Random Irritations

[Crazyface]

Wife’s family round for Xmas dinner yesterday, I don’t mind cooking, and would prefer everyone to throw some cash in, and let us sort the whole thing, getting what people like - they won’t do that, one will bring booze, in-law’s will bring starters and desserts, and one brings nothing but two badly behaved children!

The one bringing the booze bought me 4 bottles of cider, no red wine for her Dad, and one bottle of pop for the kids! Good job I’d bought myself some cider, and my wife had bought other drinks for the kids. No starters for the kids, so I had to find space to cook them something, which threw all my timings off. By the end my wife suggested everyone leave as I was about to remove the kids myself, I get it’s Christmas and they are over excited and full of chocolate, but I can’t tolerate such poor behaviour, I told them off more than the parents, which isn’t fun for me.

I've already agreed with the wife we are either skiing or going to a local pub next year.

Let 20....22 be the your year and don't invite them.

 

[chellie]

Found a few good options. I am miffed by the fact that 90% of the stuff on sale is rubbish low fat/low sugar.

Agree with you. What options have you found?

 

[Crazyface]

Far too many hard toffees in the Quality Street box, be gone rock hard toffee and be replaced with softer delights.

I realised this years ago. Heroes or Celebrations only. (Roses are carp as well)

 

[Crazyface]

Its def getting worse, I'm not convinced most drivers know what they are doing is wrong or care. Was walking back with the dog yesterday, and there is a road we walked along with only pavement on one side which is double yellows. 6 cars parked along there, not only on the D Y but also on the pavement. There is an empty car park some 100 yards away. To lazy to walk 100 yards.

Write to your local Town Hall and offer to be a Traffic Enforcement Officer. (I've always fancied a go at this job, but can't run away very fast, which is a prerequisite for the job I believe)

 

[Crazyface]

TV has suddenly lost all channels. Sometimes the aerial lead has just worked itself loose but that doesn't seem to be the case here. Not sure how it would have come loose from the aerial itself but I'd have to go in the loft to check. Currently trying to autotune and not having much luck anyway. Can't really afford a new telly just this side of Christmas...

The what?

 

[Crazyface]

It is the bane of any cider drinker. Perfect drink for warmer climates but can rarely be found and if you do find it, you are going to pay for it (except sandals Antigua which is the only all inclusive I have been to in the Carribbean with an ok bottled cider)

Readilly available in any bar I've found. Thank God.

 

[GB72]

Readilly available in any bar I've found. Thank God.

Sadly not when I go long haul. I find that once you hit the Carribean and Mexico, the bars are geared up in hotels for the US and they are not big cider drinkers (in fact to them it is hard cider, cider is just apple juice)

 

[Crazyface]

I won't get irritated by the honours list
I won't get irritated by the honours list
I won't get........

Ah well, I'll try again next time ?

I annoys me as well. I'm never on it.

 

[Crazyface]

Sadly not when I go long haul. I find that once you hit the Carribean and Mexico, the bars are geared up in hotels for the US and they are not big cider drinkers (in fact to them it is hard cider, cider is just apple juice)

Ahhhh

 

[Crazyface]

More bloody fireworks - and its the large explosive ones today.
The ones that send cats and dogs up the wall.
The sooner they ban the sale to the general public the better.

I find this quite irritating. Maybe we should ban all pets that don't like fireworks?

 

[Crazyface]

Is that not because women spend 9 times as much as men on clothes?

Not at our house. It's the other way round.

 

[Crazyface]

First thing I was told when I started training was Never..ever..say straight over the roundabout because, sooner or later, someone will.

The above pictorial representation is, of course, correct.
Sadly, according to the last research some years ago, up to 80% of people get it wrong at some point.

Although it can sometimes be very tricky to indicate left to leave the RAB if the RAB in question is quite small.

 

[Crazyface]

Is that Milton Keynes, roundabout capital of the UK. Always good for a laugh !

There used to be a RAB in Leyton Buzzard that had RAB's round the RAB. Which could mean you were actally travelling the wrong way around the RAB if you were going a certain way.

 

[Jamesbrown]

Live down a lane with 8 houses. It’s snowed. We are on a valley side, it’s steep.
Weirdo family’s at the first house have gritted outside his drive only..

Gone outside to do mine in preparation for the mrs and shook my head in disbelief. Not hard to realise people are coming home and throw some down.

 

[Dando]

Picking MIL up from st Thomas’ and before we left she said her tablets were all sorted so we could leave home.
Fast forward 50 minutes when we’re pulling into the car park and MIL calls to say they haven’t started getting her prescription and we could go home if we wanted too as it might take a while

 

[Dando]

Live down a lane with 8 houses. It’s snowed. We are on a valley side, it’s steep.
Weirdo family’s at the first house have gritted outside his drive only..

Gone outside to do mine in preparation for the mrs and shook my head in disbelief. Not hard to realise people are coming home and throw some down.

got to love an “I'm alright jack”

Before we moved we lived in a close and when it snowed we all made sure the road and paths were clear

 

[fundy]

Live down a lane with 8 houses. It’s snowed. We are on a valley side, it’s steep.
Weirdo family’s at the first house have gritted outside his drive only..

Gone outside to do mine in preparation for the mrs and shook my head in disbelief. Not hard to realise people are coming home and throw some down.

just remembered i forgot to get any grit/salt for the driveway

 

[YandaB]

The damm puppy thinking it's in an andrex advert. That and the rest of the household seemingly unable to close a door behind them. I could kill 2 birds with one stone if only they hadn't all been born in a field as my old man would say.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

I know that the BBC have totally lost the plot but a 5 minute lead news story about a non vacced tennis player not being allowed into Ossie land really takes the biscuit.

 

[Jamesbrown]

got to love an “I'm alright jack”

Before we moved we lived in a close and when it snowed we all made sure the road and paths were clear

waste of my time, grit and irritation! its thawed out!