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One more hour to go. I’m in a classroom full of adult children. FFS!!

The teacher is the instructor I get on really well with but he hasn’t understood that I can’t understand what everyone is saying when they all talk at the same time (he’s a challenge when only he’s speaking cos he speaks so fast!)

Our normal classroom instructor is more fierce and when people start taking amongst themselves she’ll stop and wait till they quit that and then continue. Juan isn’t doing that. So I’ve been sat sharing a desk with a girl who talks to the two people in front and the two behind. And one of the guys in front is constantly tapping a pen or a tipped mouse on the table. The other in front continually messes with the stuff on our desk or chats with Lucie. The guy next to me is usually me know it all but today he’s Mr centre of attention and constantly interrupts or changes stuff.

FFS - Everyone is old enough to at least have a bit of respect for the instructor even if they don’t give a shit about the stupid english bird

I really really need to punch someone or something!! Very very Hard !! Sadly I know from experience that that hurts so am trying to restrain myself. But it’s a struggle

Two weeks to go - thank fuck!!!

Was at a car show with the F350 this evening. Wandered over to Del Taco to get some food. Did a quick mental calculation of the total, was then asked for somewhat less....

Walking back to the truck I looked at the receipt & noticed I'd been given the senior discount...

The fuckers.

Our consistently useless public transport company sold myself, and a few hundred other poor sods tickets for a train that stopped at Antrim due to signalling problems. Not one notice board in the big 340 million quid station to say that there was a problem. Cue everyone getting turfed off, myself with a bloody big bicycle which can't go on the substitute bus. Cue a 16 mile ride home in the pissing rain.

Bigjawa wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2024 8:21 pm Our consistently useless public transport company sold myself, and a few hundred other poor sods tickets for a train that stopped at Antrim due to signalling problems. Not one notice board in the big 340 million quid station to say that there was a problem. Cue everyone getting turfed off, myself with a bloody big bicycle which can't go on the substitute bus. Cue a 16 mile ride home in the pissing rain.

Scotrail has been doing this a lot of late. Early morning commuter train cancelled at last minute or evening commuter return train Cancelled also. The fuck you attitude of there staff id doing my tits right in. Last weekend the step daughter had a friend up from Manchester. Got to Carlisle to be tom we are going no further so fuck you as we have you money. It was up to him to father the next train to Glasgow. Another to Edinburgh and then another out to my town. Fuck the environment, ill take my car/van thank you.

My last experience with British Rail was 35 years ago.

Had to get from Cambridge to Harwich.

Train from Cambridge to Newmarket
Train from Newmarket to Bury St Edmunds
Train from BSE to Ipswich
Train from Ipswich to Harwich

Total time: Six fucking hours to cover about 50 fucking miles.

1 hour in Harwich to take care of some immigration paperwork

Then 4 fucking trains & six fucking hours to get back to Cambridge.

Electric hand dryers in toilets that are too high up the wall.

Dodgy69 wrote: Sun Oct 27, 2024 9:30 am Electric hand dryers in toilets that are too high up the wall.

Those useless Dyson things that just blow the water on your hands back up your shirt cuffs. There's usually a grubby line on the floor underneath where they drip too. Great design - my poop chute.

Actually, electric hand dryers generally.

Count Steer wrote: Sun Oct 27, 2024 9:54 am Actually, electric hand dryers generally.

One of my [increasing] pet hates is the way toilets are laid out.

Typically, the wash basin is closer to the door than the towels / dryer. People have to criss-cross.

Lay them out in a loop. Walk in, to urinals or cubicles, away/out on the loop to wash basins, then dry hands and out the door.

Dodgy69 wrote: Sun Oct 27, 2024 9:30 am Electric hand dryers in toilets that are too high up the wall.

Mine is that all the towel thingies at GVA are right handed (and pretty much everywhere else, but GVA had a refurb a few years ago, so could have sorted it better). So you have to twist a thingy on the right side to be able to get a towel.

There is not a single dispenser at the level that a person with a disability can reach, or a child. And for someone who's right arm does not go high enough to turn the thingy its just annoying.

