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

[CAMRAMan]

Although they have the silly Å in Sweden, the language is entirely devoid of apostrophe's, so do forgive 'em.

[Bledlow]

They know not what they do.

[L CC]

Weird Swedish nicknames - Letter (for Lotte) Card (Karl) & Photo (Peter, but he's a camera man)

[T42]

The USB dongle for my spare keyboard has effed off into the scenery.

[Mr Larrington]

There are invisible evil pixies in my Chips Room.  Something keeps making a loud "click" noise and last night one of them wedged a piece of wire between two floorboards at the perfect angle to become embedded in the sole of my bare foot, thereby causing me to have to hop to bed.  Plz to bugger off, pesky pixies

[T42]

My KB dongle wasn't a dongle at all but one of those black shiny KB/mouse wodgy-shaped doodahs with a cable that plugs into a USB port. And it was right beside the KB but I didn't see it for looking.

[Guy]

I've spent most of the day so far trying to turn home-made* bodge-job forms in Word into nice-looking useful fill-innable pdf forms. Many Saxon words have been uttered and my desk is sore from where it keeps interfacing with my head.



*Not made by me, or they wouldn't have been so shite.

[mcshroom]

Getting a passably good poster into a form that is designed badly is hard enough before people decide to lock down a lot of the editing options, especially on images. Have a guess what I've been doing this afternoon.

[Guy]

I'm pleased to hear that - misery loves company

[CAMRAMan]

Back onto the blood donation thread, and not really a grumble, but why do the Blood Service need to tell me that the blood I donated on 7/6 has reached Conquest Hospital in St Leonards-on-Sea?

Furthermore, had I known it was going to end up in a southerner or two, I may have had second thoughts.

[ElyDave]

My bits don't fit.  Frustrating new build - see other thread re dropouts

Learning stuff, but head-wall interface in use today.

Also had muchos disruption of work (at home this week) due to kitchen refurb, busy time too

[andrewc]

I just tried to use my faithful AAA mini keyring torch & it doesn't work      It looks like 2 weeks rattling around in my bar bag has killed it.  The light flickers on if you tap it or shake it hard, but won't stay on.

[SoreTween]

So, just back from a week in Hassi Messaoud in Algeria,

Are the road between the airport and the shitty city still lined with litter as far as a human arm can fling it in each direction?

[ElyDave]

So, just back from a week in Hassi Messaoud in Algeria,

Are the road between the airport and the shitty city still lined with litter as far as a human arm can fling it in each direction?

Plus that view of the Mad-Max style flares and burn pits as you fly in.

[Mr Larrington]

If it would stop raining reliably for more than fifteen minutes I could take the Black Bike out into the Walled Garden and determine the removability of the freewheel, and from this decide what manner of bits I need to complete the rebuild of the Romany as a shopping bike.

Bah!

[ElyDave]

Either my thighs have grown or slim fit is back in vogue.  2 of the three pairs of M&S trousers I bought for work are rather snug around the thighs as soon as I put more than a five pound note in my pocket.  And that's on the same 32" waist.

[hellymedic]

Either my thighs have grown or slim fit is back in vogue.  2 of the three pairs of M&S trousers I bought for work are rather snug around the thighs as soon as I put more than a five pound note in my pocket.  And that's on the same 32" waist.

I have ranted about this very subject in the past.
M&S trousers are cut for Modern Man: big belly and no muscle.

Older trousers fit my slim but slightly muscular partner better.

[RibbleRouser]

Either my thighs have grown or slim fit is back in vogue.  2 of the three pairs of M&S trousers I bought for work are rather snug around the thighs as soon as I put more than a five pound note in my pocket.  And that's on the same 32" waist.

Problem solved, just send me your five pound notes.

[Cudzoziemiec]

Either my thighs have grown or slim fit is back in vogue.  2 of the three pairs of M&S trousers I bought for work are rather snug around the thighs as soon as I put more than a five pound note in my pocket.  And that's on the same 32" waist.

Problem solved, just send me your five pound notes.

RibbleRouser does not charge for this service.

[T42]

Either my thighs have grown or slim fit is back in vogue.  2 of the three pairs of M&S trousers I bought for work are rather snug around the thighs as soon as I put more than a five pound note in my pocket.  And that's on the same 32" waist.

I have ranted about this very subject in the past.
M&S trousers are cut for Modern Man: big belly and no muscle.

Older trousers fit my slim but slightly muscular partner better.

I could use a little M&S just now.  I've been noticing that with enforced immobility my weight has stayed constant but my legs have dwindled and my waistband has got tighter.  I feel like a thin bloke who's been shoved through a beach ball.

Still, 'tain't permanent.

[CAMRAMan]

Key cutting shop. £5 for a feckin' key? And then three out of the four don't work. Good job they did second time around. And then you say 'I couldn't get on the right machine to do them'. So why didn't you wait? A grumble, seeing as the keys work now, but...

[ElyDave]

Key cutting shop. £5 for a feckin' key? And then three out of the four don't work. Good job they did second time around. And then you say 'I couldn't get on the right machine to do them'. So why didn't you wait? A grumble, seeing as the keys works now, but...

Had that happen to me.  Having given my parents the house keys to drop wedding presents off, I and new wife returned home after the honeymoon to find the newly cut keys did not work.

Slept in the car that night before breaking in through the cat flap the next morning.

[Kim]

Never trust an untested key.  We discovered that our front door key wasn't actually our front door key^[1] in similar circumstances.


_{[1] The entire lock mechanism was loose and rotating in response to any Yale key / screwdriver that would fit the slot.}

[Polar Bear]

Either my thighs have grown or slim fit is back in vogue.  2 of the three pairs of M&S trousers I bought for work are rather snug around the thighs as soon as I put more than a five pound note in my pocket.  And that's on the same 32" waist.

I have ranted about this very subject in the past.
M&S trousers are cut for Modern Man: big belly and no muscle.

Older trousers fit my slim but slightly muscular partner better.

I could use a little M&S just now.  I've been noticing that with enforced immobility my weight has stayed constant but my legs have dwindled and my waistband has got tighter.  I feel like a thin bloke who's been shoved through a beach ball.

Still, 'tain't permanent.

M&S trousers have been like this for as long as I can remember.   You need to buy a waist up to get a good thigh fit.    Weird shaped blokes in the cutting room I guess...   

[hellymedic]

Either my thighs have grown or slim fit is back in vogue.  2 of the three pairs of M&S trousers I bought for work are rather snug around the thighs as soon as I put more than a five pound note in my pocket.  And that's on the same 32" waist.

I have ranted about this very subject in the past.
M&S trousers are cut for Modern Man: big belly and no muscle.

Older trousers fit my slim but slightly muscular partner better.

I could use a little M&S just now.  I've been noticing that with enforced immobility my weight has stayed constant but my legs have dwindled and my waistband has got tighter.  I feel like a thin bloke who's been shoved through a beach ball.

Still, 'tain't permanent.

M&S trousers have been like this for as long as I can remember.   You need to buy a waist up to get a good thigh fit.    Weird shaped blokes in the cutting room I guess...

I don't think they're weird. Twenty years ago the shape was better for those who occasionally moved their bodies.

They cut their clothing to fit the 'Normal Brit'. Normal Brit is fatter and flabbier than in my misspent youth.

Things aren't what they used to be...

I remember also chatting about this with Dr Box (Dave Pilbeam, notp) at some Audax Reunion.
As might be expected from a long-suffering AUK, the man has muscles in his thighs and carries little 'spare'.
He also has Trouble with Trousers.