Members who post topics or comments without taking a few seconds to read what they've written before posting. When autocorrect or whatever has made an incomprehensible word salad of it. (cf. "looling" above).
As well as being an overly-efficient tidier, Mrs V is also overly-"ready"-to-go-out.
Example... I'm biking all morning, get home and have lunch, nip for a shower before we go to shops. I come down stairs partially dry/clothed to finder her in her coat and boots by the front door. I'm def going to need another 10mins, but now feel panicked, inevitably rush and then forget something before we leave.
TBH, I'm getting better at letting her know she may as well have a seat cos I'm going to be a while. Although resisting the urge to go sarcastically slow is getting harder...
As well as being an overly-efficient tidier, Mrs V is also overly-"ready"-to-go-out.
Example... I'm biking all morning, get home and have lunch, nip for a shower before we go to shops. I come down stairs partially dry/clothed to finder her in her coat and boots by the front door. I'm def going to need another 10mins, but now feel panicked, inevitably rush and then forget something before we leave.
TBH, I'm getting better at letting her know she may as well have a seat cos I'm going to be a while. Although resisting the urge to go sarcastically slow is getting harder...
We have this. Agree a time before you go out on the bike and don't be ready even a moment before 😉
Came here to post about Black Friday emails - Rave coffee, I'm looling at you!
The relentless bombarding of my inbox nearly cancelled an order I was due to put in! I did email them to kindly request they backed off the spam cannon to less than 10 round a day!
Little scrotes trying to steal my van. I hope they ride their Surron without a helmet.
As well as being an overly-efficient tidier, Mrs V is also overly-"ready"-to-go-out.
We had the opposite problem.
Not so much nowadays, but when our kids were very young and toddler-wrangling generally involved activities including "loading an octopus into a string bag" when getting them dressed and harnessed in car seats, I'd be sat in said vehicle ready to go when my better half would declare "sorry just off to the Loo". 10 minutes later she's clearly been kidnapped or knocked herself unconscious on the sink as there is no sign of the door opening, and the kids are now making their impatience grumpily known.
Eventually she'd breeze into the car with a throwaway comment such as "oh I decided to hoover the kitchen" or "Had a crack at regrouting the bathroom"
Count to 10 slowly. And then again. Do not show displeasure with a rally start. And Breathe.
I don't miss those times 😉
My neighbour. Uber cock .
It's been very windy from 0100 and his bin blew over. Playtime for the local fox gang who love abit of bin diving.
I went to work and his rubbish was everywhere, on my drive , the pavement , across the road. It was 0435 so I thought it would be all gone when I get home.
Except it wasn't. He has put his bin back and left all his detritus where I park. A heady mix of beer cans , take away containers , food packaging and waste.
So I donned a pair of gloves , shouted at the wind abit and cleaned up the mess in my drive , the pavement , the road and my across the road neighbour drive as well.
Some people are just scum .
"Unfortunately, a tracking-free version of our full website is currently unavailable."
Bye, then.
My neighbour. Uber cock .
It's been very windy from 0100 and his bin blew over. Playtime for the local fox gang who love abit of bin diving.
I went to work and his rubbish was everywhere, on my drive , the pavement , across the road. It was 0435 so I thought it would be all gone when I get home.
Except it wasn't. He has put his bin back and left all his detritus where I park. A heady mix of beer cans , take away containers , food packaging and waste.
So I donned a pair of gloves , shouted at the wind abit and cleaned up the mess in my drive , the pavement , the road and my across the road neighbour drive as well.
Some people are just scum .
Utter Scum. The way the wind hits our street, the same bins blow over/flap open every stormy day.
Lots of crap ends up in our front garden.
It’s not much effort to weight the lid down, or as I do, put the wheelie bin on its side with the lid against a wall. It can’t blow over or empty its contents.
Solicitor asking for "proof of funds" for money I was repaying them from a payment he'd paid out to me previously. I guess it's the slow drip drip of incompetence that's really chewed my chips.
abit is not a word.
Being rubbish at swimming. Knowing the solution is just to get some lessons. But instead I'll just bend the water to my will through sheer bloody mindedness. And then getting cross when for the 100th time, that doesn't work. Still not getting lessons tho 😉
alittle
Not a lot allot atolls a lot.
Car insurance.
"time to renew, your quote is £308 - last year it was £400!"
Note - I refused to pay £400 and they dSropped it to about £350. At which point it was comparable with the lowest coming from compare the meerkat and friends. Anyway.
Oh - I notice I've been listed as "no" on homeowning. Fix that.
"your renewal quote is £390, including a £28 admin fee!
would you like to renew?"
Nope... Nopety nope nope nopers.
Comparison website says £230 is the cheapest.
"oh. sorry about that. Give us a moment and we'll see if we can do better..."
wheel on website spins
"Your new price is £230! Would you like to renew?"
Sure, it'll save me entering my details in a second website.
THIEVING SCUMBAG SPIVVY CHANCERS.
I had my renewal through this morning and it's gone down from last year. Only a tiny amount but it's more a celebration that it hasn't gone up. I am guessing turning 50 puts me into a less risky bracket.
Thing that made me cross this morning - mildly misty in Milton Keynes so of course there's drivers with their rear fog lights on, despite being sat in a queue of traffic. Morons.
The opposite of Mister-P's angriness: driving through fog on The Cotswolds this morning and drivers with no lights at all. Twonks!
