minor things that make you fume

[wm02]

They are everywhere in Virginia, its the mounds of corpse like exoskeletons that they leave behind before they go to adult stage. Its almost biblical in its plague-ness!

Same over here in Maryland.
I missed this last time around in 2004 as I was living in Germany at the time. Definitely planning to spend the summer of 2038 somewhere else

 

[verreauxi]

They are everywhere in Virginia, its the mounds of corpse like exoskeletons that they leave behind before they go to adult stage. Its almost biblical in its plague-ness!

You from Virginia? Where abouts? I'm outside of Harrisonburg.

 

[wm02]

You from Virginia? Where abouts? I'm outside of Harrisonburg.

It’s interesting. I was camping with my two older sons in Culpeper County over the weekend. Only cicada we saw was attached to one of our backpacks.
Made the trip from Maryland

 

[Charles Hawtrey]

You from Virginia? Where abouts? I'm outside of Harrisonburg.

Norther VA. I work in DC. when the office reopens.

 

[verreauxi]

It’s interesting. I was camping with my two older sons in Culpeper County over the weekend. Only cicada we saw was attached to one of our backpacks.
Made the trip from Maryland

Beautiful area up there. I haven't seen any cicadas around these parts.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Same over here in Maryland.
I missed this last time around in 2004 as I was living in Germany at the time. Definitely planning to spend the summer of 2038 somewhere else

Sure I once read that when this happens the ecosystem receives a massive boost. Like fertiliser.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Attenborough mating with a horny Cicada is prime television.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Incredible really. They get a lot of stick but no one does this sort of thing better than the BBC. Love the sickened look on the turtles face. Like a dad at Christmas.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

On topic:
YouTube academics

 

[degsy]

Fo' real

Indubitably undisputable.
THE Apostropher Royal, Sir D'Anville O'M'Darlin' sends these apostrophes for your further use ' ' ' ' ' ' '

 

[AdamEFC]

People posting new manager odds every time there is a change in odds.

 

[Pejic300]

I am rapidly losing the ability to tolerate poor spelling and grammar.

"Would of" instead of "would have" appears to be widespread throughout the internet, and is particularly wince-inducing. The usual suspects also make my toes curl:

Are / our confusion;

There / their / they're confusion;

Less / fewer confusion...

What irks me the most is that when I got these wrong as a kid I was corrected by my parents and my teachers. I wanted to get it right in future so I made sure to learn the correct form. Many people now don't seem to care, and I find that somewhat depressing.

I work at a top university (in a non-academic role) and some of their official releases are plain embarrassing. We had one missive recently that explained the potential penalties for Covid breeches. Pant-demic indeed.

 

[Terrarian]

said it before but I hate pavement parkers. At what point do we as a society stop and think there maybe just a few too many cars about?

 

[Sarnia Kevin]

said it before but I hate pavement parkers. At what point do we as a society stop and think there maybe just a few too many cars about?

The worst ones are those with a perfectly useable driveway and/or garage, in front of or to the side, of their house but are too bone idle to park their car there. This is stupid because apart from getting in the way of pedestrians, they are exposing their pride and joy to malicious damage by said disgruntled pedestrians.

 

[Terrarian]

The worst ones are those with a perfectly useable driveway and/or garage, in front of or to the side, of their house but are too bone idle to park their car there. This is stupid because apart from getting in the way of pedestrians, they are exposing their pride and joy to malicious damage by said disgruntled pedestrians.

Oh yeah, I often catch my arm on a wing mirror like by accident of course