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

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Lady Kelly said:
It is! It's held at Beaumanor Hall. It's run by Crafty Sew & So who are based in Leicester. They do sewcial days, workshops and apparently looking at running more, affordable retreats too
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I've heard of Crafty Sew and So - I'm looking for something to reinvigorate my rusty sewing skills so I'll keep an eye out for future events. Thanks for the info!
 
Lizabel said:
I've heard of Crafty Sew and So - I'm looking for something to reinvigorate my rusty sewing skills so I'll keep an eye out for future events. Thanks for the info!
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I learned to sew on their beginners course. They do a full day workshop for it now and we put the mother in law on one earlier this year as she used to sew a lot but hasn't in years and it's got her started up again
 
Deeeep breaths, Tony, deep breaths.

So the health and safety guy from the housing association knocked on my door earlier. Turns out when the surveyor was taking photographs of the house the other week, and he took one of the goblin room (which was fine) - it kind of looked like the goblins were in a cage with walls and no more. Like the bedding was right on top of the carpet.

And look, I knew they weren't. I knew I was well within the rules of what I'd been told I can have. That really doesn't matter when you've got someone asking if they can inspect the cage apparently out of nowhere. So I showed him, told him it was tarp, cut down from a larger size, cable tied together along the long walls and extra long tails along the right and side to allow for the bedding that inevitably gets kicked out to land on tarp and not carpet, AND to give me somewhere to kneel down too, again not on carpet. He's happy, he's happy the bedding isn't old, said it doesn't smell much (and he's a non-furry owner, so to me that's actually great), says they're clean and whatever, but still.

Nothing like that "oh, ****" moment right before a surprise inspection.
 
Hay poke. Another one. Think that makes at least 4 between my pair since the end of April.

I've tried different hay, putting more in racks and less on the floor, stuffing in loo roll tubes. But no they still manage to stab themselves in the face with it.

I love my boys but seriously they seem on a mission to drain my bank account. I'm starting to think I'm a bit cursed.
 
Not only do I have to put suncream on just to go and vape outside for 3 minutes, but Asda were out of the spray I'd ordered so I got lotion instead which I'm not a fan of (texture issues) AND I managed to get the lotion all over a sleeve.
 
Repeated calls from people on mobiles saying they’re calling about my upgrade…that’s if they get that far. First time I said I wasn’t looking for an upgrade. Second time I was asked why 🤨 told them to take me off their system! Third call I just answered but didn’t speak. They hung up within seconds. Fourth call (todays possibly, lost count), let them start and I stopped them. Said I told them to take me off the system. They hung up. WTF?! Maybe I should stop just answering them and send to voicemail. If it’s someone important they’ll leave a voicemail.
 
Those are the worst! I would block their number if they're calling you on your cellphone. It's a total scam :no:
 
I am totally done with Royal Mail this afternoon. Sometimes they do two deliveries a day and that's fine and they can deliver up until the evening but I'm still waiting and I want to go to bed. But nooooo, the tracking shows it as "delivery due today".
 
avafaghani said:
Those are the worst! I would block their number if they're calling you on your cellphone. It's a total scam :no:
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They call from different numbers each time. I’ve blocked the previous ones but assume I’ll be getting another. I’ll just not answer.
 
I feel bad for whoever has to answer the phones at Royal Mail because they're clearly not responsible for whatever stupidity the local delivery office has pulled (looking at you again here Rochdale D.O.) but I'm also narked from having to sit in my living room all day waiting for a parcel they're not going to bother delivering. Again.

It better turn up tomorrow, but it won't, it'll turn up on Monday at the earliest because "sunday isn't a working day". Except they do deliver on Sundays, because I've had a Sunday delivery, but it's "not a working day" and apparently that makes it my fault they've given it a retention scan when there's no retention order on stuff to my address.

Good lord I'm salty about this. How damned hard can it be to deliver a box?
 
In unrelated news, I've upgraded my phone because it's cheaper in the long run (it actually is, I know how weird that sounds) but oh good grief, 7 emails worth of documentation. I forgot how much of a faff it all is.
 
