[Misc] Odd habits ?

[Questions]

I’ve just realised I cannot watch tv for long without checking what the volume number is.
I have to always then set it to an even number.

 

[Eeyore]

It's Sunday and my nails need cutting. It has to wait till tomorrow. Mum used to say it was bad luck. Which, of course, it isn't. But I'm waiting till tomorrow.

 

[Weststander]

On that theme, I set the upstairs TV volume to Sony’s arbitrary ‘20’. A nice round number.

Worked with a bloke who had many strange habits, countless stories that make people laugh. A mundane one was that he lined up dozens of pens and pencils on his desk in precise parallel lines, rather than getting on with the actual job. It went against his nature … his desk was a tip.

 

[Goldstone1976]

My partner says that my odd habit is counting the number of stairs on a staircase.

She's wrong of course; that's not odd.

Is it?

Edit: FFS. She now says that refusing to set my alarm clock to go off at a time where the minutes end in either 0 or 5 is odd. So, 06:33 is ok, 06:35 or 06:30 is not.

Wrong again, of course.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

When I’m cooking our evening meal, I can’t eat mine until all the washing up of pots, pans etc. is done and everything put away.

 

[jcdenton08]

On that theme, I set the upstairs TV volume to Sony’s arbitrary ‘20’. A nice round number.

Worked with a bloke who had many strange habits, countless stories that make people laugh. A mundane one was that he lined up dozens of pens and pencils on his desk in precise parallel lines, rather than getting on with the actual job. It went against his nature … his desk was a tip.

 

[jcdenton08]

If doing anything chore-like (washing, cooking, unpacking shopping, showering etc) I need sound. Sometimes musically but usually a podcast or YouTube video playing in the background.

I also need the same when going to sleep.

 

[tedebear]

When I’m cooking our evening meal, I can’t eat mine until all the washing up of pots, pans etc. is done and everything put away.

Wow, loving this one! Please can you afflict all at our house with this!!

 

[Pogue Mahone]

My partner says that my odd habit is counting the number of stairs on a staircase.

She's wrong of course; that's not odd.

Is it?

Edit: FFS. She now says that refusing to set my alarm clock to go off at a time where the minutes end in either 0 or 5 is odd. So, 06:33 is ok, 06:35 or 06:30 is not.

Wrong again, of course.

You are a psychopath.

If the time doesn’t end in 0 you cannot set the alarm for that time.

FFS. Wake up.

 

[Questions]

I constantly line horizontal things up. They very rarely line up perfectly but when they do I get a sense of satisfaction ( probably to do with my job)

 

[birthofanorange]

Mine are not for publication.

 

[Is it PotG?]

A teaspoon of instant coffee ALWAYS needs a top-up of a double dip ..the second being about 1/8 of a teaspoon.

 

[Professor Plum]

If doing anything chore-like (washing, cooking, unpacking shopping, showering etc) I need sound. Sometimes musically but usually a podcast or YouTube video playing in the background.

I also need the same when going to sleep.

Me too. Even (or especially) when going to the supermarket I have to have a podcast on the go. I never listen to music, and haven’t done for years. Has to be the spoken word, usually podcasts on football or politics, occasionally book reviews.

When going to sleep I also need to listen to something as I drift off. I tend to avoid podcasts as the ebb and flow of conversation, and the need for podcasters to constantly whoop with laughter, is too jarring. Has to be an audiobook as there’s a single narrator and the tone remains relatively even.

My nocturnal habits used to be a problem as my wife needs total silence when trying to sleep. The miraculous answer is an audio sleep mask that, as the name suggests, doubles as a cosy sleep mask and headphones, and is totally inaudible to anyone else. A godsend.

 

[jcdenton08]

My nocturnal habits used to be a problem as my wife needs total silence when trying to sleep. The miraculous answer is an audio sleep mask that, as the name suggests, doubles as a cosy sleep mask and headphones, and is totally inaudible to anyone else. A godsend.

This, hugely effective!

 

[AmexRuislip]

My partner says that my odd habit is counting the number of stairs on a staircase.

She's wrong of course; that's not odd.

Is it?

Edit: FFS. She now says that refusing to set my alarm clock to go off at a time where the minutes end in either 0 or 5 is odd. So, 06:33 is ok, 06:35 or 06:30 is not.

Wrong again, of course.

You've been watching too much Dion Dublin

 

[Flounce]

The only one I’ll admit to on here is having to do Heardle 60s and 70s before doing Wordle.

 

[pasty]

My partner says that my odd habit is counting the number of stairs on a staircase.

She's wrong of course; that's not odd.

Is it?

Edit: FFS. She now says that refusing to set my alarm clock to go off at a time where the minutes end in either 0 or 5 is odd. So, 06:33 is ok, 06:35 or 06:30 is not.

Wrong again, of course.

Nothing wrong with that. And it you’ll excuse the pun, I take it one step further.

For stairs I use regularly I remember the number as I have to finish on my left foot. So an odd number of stairs I take the first one with left foot, but an even number I have to start with my right foot.

As an example of how seriously I take this, to get down to the northbound platform of the Victoria line, the flights of stairs I use are 23, 17, 8, 9 & 13

Don’t even get me started on escalators.

 

[Questions]

A teaspoon of instant coffee ALWAYS needs a top-up of a double dip ..the second being about 1/8 of a teaspoon.

Does a wet spoon f*** things up ?

 

[Is it PotG?]

Does a wet spoon f*** things up ?

Always coffee first, before water.

 

[tedebear]

Nothing wrong with that. And it you’ll excuse the pun, I take it one step further.

For stairs I use regularly I remember the number as I have to finish on my left foot. So an odd number of stairs I take the first one with left foot, but an even number I have to start with my right foot.

As an example of how seriously I take this, to get down to the northbound platform of the Victoria line, the flights of stairs I use are 23, 17, 8, 9 & 13

Don’t even get me started on escalators.

Serious dedication to the cause there!!