The "Things that annoy me" thread

No, since the magnetic north is different from geographic north, if you want it to point to geographic north, it has to be recalibrated. Not to mention the magnetic north moves all the time slightly.
 
It's still the best part of 20C outside despite it being 1am, there is no wind. I'm in the top floor of the house which is a massive heat trap and I'm fucking melting.

I may well end up sleeping on a sofa downstairs. :lol:
 
Your house needs a whole house fan...
 
DanRoM said:
Since when does Amazon use Hermes? :unsure:
First rule of online shopping: Don't use Hermes to deliver the goods.

Also, you will be even more annoyed when you watch the series... :p
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narf said:
I've had a few Hermes deliveries from Amazon.
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NooDle said:
Have them deliver it at your job instead? :dunno:
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eizbaer said:
in my experience, amazon will ALWAYS use hermes unless i force them to use DHL by having them deliver to a packstation. ... which in turn means i ALWAYS have them deliver to the packstation :D
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I wish there was a way to tell amazon: "Please use DHL only with me!"

There is of course the possibility to let it delivered to my company. It was done in the past and worked fairly well but those were particular cases with some kind of emergency involved. You gotta fetch your parcel in the staff department then. But I order at amazon rather frequently and I don't wanna annoy anyone, also there are some verdicts at courts that delivering your mail to your working place could be considered abusing the company's resources - like taking office supplies home. So I better leave it.

A Packstation would also be an option but the packstations are located at our post office - in the center of town. I live on the edge of town. See where I'm going to? And a packstation wouldn't have helped in my particular situation anyway, because the parcel had to be handed over personally to me. The DVD box was restricted (FSK 18).
 
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CraigB said:
I'm trying to figure out if you are serious or not. Wouldn't a compass work anywhere... in the world?
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It does. The navigator just has to know the year and roughly where in the world he is to know the magnetic declination to apply for that region and calculate where true north is. The magnetic south pole of the Earth is almost 1000km away from the geographic north pole, and moves a few km per year. Remember how TG's Polar Special didn't finish at 90 degrees north? They were heading to the (historic) position of the magnetic south pole.

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In our time, the difference in declination between the US and Europe is quite small though. The variation within the US is much greater due to the pole being in Canada.
 
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NooDle said:
Have them deliver it at your job instead? :dunno:
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What he said. Everyone here gets all their mail order stuff delivered to the office.

Dumb as they may be parcel companies know not to deliver to commercial premises at weekends so you don't get any of that "failed delivery" crap plus very few mail order/internet stores insist on delivering to the invoice address and if they do then fuck 'em and buy elsewhere.
 
93Flareside said:
Your house needs a whole house fan...
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Problem there is there is no more house above my room, just outside. :lol: Also investing money in order to be cool during Scotland's one week of summer per year, not a great investment!

What currently annoys me is people who are all "well, am dyslexic so thats why my spelling isnt any good eh, so why dont you jst fuck off. sum peopel jus dont get how hard it is fer me to tipe properly". Sometimes I feel like the only person within a 100 mile radius who hasn't been diagnosed as dyslexic. <_<

I know it's a slightly unpopular opinion, or me being an ableist arsehole, but I get the distinct feeling this is a case of doctors not wanting to tell parents that their kids are lazy and/or stupid. What really irks me is the fact I know people who are dyslexic and agonise over ensuring they write to the best of their ability. My sister has issues with this, she'll write letters backwards or swap them around or use really odd syntax. Then there are these people who use it as an excuse to not even bother trying while living in a world where spell check is built into everything and they are still all "omg somebody called me out on mah spellin even tho they now that im dyslexic".
 
CraigB said:
I'm trying to figure out if you are serious or not. Wouldn't a compass work anywhere... in the world?
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Oh yeah, I was, but I was posting late before going away for the weekend and being offline until now.

:smile:

.. fortunately, Ice explained it better than I could have at the time, thus:

IceBone said:
No, since the magnetic north is different from geographic north, if you want it to point to geographic north, it has to be recalibrated. Not to mention the magnetic north moves all the time slightly.
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.. also, it was too late at night to page Dr. narf, but he posted the next day:

narf said:
It does. The navigator just has to know the year and roughly where in the world he is to know the magnetic declination to apply for that region and calculate where true north is. The magnetic south pole of the Earth is almost 1000km away from the geographic north pole, and moves a few km per year. Remember how TG's Polar Special didn't finish at 90 degrees north? They were heading to the (historic) position of the magnetic south pole.

Earth_Magnetic_Field_Declination_from_1590_to_1990.gif


In our time, the difference in declination between the US and Europe is quite small though. The variation within the US is much greater due to the pole being in Canada.
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.. and thanks narf too. :cool:
 
Todays delivery at work... Christmas Trees, Christmas card kits and toy advent calendars.
 
them: "Wanna do a run from Germany to Italy next week and Germany to the US the one after that?"
me: "I'd love to!"
"Great, the first one will have to be confirmed and the second one is yours, we'll send you the ticket ASAP."
"Brilliant, thank you!"
"Ah... Italy won't happen, we're sorry. And US has been cancelled."
"Bummer... well, can't help it, it's the nature of the business sometimes."
"Hey, we can offer you Poland to Italy instead of Germany to US!"
"Cool, I'd be happy to do it!"
"Oh, and there's something else, Germany to Malaysia - tomorrow."
"Errrr... let me check. Yup, sure thing."
"Awesome, here's your ticket and the hotel reservation."
"KTHXBAI, see you tomorrow."
"Ummm... actually, the customer has just cancelled."
"?!"
"Oh, and Poland to Italy was cancelled as well. But how about another Germany to Italy in the same week?"
"That'd be great."

I don't really mind where I go as long as I get some work, but this streak (and I've typed the short version) of bad luck and chaos ought to end.
 
calvinhobbes said:
them: "Wanna do a run from Germany to Italy next week and Germany to the US the one after that?"
me: "I'd love to!"
"Great, the first one will have to be confirmed and the second one is yours, we'll send you the ticket ASAP."
"Brilliant, thank you!"
"Ah... Italy won't happen, we're sorry. And US has been cancelled."
"Bummer... well, can't help it, it's the nature of the business sometimes."
"Hey, we can offer you Poland to Italy instead of Germany to US!"
"Cool, I'd be happy to do it!"
"Oh, and there's something else, Germany to Malaysia - tomorrow."
"Errrr... let me check. Yup, sure thing."
"Awesome, here's your ticket and the hotel reservation."
"KTHXBAI, see you tomorrow."
"Ummm... actually, the customer has just cancelled."
"?!"
"Oh, and Poland to Italy was cancelled as well. But how about another Germany to Italy in the same week?"
"That'd be great."

I don't really mind where I go as long as I get some work, but this streak (and I've typed the short version) of bad luck and chaos ought to end.
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My problem is the opposite. Everyone wants to schedule the same week.

Oh, and our lady in spare parts can't be bothered to order more parts when the bin gets low. It's been at least two weeks since we were out of certain things I've brought to her attention.
 
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