[Closed] Simple things that passed you by for years.

The difference between irrational and imaginary numbers.

Didn't really get ctrl-x for years. I would copy, paste, then delete the original thing like a spanner.

John Lewis' own brand "Jonelle" was a spelled out version of the company's first name and initial of the surname.

Didn't really get ctrl-x for years. I would copy, paste, then delete the original thing like a spanner.

*Whaaaat?

*I'm serious

Karrimor. It's 'carry more'.
Jonelle. It's John Lewis, as in John L.

Edit -DD gets there first! #veryradio4

Karrimor passed me for a bit too - thought it was the name of a mountain or something.

The only way to tell the difference between Viton & Nitrile O-Rings is to drop them into liquid freon.

You spanner, takisawa2, everybody knows that.

There is an arrow in the FedEx logo.

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Didn't really get ctrl-x for years. I would copy, paste, then delete the original thing like a spanner.

peterfile's username.

Now I hate him.

Fingerbike - ahhhhhhh so there is!

The Simpson's

I have never, ever seen a whole episode.

humour

Q8 petrol

Kaffenback

Also Staple pullers, think I was at uni before I realised what they were for

The Windows key shortcuts.

I have only just stopped using CTRL-ALT-DEL to lock my computer

Kaffenback

+1 😳

"Cotic" took me far longer than it ought.

There's also a spoon in the FedEx logo, although that wasn't designed in like the arrow.

A few years ago, we sold a business to FedEx. None of the yanks were impressed by our wide-eyed sharing of the arrow in their logo.

Things I've only just realized: in large organisations, being good at what you do isn't the secret to success.

Things I've only just realized: in large organisations, being good at what you do isn't the secret to success.

This. Plus working hard to do a good job is also not the secret to success in the corporate environment. <although it seems pretty effective in most other situations!>

Also, how unutterably manipulative and dishonest people can be when they feel threatened.

My life got a whole lot better when I finally accepted these 3 things!

that you don't need to eat carbs with every meal

I had a minor epiphany recently when I realised why you have to put a £1 in a supermarket trolley

IR is off one end of the spectrum and UV the other, durrrh!

I always spelt "available" as "avaidable", until the age of about 12. It took some convincing. I also recently learned that "Thank You" is two words. The shame.

I've only just recently realized that the little wire bit on the side of the chain splitter on my multi tool is actually a chain hook to hold it together while you put a new link in 😳

Jonelle!!!!?!??! HOW???????

After 32 years and triggered by leaving the UK did I realise how good access is in England despite how much people moan, actually in general how good things are in the UK - mostly the things people moan a lot about.

Maybe it's because we moan?! 😉

Emmelle = ML = Moore Large

The origin of the phrase "Beyond the Pale".

Driving. It still does.

The A12 haha

That my name is Antony and not Anthony.

I had an accidental epiphany moment when I learned you can zoom <In any windows page> by holding down control and scrolling with the mouse.

[Disclaimer. I do hope it is control as I'm on android atm]

That Topeak might not be pronounced "tow-pee-ak" but "top-peak" ... thats as good as I can do just now.

Cars have indicators

I spent 30 odd years tying my shoelaces incorrectly (not doing the second knot in the opposite order to the first) so I always had crooked bows on my shoes and my laces came undone.

Had a epiphany when I found [url= http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/slipping.htm ]this site[/url].

FEDEX arrow? I cant see it!

Between e and x

That when you say "w", it's actually a "double" U.

About 32 when I realised that pearl. All by myself too.

Getting into a car and being able to tell which side the fuel filler is on by looking at the instruments.

But its written as a double "v" . That's why I've always written it as a double "u" , and it looks like a pair of breasts, hehe

peterfile's username.

Now I hate him.

Personal attack. Reported.

Over the years I've heard "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound" many times and not given it much thought. However I found myself thinking about it recently, and now I can't bloody stop!!!!!

Peterfile same conundrum as if I fall off my bike and no one to see, did I fall?

Hmmmm, given that 29ers make the trail [i]feel[/i] alive, it's arguable that the feeling is nothing more than a [i]perceived[/i] state of reality and in actual fact not only have you not fallen, but you haven't even left your house. I'd even question the existence of your house.

[i]29". Only your imagination will limit you[/i]*

*Specialized - email in profile if you want to use this for a campaign.

Pigface - Member
Getting into a car and being able to tell which side the fuel filler is on by looking at the instruments.

How? How how how???