There are signs everywhere down here in Dorset saying "Fire Risk, No Open Fires, No Barbecues". On Thursday there was a bad wild fire on Studland Heath that took over 90 Firefighters to tackle and the next day the fire was "contained". They shut the road and the full car ferry had to have all the cars reverse off it to allow the Fire Engines on. It turns out that now the fire is out the seat of the fire was caused by a camp fire and a barbecue! Are people mad?!?! We've had no rain in months and everywhere is tinder dry! Which Numpty (polite word as we are a family forum!) thought it was a good idea to light a fire?
 
Seems to be a sad fact of life that there are a lot of people who are both stupid and selfish, and don't think rules or guidance apply to them. Glad it didn't happen today though, we are right now on the fast cat ferry heading for Poole 🛥
PS did they use the ferry to take the fire engines to the fire quicker?
 
Qualcast&Flymo said:
Seems to be a sad fact of life that there are a lot of people who are both stupid and selfish, and don't think rules or guidance apply to them. Glad it didn't happen today though, we are right now on the fast cat ferry heading for Poole 🛥
PS did they use the ferry to take the fire engines to the fire quicker?
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I thought the ferry was being used to get people off the beach, who were otherwise stranded?
 
Qualcast&Flymo said:
Seems to be a sad fact of life that there are a lot of people who are both stupid and selfish, and don't think rules or guidance apply to them. Glad it didn't happen today though, we are right now on the fast cat ferry heading for Poole 🛥
PS did they use the ferry to take the fire engines to the fire quicker?
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Yes the ferry was used to take the fires engines over. Otherwise it's a long old trek around.

Lorcan said:
I thought the ferry was being used to get people off the beach, who were otherwise stranded?
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It probably was but I hadn't heard that. It would make sense.
 
Betsy said:
Yes the ferry was used to take the fires engines over. Otherwise it's a long old trek around.


It probably was but I hadn't heard that. It would make sense.
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I've just realised you meant the ferry across the harbour, not the cross-channel one... sounds silly, but I've not been down here since I was a kid and we've just sailed past the harbour ferry and Studland :coat:
 
I've misplaced something. I know it was downstairs because I put it with my Guinea Pig magazine to bring upstairs. This was the other week, so now obviously I'm looking for it and can't find it. My GP mag is up here though... so where have I put the other thing?!?!
 
Hubby let the toddler nap for an hour and half today despite me saying it's needs capping at an hour. She's usually asleep by now but nope, she's lying in her cot staring at me... I can't leave the room til she's asleep otherwise she starts screaming and I still need to unpack my car.

Hubby has also decided that I can take her to do a food shop tomorrow while he's working and I can also apparently take the dog to his groomers and pick him up after...
 
I’m currently in the pub drinking Diet Coke. I have sadly come to the realisation that alcohol and my meds don’t mix. I’m still drinking but can only manage around 3-4 drinks these days and I’ve already had my ‘allowance’ for today as we went out for dinner too and I had two drinks then.

Gone are the days where I used to drink a bottle of wine before even leaving the house
 
Sar said:
I've misplaced something. I know it was downstairs because I put it with my Guinea Pig magazine to bring upstairs. This was the other week, so now obviously I'm looking for it and can't find it. My GP mag is up here though... so where have I put the other thing?!?!
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It'll turn up when you're not looking for it.
 
@Betsy someone had a bbq here a couple days ago. Husband was wondering who would do that when it’s so dry.

@Sar hope you find it. Sometimes you have to stop looking, or look in the least likely place. Hope it’s not too important.
 
Siikibam said:
@Betsy someone had a bbq here a couple days ago. Husband was wondering who would do that when it’s so dry.

@Sar hope you find it. Sometimes you have to stop looking, or look in the least likely place. Hope it’s not too important.
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We had a bbq on Thursday evening but we had 2 buckets of water on standby just in case and we made sure the bbq was nowhere near any trees or bushes.
 
On the driving one. Drivers who gesture for pedestrians to cross the road and then get annoyed if you don’t.

it’s actually quite dangerous and the Highway Code says you could be gesturing people into danger.

it’s up to me when I feel safe to cross a road !
 
There loads of driving ones. My current hate is people driving 3 foot behind me.

doesn’t matter what speed limit . It’s very aggressive and suggests you are not driving fast enough. I normally slow down which is as bad as speeding up. Means you have reacted.
 
Which ones are newer? There is a lot contributing to girls and women having issues with their bodies.
 
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