Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[Chromatic]

Scotland beat West Indies in the cricket World Cup qualifying tournament a couple of days ago.

 

[Jenkins]

When the minimum order number exceeds the quantity avaialble......

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Scotland beat West Indies in the cricket World Cup qualifying tournament a couple of days ago.

Did they? Good for them!

It is nowhere near as mainstream as it is in England, it's this niche sport that's played by a handful of people, so well done to them!

 

[Alex321]

Why pick on Wimbledon in particular? As you say, the paralympics will have wall to wall coverage too, as will the Olympics, the Commonwealths, Cricket (Esp the Ashes), Rugby...
And to a lesser extent, also the the boat race, Formula 1 (etc), Ski Sunday, Swimming, Snooker, Horse-racing...

That is just not true. Olympics and Commonwealth games (and para- versions) may get similar levels of coverage, but none of the rest do.

Wimbledon is on both BBC1 and BBC2 at the same time for 6-8 hours per day.

Cricket, Rugby, Boat Race and all the rest are never on more than one free to air broadcast channel at any time, and often only highlights even then. Rugby during the 6 nations probably comes closest, but you are still only looking at one channel at a time, and 6 hours per week total.

Of course if you pay for Eurosport/BTsport/Sky sport, then you get wall-to-wall coverage, but you won't pay for any of those channels unless that is what you want.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I like Wimbledon, but don't watch the other grand slam tournaments. That could be something to do with having to pay...and have a telly, to watch the others!

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Nearly forgot to mention Football, which probably occupies more screentime than the rest put together; it certainly far exceeds tennis screentime. Odd that such an accessible sport as football is only enjoyed vacariously by millions who are so stuffed full of pies they can barely fit into their revered 3XL team shirt, and so out of their heads on lager they think it acceptable to bellow obscenities at the ref and opposing side.

That's a tad trite imo.

Myself and Mrs SD are football fans, as are many of our friends and family and to a man and women none of them fit that description.

Have you been to many football matches? We've been to lots over the years. There are always a few present who have drank too much and possibly fit your description; but most are just ordinary people enjoying one of their passions in a well behaved manner.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Scotland beat West Indies in the cricket World Cup qualifying tournament a couple of days ago.

Heck, once of a day that'd be like Accrington Stanley beating Real Madrid, but 'the Windies' aren't the same force by far, as they were in the 1970's and 80's. Now it's comparable to Accrington beating Burnley, but still a good achievement by Scotland. Cricket wise, like Ireland they have improved a lot! 🏏

 

[lazybloke]

That is just not true. Olympics and Commonwealth games (and para- versions) may get similar levels of coverage, but none of the rest do.

Wimbledon is on both BBC1 and BBC2 at the same time for 6-8 hours per day.

Cricket, Rugby, Boat Race and all the rest are never on more than one free to air broadcast channel at any time, and often only highlights even then. Rugby during the 6 nations probably comes closest, but you are still only looking at one channel at a time, and 6 hours per week total.

Of course if you pay for Eurosport/BTsport/Sky sport, then you get wall-to-wall coverage, but you won't pay for any of those channels unless that is what you want.

6-8 hour a day? That's more than I expected.
On the other hand, daytime tv is utter dross anyway (on weekdays) , so no loss except for fans of bargain hunt.

I was thinking more weekends. Plenty of TV sport programming then, but yes - the qty varies per sport. I was just wondering why picking on wim in particular?

That's a tad trite imo.

Myself and Mrs SD are football fans, as are many of our friends and family and to a man and women none of them fit that description.

Have you been to many football matches? We've been to lots over the years. There are always a few present who have drank too much and possibly fit your description; but most are just ordinary people enjoying one of their passions in a well behaved manner.

You've not been paying attention if you're not aware of massive problems with football fans at every level, but I take your point that my lazy cliches apply to a small %. I've altered my post.

 

[Alex321]

6-8 hour a day? That's more than I expected.

Tomorrow
BBC1 1:45pm - 6:00pm & 7:00pm - 9:00pm
BBC2 11:00Am - 7:00pm then "Today at Wimbledon" 9:00pm - 10:00pm.

So 6:15 on BBC1, 8:00 live plus an hour highlights on BBC2, and 4:15 of that where it is on both channels at eth same time.

There is no other individual sport that gets that sort of saturation coverage. Only the big multi-sport events like Olympics.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Tomorrow
BBC1 1:45pm - 6:00pm & 7:00pm - 9:00pm
BBC2 11:00Am - 7:00pm then "Today at Wimbledon" 9:00pm - 10:00pm.

So 6:15 on BBC1, 8:00 live plus an hour highlights on BBC2, and 4:15 of that where it is on both channels at eth same time.

There is no other individual sport that gets that sort of saturation coverage. Only the big multi-sport events like Olympics.

Wimbledon is the BBC's last remaining great sports event, unless they still show the (boring) Grand National. 🤔 It's a fortnight of high coverage, but that's it a mere two weeks! Many none pay to view folk look forward to a fortnight of 'tennis saturation' entertainment. Let them have their fun.

 

[Mike Ayling]

Wimbledon is the BBC's last remaining great sports event, unless they still show the (boring) Grand National. 🤔 It's a fortnight of high coverage, but that's it a mere two weeks! Many none pay to view folk look forward to a fortnight of tennis saturation entertainment. Let them have their fun.

Don't you have to pay a licence fee to view BBC?

 

[Accy cyclist]

Don't you have to pay a licence fee to view BBC?

Well yes, but it's much cheaper than those non stop adverts for crap no one wants, interruptions saturation others! 🧐

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

White (mainly) privileged people grunting and groaning in a glorified field... Now if it was a p**no, that'd be something, but it's not

 

[SpokeyDokey]

6-8 hour a day? That's more than I expected.
On the other hand, daytime tv is utter dross anyway (on weekdays) , so no loss except for fans of bargain hunt.

I was thinking more weekends. Plenty of TV sport programming then, but yes - the qty varies per sport. I was just wondering why picking on wim in particular?


You've not been paying attention if you're not aware of massive problems with football fans at every level, but I take your point that my lazy cliches apply to a small %. I've altered my post.

There are no "massive" problems with football fans. And I certainly do pay attention to footballing matters around the world and more especially here in the UK & Europe.

How many football games have you actually been to I wonder?

For sure there are occasional high profile incidents which are an embarrassment to the sport but they are very limited in number.

We've been to dozens of top-flight matches over the years and have never once witnessed any trouble other than a very small minority being drunk & sweary.

Most fans are really not pie-stuffing, beer-swilling, obscenity-shouting louts crammed into over-sized team shirts. At Newcastle, Man Utd, Man City & Liverpool grounds which we have visited recently as Chelsea supporters; the fans looked like a normal slice of British society. As they have done at all the matches we've been to over a number of decades.

And, contrary to anything the media prints or broadcasts, most football fans ime enjoy a friendly rivalry and share matchdays in harmony.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Ordering car brake parts only to have 2 brake callipers delivered clearly from different manufacturers even though they are marked up as the same, then to order another pair from another supplier who has stock, only to then get an email to say they haven't, so the next day delivery I need won't happen.