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It really makes my blood boil when people complain that a bedside clock is too bright and keeps them awake at night.....because they're too flipping stupid to figure out how to dim it!
Then they complain the instructions are incomprehensible. What do you expect for a cheap clock made in China? If it's got three buttons, SET, UP and DOWN that should be sufficient. One halfwit moaned that it woke him up at one in the morning. Who's fault could that have been?
Then they complain that it's not real wood. If it was a real block of wood it wouldn't display the time or beep when you need to get up, would it?
I bet half of these idiots are MENSA members who regularly complete The Times crossword but they can't even set a clock!
Then they complain the instructions are incomprehensible. What do you expect for a cheap clock made in China? If it's got three buttons, SET, UP and DOWN that should be sufficient. One halfwit moaned that it woke him up at one in the morning. Who's fault could that have been?
Then they complain that it's not real wood. If it was a real block of wood it wouldn't display the time or beep when you need to get up, would it?
I bet half of these idiots are MENSA members who regularly complete The Times crossword but they can't even set a clock!
Yeah all the above really grinds my gears tooDerek27 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 20, 2023 4:31 pmIt really makes my blood boil when people complain that a bedside clock is too bright and keeps them awake at night.....because they're too flipping stupid to figure out how to dim it!
Then they complain the instructions are incomprehensible. What do you expect for a cheap clock made in China? If it's got three buttons, SET, UP and DOWN that should be sufficient. One halfwit moaned that it woke him up at one in the morning. Who's fault could that have been?
Then they complain that it's not real wood. If it was a real block of wood it wouldn't display the time or beep when you need to get up, would it?
I bet half of these idiots are MENSA members who regularly complete The Times crossword but they can't even set a clock!
flipping hell, when it's on power saving mode and you switch it on it displays the year/month/day of month for 3 seconds before displaying the time. That's just what you need to know when you wake up between 4 and 6. 
And the battery backup doesn't work, it resets to 12:00!
And the battery backup doesn't work, it resets to 12:00!
My first bikes were Japanese. The user manuals were both incomprehensible and hysterically funny. But they've had the last laugh. They destroyed then occupied the UK motorcycle and car industries. And we are now beholdent to them. This isn't a racist comment, more a recognition that our flabby UK establishment let it happen.Archangel wrote: ↑Fri Jan 20, 2023 4:49 pmYeah all the above really grinds my gears tooDerek27 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 20, 2023 4:31 pmIt really makes my blood boil when people complain that a bedside clock is too bright and keeps them awake at night.....because they're too flipping stupid to figure out how to dim it!
Then they complain the instructions are incomprehensible. What do you expect for a cheap clock made in China? If it's got three buttons, SET, UP and DOWN that should be sufficient. One halfwit moaned that it woke him up at one in the morning. Who's fault could that have been?
Then they complain that it's not real wood. If it was a real block of wood it wouldn't display the time or beep when you need to get up, would it?
I bet half of these idiots are MENSA members who regularly complete The Times crossword but they can't even set a clock!
Truss bleating about unproductive uk workers made me lol. Within weeks she wiped 5% off the FTSE. That's not very conducive to productivity, is it?
I just wish somebody would teach the Chinese how to use words like memory and remember. Software doesn't memory your input and it doesn't "put it there or not depending on their setting".
We may joke about Chinese/Japanese grasp of English, but the grasp of Mandarin by English business people is feeble.
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British engineering was seen as good when there was no competition. I've had a few 60s cars and bikes over the years and frankly they're a bit crap. You don't need a dipstick because you know they need a top up when they stop leaking oil. Our manufacturing died becuase it rested on its laurels and failed to make progress. While Triumph was still making the TR6, Ford were selling the Escort and Capri, Merc had the SL500 and Datsun had the 280Z.
It's not their grasp of English, I admire their technical expertise. It's just the tightfistedness of some of these big companies that they're not even willing to hire an interpreter for a few hours. They must know people who purchase a computer monitor need to be able to make sense of the manual.greenmark wrote: ↑Fri Jan 20, 2023 5:42 pmWe may joke about Chinese/Japanese grasp of English, but the grasp of Mandarin by English business people is feeble.
A friend of mine speaks fluent mandarin and is very technically adept. Can he get a job as a technical interpretor? No he can't. There is no appetite for those skills, so it's a problem on both sides.Derek27 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 20, 2023 6:14 pmIt's not their grasp of English, I admire their technical expertise. It's just the tightfistedness of some of these big companies that they're not even willing to hire an interpreter for a few hours. They must know people who purchase a computer monitor need to be able to make sense of the manual.
The world HAS gone mad.
"Be wary of lone policemen, warns London head teacher"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-64344935
"Be wary of lone policemen, warns London head teacher"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-64344935