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Paul,
Absolutely.
(Mounting his hobby horse...)the worst of which is Amnesty, which has also just pissed away hundreds of thousands of pounds settling unfair dismissal with senior staff and now doing a pointless and expensive reorganisation. I do not give to charities to subsidise self-indulgent infighting or pursuit of the latest management fads.
The other thing that really ticks me off is the amount of self-congratulatory crap they spend money producing to tell us how wonderful they are. I do not give to charities to have the money wasted on marketing themselves to me. It is completely pointless and a waste of money we have given for other purposes.
They rang recently to up my contribution and were so unapologetic about these gripes, I cancelled my DD instead. I've given the money elsewhere.
If government, the civil service etc are ripe for reform, then the charity sector needs a massive boot up the backside. What the Charity Commission actually does about these big charities - Oxfam, Amnesty, RSPCA etc is beyond me. If a normal business used money which I had given for a specific purpose in the way they do, senior execs would up in front of the beak...
Peter
Peter,
I'd agree with everything you've said.
Having worked with a charity that'll remain nameless before, I was and still am disgusted with the constant waist of money I saw and I was only there for 6 months!
walpurgis
25-07-2013, 21:27
Ah, don't worry Dave, remember you made the effort in the first place where a lot of people don't bother!
I don't generally give to charities.
Do a little digging and you'll understand why, in fact if a major charity has a main office near you, see what kind of cars drive away at the end of the day. Charities should employ charitable staff who see their job as a vocation, not hi-flying, high salaried execs!
I don't generally give to charities.
Do a little digging and you'll understand why, in fact if a major charity has a main office near you, see what kind of cars drive away at the end of the day. Charities should employ charitable staff who see their job as a vocation, not hi-flying, high salaried execs!
I totally agree with you. I only give monies to a select few charities and my wife and I review these on an annual basis. Primarily the reason for us giving monies as a donation is because us or a member of our family have been affected by something!
When you are a complete numpty and have just spent hours importing CD albums in Applelossless only to delete them because you'd thought that you had copied them to the music server :doh:
Cables:
Am I the only one who finds that cables drive me mad? You put more than one together and they seem to be able to get themselves intertwined without moving any of them... My wife finds it hilarious when I am wiring up the Hifi or Home Cinema as I always get annoyed when cabling it up....
Gordon Steadman
02-08-2013, 15:28
Cables:
Am I the only one who finds that cables drive me mad? You put more than one together and they seem to be able to get themselves intertwined without moving any of them... My wife finds it hilarious when I am wiring up the Hifi or Home Cinema as I always get annoyed when cabling it up....
Never mind, it will all be wirelessly connected soon. I am sure someone will then find a way of charging loadsamoney for the space between various bits of equipment. I wonder what air sounds like!
Never mind, it will all be wirelessly connected soon. I am sure someone will then find a way of charging loadsamoney for the space between various bits of equipment. I wonder what air sounds like!
:lol:
Rothchild
03-08-2013, 16:47
People who put their car alarms on when the get on a ferry, pity the people who work down on the decks when the moment the boat gets going the whole lot sounds like a Futurist Symphony. As if anyone is going to nick the car (or that they can hear the alarm if it goes off). Top class numptying!
Rothchild
03-08-2013, 16:50
Never mind, it will all be wirelessly connected soon. I am sure someone will then find a way of charging loadsamoney for the space between various bits of equipment. I wonder what air sounds like!
There are folk, on these hallowed boards, who can hear the difference between different amounts of memory allocated to audio buffers so you're probably on to something here.
There are folk, on these hallowed boards, who can hear the difference between different amounts of memory allocated to audio buffers so you're probably on to something here.
Really? That is rather scary :lol:
Charities that send 'begging' letters even when you already give them monies per month :steam:
Happened again today!! Bloomin' Cancer Research at it this time.. They'll be getting a shit-o-gram tomorrow!!
walpurgis
07-08-2013, 21:19
Bit of a fuss in the various news channels this week about charities paying £100k plus salaries to senior execs, who no doubt also employ more of their kind on big salaries.
Stratmangler
07-08-2013, 21:41
Never mind, it will all be wirelessly connected soon...
Like hell it will!
I've spent the vast majority of my working life running cables for communications equipment, and I'm still doing it.
If you want dependability then you need to run a piece of cable ;)
Like hell it will!
I've spent the vast majority of my working life running cables for communications equipment, and I'm still doing it.
If you want dependability then you need to run a piece of cable ;)
Lol so true Chris :)
stairpost
09-08-2013, 20:54
Convenience stores that don't take credit/debit cards of any kind. Hardly convenient when you have no cash.
Convenience stores that don't take credit/debit cards of any kind. Hardly convenient when you have no cash.
Fair point, well made!
walpurgis
09-08-2013, 21:18
Fair point, well made!
Just use a cheque. :)
Just use a cheque. :)
But what if you don't have a Cheque Book :lol:
southall-1998
10-08-2013, 15:18
When I ask someone a question....they see the question but don't answer!!!! Fucking rude and a waste of my energy and time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: :rolleyes:
Totally agree with you Shane!
julesd68
17-08-2013, 00:15
Ebay vinyl sellers that take photos of lp's resting on something other than their inner sleeves. Like tables or carpets. Never ceases to amaze me.
julesd68
19-08-2013, 00:24
+1 :thumbsup:
Here is my favourite so far Dave, a veritable tour de force in crapness ...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Black-Sabbath-Vol4-vinyl-33-rpm-WWA009-/181199075322?pt=UK_Records&hash=item2a304e77fa
With an lp that should fetch upwards of 20 quid in reasonable condition, this dude manages to place it partly on its inner, and partly on the carpet and stone floor all at the same time!! And then sits back in the photo to admire his handiwork! :doh:
:doh: that would take a few goes in the RCM to sort out!
Rare Bird
19-08-2013, 08:51
Seller the totally lie about Vinyl condition.But make out im the one that's lying..
Here is my favourite so far Dave, a veritable tour de force in crapness ...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Black-Sabbath-Vol4-vinyl-33-rpm-WWA009-/181199075322?pt=UK_Records&hash=item2a304e77fa
With an lp that should fetch upwards of 20 quid in reasonable condition, this dude manages to place it partly on its inner, and partly on the carpet and stone floor all at the same time!! And then sits back in the photo to admire his handiwork! :doh:
Might as well photograph it as he hoofs it out a window... :doh:
Erm yeah, why would anyone think that was a good way to advertise their Vinyl collection??
julesd68
23-08-2013, 12:38
And whilst I'm on the subject of ebay, or anywhere else that advertises collectables, people who point out damage to an item they are selling but then say that the damage 'in no way detracts' ... :doh:
Antique dealers are the worst culprit for this - they just can't help themselves ...
I take it as an instant cue not to buy ...
walpurgis
23-08-2013, 12:56
What about the sellers who present photos showing that the item is well and truly stuffed and then say 'in good condition' or 'good working order'. Speaker units spring to mind, stuffed in tweeter domes, crumpled cones, etc!
That's quaintly known as 'distressed' :D
Marco.
The Grand Wazoo
23-08-2013, 17:06
That's quaintly known as 'distressed'
Yeah, I once bought a pair of speakers with that kind of 'patina'!
stairpost
24-08-2013, 10:34
Noisy neighbours!
Despite asking them politely twice. Speaking to the landlady and when that had little affect having a letter sent to them from the noise control team at the local council, I still find myself moving from the flat I have lived in for 9 years because the young idiot that moved in next door makes noise (shouting, arguing,tv, music) at any time of the day or night he chooses to. I am not the only resident of the building to suffer his arrogance but it still goes on.
Maybe I should say selfish neighbours rather than noisy.
julesd68
24-08-2013, 10:52
Noisy neighbours!
Some builders are re-furbing the flat two floors below us and its been going on for ages - woke up this morning with the sound of a drill so loud that it felt like it was in my head ...
Sadly they are within their rights to make this kind of noise from 8-1 on a Saturday ...
stairpost
24-08-2013, 11:30
Some builders are re-furbing the flat two floors below us and its been going on for ages - woke up this morning with the sound of a drill so loud that it felt like it was in my head ...
Sadly they are within their rights to make this kind of noise from 8-1 on a Saturday ...
8am on a Saturday is not a great time to be hearing that!
The final straw for me was being woken at 4am to the sound of my neighbour yelling at his girlfriend that other men were looking at her arse when she was dancing.
8am on a Saturday is not a great time to be hearing that!
