TICTH a certain member of our church choir who drives me round the bend. I know I am being very ungracious, but she is so disorganised, loses the pieces of music from one rehearsal to the next, does no homework on the bits she is struggling with- and she swoops. ( Ok so that’s me taking a very superior attitude. )
In fairness, swoops in choral singing are a hanging offence.
TICTH a certain member of our church choir who drives me round the bend. I know I am being very ungracious, but she is so disorganised, loses the pieces of music from one rehearsal to the next, does no homework on the bits she is struggling with- and she swoops. ( Ok so that’s me taking a very superior attitude. )
In fairness, swoops in choral singing are a hanging offence.
If you wanted to be kind, you could call it "portamento".
TICTH Rock Those Curves, an online emporium for clothing for generously-proportioned ladies. Their sizing must be designed for generously-proportioned stick-insects; I had ordered my normal size, which was far too small, so I sent it back and reordered the next size (which was nearly two sizes up, and their "largest" size), and it was still way too tight. I could have understood if it had been made in China (Chinese ladies generally being rather smaller than British ones), but the ticket said it was made in the UK.
I am Not A Happy Piglet.
I feel your pain. I used to know what size clothing I wore. I could buy any brand in that size, and it would fit. I now have sizes medium, large, and X-large in my closet, and they all fit. Thankfully, shoe sizes still seem to be standard.
Mrs RR, despite buying so many bras I fear the possibility a 'Bra Event Horizon',has yet to find one which is truly comfortable. All, she says, 'hurt, more or less'.
'I feel your pain', I say.
'That's better she says'.
Mrs RR, despite buying so many bras I fear the possibility a 'Bra Event Horizon',has yet to find one which is truly comfortable. All, she says, 'hurt, more or less'.
'I feel your pain', I say.
'That's better she says'.
Mrs RR, despite buying so many bras I fear the possibility a 'Bra Event Horizon',has yet to find one which is truly comfortable. All, she says, 'hurt, more or less'.
'I feel your pain', I say.
'That's better she says'.
Am quite shocked. ITTWACW. Funny, though.
Help, I can't remember what 'ITTWACW' stands for. Old age, I'm afraid!
Poor communication in my family re arrangements for my birthday next weekend. We are having a big family meal out next Sunday lunchtime. Until fairly recently it wasn’t going to happen, as my son and my daughter and their families had had a big fall-out, but they have sorted that, more or less. A few weeks ago I asked my son if someone in his family could pick up some relatives coming by train. I am still waiting to find out what’s happening and losing sleep over it. (I’ve had enough trouble over the seating plan.) My son said “ But it will mean two cars.” Ok so that’s not very environmentally friendly, but honestly they each have a car and almost never travel together. It’s not far out of their way for one to go via the station. Now my daughter tells me that her daughter can do the pick up but not the return so that will mean a taxi, which I need to organise and pay for, as train fares will have cost them enough already.
I shouldn’t need to lose sleep fretting over these arrangements. Rant over.
Exactly, but I want to help those who are coming a distance, spending money on train fares and hotels. My choice to invite them. My generation, so the family are not in touch with them.
Someone tried to use my bank card details to buy something from the Royal Mint yesterday. I got a text from my bank asking if it was me. I said no and they said they'd phone me. I couldn't hear the message when they phoned so I phoned them back and still couldn't hear.
I do wish companies would understand that not everyone can use phones easily.
I did get that a temporary block would be put on my card which appears to have happened as I couldn't use it today. We do still have a branch of the bank in town but its only open three days a week. Tomorrow is one of the days so I'll go in and hopefully sort it out face to face.
How annoying, Sarasa! But well done the bank for preventing the transaction. - I hope all goes well with the visit to the local branch, and that they are helpful.
Bank were very helpful so that is sorted, even if I need yet another replacement card.
Every year we have a Christmas Tree Festival in town for charities, local business and schools to promote themselves and help raise money for charity. Today I would very much like to call to Hell the stupid idiots who thought it would be a good idea to vandalise this years festival last night meaning it couldn't open this morning. They appear to have climbed over the gate to access the mezzanine floor of our Butter market and indulge in stripping trees of ornaments, knocking them over etc etc. I've been out all day but I'm hoping people have joined together to put it aright so it can open tomorrow.
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How awful.
The tree on our market place often gets vandalised but your situation is very different and totally inappropriate.
Update on my own rant a few days ago. I had a chat with my lovely granddaughter last night who has taken responsibility for the transport for my birthday meal tomorrow, which may or may not include a taxi one way, but she is happy to deal with it. Just had a text from her mum saying everything else is sorted between her and her brother, whatever that means.
( Last night I had a nightmare about it- some guests not turning up, unknown people turning up, a random dog causing havoc and my daughter-in-law getting horribly drunk. )
Bank were very helpful so that is sorted, even if I need yet another replacement card.
