First-World Problems.

[Asterix, the former Gaul.]

Having the nice grass verge outside your house plowed ploughed up by a large lorry delivering stuff to the house opposite.

What were they delivering?  Turf for their new lawn.

[Legs]

We had that happen back in January.  According to one of our neighbours, a van/lorry/truck (her terminology varied) had got stuck at about 45 degrees (probably a considerable exaggeration) and had threatened to topple over into our hedge, all the while trashing our verge.  They reportedly blocked the road for 3 hours, and got pulled out shortly before either my wife or I got home to witness the spectacle.  Ba5t@rd$. 

[Torslanda]

I have to take the car in for a service tomorrow.

Lots of luck with that.

Hopefully you will have a better experience than our Bumper...

[Asterix, the former Gaul.]

We had that happen back in January.  According to one of our neighbours, a van/lorry/truck (her terminology varied) had got stuck at about 45 degrees (probably a considerable exaggeration) and had threatened to topple over into our hedge, all the while trashing our verge.  They reportedly blocked the road for 3 hours, and got pulled out shortly before either my wife or I got home to witness the spectacle.  Ba5t@rd$. 

We now have a bus stuck on our verge.  It has been there over 20 minutes and the back wheel just digs itself deeper - it's going nowhere.  The driver has eaten his lunch and is now out of his seat and gone for a little walk.  It has two passengers.   

Stop press: a passenger has left the bus and is advising the driver what to do it appears. Driver is phoning a friend. 

[ian]

Having the nice grass verge outside your house plowed ploughed up by a large lorry delivering stuff to the house opposite.

What were they delivering?  Turf for their new lawn.

Ah irony. Our verge has mostly gone, but I can't see it so have stopped feeling precious. Usually lorries trying to get around the corner, occasionally cars at the top of the narrow hill too impatient to wait an entire second or two so trying to squeeze by each other.

There's a concrete bollard that gets periodically knocked over, though the nice scrapes of coloured paint on it give me plenty of satisfaction.

[SoreTween]

The forecast today was dry with sunny intervals all day.  We got rain showers, sleet and a bit of snow with sunny intervals.  As a result I have not got nearly as far as I planned with erecting our new greenhouse.  I shall not complete the job tomorrow and Mrs Tween will have to wait an entire extra 6 days to get planting.

[Jurek]

Chardonnay.
HTF did that end up in my shopping basket?
 

[caerau]

Chardonnay.
HTF did that end up in my shopping basket?
 

Try and stick to just the one bottle next time

[geraldc]

Just buy Chablis, and pretend you don't know about varietals

[mike]

my cleaners normally come at 3.30 every second tuesday and I nip down the road for some coffee & cake while they're here.   

They came early today, just as I finished my lunch, but I felt too awkward to stay in the house so went out for coffee & (excellent) cake anyway meaning I'm still uncomfortably full.

[Ruthie]

It's impossible to change one's pedal system without chipping one's nail varnish.

It was a really nice pale pink as well.

[ian]

Chardonnay.
HTF did that end up in my shopping basket?
 

More importantly, I bought some prepared veg on Saturday (because I'm on my own and feel lazy, and for added First World points, it was broccoli and cauliflower 'couscous'). I was preparing dinner last night and, well, it's nowhere to be found. So I either neglected to put it in my shopping bag or I've put it somewhere that is curiously not the fridge. The perils of going shopping with jetlag.

[Torslanda]

Stick around, your nose will tell you soon enough . . .

[rafletcher]

Just buy Chablis, and pretend you don't know about varietals

Or Mersault.

[Cudzoziemiec]

Just buy Chablis, and pretend you don't know about varietals

Or Mersault.

You don't want a psychopathic killer in your shopping basket, do you!

[Jurek]

Chardonnay.
HTF did that end up in my shopping basket?
 

More importantly, I bought some prepared veg on Saturday (because I'm on my own and feel lazy, and for added First World points, it was broccoli and cauliflower 'couscous'). I was preparing dinner last night and, well, it's nowhere to be found. So I either neglected to put it in my shopping bag or I've put it somewhere that is curiously not the fridge. The perils of going shopping with jetlag.

Does this qualify as 'First World' given that you appear to have gone shopping (as opposed to having it delivered)?
Does that count?

[Redlight]

If you are a car hire firm in a part of the country that markets itself heavily as the ideal place for a weekend getaway, wouldn't it be a good idea to stay open after 5pm on Fridays and perhaps have some way of returning cars on Sundays?

[ian]

Chardonnay.
HTF did that end up in my shopping basket?
 

More importantly, I bought some prepared veg on Saturday (because I'm on my own and feel lazy, and for added First World points, it was broccoli and cauliflower 'couscous'). I was preparing dinner last night and, well, it's nowhere to be found. So I either neglected to put it in my shopping bag or I've put it somewhere that is curiously not the fridge. The perils of going shopping with jetlag.

Does this qualify as 'First World' given that you appear to have gone shopping (as opposed to having it delivered)?
Does that count?

I surely get some points for buying prepared vegetables and, ye gads, faux couscous made from scrambled up broccoli and cauliflower. I also bought some 'courgette noodles' and successfully didn't manage to lose those.

I can make my own courgette 'noodles' but I admit 'couscous' is more of a problem since I'm typically too lazy to mess with a food processor.

[geraldc]

I may have to get a little vacuum cleaner to clean my robot vacuum cleaner that appears to be a magnet for dust

[Jurek]

Chardonnay.
HTF did that end up in my shopping basket?
 

More importantly, I bought some prepared veg on Saturday (because I'm on my own and feel lazy, and for added First World points, it was broccoli and cauliflower 'couscous'). I was preparing dinner last night and, well, it's nowhere to be found. So I either neglected to put it in my shopping bag or I've put it somewhere that is curiously not the fridge. The perils of going shopping with jetlag.

Does this qualify as 'First World' given that you appear to have gone shopping (as opposed to having it delivered)?
Does that count?

I surely get some points for buying prepared vegetables and, ye gads, faux couscous made from scrambled up broccoli and cauliflower. I also bought some 'courgette noodles' and successfully didn't manage to lose those.

I can make my own courgette 'noodles' but I admit 'couscous' is more of a problem since I'm typically too lazy to mess with a food processor.

I would've thought that would score quite high on the First World Problems register...

I may have to get a little vacuum cleaner to clean my robot vacuum cleaner that appears to be a magnet for dust

Have you considered applying some of the anti-static stuff for use on VDUs to your robo-vac?

[Kim]

Isn't a vacuum cleaner *supposed* to be a dust magnet, thobut?

[Jurek]

Isn't a vacuum cleaner *supposed* to be a dust magnet, thobut?

My interpretation, which could be wrong, is that it is the outside of Gerald's robo-vac which is attracting dust.
To me that suggests a static issue.

[Ruthie]

Have you considered a, er, duster?  A damp one?   

[PaulF]

I may have to get a little vacuum cleaner to clean my robot vacuum cleaner that appears to be a magnet for dust

And how will you keep the little one clean

[Mrs Pingu]

My nail varnish is chipping terribly.