View Full Version : Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Geodude
26-05-16, 07:32 PM
Money :-x not having enough so i can help those who really need it, if only i could win the lottery to spread a little happiness..
well since you dont have enough money for those that really need it does that not make you the one who needs it. look after number one first my friend and until such all others can go fek aff. let me shed a bit of light on this... those beggars you see on the street make on average £200 a day in the right spot, tax free. it only takes 200-400 people to be kind with loose change.
Geodude
27-05-16, 06:19 AM
You are a great sage Bibs ;)
maviczap
27-05-16, 08:50 AM
well since you dont have enough money for those that really need it does that not make you the one who needs it. look after number one first my friend and until such all others can go fek aff. let me shed a bit of light on this... those beggars you see on the street make on average £200 a day in the right spot, tax free. it only takes 200-400 people to be kind with loose change.
Amen to that Bib
Geo, health is better than wealth, although none of us would begrudge you having a bit of good fortune come your way for sure. :flower:
Sir Trev
27-05-16, 08:58 PM
Amen to that Bib
Geo, health is better than wealth, although none of us would begrudge you having a bit of good fortune come your way for sure. :flower:
This.
Geodude
27-05-16, 10:35 PM
Yeah i hear you lads and ive not got much but my belly is full and the bills are paid, i still wish i had a bit more left over to help out the odd few a bit more.
DarrenSV650S
28-05-16, 09:27 AM
I just got a bus lane camera charge for last Friday at 07.42 but I know for a fact that I was on site before 7.30 because I met my boss at that time and there was another colleague who can confirm this. So they either got the times wrong or are just making up BS to generate more money.
maviczap
01-06-16, 06:10 PM
Someone sort this weather out, we've had the heating on today!
littleoldman2
01-06-16, 06:20 PM
Someone sort this weather out, we've had the heating on today!
Ours is on a timer, comes on October 1st and goes off September 30th.
chris8886
01-06-16, 07:38 PM
Someone sort this weather out, we've had the heating on today!
had a fire last night it was so bloody cold!!
Littlepeahead
01-06-16, 09:57 PM
My nose and cheeks are sunburnt. It was 23° yesterday in Torcross. I had factor 50 on and still caught it.
maviczap
02-06-16, 05:40 AM
Faaaaaaaarg off with your 23degs, its like autumn here!
Littlepeahead
02-06-16, 06:47 AM
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timwilky
02-06-16, 07:37 AM
Just bent over to get some paper work out of the bottom drawer and split the backside of my jeans.
Good job I work from home
timwilky
02-06-16, 12:03 PM
FFS bloody kids!
Just found out I have a 3 year old grandson. I have seen the kid loads of time, he lives with his grandparents as mum is a looser, they live next door to my son. Father on birth certificate demanded a DNA and failed, so 4 others were tested. Guess who hit the jackpot.
No wonder his grandparents acted funnily in the pub a few weeks ago when they discovered who we actually were!
FFS bloody kids!
Just found out I have a 3 year old grandson. I have seen the kid loads of time, he lives with his grandparents as mum is a looser, they live next door to my son. Father on birth certificate demanded a DNA and failed, so 4 others were tested. Guess who hit the jackpot.
No wonder his grandparents acted funnily in the pub a few weeks ago when they discovered who we actually were!
That's more like it. Your first gripe was er... pants :p
andrewsmith
02-06-16, 02:09 PM
:winner:
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Sir Trev
02-06-16, 07:05 PM
So when is your day on Jeremy Kyle Tim? You really could not make up the antics your tribe get up to!
Littlepeahead
03-06-16, 09:45 AM
Last day of my Devon holiday.
And this morning I was awoken at 6am by someone banging on the front door. I thought perhaps a neighbour so when it didn't stop I went downstairs.
There was Bob the herring gull who has been sitting in the garden all week and eating scraps knocking loudly on the front door with his beak demanding a snack.
Cheeky bird.
