Pet Peeves IV

[Bridge hibs]

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Or get his teeth taken oot.

That snot funny

[Keith_M]

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Get someone else to pick my nose ?

Time to share my age old wisdom:

"You can pick your friends,
and you can pick your nose,
...but you can't pick your friend's nose."

[Scouse Hibee]

Hot air hand dryers. You go to the toilet in cafe/pub/shopping centre etc and after washing your hands you attempt to dry them!
If it’s a Dyson blade type machine you’re usually fine. Every other standard type either doesn’t go on when you place your hands under it/ goes on after about 10 seconds then it’s off 2 seconds later and then won’t go in again for about another ten seconds. Does my head in.

[Bridge hibs]

My Wife when she butters toast, takes her a bloody week ! She covers every millimetre, Im sure she was a Plasterer in a previous life

I just slap mines on and be done with it

[Keith_M]

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Hot air hand dryers. You go to the toilet in cafe/pub/shopping centre etc and after washing your hands you attempt to dry them!
If it’s a Dyson blade type machine you’re usually fine. Every other standard type either doesn’t go on when you place your hands under it/ goes on after about 10 seconds then it’s off 2 seconds later and then won’t go in again for about another ten seconds. Does my head in.

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[Jones28]

I wasn’t sure where to put this, it’s not worthy of a new thread but the Alec Baldwin shooting stuff.

He’s now being retried for involuntary manslaughter.

There’s forensics around the gun that indicate the bullet couldn’t have been fired from the gun without the trigger being pulled, but the fact is that the gun contained live ammunition on a movie set.

So why is the firearms guy not being tried for negligence? Or was this some random colt pulled from somebodies glovebox - which it being America is entirely possible.

I just cannot fathom this happening anywhere else and it not being labelled a tragic accident.

[McD]

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I wasn’t sure where to put this, it’s not worthy of a new thread but the Alec Baldwin shooting stuff.

He’s now being retried for involuntary manslaughter.

There’s forensics around the gun that indicate the bullet couldn’t have been fired from the gun without the trigger being pulled, but the fact is that the gun contained live ammunition on a movie set.

So why is the firearms guy not being tried for negligence? Or was this some random colt pulled from somebodies glovebox - which it being America is entirely possible.

I just cannot fathom this happening anywhere else and it not being labelled a tragic accident.

From the bbc article, it seems the firearms expert and the first assistant director are/have been charged with offences also

“ Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who was responsible for weapons and ammunitions on set as the film's armourer, faces her own manslaughter charge, as well as a charge of evidence tampering. She has pleaded not guilty and will stand trial next month.
Dave Halls, who was in charge of safety on set as the first assistant director, pleaded no contest last March to a misdemeanour charge of negligent use of a deadly weapon. His plea agreement entailed six months of unsupervised probation in lieu of prison time.”

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68038106


I have no idea why live ammunition was there, surely there is no need for that at all

[Just Alf]

From what I read at the time, there was no requirement for live ammunition, and none was supposed to be anywhere near the set.

Thoughts at the time were that either a live round got mixed in with the blanks or inert ones at the armour or a 3rd party deliberately swapped an inert shell out for a live one somewhere in the journey from the armourer to the pistol being handed to Alec Baldwin on set.

Like above, I can't see how any of that makes Baldwin the culpable party in this instance?

[RyeSloan]

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From what I read at the time, there was no requirement for live ammunition, and none was supposed to be anywhere near the set.

Thoughts at the time were that either a live round got mixed in with the blanks or inert ones at the armour or a 3rd party deliberately swapped an inert shell out for a live one somewhere in the journey from the armourer to the pistol being handed to Alec Baldwin on set.

Like above, I can't see how any of that makes Baldwin the culpable party in this instance?

But are blank bullets not quite distinctly different from a live one?

Whoever loaded the weapon must have been able to tell the difference or simply wasn’t ensuring they were putting blanks in the gun. Even then it’s hard to imagine someone even casually not noticing they are putting a real shell into a clip and not a blank…the look and weight are a total giveaway.

Then there is the fact that surely they can use front venting blank guns in a movie rather than an actual viable weapon!

But as others have said I’m unclear as to how any of this is on Baldwin…he seems as much a victim as the poor person that got shot.

[Hibrandenburg]

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But are blank bullets not quite distinctly different from a live one?

Whoever loaded the weapon must have been able to tell the difference or simply wasn’t ensuring they were putting blanks in the gun. Even then it’s hard to imagine someone even casually not noticing they are putting a real shell into a clip and not a blank…the look and weight are a total giveaway.

Then there is the fact that surely they can use front venting blank guns in a movie rather than an actual viable weapon!

