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

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Just had freezing rain here. It's so cold that the joints in my hands and feet hurt. I hate that!
 
Free Ranger said:
I was going to ask if this was eczema - my mum gets outbreaks on the back of her neck at the hairline. But I was also suggesting to her that she might have an intolerance to her shampoo/conditioner. Is yours anything to do with that? The back of the ears would be in contact with the hair. Or arms of glasses?

One of my relations was treated for armpit fungus for over a year... itchy, red, moist, really unpleasant for him. And so embarrassed in changing rooms / swimming pools etc. Turned out he had an allergy to a fragrance widespread in deodorants. Better within a week!
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I’m not sure what it is, honestly. I don’t have it all year round, just happens around now or in the summer. It could be that I’m reacting to my shampoo.

Glad your relation got his problem sorted out!
 
Yes - and now the problem ingredient has actually been banned in Europe so he can use scented products again! It was never fungus - just allergy!
 
WarOperations said:
Completely sympathise @Sar

I now hate technology - however, I may be able to cheer you up with news that Norton is no longer required, really just keep Windows Defender (or whatever it's called these days) up to date and it'll be fine, you may even find that Norton is making your computer slow.
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Ooh really? I will look into this. Although my Norton securty only renewed recently, costing me in the process.

I emailed Nordcurrent about my cooking fever game (sad I know) & they emailed back saying they suggest to reinstall it start again but they wouldn't be able to give me back all my progress... so I think not! So annoying.
 
Scam phone calls!

I had a call from a number I didn't recognise yesterday on my mobile. I never answer call I don't recognise as my feeling is if it's important the person will leave a message. My phone recorded the end half of a rather disturbing message.

"If you do not press 1 and the call is not connected to us the warrant will be issued under your name straight away and you will be arrested shortly."

What I feel about scammers like this would have me kicked off the Forum!:cen::cen::cen::cen::cen::rtm::rtm::rtm::rtm::rtm:
 
Got a very sore stomach that put me off my lunch - a very nice lunch of steak and ale pie! Frustrated and annoyed now. Even made scones today but doesn't look like I'll be feeling up to eating them either. Grr.
 
Sonnet said:
I’m not sure what it is, honestly. I don’t have it all year round, just happens around now or in the summer. It could be that I’m reacting to my shampoo.

Glad your relation got his problem sorted out!
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I used to get terrible itchy dry skin , face, neck, ears, and I cut out using anything with SLS - sodium laureth sulphate. Now if you don't know that's a harsh detergent that is in virtually most toiletries including toothpaste too. I have to say since eliminating this from everything I use on my skin I have next to no dry skin even during the winter and none of that horrible tightness and redness after washing/ showering etc....so it's worth trying.
 
Betsy said:
Scam phone calls!

I had a call from a number I didn't recognise yesterday on my mobile. I never answer call I don't recognise as my feeling is if it's important the person will leave a message. My phone recorded the end half of a rather disturbing message.

"If you do not press 1 and the call is not connected to us the warrant will be issued under your name straight away and you will be arrested shortly."

What I feel about scammers like this would have me kicked off the Forum!:cen::cen::cen::cen::cen::rtm::rtm::rtm::rtm::rtm:
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This made me smile purely because I had similar last year. I got a voicemail from HMRC stating if they didn't hear from my lawyers they would arrest me....

Today my phone has told me three times that it is almost full & to delete files. Not sure what else I can delete off it!
 
Oh yes those calls, fantastic things, they're usually because they bought your number as part of a batch from some disreputable marketing company; or they're automatically dialling thousands of numbers at a time.

They'll pretend to be one of the following:

Your bank - Usually they'll have got this by chance, Barclays, Lloyds, HSBC and Santander are the big ones, usually ignore.
Any bank - Usually self-explanatory things, there's been an irregularity in your account, they're closing your account, they're giving you money. This can be a difficult one because some banks lecture their customers on these things and then send a perfectly genuine email with a title like 'We've sent you a message from your account, click here to view'.

The Police - Usually some horrible crime you've committed and need to pay a fine, or traffic collision you've been in, or that your identity has been stolen, or that your bank account was raided, good news they've recovered the funds, they just need you to confirm your details, or go to a website. Ask for a PNN address, in the format @pnn.police.uk.

HMRC - You owe an amount of tax and if you don't pay they'll arrest you, or you've committed fraud, or you're due a tax remittance. The first they'll send a letter, the second they'll just pay you a visit, the third: letter.

DWP - You've either committed some sort of fraud or your pension has been stolen, the first they'll send a letter, the latter it can't happen, unless you worked for Maxwell.

Microsoft - they'll tell you your computer has performed and illegal activity or that they're from Microsoft tech support. They aren't, hang up.

