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supergran
14-12-2011, 23:47
Have wanted to start this thread for ages. Don't want to seem like a grumpy old woman but sadly I will. In fact, I am!! I will begin with people who when talking end a statement sentence as if it's a question. Drives me up the wall!!
Really? I totally disagree on that one. I can't stand it when someone states their opinion in a very emphatic way as if it's the only correct opinion. I much prefer it if the tone of voice at the end suggests, 'do you agree?'
However there are a lot of things that do annoy me! When I used to work in the centre of town the thing that annoyed me the most was when I popped out of the office at lunchtime to buy a sandwich, only to find that there was a long queue made up mainly of people who could have shopped at any other time - young mums with children, retired people, etc. Why on earth would they not choose to shop when it is less busy?
And the thing that annoys me most of all is people not dipping their headlights when driving. My eyes are very sensitive to light so it totally blinds me. Not only cars coming towards me, but cars immediately behind me, where the light bounces off my mirrors and all around inside my car. Unfortunately in this area there seem to be a great many drivers who never dip their lights!
Cyclists who ride on the pavement and jump the lights!
Sallydaisy
16-12-2011, 13:26
Packaging.
:grrr:
Packaging.
:grrr:
Oooo don't get Mr P started on that one!
Women who don't stop moaning.
Women who don't stop moaning.
You don't like many women then........:lol:
You don't like many women then........:lol:
Didn't say I didn't like them ;), just that they annoy me!:flowers:
RoastLamb
16-12-2011, 14:30
Men.
Speedy Hawk
16-12-2011, 16:46
Lol!
Sister borrow and steal my stuff without asking me and take it to uni and I never see it again unless I force Dad GO and get it back for me.
KnightOwl
16-12-2011, 19:30
People who don't indicate when turning left at a roundabout, so you end up waiting for them for no reason :grrr:
hfwardhouse
16-12-2011, 20:30
Me too Fiona - and inconsiderate drivers in general drive me mad :grrr:
Me too Fiona - and women drivers in general drive me mad :grrr:
Controversial
Sallydaisy
17-12-2011, 00:38
Me too Fiona - and inconsiderate drivers in general drive me mad :grrr:
That gets my vote - controversial or not.
:thumbup:
RoastLamb
17-12-2011, 00:56
Young male drivers are the most dangerous. They speed. Just sayin'.
so do * middleaged * male drivers :sled:
What really annoys me is when people still have their Christmas decorations up in February !!!!!!!
Some folk are getting that early they'll soon be putting them up in February for the following December~!
VamosVixs
17-12-2011, 10:40
inconsiderate drivers in general drive me mad :grrr:
Me too, most annoying.
And inconsiderate neighbours!! :rolleyes:
RoastLamb
17-12-2011, 14:50
Some folk are getting that early they'll soon be putting them up in February for the following December~!
:lol:
The thing that really annoys me is waiting for ages at the bus stop in town for my bus which is always late! I end up seeing every other number go past multiple times but not mine - not good when it's so cold outside!
supergran
17-12-2011, 15:43
Husband is a brilliant cook. Compliment first. But why when he has made bacon on toast for himself is the worktop covered in crumbs and everything left out for me to clear away? Every time...every flipping time!!!!:lol:
patmoren
17-12-2011, 15:52
I am a person of sweetness and light !!!!!!!!!!!
People who park their trolleys in the middle of the supermarket aisle, oblivious to all others. Oh and people who stand chatting as well.
RoastLamb
18-12-2011, 17:23
People who park their trolleys in the middle of the supermarket aisle, oblivious to all others. Oh and people who stand chatting as well.
What about those eejits who take the trolleys out of the supermarket area and take them home only to abandon them in the middle of the street instead of taking them back. :grrr:
KnightOwl
18-12-2011, 17:33
People who park their trolleys in the middle of the supermarket aisle, oblivious to all others. Oh and people who stand chatting as well.
With you on that one - I was going to post the same myself :)
I'm always tempted to barge through, then say "I'm terribly sorry, I thought there was a gap". So far, I've resisted the urge...
KnightOwl
18-12-2011, 17:36
What about those eejits who take the trolleys out of the supermarket area and take them home only to abandon them in the middle of the street instead of taking them back. :grrr:
Our local supermarket has trolleys which apparently stop if you try to take them beyond a certain point - not sure how they work, but I'm dying to try it to see what happens - haven't plucked up the nerve yet :big grin:
With you on that one - I was going to post the same myself :)
I'm always tempted to barge through, then say "I'm terribly sorry, I thought there was a gap". So far, I've resisted the urge...
I was stuck behind a gentleman who was stuck behind a lady with her back to him talking on her mobile for all she was worth. So I said a very loud and emphatic "excuse me". She moved and we all went through and I heard the dear old chap say "that's the way to do it" :shamed: :lol:
KnightOwl
18-12-2011, 17:53
I was stuck behind a gentleman who was stuck behind a lady with her back to him talking on her mobile for all she was worth. So I said a very loud and emphatic "excuse me". She moved and we all went through and I heard the dear old chap say "that's the way to do it" :shamed: :lol:
Nice :big grin:
Speedy Hawk
18-12-2011, 17:58
Lol! I think most annoy thing for me right now is people don't move outta way when I try pass cos still walking veeeerrrrrryyyy sllllooooowwwww and they KNOW I am trying to pass.
I don't mean old people being slow, they are fine cos they do give me room to pass.
People who park their trolleys in the middle of the supermarket aisle, oblivious to all others. Oh and people who stand chatting as well.
With you on that one - I was going to post the same myself :)
I'm always tempted to barge through, then say "I'm terribly sorry, I thought there was a gap". So far, I've resisted the urge...
I was stuck behind a gentleman who was stuck behind a lady with her back to him talking on her mobile for all she was worth. So I said a very loud and emphatic "excuse me". She moved and we all went through and I heard the dear old chap say "that's the way to do it" :shamed: :lol:
You lot desperately need to de-stress - life isn't a race you know!
Husbands who don't listen. We had a detailed conversation yesterday about him taking my car for tyre changes today. I said I needed my car for pilates this morning cos it's my turn to drive. He said that was fine he'd either go very early or when I got back. So this morning he says about 45 mins before I'm due to go out - you're not doing anything today are you? When I reminded him (admittedly in frosty tones) that I was, he got grumpy at my tone and also because after the tyres he wanted to straight to the golf range to pracitce (very important of course). Anyway a few cross words later and he's flounced off. I'm taking his car instead (hate driving it - or more importantly getting it out of the garage - too big!).......men!
