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What really grinds your gears?

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ChrisHB Oct 2023 11:59am, 23 Oct 2023 22,724 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB There is a Welsh one, as I'm sure you know, and most of the E coast of Scotland seems to be OK or in progress.
Little Nemo Oct 2023 6:30pm, 23 Oct 2023 14,057 posts	Quote Pin Little Nemo Discovering that the tub of soup I bought for lunch had a split in it by the time I got it home from the shops - grrrr!
3M Oct 2023 8:04pm, 23 Oct 2023 22,413 posts	Quote Pin 3M This. At the end of a working day. 15 minutes later it locked and wouldn't restart. Tomorrow is another day...
Eynsham Red Oct 2023 8:14pm, 23 Oct 2023 10,102 posts	Quote Pin Eynsham Red Because I rarely use it, my bike “Big” light spends more time on charge than illuminated because I suspect the voltage monitoring circuit is always active and drains the battery.
GordonG Oct 2023 5:45pm, 25 Oct 2023 10,084 posts	Quote Pin GordonG This. At the end of a working day. 15 minutes later it locked and wouldn't restart. Tomorrow is another day... And when it gets to 100% sometimes it just sits there, still doing something .
Surrey Phil Oct 2023 6:09pm, 25 Oct 2023 9,851 posts	Quote Pin Surrey Phil For some reason at the start of the day, my work laptop waits until I've opened all the software, programs, Outlook and documents I need before telling me that I need to restart it for the updates. Now, do I close everything down and restart it again or wait until the end of the day and go through the same issues as 3M?
3M Oct 2023 7:00pm, 25 Oct 2023 22,432 posts	Quote Pin 3M Surrey Phil, that's what lunchtimes are for! (If you think about it, that is!)
Surrey Phil Oct 2023 8:00pm, 25 Oct 2023 9,852 posts	Quote Pin Surrey Phil I don't know what a lunchbreak is anymore! We're supposed to have a minimum of 30 minutes although mine tend to be to grab a sandwich and keep going. Regarding the computer restarts, I recently restarted it first thing in the morning and got another request mid-afternoon; i.e. two restarts in one day.
westmoors Oct 2023 7:53am, 26 Oct 2023 7,807 posts	Quote Pin westmoors We don't get an option on the restarts, we get a pop-up saying your PC will start in 15, 14:59, 14:58....So its save and close everything down then go and make a cup of tea/coffee.
LazyDaisy Oct 2023 9:57pm, 27 Oct 2023 39,001 posts	Quote Pin LazyDaisy The owners of the house next door (not permanent residents here) have given the house over to their friends for the weekend. No problem with that, except that this bunch are the ones with a dog who barks non-stop when they leave it alone in the house. It's now been barking for two and a half hours. I feel sorry for the dog but very cross with the dog owners who are well aware that their dog does this, as they've sheepishly referred to it on previous visits.