Today I Consign To Hell -the All Saints version

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  • I stayed a few years ago in an (independent) hotel in Wales. It was very hot at the time. I can't remember if we had a fan or not; however having the window open meant that we were kept awake by very late-night drinkers in the seats outside the pub next door, and woken early by several large buses coming past (the town is a focal point for the long-distance bus network).
  • la vie en rougela vie en rouge Purgatory Host, Circus Host
    I stayed in what was supposedly a four star hotel in Zurich which had no air-conditioning and windows opening straight out onto a busy street (literally a tram line 10 yards from the window). How they had four stars is beyond me.
  • TICTH cancer, which has taken the life of one of my church members, aged just 43.
  • TICTH cancer, which has taken the life of one of my church members, aged just 43.

    Yes, far too soon. RIPARIG.
    I stayed in what was supposedly a four star hotel in Zurich which had no air-conditioning and windows opening straight out onto a busy street (literally a tram line 10 yards from the window). How they had four stars is beyond me.

    They received four stars because of easy access to public transport...

    (I once dwelt for several days in a small hotel in a narrow street in central-ish Brussels. My chamber was on the first floor, and outside the window was another narrow street, complete with tramway. Trams in Brussels run all night, at frequent intervals, or they did back in 1973...).
  • Although I haven't checked the timetable for every line, they generally seem to start up at arond 5am.
  • Well, it was a long time ago, but they seemed to be on the go all night.

    Maybe the last run was at about 1am, after which I may have had a few hours of relative freedom from tram noises...
  • ETA:

    I like tram noises - civilised and reassuring IYSWIM.
  • So do I, but they can become irritating, especially if you have a rail joint, points, or a screeching sharp bend just outside your window ...
  • jedijudyjedijudy Heaven Host
    My BFF and I stayed at a hotel in Edinborough. It was freezing outside (at least to these Florida girls who aren't used to that) and our room was stifling hot. There was an air conditioning unit, but we couldn't turn it on, and couldn't open the window. Calling down to the front desk, they said that it was cold outside, so the AC wouldn't be able to be used, and the windows were permanently closed. They did eventually send up a fan. Pretty miserable night even with the fan.
  • CathscatsCathscats Shipmate
    You were unlucky. It is very rare for Edinburgh hotels (or anywhere else in the fair city) to be too hot, especially for Floridians.
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    Why would you have wanted air-con if it was freezing outside? :confused:
  • Because the room was stifingly hot. I wonder, though, if it had a turn-off-able radiator valve which @jedijudy didn't notice?
  • jedijudyjedijudy Heaven Host
    Because the room was stifingly hot. I wonder, though, if it had a turn-off-able radiator valve which @jedijudy didn't notice?

    Hmmm. No idea! Hopefully the front desk people would have suggested that, but it really would have been a great sleeping temperature if we could have opened the window!
  • SpikeSpike Ecclesiantics & MW Host, Admin Emeritus
    I stayed in what was supposedly a four star hotel in Zurich which had no air-conditioning and windows opening straight out onto a busy street (literally a tram line 10 yards from the window). How they had four stars is beyond me.

    At least you had a window that opened
  • la vie en rougela vie en rouge Purgatory Host, Circus Host
    Depends whether you hate heat or noise more.
  • Yes. I once stayed in a Retreat Centre in east London during a very hot spell. No fan in the room. If I closed the window I roasted. If I opened it, I was deafened by heavy traffic (and trains) all night. I was glad to leave but felt sorry for people who lived nearby.
  • PuzzlerPuzzler Shipmate
    Although too hot, this has to be the most peaceful hotel I have ever stayed in.
  • FirenzeFirenze Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    We were in a hotel in Potsdam last summer with markedly feeble A/C. Sleep was only viable if you opened the windows to the extent you could while still drawing the curtains, plus setting a rotating floor fan on the dressing table so as to waft what cooling air it could at bed height.
  • la vie en rougela vie en rouge Purgatory Host, Circus Host
    TICTH the busker downstairs from my house. Guy sounds like he needs a good laxative.
  • BroJamesBroJames Purgatory Host
    If someone supplied it, it might encourage movement!
  • ThunderBunkThunderBunk Shipmate
    Today I consign all broadcasting weather forecasters to hell. Desiccation is not pleasant, neither is overheating. All human lizards can fuck off straight to hell as well.
  • TheOrganistTheOrganist Shipmate
    ICTH busy-body AD suggested imposed priest who was due to take our All-Age Eucharist in June. The CWs emailed him to say there was likely to be a baptism which can make the service run for an extra 10 minutes or so and was that OK with him. His response? To telephone the CW "as a matter or urgency" to ask "Are the parents married?". And before the CW could collect his jaw from the carpet he followed up with ""because if not I'm afraid I wouldn't be prepared to do that".

