Things that have bothered you for a long time.

[Deleted member 26715]

Since when did computers start speaking in the plural? This morning my laptop gave me the following message:
What is going on? Is this the Royal "We"? Are the machines now considering themselves to be our rightful rulers? Or is it so that while one of "Them" fixes the problem, the other can keep watching me?

That will be the nice Indian gentleman who has got inside your computer when you had that Internet problem

 

[Poacher]

Is increment the opposite of excrement?

 

[Yellow Fang]

Sticky backed plastic - where did you get it from, especially back in the 70s.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Sticky backed plastic - where did you get it from, especially back in the 70s.

...And what did Blue Peter use to hold things together before then?

 

[swee'pea99]

Since when did computers start speaking in the plural? This morning my laptop gave me the following message:



What is going on? Is this the Royal "We"? Are the machines now considering themselves to be our rightful rulers? Or is it so that while one of "Them" fixes the problem, the other can keep watching me?

Then again, 'I' would be no less disconcerting, as in 'I cannot fix your hard drive, Dave.'

 

[Chris S]

Would srw donate money to a charity that promotes cycle helmets?

 

[lazybloke]

Hoping i won't be bothered about this for long: why are the station departure board clocks still set to BST?

 

[captain nemo1701]

Things that are bothering me:

On Youtube music videos, some twonk always posts: Anyone still listening in (Insert year)?

On local newspaper websites: How (Insert name & old photo of celebrity) are living now will shock you.

 

[Chris S]

Why does Anita Rani cover her face in white foundation? There's one less Asian face on TV.

 

[Chris S]

On local newspaper websites: How (Insert name & old photo of celebrity) are living now will shock you.

It's just click-bait and the articles are bollox.

 

[classic33]

Sticky backed plastic - where did you get it from, especially back in the 70s.

...And what did Blue Peter use to hold things together before then?

"Sticky Back Plastic" in the context of the 'Blue Peter' TV programme was referring to Sellotape."

They weren't allowed to use the word sellotape. Seen as promoting a particular brand.

 

[Mugshot]

"Sticky Back Plastic" in the context of the 'Blue Peter' TV programme was referring to Sellotape."

They weren't allowed to use the word sellotape. Seen as promoting a particular brand.

Really? Thought that was "sticky tape".
"Sticky-back plastic" was Fablon.

Edit: Here we go;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-adhesive_plastic_sheet

Self-adhesive vinyl sheet was introduced to the UK market in the 1960s under the brand name Fablon.[1] It was extensively used in DIY at the time,[2] and notably featured in children's DIY projects on the British TV show Blue Peter, but always under the generic name "sticky-backed plastic."[3][4]

 

[Milzy]

Gravel. Gravel bikes, gravel tyres, gravel wheels, gravel riding etc etc.
F*** OFF YOU TW**S!!! ITS CALLED OFFROADING!!!!!!!! AAAARRRGGGGGGGHHH!!!!

Even though cyclocross isn’t gravel it’s still off roading.

 

[Yellow Fang]

Why's the person in charge of a university a vice chancellor and not a chancellor?

 

[Paulus]

How many people here, on a cycling forum are not cyclists.