Things you don't understand watch - have you got things you don't understand?

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ChrisHB Nov 2023 10:02pm, 14 Nov 2023 22,782 posts	0 ChrisHB [ I fear I may have killed the pedants' thread ]
Steve NordRunner Nov 2023 9:17am, 15 Nov 2023 3,618 posts	0 Steve NordRunner Why do people use outdoor dressing gowns as coats (such as dryrobeTM) and act like it's normal? It's on a par with popping out to the corner shop in pyjamas. Get a coat, why don't you!
cackleberry Nov 2023 10:53am, 15 Nov 2023 3,286 posts	0 cackleberry +1 ^^^^ Can I add to that, popping to Tesco in your slippers/slidders. Put some shoes on.
cackleberry Nov 2023 10:56am, 15 Nov 2023 3,287 posts	0 cackleberry I don't understand why people would go to a coached training session and not put in 100% effort. I don't mean beginners or people who perhaps aren't as fast, I mean the ones who aren't even trying and just jog around chatting and not doing the exercises properly. You've turned out, you may as well do it properly.
GordonG Nov 2023 10:59am, 15 Nov 2023 10,108 posts	0 GordonG I don't understand why people would go to a coached training session and not put in 100% effort. I don't mean beginners or people who perhaps aren't as fast, I mean the ones who aren't even trying and just jog around chatting and not doing the exercises properly. You've turned out, you may as well do it properly. Exactly my thoughts! We have a guy in our club who jogs around each week trying to chat - obliviously- to people who are out of breath. What's the point?
Diogenes Nov 2023 11:06am, 15 Nov 2023 82,614 posts	0 Diogenes Computing: How zeros and ones can be used to produce all kinds of amazing and different results, according to how they are arranged, processed, and presented. Even if I could understand the technical explanation of how it works, I don't understand how people can work out how it might work in the first place.
Pou Pou LePhoõk Nov 2023 7:50am, 17 Nov 2023 4,159 posts	0 Pou Pou LePhoõk I might not understand this. I'm not sure. Does it mean I need to buy a size bigger than normal.
Diogenes Nov 2023 8:11am, 17 Nov 2023 82,674 posts	0 Diogenes Yes
cathrobinson Nov 2023 12:16pm, 18 Nov 2023 11,956 posts	0 cathrobinson Why do people hold a phone up to their mouth instead of their ear and listen on loudspeaker? It’s not like they are on a video call - I don’t understand why they’ve stopped holding phones to their ears…
NDWDave Nov 2023 12:21pm, 18 Nov 2023 18,794 posts	0 NDWDave Why do people hold a phone up to their mouth instead of their ear and listen on loudspeaker? It’s not like they are on a video call - I don’t understand why they’ve stopped holding phones to their ears… ah yes. The slice of toast method of using a phone