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

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Blinking coughs. I've had mine for two weeks but the last few days it's ramped up a gear. Of course it has nicely timed with site visits. The one thing you don't want in the current climate when going out to meet people is a cough
I can sympathise, I lost my voice over the weekend, now I have a tickly cough that when it catches sounds like I am dying! Helpfully people keep telling me that's how they were just before/ when they got covid 🤦‍♀️I have no symptoms and I'm testing daily because we have a few cases in school, I'm tired of having to explain myself!
 
I can sympathise, I lost my voice over the weekend, now I have a tickly cough that when it catches sounds like I am dying! Helpfully people keep telling me that's how they were just before/ when they got covid 🤦‍♀️I have no symptoms and I'm testing daily because we have a few cases in school, I'm tired of having to explain myself!
Oh I feel you there. I lost my voice the weekend before last and that's just after the cough started. Mind you an opportunity to go out for a few drinks with friends likely contributed on that score
 
I had a horrible experience at a new doctor's office that left me in tears last year, so I made a negative Google review sharing my experience in detail a few days afterwards. I am just now realizing the doctors office flagged it as a false review to Google. Their explanation in their own words was that they believe the review I wrote was for another office because they have no idea who I am and they are not aware of a situation I described. First of all, I described the place in detail so there was no mistaking it's them. Second, I personally interacted with about 5 employees that day, extensively so with four of them, so one or all of them have to be just lying. My experience also involved staying far past closing time because they made me sit in the waiting room for over an hour due to the receptionist forgetting to log me in (which I suspect she did on purpose, but that's another issue,) and they're claiming not one of them remembers something like that?

I recieved an email from Google about a week or two after I wrote my review that the office flagged it and I needed to send further proof that I was there in some form or Google will delete my review. I am just now seeing this email almost a year later, so of course I never responded and my review was deleted. I feel so so angry that they just outright lie like that, and a doctors office at that! Another negative reviewer said that the practice also flagged their review as false, but they were able to fight the claim in time and keep their review up.

I usually wouldn't get so upset about this, but it really just makes me angry because there was no way they didn't remember me. I felt a little better knowing that people might think again before going to that practice based off my experience, but all the doctor did was lie to get it taken down 😖 It's been almost a year now as well, so I can't do anything about it. I wrote another less detailed review of what I went through today, but they will probably flag it again and I no longer have anything physical besides the leftover lotion I was prescribed a year ago to prove I was really there.
 
I grumble about the daftest things, I know, but my browser updated itself and everything looks wrong. I know, it takes time for these things to settle again but I'm a creature of habit and I don't like it.

The weather is also setting the boys off again. They don't like it, I don't like it.

I had to download a 45GB patch for something overnight and it was still going 8 hours later. When I moved in Sky could only offer me slow internet but the local exchange was due a fibre update early this year. Apparently it's been done so I went online to book an upgrade (I love not having to talk to people doing it). My complaint is this - why is upgrading my internet connection cheaper per month than the basic one? I'll be getting the faster internet for less money. This means I'd've paid less in January and February (December doesn't count because of the move) if the fibre connection had been available from the start. :td:
 
Not a rant just had a shaky start to today. We woke up to people screaming, at first I thought it was cats fighting or kids playing or something, looked out the window and someone’s house is on fire; the house was behind ours and we could smell smoke. They were throwing all their belongings out the window and the fire department came so fast, their house didn’t look to be too damaged but it just made my heart sink because I wanted to help but couldn’t, the fireman must’ve thought I was silly asking if I could do anything… but any small thing and I’d of done it. Ontop of that my fiancé’s mum tried selling her tractor on Craigslist and somebody tried to give her a counterfeit cheque.. what is wrong with people? Last but not least, the airline I looked with to go home doesn’t accept point beyond ticketing which I didn’t know was a thing and that’s what mine apparently is so I’ve had to ask for an extension. :(
 
Two things.

I had just put the pigs to bed, and was getting all excited about getting to bed myself, then I remembered I still hadn't taken the washing out of the machine. Sigh.

Second, laziest selfie ever but seriously. How does someone get his head shaved and somehow grow a fringe from that?!

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I'm genuinely baffled.
 