*With SMS it is possible to get a message in the same message chain from a legitimate organization like a bank, the fraudsters spoof the number in the message, so your phone will file it with all the others under the header 'My Bank', it's a flaw in the technology, being as ancient as it is and banks are trying to move away from SMS.

** Some calls will be silent, some reverse charges if you answer, some will ask you to press a number and doing so will charge you.

*** These things aren't very successful, but the volume of them that they send out tends to net rewards, usually the old and the vulnerable.
 
**** Edit to add, there's another trick they'll sometimes use with landlines, they'll call you and ask you to dial the legitimate number e.g. police, you call 999. If you don't hit the little tab on the handset to disconnect the call, it won't end the previous call, they'll then pass someone else onto the line and they'll impersonate whomever it is you're trying to verify the first caller's identity with.
 
Watch out for the DPD delivery scam. I got an email and nearly fell for it. Then realised I always get an email to say what time my named driver (usually the same one) is going to deliver a parcel. They do NOT charge for a second delivery drop and would leave a card to say they had attempted the first!
 
Sonnet said:
I’m not sure what it is, honestly. I don’t have it all year round, just happens around now or in the summer. It could be that I’m reacting to my shampoo.

Glad your relation got his problem sorted out!
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I have eczema, when I can’t get my hands on prescribed creams/solutions, I often use coco oil/bepanthen/straight up vaseline on my spots - it helps! It’s often during winter or summer for me because my skin gets quite dry then. These things can be used by anybody, I hope you find something that helps :).
 
LollyJJ said:
I used to get terrible itchy dry skin , face, neck, ears, and I cut out using anything with SLS - sodium laureth sulphate. Now if you don't know that's a harsh detergent that is in virtually most toiletries including toothpaste too. I have to say since eliminating this from everything I use on my skin I have next to no dry skin even during the winter and none of that horrible tightness and redness after washing/ showering etc....so it's worth trying.
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I’ve changed shampoo/conditioner, so I’ll see if that makes a difference. Rest of my skin isn’t too bad, it’s just my ears that get it.

RosieLily said:
I have eczema, when I can’t get my hands on prescribed creams/solutions, I often use coco oil/bepanthen/straight up vaseline on my spots - it helps! It’s often during winter or summer for me because my skin gets quite dry then. These things can be used by anybody, I hope you find something that helps :).
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I’ve got Vaseline, so might try that.
 
As long as you're sure. I could search for you if you want? I think? problem is I don't know your real name! 🤣
 
I have earned a reputation at work for making very good cakes. My decorating skills are pretty decent too so I can usually do both looks good and tastes good. I really enjoy making cake for people and it usually brings me a lot of joy.

Today though has been my worst baking day for a long time. Wanted to make a cake for my big boss' birthday tomorrow. Had plans. Cakes came out ok so I started decorating.

Total shambles. First attempt looked simply nasty...all the coloured water icing blended together...not serving that. Scraped it all off and made some buttercream.

Ok not going so bad...let's cover it in sprinkles. Nope buttercream already hardening and sprinkles won't take. Looks like a five year old emptied their pot of glitter on it and then smushed it all around.

Took that off too. Decided to make a funfetti buttercream so it didn't go to waste. Covered the cake again...looking ok if you don't mind it being pink for 55 year old bloke (best colour to save the buttercream). Time to add some basic white water icing to finish the job...nope, despite being really thick it practically went see though and slid right off. Ruined it.

So now I have a giant pink funfetti donut with the world's saddest water icing. It's probably going to be far too sweet and I'm not sure how the crunchy bits in the buttercream will go down. But I spent so long trying to save it, I've run out of time and ingredients to make anything else.

I know it's not the end of the world at all and there are other things going on that explain my mood about it. But I'm so disappointed in it. Dreading it being served tomorrow.

And to top it off someone wanted to buy something off me and collect it today. They haven't shown up or bothered to send a message.

Rant over.
 
CV26 said:
I have earned a reputation at work for making very good cakes. My decorating skills are pretty decent too so I can usually do both looks good and tastes good. I really enjoy making cake for people and it usually brings me a lot of joy.

Today though has been my worst baking day for a long time. Wanted to make a cake for my big boss' birthday tomorrow. Had plans. Cakes came out ok so I started decorating.

Total shambles. First attempt looked simply nasty...all the coloured water icing blended together...not serving that. Scraped it all off and made some buttercream.

Ok not going so bad...let's cover it in sprinkles. Nope buttercream already hardening and sprinkles won't take. Looks like a five year old emptied their pot of glitter on it and then smushed it all around.

