I drive holding the bottom of the steering wheel and one hand on the gear stick, it is too much of an annoyance to have to wave back at top of the wheel steerers who only have to casually flick their finger at you.
I've seen it suggested that the 'ten-to-two' grip position is likely to result in greater arm / shoulder injuries in the event of airbag activation than if grip position is 'twenty-past-eight'
I hope this tedious postie does not ruin a Good Friday for anyone
(15-04-2022, 09:25 PM)Butty Brennan Wrote: [ -> ]I drive holding the bottom of the steering wheel and one hand on the gear stick, it is too much of an annoyance to have to wave back at top of the wheel steerers who only have to casually flick their finger at you.
Did you pass your test driving like that?
I drive like I'm glued to the steering wheel
and it took me a few tries to pass my test
(16-04-2022, 07:05 PM)jp liz v1 Wrote: [ -> ]I drive like I'm glued to the steering wheel and it took me a few tries to pass my test
I was the same at first: death grip on the steering wheel. Death stare straight ahead and deathly complexion from nerves.
Asshole neighbours have turned their apartment into an early nightclub. It could be a long night.
(17-04-2022, 08:07 PM)nothing Wrote: [ -> ]Asshole neighbours have turned their apartment into an early nightclub. It could be a long night.
Blazing row with them about half an hour ago, they've copped on. Still put in a complaint because I'm at my wits end, if it's not them, it's below me or across from me. No surprise I'm not getting any better.
That's shit @
nothing, some people are just inconsiderate assholes.
(17-04-2022, 11:57 PM)Leg End Reject Wrote: [ -> ]That's shit @nothing, some people are just inconsiderate assholes.
For sure. Took a full hour to completely calm down, but grand now, and they didn't play anymore at a crazy level. Sheep rustling planning is a great distraction!
Fucking Ryanair
They overbooked the flight to Liverpool. 5 of us left hanging, waiting for no shows. There were 4, I was the only one travelling by myself so everyone's looking at me. We're all going to the match, next flight cuts it really fine, and I'm meeting a mate I've not seen for three years before. Tried to work it out amicably but the gate staff start arguing that it's first come (me) first serve, I ask what the alternative is and they just shout that if I don't board now, no one goes. So I went, but I think a couple of lads got split up, don't know what happened. So fucking stressful.
On the bus into Liverpool now though, trying to flush the stress from my head before I meet my mates. I need some beer. Which means the 8:30 flight tomorrow morning will hurt 🙈
(19-04-2022, 04:14 PM)E.N. Wrote: [ -> ]Fucking Ryanair
They overbooked the flight to Liverpool. 5 of us left hanging, waiting for no shows. There were 4, I was the only one travelling by myself so everyone's looking at me. We're all going to the match, next flight cuts it really fine, and I'm meeting a mate I've not seen for three years before. Tried to work it out amicably but the gate staff start arguing that it's first come (me) first serve, I ask what the alternative is and they just shout that if I don't board now, no one goes. So I went, but I think a couple of lads got split up, don't know what happened. So fucking stressful.
On the bus into Liverpool now though, trying to flush the stress from my head before I meet my mates. I need some beer. Which means the 8:30 flight tomorrow morning will hurt 🙈
Did you fly from Dublin @
E.N. Enjoy
(19-04-2022, 04:14 PM)E.N. Wrote: [ -> ]Fucking Ryanair
They overbooked the flight to Liverpool. 5 of us left hanging, waiting for no shows. There were 4, I was the only one travelling by myself so everyone's looking at me. We're all going to the match, next flight cuts it really fine, and I'm meeting a mate I've not seen for three years before. Tried to work it out amicably but the gate staff start arguing that it's first come (me) first serve, I ask what the alternative is and they just shout that if I don't board now, no one goes. So I went, but I think a couple of lads got split up, don't know what happened. So fucking stressful.
On the bus into Liverpool now though, trying to flush the stress from my head before I meet my mates. I need some beer. Which means the 8:30 flight tomorrow morning will hurt 🙈
Hopefully a good omen, enjoy the game
(17-04-2022, 09:56 PM)nothing Wrote: [ -> ] (17-04-2022, 08:07 PM)nothing Wrote: [ -> ]Asshole neighbours have turned their apartment into an early nightclub. It could be a long night.
Blazing row with them about half an hour ago, they've copped on. Still put in a complaint because I'm at my wits end, if it's not them, it's below me or across from me. No surprise I'm not getting any better.
In this ongoing mini series, I have a bruised wrist from hammering the door, and this morning spoke to the manager/agent for the landlord who was quite sympathetic and was happy to be sent the recording of the whole thing. He said he'll send them an email, which is more than I expected.
(19-04-2022, 04:38 PM)jp liz v1 Wrote: [ -> ]Did you fly from Dublin @E.N. Enjoy
Yep!
(19-04-2022, 06:06 PM)Kol Wrote: [ -> ]Hopefully a good omen, enjoy the game
Ha ha, it was!