There's disabled toilets, but no way to then dry your hands

Dodgy69 wrote: Sun Oct 27, 2024 9:30 am Electric hand dryers in toilets that are too high up the wall.

How high up are your toilets?

Horse wrote: Sun Oct 27, 2024 10:04 am

Count Steer wrote: Sun Oct 27, 2024 9:54 am Actually, electric hand dryers generally.

One of my [increasing] pet hates is the way toilets are laid out.

Typically, the wash basin is closer to the door than the towels / dryer. People have to criss-cross.

Lay them out in a loop. Walk in, to urinals or cubicles, away/out on the loop to wash basins, then dry hands and out the door.

I guess they're currently laid out by whoever built my current accom.
Bay window with deep ledge, radiator in front, full height curtain above. Close the curtain and all the heat from the radiator is directed right at the window and kept away from the room.

Virgin Media. No internet today. My thinking is a computer crashed when the clocks went back or they dont have any engineers working on a Sunday. This is not just me as apparently a lot of East Lothian is down.

Count Steer wrote: Sun Oct 27, 2024 9:54 am
Actually, electric hand dryers generally.

I like the posh places where you have a fella hands you a nice, clean hand towel and then offers a bowl of well-fingered mints plus a selection of shoplifted fragrances.

The usual cop out of 'Sorry, mate. No change' has been stymied by the appearance of iZettle machines set to £1 a tap.

When you try and help someone out and save them a wedge of cash.....and they ignore your advice!
Guy asks me 'what oil do I need'
I send a link to motul 10/30 fs 4l , told him to get 2 as his bike needs 4.2l, so he'll always use it. €85 delivered
Box of bits arrived
5 of these at €24 ea!!!!!!

Why do vehicle manufacturers use stupid volumes for their lubricant capacity.
I know dealerships have an enormous drum of oils they use, so they don't care, but oil is sold in 1-4-5-10l tubs, so fucking design your motors with that in mind, eh!
Anyone else remember when bike oils were 5l as well..........and breathe

Sadlonelygit wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2024 12:12 pm When you try and help someone out and save them a wedge of cash.....and they ignore your advice!
Guy asks me 'what oil do I need'
I send a link to motul 10/30 fs 4l , told him to get 2 as his bike needs 4.2l, so he'll always use it. €85 delivered
Box of bits arrived
5 of these at €24 ea!!!!!!

Guy clearly has more money than sense.

Add 50% to the bill.

mangocrazy wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2024 1:14 pm

Sadlonelygit wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2024 12:12 pm When you try and help someone out and save them a wedge of cash.....and they ignore your advice!
Guy asks me 'what oil do I need'
I send a link to motul 10/30 fs 4l , told him to get 2 as his bike needs 4.2l, so he'll always use it. €85 delivered
Box of bits arrived
5 of these at €24 ea!!!!!!

Guy clearly has more money than sense.

Add 50% to the bill.

Or, the website he found didn't have the 4l bottles, only the 1l and he panicking because he thought he needed it "right now" and so the cost became the lesser priority.

Rockburner wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2024 1:39 pm

mangocrazy wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2024 1:14 pm

Sadlonelygit wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2024 12:12 pm When you try and help someone out and save them a wedge of cash.....and they ignore your advice!
Guy asks me 'what oil do I need'
I send a link to motul 10/30 fs 4l , told him to get 2 as his bike needs 4.2l, so he'll always use it. €85 delivered
Box of bits arrived
5 of these at €24 ea!!!!!!

Guy clearly has more money than sense.

Add 50% to the bill.

Or, the website he found didn't have the 4l bottles, only the 1l and he panicking because he thought he needed it "right now" and so the cost became the lesser priority.

True. I was being a bit harsh...

I have a TENS machine for Sciatica. I am still not sure if its a placebo / snake oil, but it does seem to help.

What I am sure of now, is that if one of the plugs comes unlodged and zaps you in the bollox, it stings a bit.

HTH.

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2024 3:32 pm I have a TENS machine for Sciatica. I am still not sure if its a placebo / snake oil, but it does seem to help.

What I am sure of now, is that if one of the plugs comes unlodged and zaps you in the bollox, it stings a bit.

HTH.

Just "a bit" ?