minor things that make you fume


chrismpw said:
The female's family descended on us yesterday for coffee and a natter. That's her dad, sister, nephew and nephew's female. They're a likable bunch generally and we get on fine.

But my female is a pathological hostess when there's people around. Before long there were five new packets of biscuits and cake opened to give them all, in her head "choice." Each of them makes their choice and has a nibble. This leaves us with five packets to finish off, after they leave, before they're stale and wasted and I'm under doctors orders to fight off diabetes ffs.

Then half an hour later the female spots a pack of Belgian chocolates we'd been saving as a treat since Christmas. Nobody had asked for more, and there was plenty on offer already but no - the pack was ripped apart and chocolates forced onto everyone like Mrs Doyle on speed.

Them up gets worse ... "ooo didn't like that"

"Try a white one then" (rips off packing)

"No didn't like that either. Can i try a dark one?"

Whatever happened to just having a pack of custard cremes and everyone was happy? Fecking gannets!
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The treat got saved to long, ought to have offered them the piano, and what do you want? The diabetes or them with their mouths full unable to talk? Get the fridge and freezer stuffed with bolognese sauces and you're free to clean up the lab/workshop in the week. Ducking and weaving, gotta box clever.
 
Rita_Poon said:
The treat got saved to long, ought to have offered them the piano, and what do you want? The diabetes or them with their mouths full unable to talk? Get the fridge and freezer stuffed with bolognese sauces and you're free to clean up the lab/workshop in the week. Ducking and weaving, gotta box clever.
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You should be a lifestyle coach!
 
chrismpw said:
You should be a lifestyle coach!
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You kiddin, closest to that I could manage is couch. One lazy lazy b'stard me. What did you pony up for the solar panels and I'm guessing you can wire em in? Don't you need some transformer to then slip it back through the consumer unit into the grid? Besides being incredible lazy I'm also incredible thick. :(
 

Rita_Poon said:
You kiddin, closest to that I could manage is couch. One lazy lazy b'stard me. What did you pony up for the solar panels and I'm guessing you can wire em in? Don't you need some transformer to then slip it back through the consumer unit into the grid? Besides being incredible lazy I'm also incredible thick. :(
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I got the panels cheaply off Facebook and slapped ontobthe flat roof of my workshop. And yeah you need an inverter to rig them to the mains. I had a sparky mate approve all my wiring and then managed to self-certify with the national grid that the whole rig was compliant with their standards.

That was last summer.

This winter I realised that the angle I had them at and the low sun meant they were shading one another so output was WELL down. So last month I removed half of the panels to space them out better and got a bit more output. Yesterday I erected a frame at the end ifcthe garden to put the removed panels on to get back to full power. They're actually in a better place as my shed roof doesn't get full sun til after 12 in the summer, plus there's an hour or so lost under a shadow of a tree.
 
summerisle said:
Disgusted from Staffordshire.


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Someone trying to be ironic? Not sure if the letter is supposed to be serious.

Anyway, I'd say the biggest problem with the youth of today is that they don't know that Badger loves mash potatoes.
 
Super Ally said:
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People are gross. Who does this?
This was going from London to Glasgow and it was the second train I was on after the previous one was abruptly cancelled at Preston. Avanti is just as bad as Virgin was, if not worse.
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Reminds of the time I was sat next to a woman on a packed commuter train, she decided it was a good time to clip her finger nails.
 

chrismpw said:
The female's family descended on us yesterday for coffee and a natter. That's her dad, sister, nephew and nephew's female. They're a likeable bunch generally and we get on fine.

But my female is a pathological hostess when there's people around. Before long there were five new packets of biscuits and cake opened to give them all, in her head "choice." Wach of them makes their choice and has a nibble. This leaves us with five packets to finish off, after they leave, before they're stale and wasted and I'm under doctors orders to fight off diabetes ffs.

Then half an hour later the female spots a pack of Belgian chocolates we'd been saving as a treat since Christmas. Nobody had asked for more, and there was plenty on offer already but no - the oack was ripped apart and chocolates forced onto everone like Mrs Doyle on speed.

Them up gets worse ... "ooo didnt like that"

"Try a white one then" (rips off packing)

"No didnt like that either. Can i try a dark one?"

Whatever happened to just having a pack of custard cremes and everyone was happy? Fecking gannets!
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I feel this intensely. Friends came round this weekend with their kids.. the matriarch of the house starts opening up 5 bags of crisps 30 mins before they all arrive so it’s all laid out and the kids can choose which they want.
 
BlueInNZ said:
Reminds of the time I was sat next to a woman on a packed commuter train, she decided it was a good time to clip her finger nails.
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Went on a cruise recently. Our first wander about the boat and we saw a big sweaty fat bloke had lost no time in getting into a hot tub. While we were nearby waiting for for a drink he got up and perched on the edge and started picking at his feet and toes, apparently peeling bits off. Difficult enough to oursuade the missus into one of them ... impossible now.
 
Was at the hospital earlier and went to pay for my parking and seen an older gentleman looking a bit confused at how to work the machine. I helped him put his ticket in and as he fumbled around to count his change to pay i tapped my card and paid his parking, my good deed done for the day.

2 minutes later im driving out of the car park and the barrier won't open so i reverse back and go to drive out the next lane only for the car behind to race ahead and refuse to let me in. It was the same gentleman whos parking i paid for and to make it worse he was driving what looked like a very expensive brand new jaguar.
 

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