I've been getting hay from the same farm since I got the piggies almost a year ago. It's always been green and soft. This time both bales I got look much more brown and the hay is rather hard and stalky. Maybe the bales will be better once they are broken up a bit more, but I am not so sure they will. I can tell the piggies waste more of it already. I'm sure I'm not the only person who has gotten a crappy bale once in a while. It is pretty disappointing, especially since we have so much of it now and the guinea pigs obviously don't like it much. I am also more worried for their eyes since there are so many hard stalky pieces 😖
 
Seizures! Sick to death of them, had a bad couple of weeks (I always say that, should probably say decade now 😆) but this week has been pants with them really :mal:
Three fits in two days last weekend and could hardly walk, now two in two days and the same, severe jelly leg and very sore, not to mention complete brain fog! No painkillers either, a bit scared to go to the shop in case I hurt myself, and it’ll take a while without a cane (although that might be helpful right now)! :fog: Typical they didn’t have in stock when I got a fruit and veg order on Thursday :doh:
Rant over, sorry to moan!
 
Seizures! Sick to death of them, had a bad couple of weeks (I always say that, should probably say decade now 😆) but this week has been pants with them really :mal:
Three fits in two days last weekend and could hardly walk, now two in two days and the same, severe jelly leg and very sore, not to mention complete brain fog! No painkillers either, a bit scared to go to the shop in case I hurt myself, and it’ll take a while without a cane (although that might be helpful right now)! :fog: Typical they didn’t have in stock when I got a fruit and veg order on Thursday :doh:
Rant over, sorry to moan!

Can you do an Amazon Grocery order? I know you can get pain relief there, it's how I used to get my ibuprofen. Uber Eats also does some grocery orders round here too, you might be able to get pain relief that way.
 
Can you do an Amazon Grocery order? I know you can get pain relief there, it's how I used to get my ibuprofen. Uber Eats also does some grocery orders round here too, you might be able to get pain relief that way.
Yes I got an Asda order through Uber on Thursday but the stuff was out of stock! Can only really have paracetamol with my stomach, which is normally useless but I’ve been having paracetamol with caffeine recently which definitely helps a bit.
Might try deliveroo who do Sainsbury’s orders round here, they seem a bit better with having things in. Will have to get myself loads of tasty crap to munch to make up the order I reckon 🐷:D
Thanks :)
 
I can't take paracetamol but I've had enough stomach ulcers to make ibuprofen an issue. When I was in hospital on the section, in order to let me have any sort of pain relief they started giving me regular doses of Zantac. Their original choice would've been omeprazole but it'd never worked for me before. When Zantac had that massive recall I ended up with no pain relief again for a while til I started on lansoprazole instead.

I still don't like taking them unless I'm desperate but at least I know my stomach's in less danger because of it.
 
I’m sick of my health problems and today it got worse. I went for my asthma review and it turns out my asthma is worse than I thought. Peak flow was low and I have low oxygen levels and told I shouldn’t have so many pets :( Anyway, I’ve been prescribed a stronger steroid inhaler to take morning and night and have to carry a card with me.

It’s my husbands 40th birthday on Sunday and my in laws are doing him a party on Saturday night so we’re going to Nottingham for the weekend. All I can think of is what will happen if I have a funny turn / seizure and ruin it :(
 
Argh. Two things.

I woke up this morning unable to see straight - flashing disco lights, neck and jaw pain. The works. I had food in the fridge for the boys but most of it required slicing and I couldn't see well enough to use a knife, so I did something I hate doing, and gave them a bunch of spinach. Woke up later, finally less "off", and they've left a good chunk of the spinach. Oh no, are they ill, have I made them ill, etc, etc. Turns out they just didn't want the spinach, I sliced up a pepper and they're demolishing it with gusto. Phew.

Second, my general waste bin still hasn't turned up. The large blue bin (paper) that I ordered to replace the small one I had - that one's arrived. Sheesh. I mean I appreciate it, but I'd prefer the other one, you know?
 
Guinea Pigs - well a certain guinea pig!

I have recently discovered bobble mats, placed next to the hay piles they are brilliant for keeping the hay off the fleece. One shake over the veg patch and the hay drops off, no standing in the cold with a brush trying to get all the hay off before washing.
So, Caspian why do you have to move the crumbly messy hay cookie from the hay pile, over the bobble mat, onto the main cage fleece. You have a choice of 2 hay piles on newspaper and 2 bobble mats to pull a hay cookie appart, fling it around and not eat it but no, not you, you have to make as much difficult to clean mess as possible. :hb:
 
My husband! We’re currently in Nottingham staying with my laws for the weekend as it’s my husbands 40th birthday tomorrow and we’re having a party for him tonight. He’s currently in bed nursing a hangover after drinking one too many brandy’s last night after having a skinful of beer. I was drinking too but only had 4 drinks. I hope he recovers in time for his party which I’m already stressed out about!
 
