People who can't string a sentence together without dropping the F bomb 57 times. Sampling in "music", autotune. Cheryl Cole/Tweedy/whatever the hell it is today, just keep quiet love.
Football, most American sports (what the hell is the point?) Strictly Come Dancing (why would you want to go dancing at all, let alone strictly?) Eastenders, how do they cram so much abject misery into such a small area? Those Honda cars that look like a wedge on wheels. The way that a real life conversation has to take second place when someone's mobile rings.
Hip Hop. In particular, Eminem, I'm sick of your incessant whining about how terrible your multi millionaire life is and your problems with your wife/girlfriend/daughter/mother. Grow a pair and deal with your **** mate.
Asda.
 
Oh dear.
Firstly Dillb that wasn't my intention. Sometimes stuff pops into my head after I've pressed the post button:)
Secondly, anyone who criticises The Beatles has zero knowledge of the history of music and richly deserves their place on my ignore list.
 
Oh dear.
Firstly Dillb that wasn't my intention. Sometimes stuff pops into my head after I've pressed the post button:)
Secondly, anyone who criticises The Beatles has zero knowledge of the history of music and richly deserves their place on my ignore list.
im from liverpool. beatles are great and all but i hate f@@king band wagons omg!! all you hear in liverpool is...i love the beatles...names the one song everyone knows :'c
 
My Marshall stack only goes to 10........Talking about volumes at my last gig the mixer guy was angry at my band because we had all are amps cranked haha! I want to see his face next time i go back going to bring 2


Yep ...... when I was a sound man that was my main beef and is why I stopped working with amateurs & went working with the pros. I got a hell of a lot more money but most of all a lot of respect.

It's no joke to get flack from the punters when it's something that's beyond your control because the "stars" on stage are on a power trip.

I have been known to walk out of a Working Mens club gig and leave the guitarist's who was the main culprit's wife in charge of the desk and went home for an early night.

That band was off the road for three weeks while they found a replacement for me.

Moral of the story: Don't fluck with the sound man!!!
 
Your stage volume should be dictated by how hard the drummer hits. The PA is there to do the ear drum bursting mate. Remember, the audience are there for one night and will have time for their ears to adjust back to normal. You could be there night after night after night cranking it out.
Stage volume (relatively) low, house volume LOUD ENOUGH TO PIN THEM ALL TO THE BACK WALL


Exactly right!!! :)
 
Television programs that I like to watch but can't hear a word that's being said for the "background music" that's anything but "background" - and mumbled dialogue.
 
The Royal family, Carol ******* Voldemorte, Boy racers, chavs with Staffies, groups of kids hanging around looking very sus, 2 checkouts open with 45 people waiting, Checkout operators who don't offer to pack, screaming kids, Scousers, Mel ******* B, Energy companies, customer services in Delhi, plastic handbags., Brie, burgers.

I can sympathise with much of that........but I won't be giving my faux patent leather handbag!!!
 
People who can't string a sentence together without dropping the F bomb 57 times. Sampling in "music", autotune. Cheryl Cole/Tweedy/whatever the hell it is today, just keep quiet love.
Football, most American sports (what the hell is the point?) Strictly Come Dancing (why would you want to go dancing at all, let alone strictly?) Eastenders, how do they cram so much abject misery into such a small area? Those Honda cars that look like a wedge on wheels. The way that a real life conversation has to take second place when someone's mobile rings.
Hip Hop. In particular, Eminem, I'm sick of your incessant whining about how terrible your multi millionaire life is and your problems with your wife/girlfriend/daughter/mother. Grow a pair and deal with your **** mate.
Asda.
What's up with asda like?
 
Well, we all seem to be grumpy old pharts.......so I won't break the mould....:)
Litter louts are another of my beefs. But a tale from a few months ago.

We, Mrs B and I, were going into a supermarket. As usual, I did the manly thing. I went to get the shopping trolley. An elderly woman (elderly? probably ten years my junior TBH) was doing likewise. There were some papers in the trolley, discarded receipts, and she chucked them on the ground.

She saw me looking at her.
"None of your business."
"Lady, it is everybody's business."

