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Coat hangers/paper clips stuck together. Cling film/sellotape that you can’t find the end of and when you do it just breaks off where you don’t want it to. People eating popcorn at the cinema [they don’t even sell popcorn at our cinema thank goodness]. Most people that I work with [shall delete this bit tomorrow but it made me feel good to write it down…….]actually, only 2 people, but they made it seem like everybody last week.
Little things that annoy, you say?
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People in cinemas rustling Crisp packets for ages everytime they take out one crisp. They always sit behind me, must be some sort of "law" governing that.
The "tish tish tish noise" coming from young peoples headphones on the train. I reckon the up and coming way to make money in the future will be to set up a hearing aid company ready for when they all go deaf.
The "thud thud thud" racket coming from young peoples cars as they go past. What happened to Melody?
The banal conversations and swearing of the young people on the train, particularly young females. Either between themselves on on their mobiles whist chewing gum with their mouths open.
The surly looks of the young people on the Train.
The names some people south of the A127/M25 in Essex give to their offspring, ie Tyler, will the next one be called Bricklayer I wonder?
Yes I know I’m getting old! I didn’t quite "die in the war for them" but I do wonder why we bred them. Bring back conscription, that’s the answer!
My 8 year old getting to school for 8 am leaving at 5.00 pm armed with another half hour of the worst invention of all time….homework. When is she supposed to enjoy being a child and play with her toys etc?
There cannot be a sensible argument for it…Grrrr
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I have visions of hundred’s of old people being found starved to death – surrounded by mountains of food that they couldn’t open.What do you think about the new idea to start children at primary school in the September, and not staggered throughout the year as is the case now? We’re not sure of the ruling about it, but believe that it isn’t compulsary. Poor babes will be falling asleep. If we had the money, my grandson would go to a Steiner school, where children are allowed to be children for as long as possible.
The skin tight cellophane wrap on cds and dvds which take an absolute age to get off. What’s that all about ?
Talk about frustrating. Staffies and any other devil dog that is the favoured canine companion of choice of equally thick and dangerous Ned/Chav owners.
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My 8 year old getting to school for 8 am leaving at 5.00 pm armed with another half hour of the worst invention of all time….homework. When is she supposed to enjoy being a child and play with her toys etc?
There cannot be a sensible argument for it…Grrrr
Agreed, agreed and 100% agreed Crizzy! The amount my 6 year old brings home absolutely beggars belief and by the time he has finished it the day is away. By Friday he is exhausted with it all, it’s so berluddy unfair on them!
What do you think about the new idea to start children at primary school in the September, and not staggered throughout the year as is the case now? We’re not sure sure of the ruling about it, but believe that it isn’t compulsary. Poor babes will be falling asleep. If we had the money, my grandson would go to a Steiner school, where children are allowed to be children for as long as possible.
I’m a Yorkshire lass living in Northern Ireland now and over here they all begin in September as it is. I didn’t actually realise Moe that they didn’t do the same in England? I’m for the staggering of them, definitely. My wee boy started in a September and is up and in amongst kids 9 months older than him and he was just four years of age when he started. (Hindsight is a great thing and I so wished I’d have held him back now. My biggest mistake so far in life ever, stupid, stupid, stupid me) I will never forget being told by his playgroup leader that he was behind a lot of his class mates in his maturity… He was three.
Childhood, what childhood?
P.S Can you tell that subject has hit a nerve?Little things that annoy, you say?
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Just because a man likes his short wife to dress up as a little schoolboy i mean does it really matter?…….erm yes it probably does.
People in cinemas rustling Crisp packets for ages everytime they take out one crisp. They always sit behind me, must be some sort of "law" governing that.
The "tish tish tish noise" coming from young peoples headphones on the train. I reckon the up and coming way to make money in the future will be to set up a hearing aid company ready for when they all go deaf.
The "thud thud thud" racket coming from young peoples cars as they go past. What happened to Melody?