Every year we have a Christmas Tree Festival in town for charities, local business and schools to promote themselves and help raise money for charity. Today I would very much like to call to Hell the stupid idiots who thought it would be a good idea to vandalise this years festival last night meaning it couldn't open this morning. They appear to have climbed over the gate to access the mezzanine floor of our Butter market and indulge in stripping trees of ornaments, knocking them over etc etc. I've been out all day but I'm hoping people have joined together to put it aright so it can open tomorrow.
What an absolutely rotten thing to do. Is there likely to be any CCTV footage that might catch the culprits?
I understand the organisers of the festival wiped away their tears, girded their loins and sorted things out so it can open tomorrow. Well done them. One of the people who regularly posts on Facebook about our town described the perpetrators as pilchards and that pretty much seems to sum them up. I hope there is some CCTV somewhere so they can be caught.
I do hope that they are quickly caught.
When that comes about could you please arrange for them to squashed into cans, doused in tomato sauce and shipped down this end of the country. I'm sure Bishops Finger, for one, would be glad to see them, and would make a timely end to them. Probably involving hot buttered toast.
I do hope that they are quickly caught.
When that comes about could you please arrange for them to squashed into cans, doused in tomato sauce and shipped down this end of the country. I'm sure Bishops Finger, for one, would be glad to see them, and would make a timely end to them. Probably involving hot buttered toast.
Indeed I could, and the TOAST would be very hot...
Our Reform county council has been putting up flags on lampposts in our town. The £75,000 they’ve spent is from savings on things like helping children who could not otherwise afford it go to the panto. It makes me feel like I’m living in a totalitarian regime than in a rather nice British town.
Our Labour (unitary authority) council recently spent £11000 on removing a load of flags. Most people have been in favour of this (£11k is a drop in the bucket when compared to the council's overall budget), apart from the far-right patriots, of course.
Your Reform CC's behaviour seems par for the course, alas.
I had planned an afternoon of admin and family tree research on my lap top but it refuses to connect to the internet. Ipad and phone are fine, but sometimes I just want the bigger screen and a keyboard.
I had planned an afternoon of admin and family tree research on my lap top but it refuses to connect to the internet. Ipad and phone are fine, but sometimes I just want the bigger screen and a keyboard.
If all else fails use a charging cable to plug your phone into your laptop and switch on tethering. Your laptop should then use your phone's internet connection.
Our Reform county council has been putting up flags on lampposts in our town. The £75,000 they’ve spent is from savings on things like helping children who could not otherwise afford it go to the panto. It makes me feel like I’m living in a totalitarian regime than in a rather nice British town.
That really is more than a bit off. I can't help thinking that if Monty Python had created something called the Nasty Party*, that's the sort of thing they'd do!
I was told to go for a non-fasting blood test, I do not drive and my neighbor said she would be happy to take me. We decided to go at 1 when the lab is less busy so a shorter wait time. I arrive and they tell me the test must be done before 9 AM. Is it fasting I ask . No they said but must be done a few hours after you wake up. I am sure no one gave me that information and I re-checked my discharge papers and it only says have follow up blood test in 3 to 5 days. Thankful for kind neighbor who is willing to take me again.
TICTH automatic till machines which give the wrong change! The one this morning was supposed to give me £8.90 but only coughed up a £5 note plus 70p in change. I went to an assistant, who did some prodding of the screen - it then reluctantly dispensed another 10p. Much discussion with a colleague then ensued, with more prodding. Eventually the machine admitted that it had "failed to dispense" and blessed us with a full £3.90 in coins which was, of course, too much! I took my share and left. All I was buying was a newspaper!
To add to my annoyance about flags I had two friends ask me today if it was the idea of the Town or District council. I very firmly put the blame at the door of the Reform County Council.
Reform, who sent the household a mailing today, full of lies about London. Foolishly, they enclosed a reply-paid envelope, so I took pleasure in tearing the leaflet into small pieces and sending it back to them at their expense.
Reform, who sent the household a mailing today, full of lies about London. Foolishly, they enclosed a reply-paid envelope, so I took pleasure in tearing the leaflet into small pieces and sending it back to them at their expense.
Nicely done. I used to do that a lot and I suspect a lot of other people did the same thing, because we never see reply-paid envelopes now!
I consign to the nether regions all emails that have been generated, at least in part, using AI. And the folk using this 'help'.
It is unnerving to say the least to receive emails that just don't come across as natural.
Mrs RR tells me it is perfectly possible for AI to reply to emails ...... this I only suspected.
TICTH -myself. I have just lost my temper on a video call to Difficult Relative. DR follows various conspiracy theories and feels sorry for me that I don't understand "the truth." Usually I try to smile and nod. But today she pushed my buttons and I lost it.
The problem is, it really feels as though I was punching down.
From what you've said about your Difficult Relative in the past NEQ I think you do very well not to lose your temper more often. Having said that I know how rubbish getting cross makes me feel.
Update on the Christmas Tree festival vandals. The police reviewed the CCTV, knew who the culprits were and visited them to talk to them and their parents. One mother marched her child to the festival to get him to apologise. She then took him to the church (it's usually in the church and is organised by them) to apologise to them too. He has now been enrolled on a church community scheme and hopefully will be finding better things to do with his time.
