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What really grinds your gears?

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smash Sep 2017 7:17am, 28 Sep 2017 525 posts	Quote Pin smash Not knowing which is worse; a cyclist on an unlit path with no lights, or the one with one flashing white light attached to the back of her rucksack. Took me ages to work out what was going on.
XB Sep 2017 11:39am, 28 Sep 2017 5,935 posts	Quote Pin XB Traffic lights. I waste so much time at them. Temporary traffic lights are even worse.
Markymarkmark Sep 2017 11:43am, 28 Sep 2017 5,811 posts	Quote Pin Markymarkmark [Easy answer XB. Wear a hoodie, tuck your trousers into your socks, and ignore them completely. (Or maybe not. But seems to be the preferred option around here in some areas.)]
Red Squirrel Sep 2017 2:03pm, 28 Sep 2017 20,285 posts	Quote Pin Red Squirrel I feel really moany this week and intolerant. It's bloody work all the time. I've got a colleague who's got no common sense at all. None whatsoever. ... and no sense of initiative or urgency, happy to leave me to shoulder the responsibility and stress. I'm ready to snap not just with them but with this place. Management have put us in a shoebox with fire doors and no airflow. A colleague is sat on a heater and I'm boiling. Are there benefits to a work sauna? Oh an incessant questions about really simple everyday things. How the hell do they leave the house and get here in one piece?
DoricQuine Sep 2017 6:27pm, 28 Sep 2017 3,575 posts	Quote Pin DoricQuine Taking in towels that have been on the line all day and are just as damp as when I hung them out,
Eynsham Red Sep 2017 8:11pm, 30 Sep 2017 2,014 posts	Quote Pin Eynsham Red Email from Virgin Oxford Half Marathon today offering 20% off at Asics shops for runners. Lovely, but they are all in London! This is the Oxford Half Marathon and the majority of runners will be local! This sort of "special offer" really annoys me, apparently offering something but for most entrants it's simply not worthwhile!
postieboy Oct 2017 12:46pm, 1 Oct 2017 4,817 posts	Quote Pin postieboy Why do they make learning literacy so complicated now? I never remember it being so difficult back in my day. If I can't understand the question, what chance has a child got?
Hitch Oct 2017 6:44pm, 1 Oct 2017 4,263 posts	Quote Pin Hitch Similar thing to you Eynsham, advert to go the the open day of any one of their gyms for entries of Bournemouth Marathon from a sponsor. Nearest one of their gyms to Bournemouth is 50 miles away.
ChrisHB Oct 2017 9:17pm, 1 Oct 2017 15,415 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB Month names being mutilated in a good cause: bacontober - eat bacon every day in October sleepember - get enough sleep in November
Fierce and Fearless Fleecy Oct 2017 9:42pm, 1 Oct 2017 37,444 posts	Quote Pin Fierce and Fearless Fleecy Yogtober and Yotember annoy you then Chris?