Minor Rant thread 2016

[cptncrackoff]

Last summer, I finally got round to saving some tomato seeds from some heritage tomatoes that a very kind grape donated me two years ago.

I had all the varieties in separate tubs, drying..

Apparently the kids needed tubs to play with, now I have one very full tub of lucky dip seeds!

[Aberdeenplotter]

Bt Broadband has had massive outages uk wide including here. Bleeding pain. when I tried phoning to query whether there was a problem with my line, all I got was a message saying the system was busy. I later discovered the massive outages. Black marks BT. at the very least you could have kept the information current. I found out the scale of the problem on a Forum.

[PyreneesPlot]

Leeks - voles from below, alium leaf miner on top and now they are starting to bolt, two months early.
The Hungry Gap is going to be a Hungry Epoch at this rate

[Lumpy]

That Nature did not make all seeds the same size as peas............

I am pretty sure that, if lucky I will get 4 carrots, 1237 lettuces and 1 spring onion.

Anybody a portable electron microscope I can borrow?

[Aberdeenplotter]

Bleeding vertical banner ads which adblocker isn't blocking

[lottie dolly]

MALES,had enough this morning,i ended up doing a screech and a thump the table in desparation,all ended up well my PM,in wilkos and a male had a go at me,all that accured you big mouth,was YOU bumped MY basket,then lied and said if i got owt to say come out with it not mutter,no i did not mutter blaa barrr,well you nodded your head ,and if i had put my package in the basket properly,I told him he was a liar,i did not mutter,and how bladdy arrogant he was,then walked away,the package was my new large propagator,to heavy to carry round the store,so it was wedged cornerways,plus other stuff in the bottom,and a laundry basket and rubbish bin in the other hand,sorry for the moan,i needed it badly,if only peeps that upset others,realize how upsetting they are at the time.

[Guest]

People that make me be rude to them

Had a phone call regarding the fault with my phone, asked if they could call back in an hour as I was then popping out, they pushed with questions, so answered and re-iterated I needed to go out, they pushed with further questions..........I didn't 'alf bite!!!

I don't like being mean!!!

[Martin H]

Everybody seems to be busy with seed sowing but I daren't get started yet because everything would die while I am away next week.

[Potstubsdustbins]

Some people.

Dec last year. "You need a new expansion vessel and pressure release valve, that means taking the boiler of the wall, a days work plus parts. I can't really recommend spending plus of £400 on a boiler 18 years old, something else could fail at any time. A brand new boiler with a 7 year guarantee would only be £1500 aprox."

My advise was ignored.

This morning "Potty my boilers gone down again and you only repaired it last December" After visiting to test "That would be the main heat exchanger that's leaking, we can get one on special order with labour £375-00p"

That will be ashen faces all round then..............

[greenishfing]

Rant no1: Scam 'phone call purporting to be from talktalk wanting to "fix" the fault on my 'phone line. I hate these scammers who try to con people.

Rant no2: Not having time to lead the evil b**** a merry dance on the 'phone and waste her time.

Reason I knew this was a scam................I left talktalk last year and now expect my phone provider to have a Yorkshire accent.

[KevinM67]

Hmm - disappointed, I'll leave it there.

[JanieB]

Today I took my sons fiancé to Bristol to have an infected wisdom tooth out. She was sent instructions that she had to be accompanied, no children, the person accompanying her was not to leave the building, she was not allowed to drive but had to be driven or use a taxi with her companion, no public transport.

The hospital was an hour away and not particularly easy to find. We sat there for an hour after her appointment time before she was seen. They then asked a few questions and sent her back out to the waiting room. About 20mins later she was called back in and they took X-rays. She was then told they would not (and had never intended) to remove the tooth today. They then sent her back out to the waiting room for another half hour.

What a waste of the NHS, my, my future dil, petrol, time, her holiday time. I am so bloody angry, and we have to go back through the whole thing again in 3 weeks time.

[JanieB]

Actually my anger could have been compounded by the waitress in Pizza Hut where we went for a meal. I was completely ignored by the waitress and everything was directed at my future DIL. In fact she went as far as to take her on one side and advise about discounts re OAP's. She had assumed that future DIL was taking her mother out for a treat. This situation is happening more and more recently.

She won't see this but for her information, I still have all my faculties, I'm the one paying, I still hold down a job, and I'm not bl00dy invisible.

[Bigmallly]

She won't see this but for her information, I still have all my faculties, I'm the one paying, I still hold down a job, and I'm not bl00dy invisible.

Does that stop you being an OAP Janie?................

My Rant - Not being able to chat on the Rant Thread................

[bramble]

My rant is a short, painful one,Just caught my finger in the drawer. When it would'nt close the first time I gave it a good bang, and yes, it retaliated by catching my finger. .
Blooming sore, I wont be doing that again.