KnightOwl
19-12-2011, 10:18
Oh dear Pat :grouphug:
hfwardhouse
19-12-2011, 11:44
:grouphug: Pat
People who park their trolleys in the middle of the supermarket aisle, oblivious to all others. Oh and people who stand chatting as well.
People standing chatting winds me up cos they always block the door .... went to theatre on Saturday night and couldn't get in the flipping door cos there was a huge crowd of folk obviously waiting for more of their group to arrive, but did they have to stand right in the access to the door? :grrr:
:grouphug: Pat
People standing chatting winds me up cos they always block the door .... went to theatre on Saturday night and couldn't get in the flipping door cos there was a huge crowd of folk obviously waiting for more of their group to arrive, but did they have to stand right in the access to the door? :grrr:
I think doors have some kind of people magnet in them!
To be fair Mr P came back in very conciliatory mood and in time for me to take my own car to pilates. So peace reigns once more in our household :santa dance:
KnightOwl
19-12-2011, 19:48
Well done Mr P :big grin:
You lot desperately need to de-stress - life isn't a race you know!
I suspect that you are one of the people that cause others to get stressed! ;) I too get really annoyed when I am trying to get the supermarket shop done and there are people with their trolleys blocking the aisles whilst they have a chat :grrr:
Speedy Hawk
19-12-2011, 20:11
Lately most people some reason tap me from behind and it scares me!! Cos I dunno your there! Usually everyone get in my sight get my attention but lately they don't seem do that. Wonder why that is, some are just lazy to move.
I suspect that you are one of the people that cause others to get stressed! ;) I too get really annoyed when I am trying to get the supermarket shop done and there are people with their trolleys blocking the aisles whilst they have a chat :grrr:
I can safely say that I seldom block the aisles in the supermarket. My wife and I decided that my staying at home with the kids while she shops alone is the least stressful way by quite some margin!
RoastLamb
19-12-2011, 21:26
You and my husband both. :lol:
Once upon a time we decided to all go to Tesco as a family. Half way down the 2nd aisle my wife looked at me and asked if I was thinking the same thing as her. Since then, other than going for a few things when we're out elsewhere, I keep the kids at home lol. The eldest (17) is fine apart from picking dear things to go in the trolley. The other two (9 and 6) are fine indivually but a nightmare together!
Speedy Hawk
22-12-2011, 17:37
People do mock signing and laughing at me and whoever I am with.
RoastLamb
22-12-2011, 17:57
People do mock signing and laughing at me and whoever I am with.
Well, that's just plain RUDE! Ignore them. Eejits.
I have spent all morning wrapping gifts and nearly tore my hair out over trying to get the stupid retail price stickers off. Why can't they use stickers that come off with no fuss and leave no stickiness behind? Is it too much to ask??? :angry:
Speedy Hawk
22-12-2011, 18:09
Well, that's just plain RUDE! Ignore them. Eejits.
I have spent all morning wrapping gifts and nearly tore my hair out over trying to get the stupid retail price stickers off. Why can't they use stickers that come off with no fuss and leave no stickiness behind? Is it too much to ask??? :angry:
I agree, we ignored them, kinda hard to do cos they keep trying get in our sight.
I know what you mean RL, some stickers SOOO hard to peel off clean. Thankfully books here easy peal and leave nothing behind. DVDs the same too. It usually everything else leave sticky stuff behind.
I've got another gripe. Whilst gift sets of toiletries etc. look very nice on the display in boxes that are octagonal, hexagonal, oval, etc., have the manufacturers ever thought about what it's like to try wrapping them? :grrr:
I've got another gripe. Whilst gift sets of toiletries etc. look very nice on the display in boxes that are octagonal, hexagonal, oval, etc., have the manufacturers ever thought about what it's like to try wrapping them? :grrr:
I definitely need a drink - I'm sure you said that yesterday..............please tell me I'm not imagining it??? Or am I psychic........or maybe psycho???
I probably did say it yesterday - and I'm still saying it today! :rolling:
NB I haven't said it before on here - I think I said it on Twitter yesterday!
VamosVixs
22-12-2011, 19:28
I definitely need a drink - I'm sure you said that yesterday..............please tell me I'm not imagining it??? Or am I psychic........or maybe psycho???
I thought that too and was thinking my hangover is worse than I thought! :shamed::lol:
RoastLamb
22-12-2011, 20:37
:lol: I repeat things on here, facebook and twitter. Must be so annoying for anyone who has be on all three.
supergran
29-12-2011, 12:44
Already put this on fb but putting it on here anyway. Yesterday when clearing away after party the previous evening found out that one of our kitchen drawers is broken. The side has completely come away from the base. We knew immediately how it had happened. One of our guests, a retired teacher I used to work with, is a total wine snob!! Not only wine but corkscrews!! He had dismissed the usual type and asked for the insert and pull. Without waiting for me or husband to get it he started opening drawers. One of the drawers is difficult and has to be opened gently. Husband spotted him tugging and wrenching and told him to stop. The corkscrew he preferred was in the cutlery drawer. He must have replaced the drawer without telling us that he had practically destroyed it. I am so annoyed with him. He drank copious amounts of red wine and used about four different glasses and was quite drunk. He's had his last invitation I can tell you. The kitchen is quite old, installed when my almost 47 year old daughter was in UVI, but people should respect other people's property.
Now that really is annoying! What a complete idiot. Can it be repaired?
Oh SG, that's soooo annoying - even more so that he didn't tell you about it. Hope Supergramps is a whizz with a screwdriver!
Speedy Hawk
31-12-2011, 12:57
How very annoying it is! I hope it can be mended.
supergran
31-12-2011, 13:33
Doesn't look like it can be repaired!! I've emptied it of the few utensils it contained and it looks closed but it's completely knackered.:angry::furious:
Speedy Hawk
01-01-2012, 14:38
Oh supergran that so bad! So what you going to do?
That really is a pain in the neck SG and you're quite right to miss him off the list next year - how rude to go opening drawers in someone else's house! I would find it difficult to be civil on next meeting.
We had a difficult situation at our Christmas 'drinks and nibbles' party last year. Two of our neighbours got absolutely plastered on punch - she became very belligerent and started picking arguments with all and sundry and he started to get very 'touch feely' - neither went down well with the other guests. However, there was worse to come - they insisted on driving home. Now they don't live far away - probably a fifteen minute walk at most and my son - who doesn't drink - offered to drop them off and collect them to pick their car up the next day. They weren't having any of it and drove home absolutely smashed. We were furious - our roads are very quiet but they could easily not only have written themselves off but a car load of other people and that's saying nothing about the wildlife! After much soul searching we didn't invite them this year but in a small community like ours - as you can imagine - that hasn't gone unnoticed either by them or by others - a difficult one!
