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McGoohan Apr 2017 10:08pm, 6 Apr 2017 28,791 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan Windows programs that crash that give you the options of - Do you want to debug this program? - Wait for it to respond - restart but don't give you a 'Just close it' option
Carpathius Apr 2017 10:52pm, 6 Apr 2017 11,608 posts	Quote 1 pin Carpathius That Oral B electric toothbrush advert. "Don't just get any one... Oral B, the one with the round brush head" stupid woman points to it They all have round brush heads. Have they never seen another brand of electric toothbrush?
WA Apr 2017 11:00pm, 6 Apr 2017 4,518 posts	Quote Pin WA This may be a bit niche, but it really annoys me that The Archers won't load on the radio iPlayer. I don't want to go to downloads. I don't even want to try again. I just want to listen to the bloody programme.
mad4purple Apr 2017 11:09pm, 6 Apr 2017 35,913 posts	Quote Pin mad4purple [carp they don't, we've got a Philips (Phillips?) sonicare one, not a round brush at all]
Dvorak Apr 2017 11:16pm, 6 Apr 2017 13,450 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak [is that phone/tablet or PC, WA? I just tried it and it worked on my Android phone.] Relatedly, that some programmes are just randomly not downloading on the iPlayer radio app. Sometimes at about 6%, but one reached 90%+. Grrr. [WS, it did look a cracking holiday. Especially in Cap'n Nemo's mini-sub.]
WA Apr 2017 11:20pm, 6 Apr 2017 4,519 posts	Quote Pin WA [iphone Dvorak. Can get older episodes but most recent ones won't load until a few data later. Just get a "this content is unavailable " message]
WA Apr 2017 11:21pm, 6 Apr 2017 4,520 posts	Quote Pin WA [days. Not data]
Helegant Apr 2017 11:44pm, 6 Apr 2017 4,497 posts	Quote Pin Helegant The web-site that insisted I tick 'yes' to having read the terms and conditions (pages of the stuff), then when I did, opened it in the same frame, which couldn't be closed without booting me off the original page.
CharlieP Apr 2017 9:06am, 7 Apr 2017 726 posts	Quote Pin CharlieP The BBC calling railway stations 'train stations'.
CharlieP Apr 2017 12:57pm, 7 Apr 2017 727 posts	Quote Pin CharlieP The iZettle TV advert. Not only because it's crap, but because it perpetrates a fallacy.