It wasn't until university that I found out Ireland was independent (that was a funny conversation with an Irish girl). So much for my Geography A-level.

[quote=shermer75 ]Pigface - Member
Getting into a car and being able to tell which side the fuel filler is on by looking at the instruments.
How? How how how???

Little arrow on the fuel icon or the side the fuel icon is on

Ooh, didn't know that one!

The man behind Trebor was called Robert.

Not quite Mike, also what side of the fuel icon the hose is on if there isnt an arrow.

If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound

Yes.

[quote=mikewsmith ]

Little arrow on the fuel icon or the side the fuel icon is on

Except it isn't, sorry.

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/fuel-tank-filler-icon-secret.shtml

Girls. For years I had the "pussy on a pedestal" complex as mentioned in 40 Year Old Virgin. I look back at all the missed opportunities and it makes me a bit sad. It's only really this year I've started to make sense of it all and realise they're just people 😆

Graham... my shoelaces are now balanced.

argoose - Member
But its written as a double "v"

It's called a double v in french though. Stupid foreigners.

"Cotic" took me far longer than it ought.

OK i give in what does it mean?

Well, clearly the man behind the company was called Citoc, d'uh.

Following the theme, Esso = SO (Standard Oil)

Except it isn't, sorry.

It is on Fords - they have a little arrow on the symbol for the petrol gauge (i.e. not just which side the pump handle is on as suggested on hoax slayer).

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In fact hoax slayer say as much at the end of their article : [i]"many modern cars do have an indicator incorporated into the fuel gauge.. generally a small arrow"[/i]

Graham... my shoelaces are now balanced.

😀 Your life is now complete.

Decathlon's bike brand : B'Twin

because bikes go [i]between[/i] your legs (say "B'Twin" in a French accent and it kind of works)

I had an accidental epiphany moment when I learned you can zoom <In any windows page> by holding down control and scrolling with the mouse.

ok - so until this thread I didn't know
Jonelle
Kaffenback (quite like this one now I know)
Emmelle (although just the name sends shudders due to bike build memories from being an lbs mechanic)
Esso

Like Graham S, I also only recently realised that a shoelace bow was meant to be a quick release reef knot, but I was tying a quick release granny knot. But I haven't been able to adjust my habit on that one.

I did work out Q8 though!

It's called a double v in french though. Stupid foreigners

Kaffenback

Ah, but do you know why the Uncle John got its name?

Watching Blue Peter as a kid…. I never once built a "Tracy Island" or whatever their little projects were, because I never knew what... sticky backed plastic was 😯

Why? Oh why, did they just not say SELLOTAPE..... branding/advertising be damned... I feel robbed 👿

AlexSimon: it took me a while to adjust, but I found switching from [url= http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/standardknot.htm ]The Round-The-Tree method[/url] to the [url= http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/twoloopknot.htm ]Bunny Ears method[/url] helped a lot.

I did work out Q8 though!

Following the invasion that precipitated the first Iraq war the filling station near me coincidentally changed hands so the the sign on it read 'Q8 - Under new management' 🙂

Esso?! Wow - I always thought it was Saudi Oil O.o

You learn somfink ev'ry day [though having just started my 3rd year I'd better learn at a faster rate than that, and so saying I'd better get off this forum and [s]procrastinate[/s] build my desk].

Only recently realised Breakfast was Breaking your Fast 😳

Learning what the format painter tool is for on MS Word etc has sadly improved my working life as well

I never knew sticky backed plastic was

Why? Oh why, did they just not say SELLOTAPE.

Sellotape would have been referred to as sticky tape - the sticky back plastic is sheets of coloured or patterned plastic usually branded as "Fablon"

The man behind Trebor was called Robert.

My mind is blown.

That Washington isn't actually in Washington state, the DC should have given it away really 😳

Cotic?

I given in.

Cotic?

I given in.

Well the bloke who set up the brand is called Cy and the name of his bike brand implies that he is a bit mad.

The middle mouse button

Good coffee (compared to instant of any sort) and tea, from proper tea leaves, made in a pot, served in a proper cup (with a saucer).

I think a lot of it is just learning to take the time out to make tea or coffee a bit of quiet, special time. Life's normally a bit fast-paced.

Cotic?

I given in.

Well the bloke who set up the brand is called Cy and the name of his bike brand implies that he is a bit mad.

The name is pronounced "COT ic" rather than "Co Tic"

Cy Cotic = psychotic

singletrack magazine.

theres a magazine? 😯

that the lyrics to Ian browns F.E.A.R, spell out fear