But as others have said I’m unclear as to how any of this is on Baldwin…he seems as much a victim as the poor person that got shot.

I can't shake the feeling that there's a Colombo style murder happened here.

[Mon Dieu4]

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But are blank bullets not quite distinctly different from a live one?

Whoever loaded the weapon must have been able to tell the difference or simply wasn’t ensuring they were putting blanks in the gun. Even then it’s hard to imagine someone even casually not noticing they are putting a real shell into a clip and not a blank…the look and weight are a total giveaway.

Then there is the fact that surely they can use front venting blank guns in a movie rather than an actual viable weapon!

But as others have said I’m unclear as to how any of this is on Baldwin…he seems as much a victim as the poor person that got shot.

Not sure what happen in this case but in the case of Brandon Lee it was the fact that a dummy bullet hadn't ejected properly and was still in the chamber, then when they put another blank in the chamber to make it look like the gun was firing it effectively turned the original unejected casing into a bullet

[RyeSloan]

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Not sure what happen in this case but in the case of Brandon Lee it was the fact that a dummy bullet hadn't ejected properly and was still in the chamber, then when they put another blank in the chamber to make it look like the gun was firing it effectively turned the original unejected casing into a bullet

Ahh interesting thanks…makes sense how that could happen and be accidental.

The reporting in this case seems to quote ‘live round’ though so maybe not the same?

My quick google isn’t definitive tho as maybe ‘live round’ might also cover blanks.

Seems tho that Baldwin is being charged again as he insisted he didn’t pull the trigger and the gun discharged itself after being cocked…testing has kind of proven (the broken the original gun trying to repeat the feat) that the trigger must have been pulled for it to have fired.

[Just Alf]

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But are blank bullets not quite distinctly different from a live one?

Whoever loaded the weapon must have been able to tell the difference or simply wasn’t ensuring they were putting blanks in the gun. Even then it’s hard to imagine someone even casually not noticing they are putting a real shell into a clip and not a blank…the look and weight are a total giveaway.

Then there is the fact that surely they can use front venting blank guns in a movie rather than an actual viable weapon!

But as others have said I’m unclear as to how any of this is on Baldwin…he seems as much a victim as the poor person that got shot.

You're right blanks and
Real ones are different to look at, I think the issue is they were also using inert bullets which look identical to the real thing (used for close ups when loading a gun etc)

[Moulin Yarns]

Adverts that appear on my Instagram and Facebook after my wife has looked at or bought from them. Just creepy!!!

[Northernhibee]

“Being pished” being an excuse for downright bad behaviour.

An older boy at the game was absolutely bellowing at the team from the first whistle and getting everyone’s backs up. Some guy turned round and told him to shut up or support the team, and his mate kept on saying “go easy on him, he’s pished” only for his well pickled made to start going “you want some” to a much younger, fitter, and rightfully irritated person. If you’re pished, that’s your fault.


II was probably a wee fanny at times when I was younger but I’m also not using the booze as an excuse - I was being a wee fanny and if I handled my booze better I wouldn’t have been as much of a wee fanny most likely.

[Pretty Boy]

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“Being pished” being an excuse for downright bad behaviour.

An older boy at the game was absolutely bellowing at the team from the first whistle and getting everyone’s backs up. Some guy turned round and told him to shut up or support the team, and his mate kept on saying “go easy on him, he’s pished” only for his well pickled made to start going “you want some” to a much younger, fitter, and rightfully irritated person. If you’re pished, that’s your fault.


II was probably a wee fanny at times when I was younger but I’m also not using the booze as an excuse - I was being a wee fanny and if I handled my booze better I wouldn’t have been as much of a wee fanny most likely.

100%. Being a dick when you are drunk is still being a dick. And if you are pulled up on your behaviour when drunk then it's probably time to rethink your drinking habits.

I like a drink as much as anyone but if I'm (even more of) an ******** when I'm drunk then that might be explanation but it's not an excuse.

[DH1875]

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Adverts that appear on my Instagram and Facebook after my wife has looked at or bought from them. Just creepy!!!

Yeah, especially when its those toy shops 😯.

[Moulin Yarns]

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Yeah, especially when its those toy shops ��.

most recent one was What the Crap toilet paper!!!!

[Keith_M]

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I can't shake the feeling that there's a Colombo style murder happened here.

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[Northernhibee]

The fuss about Tom Kerridge’s expensive fish and chips in Harrods.

Nobody goes into Harrods for good value. Nobody is going there for other reasons than to boast about going there, and nobody is being stopped from using their local chippy. The Venn diagram of “people going to the chippy” and “people craving fish and chips so dashing down to Harrods” is two circles.

