what grinds your gears

[britt]

With all this rain we're getting a lot of flooding. I've always thought that if you have two or more pipes entering an inspection chamber then the exit pipe should be at least the same size or bigger, not smaller and run under half a metre of concrete.

You need a builder like the one that we used to use. He just made the water run uphill, or so he thought.

 

[Beames]

Contractors with auto net function on the baler who don’t stop soon enough. Or in my case auto wrap. You end up with half the plastic in the last few rounds of the bale!!!!!

 

[DrWazzock]

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Yes, went to replace the sprayer fan belt, but ended up needing to take the skid unit off to remove the panel to get access to the engine. Then discovered an oil leak from the compressor has lathered the Deutz engine cooling fan and airways with gunge. So more cladding to come off to give it a proper clean. Might as well set up the valve clearances as well while I’m in there. That’s how 10 minute jobs mushroom here. Good job it’s February and nothing really spoiling outside. Trip into town needed to get new pipe made up for compressor. Trying not to look too hard for any other problems or will no doubt turn into a full engine rebuild.

 

[DrWazzock]

Put something small down in the workshop while I answer phone call, finish phone call, small thing has completely vanished.

 

[DrWazzock]

Losing stuff..... as of yesterday a decent expensive torch..... then it really bugs me for ages

Blowing the torch bulb by accidentally catching the on off button while plugging in the charger. And it’s a non renewable LED bulb thing so the torch is a write off.

 

[DrWazzock]

When every building job needs enough scaffolding to get to the top of Big Ben. Last time we had a chimney rebuilt the builder had just one ladder and a tiny platform which he moved up the chimney as he built it. We threw the bricks up to him as he needed them. Now it’s all scaffolding and cherry pickers.

 

[Bury the Trash]

Blowing the torch bulb by accidentally catching the on off button while plugging in the charger. And it’s a non renewable LED bulb thing so the torch is a write off.

3 or 4 quid one from lidl is all i use fits nicely in yr pocket so not lost or broke but at that money its no big loss ne way.

 

[melted welly]

Feckin buzzards ,
this the 2nd owl we’ve wrestled from their clutches. Bloody things as plentiful as pigeons round here now.

........dunno what the hell im gonna do with this chap, still breathing and he jumped and opened eyes when I shut the truck door, warm at least, but probably die anyway

 

[nick...]

Just had an hour filling in banking review for hsbc.what a complete and utter waste of time and really annoys me.
nick...

 

[Chopsy Varmint]

Feckin buzzards ,
this the 2nd owl we’ve wrestled from their clutches. Bloody things as plentiful as pigeons round here now.

........dunno what the hell im gonna do with this chap, still breathing and he jumped and opened eyes when I shut the truck door, warm at least, but probably die anyway ☹

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SSPCA helpline number for injured animals is 03000 999 999. https://www.scottishspca.org/advice/wildlife/wildlife-faqs

Presumably they could still send someone out as it's animal welfare and if it's savable they'll take it for recovery and rehab.

Alternatively the local vets might be able to assess it.

 

[melted welly]

SSPCA helpline number for injured animals is 03000 999 999. https://www.scottishspca.org/advice/wildlife/wildlife-faqs

Presumably they could still send someone out as it's animal welfare and if it's savable they'll take it for recovery and rehab.

Alternatively the local vets might be able to assess it.

My wife’s calling them, think it’s buggered, buzzards gone for its eyes

 

[Pan mixer]

Finding this sort of thing on a grazing field. Out of the last 250 calves, 40 have been electronic tags like this one, we have lost 7.

Of the previous 210 non-electronic ones we have lost 2. I might start a thread about that in Livestock Matters

 

[dudders]

Food waste - possibly said this before, but it bugs me hugely. One of my tenants, in a flat on the farm, aged 50, doesn't work and gets her whole life paid for by the state. Drives a car, has a boyfriend, etc, so maybe not as mentally challenged as she makes out... Got the biggest TV I've ever seen, over 5ft across, and parcels arriving every day of the week. No shortage of dosh then, courtesy of you and me. Putting something in the wheelie bin the other day, on the top were 5 unopened cheeses, all just past their use-by date. They immediately got a new home and I'm getting through them nicely:

All my tenants know to put their compost on the muck heap. This was her contribution today:


I'm not going to kill the goose laying the golden egg, and I get free food, which is nice, but I just hate this mentality. Millions of idiots chucking out perfectly good food everyday. It's a blooming disgrace, but I guess there's nothing can be done about it.

 

[Chae1]

My wife’s calling them, think it’s buggered, buzzards gone for its eyes ☹

Don't have much/any faith in SSPCA.

We were clearing last of straw bales out of shed and there was a owl. With 4 baby owls. Wrong name I'm sure! Mum left when we disturbed them.

So called SSPCA, a young girl with green hair and a nose ring came and took them away. Said she would take them back. Something about returning them to where they were born. Never heard from them again.

 

[milkloss]

Finding this sort of thing on a grazing field. Out of the last 250 calves, 40 have been electronic tags like this one, we have lost 7.

Of the previous 210 non-electronic ones we have lost 2. I might start a thread about that in Livestock Matters

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Don't bother. The progressive farmers that think they have the best ideas, you know, the ones that get themselves listened to and get positions of influence.......... all think eid is the best thing since sliced bread......

Another grind my gears.

 

[melted welly]

Don't have much/any faith in SSPCA.

We were clearing last of straw bales out of shed and there was a owl. With 4 baby owls. Wrong name I'm sure! Mum left when we disturbed them.

So called SSPCA, a young girl with green hair and a nose ring came and took them away. Said she would take them back. Something about returning them to where they were born. Never heard from them again.

They’ll of been paraded around the office for everyone to “oooh” over. Then driven to a far off owl “expert” who has them for a week or 2 until they either die or are put down. or at least that’s what happened to the one I got a few yr ago.

 

[Chae1]

They’ll of been paraded around the office for everyone to “oooh” over. Then driven to a far off owl “expert” who has them for a week or 2 until they either die or are put down. or at least that’s what happened to the one I got a few yr ago.

I think that's probably what happened to them.

They were very white, cute and fluffy.

 

[melted welly]

I think that's probably what happened to them.

They were very white, cute and fluffy.

Owlets apparently

 

[snarling bee]

Bought a 4 x 4, thought it would go anywhere. Gets out in his bright white plimsoles. Drove 50 yards down an increasingly narrow bridleway to "turn round". Wettest December and January since records began. T@@sser

 

[eagleye]

u tube videos of agricultural machines, tractors, combines, foragers etc with f**king music blaring. Whats wrong with their own noise!!