Gripe of the day - What is yours?

[garynortheast]

Originally Posted by Seeker

Here's a translation:



"I'm doing alright for myself, thanks"




"I'm a meteorologist"



"someone's blocked my parking space"



"the local car park was full"



"something, something...plumbing"



"I can't see myself in the mirror"



"she will nah tek it cap'n"

I just spat my coffee out!

[Sir Trev]

"something, something...plumbing" Fantastic!

We all love you really Tim but LPH is not the only one who's never quite sure what you mean when you talk about your job.

[Heorot]

Just realised the mot on the car has run out and I can't get it tested until Thursday. So it's the bike for the next few days. Fingers crossed the weather stays good.

[timwilky]

Went to tax the wifes car yesterday and it bounced as MOT runs out today. She was nagging it needed servicing so popped into the local MOT centre and "Is tomorrow OK"


So I drop the keys in this morning, next thing I know he is knocking on my door to tell me it needs a tyre.. OK


Just been to pick it up £227. Fecking heck.. Plugs/filters/oil/tyre+labour+MOT on a little 3pot 107. I am in the wrong game.


Still at least the tax is free (and now done)

[Heorot]

Spoke too soon. It's raining.

[BanannaMan]

When I was young (18 - 21) used to hang out with three mates the third of which passed away this past weekend.
Surprised he was the third.
Such a promising young lad in those days, his sister is an event coordinator at a major racetrack, his brother a VP of a major grocery chain, he was headed that direction until the girl he was engaged to dumped him.
He was never the same after that.
He spent a year or more hurt and sad and partying the blues away like a lot of people would but after that he just gave up on life and turned to more and more drinking and harder drugs, prison, and all that goes with that life.
They found him dead in a small camper in the woods where he lived. Such a sad and wasted life.
His parents were divorced and his dad supported his habits for many years until he passed away about a year ago.
He hadn't spoken to his mother or siblings in years.
His mom flew in and made burial arrangements and left.
He was buried today somewhere in a city about a hour North of where he lived without a memorial service, with no one there.
So sad.

He was the most promising of the bunch. Me, probably the least.
Funny how that got reversed later.
Funny that I'm the only one left.
No one would have ever thought.

We never what tomorrow may bring, good or bad.
Sorry all this has me feeling old tonight,
and I'm not ready for that yet.
I still have some more motorcycle riding left to do.

[admin]

That's a very sad story. And all too common i think. You do tend to look back and reflect when you get to a certain age on the choices you made growing up. Luckily all of my teenage friends are still around but we're all in our sixties now.

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[maviczap]

Originally Posted by BanannaMan

When I was young (18 - 21) used to hang out with three mates the third of which passed away this past weekend.
Surprised he was the third.
Such a promising young lad in those days, his sister is an event coordinator at a major racetrack, his brother a VP of a major grocery chain, he was headed that direction until the girl he was engaged to dumped him.
He was never the same after that.
He spent a year or more hurt and sad and partying the blues away like a lot of people would but after that he just gave up on life and turned to more and more drinking and harder drugs, prison, and all that goes with that life.
They found him dead in a small camper in the woods where he lived. Such a sad and wasted life.
His parents were divorced and his dad supported his habits for many years until he passed away about a year ago.
He hadn't spoken to his mother or siblings in years.
His mom flew in and made burial arrangements and left.
He was buried today somewhere in a city about a hour North of where he lived without a memorial service, with no one there.
So sad.

He was the most promising of the bunch. Me, probably the least.
Funny how that got reversed later.
Funny that I'm the only one left.
No one would have ever thought.

We never what tomorrow may bring, good or bad.
Sorry all this has me feeling old tonight,
and I'm not ready for that yet.
I still have some more motorcycle riding left to do.

I can empathise with how your friend felt, I certainly went off the rails for a few months after one break up. Luckily I don't like hangovers, so after a while I stopped the silly drinking & I have never done drugs.

I just gave up on women for 7 years.

Trouble is, when I'm 60, my youngest will only be 16

[maviczap]

When supposedly intelligent people think that having a Lemsip will cure them of a cold, which they've already had for a couple of days, instead of getting out in the fresh air.

They've lounging around in a warm, centrally heated house, and the most exercise they've had is walking to their car, and driving to their mum's.

But they can't be told, they know better than me, not just one, but too of them.

What would Jeremy Corbyn say?

[garynortheast]

That is a sad tale Bill. Sounds like you need to be back out on the bike at the first opportunity.

I read that story and thought about all the people I knew from the seriously druggy bunch I was mixed up in during the late 70s and early 80s in the South East of England. So many of them are now dead, mostly "lifestyle" related deaths. I was lucky and escaped nearly 35 years ago to live in Wales. I suspect I'd have been one of the dead ones if I'd stayed. Until recently I still regularly heard of more of that crowd dying/ending up in hospital/prison. I have almost no contact with anyone from down there now as I find it too distressing to see it going on.