I would've reported them to the police Alis, drink driving can ruin so many lives :(
That really is a pain in the neck SG and you're quite right to miss him off the list next year - how rude to go opening drawers in someone else's house! I would find it difficult to be civil on next meeting.
We had a difficult situation at our Christmas 'drinks and nibbles' party last year. Two of our neighbours got absolutely plastered on punch - she became very belligerent and started picking arguments with all and sundry and he started to get very 'touch feely' - neither went down well with the other guests. However, there was worse to come - they insisted on driving home. Now they don't live far away - probably a fifteen minute walk at most and my son - who doesn't drink - offered to drop them off and collect them to pick their car up the next day. They weren't having any of it and drove home absolutely smashed. We were furious - our roads are very quiet but they could easily not only have written themselves off but a car load of other people and that's saying nothing about the wildlife! After much soul searching we didn't invite them this year but in a small community like ours - as you can imagine - that hasn't gone unnoticed either by them or by others - a difficult one!
A "friend" once tried to report me for assault when I stopped him driving home (physically blocked him and took his keys). Fortunately the next morning he had little or no recollection and actually thanked me when someone else told him what had happened. As for the "touchy feely" bit - I would have thought a "quiet word" was in order!
refreshing brutality, Ally! :shades:
supergran
01-01-2012, 22:59
How dreadful...awful people. Not surprised they are off your list and if they have noticed they surely know the reason. Serves 'em right!
DaveArneRiise
02-01-2012, 21:32
People munching when they eat.
RoastLamb
03-01-2012, 01:39
People munching when they eat.
How can you not munch when you eat? I hate people eating with their mouth open.
Speedy Hawk
03-01-2012, 13:08
People twisting my words. I say something normal then someone in bad mood twist it make it sounds like I the one being rude. Hmm.
People tweeting my words. I say something abnormal then someone in bad mood tweets it make it sounds like I the one being rude. Hmm.:shocked: terrible
People misquoting my words. I say something then someone abnormal twist it make it sounds like I the one being rude. Hmm.
indeed
RoastLamb
03-01-2012, 13:34
People twisting my words. I say something normal then someone in bad mood twist it make it sounds like I the one being rude. Hmm.
Hope it wasn't me. :shocked:
As someone has already said - inconsiderate neighbours. Have to put up with ours palying music / TV surround sound very loud until 4, 5 in the morning when I have to up for work at 6. Also landing helicopter right close to our house (yes, that's right helicopter, you read it right!) HATE that man!! Hopefully better luck for us moving house this year ....
My other half not hearing properly and saying "did you say" something so ridiculous it couldn't possibly be what I said.
RoastLamb
03-01-2012, 23:26
My other half.
:lol:
Speedy Hawk
03-01-2012, 23:40
:shocked: terrible
Lol, I see you change my quote twisting into tweeting.
Hope it wasn't me. :shocked:
Lol no. It just my family bit bad mood, probably after xmas thing, lot sorting out do before go back work, etc.
My other half.
:lol:
mine was off for 10 days over the holidays , and he went way beyond annoy !!!!!!!!
supergran
16-02-2012, 21:47
After our little contretemps I went on twitter and followed Andrew Castle in order to send him a tweet. I tweeted that I was the person he had given the V sign to after disliking remarks we had made about his comments on Andy. I said "Shame" and used hashtag #rattled. A few hours later he tweeted "Have a lovely evening" Hardly an apology!!:lol: I'm not really annoyed but didn't know where else to put it.:)
hfwardhouse
16-02-2012, 22:39
:rolling: :rolling:
supergran
16-02-2012, 22:53
:rolling: :rolling: Not surprised you're laughing......he's an idiot.:dunce:
Here you go SG (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c130/rondun/amcom/dartboardsg.jpg) - one I did for you during the DC don't know if you saw it.
supergran
18-02-2012, 18:48
Here you go SG (http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c130/rondun/amcom/dartboardsg.jpg) - one I did for you during the DC don't know if you saw it.Thank you...didn't see it then but it's great!!:cheer::thanks:
patmoren
19-02-2012, 09:48
BT when they disconnect my broadband at the exchange and still haven't put it right 5 days later.
Sallydaisy
19-02-2012, 12:48
Accidentally nudging washing machine knobs so the stuff that needs to be damp ironed has come out tumble dried and irrevocably creased unless I wash it all again.
:grrr:
:grouphug: Sally. Hope you weren't pressing to wear it quickly.
RoastLamb
19-02-2012, 16:41
Federer.
Federer.
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c130/rondun/spitcoffee.gif
facebook's privacy settings... that when I set it to show things to Friends Only, not Acquaintances (and set a particularly obnoxious mare as an acquaintance - Supergran - THIS was the person I meant last night on Twitter/FB)
I can't block her as it may affect a friendship with another mate (we three met on holiday a few years back) and I have no issue with the other girl (and seemingly she seems to be able to juggle both friends with no issue)...
BUT... FB seems to ignore the fact that:
1) I have marked the irritating cow as an acquaintance
2) I have set up Selective Tweets to only post anything from Twitter as visible to Friends and not acquaintances
and yet still she seems to see stuff and comment.
What is the point of constantly messing with the security options if any damn person can see anything anyway???!!!!
grrr, Facebook... Grrrr!
KnightOwl
08-05-2012, 20:17
I hate putting duvets in duvet covers!
How the heck are you supposed to get the corners to stay in the corners, and the edges to stay at the edges, and end up with no rumfled bits or loose bits??
It's impossible! :grrr:
Fiona I feel your pain! Every time we make the bed Rob's side is perfect and mine is always messed up!
You have to be tall enough to shake it out - not many people are :(
RoastLamb
08-05-2012, 20:57
I hate putting duvets in duvet covers!
How the heck are you supposed to get the corners to stay in the corners, and the edges to stay at the edges, and end up with no rumfled bits or loose bits??
It's impossible! :grrr:
Same here. I had to do all the bed linen yesterday. I get my husband to do the duvets though. He does it perfectly. Mine are all lumpy and ugly.
Sallydaisy
08-05-2012, 21:12
You have to be tall enough to shake it out - not many people are :(
Have you tried shaking it out over the stairwell?
Why did I not think of that :confused: :shamed:
RoastLamb
08-05-2012, 21:51
OK, "rumfled"? What a great word.
KnightOwl
08-05-2012, 21:52
You have to be tall enough to shake it out - not many people are :(
I think that's the trouble - I have occasionally found myself standing on the bed trying to get enough height to shake it properly, but I just ended up creasing the sheet I'd just put on the bed :big grin:
Stairwell sounds good, Sally, but I think I'd end up dropping it down the stairs!
