The grumpy thread

[myglaren]

Can you not get it from the British Consul?

When we were married (in England) and I was living in Sweden, she got a BVP then went to the consul in Gothenburg and had it made up to a full passport, it was dead easy.

This was 1873 so a while back but I vividly remember the consular secretary, a proper schoolmarm called Zoila Hawthorn.  Perfect as she was fairly prickly.

[captain_70s]

1 minute ago, myglaren said:

This was 1873 so a while back 

Just a bit...

[comfortablynumb]

Beat me to it 😁

[myglaren]

Only a century out, no-one will notice.

[comfortablynumb]

That's a lot of wedding anniversaries to forget 😁

[andy18s]

17 minutes ago, myglaren said:

Can you not get it from the British Consul?

When we were married (in England) and I was living in Sweden, she got a BVP then went to the consul in Gothenburg and had it made up to a full passport, it was dead easy.

This was 1873 so a while back but I vividly remember the consular secretary, a proper schoolmarm called Zoila Hawthorn.  Perfect as she was fairly prickly.

You can but it means having to attend in person,which is a 600km round trip.

I know I'm paying for the convenience but it's still a fair whack to pay out. 

And then I'll have to renew my residency card as the passport number will be different....

[jakebullet]

You could not make it up files time!

Going to go out to pub for tea, and the mrs somehow drops her bra in the toilet. How? How could you do that?

Well I put it in the cupboard above, had a shower then forgot.

She then says she's not going out without a new bra. Man attempts to buy new bra from tescos limited range, trying for the right mix of style, control, aggression and damage.

Glad I'm going home Friday.

[sheffcortinacentre]

12 hours ago, Remspoor said:

You do you and leave me to do me.

Was being sarcastic.

[Remspoor]

If you live outside of the UK you can only apply for British passports on line. (maybe a few exceptions where you cannot)

The info is here

https://www.passport.service.gov.uk/filter/how-to-apply

[Remspoor]

1 minute ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Was being sarcastic.

Did not come across like that. maybe a 😁 or a 😉 may have given me a clue.

[sheffcortinacentre]

I don't trust any of that that stuff. It's the titanic syndrome the more secure they claim it is the more likely I think it is to be breached.

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, jakebullet said:

You could not make it up files time!

Going to go out to pub for tea, and the mrs somehow drops her bra in the toilet. How? How could you do that?

Well I put it in the cupboard above, had a shower then forgot.

She then says she's not going out without a new bra. Man attempts to buy new bra from tescos limited range, trying for the right mix of style, control, aggression and damage.

Glad I'm going home Friday.

So she went to the loo in the pub, then put her bra in a cupboard, before taking a shower? In the pub? Cupboard rejects bra into toilet? 

[jakebullet]

5 hours ago, High Jetter said:

So she went to the loo in the pub, then put her bra in a cupboard, before taking a shower? In the pub? Cupboard rejects bra into toilet? 

Not quite. We're going out to pub.

She spots a seagull has shat on the caravan. OCD CONTAMINATE kicks in because she may have touched it from 8 foot away.

Path of least resistance is shower & change clothes, or OCD will have her checking clothes for imaginary shit all night, declaring car contaminated etc.

She then fucks up showering by "bra in toilet" which could be anything toilet / bra related. Chuff knows, first rule of OCD club is there are no rules.

She's then not leaving caravan without new bra. So 15 mile round trip to tesco for me to buy the perfect* item. Cos I'm an expert bra buyer when all the information I've got is a size.

[somewhatfoolish]

I'm disappointed that OCD doesn't extend to packing more than one set of grundies for a holiday.

[jakebullet]

Well you don't pack until 5 minutes to go so you can keep checking the weather in case there's a sudden hurricane. Then you drop some clothes on floor so contaminated, panic and put wrong things in case. Wouldn't surprise to find she's got 6 bobble hats.