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Red ones
03-06-16, 08:22 PM
The work email system. An imposed 2GB limit to email folder size to control storage costs.
I delete the unnecessary rubbish, I archive everything at 90 days. I'm over the limit and can't send anything.
I'm working from home, the IT guy visits the office on Thursdays, but you have to pre-book him. By email.
Guess it's going to be quiet next week.
Did I say I get sent almost every drawing for every building project including a planned massive new build? My average email seems to be 10 MB. We are not officially allowed to use cloud storage, so Dropbox is not officially used.
Littlepeahead
04-06-16, 08:57 AM
We use Mimecast at work. And we have a company Dropbox account. Makes life easier as you can delete everything but still retrieve it.
Littlepeahead
05-06-16, 07:51 PM
I sent a quick message to a friend yesterday wishing him a happy birthday.
His reply was that he's had to postpone it because he's at Great Ormond St having just discovered his child who is under 6 months has an aggressive brain tumour that has spread too much for surgery, he's too young for radiation therapy. They've been told there really isn't much hope. Life isn't fair.
BanannaMan
05-06-16, 10:01 PM
I sent a quick message to a friend yesterday wishing him a happy birthday.
His reply was that he's had to postpone it because he's at Great Ormond St having just discovered his child who is under 6 months has an aggressive brain tumour that has spread too much for surgery, he's too young for radiation therapy. They've been told there really isn't much hope. Life isn't fair.
Very sad. :(
Thoughts and prayers for all.
maviczap
06-06-16, 06:27 AM
I sent a quick message to a friend yesterday wishing him a happy birthday.
His reply was that he's had to postpone it because he's at Great Ormond St having just discovered his child who is under 6 months has an aggressive brain tumour that has spread too much for surgery, he's too young for radiation therapy. They've been told there really isn't much hope. Life isn't fair.
:(
He has my every sympathy as I found myself in a similar position. My daughter was 3 weeks old when we were told by Great Ormond St. that she had only a few days to live unless she had immediate heart surgery and that would only be a short term fix. We thought that the world had fallen on us. Nothing can prepare you for news like that.
shiftin_gear98
06-06-16, 12:19 PM
That's what every parent dreads, something happening to their kids. I know I do.
Sorry for their news, (and yours Heorot). Life sucks sometimes.
BanannaMan
06-06-16, 02:23 PM
Back in the hospital again. 2nd time in three weeks. At leat I was well enough for a few days last weekend to take a motorcycle trip to Tennessee.
maviczap
06-06-16, 03:32 PM
Back in the hospital again. 2nd time in three weeks. At leat I was well enough for a few days last weekend to take a motorcycle trip to Tennessee.
That's not good either Bill :| :(
FFS get well soon
garynortheast
06-06-16, 05:16 PM
Blimey Bill, have they given you a season ticket or something? Take it easy mister and get well quickly.
Littlepeahead
10-06-16, 02:25 PM
Being so tired today.
I sensibly didn't drink yesterday after the match even though there were free drinks for a few hours. Instead I met a friend and drank tea, was home by midnight.
Still wide awake at 2.30am. Had to be up at 5.30am. Insomnia sucks.
I'm struggling today. The mate I was with last night said he slept like a baby and he sloped off home to Wales just after lunch today having finished his personal appearances. My next day off is a week Sunday!
Sir Trev
11-06-16, 08:56 PM
Seeing a Plymouth Roadrunner (albeit on a trailer) on the M25. Not in any way a gripe of course but I was driving so I couldn't take a picture. Dammit!
maviczap
13-06-16, 05:35 PM
Bean counters making getting my suppliers bills paid easily
Littlepeahead
13-06-16, 08:17 PM
Rain, rain and more rain. Spoiled the end of the Test series. I've had soggy feet so many times today.
Littlepeahead
14-06-16, 07:18 PM
Another match day washed out. Then stuck in traffic all the way home again.
