Design faults in everyday objects.

Maybe she thought it would make a nice pet?

Germans do the same,

If I want to turn my computer off, I have to press the tab labelled "Start".

Have you ever tried drinking from one of those classic triangular martini cocktail glasses? Try moving without the entire contents jumping straight out.

Ladder style heater towel rails? It takes the patience of a Saint to thread a towel onto them.

Modern draught proof letter boxes? They are impenetrable to letters, yet still allow freezing cold draughts to permeate.

The buttons on a Blackberry phone. You need two hands to operate it to get the upper functions, and most human fingers cover an area of 9 buttons anyway.

My legs.  Don't move quickly enough and refuse to take hints from training or instruction.

You're doing fine 40!

those metal tea pots at service stations/little chef etc, its impossible to pour them without it going everywhere,

+1 with 40mins (how ya doing fella?? long time no see)

someone on the radio this morning said "you have to listen to your body" - mine keeps telling me to feck off....

Article in The Guardian - Are our household appliances getting too complicated?

KK - Me being slower than you may fit your definition of fine...

FB - Doing fine thanks.  I keep getting links to your recruitment of interesting-sounding people on linkedin.  Only problem at the moment is keeping up with that kitten!

most of the doors in my office are fitted with alarms that emit a high pitched tone if they're open for more than about 10-15 seconds. This is to prevent doors being left open and unauthorised people walking where they're not permitted. They're all slightly weighted so they close by themselves, but the one nearest my desk also has a catch that allows it to stick in the open position, which means about half the people who go through it open it the full way, hitting the catch, followed by a high pitched squeek about 10 seconds later. This, all day long, about every 10 minutes.

My Garmin 205... where it is just too easy to accidentally stop the watch or start a new lap when adjusting my sleeve.

Speaking of watches...

Why do most watches (men's analogue ones anyway) seem to come with a bunch of tiny dials set into the watch face? Seems like you'd struggle to read them, even if you knew what they were for.

goldbeetle wrote (see)

Im impressed musketeer has cup and saucers

Of course we have got saucers - what else would we drink from?

Tom77 wrote (see)

Speaking of watches...

Why do most watches (men's analogue ones anyway) seem to come with a bunch of tiny dials set into the watch face? Seems like you'd struggle to read them, even if you knew what they were for.

i'm not a fan of chronograph either (used to be), but you dont actually need to read them on the fly, its a stop watch of sorts, my breitling has chrono but i'm selling it to buy a nicer clean faced omega, 

Car wheel nuts, on one side of your car the momentum tightens them on the other it can potentially loosen them

40 minutes wrote (see)

KK - Me being slower than you may fit your definition of fine...

FB - Doing fine thanks.  I keep getting links to your recruitment of interesting-sounding people on linkedin.  Only problem at the moment is keeping up with that kitten!

 

How was the half today? I did 13.5 with Cole, it should have been longer but I've had a head cold and couldn't be arsed. Hopefully I can get to the long run on Sat, but I haven't looked to see what D's shifts are yet. I also know we still owe you a can of paint. I will get onto it...

The Caps Lock key on this keyboard is in the wrong place and I keep hitting it when I want Shift instead.