srixon 1
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I haven't put any fuel in my car since the start of lockdown. Trip computer says I still have 70 miles worth left.
Random Irritations
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backwoodsman
Tour Winner
My next-door-neighbours parking ...
We're on-street parking round here and she simply can't do it properly. Never parked straight, frequently nowhere near the kerb, but at least 60% of the time, there's at least one wheel on the pavement - by up to 1ft . Doesnt cause any real issue but by the devil its annoying !!
We're on-street parking round here and she simply can't do it properly. Never parked straight, frequently nowhere near the kerb, but at least 60% of the time, there's at least one wheel on the pavement - by up to 1ft . Doesnt cause any real issue but by the devil its annoying !!
Beedee
Assistant Pro
Just filled up this week. Drive a diesel SUV. Pre covid - every 6 working days. Post covid - March 23rd and then again on August 24th.
Swinglowandslow
Well-known member
Read post 16365. And don't rush to judgement.
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Deleted member 21784
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mrs waterbroke this morning
thats not annoying. annoying is dropping her off and having to come home until active labour
stupid covid.
thats not annoying. annoying is dropping her off and having to come home until active labour
stupid covid.
robinthehood
Hacker
Yeah I've read it and seen the video. How does it justify shooting him in the back 7 times.
Mandofred
Well-known member
I'm definitely not rushing to judgement, as far as WE know for certain it may have been the correct decision. But......if I were playing golf right behind you every morning....and every morning I hit into your group 3 or 4 times (and later apologized of course...you know....etiquette), how long would it take before you figured out I'm just a crazy (insert bad word here) and I'm just totally messed up? If I were black and living in the US, this kind of garbage (the shooting, not the bad golf) happens a lot more than it does to a white person. Although, according to that Trump mouthpiece a couple of days ago....the US is NOT a racist country. uh-huh......sure.
Rooter
Money List Winner
Reading and hearing about everyone who has saved a fortune during the lockdown. Am I the only one not to be any better off? (OK I know a huge amount of people have been laid off etc) but even furloughed people I know were financially better off not working! A mate of mine who did not get furloughed reckons he is easily over 8k up due to COVID. Taking payment holidays on stuff he didn't need to etc. But just in general those who just carried on like me, I am actually worse off I reckon than normal... Anyway, I still have a job, etc. Just a random irritation, so don't @ me any 'you should be thankful' etc..
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I think if I hadn't whored myself overtime wise covering the shielders during covid I prob would be in same position as yourself .. except maybe due to playing less golf and eating out less would save say £200 a month but not masses amounts like 8k
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
The guys doing landscaping for us front of house made an assumption that they did not check before building a step and doing some concreting and edging for a path to be tiled. I spotted last night the error of their assumption.
It might not seem that significant - but we've noticed it and it will annoy as we've been bitten in the past by this sort of thing. We are spending a lot of money on the landscaping and I'm probably going to have to ask for quite a lot of work to be undone and redone. Not comfortable as the lad doing most of the work is a nice and decent lad - and he does care about getting his work right.
But bottom line is that an assumption was made that has proven to be incorrect. They could have discussed it with us at the outset if they'd checked the assumption - but they didn't.
I am so not good at this sort of discussion - I am a conflict avoider.
It might not seem that significant - but we've noticed it and it will annoy as we've been bitten in the past by this sort of thing. We are spending a lot of money on the landscaping and I'm probably going to have to ask for quite a lot of work to be undone and redone. Not comfortable as the lad doing most of the work is a nice and decent lad - and he does care about getting his work right.
But bottom line is that an assumption was made that has proven to be incorrect. They could have discussed it with us at the outset if they'd checked the assumption - but they didn't.
I am so not good at this sort of discussion - I am a conflict avoider.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
No - I am afraid that you are not the only one. And many who have suffered very badly often don't seem to get that much sympathy from those who've benefited or not been impacted that much or not at all. Now that is irritating and rather depressing. See also those such as a friend of a friend who has bought a new car - a Porsche (know not whether new or not) would you believe - using a grant he got from the government...not that is VERY irritating.
Mind you - as much as payment holidays are fine when money is really tight - the payments still have to be paid one way or another.
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
Is this one of those times were the fella could've/should've asked before he did it... but also one of those times you could've/should've told him before he reached that bit
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again covid and hospitals
Mrs is still in hospital and im still at home
they saying tomorrow for the C section now MAYBE
you would think with covid they would want her out of there asap.
Mrs is still in hospital and im still at home
they saying tomorrow for the C section now MAYBE
you would think with covid they would want her out of there asap.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
They did a lot of measuring before starting and should have realised it was crucial to have the step up from the pavement onto the path totally aligned with the step up from the path to the porch. They have built both steps and they are building the straight path between the two steps. The two steps and the straight edges of the path 'should' create a perfect rectangle to be tiled (using ceramic outdoor tiles).Is this one of those times were the fella could've/should've asked before he did it... but also one of those times you could've/should've told him before he reached that bit
As it is, as the distance between the steps is only 3.5m, you can see the two steps are not aligned and, as clever as the tiler might be in 'losing' the inconsistency, we'll still be able to see the steps misaligned - it's obvious. We are paying a lot of money for the tiling and I wouldn't expect the tiler to have to 'fiddle' things to make it look OK.
As I have said to the owner of the company earlier - the tiled path could be down for many decades - the existing wooden fence might get replaced next week. Anyway - he's round later with the tiler.
woofers
Medal Winner
Where’s the celebrity and media outrage for Cannon Hinnant? Didn’t his young life matter ?
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
What was the context? Was this a murder committed by an unstable individual, or was this a murder in the context of racial or religious bigotry, or in the context of institutional negligence. Every life and every death matters - of course they do. However sometimes the context makes any individual death more significant.
But I suspect that you knew that.
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Faux outrage.
chrisd
Major Champion
You don't know how annoyed I am that you've said that ?
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Well - the knock at the door and the owner of the company stood there. Looked at me and - before I could say anything - said 'it's wrong - we have to fix it'. Very happy Mrs SILH.Is this one of those times were the fella could've/should've asked before he did it... but also one of those times you could've/should've told him before he reached that bit
Piece
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Buy two packs....
