what grinds your gears

alex04w · Jan 20, 2017

I do not know whether to put this in this thread or in Things that make you smile thread. It is so stupid it could be either.

I was in Marks and Spencer at lunchtime. The following caught my eye in the sweet isle.

Vegetarian Perry Pigs

What idiot came up with the idea of Vegetarian sweets in the shape of PIGS???

Is M&S subliminally trying to convert veggies to meat?

I am almost tempted to email them and ask when they are bringing out the halal version.

holwellcourtfarm · Jan 20, 2017

alex04w said:
I do not know whether to put this in this thread or in Things that make you smile thread. It is so stupid it could be either.

I was in Marks and Spencer at lunchtime. The following caught my eye in the sweet isle.

Vegetarian Perry Pigs

View attachment 458348

What idiot came up with the idea of Vegetarian sweets in the shape of PIGS???

Is M&S subliminally tring to convert veggies to meat?

I am almost tempted to email them and ask when they are bringing out the halal version.

I dare you

Wombat · Jan 20, 2017

alex04w said:
I do not know whether to put this in this thread or in Things that make you smile thread. It is so stupid it could be either.

I was in Marks and Spencer at lunchtime. The following caught my eye in the sweet isle.

Vegetarian Perry Pigs

View attachment 458348

What idiot came up with the idea of Vegetarian sweets in the shape of PIGS???

Is M&S subliminally trying to convert veggies to meat?

I am almost tempted to email them and ask when they are bringing out the halal version.

But the Phizzy pigs next to them are yummy

roscoe erf · Jan 20, 2017

Wombat said:
But the Phizzy pigs next to them are yummy

so is bacon

Wombat · Jan 20, 2017

roscoe erf said:
so is bacon

Never said it wasn't

YorkshireAndrew · Jan 20, 2017

Over zealous H &S advice , this bag weighed the tremendous amount of ............................5kg !

holwellcourtfarm · Jan 20, 2017

YorkshireAndrew said:
Over zealous H &S advice , this bag weighed the tremendous amount of ............................5kg ! View attachment 458476

J 1177 · Jan 20, 2017

YorkshireAndrew said:
Over zealous H &S advice , this bag weighed the tremendous amount of ............................5kg ! View attachment 458476

Crickey im not that old and iv handballed many a 50kg bag of seed off the wagon. 5kg heavy? My bait box weigs that.

Paddington · Jan 20, 2017

The convoy system for moving traffic past roadworks. I can see how this might stop cars speeding along a five mile section of motorway works but not for a 100m length of rural road entering a village. The convoy leader was working hard with perhaps up to two cars following him at 15mph past the site office where his mates had sat for the last half hour having their late breakfast looking out the window, before he turned around and went the opposite. The "roadworks" consisted of two 2m holes which no one was actually working on as it was raining. We've left the EU, can we not give H&S the heave ho as well and return to common sense ?

roscoe erf · Jan 21, 2017

Paddington said:
The convoy system for moving traffic past roadworks. I can see how this might stop cars speeding along a five mile section of motorway works but not for a 100m length of rural road entering a village. The convoy leader was working hard with perhaps up to two cars following him at 15mph past the site office where his mates had sat for the last half hour having their late breakfast looking out the window, before he turned around and went the opposite. The "roadworks" consisted of two 2m holes which no one was actually working on as it was raining. We've left the EU, can we not give H&S the heave ho as well and return to common sense ?

no we cant think what it would do to the unemployment figures

DrWazzock · Jan 21, 2017

Traffic lights for roadworks, when the roadworks aren't even on the road, but well off it on a wide verge.

Openreach told me that even if they are just lifting a lid on the verge next to an A road they have to close a lane and traffic light it......so no, they could not just run a new pair in and do a proper fix of our line.

This is why everything costs a fortune, takes forever, or just doesn't get done.

Same with the school here closed for a week because some lead came off the roof. It's listed, health and safety, scaffolding etc cost a fortune.

JJT · Jan 21, 2017

DrWazzock said:
Traffic lights for roadworks, when the roadworks aren't even on the road, but well off it on a wide verge.

Openreach told me that even if they are just lifting a lid on the verge next to an A road they have to close a lane and traffic light it......so no, they could not just run a new pair in and do a proper fix of our line.

This is why everything costs a fortune, takes forever, or just doesn't get done.

Same with the school here closed for a week because some lead came off the roof. It's listed, health and safety, scaffolding etc cost a fortune.

I genuinely think this country is going to grind to a halt one day because of all this. We got a quote to upgrade to 3 phase electric at a yard. All it involved was a new transformer and a duct put in under a B class road. Wanted 18k! 2.5k to plan the job out.... Which the fella essentially did when he came out to look and give the quote. And 2.5k to close the road because they wouldn't count the tarmac layby in the road width, meaning it was too narrow for them to dig under it half way at a time.

