I Hate/ Dislike But I Love ...

[Bobbisox1]

What are yours? Not people, that would be too personal ,just things we see or hear of on a daily basis
I hate ignorance,I hate feet on seats, I hate cigarette smoke

I love the smell of new babies,I love the smell of fresh cut grass,I love the beat of heavy rain on my Windows

[spathiphyllum]

Words and language. I hate it because i'm a poor speller, never passed my English at school and it is the bane of my life spelling customers names wrong or poorly... Yet i love how descriptive and perfect words can be to describe situations, emotions, feelings or actions. How a word can sum up something so perfectly, it's brilliant.

[Bobbisox1]

What a person*fails* in Spath can often mean they excel at something else, I was always good at English but Maths was never my strong point although I get by with it

[Bobbisox1]

/// fails in something///

[spathiphyllum]

I was never academically smart. I'm a street rat.

[Bobbisox1]

You'll other qualities , everyone does Spath

[spathiphyllum]

My qualities are my people skills (What dey den?) believe it or not.. ;-)(retro don't ;) ) I am quite sociable and i'm a very good judge of character when meeting people in person. I am also rather sporty and have good balance. I also take pride in my ability to cut a bush into a perfect sphere.

[Bobbisox1]

I can't read people till it's too late but I am like the proverbial birth sign of mine , Scorpio, as when someone goes 'too far' and stands on my tail, I'll react ,although I have a tendency to turn the other cheek at least twice lol

[retrocop]

I can’t stand terminological inexactitudes and fantasists. Dislike self pity. Hate spitting. I like a ‘can do’ attitude.

[Bobbisox1]

I like 'can doers ' too retro, hate ditherers , they lose the moment

[Canary42]

2 of my pet "hates" concern supermarket/superstore car parks - "Boy" racers who exceed the car park speed limits; lazy shoppers who don't return trolleys.

2 of my pet likes - home-grown produce; the restless sea

[Bobbisox1]

Ohh the restless sea, I like that one, nothing nicer that hearing the waves crashing on the shore

[Maydup]

I hate //you guys//.
I hate the smell of swimming pools.
I hate it when people shout across others, or across a room when they could walk over to the person they are addressing.

I love growing vegetables.
I love the moment when the lights go down, the music starts to play, and the curtain goes up.
I love a getting to know new places.

[david small]

I dislike smoking, drunks, druggies, cruelty, stupidity.
I love nature, silence, intelligence, positivity, God.

[10ClarionSt]

I dislike it when people begin every sentence with "so".
I dislike it when sports reporters say "That's their 4th/5th etc consecutive win" meaning four/five on the trot, in which case it would be 3rd/4th consecutive, not as above.

[Calicogirl]

Apart form obvious things like cruelty and unkindness I dislike burned toast, milky tea, nylon, the smell of uncooked meat, bossa-nova rhythms, stickers, overly neat gardens, beige (usually), uniforms, pens that don't work, days you are 'expected' to have fun (birthdays, Christmas etc), nosey people, bossy people, two faced people, houseplants,odd socks, packaging that won't come undone so you have to use your teeth etc etc etc.
I like Hamsters, dawn breaking, fires at midnight in winter, someone surprising me by doing something exceptional, blueberry waffles, maple bacon, freshly laundered linen bedclothes, fresh cut grass, diving into cold water when hot, toasted marshmallows,littly rubbing noses with me, dogs, cats, animals in general, listening to people talking in languages I don't understand, boats, the ocean, motorbikes, forests. etc etc etc

[Ken4155]

The thing i dislike the most is the vitriol that exists between Remainers and Brexiteers. Particularly on AB. It is alright to believe that we will be better off outside the EU and it is equally alright to believe we would be better off if we remain. No need for the animosity often displayed on this site.

[10ClarionSt]

As a non-voter at the referendum, I think it's funny!
And Boris will take us out of the EU without a deal, and allow Ireland to be re-united. Maybe give Scotland independence too. And Wales if they want it. They'd all want back in soon enough, then we could really screw 'em for every penny they've got! How's that for diplomatic expediency? ;o)

[JimF]

"I hate ignorance, I hate feet on seats, I hate cigarette smoke"
Agreed with all of those. Plus litter-louts, excessive PDAs, drivers who don't indicate.

The taste of a glug of good Burgundy after a piece of ripe Camembert on crusty baguette.

[JimF]

"As a non-voter at the referendum, I think it's funny!"

It's the most serious situation to threaten the nation since 3 Sep 1939 and you think it's funny?

[Buenchico]

I get infuriated by business owners who can't be bothered to check their spelling before employing signwriters. I get even more infuriated by signwriters who don't point out errors before carrying out the instructions of those business owners' . (I've seen plenty of convenience stores which promise to sell 'confectionary' and 'stationary', as well as being 'licenced'). I don't expect everyone to be perfect at spelling but I would hope that people would recognise when it might be a good idea to get their spellings checked before displaying them to the public.

I hate seeing parents glued to their mobile phones, while totalling ignoring the children who're acccompanying them.

I get irritated by people who post questions on AB without putting their brain into gear first. (I don't expect people posting in 'Technology' to be technical geniuses; if they were, they wouldn't be asking their question in the first place. However questions like "My screen's gone blank - how do I fix it?", or "My email isn't working - what can I do?", with no further information whatsoever, drive me potty. Surely it must be evident that we'll need more information before we can provide assistance?)

I dislike people who want everybody else to conform to their own definition of 'normality'. Our little group of friends, who meet up weekly in a pub to complete a crossword, has been called 'weird' more than once by people who regard walking miles in the pouring rain, to knock a little ball into 18 holes, as 'normal'!

I love the smell of wet dog. (Nothing matches it!)

I love the greeting miaow from one of my cats, as he wakes me each morning for a cuddle.

I love the feel of a child's hand being pressed trustingly into mine.

I love new architecture that buils upon the best of what has gone before (especially the Art Deco style.)