Minor Rant Thread - Part 9

[PyreneesPlot]

Knees. Three steps forward, two steps back. Or rather hobbles.

[binley100]

Raining.
Again.
Fgs.

[julesapple]

Table runners......this one is coming together so slowly it should be a table dawdler.

And Boys. Or possibly shoe manufacturers. Not sure which, but new shoes desperately needed - The Boy having gone through two (expensive) pairs in six weeks. They've just fallen apart.

[Dorothy rouse]

Why do people not pick their lovely Autumn raspberries? Just left to rot, am very tempted to help myself!

That would be wrong of me wouldn't it?

[Bill HH]

Table runners......this one is coming together so slowly it should be a table dawdler.

And Boys. Or possibly shoe manufacturers. Not sure which, but new shoes desperately needed - The Boy having gone through two (expensive) pairs in six weeks. They've just fallen apart.

Take them back, they are clearly not fit for purpose.(The shoes, not the boy)

[alldigging]

Why do people not pick their lovely Autumn raspberries?

Why do my autumn raspberries dissolve when you try to pick them? Cos it's rained so much and they're sour as heck.

[julesapple]

Why are you letting off fireworks? It's not even dark enough to see the pyrotechnics yet.....

[Potstubsdustbins]

Supposed heating engineers who ring me at 4-15pm on a Friday to ask how to fix a boiler.

Then get shirty when I explain that advice to the lay person is free. Advice to a supposed professional is £60 per hour or part there of.

If you can't hack it go do summat else.

Potty with a monk on

[alldigging]

Trying to switch bank accounts. The bank noticing that my driving licence is Mrs D and my actual name is Ms D...
And then having Nic say I should be Mrs P anyway. *sighs*

And then luckily I have a form here to change the details on my driving licence but what proof of the change from Mrs to Ms do I have? I have none.

I reckon I must have ticked the wrong box at some point or maybe whoever let me have a driving licence without checking my ID matched must share the blame a bit too.

But anyway two trips to the bank and that's AFTER spending what felt like a week filling the form in online.

[Dorothy rouse]

Why do my autumn raspberries dissolve when you try to pick them? Cos it's rained so much and they're sour as heck.

Do they not taste as good as summer ones then? I don't have any Autumn ones, does seem a shame just to leave them to rot tho

[alldigging]

Do they not taste as good as summer ones then? I don't have any Autumn ones, does seem a shame just to leave them to rot tho

They need more sunshine. Which in November is in short supply.
They'd probably be ok jammed but they are a bit soggy with the rain.
Squishy.

[rustylady]

Getting lumbered with the grandchildren again this weekend. FFS their Dad was supposed to be having them. 1 pm is a bit short notice.

[Dorothy rouse]

Getting lumbered with the grandchildren again this weekend. FFS their Dad was supposed to be having them. 1 pm is a bit short notice.

Shame you feel 'put upon'. X

[julesapple]

OMFG.....

Bl**dy red tape! The DD has booked an appointment with the registrar to submit all the necessary paper crap they need to get married; to prove they exist, that they're British; that they are who they say they are. It's myriad. And mindboggling. It's cost them £75 and they've got nowhere.

I was born in Holland - because that's where HM Forces sent my parents when my mother was pregnant. It says this clearly on my birth certificate, issued by the British Consul General in Rotterdam. But some reason, this is not enough. I have to make an appointment to see the registrar, with all of my relevant paperwork, passport, birth certificate, NI card, wedding certificate and copies of both of my parent's birth certificates and their wedding certificate.

And it will cost me £75 to do it.........

[Mikey]

DD came home from school today crestfallen, they were handing out parts for the Christmas play and she has yet again been given a very small part. I've tried to explain there's no point being quiet and hoping you'll get noticed you have to get in there and blow your own trumpet.

You think schools would take note of who had major roles and not repeat them year after year though. Kids are very hot on injustice.