Author Topic: The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant. (Read 1624298 times)

Si_Co · « **Reply #1375 on:** 15 February, 2012, 12:55:20 pm »

4 weeks in plaster, and then they'll decide wether or not I need surgery, typical now that it's warmed up

jogler · « **Reply #1376 on:** 15 February, 2012, 01:30:37 pm »

what have they said about brain damage

Will ring you at home tonight

barakta · « **Reply #1377 on:** 16 February, 2012, 01:16:35 pm »

Nearly FIVE weeks of being snotty, chest is mostly clearing but sinuses are back to being snotty and hurty. Have resorted to fucking codeine for fucking sinus pain ffs! (well ok and to nix shoulderfail but...)

Can haz working ENT system pls as docs are at wits end.

Pingu · « **Reply #1378 on:** 17 February, 2012, 02:14:12 pm »

Vision Express, you are taking the piss. £220 for lenses of 'similar quality' to what I have already when your rivals are charging £49?

Needless to say, you will not be getting my custom.

pixieannie · « **Reply #1379 on:** 17 February, 2012, 02:40:53 pm »

Dear sweet woman on the reception of my local surgery.. if I call to make an appointment at 8.40am and am told that all I can have is a call from the doc later in the day, don't be surprised at my shock when you call me back to say that an ear infection with associated sickness and vertigo is an emergency and should be seen today. That's why I called in the first place but you didn't want to know. FFS.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #1380 on:** 17 February, 2012, 03:11:57 pm »

I feel the non-specific digestive malaise of the last couple of days is about to manifest itself properly

LindaG · « **Reply #1381 on:** 17 February, 2012, 10:16:41 pm »

The pain in the left side of my neck extends through my left shoulder blade and into my arm. This is unlikely to get any better now.

Still nursing obese people at 68? Are you having a laugh Dave?

So pissed off now.

clarion · « **Reply #1382 on:** 17 February, 2012, 10:17:54 pm »

Much sympathy, fwiw.

Zipperhead · « **Reply #1383 on:** 18 February, 2012, 12:17:10 am »

Cat, I'm going to put it down to you being a bit hypo after your injection, but going behind the hifi to have a piss was not the smartest decision to come out of your furry brain today.

You were lucky that the hissing and fizzing from pee meeting 240 volts seemed not to include you. Your penance shall be to have a bath tomorrow.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #1384 on:** 18 February, 2012, 08:26:08 am »

oops!

Arch · « **Reply #1385 on:** 18 February, 2012, 11:03:44 am »

City of York Council, your reporting system is pants. Cleverly, you gave me the option to give feedback on using the website BEFORE I'd used it, so I didn't bother....

Now, let's see if they actually do something about that crossing on James Street.

I timed it last week. 5 seconds of green man to cross two lanes of traffic to the off-centre refuge (not enough even for me, a relatively fit brisk scuttler). Then 10 seconds of green man to cross the single lane. Someone programme the lights the wrong way round perhaps?

LindaG · « **Reply #1386 on:** 18 February, 2012, 11:32:24 am »

Quote from: clarion on 17 February, 2012, 10:17:54 pm

Much sympathy, fwiw.

Ah, thanks clarion

Feel a bit more positive today.

Kim · « **Reply #1387 on:** 18 February, 2012, 12:38:41 pm »

Quote from: Arch on 18 February, 2012, 11:03:44 am

Cleverly, you gave me the option to give feedback on using the website BEFORE I'd used it, so I didn't bother....

That's a whole rant in itself. If I weren't invariably busy trying to look something up on a website, I'd fill in the feedback thinger to the effect that I've no idea, I haven't seen the site yet.

phantasmagoriana · « **Reply #1388 on:** 18 February, 2012, 12:58:22 pm »

Quote from: Arch on 18 February, 2012, 11:03:44 am

City of York Council, your reporting system is pants. Cleverly, you gave me the option to give feedback on using the website BEFORE I'd used it, so I didn't bother....

Now, let's see if they actually do something about that crossing on James Street.

I timed it last week. 5 seconds of green man to cross two lanes of traffic to the off-centre refuge (not enough even for me, a relatively fit brisk scuttler). Then 10 seconds of green man to cross the single lane. Someone programme the lights the wrong way round perhaps?

There are a few crossings with ridiculously short crossing times in York - I keep meaning to report a couple of others. I normally forget about it by the time I get home (

) but your post's just made me remember, so I'll go and do it now!

