Flying Squid to Dull Men's Club@lemmy.world • 1 month agoUnlike your standard heavy vehicle in reverse beeping, the bin lorries here say, "stand well clear, vehicle reversing," then a loud beep, over and over when they go into reverse.message-square16fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up155arrow-down1message-squareUnlike your standard heavy vehicle in reverse beeping, the bin lorries here say, "stand well clear, vehicle reversing," then a loud beep, over and over when they go into reverse.Flying Squid to Dull Men's Club@lemmy.world • 1 month agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCaptain AggravatedlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month agoOn a tangentially related note I recently replaced a smoke detector and instead of just a loud beeper the damn thing talks, and it’s been awhile since I’ve wanted to throw something electronic against a wall that much.
On a tangentially related note I recently replaced a smoke detector and instead of just a loud beeper the damn thing talks, and it’s been awhile since I’ve wanted to throw something electronic against a wall that much.
Could be worse.
Could be a toaster.