KnightOwl
08-05-2012, 21:55
OK, "rumfled"? What a great word.
Yup! It comes from my Mum - one of those genius words that just completely gets across what you're trying to say :)
Edit: at least, I thought it was! Re-reading your post, I'm now thinking you didn't get what it meant :sad: It's basically like rumpled, but soft and sort of lumpier, if that makes sense? You know when you crawl into a nice clean bed, and just as you settle down you realise there's a lumpy bit round your ankles where the duvet has kind of folded over itself inside the duvet cover? That's a rumfle :big grin:
RoastLamb
09-05-2012, 02:16
Nope, I got it meant rumpled. I just love what you did with it!
I hate putting duvets in duvet covers!
How the heck are you supposed to get the corners to stay in the corners, and the edges to stay at the edges, and end up with no rumfled bits or loose bits??
It's impossible! :grrr:
TOTALLY!!!!
I stupidly detached my double duvet (winter and summer togs) and for some reason that completely defeats me, I had the summer one, and subsequently have shivered all through April until THIS week when I finally had enough of sleeping under an ineffectual pillow case, and reverted to the winter tog one.
Result: Rozzie sleeping like a baby for the last two days!
The whole inside out thing kinda works for me... but lumpy duvet-itis is an issue.
KnightOwl
09-05-2012, 08:44
I do remember several years ago Dave was putting our duvet back in it's cover, taking ages and swearing profusely during the process - and when he'd finished there seemed to be a partucularly large rumfle at one end - turned out to be one of the cats who'd crawled in while trying to "help"!
Actually, with hindsight, it's just as well he hadn't tried Sally's shaking-down-stairwell approach :big grin:
RoastLamb
09-05-2012, 12:27
:lol: Too funny. Bless the cat!
KnightOwl
09-05-2012, 22:49
It was rather funny - I remember Dave getting quite cross with me, cos all I could do was laugh when he wanted me to try and extricate the cat :big grin:
Actually, extricate is maybe not quite the right word, I think "exterminate" was probably closer to what he felt at the time :red devil:
I do remember several years ago Dave was putting our duvet back in it's cover, taking ages and swearing profusely during the process - and when he'd finished there seemed to be a partucularly large rumfle at one end - turned out to be one of the cats who'd crawled in while trying to "help"!
Actually, with hindsight, it's just as well he hadn't tried Sally's shaking-down-stairwell approach :big grin:
:laugh::laugh::laugh:
Yup! It comes from my Mum - one of those genius words that just completely gets across what you're trying to say :)
Edit: at least, I thought it was! Re-reading your post, I'm now thinking you didn't get what it meant :sad: It's basically like rumpled, but soft and sort of lumpier, if that makes sense? You know when you crawl into a nice clean bed, and just as you settle down you realise there's a lumpy bit round your ankles where the duvet has kind of folded over itself inside the duvet cover? That's a rumfle :big grin:
We use that word too!!! Says it all. I too hate changing the duvet cover so we use a pair of sheets and I change those more regularly than the duvet cover.
But using sheets, you don't get the benefit of the duvet. My Mum used to do that, have a topsheet with the duvet on top so that she didn't need to change the duvet cover so often. But when I stayed at her house I felt cold in bed because the duvet didn't wrap around me.
But using sheets, you don't get the benefit of the duvet. My Mum used to do that, have a topsheet with the duvet on top so that she didn't need to change the duvet cover so often. But when I stayed at her house I felt cold in bed because the duvet didn't wrap around me.
Hmm..........on the other hand I like the "tuckedinness" of sheets and then the weight of the duvet on top.
Aaaargh can't stand tucked in sheets. If I go to a hotel and it's sheets & blankets the first thing I do is untuck them all round (especially at the foot end) or I won't sleep.
Today I tried Sally's method of dangling the duvet over the stairwell (having first checked that the dog* was not hiding inside). It worked a treat. Thanks, Sally!
*nb by 'the dog' I am of course referring to our snorkie, Dantie, and not to Alexandr Dolgopolov.
Aaaargh can't stand tucked in sheets. If I go to a hotel and it's sheets & blankets the first thing I do is untuck them all round (especially at the foot end) or I won't sleep.
Today I tried Sally's method of dangling the duvet over the stairwell (having first checked that the dog* was not hiding inside). It worked a treat. Thanks, Sally!
*nb by 'the dog' I am of course referring to our snorkie, Dantie, and not to Alexandr Dolgopolov.
:laugh:
hfwardhouse
14-05-2012, 07:45
:rofl:
Having just changed the sheets on our bed this morning - and believe me, that's no mean feat when you're 5 foot and it's a king size duvet :lol: - this conversation has had me laughing out loud :rolling:
I too hate changing the duvet cover but it has to be done and at least Mr HFW strips the bed for me cos I actually find getting the duvet out of the cover just as hard as getting it back in .... :confused: .... no idea why that would be :rolling:
The next stage of the job awaits - hanging the stupid thing on the line ... I hate Mondays :rolleyes:
:rofl:
Having just changed the sheets on our bed this morning - and believe me, that's no mean feat when you're 5 foot and it's a king size duvet :lol: - this conversation has had me laughing out loud :rolling:
I too hate changing the duvet cover but it has to be done and at least Mr HFW strips the bed for me cos I actually find getting the duvet out of the cover just as hard as getting it back in .... :confused: .... no idea why that would be :rolling:
The next stage of the job awaits - hanging the stupid thing on the line ... I hate Mondays :rolleyes:
Sigh - well I put up a classmate from Journo school for 2 weeks (and by GOD I am relieved that's over...) and I had him strip the spare room bed... as I saw a flicker of sunshine this morning.
Now I see rain.
Meh.
hfwardhouse
14-05-2012, 17:15
Ah well ... my sheets went out and were rewashed a couple of times by passing showers .... just home a wee while ago and took them back in .... all dry :)
when my power goes off for 4 hours right in the middle of laundry :grrr:
jamie&andy's fan
06-06-2012, 10:50
People who don't open the door for me (When I go out I sit in a wheelchair) but they know I'm there! So I have to struggle whilst thinking of ways to open the door.Sometimes I even have to get out my vhair to open the door myself. I'm lucky I can do that but what if I couldn't!!!!!!
That's incredibly inconsiderate of people :shocked:
jamie&andy's fan
06-06-2012, 20:13
It's a shame but some are kind...
supergran
11-06-2012, 18:50
That is so awful. I know there are lovely people around but the horrible ones you tend to remember. It costs nothing to be kind and caring.
when my power goes off for 4 hours right in the middle of laundry :grrr:
.................... or when I have a roast in the oven!
