The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant.

[Marj]

That's the one I'm after...

Have you considered emailing Claudia in the States to ask who their stockists are in the uk, they may even supply you direct, just a thought as craft type people tend to be very helpful.

[CrinklyLion]

Not yet... I only found it yesterday.

Do you know how hard it is to find blue and yellow yarn?  *grumble grumble*

And thank you for being helpful when I'm whining

[andrewc]

I keep getting faint whiffs of tobacco smoke in my flat.......    

New neighbors downstairs ?

[Wombat]

Not yet... I only found it yesterday.

Do you know how hard it is to find blue and yellow yarn?  *grumble grumble*

And thank you for being helpful when I'm whining

Are you knitting a swedish flag?

[CrinklyLion]

Oh no. For a start, I don't and can't knit 

[Pingu]

Do you know how hard it is to find blue and yellow yarn?  *grumble grumble*

Have you tried unravelling a green yarn?

[Arch]

Do you know how hard it is to find blue and yellow yarn?  *grumble grumble*

Have you tried unravelling a green yarn?

 

[arabella]

there's always blue'n'yellow stripes.  just don't make them start/end above each other, it looks better when they don't. 

[barakta]

First day back at work after Xmas etc, I got very little sleep last night (after several nights of disturbed or poor sleep this holiday) and am still fucking lurgied so feel like shit.

Not exactly feeling motivated or full of tuits...  zzzz 

[essexian]

Sigh.... firstly I wake up with gout this morning after spending an hour last night getting my bike ready for an early morning ride meaning that was cancelled and now, after writing 2 000 words since lunchtime, I discover either I didn't save the document, or for some reason, a copy didn't get saved. Thus, I have to do it all again (and yes, I have checked to see if I can find an autosaved document or a .tmp file... not that I know what that means!)

2013..... meet the new year, same as the old one!

[Sergeant Pluck]

Dear Royal Mail. Can it really be cost effective to get the postie to deliver a card asking me to collect something from the PO as it requires a further £0.09 in postage?? 9 pence? OK, you are charging me £1.00 "handling fee" which ought to cover that, I suppose. If it wasn't for the remnants of sentimental feelings for the PO, I'd take you up on the offer of payment by credit card, thus entitling me to a re-delivery.

[Ashaman42]

Argos you utter pissweasels. Why on Earth have you decided I now need an account to check stock in my local store? Pointless and irksome.

ETA: Scratch that, I'm the pissweasel, just tried again and it worked fine. I must have somehow hit the wrong button.

[Ashaman42]

Not content with waking us up at 7:30am yesterday having a screaming row the neighbours decided to start at 4:30am this time.

And it was at least an hour before they quietened down enough for us to get back to sleep.

They've been on and off since then so a nice restful morning in bed it wasn't. 

And it's back to early alarms tomorrow for work

[rogerzilla]

eBay AGAIN.

Your search function is uttlerly crap.  Not content with taking away wildcard search (why, FFS?) it doesn't even understand plurals, so searching for something like Ian Duncan Smith -"butt plug" still returns all the Ian Duncan Smith butt plugs.

I thought they were a technology company but they seem to just be a load of muppets.

[L CC]

Teeth. I wish I could afford to have you all replaced with something harder wearing and lower maintenance.
Thursday- no riding, emergency dental treatment (root canal, no less). First part of temporary filling goes when dealing with, er, lettuce, after a whole 8 hours.
Sunday- there goes the rest of it.

Damn it. I guess the silver lining is that I'm so poor you're all paying for it, not me.

[andrewc]

Grumble 1:  My back is hurting, just inside of the shoulder blade. Old training injury but I don't know what's aggravated it.
Grumble 2: My close range vision is getting worse.  While wearing my contact lenses I can't focus on a meal or on the controls of a camera properly.  Reading glasses, here I come.
Grumble 3: I recharged 4 x AA's last night for my Hope Vision 1.  It died within a minute of being turned on.  Same happens with my spare Hope, so I think that the charger has a bad channel.
Grumble 4: When Grumble 3 happened I put my headtorch on.  Batteries in that were half dead and I was subjected to abuse & mockery from zombies on the way home.

And tomorrow is Monday.....

[Kim]

Grumble 4: When Grumble 3 happened I put my headtorch on.  Batteries in that were half dead and I was subjected to abuse & mockery from zombies on the way home.

There's a traditional Ben Folds line for quoting in that situation, especially if it's helmet-mounted.

Unfortunately, zombies never seem to listen to Ben Folds Five.

[andrewc]

Grumble 4: When Grumble 3 happened I put my headtorch on.  Batteries in that were half dead and I was subjected to abuse & mockery from zombies on the way home.

There's a traditional Ben Folds line for quoting in that situation, especially if it's helmet-mounted.

Unfortunately, zombies never seem to listen to Ben Folds Five.

I must be even more out of touch than Kim, I've never heard of Ben Folds.....

[Kim]

Grumble 4: When Grumble 3 happened I put my headtorch on.  Batteries in that were half dead and I was subjected to abuse & mockery from zombies on the way home.

There's a traditional Ben Folds line for quoting in that situation, especially if it's helmet-mounted.

Unfortunately, zombies never seem to listen to Ben Folds Five.

I must be even more out of touch than Kim, I've never heard of Ben Folds.....

Frontman of a once-popular (ie. from the days when I used to buy CDs) beat combo, famed in certain circles for singing in a manner uncannily like Kermit the Frog.  Last seen (confusingly) performing with a bunch of Fraggles.

[Ashaman42]

I've got some Ben Folds (and Ben Folds Five) but can't think which line you're referring to Kim, wassit? 

[Kim]

And you were laughing at my helmet hat
Laughing at my torch

Go ahead and laugh all you want
I got my philosophy
And I trust it like the ground
That's why my philosophy
Keeps me walking when I'm falling down

[Ashaman42]

Don't think I've got Philosophy, to Youtube. *Zoooms*

[Ashaman42]

Hmmm, not bad but I'm almost certain that exact same outro is used on at least one of his other songs.

[Chris S]

Dear The Plumber,

Sure, you can use the loo. But next time, please shut the door first  .

Thanks

[tiermat]

Dear current work, at the moment I decide I CBA and start looking forward to having a couple of weeks off before starting a new job, why do you offer me a contract extension?

Grrrr