Hello guys and gals 🙂
Do you have days where certain things happen that really piss you off? Well I’ve had a couple of days like that…
So here goes…things that are pissing me off this week…:(
1) Btopenworld…this has got to be one worst ISPs around…it will not stay connected for more than a couple of minutes, especially when I am on the Keypublishing Forums for some reason…methinks that’s a bit spooky (followers of the spookythreads on the Flypast forum will know what I am talking about…
Only have BT Pay As We Rip You Off Left Right and Centre as opposed to BTAnytime You Want To Pay Us £15 A Month And We’ll Still Disconnect You Anyway You Sucker…the latter of which my Dad has the same connection problem that I do…
Used to have Freeserve Anytime but forgot to tell them when my debit card details changed last year, so that went out the window…anyone with Freeserve Anytime who thinks the service is any good?
2) Tescos… or supermarkets in general…why ever is it when you go supermarket shopping on a Saturday there is never anything on the poxy shelves??? Is there a group of phantom shoppers who strip the shop bare while I am asleep on a Friday night (usually having conked out after an excessive quantity of alcohol and fallen asleep on the sofa, only to wake up at 4am in a pool of dribble and with a crick in the neck) Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!
3) Speed humps…this is my really big gripe of the week…I am sure those of you who are resident in the UK are familiar with that disturbing variety of speed hump that is shaped like a poxy big pink square in the middle of the road…
Now I have absolutely nothing against speed calming measures in principle…BUT…after Christmas, the South Cambridgeshire District Council thought it would be a good idea to install six sets of these in Duxford village…now if you drive a motorcycle, bus, lorry, van or 4 wheel drive these are of no issue to you as you can either go round them or get your wheels either side of them…
If you are car driver however…it’s either a case of two wheel on the pink lump and two wheels on the road, or 4 wheels skirting them slowly…I had opted for the second option in the belief (stupidly) that this would absorb the impact…
Well duh…stupid Spitfire polisher…I now have to replace the front tyres on my beloved Focus after only 9000 miles, having knocked the tracking to halfway to Mars and consequently worn both my front tyres on one side…
Like I said, I have nothing against speed calming measures…I stick to the 30mph limits, but know there are many who don’t…but what’s the point of the pink lumps if half the vehicles who travel over them can do so at ease without slowing down??? I drive a Citroen Dispatch at work when transporting films off-site, and have found I can easily clear these with all four wheels clearly each side of the lumps…so what not have the traffic humps that go right across the road instead of these pink monstrosities (spelling?!?)
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
So what’s got on your wick this week?
Ashley, Disgruntled Spitfire Polisher
P.S. Yes I know there are far worse things in the world to worry about, but I’ve just had one of those weeks!
By: Willow - 24th June 2003 at 11:12
This might explain why those Suzuki 4×4 things with the Rhino on the back keep ramming into things:)
Willow
By: Moggy C - 24th June 2003 at 10:59
Yeah, I’m afraid the Puma’s genes have surfaced.
Next time I’ll get a Vauxhall Wilderbeest or something a little more herbivorous.
Moggy
By: Willow - 24th June 2003 at 10:20
Aren’t Pumas supposed to chase Antelopes? They do on all those nature programmes!
(apologies if you car is a Cougar – the same applies to those)
Willow
By: Moggy C - 23rd June 2003 at 17:50
PS
I am really against deer with no road sense this week.
Moggy
By: Moggy C - 23rd June 2003 at 17:48
Very unfair Mixtec.
Damien is unstinting with his help and advice, and has never before now betrayed that he is doing this despite finding the constant repetition, plus the implication that it is technology not talent, irritating.
Moggy
By: Comet - 22nd June 2003 at 13:21
Another rant about my ISP. WHSmith Net has been discontinued because the company providing the service has gone bust so everything has been transferred to the company that runs Breathe. I still cannot get through to them about my payment details (which are due to expire next week) and now it takes ages to even connect to the internet. I can’t wait to be able to switch provider, I just wish that Virgin did a Daytime or Off Peak package like I had with WHSmithNet.
