A place to rant about things that wind you up ( keep it clean lol)

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Yes, I’m the same, paper bags and greaseproof paper. Fish and Chips in newspaper! Oh I’m being all nostalgic now. I used to go the Standings in Harrogate with my grandma in the sixties and she would get ham, bacon, cheeses and butter all wrapped in greaseproof paper. Coffee was ground in the shop in front of you and placed in a lovely cotton bag with a string pull.

Food did taste so much nicer, and people never wasted anything. I have an allotment and greenhouse which is great and grow most veg, fruit and salad stuff but in winter not possible. It’s about time they really started to sort out all this packaging and standardised it.
 
All the small cardboard boxes get reused once more in this house, the piggies like to sleep in them. I cut doorways and fill them with hay. My sister has a bric-a-brac stall in an indoor market so the bubble wrap and paper gets reused there but I agree there is far too much wrapping.
 
Yes, I ordered a small present off the internet the other week. Yesterday a large cardboard box arrived. As I opened the door to the delivery lady I assumed it was for a neighbor but no it was for me? I couldn’t remember ordering anything that big? Opened it up and amongst all that packing found a box 4” x 4” and inside that another box and the watch I had ordered. Just ridiculous!
 
Bill & Ted said:
Yes, I ordered a small present off the internet the other week. Yesterday a large cardboard box arrived. As I opened the door to the delivery lady I assumed it was for a neighbor but no it was for me? I couldn’t remember ordering anything that big? Opened it up and amongst all that packing found a box 4” x 4” and inside that another box and the watch I had ordered. Just ridiculous!
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At least with Amazon it’s all paper based and no plastic (even paper inside rather than bubble wrap). It’s still a waste but at least it can be 100% recycled.
Don’t get me started on plastic and what that’s doing to our oceans.
 
Yes, we beach clean our local beaches throughout the year and the amount of plastic is unbelievable. Mostly noddles and fishing net lines.

I get so incensed at the amount of rubbish people leave on the beaches though, including dog poo bags, why can’t they put it in the bin?
 
Crazy neighbors who wake everyone in the surrounding area in the small hours of the morning for hours on end and then it becomes a trivia game of which family with sleep distressed children will call the cops first.
 
Oh, that sounds really awful! How can people think they have the right to behave like this to their neighbours. We are the other way here, very quiet, most of my neighbours are very old and tucked up in bed for 8 😝
 
Bill & Ted said:
Oh, that sounds really awful! How can people think they have the right to behave like this to their neighbours. We are the other way here, very quiet, most of my neighbours are very old and tucked up in bed for 8 😝
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i’m Suspecting the particular troublesome neighbor may have some mental illness issue. Irony as I moved away from one crazy situation and towards another. Thankfully so far this one is less troublesome than the old neighbor.
It’s just a horrible reminder of what I thought I had escaped when they kick off.
 
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Unfortunately there’s a small percentage of the population that spoils life for everyone else. I feel for you x
 
Claire W said:
It isn’t just food either. I’ve been ordering a few Christmas presents off Amazon and I’ve been astonished at the amount of packaging
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That is so that when delivery people leave parcels on the front door step instead of in the recycling tub as requested, the contents don’t get ruined even if the wrapping is wet because it rained all day!
 
Bill & Ted said:
Unfortunately there’s a small percentage of the population that spoils life for everyone else. I feel for you x
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What was really had was that I had done a long shift beforehand so had actually been on the go for 24hours when they decided to make such a din that there was no way I could sleep.
I slept late today which wasn’t a plan it just happened, thankfully the rest of the household including the animals also slept long and everyone woke up for “breakfast” at around the same time. Lost over half the day today....there had better be some quiet tonight as I still feel somewhat wrecked and am also coming down with something, AND I need to be up before dawn tomorrow!
 
Merab's Slave said:
That is so that when delivery people leave parcels on the front door step instead of in the recycling tub as requested, the contents don’t get ruined even if the wrapping is wet because it rained all day!
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Well obviously that is the reason then.
 
