Random Irritations

[jim8flog]

Asian hornets. A report in the local paper a few weeks ago, with photos, advising that it’s best to avoid them. Relatively new to southern Spain. Nasty temper, nasty sting.

Seen a couple since then. They seem very uninterested in people, just carrying on doing their own thing. And that’s the problem. If they are where you want to be, they ain’t moving. And then there’s their size. These things are the Boeing 747 of the wasp world. They are huge, and I mean HUGE. From the base of your little finger to the second joint huge. All black, jet black, with two wide yellow stripes… look like a burglar.

We get them here.

They feed on bees flying above the flowers the bees are feeding on them and then grabbing them as they lift and take them back to nest for food.

I have seen one on my pear tree so it was out with the wasp killer spray. I now know if we see one we are supposed to report it. Last time I saw a load of them was in a garden open to the public.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

But surely it is a free trip and work are picking up the tab so you should just stop whining

The novelty of foreign travel for work soon wears off. I'm with @ColchesterFC on this

 

[Dando]

The 2 bottles of Marlborough Sauvignon blanc have evaporated so we’ve opened the bourbon that was meant for the weekend at caravan

 

[Hobbit]

The novelty of foreign travel for work soon wears off. I'm with @ColchesterFC on this

And I’m with you & @ColchesterFC on that. There’s a good few European cities I’ve visited with work. Industrial units/offices aren’t next to tourist attractions, and after a full day in meetings it’s a quick bite and bed before day 2,3,4 and then off to the airport for a flight back. Revisited a few with Mrs Hobbit and thoroughly enjoyed them.

 

[BiMGuy]

The novelty of foreign travel for work soon wears off. I'm with @ColchesterFC on this

Any travel for work does. My Mrs thinks I’m getting a free holiday any time I have an overnight work trip. Even if it involves staying in a grim Travel Lodge at the side of a motorway services.

 

[Paperboy]

Sympathies.
Whatever you do, don't spend the next 3 months standing over the ball thinking, "Don't shank it. Don't shank it. Don't shank it."
Been there.
I'm still there.

7 years and counting

 

[Beezerk]

The 2 bottles of Marlborough Sauvignon blanc have evaporated so we’ve opened the bourbon that was meant for the weekend at caravan

Proper irritation that

 

[Neilds]

Any travel for work does. My Mrs thinks I’m getting a free holiday any time I have an overnight work trip. Even if it involves staying in a grim Travel Lodge at the side of a motorway services.

Must have been slightly different for my work trip to Barbados to play cricket for a week

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Queue of seven cars all ignoring the option of filling their tank on the 'opposite' side of the pump.
It's not hard, you just have to park with the back of your car level with the pump.

 

[BiMGuy]

Must have been slightly different for my work trip to Barbados to play cricket for a week

Apart from the cricket. That could be ok

 

[ColchesterFC]

Must have been slightly different for my work trip to Barbados to play cricket for a week

You're on my list twice now.

Has anyone seen my list? It's a plain piece of paper and it just has "neilds" written on it. TWICE!!!!!

 

[Slab]

Gawd the forum is a chore when your mobile inexplicably shows it in desktop mode

 

[Jamesbrown]

Go to Tenerife next week.
Weathers lovely here… hate going abroad when it’s nice. It almost seems pointless.

 

[woofers]

Usual irritation when the sun starts shining, people on motorbikes and scooters wearing jeans, shorts, tee shirts and general lack of protection, not realising that their chances of being knocked off are considerably greater than them falling off.

 

[Voyager EMH]

Join the club....we've got jackets

I hate wearing my jacket.

 

[Imurg]

I hate wearing my jacket.

Mines just the wrong colour...

 

[Deleted member 15344]

The complete ends who have just run onto the pitch at the Prem Final.


These protesters are not helping their cause one single bit with their actions and someone is going to get hurt seriously soon enough .


Someone will react and shove those smoke bombs where the sun doesn’t shine

 

[AmandaJR]

The complete ends who have just run onto the pitch at the Prem Final.


These protesters are not helping their cause one single bit with their actions and someone is going to get hurt seriously soon enough .


Someone will react and shove those smoke bombs where the sun doesn’t shine

Whilst I get the cameras not showing them I would rather have liked to see Curry "escort" one off the pitch...seems he hadn't calmed down though and is now off himself!

They're just ruining events for publicity and making themselves VERY unpopular.

 

[HeftyHacker]

Flying, and everything associated with it.

When I come to power there will be a simple set of rules;

1. If you need wheels on your bag it's not hand luggage and has to be checked in.
2. If you are unable to lift your bag above your head easily it's not hand luggage and has to be checked in.
3. If you get to security and don't realise you need to have liquids in a clear bag, electronics out of your bag etc you get sent to the back of the queue.
4. Anyone standing two abreast on a travellator or escalator will be tasered.
5. If you get to the front of the queue at check in and don't have your passport ready you are banned from flying ever again.
6. If you walk through the airport staring at your phone or searching for something in your bag instead of looking where you're going you will get thrown out of the airport and have your luggage burned.
7. Any retailer that charges more than 10% above high street prices will be fined £10k per item that is over that limit. 18 euros for a tuna sandwich, bag of crisps and a black coffee is taking the you know what.
8. If you are too fat to fit in one seat you either don't fly or have to pay for two seats. I didn't pay for my seat to let you take half of it you obese moron.
9. There will be a combined weight limit for the person and luggage. Why should someone that weighs 12 stone have the same allowance as someone that weighs 18 stone?
10. Pricing will be based on weight. A ten stone passenger with 5 stone in luggage will pay the same as a 15 stone passenger with no luggage.

9 and 10 would lead to my entire holiday wardrobe consisting of a single pair of the smallest budgie smugglers... for all occasions... for the entire holiday.

Trust me - no one wants this.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

9 and 10 would lead to my entire holiday wardrobe consisting of a single pair of the smallest budgie smugglers... for all occasions... for the entire holiday.

Trust me - no one wants this.

OMG are you @Tashyboy ‘s brother?

Possibly not as you didn’t mention crocs