Rant thread

[tonyXIII]

4 hours ago, Bleep1673 said:

If you have an idea or opinion that differs from the ignorant majority, keep it to yourself

Are you talking to yourself, mate?

Relax. Stop taking things so seriously.

Hope whatever is bugging you goes away soon.

[JohnM]

He's an angry man about something or rather, some things, or indeed a lot of things, that's for sure. Currently it's the referendum result.

I've found the best solution under these circumstances is for a while  to stop watching the news on any channel, avoid Question Time, put Classic FM or Radio 3 on. 

Listen on free Spotify to:

1. Barber's Adagio for Strings

2. The 4th movement (Adagietto) from Mahler's 5th symphony

3. Parry's My soul, there is a country from his Songs of Farewell (My soul, there is a country, Far beyond the stars, Where stands a winged sentry,All skilful in the wars: There, above noise and danger, Sweet Peace sits crowned with smiles)

[ckn]

1 hour ago, JohnM said:

He's an angry man about something or rather, some things, or indeed a lot of things, that's for sure. Currently it's the referendum result.

I've found the best solution under these circumstances is for a while  to stop watching the news on any channel, avoid Question Time, put Classic FM or Radio 3 on. 

Listen on free Spotify to:

1. Barber's Adagio for Strings

2. The 4th movement (Adagietto) from Mahler's 5th symphony

3. Parry's My soul, there is a country from his Songs of Farewell (My soul, there is a country, Far beyond the stars, Where stands a winged sentry,All skilful in the wars: There, above noise and danger, Sweet Peace sits crowned with smiles)

I have a short list of things that always makes me smile.  I do my damnedest to never overplay them.  For example, firing up the video for the Singing in the Rain Gene Kelly dance always raises that smile.

[Wiltshire Rhino]

6 hours ago, ckn said:

I have a short list of things that always makes me smile.  

Raindrops on roses, whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles, warm woolen mittens, brown paper packages tied up with string

[bobbruce]

11 hours ago, Wiltshire Rhino said:

Raindrops on roses, whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles, warm woolen mittens, brown paper packages tied up with string

I have a picture now of CKN skipping through a hillside meadow. 

[ckn]

42 minutes ago, bobbruce said:

I have a picture now of CKN skipping through a hillside meadow. 

 high on a hill with a lonely goatherd

[Clogiron]

5 minutes ago, ckn said:

 high on a hill with a lonely goatherd

What you get upto in your own time is of no intrest to me

[bobbruce]

1 hour ago, Clogiron said:

What you get upto in your own time is of no intrest to me

Ex army you see

[ckn]

3 hours ago, bobbruce said:

Ex army you see

To this day there are some songs I can’t abide because of the army.  For example, American Pie was one of our training songs that we had to sing to convince the training staff to feed us, three times a day every day for months. Singing in the Rain was saved JUST because we were actually lucky that it didn’t rain too much during training...

[Phil]

Another driving rant from Phil

Indicators, please use em

Lane discipline at roundabouts, ffs just ffs

Why can’t you understand what the sign “merge in turn” means? 

[wilsontown]

Was out minding my own business on my bike yesterday when some nutcase in a car behind me sounded his horn, zoomed past with his wing mirror centimetres from my handlebars, slowed down right in front of me and started yelling out of the window that I should "get off the f***king road" while gesticulating and giving me two fingers. I was a bit taken aback by this, but managed to shout back "no, YOU get off the f***cking road" before he hurtled away up the road. Shouldn't be allowed out with anger management issues like that.

Then of course I was trying to figure out what I'd done wrong. Nothing, I was just riding along the road where I was perfectly entitled to be.

Edited April 29, 2019 by wilsontown

[ckn]

I don’t travel by train much these days as I drive to most of my work places (1hr by car vs 3hrs by train). Today I’m off to a regional meeting and train is much more convenient, mainly because it eliminates parking problems nearby. Direct A-B ticket just over £100 but split it into a ticket for each of the two trains I need and it comes down to £40. 

Come on, that’s just idiotic, surely there’s a better process 

[DavidM]

On 29/04/2019 at 16:41, wilsontown said:

Was out minding my own business on my bike yesterday when some nutcase in a car behind me sounded his horn, zoomed past with his wing mirror centimetres from my handlebars, slowed down right in front of me and started yelling out of the window that I should "get off the f***king road" while gesticulating and giving me two fingers. I was a bit taken aback by this, but managed to shout back "no, YOU get off the f***cking road" before he hurtled away up the road. Shouldn't be allowed out with anger management issues like that.

Then of course I was trying to figure out what I'd done wrong. Nothing, I was just riding along the road where I was perfectly entitled to be.