The final straw for me was being woken at 4am to the sound of my neighbour yelling at his girlfriend that other men were looking at her arse when she was dancing.
WTF... sounds like you need to have a nice chat with your neighbour whilst dangling him off of a rather large building to me ;)
stairpost
24-08-2013, 13:34
WTF... sounds like you need to have a nice chat with your neighbour whilst dangling him off of a rather large building to me ;)
My mind has wandered down that route. Realistically I'd rather just leave him to it and enjoy being the better person.
My mind has wandered down that route. Realistically I'd rather just leave him to it and enjoy being the better person.
You're a better man than me then Rich... :)
stairpost
24-08-2013, 13:58
You're a better man than me then Rich... :)
Not better. Just different.
I have no doubt someone will give him what is coming to him soon enough. It's the way the world works. He will piss off the wrong person one day. The police came to get him in the middle of the night last year and now he swaggers about like a gangster. You couldn't wish to meet a worse neighbour.
Oh I should add he is a family friend of the landlady, so not much will ever change.
Not better. Just different.
I have no doubt someone will give him what is coming to him soon enough. It's the way the world works. He will piss off the wrong person one day. The police came to get him in the middle of the night last year and now he swaggers about like a gangster. You couldn't wish to meet a worse neighbour.
Oh I should add he is a family friend of the landlady, so not much will ever change.
Looks like you need to have a word with the local 'Ganster's' to sort him out :lol:
stairpost
24-08-2013, 14:05
Looks like you need to have a word with the local 'Ganster's' to sort him out :lol:
I have a friend (very large Polish MMA fighter) that has offered. Again I could really see appeal of the short term gratification, but in the long run I would have regretted it. Would have been an absolute joy though.
I move next weekend so it'll soon be over.
julesd68
24-08-2013, 14:14
I move next weekend so it'll soon be over.
Thank God for that! Hope the move goes well ...
Meanwhile the erstwhile builders downstairs are breaking local regulations by continuing with their drilling and sanding past 1pm today ...
I'll give them a break because they have quietened down, but if they turn up tomorrow on the 'day of rest' it will be another matter!!
stairpost
24-08-2013, 14:18
Thank God for that! Hope the move goes well ...
Meanwhile the erstwhile builders downstairs are breaking local regulations by continuing with their drilling and sanding past 1pm today ...
I'll give them a break because they have quietened down, but if they turn up tomorrow on the 'day of rest' it will be another matter!!
Good luck. They have to be finished one day!
It's all a bit of a pain in the arse we could well do without though I reckon.
Rare Bird
25-08-2013, 09:47
Drivers that lurch over the wheel! how on earth can they drive like that.
What i have noticed tho is peoples car choice usually reflect's on the type of person they are.
Trumpton_Rioter
25-08-2013, 10:06
miss-use of the words their, there and the're, to, two and too and loads of others
and when peolple say "I seen that in a shop" or "I done that yesterday" or "that will learn you" instead of "that will teach you"
arghhhh
and yes I have noticed my spelling mistake :lol:
Rare Bird
25-08-2013, 10:14
Never pull anyone up regarding their spelling :steam:
Pet Hates.
I expect this has been done here before, but I'll give it a bash anyway.
The above are just a few of my niggles. Anybody out there with more?
I have ignored this thread for ages having read the OP I guess I know why. I thought it may be about disliking cats, dogs or maybe canaries but not so. I don't hate anything in the manner of the OP "hates".
Aren't I the lucky one
Trumpton_Rioter
25-08-2013, 12:19
Never pull anyone up regarding their spelling :steam:
why :scratch:
Ali Tait
25-08-2013, 12:24
Some folk are dyslexic for a start.
Trumpton_Rioter
25-08-2013, 12:26
yes but not when they are talking
miss-use of the words their, there and the're, to, two and too and loads of others
and when peolple say "I seen that in a shop" or "I done that yesterday" or "that will learn you" instead of "that will teach you"
arghhhh
and yes I have noticed my spelling mistake :lol:
I presume by "the're" (sic), you mean "they're"? ;)
Trumpton_Rioter
25-08-2013, 18:55
I presume by "the're" (sic), you mean "they're"? ;)
yep and thats why I edited my post to highlight it and didn't bother to change it - I am big enough and ugly enough to admit when I have made a mistake :ner:
Gordon Steadman
25-08-2013, 18:56
yep and thats why I edited my post to highlight it and didn't bother to change it - I am big enough and ugly enough to admit when I have made a mistake :ner:
Hmmm.....strange attitude! I never make mistakes although I might make the odd error of judgement!
Ali Tait
25-08-2013, 19:35
yes but not when they are talking
No, but they can have trouble spelling!
stairpost
25-08-2013, 19:47
Isn't what's being said more important than how well it's being said?
Rare Bird
25-08-2013, 19:58
I couldnt care less if im crap at spelling, if my Grammer is shocking, if i use Their instead of there.. I just don't care. people understand full well what i post.
I even devised my own language i use sometimes that incorporates Yorkshire dialect to try diguise my bad spelling
Rothchild
27-08-2013, 19:24
miss-use of the words their, there and the're, to, two and too and loads of others
and when peolple say "I seen that in a shop" or "I done that yesterday" or "that will learn you" instead of "that will teach you"
arghhhh
and yes I have noticed my spelling mistake :lol:
Indeed, either you know your shit or you know you're shit
I don't know what it is but I used to have a massive problem with your and you're, it just didn't compute... but I agree with the comments that you shouldn't really pull people up on their spelling, seems a bit unfair really to me!
Pierre De Grenoble
28-08-2013, 19:23
Windows fecking 8! I've run XP over several custom built desktops over the last 8/9 years and when the "lasts" motherboard started playing up I just went and bought a new PC with 8.
GRRRRRR! It's cooking my head.. had to buy outlook because I used Outlook express, lots of stuff simply doesn't work or involves complicated work arounds etc etc etc blurry etc...
an I hate the fact that it opens on those fecking tiles and not my desktop even if it is only 1 click away... GRRRRRRRR :mental::doh::mental:
walpurgis
28-08-2013, 19:31
Oooh, you shouldn't have said that Steve. Now you'll have all the AOS IT buffs at your throat. Various amongst them have recently been extolling the virtues of Windows 8. Me personally, I haven't tried it, but it sounds very unlikeable.
Pierre De Grenoble
28-08-2013, 20:17
Oooh, you shouldn't have said that Steve. Now you'll have all the AOS IT buffs at your throat. Various amongst them have recently been extolling the virtues of Windows 8. Me personally, I haven't tried it, but it sounds very unlikeable.
have now found that I cannot import dbx files (outlook express) into outlook 2010 direct because Microsoft say they are not similar programs.. their own threads suggest a 3rd party tool.. whats that all about then...
had to find a work round to installing Frontpage 2003 (bought as an upgrade to FP 2000, so a total cost of over £225) it might be old but it does me.. and 8 tells you thanks but no thanks.. what's that all about then etc etc et fecking cetera...
Rothchild
29-08-2013, 06:56
Steve, isn't there some variety of 'compatibility mode' for older software (there is in Win7) so you can get Frontpage working?
The danger of using proprietary formats is that you're beholden to the creator of the format, maybe it's time to make use of your anger to escape from giving MS another chance to do this to you?
Maybe try Thunderbird for your email?
There are also a couple of Frontpage alternatives (Nvu, Kompozer, OpenWYSIWYG) that might be worth a try? If you get on with these you might try considering swapping out the underlying OS too? Personally I like www.debian.org (or anything that's debian based)
Pierre De Grenoble
29-08-2013, 18:43
Steve, isn't there some variety of 'compatibility mode' for older software (there is in Win7) so you can get Frontpage working?
The danger of using proprietary formats is that you're beholden to the creator of the format, maybe it's time to make use of your anger to escape from giving MS another chance to do this to you?
Maybe try Thunderbird for your email?
There are also a couple of Frontpage alternatives (Nvu, Kompozer, OpenWYSIWYG) that might be worth a try? If you get on with these you might try considering swapping out the underlying OS too? Personally I like www.debian.org (http://www.debian.org) (or anything that's debian based)
Managed to get frontpage 2003 installed I googled and found a work around involving permissions or something.. ( a right click during installation) and I will certainly be checking out all sorts of alternatives from now on in.. but I bought outlook 2010 thinking it would be a logical improvement over outlook express, only to find it's nothing like.. but now I've bought it I WILL beat it into shape...