DaveArneRiise
13-06-2012, 06:07
Cyclists! I nearly got run over by one yesterday whilst I was crossing the Zebra crossing.
I really want to just go out with a shovel and cleanse the streets of London of blooming cyclists!
pippadaisy
13-06-2012, 17:22
LOL I just found this thread For all you people struggling with duvets
I always wash the cover outside in so that when it's folded it is easy to take the top corners
place them on the corners of the duvet hold it together then shake it down, the open ends then
end up at the bottom right side up and voila job done
pippadaisy
13-06-2012, 17:29
PS People who moan at me for shouting at commentators who are horrible about Andy
If I want to yell at my TV I will
Get over it :lol:
I feel a "knit the tail on the chocolate duvet" thread coming on
banskogirl
13-06-2012, 20:17
I have just read through the posts and rather than make me moan they have really cheered me up. I think you have covered every pet hate I have! It feels great to know I am not alone :rolling:
supergran
13-06-2012, 20:23
It really annoys me to read negative tweets re Andy when he is playing. Then people carry on to each other with more negativity. But, later send tweet to Andy being all supportive and sorry.
patmoren
13-06-2012, 20:50
It is very difficult to stay positive when you are getting as frustrated as Andy. Doesn't mean we support him any less, just being honest.
Must confess to shouting at him myself today but only because I felt frustrated FOR him, not at him and because I want the best for him. Soon got over it.
Sallydaisy
13-06-2012, 22:19
Cyclists! I nearly got run over by one yesterday whilst I was crossing the Zebra crossing.
I really want to just go out with a shovel and cleanse the streets of London of blooming cyclists!
I nearly got run over by 200 NAKED cyclists last Saturday in Cardiff.
I might have been annoyed if the sight of all those rear ends hadn't had me in stitches!!!
I have the photos to prove this incident happened but if in doubt this link (http://yourcardiff.walesonline.co.uk/2012/06/11/naked-cyclists-put-at-risk-by-councils-failure-to-support-ride/) refers .......
:lol:
patmoren
14-06-2012, 09:55
Heard about it via email with a geat picture attached!
supergran
17-06-2012, 17:11
It is very difficult to stay positive when you are getting as frustrated as Andy. Doesn't mean we support him any less, just being honest.I definitely was not referring to you. Was talking about real negativity!!
on a day when a decent bloke like Andy misses oot yet again , a scummy toerag like lowlife giggs is given the honor of captaining team GB
DaveArneRiise
08-07-2012, 21:03
on a day when a decent bloke like Andy misses oot yet again , a scummy toerag like lowlife giggs is given the honor of captaining team GB
Nothing short of a disgrace that Becks wasn't included. A popular figure within the changing room, also when you think about the role he played in bringing the olympics to London. Mind you Pearce is a plank same man who made Parker captain in a friendly over Gerrard!
Also why are there no Scots in the team? Is that because we rejected availability?
DaveArneRiise
08-07-2012, 21:22
AC is a bit of a plank yes but don't see what's wrong with him praising Federer during the match. I mean come on fancy that. He's only the greatest player of all time, he's going to get praised. He was phenomenal at times today and deserved the win. Let's not be bitter, Federer is a true champions and an unbelievable player.
rainy days
08-07-2012, 21:38
AC is a bit of a plank yes but don't see what's wrong with him praising Federer during the match. I mean come on fancy that. He's only the greatest player of all time, he's going to get praised. He was phenomenal at times today and deserved the win. Let's not be bitter, Federer is a true champions and an unbelievable player.
But does he really need to be referred to as thew GOAT ALL the time?
DaveArneRiise
08-07-2012, 21:40
But does he really need to be referred to as thew GOAT ALL the time?
Well he has earned that tag hasn't he?
Well he has earned that tag hasn't he?i missed that memo ?
the tag is subjective
DaveArneRiise
08-07-2012, 21:43
i missed that memo ?
the tag is subjective
Yes but it's clear to see the reasoning behind it. No coincidence that many a people believe he is.
Yes but it's clear to see the reasoning behind it. No coincidence that many a people believe he is.not at all, its impossible to compare generation
its like uk broadcasters constantly banging on bout EPL being best league in the world dont make it true
rainy days
08-07-2012, 21:50
Well he has earned that tag hasn't he?
Saying it once, maybe. But I think that point is very flawed since the supposedly GOAT should not have a negative record against other players. Besides, who knows if he would've been as great if he was 5 years younger.
DaveArneRiise
09-07-2012, 12:16
Perhaps so, one thing for sure though is that he is among the greatest. He gets a lot of stick for being smug but he himself also brushed off talk off being the GOAT saying "it's hard to compare different generations." People should appreciate what a great player he has been instead of becoming so bitter about it. It's just embarrassing to be frank. As is that tiresome psuedo fed blog, would people find it funny if it was Murray being poked fun at?
Federer interview. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/18764325)
Certainly not smug in the slightest in that interview. Nice words about Andy too.
Perhaps so, one thing for sure though is that he is among the greatest. He gets a lot of stick for being smug but he himself also brushed off talk off being the GOAT saying "it's hard to compare different generations." People should appreciate what a great player he has been instead of becoming so bitter about it. It's just embarrassing to be frank. As is that tiresome psuedo fed blog, would people find it funny if it was Murray being poked fun at?
Federer interview. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/18764325)
Certainly not smug in the slightest in that interview. Nice words about Andy too.seems to be a word you use a lot when people dont conform to your viewpoint, so as we are repeating ourself il say again sport(to me and many others) is all about rivalries and being able to knock your favorites biggest rivals is all part of that, so if its aright with you(or not)i will continue to follow sport my way
btw i agree about psuedo fed tho not about poking fun at him, but rather the repetitiveness of the same tired joke
DaveArneRiise
09-07-2012, 15:23
Acknowledging the rival is also part of it though mate, works both ways. Dunno just funny (this isn't directed at you btw) it's the same people who get riled if anyone has a go out their favourite player who seem to regularly participate in the dissing of Federer in particular. I guarantee you that if someone started a psuedo Nadal blog then the pitchforks would be out on here.
RoastLamb
09-07-2012, 15:34
Well as a Rafa fan I can guarantee that this is one fan who would find it very funny. But of course I know you won't believe that because I remember we had a similar argument on the old forum.
I suppose a PseudoRafa would have to be incredibly arrogant as opposed to humble. That would be quite funny.
DaveArneRiise
09-07-2012, 15:44
Well as a Rafa fan I can guarantee that this is one fan who would find it very funny. But of course I know you won't believe that because I remember we had a similar argument on the old forum.
