Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[Chromatic]

But, the old ones are the best!

 

[Gwylan]

Can we all please stop calling The Guardian The Grauniad? That wisecrack is so old it’s lost all its teeth and walks with a stick, probably has prostate trouble too.

Gets up in the night too

 

[Gwylan]

The pointlessness of 20 mph limits in our towns and cities

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

The pointlessness of 20 mph limits in our towns and cities

Really can;t see the point on wide roads where they are main routes

however, on narrow roads around housing estates they have a place

Although the ones on our estate are rather pointless and you can;t really get over about 10 mph due to parked cars - I actually go faster on my bike than in the car!

 

[Alex321]

The pointlessness of 20 mph limits in our towns and cities

Don't come to Wales in a year's time then!

The default limit for restricted roads (those with street lamps at intervals of 200m or less) will be 20 from 17th September 2023 - the long lead time is to give councils time to decide which roads they want to remain at 30 limits.

 

[Andy in Germany]

The pointlessness of 20 mph limits in our towns and cities

Really can;t see the point on wide roads where they are main routes

however, on narrow roads around housing estates they have a place

Although the ones on our estate are rather pointless and you can;t really get over about 10 mph due to parked cars - I actually go faster on my bike than in the car!

There are a lot of good reasons for the 20mph limits, as seen here: https://www.20splenty.org/

Amongst others, it makes communities more liveable, reduces noise, road deaths and pollution and makes it safer for cycling. Even the fact it's "annoying" is an advantage because it can lead drivers to seek alternative routes away from built up areas.

We have lots of 30km/h (20mph) limits here, and increasingly we're getting 20km/h (12mph) limits. We aso have "shared space" streets, which have a 7km/h (4mph) limit.

 

[Mike_P]

Really can;t see the point on wide roads where they are main routes

One other benefit is slower moving traffic gives those trying to turn out of side streets more opportunity to doing so

 

[Jameshow]

Can we all please stop calling The Guardian The Grauniad? That wisecrack is so old it’s lost all its teeth and walks with a stick, probably has prostate trouble too.

Ditto the Daily Fail?!! 🤣🤣🤣

 

[Jameshow]

Toilet seats that constantly come loose?!

 

[Andy in Germany]

Toilet seats that constantly come loose?!

I don't get this: Germany has the same problem and you'd think the Germans would have managed to solve that one.

I've never seen a loose seat in Japan; what arcane knowledge do they know that we don't? @Oldhippy may have answers.

 

[Gwylan]

Don't come to Wales in a year's time then!

The default limit for restricted roads (those with street lamps at intervals of 200m or less) will be 20 from 17th September 2023 - the long lead time is to give councils time to decide which roads they want to remain at 30 limits.

But will there be resources to police it?

 

[Alex321]

But will there be resources to police it?

Just as much as there are resources to police the current 30 limits.

According to the consultation documents, they are only expecting it to reduce the free-flow average traffic speed by 5mph - from 31 to 26.

So with the current 30 limits, the avereage free-flow speed is about 3% above it, while they are expecting it to be over 25% above the new limits.

 

[Oldhippy]

I don't get this: Germany has the same problem and you'd think the Germans would have managed to solve that one.

I've never seen a loose seat in Japan; what arcane knowledge do they know that we don't? @Oldhippy may have answers.

Likewise, Japan seems to have cured this one. Although Andy did you ever have the misfortune of seeing station old style squat loos late at night in parts of Tokyo, not pretty.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Likewise, Japan seems to have cured this one. Although Andy did you ever have the misfortune of seeing station old style squat loos late at night in parts of Tokyo, not pretty.

Yes I have; ironically in a rural railway station near Mt. Fuji. I'd been bunged up and desperately needed a bog and that was all that was available: I remember it was stainless steel with two raised pedestals for the feet. Talk about cultural moments.

Of course five minutes later a train came in with a much nicer bog, but I didn't need it then.

As a post script, that type of train is now found in museums.

 

[MontyVeda]

Slimline tonic. It tastes utterly vile.

Most tonic does these days... and stuff that tastes good is almost as expensive as the gin