General Chat

drivers who don't give any indication they are going to stop and park other than emergency breaking and why use high intensity lights in broad daylight?????

Babs just come to Exeter, they have an abundance of them... Bev

Hehe ' I always say Im going to buy one of those cars that you dont have to use indicators;; babs

OC yesterday I was at a round-about and a young girl never indicated, me I thought she must be going straight on, oh no she went right round and back the way she came, thank god my breaks work other wise it would have been an insurance job, when she pulled over (just past round-about) I pulled in behind her, got out, and reminded her that indicaters are very useful to other road users and pedestrians, when she pulled away she used her indicaters at every turn... Bev

Speedy This drives me mad too - if at all possible, I shout 'Scuse me! Scuse me! Did you know your indicators arent working?' OC

Wow thanx folks, I feel normal now, my moan is car drivers, cars are fitted with indicaters...USE THEM, they are there to let other road users and pedestrians know what you intend to do, we are not all phsyic you know....GRRRRRRRRRRR Bev

Trish A very young cashier at a supermarket said 'There you are young lady' to me. What!! I turned around and yes she was talking to me ( I was old enough to be her grandmother,i'm sad to say) Then when I was going out she said the same to a very old gentleman ( only' There you are young Sir!') Don't know if it was a new Americanism or she was taking the Mickey, we were embarrased, no-one in the queue found it funny. Haven't seen her in the store since,wonder why? Maybe she was reported.......not by me I might add,I'm sometimes grumpy but never mean!! Mau XX :0))

Trish, right on then there are the ones that call me mamme, I'm only 52 my mum is a mamme for gawd sake. what about the twits in resturants etc . you order a chicken salsa sub then the little twit will ask 'Do you want salsa with that'. Why call it a salsa sub if the salsa is optional. lol

checkout assistance who call me 'dear', 'sweetheart' or 'darling', I could cheerfully throttle them, I HATE it.

Deb I keep getting the Stannah Stair lift people asking me all sympathetically if I can still manage the stairs - YES! I CAN! When I can't, I'll ring YOU. Newsreaders...And now its over to Tamsin at the West Mudleigh Recycling Centre...hello Tamsin! Hello David! Hello Tamsin! Can you tell us what's happening there at the moment Tamsin Hello David - well, its very quiet here at the moment David, one or two people have bustled in an out carrying briefcases but there has been no official announcement... Well Tamsin thankyou for that, sorry we have to leave you now Tamsin and its back to the studio and over to you Sue -Sue Thankyou David... and so on and endlessly, pointlessly b****y on! I remember when Newsreaders dressed in full evening dress for the evening news, read half an hour's worth of straight NEWS in clear English from the Studio, didnt have to grin, grimace or endlessly use each other's first names. Sylvia Peters was the first woman Newsreader to be pregnant and keep her job - the camera got higher and higher as the months progressed and all you saw at the end was her mouth and above! OC

Nanna moo g picci on genes photo's

Aw, that sounds nice Dragonfly, I've only got two, one is a heart with a dagger through it with my youngests name in it and the other is a butterfly on my right buttock! lol Would like to do the rest of the children, but there are another 5 of them, enough space on my expanding waistline though..... :)

Christine do i hide my tattoo's from you too ive got two dragonflies and going to get some shooting stars next

another thing...broadcasters...what's all this walking about the studio...sit down so we can focus on what you are saying....grrrrr :)

have you ever noticed that a women's face seems more wrinkled than a mans as we age, how is that fair, don't we put up with enough with bearing children, premeno, menopause, mentalpause etc. etc.etc.

WHY do they have to send broadcasters to stand right outside the place they are talking about - e.g. 10 Downing Street, when you KNOW nobody but a policeman or milkman is going to appear. The worse one is 'Paddington Green Maximum Security Prison' - now is this big grey, ugly building a useful addition to the news bulletin? And we, the licence payers, have to fork out for all this gadding about and probably endless cups of refreshment from the local Starbucks. Stay in the studio!!!!

yea and what about the local cemetaries phoning to see if I want to purchase a plot, can't even wait until my bodies cold for gawd sake. Way these hot flashes are will be a long time before I cool down enough to be put in the ground. lol

O what a lovely moan you've all had - been busy but caught up now. O yes why is it everytime I look in the mirror do I see my wrinkly old mum - God bless her soul. They'r all liars who sell that wrinkle free cream - hmmmm maybe that's why they advertise it on young models eh!! Or is it because I need a bucket full and not a little pot. LOL Dorothy

(hiding tattoos from Christine) er.....everything makes me grumpy at the moment....just the mention of 'it's her age' and 'menopausal'........grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Great thread lol :)

I hate rediculous packaging on childrens toys. It takes practically all Christmas Day just unwrapping them! Not only are they in a box, in plastic, tied down but often they are b****y screwed down too!! Why? Also I hate the fact that you have to build everything too!!! put it all together and put the stickers on. ooh I don't know where that little outburst came from. Sorry to mention the 'C' word even though it's only June!! Carol