There’s a whole psychology course  in how people change when they’re behind a wheel and how angry , intolerant and impatient they become . Abiding by speed limits seems to make some drivers behind you very upset 

[wilsontown]

30 minutes ago, ckn said:

I don’t travel by train much these days as I drive to most of my work places (1hr by car vs 3hrs by train). Today I’m off to a regional meeting and train is much more convenient, mainly because it eliminates parking problems nearby. Direct A-B ticket just over £100 but split it into a ticket for each of the two trains I need and it comes down to £40. 

Come on, that’s just idiotic, surely there’s a better process 

It gets dafter than that, you can often save significant sums of money by splitting tickets even when you aren't changing trains.

[Futtocks]

21 minutes ago, wilsontown said:

It gets dafter than that, you can often save significant sums of money by splitting tickets even when you aren't changing trains.

As long as the train stops at a station, you can use that stop to split your ticket, whether you change trains or not.

I use a ticket-splitting website every time these days. If the train companies are out to gouge you for as much as they can get, I feel it is my duty to play them at their own game. I saved £65 across two journeys over Christmas/New Year, even when booking very late.

[wilsontown]

31 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

As long as the train stops at a station, you can use that stop to split your ticket, whether you change trains or not.

This is correct. I've saved a good bit of money doing this in the past. The cross-country route between York, Birmingham and the southwest is a favourite as you can get good discounts, even if you do end up carrying a pile of tickets around.

[Phil]

1 hour ago, DavidM said:

There’s a whole psychology course  in how people change when they’re behind a wheel and how angry , intolerant and impatient they become . Abiding by speed limits seems to make some drivers behind you very upset 

That used to be me, I was the stereotypical angry driver until I realised it wasn’t doing me or anybody else any good.

These days I’ll rant on here or just mutter “######”

Life’s too short 

[Steve May]

I had a bunch of stuff planned to buy.   A nice big new TV being one of them. 

Then this week a bright red light flashing on the car dashboard and a message saying “Brake malfunction.  Immediately drive slowly and carefully to a service centre”

So I did. 

There will now be no big new TV this month.   Or next month. 

 

[bobbruce]

46 minutes ago, Steve May said:

I had a bunch of stuff planned to buy.   A nice big new TV being one of them. 

Then this week a bright red light flashing on the car dashboard and a message saying “Brake malfunction.  Immediately drive slowly and carefully to a service centre”

So I did. 

There will now be no big new TV this month.   Or next month. 

 

Did you crash into the TV?.

[ckn]

4 hours ago, Steve May said:

I had a bunch of stuff planned to buy.   A nice big new TV being one of them. 

Then this week a bright red light flashing on the car dashboard and a message saying “Brake malfunction.  Immediately drive slowly and carefully to a service centre”

So I did. 

There will now be no big new TV this month.   Or next month. 

 

At least it did it before you bought the new TV.  Sod’s law suggests that it happens just when you’ve used your spare cash.

[Bearman]

21 hours ago, ckn said:

At least it did it before you bought the new TV.  Sod’s law suggests that it happens just when you’ve used your spare cash.

Pay day loans are easy to get with a very reasonable APR of 9000%.

And the best thing is If you decide not to pay up you can easily manage on one kneecap.

Edited May 4, 2019 by Bearman

[Steve May]

22 hours ago, ckn said:

At least it did it before you bought the new TV.  Sod’s law suggests that it happens just when you’ve used your spare cash.

Now the tumble drier has packed up!

I think I can fix it myself with a part for about £10 or so.  But still, I could do without it. 

[ivans82]

Sick to death of the following scenario.......order an ice cream .......person serving says "would you like a flake with that ?...........you say "go on then pal"......person serving then charges you for said flake .........Didn`t ask for one , you offered one up , not paying for it , perhaps you should have said "would you like to BUY a flake with that ?", goodbye .

[Bleep1673]

On ‎01‎/‎05‎/‎2019 at 12:24, ckn said:

I don’t travel by train much these days as I drive to most of my work places (1hr by car vs 3hrs by train). Today I’m off to a regional meeting and train is much more convenient, mainly because it eliminates parking problems nearby. Direct A-B ticket just over £100 but split it into a ticket for each of the two trains I need and it comes down to £40. 

Come on, that’s just idiotic, surely there’s a better process 

I find websites such as Trainline are helpful in getting the cheapest ticket available, just don't book it with them though, as there is usually a booking fee. Get the details and go to your local station, about 4-5 days before, and book the details, including changes there, in advance.

[wilsontown]

Do not buy from the Trainline under any circumstances, they charge a booking fee and the tickets would be available from any of the TOCs for less. Using them to figure out the fare makes sense though.