what grinds your gears

[suffolksmallholder]

Would do if it wasn't pissing down and COVID restrictions stopped them bringing it inside. Waited for the rain to stop before unwrapping it.

I've learned after several issues at School with trashed deliveries they you really have to make an effort to unwrap your delivery immediately as the couriers RDGIF about stuff in transit. This is not such a bother at School but at home it's a pain.
SS

 

[Av Gorritt]

I really think that this covid situation has been an absolute Godsend to the delivery people -Yodel and that ilk. it's legitimised their usual modus operandi - chuck in on the step and disappear as quickly as possible before anyone can check whether it's even for them , let alone damaged !

 

[DrWazzock]

Somebody rang on Sunday. Ignored it as cba. Then rang again Monday. Could I move some bags of soil with telehandler. Know is going to be a sh!t job but agree. Took bucket and tines to cover all eventualities. Sure enough the bottom went out of some of the bags. Hand shovelling into bucket. Maneouvring between parked cars all the usual. Had left tines in pub car park. Tines slid out bucket and cosmetically damaged carpark surface loading them back up. I know the landlord so discussed it with him, aright about it but I feel bad about it. “Customer” proffers £20 for two hours clatting about . Will this be alright it’s all I’ve got. Can’t be bothered arguing but note to self......never do another favour again!

 

[Nearly]

Think most of my gay and lesbian friends would say they don't want special attention and this is a waste of money

Not sure if all the fleet are being done

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Are they leaving the tyres black?

 

[Campbell]

Dr. Take heart from this, if they thought you were a miserable tight old git, they would never have asked......................

 

[Lincs Lass]

Broken tooth finaly out and relieved of another £22,,it should have been taken out back in january but my dentist never listens to what I tell her

 

[melted welly]

Are they leaving the tyres black?

Black tyres matter

 

[PB1507]

Broken tooth finaly out and relieved of another £22,,it should have been taken out back in january but my dentist never listens to what I tell her

Bloody hell that was cheap !!! was he a proper dentist ?? He sounds more economical than DrWazzock's forklift lift activities .

 

[Lincs Lass]

Bloody hell that was cheap !!! was he a proper dentist ?? He sounds more economical than DrWazzock's forklift lift activities .

A better bloke than the lady Ive been treated by for the last three years , he took one look and the next thing I knew was my gob gone numb and it was out .
I payed 60 back in january and all she did was bodge it ,,then just after lockdown it got painfull so they packed me of with painkillers and antibots ,another £20 ,,then the bodge filling broke out leaving a razor edge ,,3 weeks ago I went to an emergency unit ,they wouldnt do it and its been given me jipp ever since ,,phoned my practice yesterday and got in this morning ,,hopefully thats the end of it aching

 

[Wombat]

Broken tooth finaly out and relieved of another £22,,it should have been taken out back in january but my dentist never listens to what I tell her

only 22 quid, it costs me that just to park on their drive

 

[Lincs Lass]

only 22 quid, it costs me that just to park on their drive

I think thats because its staff only

 

[Wombat]

I think thats because its staff only

hahaha i feel like staff somedays

 

[Pilatus]

Teachers reluctant to go back to work.
Meanwhile NHS staff have risked their lives to deal with Covid19 patients.

 

[ImLost]

Funny that this thread popped up after checking the cows with calves tonight...

Why do river and boat users feel the need to throw their glass bottles/jars etc as far over the river bank and out of sight as possible, into the field the other side, where ultimately they are going to get trodden on by cattle, or driven on by farm vehicles?!

I feel the need to collect up as many empty bottles from the house as possible, wait for a sunny day and then throw them at boat users to see how they feel. (picture some kind of battle with the Spanish armada)

It could also be a good opportunity to get rid of some of the useless vases, ornaments and other junk which seems to accumulate on every ledge and table in this damn place (and then I listen to complaints about dusting and how laborious it is)

And don't get me started on the shoes left lying around
"your boots stink of cows, leave them outside the back door"
OK, they may stink, but at least they don't have a sharp 4 inch heel on them and I don't leave one half way up the stairs and another one around a corner, where inevitably someone is going to walk round in the dark and not see it, leaving them lame and crippled well into old age.

The culprit of the above shoe problem is also the prime suspect for the fridge problem.
Every last piece of leftover food saved.
Fair play, saving money and stopping waste etc.
Said leftover food is then stacked on the chin height shelf in the fridge, 9 plates and a tupperware pot high.
The precarious pile then lowers itself down into a lazy leaning position on the fridge door, so when opened its like some kind of neolithic man trap of the most aggresive kind.
The food at the bottom of stack is usually well past its prime too
"I can't work out where that awful smell is coming from, I'm sure I wrapped that cheese up properly"

That's at least 4 of my gears fimly ground down! Probably a good thing I'm like a HGV of some kind with about 64 gears in hi, low, forwards and reverse.