Appreciate the heads up but I simply couldn't face a new OS.. my head would cook.. :confused:
The natural successor to FrontPage is Expression Web, which I use successfully with W8.
Outlook Express and Outlook are nothing like each other and never have been. It's unfortunate that the Express 'domestic' mail client was ever given the Outlook name. The natural successor to Express is Windows Live Mail, which is a free download for W7. For W8, Windows Mail is built-in.
Outlook is really designed for Microsoft Exchange corporate use and is crippled when used with only POP3 or IMAP accounts. However, it does become highly productive when used with an Outlook.com account (successor to Hotmail).
All clear? :)
Pierre De Grenoble
29-08-2013, 19:36
The natural successor to FrontPage is Expression Web, which I use successfully with W8.
Outlook Express and Outlook are nothing like each other and never have been. It's unfortunate that the Express 'domestic' mail client was ever given the Outlook name. The natural successor to Express is Windows Live Mail, which is a free download for W7. For W8, Windows Mail is built-in.
Outlook is really designed for Microsoft Exchange corporate use and is crippled when used with only POP3 or IMAP accounts. However, it does become highly productive when used with an Outlook.com account (successor to Hotmail).
All clear? :)
found expression web and will check it out as will with windows mail, but my bugbear is that all those emails in dbx are sitting orphaned in a drive and are not get at able.. at the moment.. also I have to admit that outlook express was the dogs gonads for me.. if it worked why throw it away with the bathwater.. and why can't Microsoft provide a free migration tool.. there must be a few million users world wide being forced off XP next year...
Rare Bird
10-09-2013, 09:42
Wives that won't STFU when im trying to listern to music.. gets up my back :steam:
for god sake gimmi single life
Wives that won't STFU when im trying to listern to music.. gets up my back :steam:
for god sake gimmi single life
:rfl: so true, so true :)
southall-1998
12-09-2013, 22:16
Can't stand Irish gypsies knocking our doors offering to sell you dodgy sofa's or to clean your front yard at silly prices !!! Plus, they do shit jobs at it anyway!!
Rare Bird
18-09-2013, 09:48
Holidays abroad, total waste of money to me, id rather build my bank account up than waste it, & wasting two week of my life abroad.. Jeez im am the biggest pain on holiday, i moan & moan because i'm ready for home before we get there.
Were off next week to greek islands, loverly place don't get me wrong but so borrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrring.
Blimey! Reading this thread cheers me up no end, because although I can be a moody bugger, I actually have very little to complain about. Having said that, I could do without hearing next door's sanding machine that's being going since 8.30 this morning!
julesd68
18-09-2013, 12:14
Were off next week to greek islands, loverly place don't get me wrong but so borrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrring.
So why go??
julesd68
18-09-2013, 12:17
VW Golf drivers wearing baseball caps. Can't stand this chav / boy racer look. They all love to drive fast of course and show what this 'mean machine' can do ... :doh:
Rare Bird
18-09-2013, 12:18
mean machines that are generally nothing but toys in a fancy dress
Were off next week to greek islands, loverly place don't get me wrong but so borrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrring.
Agree with this, wifey loves it but I can never get on with being abroad lol
walpurgis
19-09-2013, 17:53
People who won't take 'NO' for an answer!
southall-1998
19-09-2013, 18:38
People who won't take 'NO' for an answer!
Join the club !!
Rare Bird
20-09-2013, 18:30
Women that paint their toenails.. I'm gonna explode if that shit goes on the carpet.
Whilst on the subject of annoying. Predictive text! Who likes it? Blooming annoying stuff, earlier I wanted to say Cat and this damn iPad put Car!!!
Apparently there was a teenage girl who texted her mum along the lines of 'How do I get cum out of my hair' when she meant gum. Probably urban legend but I hope it was true. When asked how it got there she said her boyfriend did it.
Women that paint their toenails.. I'm gonna explode if that shit goes on the carpet.
:rfl:
Apparently there was a teenage girl who texted her mum along the lines of 'How do I get cum out of my hair' when she meant gum. Probably urban legend but I hope it was true. When asked how it got there she said her boyfriend did it.
I have heard this before but it's still funny :lol: :lol:
Rare Bird
20-09-2013, 19:37
:rfl:
It gets worse, now she took it all off & booked in one of those fancy place that do all things manicure like i'm made of flaming money :steam:
All this for a bleedin' holiday :rolleyes:
It gets worse, now she took it all off & booked in one of those fancy place that do all things manicure like i'm made of flaming money :steam:
All this for a bleedin' holiday :rolleyes:
haha yeah that's typical :doh:
It gets worse, now she took it all off & booked in one of those fancy place that do all things manicure like i'm made of flaming money
I was on Holiday in Bali but had to leave earlier than the missus to go back to work. I left her with my pin number *sighs very deeply*. The whole of the next week I had the sensation of falling from an aeroplane without a parachute. When her highness got back she was complaining about the airline penalty 'cause her bags were too heavy!
You're all forgetting a key message, guys; keep your woman happy and you'll have a much better quality of life :)
brian2957
21-09-2013, 12:08
It gets worse, now she took it all off & booked in one of those fancy place that do all things manicure like i'm made of flaming money :steam:
All this for a bleedin' holiday :rolleyes:
Hah , we're going away for a week next week and mines is down the beauty parlour just now getting the works including highlights or something in her hair . Cost a bliddy fortune just for a week away. I could have bought a new DAC with the money she's spending.
Rare Bird
21-09-2013, 12:18
Wife does not go as far as sun tan prior to holiday but can anyone explain to me why some women do this? :scratch:
You're all forgetting a key message, guys; keep your woman happy and you'll have a much better quality of life :)
More like keep the woman happy & you will be skint for life. :eyebrows:
More like keep the woman happy & you will be skint for life. :eyebrows:
Why not stay single then?
Rare Bird
21-09-2013, 13:00
Good idea but all ive know is marriage since i was 17 years old. Don't get me wrong i love woman but they drive me potty.
Don't get me wrong i love woman but they drive me potty.
:lol:
Rare Bird
21-09-2013, 21:40
Womam that realy need the SKY remote control shoving up their arse!
Paul: Seem you have a simular wife to mine?
Womam that realy need the SKY remote control shoving up their arse!
Paul: Seem you have a simular wife to mine?
Sound very familiar :lol:
Why not stay single then?
You obviously have no idea what they charge at The Pink Pussycat
You're all forgetting a key message, guys; keep your woman happy and you'll have a much better quality of life :)
Yes, and of course, vice versa. After all, as they say: 'it takes two to tango', and so women aren't the only ones in relationships who deserve to be 'kept happy'... ;)
What I've seen way too much of is men 'keeping their wives happy' at the very sad expense of their own happiness. It should always be remembered that the success of a long-term marriage is about give and take, and the understanding of both people, for the duration of the marriage, that it is a 50/50 partnership!
Marco.
Gordon Steadman
10-10-2013, 08:29
Yes, and of course, vice versa. After all, as they say: 'it takes two to tango', and so women aren't the only ones in relationships who deserve to be 'kept happy'... ;)
What I've seen way too much of is men 'keeping their wives happy' at the very sad expense of their own happiness. It should always be remembered that the success of a long-term marriage is about give and take, and the understanding of both people, for the duration of the marriage, that it is a 50/50 partnership!
Marco.
Too bloody right. I've said it before and I will no doubt repeat the exercise but..........if the other half doesn't suit you - change it/her/him. Life is too short to be unhappy. If you don't want the same things, you shouldn't be together. Use the brain not the gonads.
Absolutely. The most important thing of all before getting married and living together under the one roof, is to ensure that you are COMPATIBLE - and the best way of ascertaining that is to share a house together for at least a year, before going ahead with the marriage, which will allow both of you to gets used to each other's 'little quirks'/bad habits! :eyebrows:
Oh, and even more important than that, make sure that kids don't enter the equation until AFTER the marriage has taken place, so that the marriage is going ahead for the right reasons (i.e. that you love each other and want to spend the rest of your lives together, not that you feel that you have to because she's 'up the duff'!!!)
Once you're married, it's too late moaning afterwards about 'her' and how she 'drives you potty'. Quite simply, if he or she is not 'the one', then don't marry him or her in the first place! If you're spending a significant amount of your time together arguing, then chances are you're not truly compatible.
Of course, for various reasons, women can often change their personalities quite drastically after having kids - BUT there is no reason to allow that to alter what attracted you to each other in the first place.
