minor things that make you fume

Anybody else noticed that when at 38000ft on your way to somewhere nice and sunny, the flight is nice and smooth right up to the moment when you are just about to take your first sip of your extortionately priced drink. Then you suddenly hit turbulence and your bevvy goes all over the place.
 

tommytowne said:
Anybody else noticed that when at 38000ft on your way to somewhere nice and sunny, the flight is nice and smooth right up to the moment when you are just about to take your first sip of your extortionately priced drink. Then you suddenly hit turbulence and your bevvy goes all over the place.
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Happened to me once. Drink in lap so not very comfortable. The pilot came on and said the plane hit the wake of another aircraft but it really felt like hitting a brick wall
 
tommytowne said:
Anybody else noticed that when at 38000ft on your way to somewhere nice and sunny, the flight is nice and smooth right up to the moment when you are just about to take your first sip of your extortionately priced drink. Then you suddenly hit turbulence and your bevvy goes all over the place.
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Goes without saying.

Sober last night flying home (not the Pilot) I had a sore throat and ordered Heinz soup off the trolley. The Steward flipped down what looked like a circular bit of tinfoil on the back of the seat in front of me and popped in my £2.50 paper cup of soup.

Utterly convinced it would lovingly envelope my balls at the first cloud and just couldn’t leave it there dangling. Two hands.

Two hands.
 
Runub said:
Happened to me once. Drink in lap so not very comfortable. The pilot came on and said the plane hit the wake of another aircraft but it really felt like hitting a brick wall
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Posted because exactly that last evening. 2.5hr flight Menorca to Donny not a cloud in the sky the whole journey. Got my usual JD and coke ice and slice. Then out of nowhere the brick wall you mentioned. Whole drink out of my hands, onto the tray and right onto my crotch. 1.5 hrs of sat in my tan shorts soaked through and stinking like Rab C Nesbitt.
 
tommytowne said:
Posted because exactly that last evening. 2.5hr flight Menorca to Donny not a cloud in the sky the whole journey. Got my usual JD and coke ice and slice. Then out of nowhere the brick wall you mentioned. Whole drink out of my hands, onto the tray and right onto my crotch. 1.5 hrs of sat in my tan shorts soaked through and stinking like Rab C Nesbitt.
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Had to laugh.

Me and a mate where in darkest Cornwall in the 1980's.

After the alehouse, we picked up a Chinese and ordered a cab,

Insane driver went down country lanes at 80 mph.

We both ended up with red hot Beef tomato, and egg fired rice in our laps.

A miracle we both fathered children, later in our lives.
 

Nobby Nobbs said:
Pubs that don’t have beer matts, sort and yourselves out ffs.
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Another way of maximising profits or cutting costs - depending on your view
Edit; last month, my local, Maroochydore RSL, used to have stacks on the bar - help your self.
Now theyre behind the bar and you have to ask for one.
Also, the beers gone up and the meals menu dumbed down with slightly smaller portions - though they were on the large side, so cuts supply costs  and waste.
It's a tough world in hospitality / retail all over.
Edit 2; Guiness - full Imp. Pint au$11 - £6.27 a very nice pint though
 
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Baines' left foot said:
Dealing with knuckle heads on Facebook Marketplace.

How can people so stupid even get out of bed in the morning. Pure pain.
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Tell me about it.
State "no offers"
Response; would you take "1/2" the stated price?

I tried selling an as new electric stihl strimmer. Cost me £120, wanted £80. I had about two dozen enquiries from women who wanted to offer a fiver who only saw a strimmer and couldn't tell the difference between this and a £20 b&q craptastic.

Then there's the ones who throw a thousand questions (half would be anwered if the read the blasted post) before either "I've changed my mind" or worse, and more commonly ghosting you.

I was selling a dinghy and some fella expressed serious interest and asked for a photo of the rudder as I hadn't included one. I duly obliged, dug out and cleaned it and sent him a picture of the perfect rudder only to get zero acknowledgement or further interest. I don't know what he was expecting. Did he want it damaged? Was it some porn fetish thing?
The lad who eventually bought it admitted he wanted to buy it for the trailer (which was worth more than the boat and I wasn't asking much for it). No skin off my nose. We agreed a meet and he spent well over an HOUR fastidiously inspecting every minute detail of the boat, sails, ropes, pulleys, dagger board, rigging etc before deciding he wanted it.