I suppose a PseudoRafa would have to be incredibly arrogant as opposed to humble. That would be quite funny.
Shall I put that to the test then? :rolling: 653
Well as a Rafa fan I can guarantee that this is one fan who would find it very funny. But of course I know you won't believe that because I remember we had a similar argument on the old forum.
I suppose a PseudoRafa would have to be incredibly arrogant as opposed to humble. That would be quite funny.actuallu be more of an accurate caricature if he faked his humility just like rafa NO?
Things that are really annoying me? The fact I had 3 desks in my study, and I STILL apparently don't have enough space to guillotine paper and stick things on cardboard!
I did about 5 pieces downstairs the other Friday on the dining table, but hurt my back as dining chairs aren't quite the right height to do that kind of thing.
Turns out IKEA computer desks aren't the right height either.
Back hurts and doublesided tape doesn't apparently appear to be my friend any more.
rainy days
09-07-2012, 18:07
I'm not bitter at all... I just don't like him and there is nothing I can do about that. I find him smug and arrogant and one nice interview certainly doesn't make up for everything. Sorry.
If you like him that's great though. ;)
Oh and Andy gets a lot of hate, but I don't care tbh. If people want to hate him that's their loss. I think he's lovely. He certainly has never spoken ill of any of his opponents publicly...
I don't like Fed either but do feel a bit :shamed: about the way we said he was raining on Rafa's parade when he cried at Roland Garros a few years back.....we certainly haven't said that about Andy. Maybe we are a little unbalanced at times but I suppose that's what being a fan is about.
I don't like Fed either but do feel a bit :shamed: about the way we said he was raining on Rafa's parade when he cried at Roland Garros a few years back.....we certainly haven't said that about Andy. Maybe we are a little unbalanced at times but I suppose that's what being a fan is about.
I think it was actually the Australian Open because Laver was there consoling him ... and the reason he was raining on his parade, was because he didn't want to speak first. And (rightly, IMO), Rafa gave him time to compose himself and then do his speech first, so that he could rightfully speak afterwards as the Champ.
Andy took a while to get the whole speech out, and it was good I think that Sue let him take the microphone...
rainy days
09-07-2012, 18:58
Federer had already won multiple slams at the time. I doubt Andy would've cried if that had been the case for him, yesterday.
Nothing short of a disgrace that Becks wasn't included. A popular figure within the changing room, also when you think about the role he played in bringing the olympics to London. Mind you Pearce is a plank same man who made Parker captain in a friendly over Gerrard!
Also why are there no Scots in the team? Is that because we rejected availability?
Really looking forward to seeing Seb Coe in the 800m Do you think he still has what it takes?
Really looking forward to seeing Seb Coe in the 800m Do you think he still has what it takes?:rolling:
Aussie Andy
11-07-2012, 11:21
My brother(s) seem to be plugged in to their MP3s and IPods all the time. So irritating when I ask him/them to help me with something; they'll help me, but they're off in a world of their own. Worse when they're walking down the street. They're teenagers, they've got their life ahead of them; why do they risk being run over?
And I know I'm a very backwards 21 year old, and I don't use Twitter, Facebook, etc., so I don't understand, but WHY do some people need to shove their life onto the Internet? I'm not against social media, it's very useful, but when I peek over my mum's/brothers' shoulders, some of the posts seem so inane. Do you really desperately urgently need to tell a whole heap of people that your kid's just filled his nappy?
I agree with you, AA. I certainly don't have the time to relate minute details of my life on Facebook or to read other people's. As for people Tweeting about what they are having for breakfast :rolleyes:
I agree with you, AA. I certainly don't have the time to relate minute details of my life on Facebook or to read other people's. As for people Tweeting about what they are having for breakfast :rolleyes:that dsnt bother me that much what gets me is when they fire the banalities off to some poor celeb,why would joothan ross care what your new racket looks like , HE IS NOT YOUR BFF (names withheld to protect the guilty)
Beeb's report of Anne's loss. :grrr:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/18794050
I seem to spend most of my time seething with annoyance lately :grrr:
Yesterday I had to wait in for the BT engineer to come. At 4.30pm I phoned to make sure he was coming and they told me that he had been and they connected me at 2.10pm! :grrr: :grrr: :grrr: And for some unknown reason, it takes another 7-10 days to get broadband (I have no idea why they can't do both at the same time).
Last week I had an aerial man come out to install an aerial in the loft and connect up the cable from my sitting room. But he couldn't find the cable in the loft. So Barratts sent out two electricians today (more time off work :rolleyes:) to find the cable. There are four TV points in my house but guess what, they couldn't find any of the cables in the loft. They phoned the guy who did the wiring and he said he definitely put them in, and the cables were all rolled up in the loft. But they are not there now :confused: The electricians couldn't believe it. They checked behind one of my TV points and there is definitely cable there, but it does not go up to the loft. The electricians said that it seems as though someone has stolen all of the cable :shocked: So they are now going to have to put cable up on the outside wall of my house :grrr:
Have I told you about the plumbing? One of the cisterns has not been filling properly since we moved in. They have sent a plumber out twice but it still isn't cured. The first time he came, he discovered that the water into the cistern had been turned off because it was leaking! :shocked: :grrr:
And that is nothing to the parking. I was assured before going ahead with the purchase that we would be allowed to park our third car in front of our double carport. I would not have bought the house otherwise. A few days after we moved in, a man knocked on the door and told me that if I was parked there tomorrow I would be fined £100! :shocked: He was putting up notices to that effect all over the estate - he affixed one to my carport without asking my permission :grrr: That took an anxious week of phone call and emails to resolve.
So I was in a right temper today - the business with the TV cables was just about the last resort. And then I got a routine phone call from Barratts to answer a survey about how my purchase had gone! The poor guy - I really let rip - I gave them bottom marks for everything and gave full details of all my complaints. I know that my neighbour who moved in a couple of weeks before me has had loads of complaints too, so the poor guy probably has to take loads of flack 24/7. I feel quite sorry for him actually.
But I am still angry :grrr: :grrr: :grrr:
Sallydaisy
08-11-2012, 20:35
Oh dear Linda!
:grouphug:
Put every last detail in writing ... phone calls rarely get any follow up action but they cannot ignore written complaints. Well, they can but if you've got everything noted at some point you'll have the documentation to take things further.
RoastLamb
08-11-2012, 20:48
:grouphug: Linda! What an absolute nightmare!!! I hate moving. So sorry to hear your woes, hope you can get settled in properly ASAP.
Sorry to hear this, Linda but I'm afraid Barratts have something of a reputation........and it's not good. Hope you get things sorted.