My husband! We’re currently in Nottingham staying with my laws for the weekend as it’s my husbands 40th birthday tomorrow and we’re having a party for him tonight. He’s currently in bed nursing a hangover after drinking one too many brandy’s last night after having a skinful of beer. I was drinking too but only had 4 drinks. I hope he recovers in time for his party which I’m already stressed out about!
All I can say to that isMEN! Honestly you'd thought he'd have learned by now!
 
All I can say to that isMEN! Honestly you'd thought he'd have learned by now!
Indeed! My eye rolling at every drink he poured last night obviously went unnoticed. I’ve just gone up to check on him and he’s still rough. I wouldn’t mind so much but I have contributed towards the food and drink for tonight and it wasn’t cheap! My sister in law is coming here st 5 to have a little birthday tea for my nephew who’s birthday it was on Thursday and hub had better be up and about my then as I’m not in the mood for a shouty 4 year old… his own party starts at 7.30
 
My horrible neighbors have struck again and this time it is pretty upsetting, I am not sure what to do and if anyone has advice that would be great. 😣

So we live in a rowhouse/townhouse and share a very thin strip of backyard with our neighbors that is separated by an armpit height chain link fence. This fence offered very little privacy so we attached a lightweight bamboo fence to our side of it with zip ties. It's been almost two years and the fence has been amazing, but now we have had to take it down. Our neighbor called our landlord (he never communicates with us ever despite us asking, only calls the landlord to complain about petty issues most of the time) and is claiming that our bamboo fence caused damage to his iron fence during the massive storms we had recently. He has the say over the fence on that side, which I didn't know until now, but that's ok. I honestly don't know if the damage happened because of our fence or not, but since it could have been we were more than understanding in taking it down. He hasn't asked for money yet for the repair, but we would be willing to pay since it is just the wire on the very top of one or two posts that is broken.

So here's the thing, I can't do a single thing in my backyard without them watching me and it's making me not want to go outside. Their living room looks straight out into the main part of our backyard and I can see them watching me often through the windows when I am outside. I can't really do anything outside without them seeing it and they are always home because they are retired. The woman will sit on her porch outside faced towards our house and watch me do yardwork, etc. in the summer. When we have bonfires in the backyard, I have even seen her lurk behind our big pine tree just eavesdropping on what we were doing. They will also sometimes open their curtains back up if they think we are doing something interesting after they have already closed them. She might be bored or something which is fine, and I wouldn't mind including her usually, but they have been so nasty and made our lives hell since we moved here so I think any real relationship is done. The old man never apologized for his insane, inappropriate behavior during our one and only physical interaction either so I am really done with them.

I just don't know how to get them to stop staring. I feel like I can't even use my backyard ever without an audience and it's like they don't stop staring either, they just watch and say nothing. What do I do here? I know most people would tell me to just ignore it, but it is difficult to ignore. I feel like I am entertainment for them and I don't want to be, I just want to be able to enjoy my backyard ☹️
 
My horrible neighbors have struck again and this time it is pretty upsetting, I am not sure what to do and if anyone has advice that would be great. 😣

So we live in a rowhouse/townhouse and share a very thin strip of backyard with our neighbors that is separated by an armpit height chain link fence. This fence offered very little privacy so we attached a lightweight bamboo fence to our side of it with zip ties. It's been almost two years and the fence has been amazing, but now we have had to take it down. Our neighbor called our landlord (he never communicates with us ever despite us asking, only calls the landlord to complain about petty issues most of the time) and is claiming that our bamboo fence caused damage to his iron fence during the massive storms we had recently. He has the say over the fence on that side, which I didn't know until now, but that's ok. I honestly don't know if the damage happened because of our fence or not, but since it could have been we were more than understanding in taking it down. He hasn't asked for money yet for the repair, but we would be willing to pay since it is just the wire on the very top of one or two posts that is broken.

So here's the thing, I can't do a single thing in my backyard without them watching me and it's making me not want to go outside. Their living room looks straight out into the main part of our backyard and I can see them watching me often through the windows when I am outside. I can't really do anything outside without them seeing it and they are always home because they are retired. The woman will sit on her porch outside faced towards our house and watch me do yardwork, etc. in the summer. When we have bonfires in the backyard, I have even seen her lurk behind our big pine tree just eavesdropping on what we were doing. They will also sometimes open their curtains back up if they think we are doing something interesting after they have already closed them. She might be bored or something which is fine, and I wouldn't mind including her usually, but they have been so nasty and made our lives hell since we moved here so I think any real relationship is done. The old man never apologized for his insane, inappropriate behavior during our one and only physical interaction either so I am really done with them.