I made a mistake. I addressed her as lady.
 
If I were you, I'd work on quality rather than quantity.

I don't even know what the post count means. Do you get some money or a medal? I am only here for a bit of a laugh and to talk about something that I love. Others seem to adore there post count like lifting heavy weights in the gym. Means nothing to me.

Life is too short to be all serious.

I was clearly having a laugh and 1 person decides to have a dig. Shame.

Woukd be nice to meet a few of these blokes in a pub. If there birds would let them of course?? ;-)
 
I don't even know what the post count means. Do you get some money or a medal? I am only here for a bit of a laugh and to talk about something that I love. Others seem to adore there post count like lifting heavy weights in the gym. Means nothing to me.

Life is too short to be all serious.

I was clearly having a laugh and 1 person decides to have a dig. Shame.

Woukd be nice to meet a few of these blokes in a pub. If there birds would let them of course?? ;-)

I'm all for humour. Just not bad English.
 
What's up with asda like?
I despise the place, and all the others. All pretence to common courtesy goes out of the window in those places in the pursuit of "I want what I want and I want it now!"
Plus those places are screwing up the world.
 
im from liverpool. beatles are great and all but i hate f@@king band wagons omg!! all you hear in liverpool is...i love the beatles...names the one song everyone knows :'c
The reason I hold them in such high regard is that every once in a while a band comes along that changes EVERYTHING. We must be due another one soon.
 
I think it's incredibly sad that kids see their route to fame and fortune through the X Factor, The Voice, Britains Got Talent and the like.
What happened to spending the time to learn how to play an instrument properly then getting in a series of bands and slogging your way around learning your trade, paying your dues as it was known
 
And their first album was when exactly?
We're drowning in an ocean of crap manufactured by Cowell and his ilk. Where a DJ can rip off someone else's song put a slightly different set of 3 word repetitive lyrics over it and call it his own. WTF is that all about? Where someone can make a career of whining about his relationship problems.
We need another punk explosion.
 
i think he meant this century! would like to see pink floyd reunited.
 
would like to see pink floyd reunited.
I'd like that too although it'll never happen, I think it's strange that Gilmour was asked about it and dismissed the idea saying that touring is a young man's game. Then he books a massive tour to promote On An Island
 
Come on UK railwayman, that was my joke. Please be original if you are going to have a dig at me please. After all they do say immitation is the best form of flattery
 
I think it's incredibly sad that kids see their route to fame and fortune through the X Factor, The Voice, Britains Got Talent and the like.
What happened to spending the time to learn how to play an instrument properly then getting in a series of bands and slogging your way around learning your trade, paying your dues as it was known
your right, there.

my stepdad was watching a show on status quo, he changed the tuning on the guitar in less than 10secs to a different key while he was chatting to the camera about something else.

i dont care who you are, it takes a lot of practice and a good ear to tune instruments quickly.

(i should know when i played in a band we slightly tweaked out tuning out of reference so each of us would stand out if we wanted)

nothing like standing up playing on your own infront of 200+ people to gain confidence
 
Just to get their post count up
Have you ever written out a long post, gone to post it and had the box pop up which asks you if you want to leave the page, then tells you you've been blocked?
Nobody seems to know why it happens and it is annoying, but splitting the post into several smaller ones sometimes seems to work.
It's not simply about a vanity number in someone's profile.
 
Have you ever written out a long post, gone to post it and had the box pop up which asks you if you want to leave the page, then tells you you've been blocked?
Nobody seems to know why it happens and it is annoying, but splitting the post into several smaller ones sometimes seems to work.
It's not simply about a vanity number in someone's profile.
that will be cloudflare, the problem is only dan can see the settings to see exactly what would cause it.

dan is never on though
 
Have you ever written out a long post, gone to post it and had the box pop up which asks you if you want to leave the page, then tells you you've been blocked?
Nobody seems to know why it happens and it is annoying, but splitting the post into several smaller ones sometimes seems to work.
It's not simply about a vanity number in someone's profile.

I do not even get the post thing? Do you get something in the post like a free years membership to the NICEIC?
 

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