Littlepeahead
30-06-16, 07:32 PM
Paying £4 for a cheese and tuna panini and then getting back to the office to find it full of sweetcorn. They never normally add the vile devil sperm that is the yellow lumpy stuff.
Uuugghhhh, I had to scape it all out into the bin and just have the cheese.
maviczap
01-07-16, 07:33 AM
Sweetcorn yum yum, save it next time :-)
timwilky
02-07-16, 01:01 PM
Daughters Clio :- Was out in the pub last night. and
"I saw Laura last week revving the balls off her car."
She phones today : clutch gone.
Was there any indication it was going? No.
Liar!
So just managed to limp it back to mine and up drive. Oh the fun. 3 weeks after my carpal tunnel op and I am back spannering for kids because their other halfs are useless.
Someone hitting my wife's MR2 and driving off. Someone caught their reg so will have to decide what to do. Slight scuff on bumper.
timwilky
02-07-16, 03:53 PM
not reading specs.
Need a new NAS.
So buys a 5 bay chassis. Asrock N3150-ITX motherboards supporting 4 SATA, 16GB SO-DIMMS, 5 WD 3TB Red disks and a PCI-E controller for msata/5th sata.
I already had a 256GB msata for boot in the gubbins box.
Starts to put it together and FFS.
The sata/msata controller requires at least x2 PCI-E, yes the motherboard I bought is x1 PCI-E.
So motherboard swap time for the PC on the tv with a full PCI-E interface, so I don't need to buy another board/processor. But that one has only 4GB. So off and buy another 16GB in DIMMS this time. TV PC is now overkill in memory. But it all goes together.
Start trying to use the new NAS and data errors. Run SMART diags on the alerting disk and no fault found. Swap cables and it is still alerting.
So move the SATA onto an unused on my sata controller and everything hunky dory.
So I have a duff sata port on my old mother board.
This money saving NAS has ended up costing me, simply because I didn't read properly the spec of the Asrock N3150-ITX motherboard before I bought it. The board is well past its warranty, lesson learned. Next time don't be in such a hurry. Read first.
Teejayexc
02-07-16, 04:05 PM
^ I haven't a feckin clue what all that was about!
8-[
maviczap
02-07-16, 04:15 PM
^ I haven't a feckin clue what all that was about!
8-[
He said you should read the manual first :D
Yep, I've done similar
Sir Trev
02-07-16, 05:08 PM
Having to wear a fleece and battling a force 10 headwind* cycling to the pub. I thought it was July?
Oh, and being fleeced a stupid amount for a very small selection of cheeses at the pub's beer and cheese festival. They were very nice but only worth half of what I paid.
* it felt like it!
maviczap
02-07-16, 05:18 PM
Having to wear a fleece and battling a force 10 headwind* cycling to the pub. I thought it was July?
its been like this since the end of April in my cycling world, I'm cheesed off with the weather (see what i did there :D )
Sir Trev
02-07-16, 06:55 PM
its been like this since the end of April in my cycling world, I'm cheesed off with the weather (see what i did there :D )
I did think of you and your mad hobby as I grazed my knuckles changing my Raleigh's pedals this morning. Seems the same weather keeping me off the GSX-F is also spoiling your season.
maviczap
02-07-16, 08:22 PM
Yup, even spoiling any idea of going out on the sv too!
I was going out to the wed Gt Bentley motorbike meet, but then the weather was crap, so no point going to that either.
Bloody woman in a 4x4 pulled out infront of me right across the white line and then drove slowly off. But when I went to pass her she put her foot down and tried to outpace me. We were side by side for a 100 metres before I made it and she glared at me as I passed. Good job there was no oncoming traffic.
Blapper
06-07-16, 07:02 AM
Politicians! Can't live with 'em, can't shoot 'em.
timwilky
06-07-16, 07:19 AM
Someone has clipped the freshly repaired rear offside of my car again. a nice black rubber streak 3 inch wide with blue paint either side. It polished out, but left 2 scratches. As usual they fecked off again.
