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    Things you'll never understand

    Is there anything that plays on your mind or bugs you that you simply can't understand? I'll go first.

    People with semi detached houses who turn them into terraced houses with side extensions. Why would you do it and why did the neighbour agree to it either?!

    Now they have to drag their garden waste bins, lawn mower, bicycles and everything through the house as they have no side access. I don't get it. Seems like madness.

    I also don't understand chips and gravy and never will. Use ketchup or bake a potato.

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    ‘Detached’ houses that you’d be hard pushed to walk between. Mussels.

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    Females?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Justin Case View Post
    Females?
    Indeed

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    Why I keep buying watches that I'll rarely wear. :)

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    Cyclists who refuse to use the newly expensively constructed cycle paths that the council would have you believe were newly and expensively constructed to improve cyclists experience.

    Bus Lanes. As above, but remove Cyclist, add Buses.

    Councils. See above.

    How Death in Paradise seems to still engage my Wife, even after all the DVD’s have been watched, repeatedly. Even I know who did it..

    and, as this is a watch forum..

    Why I have to explain to my work colleagues that it is simply not possible to walk into a Rolex AD and buy a New watch they have seen on the Rolex website...

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    - Leather strap on a dive watch

    - chrono on a dive watch

    - people who say brought when they mean bought

    - people who wear a mask, but not over their nose

    - people that pay money for sky TV

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    That cellophane that some countries nationals wrap around their suitcases
    WTF

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    What the moon has to do with the tide! Magnetic pull and all that. Doesn’t make sense. Had it explained to me and still doesn’t. More to the point the moon should be staying out of earths business!

    How when you put your hand in a bag of revels you always get the crappy coffee one. I love coffee but not in a chocolate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Devonian View Post
    How when you put your hand in a bag of revels you always get the crappy coffee one. I love coffee but not in a chocolate.
    I always get the toffee one. I don't like toffee except Toffee the artistic hamster.
    Don't just do something, sit there. - TNH

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Curta View Post
    I always get the toffee one. I don't like toffee except Toffee the artistic hamster.
    I can see a SC listing …..

    FT Coffee Revels

    Okay guys what have you got - would be keen on the toffee ones or the orange ones, but try me :-)

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    Why freemasons still hide like rats in 2021

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    Tipping.

    I'm sure I'm putting myself in the firing line here! Tipping just doesn't sit comfortably with me. Surely it's everyone's job to their best and deliver the best service possible. Why does a waiter/waitress deserve a tip for service, when the chef prepared my meal quickly and to a high standard, and the cleaner who I never see has spotlessly cleaned the restaurant - both delivering in equal measures to the overall service. Why does the supermarket checkout person, on the same wage as a waiter not deserve a tip, despite being efficient, friendly and making it very pleasant to shop there. Why does the dental nurse not deserve a tip - they often help in making a situation which many find uncomfortable, comfortable.

    Yes, I occasionally get awarded a bonus. A bonus is different to a tip. My employer chooses to forego some of it's profit. My boss doesn't call our customers and say "Sean has done a really good job this year. I know you've already paid the contractual amount owed, but do you fancy paying a little more?"

    There are a lot of people on low wages working extremely hard. Why do some "culturally" deserve a tip when others don't.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Devonian View Post
    I can see a SC listing …..

    FT Coffee Revels

    Okay guys what have you got - would be keen on the toffee ones or the orange ones, but try me :-)
    We monitor the exchange rates at home carefully. At the moment two coffees and a raisin or orange will get you two malteser or solid chocolate ones from me (or one of each) whilst five toffees will get you the same from our eldest. It can get quite complicated.
    Don't just do something, sit there. - TNH

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    If number seven is so amazing it’ll blow my mind, why isn’t it number one?

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    Why people like Nando’s.

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    Pingu

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    All this talk of Thor. So much interest in Norse mythology here.

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    Tiffany blue.

    It's a pretty enough colour in terms of looking at a clear blue sky but it always looks cheap and plasticy on a watch to me.

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    Reborn babies?

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    The pursuit of a striped lawn. I'm sure they think people look and say "ooh what an amazing lawn" but I suspect it's more likely "sad b*stard, must have nowt else to do".

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    Quote Originally Posted by ichaice View Post
    How people who post thousands upon thousands of posts on forums (often repeating themselves) find the time to get anything done in the real world.
    Indeed.

    Indeed.

    Indeed.

    Right, must get back to work.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ichaice View Post
    People getting so angry that they lob obscenities at a user name on a forum
    Idiot

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    Quote Originally Posted by ichaice View Post
    People who reside outside the UK who are obsessed with UK politics.
    Skin still in the game and the buggers having established form for stoopid decisions diminishing personal freedumbs of UK passport holders, as well as their economic mismanagement and corruption, the hit to the UK's global reputation...all of which has potential to impact personal wealth thus it pays to try keep a handle, perspective on things...only prudent, sensible really...Would you play your cards blind in a rigged game or turn your back on a mugger. I try not to.

    Plus you gotta laugh, it's amongst the best medicine, they ain't taxing it yet!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ichaice View Post
    People who reside outside the UK who are obsessed with UK politics.
    This!!!!!!shocking

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    Quote Originally Posted by ichaice View Post
    People who reside outside the UK who are obsessed with UK politics.
    You have to admit it is very entertaining though! Beats foreign telly or the interminable Wimbledon.

