Pet Peeves IV

[nonshinyfinish]

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It's called 'Initial Case' and is often used in notices, warning signs, etc, as it attracts people's attention and is (apparently) easier to read at a distance.

I know what it is, the fact that it has a name and an intended purpose doesn't make it any less annoying. Personally I find it harder to read, but that may be partly because it's obscured by red mist.

[Keith_M]

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I know what it is, the fact that it has a name and an intended purpose doesn't make it any less annoying. Personally I find it harder to read, but that may be partly because it's obscured by red mist.

Fair enough, everybody's entitled to their own pet peeves

[c31]

Going to a chippy and their chips aren’t ready!! They have one job.. they say 2 minutes and 10 minutes later your still waiting..

[grunt]

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I know what it is, the fact that it has a name and an intended purpose doesn't make it any less annoying. Personally I find it harder to read, but that may be partly because it's obscured by red mist.

[Pretty Boy]

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Going to a chippy and their chips aren’t ready!! They have one job.. they say 2 minutes and 10 minutes later your still waiting..

I hate 2 things in a chippy. Either getting the dregs of the chips from a previous batch or getting chips fresh out the fryer.

There is a magic period about 5-10 minutes after they have been cooked when they are just about perfect. If I am told I have to wait on chips I usually just say I'll go back later and give it 15 minutes or so.

[Scouse Hibee]

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Going to a chippy and their chips aren’t ready!! They have one job.. they say 2 minutes and 10 minutes later your still waiting..

Guaranteed one minute wait for chips every time if you come to me 😀

[Keith_M]

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Guaranteed one minute wait for chips every time if you come to me 😀

[heretoday]

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Madri beer/lager. Nothing Spanish about it. Absolute con and totally false marketing. No idea how its legal to get away with it.

A lot of these Latin beers are crap. Too sweet. Peroni is ok.
Give us a Perlenbacher from Lidl - ice cold.

[Stairway 2 7]

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Madri beer/lager. Nothing Spanish about it. Absolute con and totally false marketing. No idea how its legal to get away with it.

I don't get the hate for Madri at least everyone now knows its English. Some people that rip it say they prefer Peroni, Moretti, Stella, San Miguel, Asahi, Corona ect but they are all UK brewed too. It's rare to get a mainstream lager on tap in the pub that's imported nowadays, you'll get it at home if you've perfect draft ect, they are night and day to the UK versions. When it comes down to it though it's just a pint, drink what you enjoy SLAINTE

[pollution]

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I don't get the hate for Madri at least everyone now knows its English. Some people that rip it say they prefer Peroni, Moretti, Stella, San Miguel, Asahi, Corona ect but they are all UK brewed too. It's rare to get a mainstream lager on tap in the pub that's imported nowadays, you'll get it at home if you've perfect draft ect, they are night and day to the UK versions. When it comes down to it though it's just a pint, drink what you enjoy SLAINTE

Is Peroni not brewed in Italy ?

[Pretty Boy]

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Is Peroni not brewed in Italy ?

It is. Budvar is still brewed in Czechia as well. They are the 2 big hitters not brewed under license elsewhere.

I don't have any issue with it as such. Madri is different in that they have basically invented a creation myth trying to pass a product off as something it isn't it (and it is utter crap into the bargain, give me a pint of Tennents ahead of it anyday).

[easty]

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It is. Budvar is still brewed in Czechia as well. They are the 2 big hitters not brewed under license elsewhere.

I don't have any issue with it as such. Madri is different in that they have basically invented a creation myth trying to pass a product off as something it isn't it (and it is utter crap into the bargain, give me a pint of Tennents ahead of it anyday).

The bit in bold is the only part that concerns me. I couldn't care less where it's brewed or how it's advertised...it's just a rubbish pint.

[silverhibee]

Folk who take suitcases with them when they go shopping to Tesco or other big stores.

[Stairway 2 7]

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Is Peroni not brewed in Italy ?

Your right just checked your right, Peroni and tennents the only 2 of the top 10 selling lagers in the uk not brewed in England. Carling, Peroni, Fosters, Birra Moretti , Coors, Stella Artois , Carlsberg , San Miguel ,Amstel and Tennents

[Stairway 2 7]

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Folk who take suitcases with them when they go shopping to Tesco or other big stores.

Obviously don't own a car and don't want to carry bags. One of the best things about getting my first car was making shopping easier

[Keith_M]

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Your right just checked your right, Peroni and tennents the only 2 of the top 10 selling lagers in the uk not brewed in England. Carling, Peroni, Fosters, Birra Moretti , Coors, Stella Artois , Carlsberg , San Miguel ,Amstel and Tennents

Not been there for a while, so could well be wrong, but isn't there a Carlsberg brewery in Alloa?

[Stairway 2 7]

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Not been there for a while, so could well be wrong, but isn't there a Carlsberg brewery in Alloa?

Not sure it was from a BBC article. Hopefully the factory closes down wherever it is, UK version a brutal drink

Edit Peroni and Tennents the only two not brewed under licence in UK, so could be Scotland.

