it's raining. Or am I missing something?
Carpathius Apr 2017 10:03pm, 26 Apr 2017 11,709 posts	0 Carpathius If it were raining, that would be one of the times I don't bother with the £2 extra!
Dvorak Apr 2017 12:40am, 27 Apr 2017 13,534 posts	0 Dvorak Generally well-respected running shop publishing an infographic of pish in order to sell gels etc. "FACT: Your body can only store around 90 mins worth of carbohydrate!" NOT FACT. If that were true, your typical four-hour marathoner would be hitting the wall at around mile ten.
Lesley C Apr 2017 8:05am, 27 Apr 2017 1,108 posts	0 Lesley C When we get e-mails at work saying there is restricted parking in our car park, then you come in extra early to get a space to find the whole thing is closed. Then when you look out mid morning and see there are only 4 or so cars parked there.
CharlieP Apr 2017 11:54am, 27 Apr 2017 760 posts	0 CharlieP 1. People who can't handle compound nouns, so their emails and texts are full of things like Park Run, chamber maid, post man, sauce pan etc. 2. People who go the other way, and write nevermind, thankyou, aswell, abit, alot and worse. 3. The fact that the two things don't cancel each other out and ungrind my gears.
Badger Apr 2017 12:12pm, 27 Apr 2017 8,340 posts	0 Badger [Weren't you complaining about news items referring to mainline rather than main line services just the other day?] Inconsistent people
Helegant Apr 2017 12:34pm, 27 Apr 2017 4,617 posts	0 Helegant BT. Still.
Brandon Apr 2017 12:42pm, 27 Apr 2017 56 posts	0 Brandon People replying to my email and feel the need to cc four other people in? If I wanted their input I'd have sent it to them in the first place. I suspect you are trying to impress someone else. Well done you.
CharlieP Apr 2017 2:31pm, 27 Apr 2017 762 posts	0 CharlieP Yes, because 'mainline' is an adjective (mainline stations) and 'main line' the noun phrase (East Coast Main Line). Just like everyday things you do every day. Unfortunately in this age of spellcheckers the distinction is lost on many people.