Essentially, retaining that 'spark' (which initially brought you together), throughout the duration of a marriage, and being kind and considerate to each other, and totally honest, too (mutual trust and respect is massively important in any relationship), is what will most likely ensure the longevity of any marriage.
Marco.
P.S 'High-maintenance' women are usually not the best types to marry ;)
Oldpinkman
10-10-2013, 08:45
Too bloody right. I've said it before and I will no doubt repeat the exercise but..........if the other half doesn't suit you - change it/her/him. Life is too short to be unhappy. If you don't want the same things, you shouldn't be together. Use the brain not the gonads.
Doh - you old romantic you ! :champagne:
Gordon Steadman
10-10-2013, 09:22
Doh - you old romantic you ! :champagne:
Dats me:lol:
Yesh, but I bet only when you're on a promise! ;)
Marco.
walpurgis
10-10-2013, 18:53
I like women and accept the fact that to me at least, they all seem a bit nuts! :)
Why is it so many blokes regard women as having some sort of mystique and develop hang-ups about them? This stops fellas relating properly to the girls. My reckoning is 'what you see is what you get', I find most women pretty straightforward to relate to. If you are polite, patient and say what you mean it gets you a long way! (just the same as dealng with blokes really)
walpurgis
11-10-2013, 21:38
Chris this one really grinds at me
''Condition commensurate with age''
:steam:
I quite agree. That term should be reserved to describe people.
(Hi Andr'e. Back from your hols? I got back from mine today)
I like women and accept the fact that to me at least, they all seem a bit nuts! :)
+1 agree with that :lol:
Canetoad
13-10-2013, 14:46
It's acceptance that is the hard part.
I hate getting a phone call and when I answer it it's a bloody recorded message! Funny, but that sort of marketing is nonsensical to me. Why would I buy goods or services from a company that can't even be bothered to have a human being on the end of the phone. I'm more inclined to go out of my way to ruin their business!
It's acceptance that is the hard part.
I hate getting a phone call and when I answer it it's a bloody recorded message! Funny, but that sort of marketing is nonsensical to me. Why would I buy goods or services from a company that can't even be bothered to have a human being on the end of the phone. I'm more inclined to go out of my way to ruin their business!
+1
We have caller ID enabled on our line. I've noticed that many of these calls come from abroad therefore they show up on caller ID as International. If I receive such a call I answer the phone then immediately hang up. Worse are the silent calls, these come from automated systems which send out speculative calls to random numbers, wherein if the call is answered the line goes dead almost immediately. The system then logs that the line is live and that someone is in to take a call from an agent of the company which owns the system. You can expect a sales call from a human being within a few hours of receiving an automated call... :rolleyes:
I was getting fed up of some debt collection mob calling me and asking to speak to some bloke I've never heard of. After about the tenth call from the same people I unplugged the phone from the wall. Then promptly forgot I'd done it. After about 3 months someone said to me that they had tried to call my landline and it wasn't working. So reminded I promptly plugged it back in. That was about a year ago and I have had no calls since - not from anyone, machine or human! Even though I stumbled upon it by accident I can highly recommend this solution.
People who walk onto an escalator and then immediately stop. What happened, did the escalator suddenly take away their ability to walk on stairs? It's even worse when they do it on a down escalator :steam:
People who walk onto an escalator and then immediately stop. What happened, did the escalator suddenly take away their ability to walk on stairs? It's even worse when they do it on a down escalator :steam:
Worse still are those that step OFF an escalator and stop. I was at Manchester Piccadilly station the other week going down the escalator towards the London Road exit when a woman in front of me carrying two suitcases stepped off the bottom of the escalator, stopped dead and put her cases down :doh: - huge pile-up. Luckily, someone had the foresight to press the 'emergency stop' button sharpish or it could have been really nasty :eek:
Rare Bird
16-10-2013, 12:24
Bar Codes.
I hate to see them on things. they irritate me, i don't know why & look bloody aweful on Records..
Another pet hate is our money decimalisation! prefer to think there is no life after 1970.. I mean would you not prefer to see 5/- on a book instead of 25p :rolleyes:
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I mean would you not prefer to see 5/- on a book instead of 25p
Umm, no! Sometimes the old system is not the better way. LSD was a menace for accounting and pretty much everything. Decimalisation was a great move (I remember thinking so as a primary pupil learning the new system).
Now if only we could complete our move to the metric system, we could leave the USA far behind with their antiquated imperial nonsense.
The Grand Wazoo
17-10-2013, 06:49
Umm, no! Sometimes the old system is not the better way. LSD was a menace for accounting and pretty much everything. Decimalisation was a great move (I remember thinking so as a primary pupil learning the new system).
Amen to that!
Now if only we could complete our move to the metric system, we could leave the USA far behind with their antiquated imperial nonsense.
Patience Martin, we'll get there in the end. It's a little slow because we're going metric inch by inch!
Patience Martin, we'll get there in the end. It's a little slow because we're going metric inch by inch!
:lol: it will require a couple of generations to die off first!
It drives me nuts when Ruth's children talk about their weight in stones. Surely they only teach you metric at school, I ask them, but I think it's parental influence. I will only give my weight in kg and my height in m just to annoy people and keep driving the point home.
Metric system = dumbing down of a nation
Bring back fractions they are real life :)
Paul
Stratmangler
17-10-2013, 09:00
People who walk onto an escalator and then immediately stop. What happened, did the escalator suddenly take away their ability to walk on stairs? It's even worse when they do it on a down escalator :steam:
I thought the idea of an escalator was to transport you up or down to a different level :scratch:
Walking doesn't even enter the equation :)
Stratmangler
17-10-2013, 09:01
Worse still are those that step OFF an escalator and stop
Amen! :)
Stratmangler
17-10-2013, 09:10
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walpurgis
17-10-2013, 10:57
Umm, no! Sometimes the old system is not the better way. LSD was a menace for accounting and pretty much everything. Decimalisation was a great move (I remember thinking so as a primary pupil learning the new system).
Now if only we could complete our move to the metric system, we could leave the USA far behind with their antiquated imperial nonsense.
I'd re-imperialise everything. Just for the sheer stubborn hell of it! :eyebrows:
...and I'd force metrication on everyone and banish imperial measurements. Just for the fun of it :)
I'm doing my best to teach all the youngsters Imperial measurements. It's their birthright. We still use pints and miles so whats wrong with pounds and ounces? I always ask for my tobacco in ounces as this it provides a good learning opportunity for the youngster behind the counter.
The reality is in the UK we have a mix of both systems and it works just fine.
The metric system is French FFS - do you really want to totally replace an ancient system that goes back to the Babylonians with something from France?
Stratmangler
17-10-2013, 12:19
It was interesting visiting The Tower of London this Summer - I hadn't been there since I was a boy (ie a very, very, very long time ago).
One thing I was not aware of was that The Royal Mint was housed in The Tower precinct for many, many years, and it was fascinating to see all the old coinage and its values.
I spent quite a bit of time afterwards with my son working through problems along the lines of "how many groats to the half crown?" so I'll ask the same here.
No cheating now, beyond having to google groat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groat_%28coin%29) and half crown (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_crown_%28British_coin%29).
The metric system is French FFS - do you really want to totally replace an ancient system that goes back to the Babylonians with something from France?
When it's a better system, yes!
When it's a better system, yes!
It's not a better system though - not completely anyway. Feet and inches are far more practical than centimetres and metres because cm are too small and M are too large. A pint is just right, a litre is too much and 500 mil not enough. Kilometres are just awkward. I know it makes maths and science easier but for everyday life it sucks. I can't visualise in metres and centimetres so I have to convert mentally into feet and inches and it's a bloody nuisance. Plus Marxists like the spread of the metric system because it helps destroy thousands of years of tradition and anything that destroys tradition is good in ther book and I bloody hate Marxists.
jollyfix
17-10-2013, 13:15
My Dutch friends find UK tape measures so funny, feet/ inches etc one half, & centimeters and mill etc the other. I use both when i measure. Thats 2ft, 3'' and 7 mm.
It was interesting visiting The Tower of London this Summer - I hadn't been there since I was a boy (ie a very, very, very long time ago).
One thing I was not aware of was that The Royal Mint was housed in The Tower precinct for many, many years, and it was fascinating to see all the old coinage and its values.
I spent quite a bit of time afterwards with my son working through problems along the lines of "how many groats to the half crown?" so I'll ask the same here.
No cheating now, beyond having to google groat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groat_%28coin%29) and half crown (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_crown_%28British_coin%29).