Engineers are the best - advertise a lathe, answer a couple of questions, arrange meeting, no quibble, have a good chat, hand over cash, help to load, gone.
 
chrismpw said:
Tell me about it.
State "no offers"
Response; would you take "1/2" the stated price?

I tried selling an as new electric stihl strimmer. Cost me £120, wanted £80. I had about two dozen enquiries from women who wanted to offer a fiver who only saw a strimmer and couldn't tell the difference between this and a £20 b&q craptastic.

Then there's the ones who throw a thousand questions (half would be anwered if the read the blasted post) before either "I've changed my mind" or worse, and more commonly ghosting you.

I was selling a dinghy and some fella expressed serious interest and asked for a photo of the rudder as I hadn't included one. I duly obliged, dug out and cleaned it and sent him a picture of the perfect rudder only to get zero acknowledgement or further interest. I don't know what he was expecting. Did he want it damaged? Was it some porn fetish thing?
The lad who eventually bought it admitted he wanted to buy it for the trailer (which was worth more than the boat and I wasn't asking much for it). No skin off my nose. We agreed a meet and he spent well over an HOUR fastidiously inspecting every minute detail of the boat, sails, ropes, pulleys, dagger board, rigging etc before deciding he wanted it.

Engineers are the best - advertise a lathe, answer a couple of questions, arrange meeting, no quibble, have a good chat, hand over cash, help to load, gone.
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I just can't believe the amount of people trying to sell vehicles for around £10k that have little to no service history. None of them seem to be able to spell properly either.
 

chrismpw said:
Tell me about it.
State "no offers"
Response; would you take "1/2" the stated price?

I tried selling an as new electric stihl strimmer. Cost me £120, wanted £80. I had about two dozen enquiries from women who wanted to offer a fiver who only saw a strimmer and couldn't tell the difference between this and a £20 b&q craptastic.

Then there's the ones who throw a thousand questions (half would be anwered if the read the blasted post) before either "I've changed my mind" or worse, and more commonly ghosting you.

I was selling a dinghy and some fella expressed serious interest and asked for a photo of the rudder as I hadn't included one. I duly obliged, dug out and cleaned it and sent him a picture of the perfect rudder only to get zero acknowledgement or further interest. I don't know what he was expecting. Did he want it damaged? Was it some porn fetish thing?
The lad who eventually bought it admitted he wanted to buy it for the trailer (which was worth more than the boat and I wasn't asking much for it). No skin off my nose. We agreed a meet and he spent well over an HOUR fastidiously inspecting every minute detail of the boat, sails, ropes, pulleys, dagger board, rigging etc before deciding he wanted it.

Engineers are the best - advertise a lathe, answer a couple of questions, arrange meeting, no quibble, have a good chat, hand over cash, help to load, gone.
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I think the problem is it looks like you are selling goods via Grindr here Chris. Probs have better luck on other platforms
 
chrismpw said:
Tell me about it.
State "no offers"
Response; would you take "1/2" the stated price?

I tried selling an as new electric stihl strimmer. Cost me £120, wanted £80. I had about two dozen enquiries from women who wanted to offer a fiver who only saw a strimmer and couldn't tell the difference between this and a £20 b&q craptastic.

Then there's the ones who throw a thousand questions (half would be anwered if the read the blasted post) before either "I've changed my mind" or worse, and more commonly ghosting you.

I was selling a dinghy and some fella expressed serious interest and asked for a photo of the rudder as I hadn't included one. I duly obliged, dug out and cleaned it and sent him a picture of the perfect rudder only to get zero acknowledgement or further interest. I don't know what he was expecting. Did he want it damaged? Was it some porn fetish thing?
The lad who eventually bought it admitted he wanted to buy it for the trailer (which was worth more than the boat and I wasn't asking much for it). No skin off my nose. We agreed a meet and he spent well over an HOUR fastidiously inspecting every minute detail of the boat, sails, ropes, pulleys, dagger board, rigging etc before deciding he wanted it.

Engineers are the best - advertise a lathe, answer a couple of questions, arrange meeting, no quibble, have a good chat, hand over cash, help to load, gone.
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Feel your pain Chris. Back to that strimmer though, will you take an offer? I’m seeing them in B&Q for twenty quid…
 
Just caught sight of an article regarding Doncaster Sheffield Airport. Peel Holdings to close the venture. Reason being not enough footfall. I'm devastated as it's recently been my go to Airport. Reading all the horror stories recently about hold up and delays at larger airports, a 40 minute drive to the car park and a further 35 minutes getting checked in and through security to sitting in Spoons. Absolute tragedy.
 

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