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Bloody insurance company giving me an affordable quote... then two days later doubling it for absolutely no reason, thus contributing to me missing out on a car because I was trying to root around and find another decent quote. 

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1 hour ago, Remspoor said:

Android apps wanting to update every week. It is so annoying. They never inform you what has actually changed either.

Yup. How much time are we all made to waste by updating stuff? FFS get it right in the first place! I used a Win 7 pro desktop for 10 years without any updates, it worked fine.

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I know, we should all go back to having software set when you buy a device so it can't change and slow you down.  Noone ever got infected on Windows 7, and no Android devices are running spambots.  See also, the China virus is a conspiracy to control us all.

 

(What's wrong with just updating overnight when it's on charge?)

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Bob the fucking builder next door is becoming an even bigger twat. This morning Ma announces I'm to have the joy of running the hedge trimmer over the conifer hedge at the front of the house. In the middle of doing said fun task BTFB appears and says / demands I can come in his yard to cut the end that has grown a full 6 inches into his yard.

Hmm, let me think about it for a minute. You're a bunch of annoying twats. There's feral children + dog roaming in said yard. There's a dog egg every 12 inches as you never take it for walks or clean up after it shitting everywhere. That's a nope then.

Later we notice that he's cut it himself. And has then collected all the clippings and strewn them everywhere along the pavement in front of our house so it looks like we've cut the hedge and just left it on the floor. Must have taken a fair bit of effort to achieve this artistry, you would have to pick it up and bag it without getting dog shit on you, carry said bag thru the minefield and then spread it evenly along the pavement.

Is it petty to play the same game? It's guaranteed every bin day our bin gains a bin liner full of beer cans as an 80 litre recycling bin emptied once a month has no hope against their drinking. We really should return this lost* property.

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1 hour ago, jakebullet said:

Bob the fucking builder next door is becoming an even bigger twat. This morning Ma announces I'm to have the joy of running the hedge trimmer over the conifer hedge at the front of the house. In the middle of doing said fun task BTFB appears and says / demands I can come in his yard to cut the end that has grown a full 6 inches into his yard.

Hmm, let me think about it for a minute. You're a bunch of annoying twats. There's feral children + dog roaming in said yard. There's a dog egg every 12 inches as you never take it for walks or clean up after it shitting everywhere. That's a nope then.

Later we notice that he's cut it himself. And has then collected all the clippings and strewn them everywhere along the pavement in front of our house so it looks like we've cut the hedge and just left it on the floor. Must have taken a fair bit of effort to achieve this artistry, you would have to pick it up and bag it without getting dog shit on you, carry said bag thru the minefield and then spread it evenly along the pavement.

Is it petty to play the same game? It's guaranteed every bin day our bin gains a bin liner full of beer cans as an 80 litre recycling bin emptied once a month has no hope against their drinking. We really should return this lost* property.

Just put a padlock.on your bin for now...

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On 10/14/2020 at 12:42 AM, eddyramrod said:

I feel your pain there!  I haven't found anything that'll stick the rear-view mirror to the windscreen on the Cadillac.... in three years of looking!

 

In other news, Volvo have a lovely new ad running  on the telly, highlighting some sort of radar on their SUVs that tells you if there's traffic coming across your path as you reverse out of your drive.  The strapline is "We're as concerned about your safety as you are" which is a very Volvo thing to say.  Except... if you're even slightly concerned about your safety at all, using as many as one brain cell, you'd be doing what your instructor taught you and reversing INTO your fucking drive!  If you're reversing out you are clearly not concerned with your own or anyone else's safety!  Well done  Volvo, bullet/foot interface there.  Go on, try it in front of Huggy, see what happens.

Ford mirror pads or Tiger Seal. Win.

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6 hours ago, jakebullet said:

Bob the fucking builder next door is becoming an even bigger twat. This morning Ma announces I'm to have the joy of running the hedge trimmer over the conifer hedge at the front of the house. In the middle of doing said fun task BTFB appears and says / demands I can come in his yard to cut the end that has grown a full 6 inches into his yard.

