GOGS...Grumpy Old Gits Society..

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gordonzz

Discussion Starter · Apr 30, 2016

after all the years of suffering being called a miserable old bar-steward by mrs zz , I am finally rejoicing that she has come round to my way of thinking. the source of this wonderment?... a newly found joint loathing of the foul phenomenon of otherwise seemingly intelligent individuals starting a sentence with the word "so"!!!! if you have been asked , "how do you propose to re-attach that button"? , or , "what method would you use to distribute seed in your garden" , fair enough but otherwise , nooooooooooo! other current hot favourites are "yoofs" with their kecks hanging out the top of their trousers and newly qualified drivers with a green p plate (clearly designating pillock) who refuse to commit to crossing a roundabout without having received a written invitation at least a fortnight in advance! what gets your hackles up?

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RikoRocket

· #8 · Apr 30, 2016

Kev, just continue this on the Grump thread and lose all the non-believers...

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· #284 · Sep 29, 2016

They will be charging to use the chairs in the waiting room next....

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RikoRocket

· #791 · Dec 1, 2017

gus3049 said:
I do understand why some places insist on tracked and signed for post but it really is a total waste of time. I get fed up with extra and unnecessary cost.

The tracking runs out as soon as the Post Office hands it over the the French. It usually just says Paris and then which carrier it will go to and then.......nothing.

This arrived in my post box from Pendle without needing a signature as the packaging doesn't include anything the postie would recognise as requiring it and it had no paperwork to that effect. Basically it has arrived via the normal system in two days or so - as does everything else - and I've paid four times what was necessary for the privilege of paying for something that didn't happen.

The underlined R is supposed to be an international recognised symbol for needing tracking/signatures. Only in France do they seem to ignore this...

btw tracker does seem to work in Canada, usa, Australia etc not just up to the uk border

I have more trouble sending stuff to France than to the other side of the world, it takes forever to arrive in France

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RikoRocket

· #1,378 · Jan 7, 2019

I caught a programme a couple of days ago with a Vegan chef making a full English breakfast, complete with scrambled eggs (but no eggs) - just plain barmy IMHO

RikoRocket

· #1,392 · Jan 9, 2019

milk of magnesia?

The milky way?

No mammals in sight here...

RikoRocket

· #1,422 · Jan 14, 2019

Nah, blowtorch, nice and portable and you get warmth whilst melting the snow under the wheels!

RikoRocket

· #1,432 · Jan 19, 2019

Remember this, calling the RAC? They can't last much longer, revenue must be a fraction of what it was, chances of fixing problems severely reduced. I wouldn't invest in shares, would you?

RikoRocket

· #1,472 · Jan 29, 2019

Dopamine said:
I draw some comfort from the many studies that show that 80-90% of drivers think themselves to be above average, so I'm quite sure than many of those who think that a dashcam is a great addition to their car will in fact record their own misdemeanours and be subsequently prosecuted on the basis of their own dashcam's evidence. That'll teach 'em!

I'm more worried that they can already work out I'm speeding from the ANPR cameras, Kent to Chester in 3hrs 20 mins, surely someone is going to twig that holistically they can determine speed.

I like the China system though (I would be 900 heart

)

RikoRocket

· #1,479 · Jan 30, 2019

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OMG, LMFAO...

I'm down with the hood!

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RikoRocket

· #1,480 · Jan 30, 2019 (Edited by Moderator)

But seriously, I'm talking at a local grammar school tomorrow night about careers, and out of all the parents my talk is by far the most popular. My talk? Design, engineering and aerospace.

There is hope!

RikoRocket

· #1,485 · Jan 31, 2019

I was just using the vernacular that today's youths use, where whole sentences are just letters and you don't need to worry about conjugating verbs...

Munter asked what say you? I replied with (babel fish implanted in ear) - Oh my god, I laughed my flipping arse off! (smiley face)

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RikoRocket

· #1,486 · Jan 31, 2019 (Edited by Moderator)

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Parents career talk cancelled due to inclement weather

And I was told this morning that the head wanted to come to mine...

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RikoRocket

· #1,495 · Jan 31, 2019

He looks like a real grump!

RikoRocket

· #1,599 · Oct 5, 2019

Microwave thats me! Radiant!

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RikoRocket

· #1,627 · Oct 23, 2019 (Edited by Moderator)

Reverse psychology... we have just ~~stolen~~ borrowed a cat from 2 doors away. It now owns our garden and we treat it sweet. Its her hunting ground (not that she has caught anything) and now we have no cat mess, no other cats come near her territory. She spends all day guarding her turf and then goes home in the evening to eat. win-win!

RikoRocket

· #1,671 · Nov 6, 2019

So how did she survive without the virtual world of a phone?

RikoRocket

· #1,756 · Dec 4, 2019 (Edited by Moderator)

Ade, innit is old school, a simple "not" will now suffice

I had missed the change in keying in your pin. I now feel very old...

RikoRocket

· #1,863 · Jan 14, 2020

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[caught] I'm getting OCD again...

So re-use is all the rage. At work they just gave us all a plastic cup and got rid of all the paper cups in the café. Really? All the pollutants in making the plastic cup, is that so much better than using biodegradeable paper? Eco - evangelists that don't have a scoobies about the total lifecycle...

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RikoRocket

· #1,872 · Jan 15, 2020 (Edited by Moderator)

Parsnip? You were lucky... When I was young we had a handful of hot gravel

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RikoRocket

· #1,893 · Jan 20, 2020

I've lost my SCX Mustang dragster. Three times I've turned over the garage. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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