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

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Lorcan said:
There's a personality type that trends towards "somewhat aggressive" that tends to lead to earning a quare bit of money. And if you're earning that money, what do you spend it on? Cars. It's not that they don't remember, but that they're making a statement.
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:agr: Just so.
I've been driving for 30 years and sometimes still find roundabouts tricky, especially the bigger ones with several lanes joining/leaving at each junction. And it doesn't help that there are a lot of drivers who don't take any notice of other cars.
 
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Have you tried the "Magic Roundabout" in Swindon? Totally confusing you go the right way then the wrong way!:yikes:

 
RedLoredAmazon said:
That's ok if you do laugh; I have to laugh at these things as it is quiet ridiculous. He is autistic so that is some of it. Mostly this is a thing he likes to do in order to control a situation. He likes to get attention if I'm not watching him all the time and it doesn't matter if it is for negative or positive attention. I have tried ignoring it, but you know the poor neighbors and he keeps sitting in the flowers the bees like. I did bring him inside and he waited till the family was sitting down to eat (he eats his dinner earlier as he is hungry at 4:30) to take his clothes off and pee behind the couch.

I know he will grow out of this eventually, but it is rather maddening right now.
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Sending you big hugs, he will grow out of it x
 
RedLoredAmazon said:
That's ok if you do laugh; I have to laugh at these things as it is quiet ridiculous. He is autistic so that is some of it. Mostly this is a thing he likes to do in order to control a situation. He likes to get attention if I'm not watching him all the time and it doesn't matter if it is for negative or positive attention. I have tried ignoring it, but you know the poor neighbors and he keeps sitting in the flowers the bees like. I did bring him inside and he waited till the family was sitting down to eat (he eats his dinner earlier as he is hungry at 4:30) to take his clothes off and pee behind the couch.

I know he will grow out of this eventually, but it is rather maddening right now.
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I have a daughter who is autistic too and the good thing is that it makes them very predictable!

Usually they have very strong interests and a single-channelled attention focus. So if you see/hear the neighbours heading outside, that might be the time to get him engaged in his special interest, eg get him to show you his latest drawing / model / watch an episode / etc as he can't think about two things at once. Even have a few things saved up for emergencies. When my daughter was younger she was into My Little Pony so we could get those little mystery packets to bring out when we needed a distraction.

Keep going with trying to ignore unwanted behaviour and pick out the good, it's something I strongly believe in even if I don't always manage it (we're all human ☺️).
 
My facebook has been compromised. At 4:30am someone managed to change the email address and password for it. I first noticed as the app had logged me out and then I checked my emails. Not a problem, clicked the link in the email to say it wasn't me. Set a new email address, uploaded my ID (driving licence) and waited for facebook to resolve. Email from facebook, ID accepted, click this link to continue... Set new password and click log in... now it wants a code from the code generator to pass the 2 step authentication... where's the code generator? Of course you need to log in to the app and click the 3 dots blah blah blah... Except I can't log in on the browser or app as I need a code from the code generator to get in :doh: and go round in this loop ad infinitum :hb:

At least they have disabled my account after I reported being hacked but it really doesn't help me get back in to things
 
Sorry your fb account has been compromised and you're having problems getting back in, @Lady Kelly . These tech companies are absolutely useless in such circumstances, they don't give a toss once they've got your money or data.
Have you tried the " I've been pwned" website to check that your email wasn't involved in one of these massive data breaches? Also, tho I suspect you know this already, the usual advice is to change the password on all your other accounts that use the same email to prevent the hackers getting into them too.
 
