Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[KnittyNorah]

Probably unexpected engine failure.

Engine failure on a GLIDER???!!!

 

[DaveReading]

Engine failure on a slope soarer!

I knew I should have put a smiley.

That said, plenty of gliders have pop-up auxiliary motors:

 

[figbat]

The only ‘glider’ I have ever flown also had an engine. Slingsby Venture.

 

[Time Waster]

I hope the plod aren't throwing everything at this!! A nearby pensioner was burgled the other week. The plod took over a day to turn up and basically blamed the old bloke for not locking his back door, saying finding the culprits might prove difficult. Just because a chavvy moneybags footballer gets robbed of some of his bling doesn't mean he should get a far better police response than the likes of that old bloke. The old bloke near here wasn't insured and now folk are having a whip round to replace items stolen from his home.

EXCLUSIVEJack Grealish cops probe if burglary gang behind £1m Boxing Day raid 'were given inside information' about footballer's whereabouts before staging terrifying home invasion​

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ary-inside-information-footballers-whereabout

Inside information? What like the time his team was playing and his name on the team sheet? Wasn't he in a match at the time? Put it this way, one of their costliest players is fit and they've got a match that's been scheduled for ages. Likelihood he's not playing?

I starting to think grealish has the keystone cops and your pensioner has the better service from the police, an actual copper with brain cells! Still nothing will happen. Perhaps they'll catch someone red handed months down the line and they'll tag on your pensioners crime to that person to help the statistics without really affecting the thief much without increased sentence.

Am too cynic at times.

 

[DRM]

With a 17 foot wingspan, it must dismantle. You simply couldn't transport it on UK roads in one piece, even with the wings longtitudionally, the fuselage would be loo long.

Perhaps they must do, but lengthwise people tow gliders in trailers, so it could go in one of those to get to where it's owner wants to fly from.

 

[Mike_P]

There's a couple of farmers fields near me that are used for flying model aircraft.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Inside information? What like the time his team was playing and his name on the team sheet? Wasn't he in a match at the time? Put it this way, one of their costliest players is fit and they've got a match that's been scheduled for ages. Likelihood he's not playing?

I starting to think grealish has the keystone cops and your pensioner has the better service from the police, an actual copper with brain cells! Still nothing will happen. Perhaps they'll catch someone red handed months down the line and they'll tag on your pensioners crime to that person to help the statistics without really affecting the thief much without increased sentence.

Am too cynic at times.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67855029

'A police search was carried out, supported by dogs and a helicopter, but officers did not find any suspects.'
Not bad eh! Helicopters and dogs looking for the suspects. A serious misuse of public funding I'd say! The plod nowadays decide what to investigate. I thought they were under instructions from lawmakers, not their probably Man City supporting Chief Inspector!

 

[Beebo]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67855029

'A police search was carried out, supported by dogs and a helicopter, but officers did not find any suspects.'
Not bad eh! Helicopters and dogs looking for the suspects. A serious misuse of public finding I'd say! The plod nowadays decide what to investigate. I thought they were under instructions from lawmakers, not their probably Man City supporting Chief Inspector!

As much as it annoys you, a £1million theft will attract lots of police involvement and press scrutiny.
Especially when his family were at the property, So they know the suspects would be close by.

Footballers have been targeted like this before, often by violent organised gangs. So i suspect the police want to stop this early.

 

[Accy cyclist]

As much as it annoys you, a £1million theft will attract lots of police involvement and press scrutiny.
Especially when his family were at the property, So they know the suspects would be close by.

Footballers have been targeted like this before, often by violent organised gangs. So i suspect the police want to stop this early.

Maybe these footballers shouldn't flash their wealth so much then. Most have a low I.Q, so I suppose they can't help it.

 

[Alex321]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67855029

'A police search was carried out, supported by dogs and a helicopter, but officers did not find any suspects.'
Not bad eh! Helicopters and dogs looking for the suspects. A serious misuse of public funding I'd say! The plod nowadays decide what to investigate. I thought they were under instructions from lawmakers, not their probably Man City supporting Chief Inspector!

You thought wrong, and that is as it should be.

The legislature and the judiciary (including the police) are separated in this country. The lawmakers have no authority to give instructions to the police, and nor should they. They can, of course, make laws defining police duties and responsibilities, but they are not going to do so at that level of detail.

I have no idea why you believe it to be a misuse of public funds to investigate strongly when there has been a burglary involving £1 million of stolen goods.

The fact it was from a footballer is totally irrelevant, although that is of course, the reason it is such a big story in the newspapers - maybe they are what you should be taking out your ire on.

 

[Accy cyclist]

You thought wrong, and that is as it should be.

The legislature and the judiciary (including the police) are separated in this country. The lawmakers have no authority to give instructions to the police, and nor should they. They can, of course, make laws defining police duties and responsibilities, but they are not going to do so at that level of detail.

I have no idea why you believe it to be a misuse of public funds to investigate strongly when there has been a burglary involving £1 million of stolen goods.

The fact it was from a footballer is totally irrelevant, although that is of course, the reason it is such a big story in the newspapers - maybe they are what you should be taking out your ire on.

Oh right, so when the local pensioner was robbed of probably about a few hundred quid's worth of stuff it wasn't as important as the footballer losing a million quid's worth. Work it out. The pensioner would've worked/saved just as much as the footballer for his items. Therefore you are saying that because his stolen items aren't worth as much money wise as this footballer's items he's not allowed a helicopter and dogs. As for that 'his family were at the property' stuff, think about the old bloke who was in his house when he was burgled. A bloke in his 80's being robbed by some lowlife isn't as bad as a few young folk able to defend themselves to an extent being robbed you say!! You are looking at the monetary value of both thefts, not the impact on the victims!

 

[matticus]

Your bike falls over. Someone kindly starts to pick it up: "No thanks, don't bother, it can't fall over again now it's down there!"
But they INSIST on picking it up. Even in a gale-force wind. Just leave it there like I asked you!! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Andy in Germany]

People (inevitably drivers) who dump their trolley in the bike parking because they can't be bothered to walk the three metres to the trolley park.

Then the next person comes along and 'parks' their trolley by pushing it into the first...

And so on until most of the bike parking is blocked.

 

[Gwylan]

People (inevitably drivers) who dump their trolley in the bike parking because they can't be bothered to walk the three metres to the trolley park.

Then the next person comes along and 'parks' their trolley by pushing it into the first...

And so on until most of the bike parking is blocked.

Cheap padlock and wire them all together to the nearest car. Wear a bland hoodie so the CCTV is vague.
Then wait for the " what idiot padlocked trolleys to my car?" post.

Probably CCTV not such an issue in Germany.

 

[derrick]

People.