I hope the other parents respond similarly, @Sarasa.
I'm genuinely concerned about Difficult Relative, but .... Today's spark point was the assertion that the war in Ukraine ended some time ago, Russia won, but something about western capitalist arms industry conspiracy, something about Boris Johnson, using Ukraine as a cover for the manufacture of arms. Or something. Because of this western capitalist conspiracy "they" (whoever "they" are) have to maintain the fiction of war in Ukraine, and pretend that Russia didn't win. And she was laughing at me for thinking there is ongoing conflict in Ukraine. I'm "gullible" apparently.
She's a big admirer of Putin. I have no idea what she's watching / listening to. But I hate losing my temper. And when she comes out with stuff like this I can't help but be worried about her.
And how did we get onto the topic of Ukraine? I said that we are really enjoying the TV programme "Shetland" and she said she can't believe we are watching meaningless crime drama, instead of "important" stuff and it was all downhill from there.
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In fairness, swoops in choral singing are a hanging offence.
If you wanted to be kind, you could call it "portamento".
I feel your pain. I used to know what size clothing I wore. I could buy any brand in that size, and it would fit. I now have sizes medium, large, and X-large in my closet, and they all fit. Thankfully, shoe sizes still seem to be standard.
'That's better she says'.
I don't know what shape Mrs RR is (obviously!), but if she's generously proportioned, they might be worth giving a go.
Am quite shocked. ITTWACW. Funny, though.
Help, I can't remember what 'ITTWACW' stands for. Old age, I'm afraid!
I shouldn’t need to lose sleep fretting over these arrangements. Rant over.
I do wish companies would understand that not everyone can use phones easily.
I did get that a temporary block would be put on my card which appears to have happened as I couldn't use it today. We do still have a branch of the bank in town but its only open three days a week. Tomorrow is one of the days so I'll go in and hopefully sort it out face to face.
Every year we have a Christmas Tree Festival in town for charities, local business and schools to promote themselves and help raise money for charity. Today I would very much like to call to Hell the stupid idiots who thought it would be a good idea to vandalise this years festival last night meaning it couldn't open this morning. They appear to have climbed over the gate to access the mezzanine floor of our Butter market and indulge in stripping trees of ornaments, knocking them over etc etc. I've been out all day but I'm hoping people have joined together to put it aright so it can open tomorrow.
How awful.
The tree on our market place often gets vandalised but your situation is very different and totally inappropriate.
Update on my own rant a few days ago. I had a chat with my lovely granddaughter last night who has taken responsibility for the transport for my birthday meal tomorrow, which may or may not include a taxi one way, but she is happy to deal with it. Just had a text from her mum saying everything else is sorted between her and her brother, whatever that means.
( Last night I had a nightmare about it- some guests not turning up, unknown people turning up, a random dog causing havoc and my daughter-in-law getting horribly drunk. )
What an absolutely rotten thing to do. Is there likely to be any CCTV footage that might catch the culprits?
When that comes about could you please arrange for them to squashed into cans, doused in tomato sauce and shipped down this end of the country. I'm sure Bishops Finger, for one, would be glad to see them, and would make a timely end to them. Probably involving hot buttered toast.
Indeed I could, and the TOAST would be very hot...
Your Reform CC's behaviour seems par for the course, alas.
If all else fails use a charging cable to plug your phone into your laptop and switch on tethering. Your laptop should then use your phone's internet connection.
That really is more than a bit off. I can't help thinking that if Monty Python had created something called the Nasty Party*, that's the sort of thing they'd do!
* perhaps they did, and I missed it ...
Nicely done. I used to do that a lot and I suspect a lot of other people did the same thing, because we never see reply-paid envelopes now!
It is unnerving to say the least to receive emails that just don't come across as natural.
Mrs RR tells me it is perfectly possible for AI to reply to emails ...... this I only suspected.
The problem is, it really feels as though I was punching down.
Update on the Christmas Tree festival vandals. The police reviewed the CCTV, knew who the culprits were and visited them to talk to them and their parents. One mother marched her child to the festival to get him to apologise. She then took him to the church (it's usually in the church and is organised by them) to apologise to them too. He has now been enrolled on a church community scheme and hopefully will be finding better things to do with his time.
I'm genuinely concerned about Difficult Relative, but .... Today's spark point was the assertion that the war in Ukraine ended some time ago, Russia won, but something about western capitalist arms industry conspiracy, something about Boris Johnson, using Ukraine as a cover for the manufacture of arms. Or something. Because of this western capitalist conspiracy "they" (whoever "they" are) have to maintain the fiction of war in Ukraine, and pretend that Russia didn't win. And she was laughing at me for thinking there is ongoing conflict in Ukraine. I'm "gullible" apparently.
She's a big admirer of Putin. I have no idea what she's watching / listening to. But I hate losing my temper. And when she comes out with stuff like this I can't help but be worried about her.
And how did we get onto the topic of Ukraine? I said that we are really enjoying the TV programme "Shetland" and she said she can't believe we are watching meaningless crime drama, instead of "important" stuff and it was all downhill from there.