    I guess it will be summer recess soon though - so nothing but piña coladas and swimming in the 30 degree pool day after day. Boring.

    (actually we are both up at 6:30am to water the veggies and get some jobs done around the house - latest project is put up shelves in the garage - as it’s too hot by 9:30, then breakfast until 10:30am, then go to gym for an hour, plan the rest of the day, too hot to work outdoors so lunch at 2:00pm, snooze, have a swim, a bit of dinner maybe couple of hours work outside evening, light supper at 8pm catch up on TZ stuff - whisky or two then do it all again tomorrow).
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    Quote Originally Posted by ichaice View Post
    People who reside outside the UK who are obsessed with UK politics.
    I’m watching to see if the Mass Hysteria/ Political Amnesia the U.K. has been suffering from for the past decade shows any sign of lifting.

    Not yet, as the Tories still seem to be able to win every argument using ‘It would be worse if Corbyn was in charge’

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hood View Post
    That cellophane that some countries nationals wrap around their suitcases
    WTF
    It helps to stop the contents of their luggage being pilfered by light-fingered baggage handlers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hood View Post
    That cellophane that some countries nationals wrap around their suitcases
    WTF
    Quote Originally Posted by Bravo73 View Post
    It helps to stop the contents of their luggage being pilfered by light-fingered baggage handlers.
    Not use this service myself, but my last 2 trips to Australia via Hong Kong has left my suitcase with a crack, 2 dents and the usual scruff marks.
    Also, I have seen bags/suitcases with their contents on the carousel, don't know if that was due to bad handling, broken zips/locks or being overfilled/loaded.

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    Quote Originally Posted by classics View Post
    Not use this service myself, but my last 2 trips to Australia via Hong Kong has left my suitcase with a crack, 2 dents and the usual scruff marks.
    Then your suitcase did the job for which it was designed by protecting its contents.


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    Why we don’t have heated toilet seats with lots of buttons like they have in Japan.

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    People that don’t know the difference between the terms borrowing and lending....


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    Dog owners who don't pick up their dogs shit

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    Why taxis insist on driving in lane 2 of the motorway, even when no other cars around.

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    House electrics. Why when a light fitting is on a wall, it has 2 wires, but on the ceiling, it has about 27

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    How the universe can go on and on......................

    It has to have a boundary, but then - what is there beyond that boundary? Has to be 'something'

    Even if we are all in some kind of Truman Show - how many layers of the onion are there?

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    Quote Originally Posted by blackal View Post
    How the universe can go on and on......................

    It has to have a boundary, but then - what is there beyond that boundary? Has to be 'something'

    Even if we are all in some kind of Truman Show - how many layers of the onion are there?
    I have watched numerous videos and discussed this with many many people and honestly my brain hurts at the thought of how large the universe is or the fact it could go on forever.

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    This. I simply can’t comprehend infinite space.
    Quote Originally Posted by blackal View Post
    How the universe can go on and on......................

    It has to have a boundary, but then - what is there beyond that boundary? Has to be 'something'

    Even if we are all in some kind of Truman Show - how many layers of the onion are there?

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    People who drive 45mph on a derestricted clear country road, but then continue at the same speed through a 30mph village.

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    Quote Originally Posted by adigra View Post
    People who drive 45mph on a derestricted clear country road, but then continue at the same speed through a 30mph village.
    Particularly the ones with Cooper, GTi, or Mx/Mxx/Mxxx on the back.

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    Quote Originally Posted by adigra View Post
    People who drive 45mph on a derestricted clear country road, but then continue at the same speed through a 30mph village.
    This^^^^^^ .

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    Quote Originally Posted by adigra View Post
    People who drive 45mph on a derestricted clear country road, but then continue at the same speed through a 30mph village.
    This!
    Happens soo much where I live.

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    Quote Originally Posted by adigra View Post
    People who drive 45mph on a derestricted clear country road, but then continue at the same speed through a 30mph village.
    omg yes, drives me crazy

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    You cook them, chop them up, chew them into minute little pieces, swallow them, attack them with stomach acids.....

    Yet the following morning - you go to the toilet - and they have miraculously reformed themselves back into their original shape!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rob153 View Post
    Why taxis insist on driving in lane 2 of the motorway, even when no other cars around.

    Why anyone drives in lanes 2 or 3 when not overtaking.

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    Quote Originally Posted by brigant View Post
    Why anyone drives in lanes 2 or 3 when not overtaking.
    Yes agree, I used taxis as an example because the last time I ventured down the M4 in one, I asked the question, he replied ‘ it saves my tyres’ face plant, doh….

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    Particles, atoms, protons, neutrons, electrons, etc.. I still have no idea what is smallest and then switch off when they (the clever folk) start talking about electrons being in multiple places at the same time...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rob153 View Post
    Why taxis insist on driving in lane 2 of the motorway, even when no other cars around.
    Why anybody does this.

    The Highway Code is very clear on this. It says: “You should always drive in the left-hand lane when the road ahead is clear.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by Paneraiseeker View Post
    Dog owners who don't pick up their dogs shit
    Dog owners who can happily pick up dog shit without vomiting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by David_D View Post
    Dog owners who can happily pick up dog shit without vomiting.
    wait until you get it under your finger nail

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