By: Ashley - 21st June 2003 at 21:58
ELP…I’m working on it :p
By: Moggy C - 21st June 2003 at 20:29
Originally posted by ELP
Ashley’s rant for next week will be….. ? 😀
The necessity to teach deer the green cross code.
Mogs 😡
By: ELP - 21st June 2003 at 15:59
Ashley’s rant for next week will be….. ? 😀
By: ageorge - 21st June 2003 at 08:06
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Can I join in
Originally posted by EN830
Ageorge not that many lambs in Jersey, you must have got me confused with someone from the Scottish Isles.
Ahhh sorry Ian , I must apologise to any Aberdonians who thought the Channel Islanders were stealing their partners – I know Aberdeen is’nt an island ( wish it was !) but they do have a scandalous reputation for collecting sheep and wellies. 😉
By: EN830 - 20th June 2003 at 23:51
Re: Re: Re: Re: Can I join in
Originally posted by ageorge
Trust a bloody Tax Haven Accountant to ask for a Tax free bung 🙂Ian , remember we have photos’s of you in wellies during this years lambing season , taken from April’s Animal Mud Burglers Weekly 😀
Ageorge not that many lambs in Jersey, you must have got me confused with someone from the Scottish Isles.
By: dezz - 19th June 2003 at 22:57
That reminds me of a joke……
Q, How do you turn a fox into a pitbull???
A, Marry it.
Running for cover Dezz
🙂
By: ageorge - 19th June 2003 at 20:25
How come men can sit and watch the football for 2 hours without saying a word , try spending 2 hours in silence with the wife and the first thing she asks is ” why are you in the huff ” eh ???.
Or buying shoes they ask ” what do you think ??” and get upset when the answer is “what the fcuk is wrong with the 20 pairs of unworn shoes in your cupboards”.
Why is a wedding ring the most powerful contraceptive known to man ???? , they get a ring and think it’s a fcuking chastity belt !!!!.
By: EN830 - 19th June 2003 at 20:16
Why must they insist on watching the weekly episodes then the omnibus edition on a sunday, and if they get the chance the repeats on BBC3.
By: sparky - 19th June 2003 at 16:44
You’re expected to stay quiet during Eastenders but it’s alright for her to chat your ear off during something you want to watch.
Why must they watch the weekly episodes at the expense of what you want to watch on C4 ,documentry what ever because they can’t miss it and then watch the same cr@p all again on the Sunday omnibus edition:confused: 😡
By: ageorge - 19th June 2003 at 15:32
Re: Re: Re: Can I join in
Originally posted by EN830
We have photo’sJust send the money concealed in a brown envelope in used notes in unsequential notes of a large denomination only..
Trust a bloody Tax Haven Accountant to ask for a Tax free bung 🙂
Ian , remember we have photos’s of you in wellies during this years lambing season , taken from April’s Animal Mud Burglers Weekly 😀
By: EN830 - 19th June 2003 at 14:04
Re: Re: Can I join in
Originally posted by Moggy C
That child is nothing to do with me. I deny it 😉Moggy (Senior)
We have photo’s
Just send the money concealed in a brown envelope in used unsequential notes of a large denomination only..
By: Moggy C - 19th June 2003 at 10:31
Re: Can I join in
Originally posted by EN830
Why is it when your in a particular hurry to get somewhere, Reginald Molehusband decides to take Moggy Minor out for a spin
That child is nothing to do with me. I deny it 😉
Moggy (Senior)
By: Ashley - 19th June 2003 at 08:44
~lol~ at ELP…hee hee…fortunately I don’t do that very often 🙂
By: ELP - 19th June 2003 at 02:32
I am asleep on a Friday night (usually having conked out after an excessive quantity of alcohol and fallen asleep on the sofa, only to wake up at 4am in a pool of dribble and with a crick in the neck)
All the sudden Ashley, I know way too much about you 😀 😀
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June 14, 2003 at 11:33 pm