JAMES4578
11-11-2012, 12:38
It seems dreadful Linda but hopefully things will be sorted out in time!:grouphug:
Do feel for you Linda - hope it all gets sorted out for you soon :flowers:
dont know if this will hekp linda but heres my kitchen
http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/189678_10151961831614897_1898174508_n.jpg
I like the minimalist look J but maybe taken it a wee bit too far?
I like the minimalist look J but maybe taken it a wee bit too far?the wife said summit similiar, tho it did involve a lot more cussing
supergran
12-11-2012, 00:01
the wife said summit similiar, tho it did involve a lot more cussingBut when it's finished.....it's gonna look fantastic. Well I hope so.
The electrician is coming back at 8am tomorrow, when he is going to be making holes in our walls :shocked: :crying:
hfwardhouse
12-11-2012, 21:15
What a nightmare Linda.
RoastLamb
12-11-2012, 21:20
Blimey! Hopefully it'll all be over by Christmas.
supergran
15-11-2012, 16:16
What a nightmare Linda. Do hope it's sorted soon....think some sort of compensation should be on the cards.
dont know if this will hekp linda but heres my kitchen
http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/189678_10151961831614897_1898174508_n.jpg
finished my kitchen
http://sphotos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/215904_10151253135957436_1091712152_n.jpg
i wish!!!
supergran
20-11-2012, 13:48
I like that kitchen....whose is it?
supergran
28-11-2012, 13:59
Yesterday we travelled to Liverpool by train which is free as we can use our bus passes. A young man got on at Huyton and sat in the single seat in front of us. He noticed that Supergramps was holding his pass in case tickets were checked and asked about it. He then said he was looking forward to getting his in about 20 years! Noticing he had a European accent I asked him where he was from and he told us he came from Barcelona but had lived here for 20 years. I asked why he had left a beautiful city to live in Huyton and he replied that the system was better here. Asking him what he meant he told me that it was better for houses and benefits. I then asked him what he did for a living and he told me that he was on the dole and hadn't worked for 22 years. I was really angry with him but kept it hidden as I said we had worked hard for our bus passes. To my astonishment he said that nobody had forced us to work, it had been our choice!! I then said there were jobs...he could work in a pub or restaurant or a call centre or drive a taxi and he said, smiling, that he didn't want to work. I wondered what qualifications he had or what training he'd had and the cheeky blighter told me.......shop-lifting!! He got off at Lime Street, Liverpool and strode down the platform no doubt going shop-lifting!!
Yesterday we travelled to Liverpool by train which is free as we can use our bus passes. A young man got on at Huyton and sat in the single seat in front of us. He noticed that Supergramps was holding his pass in case tickets were checked and asked about it. He then said he was looking forward to getting his in about 20 years! Noticing he had a European accent I asked him where he was from and he told us he came from Barcelona but had lived here for 20 years. I asked why he had left a beautiful city to live in Huyton and he replied that the system was better here. Asking him what he meant he told me that it was better for houses and benefits. I then asked him what he did for a living and he told me that he was on the dole and hadn't worked for 22 years. I was really angry with him but kept it hidden as I said we had worked hard for our bus passes. To my astonishment he said that nobody had forced us to work, it had been our choice!! I then said there were jobs...he could work in a pub or restaurant or a call centre or drive a taxi and he said, smiling, that he didn't want to work. I wondered what qualifications he had or what training he'd had and the cheeky blighter told me.......shop-lifting!! He got off at Lime Street, Liverpool and strode down the platform no doubt going shop-lifting!!
I hope Supergramps checked his pockets!!!
Yesterday we travelled to Liverpool by train which is free as we can use our bus passes. A young man got on at Huyton and sat in the single seat in front of us. He noticed that Supergramps was holding his pass in case tickets were checked and asked about it. He then said he was looking forward to getting his in about 20 years! Noticing he had a European accent I asked him where he was from and he told us he came from Barcelona but had lived here for 20 years. I asked why he had left a beautiful city to live in Huyton and he replied that the system was better here. Asking him what he meant he told me that it was better for houses and benefits. I then asked him what he did for a living and he told me that he was on the dole and hadn't worked for 22 years. I was really angry with him but kept it hidden as I said we had worked hard for our bus passes. To my astonishment he said that nobody had forced us to work, it had been our choice!! I then said there were jobs...he could work in a pub or restaurant or a call centre or drive a taxi and he said, smiling, that he didn't want to work. I wondered what qualifications he had or what training he'd had and the cheeky blighter told me.......shop-lifting!! He got off at Lime Street, Liverpool and strode down the platform no doubt going shop-lifting!!
People like that annoy me so much too. However, in this day and age of PC madness, we are probably both racist!
I don't know how you kept your cool, Maureen. I probably would have thumped him (and ended up in prison whilst he is free to carry on his shoplifting! :grrr:)
he was probely a model citizen before he moved to liverpool ;)
supergran
28-11-2012, 22:56
he was probely a model citizen before he moved to liverpool ;) Huyton is quite far from the city in the Borough of Knowsley. I did a teaching practice near Huyton and one morning we arrived in the staffroom to find a window boarded up as it had been broken........and the large carpet (not fitted) had been stolen.
supergran
28-11-2012, 23:10
Jeannie...why are thanking J for that post insulting Liverpool?:lol:
I have been trying for the past hour to watch Channel 4 live online (the aerial man still hasn't been back). But I just keep getting a message that says "Insufficient broadband speed detected. This may cause interruptions to your live stream and affect any live interactivity" but then I can't get past that so can't watch it at all. :grrr: My broadband speed here is half what it was in my old house but it shoudl still be enough to watch live streams (I now get 6mbps whereas I previously had 12).
jeannie13
29-11-2012, 22:22
Jeannie...why are thanking J for that post insulting Liverpool?:lol:
Just Joking!!! :red devil:
I went out for a meal with a friend at Carluccio's last night. Had a lovely meal but I passed out due to the flickering candles (I'd blown out the one on our table but the whole place was shimmering with the flickering). And no, I wasn't drunk - I didn't have any alcohol as I was driving. Why do all restaurants have to have candles these days? :grrr: Some of them even have them in the loo! I think I shall only be able to go out for meals at lunchtimes and avoid restaurants altogether in the evenings. :sad:
Golden Lady
14-12-2012, 13:45
Crumbs Linda that's awful :shocked: hope you're ok :flowers:
RoastLamb
14-12-2012, 14:00
Linda, that's nasty. I don't like flickering candles either, they disorient me. Hope you're OK!
Yes, I'm fine now thanks - I was fine within 15 minutes of going outside :thumbup:
Glad you are OK now Linda :grouphug:
JAMES4578
14-12-2012, 22:55
Sorry to hear that Linda, glad you're ok now though.
