ckn Posted May 10, 2018 Author Share Posted May 10, 2018 53 minutes ago, JohnM said: What I hate is poorly design filters that result in crosstalk from other topics, e.g.breakthrough from" those nice tories". I'm not blaming the Tories, this problem has been around for as long as I have and way longer as well. It's also not unique to any political party, I know some solid lefties who are easily leading the rankings of the most ignorant and selfish people I know. "When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearman Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 I have just had to book a speed awareness course. I was caught doing 47 in a 40 zone on a dual carriageway in Leeds. Could I have used the excuse that I was desperate to get out of Yorkshire? Ron Banks Midlands Hurricanes and Barrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckn Posted May 10, 2018 Author Share Posted May 10, 2018 12 minutes ago, Bearman said: I have just had to book a speed awareness course. I was caught doing 47 in a 40 zone on a dual carriageway in Leeds. Could I have used the excuse that I was desperate to get out of Yorkshire? Things always seem like they're going a bit slower in Yorkshire... 1 "When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 I’m a big racing fan and there’s many bugbears and frustrations i feel in that , but one thing that makes me rant - race times , why don’t they mean anything ? Especially at major courses and big meetings races go off minutes late and no one seems bothered , it’s like whenever you’re ready after wandering around for ages . This is meant to be timed and the responsibility of people like the starter who’s always looking at his watch . Even the first race is late! And as I say it’s hardly ever commented on , just seems accepted it’s a rough guide although it can knock on to other races Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Not really a rant but I don’t know where else to post this. The wife’s just said she “can’t do this anymore” and wants us to part, 28 years, I’m absolutely devastated, not a clue what to do or say "Freedom without socialism is privilege and injustice, socialism without freedom is slavery and brutality" - Mikhail Bakunin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clwydianrange Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 8 hours ago, Phil said: Not really a rant but I don’t know where else to post this. The wife’s just said she “can’t do this anymore” and wants us to part, 28 years, I’m absolutely devastated, not a clue what to do or say Bloody hell Phil I don’t know what to say to help. You’ve got plenty of mates on here to back you up and help in whatever way they can 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob8 Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 9 hours ago, Phil said: Not really a rant but I don’t know where else to post this. The wife’s just said she “can’t do this anymore” and wants us to part, 28 years, I’m absolutely devastated, not a clue what to do or say There are many on here. It is likely to be a truely horrible experience. I am sorry. It can take years to get over it and that is a long night to get through. It does get much better in the end. "You clearly have never met Bob8 then, he's like a veritable Bryan Ferry of RL." - Johnoco 19 Jul 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyXIII Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 10 hours ago, Phil said: Not really a rant but I don’t know where else to post this. The wife’s just said she “can’t do this anymore” and wants us to part, 28 years, I’m absolutely devastated, not a clue what to do or say Like clwydianrange, I don't know what to say. "Good luck, however it turns out" seems inadequate. If you need a shoulder for support, there's plenty here. Rethymno Rugby League Appreciation Society Founder (and, so far, only) member. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 (edited) Turns out her and my “friend” have been at it for the last 9 months and muggins here seems to be the only one who didn’t know. After everything we’ve been through. I don’t know how she could do this to me. I’ve got a room in a travel lodge ffs sat here on my own and just wondering what’s going to happen. Does it all really mean so little to her? Edited May 12, 2018 by Phil "Freedom without socialism is privilege and injustice, socialism without freedom is slavery and brutality" - Mikhail Bakunin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedford Roughyed Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Phil said: Turns out her and my “friend” have been at it for the last 9 months and muggins here seems to be the only one who didn’t know. After everything we’ve been through. I don’t know how she could do this to me. I’ve got a room in a travel lodge ffs sat here on my own and just wondering what’s going to happen. Does it all really mean so little to her? Not sure what to say, but like the others say don't bottle it in and reach out for help if needed. With the best, thats a good bit of PR, though I would say the Bedford team, theres, like, you know, 13 blokes who can get together at the weekend to have a game together, which doesnt point to expansion of the game. Point, yeah go on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearman Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 On 11/05/2018 at 11:10 PM, Phil said: Not really a rant but I don’t know where else to post this. The wife’s just said she “can’t do this anymore” and wants us to part, 28 years, I’m absolutely devastated, not a clue what to do or say Thats tough Phil.Stay strong Ron Banks Midlands Hurricanes and Barrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 (edited) Thanks for the messages and good wishes everyone I’d be telling lies if I said I was ok, but I’m only down not out. Edited May 18, 2018 by Phil 5 "Freedom without socialism is privilege and injustice, socialism without freedom is slavery and brutality" - Mikhail Bakunin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vambo Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 A similar situation happened to my best mate Phil and we rallied around him the best we could to make sure he was ok. Don't be afraid to reach out to friends or ask for help Phil if you need it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckn Posted May 21, 2018 Author Share Posted May 21, 2018 The sodding Co-op bank are annoying me with their over-zealous anti-fraud system. Three times in the last week I've had payments declined when I've tried to make them despite having more than enough money to pay the bill. Once last week when getting my car serviced at a dealership, once at a restaurant where we've been many times and now this morning when trying to purchase a new computer. It's embarrassing. The restaurant especially so as the neighbouring tables all heard "sorry, that's been rejected, do you have other means to pay?" and their "customer service" department closes at 8pm. It doesn't help that I've been in the queue to get to them for 20 minutes today and over an hour in total sorting out paying stuff with my sodding money. "When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleep1673 Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Finally, after 6 months of wrangling & legal threats, I am free from O2. 