They're just so loud that they make you want to switch to a more modern quieter printer with all that entails! If you want quiet and (usually) no issues with replacement supplies then there is always thermal printers, only consumable on them is the paper!My beige beauty of an IBM dot-matrix printer performs no checks on the ribbon cartridge whatsoever! It will happily print away without one even being fitted, let alone one that's exhausted or non-genuine. No drama at all
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Comedic "things you would ban": minor things that irritate you
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py_megapixel
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Next question: are there any reasonably inexpensive ones with Linux drivers?
Probably not, plus they generally don't have the best print quality and I don't think there are many above a5 size, with most being receipt printers.
A4 ones do exist but they are quite pricy, being primarily designed for mobile use where the compactness of a thermal system is ideal.
PJ-722 | A4 Mobile Thermal Printer | Brother UK
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Should there be a 'not before' or 'not after' time for Couriers etc?
I was woken up this morning by a DPD Driver ringing the doorbell @ 07-35!
On the other hand, our Postman normally delivers between 7 & 8pm, although the latest I can remember was 20-50. A real first class service.
I was woken up this morning by a DPD Driver ringing the doorbell @ 07-35!
On the other hand, our Postman normally delivers between 7 & 8pm, although the latest I can remember was 20-50. A real first class service.
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Websites which pop-up a request to subscribe to a mailing list just as you are starting to read an article. No i don't want to subscribe and to be honest i've lost a lot of the interest i had in the article now.
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I agree they're bloomin annoying, but isn't it the law?
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That message currently appears on every single page of the Football Association's "Full Time" website.
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Companies which insist on retaining the nonsensical capitalisation of a brand name outside of its logo.
For example John Lewis has their new Anyday range. The logo puts it all in capitals, which is fine - a valid stylistic choice:
(image shows the logo for John Lewis' Anyday range, with ANYDAY in capitals)
But here's an excerpt from their website:
For example John Lewis has their new Anyday range. The logo puts it all in capitals, which is fine - a valid stylistic choice:
(image shows the logo for John Lewis' Anyday range, with ANYDAY in capitals)
But here's an excerpt from their website:
Why does Anyday need to be in capitals here? This isn't a logo, and the shop isn't called JOHN LEWIS; it isn't NEVER KNOWINGLY UNDERSOLD. Just write it as 'Anyday', that looks much better.
And the huge notice which says WE VALUE YOUR PRIVACY that pops up and blocks the screen just after you have acessed a website.
If you really value my privacy, why don't you just **** off and leave me alone?
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Messages on telephone queuing systems that keep reiterating (after you've been listening to music on hold for 40 minutes) "that your call is important to us".
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But obviously not so important as to be worthwhile them employing a few more call handling staff.
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Royal Mail's phone line message was for a while, maybe still is, one of those pathetic non-poems which are basically just some incredibly forced rhyming couplets. I admire the voice actor who recorded it for getting though the whole thing without either laughing or having to stop because of the sheer stupidity and 'cringeworthyness' of the thingBut obviously not so important as to be worthwhile them employing a few more call handling staff.
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Scatter Cushions.
I tend to go all Father Jack when I see them...
"And what do you say to a nice cushion?"
"**** off cushion!" with said object then thrown across the room.
I tend to go all Father Jack when I see them...
"And what do you say to a nice cushion?"
"**** off cushion!" with said object then thrown across the room.
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Poor quality new trains.
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or the other 'standard' one about there being an unusually high number of calls. What, every single time regardless of time of day or day of week?
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People should not be allowed to own books that they know that they will never read again. Sell them or give them away so that someone else can have a read.
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It's a quick of English (possibly the only language with this feature) where in certain circumstances opposite words can mean the same thing.
The house burnt up, the house burned down.*
I filled in the form, then filled it out again.
(Those are the only two examples I can think of, bit there are probably more.)
*I'm not sure why, but I think "up" goes much better with "burnt", whereas "down" goes with "burned". Do I now come under the "grammar pedant" banner mentioned upthread?
On the dedicated map shelf?
Well go on then, spill the beanz*!
*Heinz, of course
What, oh grammar pedant, is a quick of English?
Oh man! Yes! Why not have a browser setting to apply to all newly visited sites (with flexibility built in of course)?
py_megapixel
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When you call the local GP surgery round here it does that as well. I believe reception opens at 7:30 in the morning - if you call them at 7:29 it tells you that they are closed and you should call the out-of-hours service; if you call them at 7:30 it tells you that they are experiencing a high volume of calls. Surely not that many people are calling within the first few seconds of it being open?
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Why exactly?
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That's a good question! Though instead of answering it, I think I'll just edit my post...What, oh grammar pedant, is a quick of English?
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Better do it quirkly.That's a good question! Though instead of answering it, I think I'll just edit my post...
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Better do it quirkly.
py_megapixel
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Presumably because it's a waste of resources to keep printing new copies of books that are sitting around unused
birchesgreen
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How would you know you would never read a book again though? Would that include reference books you might have read but still like to refer to now and then?
Just noticed @GusB's latest profile post and I'm going to say I'd ban people writing "alot" instead of "a lot" - or getting "maybe" and "may be", or "to" and "too", wrong.
(I'd also ban the new Trainline advert which has started appearing on YouTube - the "Oh my dog" one - but that's just because it's annoying)
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(I'd also ban the new Trainline advert which has started appearing on YouTube - the "Oh my dog" one - but that's just because it's annoying)
-Peter
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People on nerdy or niche websites or fora who seem to have what I call "most sensible monkey in the circus" syndrome... namely that they make a big show of how much they frown upon people being enthusiastic about the more superficial aspects of the subject. Just let people have their fun (within reason), nobody is going to give you a medal for being a stick-in-the-mud!