The banal conversations and swearing of the young people on the train, particularly young females. Either between themselves on on their mobiles whist chewing gum with their mouths open.
The surly looks of the young people on the Train.
The names some people south of the A127/M25 in Essex give to their offspring, ie Tyler, will the next one be called Bricklayer I wonder?
Yes I know I’m getting old! I didn’t quite "die in the war for them" but I do wonder why we bred them. Bring back conscription, that’s the answer!
I’m glad you made this post because it means I can have this ‘dicussion’ again. I listen to music on the bus or train for the simple reason that I don’t want to listen to screaming babies, endless announcements & everyone (not just young people) talking absolute rubbish. Why should I have to listen to that?
This however:
‘The banal conversations and swearing of the young people on the train, particularly young females. Either between themselves on on their mobiles whist chewing gum with their mouths open.’
is spot on.
Anyway, things that annoy me: people who say ‘young people’ like they’re all exactly the same.
People who use the expression ‘naive’ & most of all… people who use the word ‘real’ to describe something they like to the detriment of something someone else likes. Eg ‘That’s not real music’ ‘that’s not real horseracing’ etc etcJust googled it, Soba, and it looks like N Ireland has the youngest school starting age in Europe. My neice who’s a primary school headmistress can’t see the logic of it, either. Even if it isn’t compulsary [ory; can’t spell, perhaps I should have started school at 4!] parents tend to see other children starting younger and then feel that their child will be ‘missing out’ if they don’t do the same. Sounds as if in Ireland there is no choice. However, we tend to forget that there are a lot of children out there with parents that don’t read, talk or play with their kids, so perhaps some would be better off at school. Little boys are always less mature than girls as well, so to start school 9 months younger than most of your classmates must be difficult, but at least they don’t have the pressure on them to be mini Victoria Beckhams by the age of 7 [or 6].I just want my little grandson to be happy and carefree for as long as possible.
Could do one of these a night at the moment….
Tesco delivering produce that goes off in 2 days time. it’s supposed to be ‘the weekly shop’ and by Friday there will be no bloody food left…Unless i freeze it all. Grrrrr
When people cut you up on a road, i.e. pull out of a junction, just to turn off at the next opportunity.
When people make a sandwich or a cup of tea/coffee and there are either bits everywhere or sugar split on the work surface.
People putting a teaspooon in tea or coffee and then putting it in the sugar, leaving a minefield of horrible brown grotballs to pick out of your cereal.
People who have to tell you a story and after interrupting you then take too long telling it, and telling too many details that have nothing to do with the story (only because there are loads of them in my local and they are inescapable).
New cars that come with tape decks, who has tapes anymore?
Internet dongles, I think the CIA were using these before waterboarding was discovered.
Automated call answering, mostly used by companies who have already sold you their service and no longer care about your custom.
An unextinguished cigarette in an ashtray.
PS Soba, the Northern Irish education system was always rated as the best in UK when I was growing up. Scottish papers were always the highest papers in UK and northern ireland (pupil for pupil) was always rated as getting the best grades at a secondary school level anyway, whilst sitting scottish papers. Dont know if Martin McGuiness has changed anything since then, but I personally think starting kids learning earlier works.
The changover point is generally the first of july and where my younger brother was born june 17th he still got a grade 1 in 11+ and never struggled at school, despite having no real interest in education and was always one of the most socially developed in any of his classes. But I remember one of his teachers in primary school telling my mother that he needed to be remedial.
Its obviously a controversial topic, but I personally dont think it places people to any severe disadvantage long term, although obviously staggered timings would be good, but think that will lead to problems at secondary schools where everyone is starting subjects at different times etc. You would need extra teachers etc. I wouldnt worry too much about it, Northern Irish teachers always like to criticise too much. All through secondary school I was always on Ds, Es and Fs but came through my GCSEs with all Bs and Cs, despite having done zero work for them and most of my mates at school were the same. I agree children need to have a childhood though.
Talk about frustrating. 
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