The grumpy thread

[bub2006]

Realised earlier today that I've lost my wallet. Last place I seen it was Newport Pagnell services yesterday when I put it on roof of cat with my dinner. I know I ate my snap but buggered if I cam recall picking wallet up off the roof. Services are shite at ringing back when I called earlier on the slim chance someone picked it and handed it in.

[Danblez]

Realised earlier today that I've lost my wallet. Last place I seen it was Newport Pagnell services yesterday when I put it on roof of cat with my dinner. I know I ate my snap but buggered if I cam recall picking wallet up off the roof. Services are shite at ringing back when I called earlier on the slim chance someone picked it and handed it in.

Why on Earth had you taken your cat to the services?

[Craig the Princess]

 

Surely people know that filming kids in a playground is a big no no?

Too right, good on you for phoning the fuzz. It's not like you have given someone innocent a kicking.

[richardmorris]

I don't agree. There are weirdos about. I'm not sure I'd report it to the fuzz, but I may have gone up and said hello, can I help with anything. If I was with my neices at a playground I'd definitely be concerned by a single man taking photos.

[somewhatfoolish]

GRASS

 

Nonce sense!

[Cavcraft]

Reporting this seems like paranoia to me.

 

Maybe you should think again before you take your children out in public.

 

Ben

 

Say what? He did exactly the right thing.

[Pillock]

Naaah that does seem worth 101'ing in.... It's not like you've called 999 expecting the flying squad but it might tie in with other reports.

 

Not saying that filming the countryside is against the law, but anyone with an ounce of sense these days doesn't film kids playing.

 

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[Louise2cv]

I have to get round London this weekend I am pooping myself. Not because I am anti London or anti public transport, just because I have no idea what I am doing. Working out where to go/which bus or train/how to pay etc.

 

I'm more nervous about getting my number and getting to the start than I am about running the 26miles!

[bub2006]

Why on Earth had you taken your cat to the services?

Car, sorry.

[DodgeRover]

I think you did the right thing too, although if my kids had been in there I might have had words.

Could well be a child with a troubled history there with a parent who has been forbidden to contact or come into contact with them.

[Parky]

I have to get round London this weekend I am pooping myself. Not because I am anti London or anti public transport, just because I have no idea what I am doing. Working out where to go/which bus or train/how to pay etc.

I'm more nervous about getting my number and getting to the start than I am about running the 26miles!

Any help or advice gratefully issued!

[Louise2cv]

Well I have to get from Heathrow to ExCel.

 

My OH says we just use contactless cards but I am programmed not to believe him. Is it true?

 

Also I have since discovered Heathrow isn't just a little airport, it should be easy enough to navigate my way out of there right?

 

We have been told to stop planning journeys with Google maps and CityMapper App has been recommended.

 

Thanks for offering to help!

[meshking]

It is true. Your contactless card will top out the days travelcard. I've not used my oyster for sometime.

 

Heathrow is a big place. You will need to get to the jubilee line, should be doable with a single change from Heathrow tube.

 

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[Louise2cv]

It is true. Your contactless card will top out the days travelcard. I've not used my oyster for sometime.

 

Heathrow is a big place. You will need to get to the jubilee line, should be doable with a single change from Heathrow tube.

 

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Thanks

 

So do we just wave the card at ticket barriers or do we need something else?

[Louise2cv]

I'm sorry about being so dense about it but it does baffle me.

 

Wasn't there a story about someone on here's dad forcing a London Bus driver to take a pound coin? That'll be me!

[Louise2cv]

Ok! I watched a TfL YouTube video guide for simpletons like me. I am almost not confused anymore.

 

Thank you for your patience.

[Lankytim]

I don't understand. What was wrong with what the passer by was doing?

 

Ben

Filming children and attempting to conceal it maybe?

 

If you can't see the issue with this then you've either arrived yesterday from another planet or you're woefully naive.

[Pillock]

Yes, use a contactless card on tube barriers and buses and at 2am the next day it works out the cheapest fare you can get away with for the journey made (i.e. a maximum of a travelcard worth) and charges your card.

