What Really Grinds Your Gears?

[Carrera1963]

DVDs/BDs without the ability to resume from where you left off.

 

[QLR1]

I watch some TV via an antenna.

I hate it when a station shows programs from within the last decade and the content is not in HD. I thought I was on a bad internet connection.

Either you show ancient shows in SD or you upgrade the subchannel.

 

[Carrera1963]

I watch some TV via an antenna.

I hate it when a station shows programs from within the last decade and the content is not in HD. I thought I was on a bad internet connection.

Either you show ancient shows in SD or you upgrade the subchannel.

I watch on HD but the local news is only broadcast on SD - rather than failing over to SD for that, the channel displays a banner for the entire length of the local news programme saying that it is not available in HD and which channel number to switch to. If anything, that’s more annoying than the occasional programme being in SD.

 

[QLR1]

I watch on HD but the local news is only broadcast on SD - rather than failing over to SD for that, the channel displays a banner for the entire length of the local news programme saying that it is not available in HD and which channel number to switch to. If anything, that’s more annoying than the occasional programme being in SD.

Yikes. That is annoying.

But modern content being downgraded to SD is the worst

 

[Lopaka KaMars]

It takes days to get a refund back. But it took only seconds for the money to exit my account.

 

[pjd1234]

It takes days to get a refund back. But it took only seconds for the money to exit my account.

 

[Carrera1963]

Good restaurants closing permanently, whether through Covid, increasing rent or ingredient costs…

I last went to New York in May 2017 and visited three restaurants with 1 Michelin star. Dovetail closed just over a year later; Nix in 2020 and Kajitsu in September last year when its lease was up.

Not just New York either. It has a vibrant food scene and will recover. It’s happening all over and there are places that will struggle more. A fine dining restaurant has just opened up in my home city, I hope it succeeds - I’ve sent a few friends in that direction already but have yet to try it myself.

 

[Carrera1963]

Still not feeling properly recovered from Covid despite now testing negative…

 

[Kingme]

Still not feeling properly recovered from Covid despite now testing negative…

This last variant took a little longer for me to get back to 100% as well. Was sick for a week in early September, after a week tested negative but still didn’t feel 100% until mid November.

 

[Carrera1963]

This last variant took a little longer for me to get back to 100% as well. Was sick for a week in early September, after a week tested negative but still didn’t feel 100% until mid November.

That’s what I was afraid of. I’d managed to avoid it until now.

Still, glad it was a milder strain when I eventually caught it and to have four vaccinations behind me at that point.