SPAM random annoying things

[Deebs]

Don't fucking get me started on Christmas. Popped into The Range today, rows and rows of fucking Christmas stuff in fucking September.

 

[Tom]

So some guy hit my car on the M1 a few weeks back about 3m30s into this vid:


View: https://youtu.be/kGNmbOcVEec?t=210


And despite agreeing at the scene to settle it privately, he decided to go down the "I'm broke lol it'll have to wait" route. Literally what he texted me, and also to moan that his car needed to be repaired too.

So I've reported it to his insurance company as well as mine and he can deal with losing his no claims bonus. I wouldn't mind so much but the repairs aren't even £400.

 

[Scouse]

You really are making me think I need a camera in my car @Tom.

 

[Embattle]

You really are making me think I need a camera in my car @Tom.

Worth it, I have one on my motorcycle after my accident and no one in my family has had a car without one for nearly a decade.

 

[MYstIC G]

Any recommendations?

 

[Embattle]

Any recommendations?

We've generally always used Nextbase dash cams.

 

[Overdriven]

Gen Z developer managers: oMg U cAnNoT rEvErSe An ArRaY
Millennial+ Developers: Yeah but I've written a sub-ms set of microservices which take in £10,000,000 a day without failure for 5 years, with full observability, scalability, and CI/CD
Gen Z developer managers: BUT U KNT REVRSE ARRAY!
Millennial+ Array Array = new Array(); Array.Reverse();
Gen Z developer managers: omg not like that

There. I've now saved you all from several subreddits.

 

[Tom]

You really are making me think I need a camera in my car @Tom.

Consider the cost a one-off hike in your insurance premium that also proves beyond doubt liability in any collision. Everyone should have one. Mine is 10 years old and....old....now but if I were buying another I'd get one of those ones with a second camera that sticks on the rear window.

 

[Raven]

I have Nextbase front and back. Halfords fitted the front one, and I did the back, easy to do, comes with the tools. Couldn't be arsed wiring it into the ignition myself.

 

[Embattle]

I have Nextbase front and back. Halfords fitted the front one, and I did the back, easy to do, comes with the tools. Couldn't be arsed wiring it into the ignition myself.

It is easier to get them to do it, they normally have offers on as well such as a free hardwiring kit at the moment.

 

[Deebs]

Oooh, my Dad had one in his car. Now after reading this I shall have to investigate. Does Halfords guarantee the work as they will be pulling trim for the wires surely?

 

[Edmond]

Oooh, my Dad had one in his car. Now after reading this I shall have to investigate. Does Halfords guarantee the work as they will be pulling trim for the wires surely?

Problem is that it also records how bad your driving is too....just saying

 

[TdC]

I put it back on your shelf...

 

[TdC]

Gen Z developer managers: oMg U cAnNoT rEvErSe An ArRaY
Millennial+ Developers: Yeah but I've written a sub-ms set of microservices which take in £10,000,000 a day without failure for 5 years, with full observability, scalability, and CI/CD
Gen Z developer managers: BUT U KNT REVRSE ARRAY!
Millennial+ Array Array = new Array(); Array.Reverse();
Gen Z developer managers: omg not like that

There. I've now saved you all from several subreddits.

"binary tree sort" is all the rage at workies

my personal algorithm is Look It Up On StackOverflow, Then Decide You CBA

 

[Overdriven]

Don't fucking get me started on Christmas. Popped into The Range today, rows and rows of fucking Christmas stuff in fucking September.

Christmas? It's my birthday first. Fo.

Dunno if I bitched about this, but a person at work complained to my boss about me because I told them to not tell a director about how long something would take without talking to the devs first... Now it's a whole thing. Lucky Teams keeps you know... A chat history,

Fucking morons.

ALSO people who send those sort of emails the day before they have a week off should be sacked.

 

[Overdriven]

ALSO...

I ran out of peanuts and reaper-mango hot sauce on the same day. My lunches are ruined

 

[Bodhi]

Getting a speeding ticket whilst on holiday.

Oops.

 

[DaGaffer]

Getting a speeding ticket whilst on holiday.

Oops.

