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24-12-2013, 09:29 PM | #691 | ||
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You know what really ***** me?
Buying music from iTunes, I hate Apple already but this really gets on my nerves: I've got 392 songs purchased legitimately from iTunes, it downloads in some format which doesn't work in car CD players, it used to download in MP3, its now AAC or some m4a crap. There is an option there to burn "MP3 CD", but it won't do it unless its already in MP3, so you have to convert them, which doubles up on each song in your play list, then you have to sort the MP3 ones from the other ones, and burn those ones instead. So now I've got 392 copies of those songs on my PC. |
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24-12-2013, 11:15 PM | #692 | |||
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24-12-2013, 11:24 PM | #693 | |||
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Making digital encoded music the only readily available medium is crime against humanity AFAIC. You know, just like Apple is. I have Vinyl & Compact Disc. If I want it in another format, I rip it. I'm proud of my hard copy collection of music. Theres many a free program (yes I said PROGRAM, not friggin' "app") that will allow you to convert them into a more accessible format. |
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24-12-2013, 11:36 PM | #694 | |||
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24-12-2013, 11:37 PM | #695 | ||
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I wouldn't mind buying CDs but I usually only like one or two songs on the album and iTunes allows me to buy separate tracks then chuck em together in a play list, and back in the day (like 6 months ago) burn them easily to an MP3 CD to play in the Focus.
Then they started this AAC bastardry and **** farting around converting it to MP3, which iTunes actually does have the capability to do, but makes you do it manually then chuck those new files in a new playlist to chuck onto a CD. I declare holy war against Apple! I think program is the correct usage for a PC application where as programme is like TV show etc or something. Unfortunately the Focus doesn't accept 12" vinyls, ye olde Falcon and GMC Sierra take cassettes though, I remember the mid 90s recording radio on cassette lol. Also why is CD still only being accepted in cars? You'd think by now you would accept MP3 files on a DVD, since it holds about 4GB worth of data instead of 700mb, which is 2/10ths of F all these days. Or come with USB ports, or inbuilt HDDs to chuck music on. Aux ports are crap too since you have to change songs on your device, tried it once with my only Apple product, an iPod classic in my Fiesta and it was hard to drive and change songs lol. Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 24-12-2013 at 11:46 PM. |
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24-12-2013, 11:41 PM | #696 | |||
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24-12-2013, 11:43 PM | #697 | ||
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I did not know that at all. I stand corrected... I just always remembered using that spelling before we adopted more and more of the American vernacular.
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24-12-2013, 11:48 PM | #698 | ||
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Its all good mate, trust me, I still use the letter U in words with "our". ie: colour, flavour, etc. It's a pet hate of mine seeing it shortened.
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25-12-2013, 12:17 AM | #699 | |||
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I'm surprised iTunes hasn't moved onto FLAC as the preferred codec. Seems to be the up-and-coming method these days. As for Apple in general, well its hard to give my opinion on them & avoid the swear filter at the same time.... |
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25-12-2013, 07:28 AM | #700 | ||
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You know what I hate, being woken by the noise and having to chase the kids back off to bed at2.30AM because they're already under the tree dismantling the present pile.
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25-12-2013, 10:05 AM | #701 | |||
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25-12-2013, 11:07 AM | #702 | ||
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Totally agree there.
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27-12-2013, 02:47 PM | #703 | ||
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i hate people wasting my time....
i have juvenile snakes for sale on another forum & its related trading site. I am soo sick of people wanting pics, calling me 20 times in an hour when the ad CLEARLY states TEXT ONLY, wanting this snake NOW, can you do it cheaper, oh im not in sydney can you deliver to me, yes i want it but dont get paid until friday i'll call you them please dont sell it...... then day / time comes to pick the animal up, suddenly the contact number is permanently switched off, messages are not answered... I hate that!
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27-12-2013, 03:05 PM | #704 | ||||
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in our house the kids have to chase me back to bed at 2.30am......I'm afraid I am far worse than any kid when it comes to chrissy, my favourite time of the year. Quote:
in the post mate,..... it'll do you the world of good, when humanity turns against me i find a bex and a lie down makes it all seem better. my rant.......why do weeds outperform the best of lawns?, why do dogs poop on the path?, where do clothes-pegs go?,...... where does that "other" sock go?, why do woman (any woman) know where my keys are when I can't find them??? my 5 year old granddaughter knew where they were when I spent half an hour looking without success......is this something hereditary but only manifesting itself within the female of the species. getting old......I really hate that!
