Minor Rant Thread - Part 9

[PyreneesPlot]

Knee swollen up to the size of a puffball. No pain. Very odd.

[WendyC]

Thank you Mr Slug or Snail you have saved me the bother of pricking out my winter lettuces as all you have left me are some stalks. Grrr!

[binley100]

Caterpillars have saved me the job of planting out my psb.....

[Glutton4...]

Living alongside a footpath, whilst owning a dog who likes to bark! Please, just walk past. DON'T stand and call/talk to the ruddy dog, it winds him up. DON'T stand and talk to the ruddy chickens - it winds the dog up.

When the dog is wound up, it winds ME up! Just go about your walk, and >BLEEEEEEEP< off!

[Bill HH]

I bought a new chisel to chisel off some rusty bolts on an old wheelbarrow, after ten minutes the whole corner of the cutting end broke off. I took it back to B&Q and their highly trained tool technician examined the tip carefully, he then turned his attention to the other end.After some time he announced "You've been hitting this"

[Glutton4...]

Nice one Bill!

BT Home Hub - I AM going to hit you with a BIG hammer in a minute!!!!!

[WendyC]

Sitting up again with a cold pack on my elbow. I can't sleep because of the burning pain. Off to the docs later who I hope will perform miracles as after two months I can't stand much more.

[julesapple]

Rant from last night's trip out; Motorists who cannot be bothered to dip their headlights, even if you flash them. We passed so many drivers busy dazzling people with their lights that we actually pulled over to check ours, thinking it might be our fault. But no, it wasn't.

Driving down a narrow lane through the Levels, we nearly hit an escaped horse in the road because the BH was blinded by someone's lights. We also nearly went into a rhyne trying to avoid hitting it. We did stop and put it safely into a field.

[PyreneesPlot]

Knee that was swollen to the size of a puffball but not hurting, has now exchanged volume for pain. Maybe time for the first foray into the French healthcare system.

[SarzWix]

People who dig out a perfectly good garden, including a 7 year old apple tree covered in almost ripe fruit, in order to cover the whole thing with car park. There are many ways to get yourself a parking space without making the place look like a barren, concrete jungle. And, it might be nice for your neighbours if the idiots doing this work didn't start at 8 o'clock in the morning, every morning, including the weekend and bank holiday! AND, said idiots shouldn't be calling themselves 'The Garden Builder' when in fact what they are doing is destruction, pure and simple. Furthermore, I've read the requirements for building a driveway without planning permission, and it's supposed to be block paving on top of a permeable layer. Not a poured screed, with a token amount of sand on the top to hide it! I will laugh my little socks off when the next lot of torrential rain washes away all the sand...

[WendyC]

People who dig out a perfectly good garden, including a 7 year old apple tree covered in almost ripe fruit, in order to cover the whole thing with car park. There are many ways to get yourself a parking space without making the place look like a barren, concrete jungle. And, it might be nice for your neighbours if the idiots doing this work didn't start at 8 o'clock in the morning, every morning, including the weekend and bank holiday! AND, said idiots shouldn't be calling themselves 'The Garden Builder' when in fact what they are doing is destruction, pure and simple. Furthermore, I've read the requirements for building a driveway without planning permission, and it's supposed to be block paving on top of a permeable layer. Not a poured screed, with a token amount of sand on the top to hide it! I will laugh my little socks off when the next lot of torrential rain washes away all the sand...

Anything more than 3m2 has to have planning permission. Did they?

My rant *bay buyer complaining the item I sold was well used. Well it wasn't. I can't be bothered to argue the toss. You can't return it as you work!! Welcome to the real world we all do. You have a had a full refund so I've lost out. Now on my block list.

[zazen999]

Dear Lady who makes her own chutney.........I am very honoured that you like my parsnip and horseradish so much that you bought a jar , but then to tell me that you bought it so you can make some the same is a bit cheeky don't you think ?
Anyway , like I told you you'll never get it to taste the same .......it's not just about the ingredients dontcha know......

Nobody...I repeat NOBODY makes parsnip and horseradish chutney like yours.

My rant is people. Just people. I could cheerfully throttle so many of them.

[Bill HH]

I have been giving away surplus veg for weeks now, so when a neighbour asked me if i wanted a jar of home made stawberry jam I gratefully accepted,at last the pendulum has swung the other way I thought. So imagine my horror when she gave it me and said that will be 50p!!!!!

[Glutton4...]

Doctors' staff.

I waited over half an hour for my appointment, yesterday evening. No one bothered to tell me they were running late. Then waited over half an hour for my prescription. I actually thought they'd forgotten me, as other folk were coming out of the consulting room after me, and getting their prescription before me. Eventually, they tell me they don't have my item 'showing on the computer!' Strangely, I don't care about your ruddy computer system - I just want the item. But they don't know if they have any, and can I call back tomorrow?

Idiots.

[susieq100]

Not a rant really - more a whinge against getting older.
Fifteen odd years ago when my Mum said that she had to put her reading glasses on to 'see the dirt' in the house, I thought "Yeah, right."
Now having put my reading glasses on in the bathroom (not something I generally do to take a shower) I have been horrified! Spent the last 45 minutes cleaning (and I mean cleaning) the main bathroom.