Qualcast&Flymo said:
Sorry your fb account has been compromised and you're having problems getting back in, @Lady Kelly . These tech companies are absolutely useless in such circumstances, they don't give a toss once they've got your money or data.
Have you tried the " I've been pwned" website to check that your email wasn't involved in one of these massive data breaches? Also, tho I suspect you know this already, the usual advice is to change the password on all your other accounts that use the same email to prevent the hackers getting into them too.
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Yea not much was linked to that account as it's my spammy one that I use to buy things when I don't want loads of emails going to my regular account. I've had the account since I was 15 or 16 so yea it flags up on that site from way back but I very rarely use the same password twice thankfully. Luckily hubby works in cyber security and he was telling me that if Facebook don't respond to go legally through data protection for a copy of all my data :)) should get me in quite quick
 
The council are cutting an ancient oak tree down on the green opposite my house. It is protected and could be saved (it has a rotten branch which could be removed) but the council who own it said they have *more pressing things to attend to"so its got to come down. Someone locally has complained about it :( So sad. Its such a beautiful tree.
 
Betsy said:
Have you tried the "Magic Roundabout" in Swindon? Totally confusing you go the right way then the wrong way!:yikes:

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The picture of this roundabout is in my essential driving skills book. I never want to have to visit this roundabout!
 
Babies that lure you in to a false sense of security. Slept through the night from 10pm through to 6:30am. Ate all her breakfast and went for an early nap before 9am. Woke at 10 and we left around 10:20 to get to her 11am class. Just arriving and I said "ooo we're on time for once". Cue hearing a noise and seeing her vom a nice yoghurt and cherries mixture all over her lovely cream cardi, vest and the car seat 🤦‍♀️ no baby change facilities so luckily I had a clean towel in the car and changed the boot in to a baby change station. We walked in fashionably late 🤣
 
Lady Kelly said:
Babies that lure you in to a false sense of security. Slept through the night from 10pm through to 6:30am. Ate all her breakfast and went for an early nap before 9am. Woke at 10 and we left around 10:20 to get to her 11am class. Just arriving and I said "ooo we're on time for once". Cue hearing a noise and seeing her vom a nice yoghurt and cherries mixture all over her lovely cream cardi, vest and the car seat 🤦‍♀️ no baby change facilities so luckily I had a clean towel in the car and changed the boot in to a baby change station. We walked in fashionably late 🤣
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Jessica what are you doing to your Mummy?
 
Lady Kelly said:
Babies that lure you in to a false sense of security. Slept through the night from 10pm through to 6:30am. Ate all her breakfast and went for an early nap before 9am. Woke at 10 and we left around 10:20 to get to her 11am class. Just arriving and I said "ooo we're on time for once". Cue hearing a noise and seeing her vom a nice yoghurt and cherries mixture all over her lovely cream cardi, vest and the car seat 🤦‍♀️ no baby change facilities so luckily I had a clean towel in the car and changed the boot in to a baby change station. We walked in fashionably late 🤣
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Oooo! That happened to me with my littlest one in the car too! His school almost kept him out for the whole week because it is considered a covid symptom. I had to explain that he choked on his food that he had stuffed into his mouth.

Poor Jessica and Mummy! Hopefully it was just a bump in the road that caused that and not a tummy bug.
 
RedLoredAmazon said:
Oooo! That happened to me with my littlest one in the car too! His school almost kept him out for the whole week because it is considered a covid symptom. I had to explain that he choked on his food that he had stuffed into his mouth.

Poor Jessica and Mummy! Hopefully it was just a bump in the road that caused that and not a tummy bug.
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She was fine immediately after but my god that cardi looked like someone had been murdered :))
 
I’m glad all was well after that! Babies can be like piggies in some respects - picking the most inconvenient time to vomit, fall asleep, have an explosive number 3!
 
I just finished a long book series and now I don't know who I am or what to do with my life :roll:
 
Husbands... I won't go into details but I'm definitely feeling like I want some alone time today not that it will happen with a baby, dog and husband constantly in the house
 
@Lady Kelly is Jessica doing better today? Too bad your hubby can't take the baby and dog on a walk so you can have a bit of alone time.
 
