General complaint thread

[auscyclefan94]

This, along with the obsession we have with upgrading to bigger, better & shinier houses, cars, appliances, gadgets, wardrobes, grooming regimes etc etc as if we are entitled to these things. It goes so far beyond actual need as to be absurd and supremely self-indulgent, particularly when one considers the first world's disproportionate consumption of the earth's resources and pollution/carbon emissions which result.

If a person has worked for the money to get the bigger and better things then they are allowed to have it. In general the eastern world does not have a high standard of living and does not get similar pay to what one who does the same job in the western world but that is not to say that one should not be allowed to indulge in something. Some rich people do actually work hard to be able to buy new things and I don't think you should completely put that down as being over-indulgent and selfish. Yes there is an inbalance in the world but people are allowed to have nice things.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I totally agree


What about Australia? we are pretty good country for living standards though we don't have as many brothels as the netherlands!

but you have countless deadly animals living there

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

Let's not get into politics, please.

Susan

 

[Roland Rat]

but you have countless deadly animals living there

Let's not get into politics, please.

Susan

Great timing there guys.

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

Yeah, those deadly political animals can really get you......



Susan

 

[Spare Tyre]

Let's not get into politics, please.

Susan

Call it a complaint.

 

[auscyclefan94]

My horse that i had in the melbourne cup sweep came 4th for the 3rd time!

 

[craig1985]

People who leave work to go place a bet and leave everybody else to keep on working. Lazy ****s.

 

[fatandfast]

I see all these posters from Germany and they don't know how lucky they are to be able to purchase and eat Bauren brot. I am jonesin for a sandwich with a smear of butter,couple of slices of meat or some of that raw pork spread. To find good bread in the US is a major task. We have it but in Germany it is everywhere..and we don't have Spezi..really suffering

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

I have to admit, we are always stunned at how expensive and how poor the bread in the US is.

Susan

 

[Cobblestoned]

I see all these posters from Germany and they don't know how lucky they are to be able to purchase and eat Bauren brot. I am jonesin for a sandwich with a smear of butter,couple of slices of meat or some of that raw pork spread. To find good bread in the US is a major task. We have it but in Germany it is everywhere..and we don't have Spezi..really suffering

Thansk. We also have the beer.

Dutch have great bread too.
You buy a cutted whitebread which is about 50cm long - and after that you are still hungry.
But nice with Nutella and butter.

 

[Mister Crud]

My first-ever post on Cyclingnews, and it's about bread!
I am lucky enough to have a house in Annecy, Haut Savoy. Heavenly bread and croissant, and mountains that go UP to heaven. Eat your heart out.
What was the subject of this thread again?

 

[Cobblestoned]

Yesterday evening I did a big sneeze.
Directly after that I heard a big pffffffffffffffffffffft.
It came from my bike's rear tyre that stood in 2m distance . Small tube-leak at the valve.

Coincidence ?

 

[knewcleardaze]

I see all these posters from Germany and they don't know how lucky they are to be able to purchase and eat Bauren brot. I am jonesin for a sandwich with a smear of butter,couple of slices of meat or some of that raw pork spread. To find good bread in the US is a major task. We have it but in Germany it is everywhere..and we don't have Spezi..really suffering

I hear you loud and clear on that! The search continues. Whole Foods has some okay breads. As to someone on here mentioned bakeries, there's a laugh. Maybe I'm in the wrong town, but there's no bakeries around here.

 

[krebs303]

I get good bread here in Mexico as they have a heavy French influence.
But for the best I make my own. It's not hard and well worth the time.

 

[Spare Tyre]

How could the USA be so lacking in good bread?

In Australia we are blessed with good and bad bread, but good bread of different kinds is easy to find (at least if you live in inner Melbourne, can't speak for elsewhere, now that I think of it, lol).

I have heard bread in the US is very sweet.

 

[Spare Tyre]

I have PTSD. In the past decade the Melbourne CBD has had a huge rise in the number of buskers who use amplification. In the most popular thoroughfares there is no escaping them. Their music is inflicted upon you and you have no choice in the matter. Walking in the Melbourne CBD these days is like passing from one assault on my nervous system to another.

Many people, through age or ill-health, have sensitive nervous systems. It's not just me. And it's not just noise "pollution" either. It causes distress. It has an instantaneous effect on the nervous system. It is violence.

I now understand how people can snap and go postal.

 

[fatandfast]

How could the USA be so lacking in good bread?