I didn't realise San Miguel was Philippino, always assumed Spain from getting it there on holiday all these years

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63901215.amp

[Bridge hibs]

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Not been there for a while, so could well be wrong, but isn't there a Carlsberg brewery in Alloa?

Stopped brewing 98 mate and demolished 2001, big Asda in its place now

[RyeSloan]

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Not sure it was from a BBC article. Hopefully the factory closes down wherever it is, UK version a brutal drink

Edit Peroni and Tennents the only two not brewed under licence in UK, so could be Scotland.

I didn't realise San Miguel was Philippino, always assumed Spain from getting it there on holiday all these years

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc...s-63901215.amp

San Miguel is Spanish. Sort of.

Google tells me the original San Miguel was indeed from the Philippines (a Spanish colony at the time).

That connection resulted in the name being used by a company in Spain in the 50’s to brew their own beer under the same name.

The name was the same but the beers were different. Thus the San Miguel in Spain is indeed Spanish.

[overdrive]

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Folk who take suitcases with them when they go shopping to Tesco or other big stores.

A woman I used to work with used to bring one to work everyday.

On the supermarket theme, not a peeve but just an observation of one of the many bizarre things new neighbours of mine do.

When they moved in a few weeks ago everything was being transported from the car to the house with a supermarket trolley. That was a bit weird but now they’ve moved in, the trolley has stayed. They put it in the car and take it to the supermarket with them.

One of them also likes to go for a nap on the pavement during the day

[pollution]

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A woman I used to work with used to bring one to work everyday.

On the supermarket theme, not a peeve but just an observation of one of the many bizarre things new neighbours of mine do.

When they moved in a few weeks ago everything was being transported from the car to the house with a supermarket trolley. That was a bit weird but now they’ve moved in, the trolley has stayed. They put it in the car and take it to the supermarket with them.

One of them also likes to go for a nap on the pavement during the day

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[RyeSloan]

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A woman I used to work with used to bring one to work everyday.

On the supermarket theme, not a peeve but just an observation of one of the many bizarre things new neighbours of mine do.

When they moved in a few weeks ago everything was being transported from the car to the house with a supermarket trolley. That was a bit weird but now they’ve moved in, the trolley has stayed. They put it in the car and take it to the supermarket with them.

One of them also likes to go for a nap on the pavement during the day

Is this a really long cryptic crossword clue?

Definition being Supermarket and the word play being the trolley in the car and a kip on the pavement?

[DH1875]

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San Miguel is Spanish. Sort of.

Google tells me the original San Miguel was indeed from the Philippines (a Spanish colony at the time).

That connection resulted in the name being used by a company in Spain in the 50’s to brew their own beer under the same name.

The name was the same but the beers were different. Thus the San Miguel in Spain is indeed Spanish.

Can't miss their brewery when leaving Málaga airport. Massive.

[Keith_M]

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Stopped brewing 98 mate and demolished 2001, big Asda in its place now

Wow, that just shows how long it is since I've been to Alloa

[J-C]

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A woman I used to work with used to bring one to work everyday.

On the supermarket theme, not a peeve but just an observation of one of the many bizarre things new neighbours of mine do.

When they moved in a few weeks ago everything was being transported from the car to the house with a supermarket trolley. That was a bit weird but now they’ve moved in, the trolley has stayed. They put it in the car and take it to the supermarket with them.

One of them also likes to go for a nap on the pavement during the day

Do you live in Royston Vasey?

[Stairway 2 7]

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A woman I used to work with used to bring one to work everyday.

On the supermarket theme, not a peeve but just an observation of one of the many bizarre things new neighbours of mine do.

When they moved in a few weeks ago everything was being transported from the car to the house with a supermarket trolley. That was a bit weird but now they’ve moved in, the trolley has stayed. They put it in the car and take it to the supermarket with them.

One of them also likes to go for a nap on the pavement during the day

Yeah you can't just write this then dip. We need more especially the last sentence. Why don't they choose their bed over the pavement, are they steamboats or just a fan of a real hard bed

[overdrive]

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Yeah you can't just write this then dip. We need more especially the last sentence. Why don't they choose their bed over the pavement, are they steamboats or just a fan of a real hard bed

Apparently she likes a nap in the sun and there's no sun out the back, or so she said the first time I saw it and went to check she was OK. Don't know why she doesn't bring a folding chair out instead.

It is a group of what I guess are Chinese students, so I don't know if it is a cultural thing.

I've not managed to get a good look at what type of trolley it is to see where they've nicked it from. The handle is red, so I'm guessing maybe Iceland. Maybe they thought when you put a pound in to release the trolley that you got to keep it.

[overdrive]

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Do you live in Royston Vasey?

I'll ask them for some special meat

[Smartie]

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Do you live in Royston Vasey?

Sounds like it.

[Onceinawhile]

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Can't miss their brewery when leaving Málaga airport. Massive.

I left malaga airport yesterday and I missed it!