RedLoredAmazon said:
@Lady Kelly is Jessica doing better today? Too bad your hubby can't take the baby and dog on a walk so you can have a bit of alone time.
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Jessica's not too bad today just a bit shouty as she's still teething but tooth 12 is almost cutting through now so hopefully it won't be much longer. We had our swimming lesson this afternoon and she was on great form and really enjoyed it so that makes it more worthwhile. Tomorrow I have zero plans and just going to go with the flow
 
Lady Kelly said:
Husbands... I won't go into details but I'm definitely feeling like I want some alone time today not that it will happen with a baby, dog and husband constantly in the house
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I'm with you on that one! Whilst mine may be enjoying the lack of commuting and leaving the house for work, I do miss coming home to an empty house one afternoon a week, where if I want to sit and do nothing I can, I sometimes feel I am being watched as I'm not doing"jobs" because there's always something to do!
 
Spaghetti & Noodles said:
I'm with you on that one! Whilst mine may be enjoying the lack of commuting and leaving the house for work, I do miss coming home to an empty house one afternoon a week, where if I want to sit and do nothing I can, I sometimes feel I am being watched as I'm not doing"jobs" because there's always something to do!
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Absobloominglutely. I got so much done on Monday when he went into the office for the day.

Tuesday he was back working from home and I got next to nothing done.
 
I have been going crazy trying to get schedules figured out for my three children. I'm not sure how single parents or where both parents work are able to have the time to spend all day on the phone. I'm a stay at home mom, but the constant meetings and paperwork that I have to do is insane! Plus, I still need to call the phone/internet company and talk to them about our bill, get the piggies scheduled for their yearly check up, and get my doctor appointment rescheduled.

I am grateful that I do have lots going on in my life as it would be dull and boring without anything going on.
 
I went into Bournemouth for the day "shopping" with my friend. All I bought was a birthday card for my niece that didn't fit the envelope supplied with it. There was no Debenhams, no Beales, no M&S and not a lot really - completely different to 5 years ago when we spent the weekend there and shopped till we dropped. All a bit sad really.
 
I'm exhausted. Jessica had her one year immunisations yesterday (2 jabs in each thigh) and hubby had his covid vaccine. Woke up at 2:30am with Jessica screaming and hot with a slight raised temp and she then proceeded to vomit dinner all over herself and me! Then she wouldn't be put down until the Calpol had kicked in so I put her in bed with me. Only hubby also developed a fever by this point so I worried about putting her between us. Between paranoia that she would roll off the edge of the bed and the heat generated from the pair of them (with me being sandwiched) I barely got a nap in until 3:30 when I was able to get Jessica into her own bed for a couple of hours. All I can say is thank god she doesn't have to have any more until she's 3! Hubby is unwell and sleeping a lot but with the TV on very loud which is not helpful when I'm trying to study
 
Shouldn't complain really as we need the rain but my washing only needed another half hour to dry. Why couldn't the rain wait for another half hour?⏲🌧:hb:
 
Same here @Betsy ! Now did you send the rain over to me?!
Sorry to hear that @Lady Kelly , if it's any consolation at least it will pass for both of them and then you can catch up with sleep. The TV, well that's not fair, hope you can switch it off without him noticing!
 
Three times today we have had a call on the landline supposedly from amazon prime saying they are taking £799 out of the account for the delivery. We're ex directory & are meant to have a block on the line to stop these sort of calls.
 
Sar said:
Three times today we have had a call on the landline supposedly from amazon prime saying they are taking £799 out of the account for the delivery. We're ex directory & are meant to have a block on the line to stop these sort of calls.
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I get those too. I had someone try to phone me up the other day for a new drive. I told them very "politely" that we didn't need a new drive!
 
Vertigo. I made the mistake of going down to the main door of the building earlier (enough takeaway food for 3 days because shopping is difficult when the world moves like a sailboat) and now I just want to lie down. Which won't actually help, but it's harder to fall over. Except I'm not going to fall over either, because I'm standing on a floor, not the deck of a boat.
 
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