In Australia we are blessed with good and bad bread, but good bread of different kinds is easy to find (at least if you live in inner Melbourne, can't speak for elsewhere, now that I think of it, lol).

I have heard bread in the US is very sweet.

not the case. Australia is the same size as the US but only a teaspoon of the population. We have good bread but bad shopping habits. Good bread only lasts a couple of days before it is hard. Bread..the good stuff only has a few ingredients so the regular once a week shopping that most Americans do makes it so bread would be one of the things you have to go out for..a special trip. also people have started to always keep the butter in the ice box because we are getting paranoid about germs..good or bad bread..rock hard butter sux

 

[usedtobefast]

bah,humbug. a general statement for the days news...

 

[krebs303]

after a quick visit to the states I am home again. you would be surprised at how much smell one little dead mouse can make

 

[Polyarmour]

Every time I walk through the city, which is every day, I have to run a gauntlet of people who want my money. I don't mean the beggars, I mean Greenpeace, Amnesty, Heart Foundation, Guidedogs, Lifesavers, Breast Cancer, Prostate, Deaf, Dumb, Blind etc etc. They employ pretty young foreign backpackers who smile at me while standing directly in my path. I step out of the office for a break but by the time I get back I'm exhausted. Yes yes they're all noble causes but you can only give so much and I'd like to be able to walk through the city without being accosted thanks.

 

[auscyclefan94]

I have PTSD. In the past decade the Melbourne CBD has had a huge rise in the number of buskers who use amplification. In the most popular thoroughfares there is no escaping them. Their music is inflicted upon you and you have no choice in the matter. Walking in the Melbourne CBD these days is like passing from one assault on my nervous system to another.

Many people, through age or ill-health, have sensitive nervous systems. It's not just me. And it's not just noise "pollution" either. It causes distress. It has an instantaneous effect on the nervous system. It is violence.

I now understand how people can snap and go postal.

I have never found it loud at all and have never really seen too many buskers around at all. You see a few at Flinders St Station but that is it really. Where are the hot spots for them?

It is generally not too bad and the noise of people, cars and trams generally down a fair bit of the sound out.

I don't have PTSD so it may be quite bad for you.

 

[Spare Tyre]

I have never found it loud at all and have never really seen too many buskers around at all. You see a few at Flinders St Station but that is it really. Where are the hot spots for them?

It is generally not too bad and the noise of people, cars and trams generally down a fair bit of the sound out.

I don't have PTSD so it may be quite bad for you.

Flinders St Station, Bourke St mall area, Swanston St towards the arts centre, ie, the areas I'm likely to pass through on my way anywhere. There are sometimes amplified buskers in my nearest shopping centre in St Kilda.

I don't have a problem with acoustic buskers. Acoustic music doesn't impact the nervous system the way amplified music does and even if they are appalling musically you're out of range soon enough.

Yes, it bad for me.

Many people with PTSD report acute sensitivity to noise, particularly loud music, fast tempo music and loud throbby noises like the engines of some motorbikes or cars. In an instant we can go from feeling fine to feeling like we're going to have to punch something/someone. I am a woman; the whole punching thing is not part of my normal mode of being or my history and yet loud music can trigger rage and aggression in micro-seconds. Sometimes the distress from unchosen exposure to music (say a few hours of dance party music from a party or an outdoor dance party) can last for a day or two.

I sometimes think people with PTSD are like the canary in the coalmine when it comes to these things. In the past 100 years there has been an enormous increase in the amount of auditory, visual and other stimulation people are exposed to. Social and technological change has been rapid, so there hasn't been time for our nervous systems to evolve. Some people appear to thrive on it, but possibly these same people are developing illnesses in response to it which will show up down the track.

 

[fatandfast]

while housesitting I made some boiling water on the stove for a cup of joe. The stove is brand new but very low end..Hotpoint I think..probably 300-400 dollars model. When the oven is completely idle and nobody is or has used it for along time..it makes clicking noises like the igniter is engaging..but there is no sparks around the 4 burners..This srikes me as strange and it makes the noise about every 30-60 minutes..I have only been next to the stove 2 times when it actually clicked..Any ideas? Has anybody ever had a ghost stove that lights itself...or tries to.

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

A year ago now we had this same cold, snowy weather, but I was picking out our trip to Egypt, looking at lots of catalogs and websites of beaches and deserts.

This year, not.

Bummer.

Susan