This really pees me off. I live in a small cul-de sac. But for some reason we get loads of traffic using it to turn round outside my house and they seem incapable of reversing with their eyes open.
maviczap
06-07-16, 01:43 PM
Bloomin recycling centres being closed on Wednesdays, so I have to drive around with 2 buckets of broken concrete in my boot until tomorrow.
Teejayexc
06-07-16, 02:36 PM
Bloomin recycling centres being closed on Wednesdays, so I have to drive around with 2 buckets of broken concrete in my boot until tomorrow.
No large potholes around your way? :cool:
maviczap
06-07-16, 03:16 PM
Its only a couple of buckets, nowhere near enough to do the size of potholes round here.
Red ones
06-07-16, 05:51 PM
Contractors who think they can be rude to their client and then try shouting the client down.
They only try it once.
Same contractor quoted £4,000 for a temporary repair when I already knew the permanent repair cost £1,800.
shiftin_gear98
06-07-16, 06:02 PM
Pulling a nail out of my nearly new rear PR4. Bugger.
Red ones
08-07-16, 01:29 PM
Passport renewals
First application refused - wrong type of black ball point pen used.
Second application refused - my name in the back of the photo missed a hyphen (I'm not allowed to add it as it must be in the counter signatures handwriting - wtf? It's only a straight line)
The thought crossed my mind that I could forge the application to get it through just because of the missing little hyphen.
Passport renewals
First application refused - wrong type of black ball point pen used.
Second application refused - my name in the back of the photo missed a hyphen (I'm not allowed to add it as it must be in the counter signatures handwriting - wtf? It's only a straight line)
The thought crossed my mind that I could forge the application to get it through just because of the missing little hyphen.
WTF.. wrong black ball point.. what do they want you to use devils blood :smt043
i'll be applying for a passport at some point soon so nice tips.
Red ones
08-07-16, 01:56 PM
To make it even more annoying, I don't actually need a passport to be where I want to be. I need it to get on the sodding aeroplane to fly there.
Red ones
08-07-16, 01:57 PM
And, yes, the passport will cost twice as much as the bloody ticket on the sodding plane too.
Red ones
08-07-16, 01:59 PM
WTF.. wrong black ball point.. what do they want you to use devils blood :smt043
i'll be applying for a passport at some point soon so nice tips.
Use a bic ballpoint not a gel ink ball point.
First time using Amazon Prime next day delivery. Ordered yesterday for guaranteed next day delivery and it didn't arrive.
Sir Trev
08-07-16, 05:18 PM
Fecking queue jumpers. Again!
First time using Amazon Prime next day delivery. Ordered yesterday for guaranteed next day delivery and it didn't arrive.
amazon prime is a con. i just ordered something and it arrived in 2 days without prime. whats another day ;)
ok granted if you are a 'consumer goods junkie' and use amazon a lot then it would pay for itself with the free delivery but if not then its a waste of £5.99 a month or £79 a year. after the free month your signed up for a year, then you forget about it and dont cancel so they keep taking the cash from your account with auto renewal. the mate got caught out with that one.
amazon TV is shizz as is the free prime films.
Pulling a nail out of my nearly new rear PR4. Bugger.
Don't know if you have heard of this guy - but I used him last week after picking up a nail in my rear PR4 too :)
http://www.londonmpr.co.uk/
cracking service and a lot cheaper than buying a new tyre!
Blapper
09-07-16, 08:29 AM
Don't talk to me about pot-holes! I've got pukka whiplash from not seeing one the other night. :-(
dizzyblonde
09-07-16, 09:03 AM
Has anybody pulled the switch on summer?
It's July ffs!!!!
First time using Amazon Prime next day delivery. Ordered yesterday for guaranteed next day delivery and it didn't arrive.
Got given a months free membership because I complained about the poor service.
Red ones
12-07-16, 07:33 AM
That is my gripe of the day!
