41 today. Bugger!
The thing that's most likely to put a bee in my bonnet, these days, is noise.

Example: if I go out with a bunch of people to somewhere noisy, and the people I am with are talking more quietly than the background noise, I can't hear them - yet, if they talk more loudly, that increases the overall noise level in the room. So, how does this happen? I've started paying more attention to acoustics, noting how the wrong material or angles of the ceiling can bounce voices back at the speakers, forcing them to raise their voices further. It's also dependent on frequency, and I've found I get better results if I raise the pitch of my voice above its usual rumble, since bass frequencies require more energy to produce for a given volume, yet they can get muddied by reflection ... the variable frequency transmissivities of various materials also explain why it's a bad idea to slam a door or play bass-heavy music at 4AM if you live in a block of flats like I do. These kids today have no sense of the levels of noise that it's safe to make, probably because they're all half-deaf from too many hours skanking to banging Drill 'N Bass while tripping on E ...

... and so on, and so on. It's like I've become a geriatric nerd about all the things that can annoy people. Crap.
( bnt what, me worry?, Sat 2 May 2009, 12:19, 6 replies)

noise
Or are you just going deaf? Get em checked out - you might be surprised.
(Suck it and Sea, Sat 2 May 2009, 12:24, closed)

WHASSAT?
SPEAK UP, SONNY! Kids today, I dunno ...
( bnt what, me worry?, Sat 2 May 2009, 13:07, closed)

whee
Happy Birthday!
(Halfy By light alone, Sat 2 May 2009, 12:51, closed)

ta!
Even better: I share my birthday with such luminaries as Queen Catherine the Great, Bing Crosby ... Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson ... David Bloody Beckham.

Bugger!
( bnt what, me worry?, Sat 2 May 2009, 13:05, closed)

Happy birthday!
:o)
( sir_spicious2000 Crap I've watched: www.filmplop.blogspot.com/, Sat 2 May 2009, 15:02, closed)

happy birthday!
i lived in a block of flats, with a teenage twat above me for 3 months, playing house, garage, jungle and hardcore bass from 5 p.m. till at least 6 a.m.
every fucking night.
it was like trying to live in a nightclub. when i complained, the dirty little fucker shat in a bucket, tied rope to said bucket and swung it out of his windows in an attempt to break mine with his shitty missile.
3 months it took me to get him evicted, but fuck, it was worth it.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sat 2 May 2009, 19:00, closed)