500mb & 1000 + 1000 is not enough. Virgin provide me with 12gb + 5000 mins + unlimited texts for £3 more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckn Posted May 23, 2018 Author Share Posted May 23, 2018 BBC traffic reports. BBC London were saying "the A13 is all open now with free flowing traffic". Really? While I'm sitting in a queue on it trying to get off the thing into Barking with huge queues? 50 minutes later I'd moved 200m and BBC London were saying "earlier problems all resolved and no queues". What were they doing? Just making it up because their budgets were cut and they were relying on a report from Dave the Builder who got through by driving along the cycle path? It took me 4 hours to get from Ipswich to Barking. The first 60 miles took a few minutes over an hour, the last 5 miles took 3 hours... No problems there though according to BBC London. 1 "When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxford Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 On 5/23/2018 at 4:52 PM, ckn said: No problems there though according to BBC London. The World according to ...... On 5/27/2018 at 12:18 PM, Johnoco said: Police helicopters. Agreed! On 5/21/2018 at 9:35 AM, ckn said: over an hour in total sorting out paying stuff with my sodding money. It's great how their greater efficiency means you can't get anything done! 2 warning points Non-Political Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckn Posted May 30, 2018 Author Share Posted May 30, 2018 Royal Mail today. For the first time ever (that I can remember), Royal Mail have done the dump & run with a card through the letterbox. I'm working at home today and got a few things delivered for today to make sure I didn't miss any. I heard the letterbox go so wandered downstairs to get it to see a Royal Mail van driving off down the road, a bunch of letters and a red "sorry we missed you" card. The doorbell has a repeater unit just outside my office door, I just re-tested it to make sure it works, it does. Now I either have to go pick it up, try to get someone to take delivery tomorrow or ask for redelivery on another day. If the postie wants to work like a third-rate delivery company driver then they bloody well should go work for one. 1 "When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 6 minutes ago, ckn said: Royal Mail today. For the first time ever (that I can remember), Royal Mail have done the dump & run with a card through the letterbox. I'm working at home today and got a few things delivered for today to make sure I didn't miss any. I heard the letterbox go so wandered downstairs to get it to see a Royal Mail van driving off down the road, a bunch of letters and a red "sorry we missed you" card. The doorbell has a repeater unit just outside my office door, I just re-tested it to make sure it works, it does. Now I either have to go pick it up, try to get someone to take delivery tomorrow or ask for redelivery on another day. If the postie wants to work like a third-rate delivery company driver then they bloody well should go work for one. If your sorting office is anything like ours, all that postie is doing is passing on work to others. His colleagues won’t be happy. Each time I go to collect it’s normally a 20-30minute queue with 20 people packed into the smallest room ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckn Posted May 30, 2018 Author Share Posted May 30, 2018 3 minutes ago, Spidey said: If your sorting office is anything like ours, all that postie is doing is passing on work to others. His colleagues won’t be happy. Each time I go to collect it’s normally a 20-30minute queue with 20 people packed into the smallest room ever I like using Royal Mail because it's boring and reliable. If I order something for a set day and it uses them then I get it on time. I expect abysmal delivery standards from third rate companies that treat their drivers abysmally and I rarely get overly grumpy with them if there's a problem. That's what annoys me more than anything else, I simply don't expect it from Royal Mail. 1 "When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedford Roughyed Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 1 hour ago, ckn said: Royal Mail today. For the first time ever (that I can remember), Royal Mail have done the dump & run with a card through the letterbox. I'm working at home today and got a few things delivered for today to make sure I didn't miss any. I heard the letterbox go so wandered downstairs to get it to see a Royal Mail van driving off down the road, a bunch of letters and a red "sorry we missed you" card. It was probably never on the van. With the best, thats a good bit of PR, though I would say the Bedford team, theres, like, you know, 13 blokes who can get together at the weekend to have a game together, which doesnt point to expansion of the game. Point, yeah go on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleep1673 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 On 5/11/2018 at 11:10 PM, Phil said: Not really a rant but I don’t know where else to post this. The wife’s just said she “can’t do this anymore” and wants us to part, 28 years, I’m absolutely devastated, not a clue what to do or say I feel for you mate, my gf of 11 years, & mother to my only daughter, kicked me out last year, after I found out she'd been sleeping around for the last 5 years, with at least 5 people, including another woman. What annoys me most is that I've never seen the video. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 (edited) It is the thick end of 5 years since I worked anywhere that had a phone system so antiquated that I had to dial "9" for an outside line, yet everyday I pick up my desk phone and dial "9" to make an outside call and wonder why it didn't work. Edited June 4, 2018 by Shadow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonM Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 In our current temporary office, some rooms use a VOIP system where you can dial anyone worldwide in the company with their 5-digit phone number, but outside calls you need a '9' for. Other rooms you don't need the 9, but you can't use any of the internal numbers. When we first moved in, there was no indication which was which. We now have post-it notes on the phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 49 minutes ago, Shadow said: It is the thick end of 5 years since I worked anywhere that had a phone system so antiquated that I had to dial "9" for an outside line, yet everyday I pick up my desk phone and dial "9" to make an outside call and wonder why it didn't work. we still have to "Freedom without socialism is privilege and injustice, socialism without freedom is slavery and brutality" - Mikhail Bakunin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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