Hmm, let me think about it for a minute. You're a bunch of annoying twats. There's feral children + dog roaming in said yard. There's a dog egg every 12 inches as you never take it for walks or clean up after it shitting everywhere. That's a nope then.

Later we notice that he's cut it himself. And has then collected all the clippings and strewn them everywhere along the pavement in front of our house so it looks like we've cut the hedge and just left it on the floor. Must have taken a fair bit of effort to achieve this artistry, you would have to pick it up and bag it without getting dog shit on you, carry said bag thru the minefield and then spread it evenly along the pavement.

Is it petty to play the same game? It's guaranteed every bin day our bin gains a bin liner full of beer cans as an 80 litre recycling bin emptied once a month has no hope against their drinking. We really should return this lost* property.

He needn’t have left them on the path; he’s legally entitled to cut it and chuck it on your lawn- as long as it’s your hedge and it encroaches over his property. 

Some people will tell you that they MUST return them, as they are legally yours!

In short, grin and move on. He sounds like a right cherub. 

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My girlfriends mum.   Thick as a concrete fortification. 

Driving her somewhere the other day and the manual passenger mirror needs adjusted.   Franny do me a favour I say and push that knob towards the front of the car.....She pushes it down.     No   towards the front of the car.    She pulls it back..     Push it towards the front.....you know the nose off the car.    She pulls an annoyed expression and pushes and pulls it in multiple directions giving a clear view of the sky, the road surface of the A90 and tired paintwork.      I give up and mentally vow to make use of the Longbridge installed loom for the leccy mirrors.   

On it's own it's no big deal but she's also an appalling gambling addict who chucks 50quid at a slot machine and thinks she's done well to win £20 back.   An incorrigible know it all despite the fact she knows the square root of fuck all about anything.  Hyper aggressive and self centred.  Has 'borrowed' money which she then conveniently forgets about and has no empathy towards anyone or anything. 

She's wheelchair bound and I'm not convinced there's anything actually wrong with her.    She can walk herself about on her knees just fine which makes me wonder what disease or illness affects you from the knees down only.  At least one doctor has said it's all in her head.

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1 hour ago, Skut said:

She's wheelchair bound and I'm not convinced there's anything actually wrong with her.    She can walk herself about on her knees just fine which makes me wonder what disease or illness affects you from the knees down only.  At least one doctor has said it's all in her head.

I worked with a bloke who's wife was seriously ill and had lost a lot of her mobility and was wheelchair bound,  she was only young, less than 30, he was taking her all over the country to see specialists, paid privately in Harley Street etc as it baffled the doctors..

After about 18 months of this he got talking to someone in the village who said "it's so great to see your wifes better, its lovely to see her walk past everyday" a bit of sleuthing revealed she'd made the whole thing up, absolutely nothing wrong with her..

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6 minutes ago, Floatylight said:

I worked with a bloke who's wife was seriously ill and had lost a lot of her mobility and was wheelchair bound,  she was only young, less than 30, he was taking her all over the country to see specialists, paid privately in Harley Street etc as it baffled the doctors..

After about 18 months of this he got talking to someone in the village who said "it's so great to see your wifes better, its lovely to see her walk past everyday" a bit of sleuthing revealed she'd made the whole thing up, absolutely nothing wrong with her..

Somehow that made me think of this.

 

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7 minutes ago, Floatylight said:

I worked with a bloke who's wife was seriously ill and had lost a lot of her mobility and was wheelchair bound,  she was only young, less than 30, he was taking her all over the country to see specialists, paid privately in Harley Street etc as it baffled the doctors..

After about 18 months of this he got talking to someone in the village who said "it's so great to see your wifes better, its lovely to see her walk past everyday" a bit of sleuthing revealed she'd made the whole thing up, absolutely nothing wrong with her..

On the other hand, my wife could walk a little around the house, but needed a wheelchair for any distance, and was in constant pain for 25 years.

She's dead now.

I wish I was still pushing her around.

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50 minutes ago, Floatylight said:

I worked with a bloke who's wife was seriously ill and had lost a lot of her mobility and was wheelchair bound,  she was only young, less than 30, he was taking her all over the country to see specialists, paid privately in Harley Street etc as it baffled the doctors..