I just don't know how to get them to stop staring. I feel like I can't even use my backyard ever without an audience and it's like they don't stop staring either, they just watch and say nothing. What do I do here? I know most people would tell me to just ignore it, but it is difficult to ignore. I feel like I am entertainment for them and I don't want to be, I just want to be able to enjoy my backyard ☹️
That's terrible! Part of me wants to give a snarky answer like loudly say that you are planning on having a nudest party or hang the biggest, most colorful underwear on your wash line or gift them a pair of binoculars with a note about them watching you, but that wouldn't be too helpful. Maybe gift them a bird feeder and a kind note so they can watch the birds and not you. Or can you put up some trellis with some vines growing up them that block the view? Will your landlord put up a privacy fence for you? It really just sounds like they are bored and need a new hobby!
 
I am so sorry. I can sympathise as we have a similar situation here, although next door but one. They spy on us from the upstairs window and do everything they can to annoy us and our neighbour next door. I think some people just enjoy annoying others, it's some kind of power game.
 
That's terrible! Part of me wants to give a snarky answer like loudly say that you are planning on having a nudest party or hang the biggest, most colorful underwear on your wash line or gift them a pair of binoculars with a note about them watching you, but that wouldn't be too helpful. Maybe gift them a bird feeder and a kind note so they can watch the birds and not you. Or can you put up some trellis with some vines growing up them that block the view? Will your landlord put up a privacy fence for you? It really just sounds like they are bored and need a new hobby!

From what I have seen/heard, I think my neighbors actually really dislike most animals and consider birds a pest as well as any other animal that would use a feeder. They are very obsessive about their lawn, it's one of those super short lawns with not a single weed in sight. They hate our garden because it's full and lush. Our neighbors hate what our landlords did with our lawn and their hatred is aimed toward us now because we live here. I was considering getting them a gift early on, but they have crossed too many lines for that level of kindness, especially considering they've never shown kindness to us. Our landlord said that we could try to put up our bamboo fence in our lawn, but I am not sure if we should spend all the money and time on that since we are just renting. I am trying to think of ways to make it so that she just won't want to stare. Best I could come up with is that maybe I could ask her nicely if she needs something when she starts staring. And wave to her when she is standing in her window staring. I don't think she knows I can see her lol.
 
From what I have seen/heard, I think my neighbors actually really dislike most animals and consider birds a pest as well as any other animal that would use a feeder. They are very obsessive about their lawn, it's one of those super short lawns with not a single weed in sight. They hate our garden because it's full and lush. Our neighbors hate what our landlords did with our lawn and their hatred is aimed toward us now because we live here. I was considering getting them a gift early on, but they have crossed too many lines for that level of kindness, especially considering they've never shown kindness to us. Our landlord said that we could try to put up our bamboo fence in our lawn, but I am not sure if we should spend all the money and time on that since we are just renting. I am trying to think of ways to make it so that she just won't want to stare. Best I could come up with is that maybe I could ask her nicely if she needs something when she starts staring. And wave to her when she is standing in her window staring. I don't think she knows I can see her lol.
I think the asking her how she is doing/talking with her when she is staring is probably the best idea. I will admit, I am a snooper, but I don't stare out at my neighbors all day, I only look at what is going on if there is a bunch of noise. Although, it is my household with three kids that normally make all the noise. :)) But your neighbors are really taking it too far. If you won't be there long, it probably won't be a good idea to put up the fence. Hopefully you will have less dramatic/bored neighbors when you move.
 
Argh.

Piggy room was a bit cold around noon. Stuck the heating on for an hour. Was about 20/21C when it switched off. Now it's at 23C. Where's the heat supposed to be coming from?!
 
Bah. Booked a telephone call with the doctor a few weeks ago for today. I stayed by my phone till they closed - no call so figured I wasn't getting one and I'd have to follow up tomorrow.

I then left the room for a few minutes...came back and I've missed the call, looks like the doctor was working late.

If they hadn't called at least it wouldn't have been my fault, but now I have to explain why I didn't answer and beg for another appointment this week. Thankfully it's nothing urgent...but it's frustrating as I'd been so organised!
 
Apparently March is the month that everyone is tired of their pets they gave their kids. I've seen 3 guinea pig pairs listed for free near me.
 
Not really a rant as it's mildly amusing...

Decided to try a cheeky drive now I'm nearly 7 weeks post surgery. The car won't start. My husband was the last to drive it and he left the lights on. In his car I think they turn off with the car, in mine, it turns out they drain the battery.

So now I'm back on the sofa. Doh! But finally my husband is wrong about something 😂
 
I have to wait for up to 3 days for Openreach to fix my phone line. Something about a cable between the cabinet and the house. I just got my fibre connection back!

But on the plus side I don't owe Sky any money this month now.
 
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