List your pet peeves

[RallyCola]

along the same lines as above, i actually hate it when people question my use of a ';' because in modern language, it has fallen out of favor as more definite statements are preferred; it is as if people are allergic to its use.

what's next...we are going to stop using ampersands too????

[hairyguy]

the phrases "interesting to say the least..." and also "it is what it is"

how about just shut the f up?

[Dino Velvet]

The fact that it's legal for a moving truck to park just anywhere. I know they are huge and take up a big spot but they take out an entire lane just leaving it there.

[Vladimir Putin]

Grammar Nazis.

[Dino Velvet]

Grammar Nazis.

Ukrainian ones too, no?

[EZWind]

....I also think it's weird that cursive handwriting is no longer being taught

...actually, not really all that weird. It's the same reason that kids are no longer being taught how to work a slide rule....obsolescence. The skill is no longer a necessity...apart from signing your name, it's a keyboard/text/touch screen world these days

[Vladimir Putin]

Ukrainian ones too, no?

Especially the Ukrainian ones.

[Vladimir Putin]

The fact that it's legal for a moving truck to park just anywhere. I know they are huge and take up a big spot but they take out an entire lane just leaving it there.

Especially the ones who rent out those big ass U-Haul trucks.

[Prospero]

It was reported by a British tabloid newspaper today that an elderly woman killed herself because she didn't want to live in the digital age.

I sympathiese.

I've just returned from a vacation/business trip to the US. So my peeve is about all the extra crap you have to tote around to keep all the modern electronic gadgets up and running when you travel.

Why can't all the different manufucaturers of electronic gadgets collaborate to the extent that one charger fits all.

I travelled with a laptop, kindle, Ipad,Iphone, a second mobiie phone, an electric razor, electric toothbrush and digital camera. They all required different cables to charge them. I ended up with a veritable spaghetti junctions of wires everytime i moved location. Apple even change their phone and ipad and ipod chargers they bring out a new model. So the new slimmer ipad needs a different size charger from the old one.

It would hardly limit competition if one standard charger fitted all gadgets.

[martin48]

You will be pleased to know that the European Parliament is pushing for a common charger.

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/e...-mobile-phones

Tell Nigel Farage.