A groat was fourpence so seven and a bit in a half crown? (2/6)
Stratmangler
17-10-2013, 13:35
A groat was fourpence so seven and a bit in a half crown? (2/6)
Correct - it's 7 groats and 2 pence to be exact :)
Stratmangler
17-10-2013, 13:40
The thing that I always found bemusing about the switch to decimal currency was the way that older folks who could quite happily juggle all of the arcane values they'd grown up with suddenly found it impossible to add up or subtract.
A point of information: our so-called Imperial system of measurements is based on the French avoirdupois, introduced after the Norman conquest.
Furthermore the decimal system of measurement was first conceived by the English cleric, John Wilkins in 1668. The French metric system was proposed in 1799, over one hundred years later.
In scientific work the metric system is obvious, logical and practical. This is brought home to anyone who works in engineering and who has to deal with materials obtained from US sources, whose material properties are quoted in Imperial units. Can you imagine the frustration of having to deal with thermal conductivities quoted in BthU/foot/°F instead of W/K/m. Or densities quoted in lb/cubic foot, rather than g/cc?
Having said that, personally I’m “ambidextrous”, or rather inconsistent – I’m happy to buy beer and milk in pints and be informed of my speed in mph and distances in miles, yet I’m also content to buy my food in grams or Kg, wine in millilitres and buy petrol in litres. Curiously though, when putting up shelves or doing any other DIY, I feel more comfortable working in feet and inches! This is probably due to the fact that yards, feet, and inches are loosely based on the human body – so I can understand the affection these units have.
But there were a host of other non-decimal, Imperial units that have rightly disappeared, such as: the chain (the length of a cricket pitch), the rod, pole or perch (= 5.5 yards), barleycorn (= 1/3 inch) and the bushel (= 8 dry gallons). Does anybody want to bring those back?
Canetoad
17-10-2013, 14:17
It's not a better system though - not completely anyway. Feet and inches are far more practical than centimetres and metres because cm are too small and M are too large. A pint is just right, a litre is too much and 500 mil not enough. Kilometres are just awkward. I know it makes maths and science easier but for everyday life it sucks. I can't visualise in metres and centimetres so I have to convert mentally into feet and inches and it's a bloody nuisance. Plus Marxists like the spread of the metric system because it helps destroy thousands of years of tradition and anything that destroys tradition is good in ther book and I bloody hate Marxists.
Martin, how can a pint be just right (440ml) and 500ml not enough?
How many years has the UK been metric? They can't even be bothered to change the road signs even after all this time! Sorry, but I think it's pathetic and reflects poorly on the whole nation. Resistence to change is endemic to the culture.
Rare Bird
17-10-2013, 16:02
Metric system = dumbing down of a nation
Bring back fractions they are real life :)
Paul
Here here..The country started going down the tubes by begining of the 70's
Stratmangler
17-10-2013, 16:13
Here here..The country started going down the tubes by begining of the 70's
This country started sliding down the tubes following the war, but nobody noticed in all the euphoria of being on the "winning" side.
The true winners were the Germans and the Japanese, as the bulk of their industries were shattered beyond repair, and were rebuilt afresh by the "victors" of the conflict.
Very true. But they had the advantage of having military personnel only concerned with doing a good job where as we had power hungry politicians to watch over us:violin::violin:
Rare Bird
17-10-2013, 16:26
Chris:
This country had more than recovered from war well before the late 60's so that's no excuse.
It is odd how precious we can get about weights and measures, and I don't rule myself out of the equation here. For example, I am happy to deal with Kilos and grams, metres and millimetres, litres and millilitres in the home and yet I'd much prefer to deal with gallons of fuel and miles per hour on the road. KPH is meaningless to me for example and when filling up with fuel I never take into account how many litres of fuel goes into the car, I either fill the tank or fill to a price.
EDIT: To add to this, there are certain motoring magazines and car shows on TV which I won't entertain as they quote metric statistics for vehicles and performance.
Imperial measurements are quantifiable where as metric is just a scale of ones and tens
How much is 200 g of anything?
And as for old money being an accounting nightmare , I would argue that it gave them credibility as a profession
Now they are just expensive calculators .
Paul
Even get damn decimal betting odds now:steam:
The Grand Wazoo
17-10-2013, 16:46
But there were a host of other non-decimal, Imperial units that have rightly disappeared, such as: the chain (the length of a cricket pitch), the rod, pole or perch (= 5.5 yards), barleycorn (= 1/3 inch) and the bushel (= 8 dry gallons). Does anybody want to bring those back?
In forestry there's a rather arcane unit for the measurement of timber (in log form) that the old fashioned traditional British hardwood merchants use and is called the Hoppus foot, whereby you calculate the volume of a log using it's length and a mid 'inch quarter girth' measurement - we have specially graduated tapes. A Hoppus foot is 1.273 cubic feet or 27.74 to the cubic metre! The idea is that the measurement converts a round log to the volume it would be after it's been sawn into a squared off block.
In forestry there's a rather arcane unit for the measurement of timber (in log form) that the old fashioned traditional British hardwood merchants use and is called the Hoppus foot, whereby you calculate the volume of a log using it's length and a mid 'inch quarter girth' measurement - we have specially graduated tapes. A Hoppus foot is 1.273 cubic feet or 27.74 to the cubic metre! The idea is that the measurement converts a round log to the volume it would be after it's been sawn into a squared off block.
That takes me back Chris, I worked in a saw mill for a few years in the early noughties :)
The Grand Wazoo
17-10-2013, 17:12
Worked in a sawmill, eh? Can you still count to ten?
Eh, speak up sonny Jim? :D
Just about ;)
Having Marxist tendencies for liking the metric system :rfl:
It just suits maths and science so much better.
Imperial measurements are quantifiable where as metric is just a scale of ones and tens
How much is 200 g of anything?
And as for old money being an accounting nightmare , I would argue that it gave them credibility as a profession
Now they are just expensive calculators .
Paul
Even get damn decimal betting odds now:steam:
Utter nonsense! In the SI system of measurement, all metric units of measurement have rigorously defined references. You could equally ask how much is 1/2 lb of anything?
walpurgis
17-10-2013, 19:02
Resistence to change is
Very British!!
Utter nonsense! In the SI system of measurement, all metric units of measurement have rigorously defined references. You could equally ask how much is 1/2 lb of anything?
eight ounces guvnor ;)
Canetoad
18-10-2013, 06:16
Very British!!
So true. :lol:
Resistence to change is endemic to the culture.
Very British!!
So true. :lol:
"Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way. The time is gone, the song is over, thought I'd something more to say..."
It is odd how precious we can get about weights and measures, and I don't rule myself out of the equation here. For example, I am happy to deal with Kilos and grams, metres and millimetres, litres and millilitres in the home and yet I'd much prefer to deal with gallons of fuel and miles per hour on the road. KPH is meaningless to me for example and when filling up with fuel I never take into account how many litres of fuel goes into the car, I either fill the tank or fill to a price.
+1. Strange, innit? :)
Marco.
Martin, how can a pint be just right (440ml) and 500ml not enough?
How many years has the UK been metric? They can't even be bothered to change the road signs even after all this time! Sorry, but I think it's pathetic and reflects poorly on the whole nation. Resistence to change is endemic to the culture.
Have you never noticed that change, when it happens, is almost always for the worse?
+1. Strange, innit? :)
Marco.
T'is ;)
What is even more weird is that I am perfectly comfortable dealing with temps using the Centigrade scale and yet quoted temps in Fahrenheit are meaningless to me, even though Fahrenheit was in common use when I was a child :scratch:
Canetoad
18-10-2013, 17:27
Have you never noticed that change, when it happens, is almost always for the worse?
No.
No.
That's the trouble with you Aussies, too bloody optimistic ;)
This country started sliding down the tubes following the war, but nobody noticed in all the euphoria of being on the "winning" side.
The true winners were the Germans and the Japanese, as the bulk of their industries were shattered beyond repair, and were rebuilt afresh by the "victors" of the conflict.
In fact the damage had been done during WWI, when we amassed huge debts, mostly to the US (and even before WWI we were losing out to Germany in terms of productivity and innovation). WWII just put the tin lid on it.
Umm, no! Sometimes the old system is not the better way. LSD was a menace for accounting and pretty much everything.
Though it did help you see God.