Feet/shoes on seats e.g on buses, tubes, the cinema, and worse of all at Wimbledon!!!!!! Actually makes me angry
Call centres for national companies!! :grrr::grrr:
Can they not get anything right?!! Had problems with British Gas (left them now) and then BT. Wish we could get back to the days when you phoned up and spoke to a person who could actually help you :grrr:
supergran
11-03-2013, 16:22
But what about when you speak to a person and he is in a foreign country and you find it hard to understand them or in SG's case impossible to understand/hear?He just passes the phone to me. So frustrating.
Hotmail has changed and I don't like it. Facebook has changed too. Why do they have to mess around with these things? :grrr:
Hotmail has changed and I don't like it. Facebook has changed too. Why do they have to mess around with these things? :grrr:
Because they can and we can't do anything about it! double :grrr:
Hotmail has changed and I don't like it. Facebook has changed too. Why do they have to mess around with these things? :grrr:
I don't like it either :grrr: :grrr: - can't see as many emails on a page.
Photobucket has changed too. Had considerable difficulty uploading my chart just now :grrr: :grrr: :grrr:
supergran
18-03-2013, 23:28
Hotmail has changed and I don't like it. Facebook has changed too. Why do they have to mess around with these things? :grrr:I like the new facebook now although I didn't when it first happened. Everything is much clearer though I'm still coming to grips with it. How has Hotmail changed....or have I ignored notice about it?
Hotmail is completely different. They call it Outlook now although it's nothing like Outlook either! :confused:
I think there was an option to change with Hotmail and I didn't so mine still looks the same.
I opted not to change too but yesterday it had changed on both my home computer and my work computer. It said that had been changed automatically, that I can't change back, and that they will shortly be discontinuing the old hotmail so everyone will be made to change :crying:
Glad I didn't have hotmail then ..... It's so irritating isn't it?!
And while I think about irritating - don't you just hate it when you have a favourite item from a shop (in this case a lipstick) and you go to buy another one only to find they no longer make it!! Drives me mad, they change everything too often!
supergran
22-03-2013, 20:09
I think there was an option to change with Hotmail and I didn't so mine still looks the same.Mine is still the same though have been told changes are on the way. Beginning to hate change with technology. One gets used to something and then the powers that be change everything. Worried that Supergramps will have difficulty.
supergran
26-03-2013, 22:28
Wish they would change Andrew Castle into a frog.:cauldron:
Wish they would change Andrew Castle into a frog.:cauldron:
Noooo, because I like frogs!!!! ;)
Wish they would change Andrew Castle into a frog.:cauldron:
Andre le Chateau?
Really fed up.
1. Just found out that Eurosport have charged me for a THIRD month even though after I found out that they had charged me for a second month I sent them an email telling them I had cancelled. Have sent another email and also a message to their support on their site. :grrr:
2. My broadband is only half the speed it was at my old address even though I'm only 800m from the exchange. I was told that they would be introducing fibre optic shortly to this area and I would be able to get a much faster speed with that. Just found out that the exchange was enabled and the new green boxes were put in a few months ago so it has been available in my area for a couple of months or so - but not to me (or presumably any of my neighbours), because I am too far from my green box. So there's no way I can get faster internet :grrr:
JAMES4578
29-03-2013, 19:05
Really frustrating Linda,hopefully you get at least get Eurosport sorted out but pity you're in the sloe for internet right now!
david1610
29-03-2013, 21:28
Wish they would change Andrew Castle into a frog.:cauldron:
I presume frog is short for "fan of Roger" :easterbunny:
If it is, no need for magic - he already is one! :lol:
david1610
29-03-2013, 21:31
If it is, no need for magic - he already is one! :lol:
Exactly!
hfwardhouse
29-03-2013, 21:37
:rolling:
This is an old thread but I thought I resurrect it as one of my biggest annoyances happened to me today. I absolutely hate it when the is a traffic jam and people skip through the queue to push in at the end. I queued for 45 minutes today as people kept skipping down the line and pushing in the front. Had they simply joined futher back or even pushed in where there was a space it would have kept stopping the traffic. But no, it was stop start over and over. As if that wasn't bad enough when I FINALLY got towards the road I was attempting to join, (happy that the hatches the other side of meant no one else would push in and at least I'd be getting On my way) some jerk in a bm tried to push in after driving across the hatches. There was no room, so he beeped me (!) to make it clear he ended on trying to push in. When I just ignored him and carried on up the road, he shouted at me! It's one thing to push in, it's another dive accroas blocked of hatches to try and join a road on a bend when there is no room, and worse still to them scream at everyone else when it doesn't work. Admittedly I'm a nervous driver, after driving alone for a 16 months my fit bit still thinks I'm excersing when I'm driving, because of my heart rate. However this kind of thing does not help. It took me 50 minutes to do a 7 mile journey, and it was because of selfishness rather than traffic. What I find mad is that people would push into a queue on foot so why do it whilst driving?
angiebabez
10-09-2016, 06:59
Novak Djokovic
dewster99
10-09-2016, 07:17
Novak Djokovic
Took the words right out my mouth
I wholeheartedly agree, Jerry, that it is extremely annoying when cars whizz down the wrong/closed lane and push in at the front. It happens all the time and drives me mad.
I also agree with those who find Djoko annoying!
Commentators, the likes of "Inverdale". Urgggg.
But the lane isn't closed until the very front so why not use it. I seem to remember reading years ago that using both lanes and merging in turn is the most efficient way at roadworks but unfortunately in this country everyone seems to dive for the inside lane with about 3 miles to go.
It wasn't a closed lane or road. It's a slip road. I was on the boulevard and pulled off onto the slip road to join the expressway. Because of a roundabout at the top and roadworks futher down the expressway, the slip road ends up full of queueing traffic trying to get on the expressway. What these people do is drive down the boulevard cut across the hatch markings That mark the end of where you can pull of to join the slip road, push in the front of the queue. Regardless as to whether there is space, which generally there is not. Then trying to join they park in a live lane and create a traffic jam in one lane of the boulevard. This results in Lorries and traffic moving into the middle lane going slow and creates massive jams in every direction. I've been stuck in it when it's backed up towards town because two lanes end up still, stuck on the slip road while people try to push in, and when not pulling off on to the slip road but carrying on, stuck behind traffic that is in the middle and the right because the left has become unusable. It creates more traffic into town, down to the 56 and up to the 62 and 57 then creates gridlock.
.... And the ones pushing in always seem to be driving BMs or Audis :whistle:
dewster99
12-09-2016, 15:01
don't forgot mercs
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