 

On buses, touch in ONLY and don't try to touch out.

 

You can also use Android/Apple Pay on your phone, but the 0.2second delay will lead to you being trampled to a pulp and then beaten further to death by irate commuters.

 

Stand on the right on escalators. Do not make eye contact with anyone.

[Louise2cv]

You guys are brilliant!

​A really big chunk of my fundraising came from people from here too, really grateful for the support, thanks to all.

 

I'm at about £800 which is knocking on a grand with gift aid. Been injured and ill but determined to complete. And now there's a much stronger chance of me registering and finding the start too!

[sporty-shite]

I've just sent this by email to Chris Evans at the BBC...  In the subject line I called it "Listener Retention"

 

Mr Evans:

You failed.

I used to enjoy you on the Drivetime programme.  ...I thought your puppyish enthusiasm was a good thing in the mornings.  

 

I enjoy Sara Cox's version of the Breakfast Show almost without reserve.

 

 

For the love of God, Eddy. What on earth are you thinking?

 

Sara Cox is one of the few reasons I am embarrassed to be from Bolton.

 

Chris Evans' "puppyish enthusiasm" is just downright annoying, as is everything else about him. 

 

I really thought you were a man of taste.

 

Yours

 

Sporty

(not even on his 50s, but more "Victor" than all of you)

[robinmasters]

Harry Styles' new song is fucking ace!

It's a sign of the times.

That was Prince, not Harry Styles.

[M'coli]

You guys are brilliant!

 

​A really big chunk of my fundraising came from people from here too, really grateful for the support, thanks to all.

 

I'm at about £800 which is knocking on a grand with gift aid. Been injured and ill but determined to complete. And now there's a much stronger chance of me registering and finding the start too!

Another donation - you're not too shabby yourself!  Good luck at the weekend.

[Louise2cv]

Another donation - you're not too shabby yourself! Good luck at the weekend.

[Louise2cv]

Thanks ever so much, hope to do you proud

[loserone]

Do not make eye contact with anyone.

 

I made that mistake once.  Oddly, someone in the area then asked how far north I lived and offered that they'd moved from Cumbria and still hadn't gotten used to pretending noone else exists.

[sporty-shite]

Do any of the other reasons answer to the name Vernon Kaye?

Possibly, but he's nowhere near as annoying as that Cox woman. Not by a long way. 

[Eddie Honda]

Yes, use a contactless card on tube barriers and buses and at 2am the next day it works out the cheapest fare you can get away with for the journey made (i.e. a maximum of a travelcard worth) and charges your card.

 

It's all witchcraft!

 

Last time I was in Shit City (2015), I must of looked a right thicko from the country. My miserable bank(s) hadnt issued contactless cards and the train ticket I was using was an old-fashioned CIV handwritten one because SailRail.

[overrun]

Hay fever is kicking my arse, and every time I sneeze it hurts my back. I worry that it will set off the muscle spasms I can get, as my back isn't the best at present, and was fucked, a couple of weeks ago.

[michael1703]

I have to get round London this weekend I am pooping myself. Not because I am anti London or anti public transport, just because I have no idea what I am doing. Working out where to go/which bus or train/how to pay etc.

I'm more nervous about getting my number and getting to the start than I am about running the 26miles!

You need a good poop before running 26 miles too.

 

Don't use the DLR if you can avoid it, get south of the Thames another way, it's known to break on marathon day, one year some poor buggers had run 4 miles before they'd even started the race

[Cavcraft]

Filming children and attempting to conceal it maybe?

 

If you can't see the issue with this then you've either arrived yesterday from another planet or you're woefully naive.

This. We've reported people in the past at my local park for the same thing.

Could be entirely innocent and maybe they're taking pictures because they used to live near there years ago, or whatever. Thing is though, you'd do that when there was no kids about.

Even in junior football we (managers) couldn't take pictures of our team unless the parents gave us permission.