Personally I'm mentally 'stuck' with Imperial measures for height, width, length and weights. I can just about 'translate' Centigrade to Fahrenheit in my head, but have to use online tools for converting kms to miles. I don't regard either system as 'better', it's not an ideological or aesthetic thing, more that I'm a slow learner.
The term 'gobsmacked'. I even heard it used on radio 4.
Canetoad
19-10-2013, 21:57
That's the trouble with you Aussies, too bloody optimistic ;)
I'll have you know I'm a fully naturalised Pom, Martin! :lol:
Rare Bird
20-10-2013, 13:26
Sheffield yesterday was getting right up my back, it's like the country is over run with teenagers it's like walking into a set of Hollyoakes
You can't get a seat in a pub cos they are all there making one alchopop last all afternoon when us serious drinkers need to get some serious Beer shifted.. :eyebrows:
Get one of those high pitched tone emmiters that the Yanks use to stop kids congregating in shopping malls - go into pub, switch it on, okay you will have to drink your first pint stood at the bar but in ten minutes it should have cleared all the teeny-boppers out. Any die-hards can be removed by simply going over to them and harrnaguing them about how everything was better when you were their age.
Rare Bird
20-10-2013, 19:11
:idea:
Clive197
21-10-2013, 12:53
Nissan Micra. People who buy these have no interest in motoring and are usually driving the car in front of me doing 18 mph.
Nissan Micra. People who buy these have no interest in motoring and are usually driving the car in front of me doing 18 mph.
:rfl: Soooo true :lol:
walpurgis
04-01-2014, 11:43
Doing the washing up and finding I've got the cuffs of my sleeves wet! :rolleyes:
Just done it, so annoying.
Bluedroog
04-01-2014, 23:27
Get one of those high pitched tone emmiters that the Yanks use to stop kids congregating in shopping malls - go into pub, switch it on, okay you will have to drink your first pint stood at the bar but in ten minutes it should have cleared all the teeny-boppers out. Any die-hards can be removed by simply going over to them and harrnaguing them about how everything was better when you were their age.
Yep, they are called Mosquitos http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mosquito
I didn't realise they are legal in the UK - very interesting...
'an electronic device, used to deter loitering by young people' - yes, god forbid young people should be allowed to loiter. In my day we had no iPods or video games but damn it all if we fancied doing a bit of loitering there was nothing to stop us.
Although as there were no 'malls' back then and outside it was usually very cold and probably raining as well we just tended to stay in the house.
walpurgis
05-01-2014, 00:05
Yes, I believe young people (teenagers especially) should be secured in monasteries, convents and the like, in order to learn humility, order, peace, and tranquility until they are at least 24 years of age. Hopefully a bit of calmness and respect for elders will have been instilled. :eyebrows:
Yes and allow them to buy alcohol underage providing they pay with cash. Get them in the habit of using cash at a young age and hopefully that will mean no more poxy students creating a line in the off licence because they are paying with their stupid debit cards. I have better things to do than stand about whilst they are repeatedly declined. 'Forget the king size Rizla - what's that? Ninety pee? Okay now try it again....What? still declined? Oh I don't know what to do...let me take some time to ponder despite the fact that there is now a substantial queue of customers behind me, all of whom are seriously contemplating beating me to death.'
So tedious. Do they pay for their weed with a debit card? No.
Bastards.
Stratmangler
05-01-2014, 01:55
Bastards.
My stock utterance for most things in life ...
There used to be a band around here called 'Bastards Trained By Bastards'. One of my favourite band names of all time.
walpurgis
03-05-2014, 14:00
Bloody useless weekend drivers. I've just done a thirty odd miles round trip to the boot sale and it seems every incompetent under the sun has come my way today. I've been pulled out on, cut up several times and had the 17mph git in front of me. Bunch of tossers!! :steam:
Pet hate threads are one of my forum pet hates - they genuinely are.
The Barbarian
03-05-2014, 15:10
Good we'll continue it then
:lol:
People who leave brush marks & drips in Gloss paint around the house
People who take the micky out of The Barbarians Speakers.
Gordon Steadman
03-05-2014, 15:14
People who take the micky out of The Barbarians Speakers.
Yeah but some people are only into pishanto so what do they know??? Get that damn picture back up!
People who take the micky out of The Barbarians Speakers.
But apparently not people who refer to themselves in the third person...
Took some old clothes to one of those places that pay you by the kilo today. They went through every item and gave me half of them back because ' they have got some marks on them'. Didn't realise they were so fussy in the refugee camps these days. All good clobber too as I only buy designer gear. I made one pound fifty three. Woo hoo.
Gardening. Every weed I grabbed to pull up had a bramble cunningly concealed behind it :steam:
twickers
03-05-2014, 17:08
The misuse on forums of the word 'loose' when people mean 'lose'.
Gordon Steadman
03-05-2014, 17:27
The misuse on forums of the word 'loose' when people mean 'lose'.
Not just a forum thing but then I'm told that the message is the thing rather than correct English and grammar. Not the way I was taught.
...or 'to' when they mean 'too'. We could go on...
Spring cleaning. Damn wish I had never started. How can it take three hours just to tidy a ten foot by twelve foot bedroom? And four more rooms to go some of which are worse...
The Barbarian
04-05-2014, 12:18
What do you mean by spring cleaning?
What do you mean by spring cleaning?
It's spring and I'm cleaning ;)
It works like this - the living room needs a good sort out, too much unused kit piled up plus clothes, books and other assorted crap.
I can't move it into my bedroom as that is already full of unused kit, clothes, books etc
I could move the crap from the bedroom to the spare room except I can't get in the door due to - yes, you guessed, plus all the empty boxes the kit came in. That's a lot of boxes.
So started with the spare room, sorted that out, just about done the bedroom. Now I just need to move the crap from the living room up to the bedrooms, have a general tidy and I'm done, Except for the kitchen and the bathroom...another twenty hours or so and I will no longer have a house that looks like the inhabitant needs to be sectioned under the Mental Health Act.
I've been putting it of for a few years now excepting the odd superficial whizz around with the hoover so things got pretty bad...meant to do it over the Easter Holiday but I was sick with man flu the whole time. And to think I used to be a Captain Tidy like Tim. Don't really know what happened there.
walpurgis
04-05-2014, 13:46
It's spring and I'm cleaning ;)
It works like this - the living room needs a good sort out, too much unused kit piled up plus clothes, books and other assorted crap.
I can't move it into my bedroom as that is already full of unused kit, clothes, books etc
I could move the crap from the bedroom to the spare room except I can't get in the door due to - yes, you guessed, plus all the empty boxes the kit came in. That's a lot of boxes.
So started with the spare room, sorted that out, just about done the bedroom. Now I just need to move the crap from the living room up to the bedrooms, have a general tidy and I'm done, Except for the kitchen and the bathroom...another twenty hours or so and I will no longer have a house that looks like the inhabitant needs to be sectioned under the Mental Health Act.
I've been putting it of for a few years now excepting the odd superficial whizz around with the hoover so things got pretty bad...meant to do it over the Easter Holiday but I was sick with man flu the whole time. And to think I used to be a Captain Tidy like Tim. Don't really know what happened there.
You think you have problems. My daughter and two grand daughters live with me and the house is piled from top to bottom with toys, laundry, boxes of stuff and general clutter, due to their hoarding habits. There literally is no space anywhere. The living room just has a path down the middle clear of clutter the rest is piled high. All other rooms except my den, are the same. I've threatened that one day I'll order a skip and bung the whole lot in!!
You think you have problems. My daughter and two grand daughters live with me and the house is piled from top to bottom with toys, laundry, boxes of stuff and general clutter, due to their hoarding habits. There literally is no space anywhere. The living room just has a path down the middle clear of clutter the rest is piled high. All other rooms except my den, are the same. I've threatened that one day I'll order a skip and bung the whole lot in!!
That sounds bad, at least I don't have to argue with anyone if I want to throw stuff out. Although I did balk at throwing out some 25 year old gig T-shirts even though they are well past their best.
Stayed at a friends house once. The entrance hall was piled from floor to ceiling with video cassettes of old Dr Who episodes taped off the telly, must have been at least a thousand of them. All the bedrooms had stacks of old newspapers piled about six feet high with just a path from the door to the bed. That was his parents; he was obsessively tidy and organised, presumably some sort of reaction to it all I guess.
Mr Kipling
04-05-2014, 14:39
Did you see the documentary on Bob Monkhouse? I think it said he had a collection of over 50,000 video tapes. He used to record stuff off tv non-stop. The only remaining episodes of Celebrity Squares are what he recorded as the BBC wiped them.
