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Darren
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 Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:36 pm Post subject: Mr Angry - What's been making us angry this week? |
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These are the things that have irked us this week:
This makes me mad almost daily - Why don't we have a standard universal device charger standard? I'm fed up with the ever growing collection of anonymous chargers all with similar but slightly different sockets, Grrrrr
Why can't TomTom sort re-instate the Power ON when 12v power is applied and Power OFF when it's removed? It used to be there and it worked great. Then they took it away. Why? I want it back NOW!
What drives you mad?
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Oldboy
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Location: Suffolk, UK
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| Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 3:03 pm Post subject: Re: Mr Angry - What's been making us angry this week? |
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| Darren wrote: | | Why can't TomTom sort re-instate the Power ON when 12v power is applied and Power OFF when it's removed? It used to be there and it worked great. Then they took it away. Why? |
It works great on the x10 series (and probably earlier models too)! 
The software can't be that different. 
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mostdom
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Location: Surrey, UK.
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| Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 3:09 pm Post subject: Re: Mr Angry - What's been making us angry this week? |
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| Darren wrote: | | Why don't we have a standard universal device charger standard? I'm fed up with the ever growing collection of anonymous chargers all with similar but slightly different sockets, Grrrrr |
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I decided to throw away all my chargers as most of them are 5v anyway and spent about £20 on ebay replacing them all with usb alternatives, and then bought a good quality multi socket usb power adapter. Best value for money was a multi sized usb adapter for all those odd devices.
My gripe today is people who for whatever reason drive slower in the dark. My route home has a few 60 speed limits which during the summer don't cause any problem but with the onset of winter they are all doing 35.
SOPPIT YOU NUMPTIES, GET A MOVE ON! 
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Border_Collie
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Joined: Feb 01, 2006
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Location: Rainham, Kent. England.
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| Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | My gripe today is people who for whatever reason drive slower in the dark. My route home has a few 60 speed limits which during the summer don't cause any problem but with the onset of winter they are all doing 35.
SOPPIT YOU NUMPTIES, GET A MOVE ON! |
My gripe is people who complain about other peoples driving. 
The 60mph is a maximum speed. (Adjust according to conditions).
Could be drivers who don't know the road. (Rainham to Maidstone has a narrow road with 60mph limit, I challenge anyone not knowing the road to keep up with me).
Could be 'new' drivers. (Which is why I think it's a good idea to have green 'P' plates, although I think an amber 'L' for the first year after passing the test and a green 'L' the following year would help to let us know they are still inexperienced).
What's around the next bend/curve in the road? (A year off 50 years of driving I've lost count of the number of times I've made the right choice in speed when I've found a broken down car just around the bend, or pedestrians/cyclists in the road, without pathways, facing the traffic and in dark clothing. Your headlamps will be pointing away from them on a left hand bend and you may not see them. Remember, at 60mph it takes up to 80 yards to stop in the dry and longer in the wet).
On shorter journeys the difference between 35 and 60 is only minutes but there is more wear and tear, less mpg and it could save a life and/or a bent car.
Amen. Sermon's here every Thursday 16:30 - 16:45 
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BigPerk
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| Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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35mph What are you moaning about? Try following darlings being dropped off at school in a pantechnicon (sorry, people carrier), down the centre of the road with a maximum speed of some 15mph if there's any moisture in the air 
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Snudge
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Location: Peterborough
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| Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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What makes me mad is Court rulings like THIS
and anyone who rides a bike will appreciate the unfairness. |
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Darren
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| Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Snudge wrote: | What makes me mad is Court rulings like THIS
and anyone who rides a bike will appreciate the unfairness. |
Disgusting and utterly unfair. How the hell can you be held to account for the action of someone else in that way?
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Location: The green bit between the M40, M4 and M25.
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| Darren wrote: | | Snudge wrote: | What makes me mad is Court rulings like THIS
and anyone who rides a bike will appreciate the unfairness. |
Disgusting and utterly unfair. How the hell can you be held to account for the action of someone else in that way? |
Arghhh, double edged sword me thinks. Been there and done it.
The whole idea on a ride out, is for the leader to make the moves and everyone else to follw and keep up.
dare I sayy it, but sometimes the idea will be to 'lose' the slower riders thereby forcing them to take chances to keep up.!
I'm not going to get into a 'right and wrong' argument, but it is good fun.
Ducking low, whilst running to get my coat and leave.
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Harry06
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What about motorists who take up two parking spaces? 
If you are incapable or too ignorant to get your car between the white lines you shouldn't be on the road.
Also caravans. |
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Andy_P
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Location: West and Southwest London
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| Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Harry06 wrote: | What about motorists who take up two parking spaces?
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Oh yes indeed!
The current trend in our road is for people to dig up their front gardens to make a personal car parking space. Not only does that ruin the look of the place, but that then reduces the shared parking places for the rest of us by yet another space.
Not only that, but they then think they have a perfect right to park THEIR second car across the drop-kerb. That's illegal, but the council have made their money now (they charge a few hundred quid to drop the kerb), and aren't interested in enforcing it.
So when some idiot parks across TWO of the few remaining spaces, I start fuming! I haven't been able to park anywhere near my house for days now. |
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MaFt
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Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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| Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Andy_P wrote: | | I haven't been able to park anywhere near my house for days now. |
similarly, the field where i live is a regular dog-walking field. 2 things annoy me about that:
1) we suddenly lose any parking spaces that are already relatively low in number
2) the amount of pooh left on the field for the kids to play in/with... some people bag it up and take it with them. some people bag it up and leave the bag in the field. some people bag it up and hang it on the entrance gate to the field...!!!
angry? yes! relevant to GPS? no! do i care? no! cos it's the off-topic forum!
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M8TJT
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Location: Bexhill, South Sussex, UK
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| Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 1:09 am Post subject: |
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| Andy_P wrote: | Not only that, but they then think they have a perfect right to park THEIR second car across the drop-kerb. That's illegal, but the council have made their money now (they charge a few hundred quid to drop the kerb), and aren't interested in enforcing it.
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It isn't illegal to park as you describe, providing there are no parking restrictions in force BUT if by doing so you are causing an obstruction to their exit, that is an offence. So if you park your second car across your drop kerb, how can you be causing an obstruction? Because you can move it if required. Two spaces for the price of one. Good isn't it |
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