Then try getting any of the utility/ telephone companies to sort out problem. If the can't do it by clicking a few tick boxes on the computer they can't sort it. So it just doesn't get sorted.

We needed some deeds form a solicitors, which would involve some junior Clerk looking through some files... Quoted us £195 +VAT

And the solution to every problem when a service isn't getting done is more money. Nhs failing, needs more funding. Roads full of pot holes, need more money. No just needs half the managers sacking and the rest of the staff to just get on!

George from SJM Planning · Jan 21, 2017

JJT said:
I genuinely think this country is going to grind to a halt one day because of all this. We got a quote to upgrade to 3 phase electric at a yard. All it involved was a new transformer and a duct put in under a B class road. Wanted 18k! 2.5k to plan the job out.... Which the fella essentially did when he came out to look and give the quote. And 2.5k to close the road because they wouldn't count the tarmac layby in the road width, meaning it was too narrow for them to dig under it half way at a time.

Then try getting any of the utility/ telephone companies to sort out problem. If the can't do it by clicking a few tick boxes on the computer they can't sort it. So it just doesn't get sorted.

We needed some deeds form a solicitors, which would involve some junior Clerk looking through some files... Quoted us £195 +VAT

And the solution to every problem when a service isn't getting done is more money. Nhs failing, needs more funding. Roads full of pot holes, need more money. No just needs half the managers sacking and the rest of the staff to just get on!

Probably the best post I have read all year.

slackjawedyokel · Jan 21, 2017

JJT said:
I genuinely think this country is going to grind to a halt one day because of all this. We got a quote to upgrade to 3 phase electric at a yard. All it involved was a new transformer and a duct put in under a B class road. Wanted 18k! 2.5k to plan the job out.... Which the fella essentially did when he came out to look and give the quote. And 2.5k to close the road because they wouldn't count the tarmac layby in the road width, meaning it was too narrow for them to dig under it half way at a time.

Then try getting any of the utility/ telephone companies to sort out problem. If the can't do it by clicking a few tick boxes on the computer they can't sort it. So it just doesn't get sorted.

We needed some deeds form a solicitors, which would involve some junior Clerk looking through some files... Quoted us £195 +VAT

And the solution to every problem when a service isn't getting done is more money. Nhs failing, needs more funding. Roads full of pot holes, need more money. No just needs half the managers sacking and the rest of the staff to just get on!

Me and a couple of neighbouring farmers are currently looking at putting fibre broadband into our patch because BT isn't interested. I reckon it should be easy enough; about a mile and a half of mole ploughing, digging under the odd fence and so on; a few weekends worth of work for us to put in the conduit.
We haven't had a formal quote from BT for the work, but someone in the know reckons they would charge upwards of 200K!

Bob c · Jan 21, 2017

if it only 2 mile or so and your source has good internet speed
have you got line of sight

this where i get my internet from
the little one by red arrow comes to the farm 1/4 mile away
the blue one sends it 10 mile

Landyman · Jan 21, 2017

Bob c said:
if it only 2 mile or so and your source has good internet speed
have you got line of sight

this where i get my internet from
the little one by red arrow comes to the farm 1/4 mile away
the blue one sends it 10 mile
View attachment 458826

You got the shakes bob

slackjawedyokel · Jan 21, 2017

Bob c said:
if it only 2 mile or so and your source has good internet speed
have you got line of sight

this where i get my internet from
the little one by red arrow comes to the farm 1/4 mile away
the blue one sends it 10 mile

View attachment 458866

No line of site to here, it would take several hops to get to all the farms here which would be more complicated (each would need power, who sorts it out when it stops working and so on). We have the opportunity to get fibre to the premesies, which I understand is the gold standard, and once installed Bt (or whoever) maintains it not us.

wasted years · Jan 21, 2017

ARW said:
I sometimes have to endure emmerdale in the kitchen at tea time.
I'm not homophobic but there is just too many gay story lines

Same here, I hate it rammed down my throat.

JP1 · Jan 21, 2017

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Kidds · Jan 21, 2017

DrWazzock said:
Traffic lights for roadworks, when the roadworks aren't even on the road, but well off it on a wide verge.

Openreach told me that even if they are just lifting a lid on the verge next to an A road they have to close a lane and traffic light it......so no, they could not just run a new pair in and do a proper fix of our line.

This is why everything costs a fortune, takes forever, or just doesn't get done.

Same with the school here closed for a week because some lead came off the roof. It's listed, health and safety, scaffolding etc cost a fortune.

Local city was brought to a complete standstill recently with tailbacks for five miles on the roads going in. The cause was temporary traffic lights put up while two blokes dug under a garden fence. The fence panel was no less than ten yards from the road. 100% stupidity.

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