Took that off too. Decided to make a funfetti buttercream so it didn't go to waste. Covered the cake again...looking ok if you don't mind it being pink for 55 year old bloke (best colour to save the buttercream). Time to add some basic white water icing to finish the job...nope, despite being really thick it practically went see though and slid right off. Ruined it.

So now I have a giant pink funfetti donut with the world's saddest water icing. It's probably going to be far too sweet and I'm not sure how the crunchy bits in the buttercream will go down. But I spent so long trying to save it, I've run out of time and ingredients to make anything else.

I know it's not the end of the world at all and there are other things going on that explain my mood about it. But I'm so disappointed in it. Dreading it being served tomorrow.

And to top it off someone wanted to buy something off me and collect it today. They haven't shown up or bothered to send a message.

Rant over.
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I'm sure you're just being hypercritical of yourself. I expect your cakes look lovely! You boss will be very happy to receive them I'm sure. Please post a picture so we can all enjoy them (although not the eating of them obviously).
 
Thanks @Betsy

Hopefully it'll at least end up in the tastes good camp. I just know I'm capable of better. Doesn't help I'm having a bout of lockdown fatigue and haven't been sleeping so well lately...sets the emotions a bit more on edge.

There won't be any photos of this one. Once the evidence has been eaten I'll be forgetting this one existed 🤦

Here's my favourite one from this year so far though...
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Totally professional!
I once cobbled together a Pirate Ship cake decorated with sweets (my son's 5th birthday) and it was great till we got to the sports hall when the body heat from 30 sweating kids made the whole place so warm we had to cut it early before the curly-wurly masts went soft and collapsed!
 
Thanks folks :)
Glad to say the apparent disaster cake tasted better than it looks so I was relieved. Chalking yesterday up to a bad blip and over emotional day!

@Free Ranger love the pirate ship idea. I once did a cake with some white chocolate shards. They lasted for the photo and then about 15 mins more before they started to droop. By the time it was served it looked more like a little palm tree. 😂
 
I have wasted so many hours downloading a game and I'm annoyed as get out with myself over it. For some reason my wired connection was sitting at a download speed of about 500KB/s. When you're trying to download a 45GB game, that translates to somewhere around 22 hours of downloading (according to my PC). Nothing would fix it, no amount of turning it off and on again, lol. Resat all the cables too. Zilch.

Then I realised the stuff connected wirelessly was fine. When my flat flooded my dad sent me over his old wireless adapter so I could still use my internet lol. I never took it out again.

8pm I started that download. 2am I switched to wireless. Download is sitting at a steady 6MB/s. I'm such a dunce.

Also, wtf is wrong with my wired connection.
 
I know your pain on slow broadband @Lorcan. Was with by when I lived in North Wales. Got to the point where dial up would have been quicker. We got all the usual things asked when I phoned to ask what was going on. For the quarterly price and what we were getting....We switched suppliers and the speed was much better.
 
I had a text last night at around 11pm (it woke me up) from "Royal Mail" saying that I owed £2.99 on underpayment for an item that had been posted to me and to click on the link in the message which of course I didn't do. I looked it up on my laptop this morning and it's a dodgy site that installs bugs and spyware onto your device. Royal Mail always leave a card to say that you have underpaid they never send a text. If you get a text like this please just delete it. I really annoys me things like this. It looked so genuine too. I knew it was fake and I never click on links on anything.
 
Betsy said:
I had a text last night at around 11pm (it woke me up) from "Royal Mail" saying that I owed £2.99 on underpayment for an item that had been posted to me and to click on the link in the message which of course I didn't do. I looked it up on my laptop this morning and it's a dodgy site that installs bugs and spyware onto your device. Royal Mail always leave a card to say that you have underpaid they never send a text. If you get a text like this please just delete it. I really annoys me things like this. It looked so genuine too. I knew it was fake and I never click on links on anything.
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I had a similar one from DPD. I nearly fell for it because I was expecting a hay delivery. Luckily I stopped and thought about it before clicking the link. DPD always send a text when they are delivering with a time frame. I wouldn't have missed a first delivery as I would have had a notification the day before.
 
We had a phone call yesterday. Our broadband is being cut off because we have done an illegal something or other on line. We did not press one to speak to an operator to stop us being cut off because we are sure The Guinea Pig Forum is not illegal yet!
 
I’m always getting the ‘We hear you’ve had a car accident’ one, I just tell them they’re 20 years too late (I was hit by a car at 13) and put the phone down! Got so many numbers blocked on my phone from those kind of dodgy buggers! 🙄
 
Betsy said:
MIL got a phone called asking her if she would like a new Conservatory. My MIL is a game old bird with a warped sense of humour so led them on and sounded really interested then asked how they were going to attach it from the ground up to her 2nd floor flat!
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Oh I aspire to be just like this in my later years, bravo 😂
 
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