Back in Liverpool Airport now. Genuinely not sure how I made it here this morning! I'm wrecked 🙈
(20-04-2022, 03:04 AM)Leg End Reject Wrote: [ -> ]![[Image: cant-sleep-bugs-bunny.gif]](https://c.tenor.com/y_XvZbAr8SkAAAAC/cant-sleep-bugs-bunny.gif)
Same.
Literally been on about 2-3 hours sleep from past 48-72 hours. The joys of exam time! But I'm done for now...until the next batch (including possible resets) in September....
...and then for the next 5-10 years after that.
Why do people allow their kids to run wild, roaring and screaming
(20-04-2022, 01:04 PM)Homer J. Fong Wrote: [ -> ]...The joys of exam time! But I'm done for now...until the next batch (including possible resets) in September....
...and then for the next 5-10 years after that.
What exams are those Homer?
The timing is quite actuarial...
(20-04-2022, 03:29 PM)E.N. Wrote: [ -> ] (20-04-2022, 01:04 PM)Homer J. Fong Wrote: [ -> ]...The joys of exam time! But I'm done for now...until the next batch (including possible resets) in September....
...and then for the next 5-10 years after that.
What exams are those Homer?
The timing is quite actuarial...
Actuarial is right!
Did my Leaving Cert in 2007, maths was my weakest subject.....15 years later I'm doing notoriously difficult math-heavy exams to try and qualify for a job before I turn 40.
Joining the dots as to how this happened is left as an exercise for the reader.
Hint: it involves lots of questionable life choices and very poor decisions.
(20-04-2022, 03:55 PM)Homer J. Fong Wrote: [ -> ] (20-04-2022, 03:29 PM)E.N. Wrote: [ -> ]What exams are those Homer?
The timing is quite actuarial...
Actuarial is right!
Did my Leaving Cert in 2007, maths was my weakest subject.....15 years later I'm doing notoriously difficult math-heavy exams to try and qualify for a job before I turn 40.
Joining the dots as to how this happened is left as an exercise for the reader.
Hint: it involves lots of questionable life choices and very poor decisions.
😂
Good luck with them!
That's my field, so I know exactly how hard they are. I bailed on the exams after 13/15 (old system), but it's not really held me back with work, luckily. Need to do the paperwork to become an associate soon, but I'm very lazy!
(20-04-2022, 02:49 PM)jp liz v1 Wrote: [ -> ]Why do people allow their kids to run wild, roaring and screaming
...and parents who encourage it, acting like it's childrens God given riights to act like banchees, and you are the bad guy for not appreciating such "cute" behaviour.
My rant is my sleep pattern, it sucks ....I am to blame, but even when I try to fix it, sleep doesn't cooperate.
I really need to work on my arm muscles, so that every time I cut the hedge I don't have pain the day after.
(19-04-2022, 04:14 PM)E.N. Wrote: [ -> ]Fucking Ryanair
To restore the balance...
Irish Ferries have cancelled our boat to Wales in 10 days, something wrong with it. They've been really helpful, booked us with Stena on the other route and given us a partial refund
We were meant to be out in Dublin tonight but had to cancel as our daughter is smothered with a cold.
Camden Court Hotel refunded us when we cancelled, even though we were outside the cancellation window
So there are still some companies with good customer service
(22-04-2022, 12:46 PM)Neowise Wrote: [ -> ]I really need to work on my arm muscles, so that every time I cut the hedge I don't have pain the day after.
Also gotta have guns
(22-04-2022, 08:35 PM)E.N. Wrote: [ -> ] (19-04-2022, 04:14 PM)E.N. Wrote: [ -> ]Fucking Ryanair
To restore the balance...
Irish Ferries have cancelled our boat to Wales in 10 days, something wrong with it. They've been really helpful, booked us with Stena on the other route and given us a partial refund
We were meant to be out in Dublin tonight but had to cancel as our daughter is smothered with a cold. Camden Court Hotel refunded us when we cancelled, even though we were outside the cancellation window
So there are still some companies with good customer service
Has Mrs. E.N. seen this?
https://www.rte.ie/news/2022/0422/129379...aches-bus/
Goddamn sleep pattern is so easily messed up. *shakes fist at tweeting birds*
My rant is the state of our roads is shocking. I went into uch a bad pothole this morning that it's lucky my wheel wasn't badly damaged. The roads are covered in them.
The workers now will tarmac a road and leave manholes and drains with several inches of a drop from the road surface which is just as bad as a pothole.
Then in some places the road is broke off at the sides on narrow stretches where you will need to swerve to avoid a car coming at you.
I've been wanting to vent that one for a while.
Get your rear in gear co council. Stop ignoring dangerous roads.
A bugbear of mine is cars weaving in and out of lanes on motorways. It's particularly annoying when they who go across two or three lanes at the last minute to get to the inner-most lane to exit the motorway. Another one is where someone moves into the lane for exiting in order to undercut traffic before re-joining the main lanes of the motorway.
