Bloody motorway gantry signs last week coming down the M6 it was flashing "Oncoming vehicle 20mph" drove for 15 miles at a crawl with no sight of any such vehicle, absolute waste of time. They create traffic jams not stop them. In my Britain they would all be disconnected.
I know this was an old comment, just wanted to confess
My childhood home and the home I'm currently living in is named "Sejr". My family and I moved in several years ago. The house is nearly a hundred years old (there's a plaque on the side that says 1914). Several houses in my neighborhood have names like "Helga" and "Vesterled", most of them are VERY old.
I'm not a fan of people naming their houses either, but if I see a very old house with a name, I think it's kind of nice (gives it personality and makes it stand out).
I had the same feeling as you, when I passed a very big, newly renovated house, which suddenly was dubbed "Vita" from one day to the next - it just somehow annoyed me.
And by the way "Sejr" means Victory - here's hoping for some good luck in the future
Nothing wrong with preserving historical heritage.
If an old house has a name keep it.
I've never named a house myself and doubt that I ever will but what's wrong in principle with stamping a bit of your own individuality or personality on your home in a free society?
The disappointment of opening an ice-cream to find that the chocolate shell is partly smashed and refrozen, leaving you with a malformed, ice crystal-ly treat
Neighbours children, two girls aged 2 and 4, have screaming tantrums that include slamming doors and draws. Worse on a Sunday morning at 07.30 !! Harley bloody Davidsons and the pretend I'm an American Hells Angel brigade. Buying a packet of Rennie's and being asked if I'm familiar with this medicine? Can you O.D. on Rennie's?
I know this was an old comment, just wanted to confess
My childhood home and the home I'm currently living in is named "Sejr". My family and I moved in several years ago. The house is nearly a hundred years old (there's a plaque on the side that says 1914). Several houses in my neighborhood have names like "Helga" and "Vesterled", most of them are VERY old.
I'm not a fan of people naming their houses either, but if I see a very old house with a name, I think it's kind of nice (gives it personality and makes it stand out).
I had the same feeling as you, when I passed a very big, newly renovated house, which suddenly was dubbed "Vita" from one day to the next - it just somehow annoyed me.
And by the way "Sejr" means Victory - here's hoping for some good luck in the future
Nothing wrong with preserving historical heritage.
If an old house has a name keep it.
I've never named a house myself and doubt that I ever will but what's wrong in principle with stamping a bit of your own individuality or personality on your home in a free society?
Absolutely nothing wrong with that, I like the idea of giving your home personality, by putting your own touch to it.
Having thought about it for a few minutes - in retrospect I don't have anything against people naming their houses, but somehow the example I came with still annoyed me. I think it was a combination of the name (personal taste) and the way it looked on the house (also personal taste) as well as the situation - maybe I thought it was a bit odd that a house I've been cycling by for years, was named something from one day to the next. It's people's own decision, I like the idea more than I dislike it, I'm sure about that. In hindsight, saying that "I'm not a fan of people naming their houses" is not the way I feel about the subject in general.
women who read those celebrity magazines and must think 'if all i eat all day is a cereal bar, a carott, an apple and two mouthfulls of dinner in the evening, i can have a body like these celebrities'.
Cyclists who ride along in clearly marked pedestrianised areas and no cycling pathways and promenades with their children. What sort of message are you sending your kids - you don't get to chose which rules apply to you!
I could do a whole thread alone on the anoying things cyclists do....and motorists also before the lycra louts start bleating :-P
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Working in an office full of women who do nothing but talk about each other behind their backs and in general talk rubbish (i.e. bags and shoes)
People who let their kids scream the house down in public places (they seem to be oblivious to it)
People who don’t shut the f…. up
People who dress and accessorise their dogs/cats
People who speak like they are asking a question (like how the yanks speak)
People who sneeze really loudly
Dubstep
People who continually make excuses for things they have done wrong
People who make a big deal out of the smallest of things
The price of beer in pubs
Arrogant smug people (but that goes without saying)
The whos better out of messi and Ronaldo debate
People who are continuously late for the bus (just wake up five mins earlier – not hard)
Women who just meander around supermarkets (whilst resting their elbows on the trolley).
People who drive up my arse
The sound of motorbikes
People who are tight with their money
People who are too lazy to work
People who go on day trips yet moan all day when they go on it
Those beige coloured jeans every one seems to be wearing
People who keep asking question after question after question at work
‘team build’ days at work
Adam Sandler
And my personal favourite………people who don’t say thanks after leaving the door open for them
Wow actually feels good to get this all off my chest
Thats the best one
If an old house has a name keep it.
I've never named a house myself and doubt that I ever will but what's wrong in principle with stamping a bit of your own individuality or personality on your home in a free society?
Harley bloody Davidsons and the pretend I'm an American Hells Angel brigade.
Buying a packet of Rennie's and being asked if I'm familiar with this medicine? Can you O.D. on Rennie's?
Having thought about it for a few minutes - in retrospect I don't have anything against people naming their houses, but somehow the example I came with still annoyed me. I think it was a combination of the name (personal taste) and the way it looked on the house (also personal taste) as well as the situation - maybe I thought it was a bit odd that a house I've been cycling by for years, was named something from one day to the next. It's people's own decision, I like the idea more than I dislike it, I'm sure about that. In hindsight, saying that "I'm not a fan of people naming their houses" is not the way I feel about the subject in general.
Normally found on ITV2.
Female cyclists who wear lycra and shouldn't
I could do a whole thread alone on the anoying things cyclists do....and motorists also before the lycra louts start bleating :-P
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I've never heard of liquigas sprouts!