I had my renewal through this morning and it's gone down from last year.
Mine went down 40% but that's because a) I'm old b) car is boring and c) tipped into 9 years NCB which added 20% to the discount. They did slip in an extra £100 excess the little scamps, but I still can't be bothered to do the whole quidco compare thing.
Thing that made me cross this morning - mildly misty in Milton Keynes so of course there's drivers with their rear fog lights on, despite being sat in a queue of traffic. Morons
It was a bit misty on the M4 this morning, fully expecting fog lights to be on a fair few cars now until next Tuesday.
Except grey cars, they’ll have no lights on at all, probably in lane 2, around 60mph at all times.
calling dvla now, asking me to tell them why im calling them,their robot cant understand a word i say, keeps telling me rubbish, no 'press 1 for tax, 2 for...' etc. 7mins already before i got put in a queue.
And i seriously would not be calling them (or any other gov service) if it was online or i didnt have to.
Just how pathetic can they be? theyre only there to waste your time. 13mins so far. Just because they owe me doesnt mean they can plague me with that nonsense
HOW do we break this phone line monopoly virus armageddon?
Solicitor asking for "proof of funds" for money I was repaying them from a payment he'd paid out to me previously. I guess it's the slow drip drip of incompetence that's really chewed my chips.
It's not incompetence, it's stringent anti money laundering legislation that they have to comply with to the letter or they are f*cked(*)
(* a legal term, ask your solicitor 🙂 )
Waiting for builders
Snobs.
Specifically in this post, coffee snobs. But this is an equal opportunities whinge, they're everywhere.
I'm hitting the Internet to look for pointers on fixing my coffee machine. I found what I needed in the end, but I'd to wade through pages of "that thing doesn't make real coffee" and variations thereof.
Look. **** you. This is the machine I have on the worktop right now and I care not a jot for your judgemental critique of my life choices. I just need to know how to disassemble the thing without destroying it.
Some people won't drink coffee unless it's been hand ground by a Brazilian virgin with a brazilian using an Apple-branded rhodium-tipped burr grinder and beans that have been shat through a pubescent ocelot, twice. And you know what, that's absolutely fine. Others think the height of sophistication is using Gold Blend rather than Lidl Value powdered coffee. And that's fine too. Why does it have to be this way? There's no need.
So at the risk of repeating myself: **** you, **** the horse you rode in on and **** all your ancestors you pretentious, elitist, gatekeeping Caffeine Onanist. IT'S ****ING COFFEE for ****'s sake.
HOW do we break this phone line monopoly virus armageddon?
Be careful what you wish for, it'll be AI next.
drainage grooves on kitchen worktop. just had a new kitchen and paid for the grooves to be put in thinking 'clean lines', no clutter, no need for a draining rack now.
its crap (pic isnt mine btw but very similar). water just collects in the grooves, it doesnt drain at all. or maybe the suppliers/fitters are supposed to have left a gradient and havent, dunno. *shrugs shoulders
are yours any better?
maybe the suppliers/fitters are supposed to have left a gradient
Uh, yes, isn't that how they're supposed to work? It's a draining board, not a collecting board. Get the fitters back out? (That photo does look like aesthetics over functionality TBH)
calling dvla now, asking me to tell them why im calling them,their robot cant understand a word i say
Are you Scottish?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TqAu-DDlINs
People using 'electric' as a noun.
are yours any better?
Nope, they're all shite. We ended up getting a joseph joseph draing rack to sit above it as something relatively simple that drains itself in to the sink.
https://media.4rgos.it/i/Argos/4371766_R_Z001A?w=1500&h=880&qlt=70&fmt=webp
Thing that made me cross this morning - mildly misty in Milton Keynes so of course there's drivers with their rear fog lights on, despite being sat in a queue of traffic. Morons.
Or doing 90mph on the M1 with the fog light on. Wish there were more police: "So you knew it was foggy because your fog light was on, but you recklessly drove far in excess of the speed limit despite this knowledge? You shall be taken from this court to a place of execution where you shall be hanged until you are dead..."
Would it kill Arm Warmer manufacturers to acknowledge that people with long yet skinny arms exist...
While they're at it could they also manage put circumference and length measurements on their products!
Cafés with payment systems that direct you to giving a tip at the point of placing your order and ask your name for your coffee order then expect you to mind read when it's ready...
Maybe the two things are related? either that or they didn't want to shout DICK across their poncy café.
are yours any better?
Yep, cos the grooves are gradiented
Uh, yes, isn't that how they're supposed to work? It's a draining board, not a collecting board. Get the fitters back out? (That photo does look like aesthetics over functionality TBH)
are yours any better?
Nope, they're all shite.
are yours any better?
Yep, cos the grooves are gradiented
hmmmm....... prompted me to email the suppliers and ask whether theyre just supposed look pretty or actually work as they look like they should, awaiting a reply.
what's wrong with Lidl value preferred coffee?
Well, I made it up, for a start. Any similarities with actual coffee are purely coincidental.
My sister
More exactly my sister using the welfare lpa to get a copy of mums will for herself.
Moreso my sister getting a copy of the will and my brother and I being informed after the effect that she asked for, and received, a copy of the will without our prior knowledge or consent.
Families.grrrr. I am actually really rather cross about it.
I don't think anyone should have the will till mum actually dies , and that could be years from now.