After about 18 months of this he got talking to someone in the village who said "it's so great to see your wifes better, its lovely to see her walk past everyday" a bit of sleuthing revealed she'd made the whole thing up, absolutely nothing wrong with her..

Or this (terrible quality)

 

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Stress is killing me.  Literally.  Another Crohns flare up owing to passport mayhem and have been in hospital nil by mouth since Thursday.  Of course getting treated during Covid was a treat and they are generally doing their best but that’s the state of the NHS right now and it ain’t getting better this winter folks so pop your masks on.  Even if you don’t believe in science it keeps your face warm which is a nice side effect when it’s cold.

So this is where life gets interesting. In order to get released I have to be able to eat.  Three options, none of which work for my system (I am not being a wet flannel, I can’t eat cooked tomato’s as they trigger inflammation in my gut so soup isn’t going to work).  There is a chicken soup option but it’s not on their light diet list (apparently Tomato is a clear soup whereas chicken is a light one, it’s different and rules are rules) so strictly verboten to me.  Ah, decisions decisions.  

And somewhere along the line I am supposed to be packing for NZ and studying.  You know what?  I am starting to feel like the Turkish fella in “From Russia with Love”.   You lot are on the right hand side....Right, here we go.

”I’ve had a very interesting life.  Would you like to hear about it?  You would!”

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5 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

He needn’t have left them on the path; he’s legally entitled to cut it and chuck it on your lawn- as long as it’s your hedge and it encroaches over his property. 

Some people will tell you that they MUST return them, as they are legally yours!

In short, grin and move on. He sounds like a right cherub. 

I was totally expecting him to chuck them over the fence given he's a grade 1 tool. The (shared with 15 houses) rear access lane has become his own personal builder's yard with piles of shit and his pikey truck blocking it, fortunately I'm before him. His Mrs. is a nasty piece of work and the child is mentally defective. I'm guessing fetal alcohol syndrome. She's very good at teaching him Pavlovian responses. He's currently learned to have a meltdown every day at 5 pm 'cos that's when he knows she will be shouting "eat your fucking tea you cunt!"

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16 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

He needn’t have left them on the path; he’s legally entitled to cut it and chuck it on your lawn- as long as it’s your hedge and it encroaches over his property. 

Some people will tell you that they MUST return them, as they are legally yours!

In short, grin and move on. He sounds like a right cherub. 

Legally he must offer you the clippings but there's no obligation to take them; dumping them on the pavement is littering and it would be a shame if he had been videoed doing it and the video found its way to the council 'utter bastard' enforcement dept, along with dobbing to the planning dept about him using the premises as a builders yard without a change of use. Strictly for the good of mankind though, not for petty vengeance.

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On 10/18/2020 at 9:59 PM, Nyphur said:

Yes it is, and probably not worth it, if you want a quiet life. Or at least not a noisier life than you have now.

Unfortunately it is if you want a quiet life... But then there is environmental health, social services, child welfare etc etc... Not that I am suggesting any of those 🤔

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it gone phut :-(

treated the old single core lap top to a new SSD , new OS , new CMOS battery  ....

and a couple of weeks later .. nothing

not even a beep if I take the memory cards out , a blank screen  and a feeble whirr from the fan ...

binned .. 

SSD is now a good sized USB flash drive ...

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So today I was nearly involved in an accident with an hgv who decided he'd like to drive on my side of the road.



I'll point out luckily because the roads around there were so shit, and my car being about 3mm off the floor I was only doing 40/45.
So I could avoid him and the low wall on the left.
I stopped just up the road to check I hadn't damaged it.
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13 minutes ago, iainrcz said:

So today I was nearly involved in an accident with an hgv who decided he'd like to drive on my side of the road.
 

 


I'll point out luckily because the roads around there were so shit, and my car being about 3mm off the floor I was only doing 40/45.
So I could avoid him and the low wall on the left.
I stopped just up the road to check I hadn't damaged it.

 

An Escape from shit driving?  Sorry, couldn't resist.  Proper shit that.

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