Legit have not a clue why some people seem to have their knickers in a twist about something that matters so little. If people are prepared to pay £38 for fish and chips because it’s in Harrods and a Michelin star chef has put his name to it, then it’s not hurting anyone and why shouldn’t he push his luck a bit?

[marinello59]

My pet peeve is pet peeves. It just reminds me that our destiny from day one is to evolve in to grumpy old men.

[Northernhibee]

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My pet peeve is pet peeves. It just reminds me that our destiny from day one is to evolve in to grumpy old men.

I’ve grown into the grumpy middle aged man role quite comfortably and enjoying it very much…

[Fuzzywuzzy]

One man's pessimist is another man's realist.

'mon the realists!!✊✊

[weecounty hibby]

Bin jockeys. The ones competing to see who can get their bin out earliest. We have a handful in our street. A couple are usually about 3pm the day before pick up. Guess what happened last night to the half dozen bins put out? All over the street. Knobs

[Bridge hibs]

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Bin jockeys. The ones competing to see who can get their bin out earliest. We have a handful in our street. A couple are usually about 3pm the day before pick up. Guess what happened last night to the half dozen bins put out? All over the street. Knobs

Im the opposite, I set the clock to get up nice and early and then pace the livingroom all morning waiting on my bin being emptied so Im first to haul it up my driveway, the looks on my neighbours faces when Im first is ****ing priceless especially when my Wife runs out and we do fist bumps followed by a GIRFUY gesture

Even if the dug is in mid poop during his walk he is dragged back to the house if I spot those orange flashing lights of the bin lorry nearby

Christmas and new year play havoc with my anxiety and cause me many sleepless nights as the emptying times vary, to the point Ive emailed my local Councillor many times to address these emptying times

Mon the bin jockeys 🏆😀

[weecounty hibby]

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Im the opposite, I set the clock to get up nice and early and then pace the livingroom all morning waiting on my bin being emptied so Im first to haul it up my driveway, the looks on my neighbours faces when Im first is ****ing priceless especially when my Wife runs out and we do fist bumps followed by a GIRFUY gesture

Even if the dug is in mid poop during his walk he is dragged back to the house if I spot those orange flashing lights of the bin lorry nearby

Christmas and new year play havoc with my anxiety and cause me many sleepless nights as the emptying times vary, to the point Ive emailed my local Councillor many times to address these emptying times

Mon the bin jockeys 🏆😀

That's different. Bring in ASAP after emptying is OK. Putting them out almost 24 hours previous isn't. Glad you are the champ in your street tho

[Scouse Hibee]

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Im the opposite, I set the clock to get up nice and early and then pace the livingroom all morning waiting on my bin being emptied so Im first to haul it up my driveway, the looks on my neighbours faces when Im first is ****ing priceless especially when my Wife runs out and we do fist bumps followed by a GIRFUY gesture

Even if the dug is in mid poop during his walk he is dragged back to the house if I spot those orange flashing lights of the bin lorry nearby

Christmas and new year play havoc with my anxiety and cause me many sleepless nights as the emptying times vary, to the point Ive emailed my local Councillor many times to address these emptying times

Mon the bin jockeys 🏆😀

😂

[Bridge hibs]

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That's different. Bring in ASAP after emptying is OK. Putting them out almost 24 hours previous isn't. Glad you are the champ in your street tho

Ive never really grasped the competitive edge of bin out putting to be honest as its simply a case of down the drive and plonk in front of the fence, even the neighbours don't seem to bother

Bin in bringing though, well thats on a different level and the adrenalin rush is out of this world, so much so my Wife takes my BP multiple times during the morning “wait”

I suppose the challenge is that the bin men never put the bin where I originally put it so at times Ive had to run halfway down the street to retrieve it !! Im always in training and twice a week I do a dry run just to keep hold of my bin jockey titles, although a couple of weeks ago the ****ing bin men almost caught me on the hop as they turned up early and I had to run out onto the street in my boxers, BP cuff still attached 🤢

[stuart-farquhar]

People with hiking sticks in urban areas and stretch their arms to claim more space. I had two of them taking up the whole pavement heading towards me. I stopped walking. They had to pull in the climbing sticks, the alternative was I blootered the ruddy things. And angry old men like me who increasingly look for things to be irritated by.

[Jim44]

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My pet peeve is pet peeves. It just reminds me that our destiny from day one is to evolve in to grumpy old men.

No evolution where I’m concerned. I’ve always been grumpy (pleasant with it I hope). I’m inclined to frown upon acquiescence.