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27-12-2013, 11:11 PM | #705 | |||
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I am having the same ******** issues with used parts buyers.
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27-12-2013, 11:18 PM | #706 | ||
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Similar issues are why my used parts are just accumulating in my shed now. After holding onto something for over a year for a guy, and then have him try to stooge me on the money I gave up.
Today my Geez thing is moderating forums; particularly when you PM someone to politely request them to stop behaviour that is against the rules (nothing major, but still an annoyance for the regs and mods), only to be back chatted, and told to do whatever I want and to grow up. So I hit them with a sub forum specific ban stick; only to find they have subsequently made public our conversation in another sub forum.
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28-12-2013, 07:11 AM | #708 | ||
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28-12-2013, 11:54 AM | #709 | ||
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I really ******* hate Ebay AND their customer service AND their policy changes that happen constantly and so frequently that nobody can keep up. And the fact that they keep skewing the policies slowly but surely to their ever increasing advantage to allow them to take your money arbitrarily from your accounts via Paypal but getting it back is a complete nightmare. Coupled with overseas call centres where the operator doesn't speak english as a first language makes me want to go postal on them.
BTW, who's noticed that they no longer charge you for listing most things but are bending you over for a flat rate of all but 10% of the sale price these days. That's up from the 2-4% plus listing fee the last time I looked.
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29-12-2013, 05:16 PM | #710 | ||
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Can someone please tell my wife that my jiggler hose is for decanting fuel, and lives with the jerry cans in the shed, it's not a syphon for her laundry tub and certainly doesn't live IN the laundry tub getting covered in and full of soap scum. Also, my screwdrivers are NOT pry bars OR chisels, especially the small electrical screwdrivers. Then there's the shifters, pliers and multi-grips, these tools are NOT hammers but are used to remove nuts, bolt and nails, not put them in.
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29-12-2013, 05:59 PM | #711 | ||
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Geez Bushie
teach her to use them or put a lock on the shed Cheers Vincenzo
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29-12-2013, 06:04 PM | #712 | ||
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Trust me I have, and she does know but it's female and uses whatever it can find at any given moment.
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29-12-2013, 08:47 PM | #713 | ||
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29-12-2013, 09:27 PM | #714 | ||
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dont worry yours is a piece of cake compared to me l got woken at 2:30am yesterday to here my Aunt had passed away at the age of 52 due to a brain aneurism(spelling???) leaving two sons behind one in his first year of uni the second doing his HSC this year
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30-12-2013, 01:44 AM | #715 | |||
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31-12-2013, 10:37 PM | #716 | ||
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What really gives me the irrits is when you put a clear search criteria into a website and it ends up full of things that are clearly not what you asked for.
Real estate sites always fill my lists with places priced WAY outside my price limits. I EFFIN HATE THAT!! Another is eBay sellers who deceptively describe their ads. An example is advertising a random car I have no interest in with this somewhere in the descriptor: "Not Ford GT XA XB, XC" so it gets captured in my searches. I EFFING HATE THAT!! While on the subject, another thing that seriously irks me is thinking you've found a cheap-ish GT and buried deep in the description are words like: Tribute, Replica, Clone etc etc. Great, it's an overpriced faker. I EFFING HATE THAT!! Maybe I'm just old and cranky...........
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01-01-2014, 01:05 AM | #717 | ||
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Bearman, if you want to eliminate those ebay ads you describe just add a minus symbol in front of the word you don't want to include. Very useful to me when searching for parts without having to wade through pages of brand new crap im not looking for.
So for example, type into ebays search bar: Falcon GT -Not Generally thatll eff off most of the sellers trying to boost their hit rate. |
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01-01-2014, 07:34 AM | #718 | ||
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I'm sick of 2014 already!
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01-01-2014, 09:15 AM | #719 | ||
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Wot he said - mine 's poo so far :(
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01-01-2014, 09:28 AM | #720 | ||
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you dont need to stop at a ******* roundabout when someone else has already entered it you just need to open your ******* eyes, get a ******* clue and look at their indicator you deadset ******* peanut!!!!
infuriating personified!!
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