You paid for a service that they failed to deliver on, so they don't give your money back but just give you an extension to your subscription thereby tying you in for longer.
If I said the mobile phone company were rubbish and failed I wouldn't be happy if their response was to extend my contract even if it were for free.
You paid for a service. They didn't give you the service. They still took your money.
The least they should offer is money back for this month having not done what they said and give next month free as a gesture to help retain your custom.
Am I old fashioned?
shiftin_gear98
12-07-16, 09:15 AM
Don't know if you have heard of this guy - but I used him last week after picking up a nail in my rear PR4 too :)
http://www.londonmpr.co.uk/
cracking service and a lot cheaper than buying a new tyre!
Just seen this, thanks for the link Swin.
Currently it has a temporary repair, my last temp repair lasted 4500 miles!
Now that I have the Abba wheel package I did consider getting the tyre off and putting in a plug myself. Haven't got round to it yet as the tyre is holding air. Even if I'm not sticking to 40mph.
Just out of interest fellow Orgers. This is my 3rd or 4th nail in 6 years.
Am I just lucky or is this the norm?
Red ones
12-07-16, 09:22 AM
In 17 years I've had 2 nails and 2 blowouts.
maviczap
12-07-16, 07:40 PM
Precocious French infant who doesnt stop babbling on the Eurostar from london to paris and parents who only tell him sssssshhhhh
chris8886
12-07-16, 07:59 PM
That is my gripe of the day!
You paid for a service that they failed to deliver on, so they don't give your money back but just give you an extension to your subscription thereby tying you in for longer.
If I said the mobile phone company were rubbish and failed I wouldn't be happy if their response was to extend my contract even if it were for free.
You paid for a service. They didn't give you the service. They still took your money.
The least they should offer is money back for this month having not done what they said and give next month free as a gesture to help retain your custom.
Am I old fashioned?
I think you are quite right there!
I also paid a local jeweler for a battery replacement service. When the second hand on my two year old Pulsar started acting up and loosing time I took it back for a battery swap. Was told battery was fine. Took it back again and was told again battery is full of life, the watch will need servicing. £115 please. Nope, not paying that. Contacted Pulsar service. Watch is on an exchange basis, non servicable but outdated so we can't do anything. Have this lovely watch from my wife on my desk dead. What they hey, I'll dig out my watch tools and change the battery. What a surprise, watch works fine. Fecking people!
Mrs DJ Fridge
12-07-16, 10:28 PM
This blasted cold that has turned into a chest infection, can I be bothered to go to the doctors in about two weeks time to have some antibiotics once my body has worked it out and made me better.
I would. Had a chest infection years ago that turned into Pneumonia. Not nice at all.
Blapper
13-07-16, 07:33 AM
This forum has no +1 button.
I also paid a local jeweler for a battery replacement service. When the second hand on my two year old Pulsar started acting up and loosing time I took it back for a battery swap. Was told battery was fine. Took it back again and was told again battery is full of life, the watch will need servicing. £115 please. Nope, not paying that. Contacted Pulsar service. Watch is on an exchange basis, non servicable but outdated so we can't do anything. Have this lovely watch from my wife on my desk dead. What they hey, I'll dig out my watch tools and change the battery. What a surprise, watch works fine. Fecking people!
Second hand doing two ticks in quick succession? Both my Pulsar & my Seiko watches did that when the battery is low, and Pulsar is a Seiko budget brand iirc. It's a battery low indication.
Sir Trev
13-07-16, 01:29 PM
Second hand doing two ticks in quick succession? Both my Pulsar & my Seiko watches did that when the battery is low, and Pulsar is a Seiko budget brand iirc. It's a battery low indication.
