Random Irritations

Lord Tyrion said:
It may seem a harsh one but people who meet to let off balloons to 'remember someone'. It's litter, it is likely going to end up in the stomach of a bird, fish or small animal. Lay flowers if you want to but don't let off balloons.
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Try telling that to a child who’s just lost their parents.
 
Myself and my own internal instincts. A man stopped me to ask for directions earlier and my first thought was "he might be trying to mug you, be careful". Of course he wasn't, I gave him the directions and off he went. More saddening than irritating really, but maybe a product of living and working in and around London where nobody speaks to one another! Walked away feeling quite disappointed at myself really.
 
Ice here.
Lots of rain and sleet plus a bit of snow yesterday/last night and now the estate roads are sheet ice.
Just seen a car going almost sideways down our road.....
Might stay in until lunchtime....:unsure:
 
Stuart_C said:
Try telling that to a child who’s just lost their parents.
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ColchesterFC said:
Or a parent who has just lost a child.
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I understand both viewpoints but there are other ways, ways that don't involve littering the countryside, seas and rivers. Ways that don't involve hurting animals, birds and fish. I think most people have now seen clips from Blue Planet, why add to that?
 
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Imurg said:
Ice here.
Lots of rain and sleet plus a bit of snow yesterday/last night and now the estate roads are sheet ice.
Just seen a car going almost sideways down our road.....
Might stay in until lunchtime....:unsure:
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And idiots thinking they only have to clear a patch wide enough to see out of the front window. Forget doing the side windows and so blindly pull out in front of oncoming traffic. We had tow absolute melts on the estate this morning who thought this was a great idea. Fortunately the road we were on had no ice/black ice and we could brake safely and avoid hitting them. HID had to refrain me from giving both a piece of my mind (not sure she thought I care spare too much!!). If that had been a dual carriageway they would have zero idea who was pulling on/across
 
Yep, the idiots were out in force today, from the one accelerating towards stationary traffic, and then braking stupidly hard, having clearly not even considered the road might be icy, to the bird doing 40 on the A41 putting on her eye make up.
 
Writing cheques, done about 20 in the last week


edit to add another:
'Cheques' being so old and outdated that the GM forum spellcheck doesn't even know what it is :eek: but it knows what an instagram is
 
Slab said:
Writing cheques, done about 20 in the last week


edit to add another:
'Cheques' being so old and outdated that the GM forum spellcheck doesn't even know what it is :eek: but it knows what an instagram is
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Probably just that the spell check is American. It always underlines 'colour' and 'centre' and so on for me. It may even be the browser that does that rather than the forum itself, I'm not sure.
 
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