Author Topic: The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant. (Read 1605990 times)

Bledlow · « **Reply #9275 on:** 18 October, 2017, 03:49:36 pm »

Or scrumpy.

andrewc · « **Reply #9276 on:** 19 October, 2017, 08:09:55 pm »

Bloody Hell! A plate of hummus with flatbread & a glass of wine just cost me $28 (inc tax & tip) MOMA cafe.[/font]

TheLurker · « **Reply #9277 on:** 19 October, 2017, 08:44:58 pm »

That _was_ Zimbabwean dollars, yeah? Because if it was US, Canuck, Oz etc. then that'd be a bloody rip-off wouldn't it?

bobb · « **Reply #9278 on:** 19 October, 2017, 09:26:10 pm »

Fireworks. I'm bored of you already. Go away...

Andrij · « **Reply #9279 on:** 19 October, 2017, 10:50:18 pm »

Quote from: bobb on 19 October, 2017, 09:26:10 pm

Fireworks. I'm bored of you already. Go away...

Then stay away from E. London - sounds like a war zone here.

Kim · « **Reply #9280 on:** 19 October, 2017, 10:55:57 pm »

I don't mind fireworks on Diwali, [the Saturday nearest to] November 5th and within the first 5 minutes of the new year.

Actually, I tell a lie. I like the pretty ones at any time of year. It's the stuff that goes BANG! that should be used in moderation.

hellymedic · « **Reply #9281 on:** 20 October, 2017, 01:18:18 am »

Quote from: Andrij on 19 October, 2017, 10:50:18 pm

Quote from: bobb on 19 October, 2017, 09:26:10 pm
Fireworks. I'm bored of you already. Go away...

Then stay away from E. London - sounds like a war zone here.

Diwali felicitations from the pyro zone that is Brent North...

cycleman · « **Reply #9282 on:** 20 October, 2017, 07:25:26 am »

Boom,boom,boom boom,boom,boom boom,boom,boom!
Diwali in slough

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #9283 on:** 20 October, 2017, 11:21:53 am »

"Your test results should be ready by thursday"
Friday morning
"Your test results haven't come in yet"
grumble grumble

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #9284 on:** 20 October, 2017, 03:29:24 pm »

I couldn't stand Divali when we lived in Blr. Fireworks pretty, noise bad, injuries inevitable but irrelevant, but what made it unbearable was the smoke and fumes (contributed to some of the injuries too, bang thud whallop).

hellymedic · « **Reply #9285 on:** 20 October, 2017, 03:41:37 pm »

Just spoken to Mum (81), who had returned from hospital with Dad (87).
His appointment was cancelled, they told him when he arrived.
Return home by taxi to receive newly-delivered appointment cancellation letter dated 17 October.

I know parents have just returned from forn parts but they has landline, mobile phones and email.
Mum is philosophical.

I am NOT IMPRESSED.

T42 · « **Reply #9286 on:** 20 October, 2017, 05:00:43 pm »

Quote from: mrcharly-YHT on 20 October, 2017, 11:21:53 am

"Your test results should be ready by thursday"
Friday morning
"Your test results haven't come in yet"
grumble grumble

Gawd. We get them by post within 48 hours. Doc often has results for early morning blood samples on line the same day.

Pickled Onion · « **Reply #9287 on:** 20 October, 2017, 09:46:43 pm »

I imagine this is a grumble that's going to go on and on...

Builders.

I've needed this work doing for years. I've saved up the cash, everything's in place: architect drawings, structural engineer calculations, building regulations permission. All I need now is a builder.