    Can anybody tell me where Our Lord said Suffer the little children to come unto me but only if Mum and Dad have a marriage certificate? 😡😡😡
  • SojournerSojourner Shipmate
    Oh dear. A timely letter to the Area Dean might be in order…
  • I thought AD might stand for Area Dean, but maybe @TheOrganist is referring to the Archdeacon?

    Either way, the holier-than-thou priest needs to read the rubrics, as I'm fairly sure that the Prayer Book makes no such stipulation, and the BCP is still supposed to be the bedrock of C of E doctrine...
  • Lamb ChoppedLamb Chopped Shipmate
    What a freak.
  • BroJamesBroJames Purgatory Host
    Frankly, I think he should be reported to the Archdeacon. Here’s Canon B22.4 4:
    No minister shall refuse or, save for the purpose of preparing or instructing the parents or guardians or godparents, delay to baptize any infant within his cure that is brought to the church to be baptized, provided that due notice has been given and the provisions relating to godparents in these Canons are observed.
  • But he is (we think) the Archdeacon!
  • But he is (we think) the Archdeacon!

    I thought the priest was being imposed on @TheOrganist 's church by either the Area Dean or the Archdeacon (more likely the former).
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    Crikey! It's hardly the baby's fault if his/her parents aren't married. It's also none of the imposed priest's business.
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    TICTH my laptop, which suddenly logged me out (I suppose I must have clicked or hit something by mistake) and caused me to have to waste about 20 minutes fecking about resetting passwords etc. :rage:
  • TheOrganistTheOrganist Shipmate
    edited May 2
    Further to my earlier post: AD = Archdeacon. We are in a vacancy - have been on-and-off for years - so the Archdeacon insists on sending in a spy/ someone he approves every three months to take a eucharist. We've never had the same person twice running so presumably he's not getting the information he wants and/or is fine with reports of how the parish is doing.

    Thanks @BroJames for reminding me of the relevant Canon - I might suggest to the Churchwardens that they raise a query with the AD on those lines ... 😈
  • Further to my earlier post: AD = Archdeacon. We are in a vacancy - have been on-and-off for years - so the Archdeacon insists on sending in a spy/ someone he approves every three months to take a eucharist. We've never had the same person twice running so presumably he's not getting the information he wants and/or is fine with reports of how the parish is doing.

    Thanks @BroJames for reminding me of the relevant Canon - I might suggest to the Churchwardens that they raise a query with the AD on those lines ... 😈

    Thanks for the clarification.
  • TheOrganistTheOrganist Shipmate
    Doggers. If you must exercise your bizarre exhibitionist tendencies choose somewhere other than the church car-park please 😈🤣😱

    UPDATE
    The Churchwarden's cameras worked and we've got beautiful, clear pictures of the doggers' car and some of their audience. CW is going to speak to our local PCSO about what to do with evidence - watch this space! 😂🤣
  • I suppose the question is whether or not the doggers were actually doing anything illegal - not that it's the sort of behaviour appropriate to a church car park (or any other car park).
  • SandemaniacSandemaniac Shipmate
    I suppose the question is whether or not the doggers were actually doing anything illegal - not that it's the sort of behaviour appropriate to a church car park (or any other car park).

    Adds a whole new meaning to laying down some rubber in the car park.

    *grabs ever-handy coat*

    *sprints for door*
  • Jengie JonJengie Jon Shipmate
    Can I consign to Hell again post viral digestive problems and other health problems that restrict diet, especially when faced with dealing with church weekends away.

    Twice now faced being unable to find any food that is "safe" to eat for evening meal. Both times managed to put something together. Last night more successfully than this. Different reasons, different causes. Tonight was just bad planning (all I really needed was a coffee shop where people actually served coffee as a simple off menu item would have done).