I got three on one holiday a few years ago. Fortunately Ireland didn't have a reciprocal points agreement with Spain at the time or I'd have been properly fucked.

 

[Bodhi]

I got three on one holiday a few years ago. Fortunately Ireland didn't have a reciprocal points agreement with Spain at the time or I'd have been properly fucked.

This was in Cyprus where they still have (occasional) police patrols about, so had to stop on the hard shoulder of the motorway and say I was sorry a lot.

Already paid it using their online portal which looks a pretty cool set up actually - you pay all sorts on there, gas bills etc, probably not the way I wanted to discover it tho...

I was 30kmh over so a fair cop and a €99 fine later, am taking it easy now and not trying to fit in with the locals.

After I was stopped an got on my way again a hire car in front of me triggered a red light camera going through on Orange, which is a €200 fine!

 

[DaGaffer]

This was in Cyprus where they still have (occasional) police patrols about, so had to stop on the hard shoulder of the motorway and say I was sorry a lot.

Already paid it using their online portal which looks a pretty cool set up actually - you pay all sorts on there, gas bills etc, probably not the way I wanted to discover it tho...

I was 30kmh over so a fair cop and a €99 fine later, am taking it easy now and not trying to fit in with the locals.

After I was stopped an got on my way again a hire car in front of me triggered a red light camera going through on Orange, which is a €200 fine!

Mine was a hidden speed camera on the road from the French border into Barcelona. It's right at a speed change and the same one got me every time.

 

[Tom]

I went through the Tyne Tunnel the other week for a job, got stuck in mega traffic on the way home and completely forgot about it. £2.40 fare became £32.40

 

[TdC]

got the first one in this car the other day. 20km over; 170 euros (approx 17 millstones and 6 chickens, or 67859645 pounds of your funny money).
I reckon I ....anticipated a variable speed motorway time by an hour or so. Ahem

 

[Embattle]

As they finally come towards the finish of upgrading the North Devon Link Road (A361) they'll be installing average speed cameras, I suspect they'll catch quite a few drivers.

 

[Ormorof]

Almost crashed today because some moron missed his exit and came to a full stop on the motorway to do a turn, maybe I should get a dash cam, almost had a heart attack, was boxed in on both sides so couldn't even go around, luckily saw him stop well in advance

 

[Overdriven]

There's 1 barber in my town. I go every 3-4 months. Every 3-4 months I get a different person. Every time I go I ask for the exact same thing. EVERY TIME THEY DON'T CUT IT PROPERLY.

If I ask for an "Undercut" the look at me as if I've dropped 5 tabs of acid. If I ask for a very high 2 on the back and sides, tapered, they look at me link I'm speaking German.

What I've ended up with is some fuckwit short AF about 1" above the top of my ear, wonky sides, what feels like a grade 7 everything else. Yet the spent 15m going over it with a shaver. How fucking hard is hair.

Do I look like I want a fashionable cunt haircut? No. There's a reason I want short, it fucking grows. I'm not a 15 year old trying to impress girls with lambrini ffs

 

[DaGaffer]

There's 1 barber in my town. I go every 3-4 months. Every 3-4 months I get a different person. Every time I go I ask for the exact same thing. EVERY TIME THEY DON'T CUT IT PROPERLY.

If I ask for an "Undercut" the look at me as if I've dropped 5 tabs of acid. If I ask for a very high 2 on the back and sides, tapered, they look at me link I'm speaking German.

What I've ended up with is some fuckwit short AF about 1" above the top of my ear, wonky sides, what feels like a grade 7 everything else. Yet the spent 15m going over it with a shaver. How fucking hard is hair.

Go to a different town. You don't live in fucking Siberia.

 

[Overdriven]

Go to a different town. You don't live in fucking Siberia.

I might as well tbfh. Middle of nowhere in West Sussex (Horsham is a 25m drive and Brighton is a 25m drive...)

 

[Raven]

Just clipper it and move on.

 

[Overdriven]

I'm not trusted. The last time I did it I got so frustrated I did a grade 1 all over.

 

[Raven]

I've been zero since I started going a bit egg-in-nest