Mr Kipling
04-05-2014, 14:45
Supermarket ads. The negative ad has become the norm now and just aggravates.
Yes I've seen that a couple of times it is fascinating. He had every issue of the Radio Times and would manually amend the broadcast start time if it changed by a couple of minutes. Video recorders all over the house taping everything he was interested in. At least he was quite organised though he had most of it in a big shed in the garden.
walpurgis
04-05-2014, 15:23
Bloody crap quality strimmer line.
Trying to do a bit around the garden, but I've spent half the afternoon replacing plastic strimmer line that keeps breaking. It's not as if I bought cheapo stuff, this was quite dear.
I've got half a mind to remove the line feeder and fit a bit of flat steel banding in place. That should do the job. And don't tell me it's dangerous and I shouldn't do it. Because I've done it before.
The Barbarian
04-05-2014, 15:34
It's spring and I'm cleaning ;)
It works like this - the living room needs a good sort out, too much unused kit piled up plus clothes, books and other assorted crap.
I can't move it into my bedroom as that is already full of unused kit, clothes, books etc
I could move the crap from the bedroom to the spare room except I can't get in the door due to - yes, you guessed, plus all the empty boxes the kit came in. That's a lot of boxes.
So started with the spare room, sorted that out, just about done the bedroom. Now I just need to move the crap from the living room up to the bedrooms, have a general tidy and I'm done, Except for the kitchen and the bathroom...another twenty hours or so and I will no longer have a house that looks like the inhabitant needs to be sectioned under the Mental Health Act.
I've been putting it of for a few years now excepting the odd superficial whizz around with the hoover so things got pretty bad...meant to do it over the Easter Holiday but I was sick with man flu the whole time. And to think I used to be a Captain Tidy like Tim. Don't really know what happened there.
Blimey i can't settle if there is even a bit of fluff on the carpet never mind clutter.. Saying that i have summert wrong upstairs anyway.
Blimey i can't settle if there is even a bit of fluff on the carpet never mind clutter.. Saying that i have summert wrong upstairs anyway.
No I was the same up till about 2001 and then work and general running around after people was taking all my time and things slowly got out of hand. The clutter still irritates the hell out of me it has just become such a mammoth task to get back on top of it that I sort of gave up on it. I've had a couple of years chilling out now and I seem to have got back the will to sort it out. Not done as much today as I'd hoped to though, mainly thanks to the snooker.
mainly thanks to the snooker.
Couple of hours free now though Martin ;)
Couple of hours free now though Martin ;)
Yeah but i've sat down now ;)
Stratmangler
04-05-2014, 23:01
Yeah but i've sat down now ;)
Go to any cemetary and have a wander around.
You'll find loads of graves from people who were "indispensable".
The world still carries on despite their departure, and I've yet to see a headstone with "I wish I'd spent more time at the office" inscribed upon it.
The same goes for cleaning - I'm pretty sure that nobody in those graves wishes they'd spent more time cleaning the house.
OK, there's a balance to be had, but don't put yourself down because of a bit of dust.
Saying that i have summert wrong upstairs anyway.
S'ok, all the best folk do! :eyebrows:
;)
Marco.
The Barbarian
06-05-2014, 15:44
Older blokes that seem to have lived this fantastic, long & enduring life that they {Think} they now better they you {the younger man}..
Another example of this is your parent that always speak to you like your still their little boy no matter what age you, whether it be fifty or seventy they will continue to do so.
Blokes that maybe only ten year older than you that call you a 'pup' compared to them :steam:
Gordon Steadman
06-05-2014, 16:05
Older blokes that seem to have lived this fantastic, long & enduring life that they {Think} they now better they you {the younger man}..
Another example of this is your parent that always speak to you like your still their little boy no matter what age you, whether it be fifty or seventy they will continue to do so.
Blokes that maybe only ten year older than you that call you a 'pup' compared to them :steam:
The problem is that they don't realise that each of us has a different experience and whilst there are one or two universal truths, not everything applies to us all. I have always tried to avoid giving advice as I have little belief in my own infallibility - except when I know I'm right of course:eyebrows:
No I was the same up till about 2001 and then work and general running around after people was taking all my time and things slowly got out of hand. The clutter still irritates the hell out of me it has just become such a mammoth task to get back on top of it that I sort of gave up on it. I've had a couple of years chilling out now and I seem to have got back the will to sort it out. Not done as much today as I'd hoped to though, mainly thanks to the snooker.
I've always been one untidy fucker. Fortunately the clutter doesn't bother me, and I barely notice it. Most of it is piles of books, and any attempt to sort those out is doomed because I always find something interesting to read and get distracted.
The problem is that they don't realise that each of us has a different experience and whilst there are one or two universal truths, not everything applies to us all. I have always tried to avoid giving advice as I have little belief in my own infallibility - except when I know I'm right of course:eyebrows:
In my own head I'm a sort of intelligent, but lazy and disorganised 15 year old. If ever I find myself giving advice to anyone, I'm thinking to myself 'Don't listen to this clueless idiot FFS!'
...or 'to' when they mean 'too'. We could go on...
It's when they mean its is my pet hate.
The Barbarian
06-05-2014, 17:47
- Keyboard Commandos. who would not have the balls in a face to face cenario {I wonder how many on line tough nuts will respond to this :rfl:}
- People that brag about being loaded {We all know that's all cobblers :lol:} aswell as If i were loaded i know a Forum would be the last place id ever vist..
- People that brag about how expensive their system is, or in the same vein keep showing it in which they know the cost is evident {:doh:}
- People that have to have big flashy interconnects with the most expensive plug to look good
- People that say they would not get out of bed for double your standard everyday man gets paid per hour :rolleyes:
- Family member that are constantly scrounging for money
Don't think there are many here who are guilty of the second and third of your pet hates André.
The Barbarian
06-05-2014, 18:03
Im not saying their is.. i just have a big big issue with ''Classes'' ''NO MAN IS BETTER THAN ANOTHER'' The use of possesions & money to gain class or power personally make me sick & i have a totally dislike for these people. When i see anything like this the baloon goes up.
walpurgis
06-05-2014, 18:35
Im not saying their is.. i just have a big big issue with ''Classes'' ''NO MAN IS BETTER THAN ANOTHER'' The use of possesions & money to gain class or power personally make me sick & i have a totally dislike for these people. When i see anything like this the baloon goes up.
Assets & wealth do not imply "class". Those who'd think so are probably the kind that think having gold taps in the bathroom is classy (yuk).
"Class" is probably interpreted differently by differing cultures and its worth or meaning in fact (if any), would be an evaluation only each individual could make.
I prefer to think in opposite terms, the scumbags and dregs of society I see wandering our shopping centres with their cans of beer and their Pitbulls, whilst on their way to the betting shop after having collected their benefit, are those who I'd say, have no class!
The Barbarian
06-05-2014, 18:49
Just omit the latter as they are not part of society imho. Im talking the so called classes lower/Middle/High. Your right Assets & wealth do not imply "class" & if you have them good for those people who do but you know & i know that things like this are used as power source aswell as obviously defining the class they want to be, people can get very up their arses about it..
Same with people that come out with comment like ''Look at that long hair scruff over there'' How do you know he's not a very wealthy person that likes to live his life going around like a scruff? Because that is exactly what i would be like if i became wealthy ''No thing would change''
walpurgis
06-05-2014, 19:11
Same with people that come out with comment like ''Look at that long hair scruff over there'' How do you know he's not a very wealthy person that likes to live his life going around like a scruff? Because that is exactly what i would be like if i became wealthy ''No thing would change''
As I have a shaved nut. I can't express a personal viewpoint on that! :D
Mr Kipling
06-05-2014, 19:58
As I have a shaved nut. I can't express a personal viewpoint on that! :D
W-H-A-T!! And there was me imagining you with a fine head of hair - and envious of it for the past 18 months. All that wasted envy…
Macaroni Cheese. Can't abide even the smell of it.
walpurgis
06-05-2014, 20:05
W-H-A-T!! And there was me imagining you with a fine head of hair - and envious of it for the past 18 months.
Why, what happened 18 months ago that I missed? :D
Mr Kipling
06-05-2014, 20:37
Why, what happened 18 months ago that I missed? :D
Nothing specific. I just thought to myself: " There's a man with intelligence and wit - and a full head of hair, no doubt".
walpurgis
06-05-2014, 20:53
Nothing specific. I just thought to myself: " There's a man with intelligence and wit - and a full head of hair, no doubt".