[hairnet]

so applied for a job

they email me to say have this give us a ring

only got email last night

so replied to it saying im away wont be back till next week

rang them today (signal is garbage here)

oh we wanted someone to start today

ffs - shame

[Pieman]

14 hours ago, jakebullet said:

style, control, aggression and damage.

Now THAT takes me back!

[Zelandeth]

It's a truly special type of person who thinks it's fine to stick chewing gum on someone's car while in a supermarket car park.

Thought it was just bird crap for a second, but no.  It's a ball of chewed gum.  Lovely.

[New POD]

11 hours ago, jakebullet said:

Not quite. We're going out to pub.

She spots a seagull has shat on the caravan. OCD CONTAMINATE kicks in because she may have touched it from 8 foot away.

Path of least resistance is shower & change clothes, or OCD will have her checking clothes for imaginary shit all night, declaring car contaminated etc.

She then fucks up showering by "bra in toilet" which could be anything toilet / bra related. Chuff knows, first rule of OCD club is there are no rules.

She's then not leaving caravan without new bra. So 15 mile round trip to tesco for me to buy the perfect* item. Cos I'm an expert bra buyer when all the information I've got is a size.

I feel your pain. There is no logic. 

[DavieW]

Yesterday rush hour, a cyclist rode along the pavement to avoid the stationary traffic making pedestrians move out of his way. 

Later on when the traffic started moving freely, there he is on the road holding up the traffic alongside an empty pavement. 

Can't have it all ways prick. 

[sheffcortinacentre]

Yes they can.

[cobblers]

My lovely wife gets a nice dinner ready for me after work most days. A hearty stew, banging chicken pie, nice mediterranean chicken salad, tuna  melt, cottage pie etc. 

Last night "Ayeup love, I'm hanging a load of posh shirts (that I never want to wear) up to dry on the radiator in the kitchen so just in case you decide to cook owt smelly, take them off first please"

"when do I cook anything smelly?"

"good point!"

 

On my way home from work today, I stopped at the end of the drive, 100+ yards away from our house to have a chat with the old lass that lives over the road. 

"Someone, somewhere is cooking a curry and it smells lovely!" she says. 

She was right. 

 

 

[Saabnut]

I am currently house sitting for a friend in Perth, about 70 miles from home. Arrived yesterday. Today I had a phone call to say my friend and neighbour of 35 years returned from dropping pigs off at the mart, went into his house to make tea and collapsed and died in his lobby to be found by his daughter yesterday evening. FFS.

RIP Dave.

[Inspector Morose]

2 minutes ago, Saabnut said:

I am currently house sitting for a friend in Perth, about 70 miles from home. Arrived yesterday. Today I had a phone call to say my friend and neighbour of 35 years returned from dropping pigs off at the mart, went into his house to make tea and collapsed and died in his lobby to be found by his daughter yesterday evening. FFS.

RIP Dave.

Shit, that’s awful news. 

[comfortablynumb]

Agree, awful news , and worse that his daughter had to be the one to find him

However, please try to take some comfort in the facts that he was obviously capable of living a good life right up to the last, and hopefully it was quick.🙏                                                Condolences @Saabnut

Edited September 27, 2024 by comfortablynumb
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[Marina door handles]

Bad spelling makes me properly stressed, cheers Twinings......

[macgyver]

This went up opposite us recently...

'Fish and Chip - Pie - Saveloy - Sausages - Burger's - Chicken'.

[comfortablynumb]

Couldn't get Iron Maiden tickets 😕

[Volksy]

Just been out to get my phone charger out of the car, and found that a guy spray painting a fence near it has blathered it in overspray. 

Who the fuq spray paints a fence next to parked cars without masking everything off. 

Good job I went out, as there was no way he was gonna own up to it of his own accord. 

He's currently washing it, but if its still bad he's be footing the bill for a full cut and polish...

 

[Yoss]

2 hours ago, comfortablynumb said:

Couldn't get Iron Maiden tickets 😕

I saw them once, in 1984 on the Powerslave tour, at Southampton Gaumont. Great to see they are still touring.