General Chat

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

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))

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

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

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

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

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

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?????

right about the indicator lights never being used but what about the twits that signal for miles before deciding to make the turn. Once was driving in curb lane, guy in centre lane had right signal on so I kept slowing down thinking he wanted in my lane. Now picture middle of winter, storming and him driving for about 10 blocks with the right signal on. All of sudden he makes sharp right turn into his drive, course I hit the brakes slide into him broadside. Silly twit then jumps out of his car and starts yelling 'I had my signal on for the past ten blockes didn't you see I wanted to make a right turn'. So I called my insurance to come on site (happens to be my sister) and she calls the police who end up charging him with careless driving. Now who is the silly twit. Him again. lol

Wow Debs love that one;;;; Bet he thinks twice before doing that again;; My big moan at the moment is family;; You never get any peace ;; SEE there's one flashing at me now on comp;;; AArrghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh;;;;;;;;;;; Go away its my time sob sob ;; Babs

taxi drivers who 'own' the road, pull out when they like, stop when they like and never indicate because THEY KNOW where they are going so WHY DON'T YOU? :)

Like this thread. I hate drivers who don't position themselves correctly to turn right at a junction, meaning the people who want to turn left or go straight on can't get by, and then the b. lights change and the chance is missed. I have on occasion pulled alongside an idiot after following for some time with him not indicating at any junction, and suggested he take his bright shiny new car back as 'they seem to have forgotten to fit your indicators' Another big pet hate is people (many of them indulgent grannies too) who allow their toddlers and small children to stand up in shopping trolleys so that their shoes having trodden the pavements and all the gunk thereon, then transfer it germs and all, to the receptacle we put out shopping. We then take our shopping home and put it away, with the added bonus of the brat's dirty shoe gunk on.

Hello Em and a ~~~~~~~~~~~~ to everyone else. My BIG moan is about my husband, bless him.....who keeps me awake night after night with his snoring and restless leg. That's why I'm on here writing this instead of being tucked up sleeping soundly in my bed. Hello Christine, your up late or should I say early. :-)))) Jan

PP right on,' why don't some leave the kids at home when they go shopping. What about the ones who take their little ones to stores and leave them to run wild in the toy department while mum and dad do some shopping, kids play with all the toys, take them out of package, break things, throw balls up and down the aisles. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkkkkkk Leave them at home if you can't watch them. Would never let mine wander around a store unattended.

Hello Christine, do hope your ok re funny turn. Jan x

Hi Christine (hope your ok now) Don't start me on cyclists, I am terrified of them, they have never read a highway code so have no idea of how to behave on the roads. My pet hate, children who whizz out the school gate and cross two lines of heavy traffic as though they are invicible and the two rows of traffic are invisible!

Oh Cloth ears how i can sympathsise with you over snoring... Its like trying to permanently sleep through roadworks in my bedroom!! am sick and tired of earplugs that are useless and stomping out of bed at 1am.... why is it men think its funny?? :((

dealt with snoring, dog now has his spot. snorer now has new sleeping place. can't stand it when big sons need to speak to me at night and wake me up by turning on the light because 'its effective!'

Oh.. a big moan coming on now..... SPORT!!! WHY.. oh why can we not have a separate TV channel for all the ruddy sport... say make a channel 6, Freeview of course, for all the sport that constantly interrupts our daily veiwing... if its not Football European championships... football world cup... Cricket test matches... Golf season... Snooker... tennis... need i go on... we dont ALL love sport you know!!!! and i am sick of tuning in thinking i am about to watch my daily dose of rubbish soaps only to find they have been pushed aside by 10 men in shorts acting like prima donnas on a foorball pitch!!!

Morning Em My sister has said that she has some industrial ear plugs (OH works on building site) that I can have. Think I'll give them a whirl, anything to get some sleep. And yes my hubby thinks it's funny too. Have a good day. Jan :-)))