On Monday I had my deceased Seiko brought back to life by... Seiko UK. They are based in Maidenhead so a very convenient ten minutes drive away from work. They serviced the watch about eight years ago which included a new battery so I asked for another magic five year battery and walked out 20 minutes later £17.50 lighter a happy chap. OK I'm lucky to be so close by but it is MUCH better service than a High Street jeweler who will only fit a one year battery and probably fail to seal the back up properly after charging you about the same price. Pulsar and Lorus are part of the same group as already mentioned.
Sir Trev
13-07-16, 01:36 PM
Precocious French infant who doesnt stop babbling on the Eurostar from london to paris and parents who only tell him sssssshhhhh
Could have been worse - Monday night had 200 tired but raucous uni students coming back from their bike trip, grumpy about their one hour delay and the fact that the following train was allowed to leave first to avoid recording two delayed services. Some of us waiting parents were a bit grumpy too but on the plus side (yes, I know this is the wrong thread) I did have time to cycle from Marylebone to St Pancras along the Regent's Canal towpath, which is MUCH nicer than the busy Marylebone/Euston Road.
On Monday I had my deceased Seiko brought back to life by... Seiko UK. They are based in Maidenhead so a very convenient ten minutes drive away from work. They serviced the watch about eight years ago which included a new battery so I asked for another magic five year battery and walked out 20 minutes later £17.50 lighter a happy chap. OK I'm lucky to be so close by but it is MUCH better service than a High Street jeweler who will only fit a one year battery and probably fail to seal the back up properly after charging you about the same price. Pulsar and Lorus are part of the same group as already mentioned.
You were lucky. My 15yo Seiko Kinetic went into double click mode last year and a replacement capacitor (battery) didn't solve the problem. Apparently, mine was a 1st generation Kinetic and they had improved the internals since then and was unfixable. As I had just had a sapphire glass put on and a near like for like replacement would be around £300, I bit the bullet and sent it away to Maidenhead for service and repairs. £110 for that. I suspect they just scrapped the old internals and put in the new version. In 15 years, the watch used 2 capacitors before it died so I can;t really complain too much.
maviczap
13-07-16, 03:13 PM
This blasted cold that has turned into a chest infection, can I be bothered to go to the doctors in about two weeks time to have some antibiotics once my body has worked it out and made me better.
I would. Had a chest infection years ago that turned into Pneumonia. Not nice at all.
+1 on what Kenzie says.
if i get a chest infection i just call the practise nurse and get anti biotics. Its in my notes. Its the only thing I've regularly had to se the doc about.
i didn't catch anything this winter, thanks to having the flu jab, which has stopped me getting really ill like i used to
Yes, my watch was double ticking. They said it was a fault with the mechanism. Battery I fitted expired 8 years ago so new battery on order.
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Mrs DJ Fridge
13-07-16, 11:32 PM
This blasted cold that has turned into a chest infection, can I be bothered to go to the doctors in about two weeks time to have some antibiotics once my body has worked it out and made me better.
The really annoying thing is that I feel unable to visit my mother in her care home whilst I and my youngest (who visits with me) cannot go whilst we have something that could really make her very ill. If the local doctors were to use some of the money that they get from local building projects to finance another doctor rather than a fancy new porch and entry system perhaps we could get appointments whilst it still felt relevant., rather than hoping that we would be better by the time an appointment came available. I know that I am stubborn, I don't take the offered appointment because I am sure that I aill be better by then.
shiftin_gear98
14-07-16, 08:50 AM
Riding to work this morning, doing 80 odd, next moment speedo reads about 63. I'm still accelerating at the time.
Speedo fluttered between 60 and 67 the rest of the way. Never going higher.
When I came off the dual carriage way it looked like it was behaving better. Distance still clocked up whilst riding.
Looks like I'll be taking her apart again...sodding bike.
Yes, my watch was double ticking. They said it was a fault with the mechanism. Battery I fitted expired 8 years ago so new battery on order.
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Kenzie, if yours is a Kinetic, see my post above. Fitting a new capacitor/battery was not the answer.
I don't think its a Kinetic, the insides looked failry basic. Can't remember the model number off the top of my head.