Merab's Slave said:
That is so that when delivery people leave parcels on the front door step instead of in the recycling tub as requested, the contents don’t get ruined even if the wrapping is wet because it rained all day!
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The one time I was grateful for an oversized box was when I had to go collect...had a sudden storm break overhead with absolutely no place to shelter (think fields and trees). I had to play “rotate the box before it gets too sodden and disintegrates!” The box was a soggy mess after 15mins in a downpour (as was I), but fortunately the contents were dry due to all the paper packing.
 
Pawz said:
What was really had was that I had done a long shift beforehand so had actually been on the go for 24hours when they decided to make such a din that there was no way I could sleep.
I slept late today which wasn’t a plan it just happened, thankfully the rest of the household including the animals also slept long and everyone woke up for “breakfast” at around the same time. Lost over half the day today....there had better be some quiet tonight as I still feel somewhat wrecked and am also coming down with something, AND I need to be up before dawn tomorrow!
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Scumbags x
 
Children who whine and fuss endlessly that they are not hungry when you put dinner in front of them. “Would you like a donut?” yes! “Right, well you are hungry enough to eat your dinner then.” :gd:
 
lilyandluna said:
people who try to convince me that guinea pigs are happiest on there own :hb:
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My parents included:hb:
Having hundreds of different kinds of plastic that ALL hurt the environment if these people can make robots that think by them selfs can they not make one plastic for everything
 
Misty said:
My parents included:hb:
Having hundreds of different kinds of plastic that ALL hurt the environment if these people can make robots that think by them selfs can they not make one plastic for everything
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My Council will only recycle plastic if its bottle shaped even if it's the same plastic! Complete madness!
 
Skypipdot said:
I hate how much car mechanics charge for labour, ok its a skilled job but what the hell
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Luckily for me my father in law is a mechanic and also works in a garage and parts shop so he does most of the work on mine and my husbands cars. Unfortunately he can’t mine service mine for another two years as it’s still under warranty so has to go back to the garage to be serviced. But it’s crazy how much I save! I just pay for the parts. He doesn’t take any money but I buy him a pack of larger or a bottle of rum to say thank you. I recently had to have a new bumper (I reversed in to fence and damaged it) and he found me the bumper (painted) for £140 and fitted it for free. I needed a new bumper on my old car as my neighbour hit it with a trailer. He paid but I had to take it to his chosen garage and it cost him nearly £250 and that was mates rates!
 
Yes the crazy prices you pay for a service when you are on a 5 year warranty. I always ask for a small service as I only use my car to pick up grandchildren, take elderly mother shopping or hospital visits. I do about 3 thousand miles a year tops in that car and they want to charge me full service prices - crazy 😖
 
Bill & Ted said:
Yes the crazy prices you pay for a service when you are on a 5 year warranty. I always ask for a small service as I only use my car to pick up grandchildren, take elderly mother shopping or hospital visits. I do about 3 thousand miles a year tops in that car and they want to charge me full service prices - crazy 😖
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My car is on 147,000 miles lol. Might have to start looking for a bit of a newer one soon. I take it you have a toyota? Becausè you said 5 year warranty
 
People who put their plastic bin bags out for collection that are so cheap and thin. The seagulls around our way are waiting patiently every Friday morning for the food feast that’s to come. My poor OH is out every Friday morning with his rubber gloves and brush to clean up as there all oldies on our street or folk are out at work. Wish they would get seagull proof bags, it’s not the seagulls fault 🤔 they are so hungry
 
Skypipdot said:
My car is on 147,000 miles lol. Might have to start looking for a bit of a newer one soon. I take it you have a toyota? Becausè you said 5 year warranty
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Yes that’s right, clever you. It’s an i10, great little car I love it. We use the other one, OH most of the time, that’s better for longer journeys Audi A3, like that one too, but not the handbrake!
 
Bill & Ted said:
Yes that’s right, clever you. It’s an i10, great little car I love it. We use the other one, OH most of the time, that’s better for longer journeys Audi A3, like that one too, but not the handbrake!
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i10 is hyundai. Let me tell you they are very very reliable cars.( south korean made) The confidence is in the warranty👍 audi a3 probably better for long journwys
 
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