Forum: Idle Banter
29-09-21, 08:44 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Downside of having a poorly missus.
House refurb underway. So halls/stair landing stripped out big style, No skirting/architrave radiators gone. Howling gale through gaps in floor where skirting...
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Forum: Idle Banter
20-06-21, 10:57 AM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Ordered a new airline to replace the 20 yr old one that was starting to break down 20m x 13mm ID.
They phone me, we have had a wrong delivery. Can we send you a 15m and a 5m length.....Refund. Why...
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Forum: Idle Banter
12-06-21, 11:32 AM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
65 years ago, my parents recieved a Wedgwood dinner service from my maternal grand parents as a wedding present, (They also gave them a 3 bed semi) I now own the dinner service, alas the semi was...
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Forum: Idle Banter
02-06-21, 02:48 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
So last week I went back to A&E as the pain in my wrists not improving, X rays taken and sent home with a bit of a sprain.
Orthopedics today for the dislocated thumb. he also reviewed last weeks...
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Forum: Idle Banter
28-05-21, 07:54 AM
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Forum: Idle Banter
24-05-21, 03:39 PM
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Forum: Idle Banter
24-05-21, 11:41 AM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Bought a video doorbell from ebay. not your ring etc but one that is onvif compatable so it will interface with my home security cameras. Opened it this morning to look.
Fixing box is emty, so...
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Forum: Idle Banter
23-05-21, 01:51 AM
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Forum: Idle Banter
23-05-21, 12:29 AM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
5 hours in a&e with a dislocated thumb.
2 hours to say you need an x-ray.
Loads of anesthesia 2 doctors pulling and nurse pushing.
2 hour wait for second xrays to see if in place.
Yes I said a...
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Forum: Idle Banter
13-05-21, 08:48 AM
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Forum: Idle Banter
12-05-21, 07:24 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
installing an additional security camera to the house, so running a cable under eaves in the loft,
Discovered two wasp nests when I removed the boxing for access, Explains the glut of the things...
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Forum: Idle Banter
19-03-21, 09:32 PM
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Forum: Idle Banter
19-03-21, 12:33 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
I had a small accident with my compound mitre saw a couple of weeks ago, whilst it was only skin, the bone on a finger was exposed. reason trying to cut a very small mitre and holding the wood too...
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Forum: Idle Banter
12-02-21, 07:28 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
I work for a multinational, year on year reorganisation and redundancy. We have a current campaign although I have had a letter to say I am not at risk.
With my age/service the distributed terms...
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Forum: Idle Banter
22-12-20, 07:19 AM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
2 gripes from me today.
Alarms, the wife gave me a dig in the ribs about 2am to say the alarm on the garden room was going off. I couldn't hear anyything but reset it remotely via google. about...
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Forum: Idle Banter
22-12-20, 07:18 AM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
I talked to my daughter who specialises in motor insurance law about this. She says the main issue with credit hire is people do not understand when taking out credit hire, they are accepting the...
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Forum: Idle Banter
03-12-20, 05:51 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
So 29 years of happyish marriage and I finally discovered part of the female psychy.
I went with her and her list to the supermarket. She normally takes my plastic. So substitute me for cost...
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Forum: Idle Banter
14-10-20, 02:16 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Payroll have ****ed up. My monthly salary is down by £991, they acknowledge there may be an issue when I raised it. But haven't announce what they are going to do!
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Forum: Idle Banter
13-09-20, 05:19 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Just had a call, they took her off the ventilator 3 hours ago. and she is now breathing for herself and moved onto High Dependancy Unit. No further blood loss. They even said she will be home in a...
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Forum: Idle Banter
13-09-20, 01:47 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Thanks for you good will messages.
Lynne has terminal cancer but it has been stable lately, We are warned to react to any sudden bleeding. But it wasn't that.
She is greedy lady, anything going...
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Forum: Idle Banter
12-09-20, 05:48 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Got a phone call this afternoon, 5 hour in the ICU waiting room and an hour with her unconcious on a ventilator. Spoke to surgeon and **** or bust tomorrow. I will be so annoyed if they denied me...
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Forum: Idle Banter
12-09-20, 12:21 AM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Not being allowed into A&E with an overnight bag for the wife.
Fortunately she was stacked in one of the ambulances outside so they brought her past me and I was able to hand it to the paramedic....
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Forum: Idle Banter
17-08-20, 09:23 AM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Women!
OK I know they are beyond comprehension, especially those that have evolved to the wife status.
Why do they consider shopping as recreation? and then wish to look at 5 near identical...
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Forum: Idle Banter
04-08-20, 09:31 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
So I moved 3 of my cars to get the 4th on the drive and went for a soak. when it kicked
The driver turned up and my wife called him inconsiderate and got a mouthful, the neighbour turned out and...
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Forum: Idle Banter
04-08-20, 07:49 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
So then a 21st century gripe
My missus ain't a well lady and she needs her bed. The problem I gripe about is someone has parked a transit across from my house drive. A small estate no through...
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