Sent from my Xperia T
warnker money grabbing azzwipe banks, solicitors, and namely home reports.
Red ones
14-07-16, 10:01 PM
Riding to work this morning, doing 80 odd, next moment speedo reads about 63. I'm still accelerating at the time.
Speedo fluttered between 60 and 67 the rest of the way. Never going higher.
When I came off the dual carriage way it looked like it was behaving better. Distance still clocked up whilst riding.
Looks like I'll be taking her apart again...sodding bike.
Speedo pickup on the front wheel beginning to wear?
andrewsmith
15-07-16, 06:00 AM
Speedo pickup on the front wheel beginning to wear?
I would say that is a possibility
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shiftin_gear98
15-07-16, 08:47 AM
That it might be, bike has done about 33,000 miles now.
However after a bit of TLC last night, it worked today.
Hence my smile of the day. Odd that it got up to 60 something, fluttered throughout the 60's only when really pushed and I mean really. Did it go up to 71mph on the clock. Under 60 it looked like it was behaving as normal. I printed off a rough gear to rev to speed guide I found on here and stuck it next to the clock. (thanks Martin for your old post). Fingers crossed for now, that and the temp repair in the rear holding...
Gripe? Really been looking forward to a snuggly friday evening at home with my beloved only to find out when i get home shes off out with work mates from the nursery she works at. Me and Peroni it is then!
Red ones
16-07-16, 07:10 AM
Football tournaments.
There's a beginning, an end and an out of season for a reason.
Tournaments? Just suck up the few remaining weekends that adults could possibly live the life of adults and not undervalued taxi drivers.
When the hell are adults supposed to enjoy the garden, the deck and BBQ? Chilled white wine or Pimms?
Instead, it's a packet of crisps in a school playing field for 5 hours and the toilet block locked all day.
Red ones
16-07-16, 07:11 AM
And if you want a photo of your kid it's £18
maviczap
16-07-16, 07:17 AM
Waking up with a stinking cold and sore throat. Why now, when the weathers going to be nice!
Sir Trev
17-07-16, 03:37 PM
Barbeques. I'm not against them per se but I do get irritated by snobbish idiots who insist charcoal is the only fuel to use but buy the cheapest rubbish they can that stinks out the whole neighbourhood with paraffin fumes. And then they burn everything... I know it can be done well with 'coal but those who are incapable should be restricted to gas. Except they'd probably blow themselves and the surrounding area up! Morons.
timwilky
17-07-16, 07:06 PM
Kids and their parents.
My grandson is on the autistic spectrum and has behavior problems. He is not easy. But we try to fully include him.
He has just come in in tears. A neighbour's kid in his class has had a birthday party and a group return to his home. On seeing his classmates he went to join them, and was told to go away he is not invited.
Poor kid is in tears. Does not want to go to school tomorrow. If the neighbour's had said about there being a party. One of us would have been there to reign in the little chap if he got OTT. But to exclude him is just cruel.
I think that goes way beyond the gripe spectrum and into the Bloody Furious Spectrum
As a parent of a daughter statemented with Aspergers Syndrome I can fully sympathise with you and your nipper - I feel angry just reading what happened to the poor little kid!
Red ones
19-07-16, 07:20 AM
I have a meeting in town this afternoon which means catching the tube at midday in this weather.
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why are Sundays always forecast for pizzing down. its not fekin fair and starting to pizz me right off. its getting that bad i'm thinking of throwing my bike in the nearest loch.
neighbours that think burning wooden logs will work in their diy incinerator bbq .. I guess after a year they have evolved from using kerosene. I'm hoping they discover Weber exists sometime 2017
Sir Trev
19-07-16, 06:04 PM
neighbours that think burning wooden logs will work in their diy incinerator bbq .. I guess after a year they have evolved from using kerosene. I'm hoping they discover Weber exists sometime 2017
Your neighbours and mine must be related.
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