I have been called other things. :eyebrows:
- Keyboard Commandos. who would not have the balls in a face to face cenario {I wonder how many on line tough nuts will respond to this :rfl:}
Bring it on :lol: :rfl: ;)
I abide Chav's, those moronic idiots who go around thinking they are owed everything, generally wearing a track suit in the middle of town, smoking something questionable, who wouldn't know what a decent job of work was if it slapped them in the face as they're probably arguing about how little the government give them on benefits… really gets my goat!!
Mr Kipling
07-05-2014, 21:27
W-H-A-T!! And there was me imagining you with a fine head of hair - and envious of it for the past 18 months. All that wasted envy…
Macaroni Cheese. Can't abide even the smell of it.
Odd how you can imagine individuals here. I tend to imagine Macca as a sort-of Dennis The Menace, in long trousers (minus Knasher).
twickers
07-05-2014, 21:47
Odd how you can imagine individuals here. I tend to imagine Macca as a sort-of Dennis The Menace, in long trousers (minus Knasher).
WTF are you rattling on about! :lol:
Odd how you can imagine individuals here. I tend to imagine Macca as a sort-of Dennis The Menace, in long trousers (minus Knasher).
LOL
I don't even know where to begin with that....
LOL
I don't even know where to begin with that....
Isn't that avatar pic of yours a 'selfie' then?
Isn't that avatar pic of yours a 'selfie' then?
No of course not. I am nothing like as good looking as Don Rickles...
walpurgis
08-05-2014, 16:12
No of course not. I am nothing like as good looking as Don Rickles...
And he's an ugly git. ;)
When I was a kid my mam had to tie a pork chop around my neck so the dog would play with me...
Day of work, busy weekend ahead, up at 0800 to put the bins out. Need a haircut badly get down the barber for 1000 - not open until 1100 - go back at 1055 already five people queuing up! FFS that is a two hour wait! All of working age and none of them look like they even need a haircut. Does nobody have a job to go to these days?
walpurgis
09-05-2014, 16:01
Just buy some clippers and give yourself a No.1. :)
Just buy some clippers and give yourself a No.1. :)
Works for me Geoff although I normally go for a 2 (don't want to look like too much of a yob)
I had a 2 once for charity - people were crossing the street to avoid me.
Mr Kipling
09-05-2014, 17:53
Can you get a no. 1 with a bubble-cut?
People who block supermarket entrances gasing away oblivious to the havock they're causing. Why are people so ignorant?
I had a 2 once for charity - people were crossing the street to avoid me.
Do you usually let your hair grow over your face then Martin? :D
Yes I used to be a right hippy when I was younger. There is an old photo of me from sbout 1990 I look like Marylyn Manson. Without the make up obviously.
walpurgis
09-05-2014, 22:33
don't want to look like too much of a yob
Are you just in denial Roy? :eyebrows:
Are you just in denial Roy? :eyebrows:
Probably (but stopped wearing DMs years ago)
walpurgis
09-05-2014, 23:22
Probably (but stopped wearing DMs years ago)
Still got mine and the tight Levis & clip braces. The shaved head has been here for generations.
Still got mine and the tight Levis & clip braces. The shaved head has been here for generations.
Still wearing the tight Levis (but they're 501s so shouldn't really be tight...)
walpurgis
09-05-2014, 23:29
Still wearing the tight Levis (but they're 501s so shouldn't really be tight...)
Bit chubby Roy? :)
Bit chubby Roy? :)
Retired a fortnight ago and already put on 5 pounds (being at home I pay a lot of visits to the fridge & you've got to have some bickies with your tea). Have had to dig out the 36 waist jeans (for now, till I have to buy 38)
walpurgis
09-05-2014, 23:41
I've been retired five years (packed it all in early). I'm back to my old training weight of 30 years ago, 11.5 stone. Don't exercise greatly, but don't eat too much! :)
I've been retired five years (packed it all in early). I'm back to my old training weight of 30 years ago, 11.5 stone. Don't exercise greatly, but don't eat too much! :)
My ideal weight's around 11 but I'm just over 14 at the moment. Need to find a 'partner' to exercise with ;)
..and B******s taking you out and force feeding you Harvester mixed grills doesn't help (happened today - I'm still recovering)
walpurgis
09-05-2014, 23:55
..and B******s taking you out and force feeding you Harvester mixed grills doesn't help (happened today - I'm still recovering)
I don't eat out (as a rule). My cooking is good so I don't need to.
I don't eat out (as a rule). My cooking is good so I don't need to.
Me neither but a young lady who missed my retirement do invited me & who was I to refuse :eyebrows:
Mr Kipling
10-05-2014, 00:02
Probably (but stopped wearing DMs years ago)
Stopped being made in the UK years ago. Think they're made in India now.
Ninanina
10-05-2014, 00:19
Need to find a 'partner' to exercise with ;)
Yep that'll do the trick ..... :lol::lol::lol:
Ninanina
10-05-2014, 00:21
My ideal weight is about 8.5st but that isn't gonna happen anytime soon....... well not since I was about 30 ' ish.....
I hate hamsters.
And next doors cat which craps on my lawn.
I'm still trying to think of things I hate, and not having much luck. I hate TV adverts (having had to sit through shedloads when staying at my sister's) but very rarely see them.
Come on Joe! 'Let the hate flow through you' as Emperor Palpatine would say.
Come on Joe! 'Let the hate flow through you' as Emperor Palpatine would say.
Ah, go on then. I hate self-righteous leftie comedians on the BBC, and there seem to be thousands of the buggers.
Yes plus one to that - I could forgive them if they were actually funny. And why are female comedians never funny regardless of political hue? Someone should tell them.
I hate hamsters.
And next doors cat which craps on my lawn.
Hi Alan,
Please answer your PMs before posting any further on the open forum. Cheers!
Marco.
Ah, go on then. I hate self-righteous leftie comedians on the BBC, and there seem to be thousands of the buggers.
x2 With bells on- about as funny as a trip to the dentist.
stairpost
13-07-2014, 21:35
I just received an LP and the sole extent of it's packaging was one of those opaque poly postage bags, no cardboard, no protection, no fragile sticker, just the record in the bag.
Not being arsed to even do a half decent job of packing a record is a definite pet hate.
The Barbarian
13-07-2014, 21:41
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?33310-Record-Grading-amp-packing
However 'Fragile' sticker are of no use because no one takes notice.
But did it arrive intact?
Incidentally 'fragile' stickers have to be the second most pointless sign in the world. After 'Baby On Board'. Third most pointless is that roadsign showing rocks falling down a cliff.
stairpost
13-07-2014, 21:49
But did it arrive intact?.
Nope, all corners creased.
The Barbarian
13-07-2014, 21:52
I recieved one in nothing but a brown paper back. Amazing enough it was perfect when i recieved it.
The Barbarian
15-07-2014, 17:02
Another hate:
Auction sellers that the take the p*ss with in addition to the stated postage add around the same amount in top for packaging which ends up being double amount the stated postage.. The lengths they go to to get their fees paid makes me laugh.
Simple as this The old Barbarian does not complete checkout.
Aye, especially when their idea of 'packaging' is waving two sheets of recycled bubble wrap at it, and then firing the whole mess inside a battered old Jiffy bag with more holes in it than their wife's tights! :rolleyes:
Marco.
istari_knight
15-07-2014, 17:41
I had a cd player come yesterday "packed" in one of those plastic post-bags... and nothing else !
Fascia had unclipped & the transport had shed a couple of springs but amazingly otherwise unharmed, 30 mins in surgery & its good as new. I couldn't really moan, the seller only charged £4 p&p & it was delivered by Parcelforce :eek:
icehockeyboy
16-07-2014, 17:24
Drivers who sit in the right hand lane at traffic lights whilst they're on red, not indicating,and thus traffic starts to queue behind them to go straight ahead, and one naturally assumes they are going straight on, and then as the lights turn green, they start to ferkin well signal their intention to turn right!
Why should it make a difference? Are you going to undertake them?
Well, one could've avoided them, and not have been held up, by going into the L/H lane (if said lane was available for going straight on), had the driver been indicating to turn right in the first place... ;)
The single thing that annoys me most about driving are the 'self-appointed Traffic Police', who think that they 'own' the fast lane on motorways (and thus can take permanent residence there without shifting out of the way), simply because they're doing 70mph! :steam:
Marco
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