    Give me simple home cooking and I am fine, try me on anything fancy or processed and my do not eat list rules it out.
  • North East QuineNorth East Quine Purgatory Host
    Another of our expensive interlinked smoke detectors has started beeping. We are safe, in that we still have our original inexpensive battery smoke detectors, but we are not legal because the expensive legally mandated interlinked tamper-proof detectors do not last the promised ten years, or even half that time.
  • Wesley JWesley J Circus Host
    Have you still got warranty on the interlinked detectors?
  • North East QuineNorth East Quine Purgatory Host
    I don't think so. I think this is the fourth to stop working, so we're definitely no longer legal.
  • That, I'd have thought, could cause difficulties with an insurance claim should (heaven forfend) a serious fire were to break out.
  • North East QuineNorth East Quine Purgatory Host
    Yes, the insurance aspect is my main concern.
  • Would it be wise to let your insurers know of the problem? It's not your fault, but you are trying to do something about it...
  • North East QuineNorth East Quine Purgatory Host
    I think we're going to have to give up on the present set-up, and start over.

    We've still got three of the standard inter-linked alarms left (my bedroom, my son's bedroom and the living room), plus the heat-sensitive kitchen one, plus both the CO ones. And we still have the original unlinked battery ones in the upstairs landing and dining room.

    We live in a bog standard 1970s house. I think we're well-covered from a safety point of view, especially as we don't smoke, or deep fry food, but the legislation stipulates interlinked alarms in every hallway or landing. So we are currently two short. The other two (husband's bedroom and daughter's bedroom) weren't mandatory.

    It does look as though prices have come down since we bought our current set, though.
  • Having a gripe here to get it out of my system. Consigning to hell family members who ask you weeks ago to bring particular stuff to a party, so one organises themselves to do so and checks in to see if anything else is needed.

    After getting home a delayed message comes in saying, Oh I've got the stuff already, can you bring X instead? Grrrr!

    Fortunately the stuff I've organised won't go off and can be used gradually over the year, but I'm on a fixed income and would have preferred not to have spent the money and now have to buy other (fortunately inexpensive) stuff.
  • SojournerSojourner Shipmate
    You’re too kind, CG.

    I’d have advised that I’s bring what was requested or they can do without.

    Inconsiderate people with the brains of a sieve.
  • PuzzlerPuzzler Shipmate
    We were asked to take food to a social event after the choir AGM, with no lists or co-ordination. There was a good spread but too much. I ended up having to bring home most of the cake I had provided. Not good for the waistline.
  • That's really kind @Sojourner and as the day progresses I feel a bit better.

    They have kindly organised the event to be outside for the sake of air circulation and covid safety, which they wouldn't had done, except we are attending, so I don't like to make a big thing out of it.

    As it's the great nephew's birthday, I'm opting to suspect that she's completely forgotten that she asked me to get the drinks, in the midst of organising everything else.

    I am just hoping for fine weather!
  • That's really kind @Sojourner and as the day progresses I feel a bit better.

    They have kindly organised the event to be outside for the sake of air circulation and covid safety, which they wouldn't had done, except we are attending, so I don't like to make a big thing out of it.

    As it's the great nephew's birthday, I'm opting to suspect that she's completely forgotten that she asked me to get the drinks, in the midst of organising everything else.

    I am just hoping for fine weather!

    Well, everyone's fallible, but I'm afraid I personally would have jibbed at providing a substitute, having forked out £££ already. However, I appreciate the fact that, as it's a family event, you have to be as diplomatic as possible! Lots of Brownie Points to you, I think.
    :wink:
  • Graven ImageGraven Image Shipmate
    Puzzler wrote: »
    We were asked to take food to a social event after the choir AGM, with no lists or co-ordination. There was a good spread but too much. I ended up having to bring home most of the cake I had provided. Not good for the waistline.

    I have had the same probem, so I slice it and freeze the slices to offer up when someone stops by for a visit. A few seconds in the microwave and they are good to go.
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    TICTH McGill's buses: not only did I have to wait nearly 45 minutes for the bus back from Sainsbury's, but when I pressed the "stop" button, the driver didn't. 🙄
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