Stupid little things that bug you

laserblue said:
Don't your feet or socks get wet when the water penetrates the holes? ;)
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Yes. But i don't wear them in ponds or torrential rain. It's easier than wearing wellies that make your skin itch. Don't often wear them with socks.

Walk around the house, garden and drive barefoot anyway when dry. Just not outside because I'm not daft. Used to have an Italian gf who insisted on me wearing flip flop plastic sliders in her flat. I'd rather be comfortable and just wash my feet for two mins.
 
Fode N The Hole said:
Yes. But i don't wear them in ponds or torrential rain. It's easier than wearing wellies that make your skin itch. Don't often wear them with socks.

Walk around the house, garden and drive barefoot anyway when dry. Just not outside because I'm not daft. Used to have an Italian gf who insisted on me wearing flip flop plastic sliders in her flat. I'd rather be comfortable and just wash my feet for two mins.
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I'm just joshing with you. You have a practical use for Crocs. I should have specified people over 8 who wear them in public like in the street, in supermarkets, etc. ;)
 
Fode N The Hole said:
I have these but for the garden. It's easier to wear them in case I step in mud, dog or cavy shit because you can just hose them down.

On a similar but tangential point In the town of Glastonbury, you get people walking around barefooted with blackened soles and heels. Not homeless just hipsters.
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You know why crocs have holes?
To allow your dignity to escape : )
 
I'd be interested to know when our council are going to let us in the tip without going through the Spanish inquisition.
Log in...enter type of car....enter reg...are you towing a trailer....is it personal or trade waste....enter your required time slot.....must arrive during your time slot....email address....confirm email address....contact phone if required....

Upon arrival to said establishment we have the fucking jobsworth with a clip board/ tablet standing there, the other side of the barrier, smiling in an almost professional manner, justifying his wages while he checks all the above details..... He then cheerfully lifts the barrier and explains only 2 cars are allowed in.......it's a fucking tip not a nuclear arsenal !!. What a waste of fucking time but that's councils for you.
 
Tuearts right boot said:
I'd be interested to know when our council are going to let us in the tip without going through the Spanish inquisition.
Log in...enter type of car....enter reg...are you towing a trailer....is it personal or trade waste....enter your required time slot.....must arrive during your time slot....email address....confirm email address....contact phone if required....

Upon arrival to said establishment we have the fucking jobsworth with a clip board/ tablet standing there, the other side of the barrier, smiling in an almost professional manner, justifying his wages while he checks all the above details..... He then cheerfully lifts the barrier and explains only 2 cars are allowed in.......it's a fucking tip not a nuclear arsenal !!. What a waste of fucking time but that's councils for you.
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Ridiculous. Here you pull up onto a scale, they weigh you, you give them a deposit, they weigh you on the way out, they give you some of your deposit back. Off to the nudie bar
 
Tuearts right boot said:
I'd be interested to know when our council are going to let us in the tip without going through the Spanish inquisition.
Log in...enter type of car....enter reg...are you towing a trailer....is it personal or trade waste....enter your required time slot.....must arrive during your time slot....email address....confirm email address....contact phone if required....

Upon arrival to said establishment we have the fucking jobsworth with a clip board/ tablet standing there, the other side of the barrier, smiling in an almost professional manner, justifying his wages while he checks all the above details..... He then cheerfully lifts the barrier and explains only 2 cars are allowed in.......it's a fucking tip not a nuclear arsenal !!. What a waste of fucking time but that's councils for you.
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Where are you ?
Trafford has none of that, you just turn up. Also, it isn't council run, private firm whose name I've forgotten. They also do all household bins.


Who mentioned brown envelopes ? Come on I'm waiting. No one goes home until the boy who shouted brown envelopes stands up.
 
Barcon said:
Ridiculous. Here you pull up onto a scale, they weigh you, you give them a deposit, they weigh you on the way out, they give you some of your deposit back. Off to the nudie bar
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That's when you are weighing in your knock off scrap metal you daft pikey.
 
Blue Mist said:
Where are you ?
Trafford has none of that, you just turn up. Also, it isn't council run, private firm whose name I've forgotten. They also do all household bins.


Who mentioned brown envelopes ? Come on I'm waiting. No one goes home until the boy who shouted brown envelopes stands up.
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I won’t say where he is, but let’s just say there’s probably some wool in his Wellies.
 
Blue Mist said:
Where are you ?
Trafford has none of that, you just turn up. Also, it isn't council run, private firm whose name I've forgotten. They also do all household bins.


Who mentioned brown envelopes ? Come on I'm waiting. No one goes home until the boy who shouted brown envelopes stands up.
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Gwynedd county council and I'm sure Pembrokeshire CC are the same.
 
Tradespeople who take it as a personal affront when you ask for their bank details in order to pay their account, instead of paying them in cash.They somehow think they should be exempt from paying tax.
 
Big Swifty said:
People who patronise me as a senior citizen. I have got used to young folk offering me a seat on a Metrolink, but the other day I was in one place being attended to and a bloke sitting nearby, no spring chicken himself, said "Do you know tour shoelace is undone?"
I said "Yes" (thinking mind yer own business) and he replied "Do you want me to tie it for you?"
I thought "God, do I look that decrepit?"

And only a couple of weeks ago I was putting a medium-sized suitcase on the overhead luggage rack, no bother at all, when a smart-arse sprang up from a nearby seat and virtually wrestled it out of my hands and put it up there himself. I thought "Patronising bastard!" I suppose he was trying to help, but I don't want offers of help when I don't need them, thank you very much.

Does anyone else have this to put up with, or is it just me? It really pisses me off.
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calm down grand dad and have a cup of tea, you'll do yourself a mischief
 
Citizen of Legoland said:
We’d get a huge sack of spuds delivered back in the seventies, can’t remember the weight, 50lb maybe. Was probably just a week’s worth though in our house. Hardly eat them now.

New potatoes don’t taste the same anymore either.
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think they were 56lb for some reason, my old man used to rock up from work every couple of weeks with one, a surprising number seemed to fall off the back of lorries...
 
Citizen of Legoland said:
They’re currently sold in 25kg sacks which is just over 55lb so maybe that’s right.
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Yeah, a 56 lb sack o' spuds was the norm in them days. Thick brown paper, sewn at the top and when empty my dad used to cut it up into strips and use them as fire lighters.
 
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