This is the worst, people going to the gym and spending most of their time looking at their phone and there isn’t an drop of sweat in sight, “ger outta here, yer lazy buggers”
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Classically proving the need with a moan about moaning!
When/if we meet in that real pub, you @mattyhurst are one of those I’m looking forward to talking to.
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Going back to Motorway driving, especially at night with the smart systems.
It is annoying when the digital message board asks you to reduce speed for Road works or something, you then travel a number of miles adhering to the 50mph limit for you then to come across a board displaying the word “End”.
It’s like WTF, I haven’t come across any road works, lane obstruction, animals on the road or a first for me the other day of reports of a fire.
I must of done 20 miles at 40/50mph on the back of this. I was scouring the horizon expecting to see billowing smoke, a dark plume in the distance to justify the digital boards need to warn me and interfere with my journey.
Thankfully, there was no fire but frustrating all the same.
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I think you should follow my approach to this problem and avoid the gym. Admittedly, your physique takes a turn for the worse but your mindset is so much better for it 
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Another Gym frustration of mine is a group of lads accommodating a load of the dumbbells, not using half of them and then just walking off without putting them back.
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I worked as a Physical Education Officer in the prisons and the Prisoners had to put their equipment away after every session!
So as you say it grinds my gears seeing it, even seeing Szob and other players kicking a football around in the weights/fitness room gets my heckles up, accident waiting to happen to multi million pound assets!
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Without sharing the same experience, I can completely understand your frustrations. Funnily enough you have just reminded me of my own work based grump - post to follow.
That sounds like the signs they put up to try and solve road congestion. Presumably, if you haven’t seen anything, they have worked, but it would be nice to know what the delay was for.
I had a phantom roadworks coming back from Belgium the other day. I saw a sign saying 80kph and slowed down. There was nothing for a few km and then an unrestricted sign. I got back up to 150 and then saw another sign saying 80kph for 1km. They were obviously just setting it up or removing it but leaving me in a state of befuddlement.
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On the back of @Sportbilly1966 work based grump.
I am a Construction Site Manager and one of my grumps is contractors, usually Plumbers, that as part of their installation works mark up their fixing points in pencil, proceed to drill said hole and fix their pipework/install radiator without removing their pencil markings.
It annoys me so much, that I get bothered when I notice it in a room, that had nothing to do with my project and may have been there for years.
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Phantom is the perfect way of describing it. It is almost as if you want to see a crash, broken down car, animals darting or pedestrians having a leisurely stroll down the hold shoulder, to justify your inconvenience.
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Great word
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It did cross my mind when I wrote it to be honest.
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I’m getting old. Maybe I’m already old.
Got a backpain. Saw a doctor, took physiotherapy and medicine and it’s still there.
Maybe I’m just old.
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Anyone else have this on a constant loop in their brain?
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You are a sprightly young sapling Ifti. Back pain can happen at any time in life.
Sure you’ll be doing your disco moves again very soon 
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Maybe you got to stop trying the really difficult positions of kamasutra.
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I used a hairdryer, disgarding the cumbersome window-mounted antenna which I had difficulty adjusting..
It worked very well, with the 4-position power settings switch, I was able to finetune the reception whenever glitches came along. It’s the heater coils acting as inductive antennas.
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I’m always peeved at lazy banners installers who did not snipe off the long tails of cable ties. Very unsighty.
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Parking enforcement officers/wardens and others of that “ilk”
Job/function to perform yes, but nothing worse than a uniform/title/position turning someone into an obnoxious twat
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Maybe traffic wardens are just in training for PGMOL?
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I’ve seen examples of it on my golf club committee.
Not there to actually “commit”, simply there for the ego massaging status thing.
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