Builder no. 1: very keen, loves working with old buildings, can start in the new year. All goes quiet then when prodded says he's got enough work for the next 12 months.
Builder no. 2: very keen, wants to start in 8 weeks. Can't give any guesses for time/cost as it's all done by this fantastic software and most of the details are already done. All goes quiet then oh dear, the software update lost all his workings and he's off on holibobs, really sorry, thanks for being so understanding. If he thinks I'm going to digest and approve his quote in the couple of weeks from when he gets it to me...
Builder no. 3: doesn't even bother to respond
Builder no. 4: we'll see

T42 · « **Reply #9288 on:** 21 October, 2017, 08:24:23 am »

Contemplating a pleasant day in the workshop when missus announces that our daughter will be here this afternoon with a friend who will be bringing her toddler; so now we have to clean out the parrot, sweep & wash the kitchen floor, hoover the whole bloody place and then waste the afternoon on feckless platitudes until they see fit to bugger off again. Added to which, daughter only thinks of us when she needs money. Joy abounds.

I shall ask permission to go and fix my puncture first.

SoreTween · « **Reply #9289 on:** 21 October, 2017, 09:42:02 pm »

Woking on Thursday night - mock tudor Sarajevo.

Yes yes, 22 years late.

hellymedic · « **Reply #9290 on:** 21 October, 2017, 10:14:13 pm »

About 10 bang per second here much of the time.
Cats have gone into hiding.
Rain clouds have been seeded and it's WET.
Rain is spoiling David's wood varnish.

ElyDave · « **Reply #9291 on:** 22 October, 2017, 07:43:22 am »

Looking out the window, I think it might be a turbo day today

Kim · « **Reply #9292 on:** 22 October, 2017, 08:50:33 am »

Lurgy. Fuck off.

phantasmagoriana · « **Reply #9293 on:** 22 October, 2017, 08:54:50 am »

Stupid rain. A leak that started yesterday in my bedroom got steadily worse overnight, and by this morning most of the carpet was sodden and I've had to empty my wardrobe and move it away so it doesn't get worse. Half my clothes are also soaking. No Sunday club run for me, then, as I'm spending the morning mopping. The rain at least appears to have stopped now, so hopefully it'll stop coming in soon...

Kim · « **Reply #9294 on:** 22 October, 2017, 08:59:59 am »

Yes, the rain can fuck off too.

I feel a DNS coming on.

T42 · « **Reply #9295 on:** 22 October, 2017, 10:51:15 am »

Thee & me both. And after spending an hour messing about* trying to cancel Herself's AVG subscription that she took out before changing to Linux and losing the details, but which would have set us back 76€ in December, I'm thinking that a bloody good lunch is in the near future.

* how polite I am this morning!

Andrij · « **Reply #9296 on:** 22 October, 2017, 04:09:09 pm »

I lost my tourer's bicycle computer while on a ride today.

It's been a bit loose in its (new) mount, but when it has fallen off I usually notice quite quickly. Today it probably went within the last 5km - didn't notice until I got home. One-way streets and the wind made retracing a PITA. The tail end of my route was narrow roads (so could have bounced under a parked car) and parks/shared paths covered in leaves. TBH, I struggled to convince myself to turn back and try to find it - too much riding into the wind today pretty much destroyed me.

Thankfully I was also recording the ride on my eTrex30. But guess I'm now in the market for a new computer.

ElyDave · « **Reply #9297 on:** 22 October, 2017, 04:23:48 pm »

That's a bugger Andrij

I did go out in the end today, 50km in a loop, the wind was either very helpful, a decent Dutch hill, or somewhat threatening when from the flanks.

My new grumble is that on making a quick stop at waitrose for tonight's dinner, my pocket sized combination lock seized on, wouldn't unlock, requiring a walk to Wilkinson's to buy a pair of snips so I could ride home.

hellymedic · « **Reply #9298 on:** 22 October, 2017, 07:52:30 pm »

David doesn't like noise or smoke. This weekend, we've had two ice-cream vans, barbecue smoke from the far end of the back garden, and countless detonations from the pyrophilic neighbours.
Schrödinger's summerautumnwinter...

ian · « **Reply #9299 on:** 23 October, 2017, 09:19:57 am »

I live in a steep-sided valley (or on the side of it, anyway) and it seems every single house in the town is currently having an extension added. Be nice if they all take day off.

Oh, and the smoke from burning leaves doesn't, well, leave. But I kind of like that smell. Which is good, as next doors chimney is level with our living room.

Author Topic: The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant. (Read 1605990 times)

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