Arch · « **Reply #1389 on:** 18 February, 2012, 01:04:50 pm »

Quote from: phantasmagoriana on 18 February, 2012, 12:58:22 pm

Quote from: Arch on 18 February, 2012, 11:03:44 am
City of York Council, your reporting system is pants. Cleverly, you gave me the option to give feedback on using the website BEFORE I'd used it, so I didn't bother....

Now, let's see if they actually do something about that crossing on James Street.

I timed it last week. 5 seconds of green man to cross two lanes of traffic to the off-centre refuge (not enough even for me, a relatively fit brisk scuttler). Then 10 seconds of green man to cross the single lane. Someone programme the lights the wrong way round perhaps?

There are a few crossings with ridiculously short crossing times in York - I keep meaning to report a couple of others. I normally forget about it by the time I get home () but your post's just made me remember, so I'll go and do it now!

Yay! I'm the same, always mean to report stuff, never get round to it.

In this case, I really do wonder if they've simply programmed the sets the wrong way round, although even 10 seconds to get across the double part would be a bit mean.

dasmoth · « **Reply #1390 on:** 20 February, 2012, 12:17:54 pm »

Lungs: get your act together. If you end up seriously affecting my March cycling plans, this will become much more than a grumble!

(Does this forum need "The Mucus Thread"...?)

T42 · « **Reply #1391 on:** 20 February, 2012, 04:23:05 pm »

One is rebuilding a serious-but-antiquated database, about 400,000 records, for a client, and that incredibly disobliging Windows XP suddenly says

I say old chap, Windows has been updated. Bit of a bind, sorry about that. Restart Now? Restart later? Sorry pardon old bean.

It's five o'clock and one wishes to retire: one can't hang around six hours going "later... later... later..." every wretched half-hour.

[please insert onomatopoeic scream of choice]

Ashaman42 · « **Reply #1392 on:** 20 February, 2012, 09:11:30 pm »

Gah, Haynes manuals are generally pretty useful. But telling me to refer to my Rover dealer for specs for various fluids isn't entirely helpful what with Rover going out of business and all.

Androcles · « **Reply #1393 on:** 20 February, 2012, 11:09:51 pm »

Driver on the A38 this evening: when you passed me my speedo needle was just hovering over the right edge of the tick with the number 70 on it, yours must have been well past the one marked with 100. Why then did you have your rear foglights on? Who did you think was going to catch you up?

clarion · « **Reply #1394 on:** 21 February, 2012, 04:05:58 pm »

I don't like Steve Lamacq. I find his whiny voice grating. I don't share his sense of humour. I don't like much of the music he plays.

I don't mind turning over from Radio 6Records* to Radio 4 at 1600 when he comes on. I really don't - it's easy to press a button.

But he has this terrible habit of playing brilliant songs to open the show, and then I get distracted and don't turn over until he's played several terrible songs.

Today, I was poised to change over, and I heard the unmistakable intro to Buzzcocks' Ever Fallen In Love? I couldn't cut that off, could I? Three minutes of perfection.

Writing this post has kept me focussed on the issue until another song came on. I'm changing over now.

why1040 · « **Reply #1395 on:** 22 February, 2012, 12:59:05 am »

Digestive system:

Having a full-blown IBS attack in a restaurant in central London when I need to drive home again (and I'd have liked to have socialised a bit more too) isn't cricket you know!

I treat you well enough, time to return the favour! Urk! $:-\$

petes46 · « **Reply #1396 on:** 22 February, 2012, 11:02:48 am »

Ugh! I've just been told that my buyer has been refused a mortgage. House now going back on the market for the second time! Am I never going to get out of here?

mcshroom · « **Reply #1397 on:** 22 February, 2012, 12:06:55 pm »

The wind is picking on me again. It was SSW when I had to ride SSW to get to work. Annoying but I was looking forward to the ride home. Now it's going to be a blustery side wind from the W instead of the nice tail wind I planned on.

why1040 · « **Reply #1398 on:** 22 February, 2012, 11:35:18 pm »

Quote from: why1040 on 22 February, 2012, 12:59:05 am

Digestive system:

Having a full-blown IBS attack in a restaurant in central London when I need to drive home again (and I'd have liked to have socialised a bit more too) isn't cricket you know!

I treat you well enough, time to return the favour! Urk! $:-\$

Two nights running? Really? BAH! $:-\$

Kim · « **Reply #1399 on:** 22 February, 2012, 11:50:47 pm »

*passes the Buscopan and warm duvet*

Author Topic: The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant. (Read 1624298 times)

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