Think I better call it a night...

 

[Pilatus]

Certain members of our local What’s App rural crime watch group, posting pics of suspected criminals and cars on Facebook

 

[roscoe erf]

Dr. Take heart from this, if they thought you were a miserable tight old git, they would never have asked......................

Or they know he is a soft touch

 

[bumkin]

Funny that this thread popped up after checking the cows with calves tonight...

Why do river and boat users feel the need to throw their glass bottles/jars etc as far over the river bank and out of sight as possible, into the field the other side, where ultimately they are going to get trodden on by cattle, or driven on by farm vehicles?!

I feel the need to collect up as many empty bottles from the house as possible, wait for a sunny day and then throw them at boat users to see how they feel. (picture some kind of battle with the Spanish armada)

It could also be a good opportunity to get rid of some of the useless vases, ornaments and other junk which seems to accumulate on every ledge and table in this damn place (and then I listen to complaints about dusting and how laborious it is)

And don't get me started on the shoes left lying around
"your boots stink of cows, leave them outside the back door"
OK, they may stink, but at least they don't have a sharp 4 inch heel on them and I don't leave one half way up the stairs and another one around a corner, where inevitably someone is going to walk round in the dark and not see it, leaving them lame and crippled well into old age.

The culprit of the above shoe problem is also the prime suspect for the fridge problem.
Every last piece of leftover food saved.
Fair play, saving money and stopping waste etc.
Said leftover food is then stacked on the chin height shelf in the fridge, 9 plates and a tupperware pot high.
The precarious pile then lowers itself down into a lazy leaning position on the fridge door, so when opened its like some kind of neolithic man trap of the most aggresive kind.
The food at the bottom of stack is usually well past its prime too
"I can't work out where that awful smell is coming from, I'm sure I wrapped that cheese up properly"

That's at least 4 of my gears fimly ground down! Probably a good thing I'm like a HGV of some kind with about 64 gears in hi, low, forwards and reverse.

Think I better call it a night...

let me tell you there might come a time when you wish there shoes left lying around, and those vases will be a reminder of the person you shared your life with and you will regret every cross word you said, sorry to put a damper on your rant

 

[ImLost]

let me tell you there might come a time when you wish there shoes left lying around, and those vases will be a reminder of the person you shared your life with and you will regret every cross word you said, sorry to put a damper on your rant

I know, I know - but I also know that when I'm dead (and probably long before anyone has even bothered to think about burying me) my boots will be taken to a landfill at the furthest end of the country, filled with some kind of highly flammable liquid, set light to and the cast as far as possible into the depths of said landfill - not kept in a glass case to be looked at and wept over!!
As a family, we have had discussions around this, the conclusion I draw every time is that they can't wait for the day they can put a skip outside the window and liberally empty my useless hoard of belongings out into it.



I'm sure they love me really! ?

 

[Paddington]

Decided our ancient lamb weigher could do with an overhaul, used Jenolite on the rusty areas followed by a metal primer. I was going to use Hammerite as a top coat but didn't have the right colour an found a tin of "it's almost Hammerite at two thirds the price" metal paint tucked away on a shelf. Hammerite is a gloopy paint, but this stuff even after stirring is thinner than some local beers. Stirred again, but the stuff is like coloured water. Can be recoated in an hour according to the tin which is why I'm sat here three hours later waiting for it to dry. Started looking up some reviews and it doesn't make good reading, a water based paint it apparently washes off in rain ! Unless one lives in a warehouse, all of the metal you will need to paint will be used or permanently outside where it rains. Several coats are needed unlike a single coat of Hammerite so it works out far more expensive in paint and time than Hammerite.
Might be weighing some black lambs tomorrow.

 

[Anymulewilldo]

When I log onto Facebook and I see a picture of one of my fields on the local gossip group. I took the sheep off this field last week to get them home for shearing/worming/Clik/foot TLC. Its greened up right well, best its looked since last year! It hasn't stopped raining since we sheared so they haven't been touched and are waiting to dry so I can wagon them back.

Now the stupid baskets are discussing how all those sheep have been taken for slaughter and how its not right, sparking the full vegan debate. I typed a strongly worded response pointing out where they were wrong with their assumptions and telling them what was actually happening. then pointed out if you are wondering why we do certain things its better to ask than jump to a conclusion, post it on social media and let the vegan plonkers out of their boxes.

When I had written my response to my liking my dearly beloved wife leant over and read my response. She made me remove all the curses, make it polite and not rile up the neighbours. (My response was ballcocks to the ignorant planks but that didn't wash either