The above reminds me of equally dangerous and annoying behaviour at approach roads coming towards a junction with a motorway. I have seen this quite a few times on the green route road between Sandyford and the M50 Ballinteer/Dundrum junction. There are two lanes as you approach the junction. The left is for going straight towards the M50 and the second is for going straight as well (two lanes to enter the M50) or for turning right into a roundabout for Rathfarnham/Ballinteer/Dundrum. What I see is people turning right from the left hand side. Dangerous on two grounds: (1) someone could be going straight on from the right lane, (2) once you exit right off the approach road, there are two lanes and you will have your left access blocked by the idiot who used the wrong lane. This in turn reminds me of people who use the wrong lanes at roundabouts. It's very annoying if you try to do the right thing and some idiot nearly runs in to you, or you have to let them through.
While I am at it and probably at the other end of the scale, it is annoying to see cars hogging an overtaking lane on a motorway but not overtaking. Why can't they stay in the normal/slowest lane? Is it lack of understanding of how motorways work in that case?
As a general rule, I'd say these people...
(26-04-2022, 11:17 AM)Declan A Walsh Wrote: [ -> ]A bugbear of mine is cars weaving in and out of lanes on motorways
...are often reacting to these people...
(26-04-2022, 11:17 AM)Declan A Walsh Wrote: [ -> ]While I am at it and probably at the other end of the scale, it is annoying to see cars hogging an overtaking lane on a motorway but not overtaking. Why can't they stay in the normal/slowest lane? Is it lack of understanding of how motorways work in that case?
(26-04-2022, 11:21 AM)E.N. Wrote: [ -> ]As a general rule, I'd say these people...
(26-04-2022, 11:17 AM)Declan A Walsh Wrote: [ -> ]A bugbear of mine is cars weaving in and out of lanes on motorways
...are often reacting to these people...
(26-04-2022, 11:17 AM)Declan A Walsh Wrote: [ -> ]While I am at it and probably at the other end of the scale, it is annoying to see cars hogging an overtaking lane on a motorway but not overtaking. Why can't they stay in the normal/slowest lane? Is it lack of understanding of how motorways work in that case?
There is a connection between the two events alright, but not always. I see some drivers constantly at this weaving behaviour without any provocation.
Another thing that is most annoying is if you are overtaking a few cars on a motorway (some of whom could be those lane hoggers) and there is someone tailgating you. Even if someone was hogging a lane, which would not be the case this time, they should never be tailgated. If you brake, they could be straight into the back of you. It is an offence that carries penalty points, but I have never heard of anyone being done for it.
(26-04-2022, 11:17 AM)Declan A Walsh Wrote: [ -> ]This in turn reminds me of people who use the wrong lanes at roundabouts. It's very annoying if you try to do the right thing and some idiot nearly runs in to you, or you have to let them through.
Allowing people to just exchange there foreign driving licenses for ours without any theory test could be responsible for this.
In Spain, possibly other European countries, roundabouts are used differently. You have the right to be in the outer most lane and keep circling the roundabout if you so wish. you are supposed to have your indicator on, but anybody in a inner land needs to give way to those in outer lanes.
I have a friend, who i think learned to drive in the uk, and to him, its acceptable to indicate to the right if you are exiting the 2nd exit, something our theory says you should only indicate right if using 3rd or subsequent exit of roundabout.
instead of just swapping driving licenses, there should be some sort of exam, to ensure that drivers from abroad have read our rules of the road.
(26-04-2022, 02:19 PM)Neowise Wrote: [ -> ] (26-04-2022, 11:17 AM)Declan A Walsh Wrote: [ -> ]This in turn reminds me of people who use the wrong lanes at roundabouts. It's very annoying if you try to do the right thing and some idiot nearly runs in to you, or you have to let them through.
Allowing people to just exchange there foreign driving licenses for ours without any theory test could be responsible for this.
In Spain, possibly other European countries, roundabouts are used differently. You have the right to be in the outer most lane and keep circling the roundabout if you so wish. you are supposed to have your indicator on, but anybody in a inner land needs to give way to those in outer lanes.
I have a friend, who i think learned to drive in the uk, and to him, its acceptable to indicate to the right if you are exiting the 2nd exit, something our theory says you should only indicate right if using 3rd or subsequent exit of roundabout.
instead of just swapping driving licenses, there should be some sort of exam, to ensure that drivers from abroad have read our rules of the road.
It could well be a major contributory factor to that behaviour, but I think there might be other reasons too, such as people wanting to overtake and force their way in. What about lorries (not all, obviously!) that cut in front of you as you come off a roundabout?
There is a common theme running through much of my rants today and that is aggressive driving behaviour.
A lot of Irish people don't seem to know how to use a roundabout.
Special mention to the occasional idiot who stops on a roundabout to let someone out. 🧐😖🤯
