Little things that irk you 2

[EJG1980]

My irk is that a powercut was just fixed too quickly. Everything went off and for a moment we had (apart from car headlights) complete darkness; looking out of the upstairs window I couldn't see a street light on anywhere in view, which I can't remember happening before.

It then dawned on my that we now had a light pollution free sky and all my telescope and camera equipment was battery powered and fully charged up! Just as I was getting excited by the thought of a full evening of astronomy in near total darkness, the poxy lights came back on

[buster_broon]

Well it started with a smile when the employability board agreed with the doctors and Ive been medically retired from the armed forces

Which went swiftly Into an irk when I was rushed to hospital with a stomach complaint and now lying in Watford general hospital awaiting a CT scan when I should be leaving Northwood and heading home to Scotland forever

[fuse]

Erk. Hope it's nothing too serious, amigo.

[ETC]

Well it started with a smile when the employability board agreed with the doctors and Ive been medically retired from the armed forces

Which went swiftly Into an irk when I was rushed to hospital with a stomach complaint and now lying in Watford general hospital awaiting a CT scan when I should be leaving Northwood and heading home to Scotland forever

Talk about making an exit in style.
Seriously hope all is well though.

[nakamura]

Oh dear Jason. Hope it isn't too serious.

[BaronSqwelch]

If it were up to me i'd make road tax ?1000 for that beast. Ever tried parking a car in the middle of two of them or had one tailgate you? I doubt there would be much car left if one off them ploughed into one of our '****boxs'. Horid horid things.

Make petrol ?2 per litre you say? Lol

I'd make em have to pay ?10000 quid tax...I work for the company who makes jaguar/land rovers axles and I would quite like a day off thats not ruined by calls to go in to work to sort out the over worked robots pumping them out

[nakamura]

I wish less people were using their cars I have just had the cycle journey from hell. It was a like a mad competition where buses, taxi's, mopeds and cars all tried their best to get as close to killing me without actually hitting me. I have aged 20 years in the last 40 mins and will now have to get pissed up to forget the horror.

Usually you get the twats in these 4x4 'cars' that sit alongside you at a roundabout, desperate to get a fast start to get in front of you and pull into your lane.

[sj33]

I grew up in a household without a car. Because of this, I do not own a car myself, cannot drive, and don't really have much inclination to learn. It's just not something that I ever really think of doing - I just walk to places, bike or use public transportation.

My girlfriend is a little baffled by the fact that I cannot drive, and this is the only reason why I am resigned to the fact that I might have to learn.

[EJG1980]

I grew up in a household without a car. Because of this, I do not own a car myself, cannot drive, and don't really have much inclination to learn. It's just not something that I ever really think of doing - I just walk to places, bike or use public transportation.

Exactly the same with me. Having several bus stops and a tube station under a minute walk away from the front door helps too.

[randombs]

I'm glad I have my UK licence even though I barely used it. I can get a Japanese one with little to no effort (just need my licence translated and a health/eye test) which is super duper.

[Decider-VT]

Well, not having a car just wasted my time. Was expecting a gas safety inspection this afternoon and was subject to phone calls from the engineer throughout the day.

"I'm doing your gas inspection today, will you be at home?"
"I'm in the area mate, are you at home?"
"I'll be at your place soon, will you be there?"

Then, when he got here, he phoned again and asked me to let him in through the security gate downstairs. Thing is, I don't have a key to that gate because I don't have a car- my mum has it, for when she comes around in her boyfriend's car. It's never usually a problem- everybody else visiting the flat just parks in the adjacent road, which is empty. So I told him that I don't have a key and why, and that he can park in the other road and walk around. Then he immediately said "I don't know where that is" then hung up and drove off, while I was still expecting him to come upstairs. Phoned him half an hour later to see where he is and his mobile was going straight to voicemail.

Bloody prima donna. Literally couldn't be bothered to listen to where the road was and walk around the corner. I'll bet that he's told his bosses that I refused access to the property, too.

Edit: Told his bosses that there was nobody here to take the call and when I told them that wasn't true, they said that he had a schedule to keep and probably felt that he had to move on to the next call. A schedule that will apparently be tipped completely out of balance by a two minute walk. I can't believe that I was bleaching my kitchen floor and all of the surfaces for this last night. Now I have to go and pick up the gate key from my mum's because he couldn't be bothered to park around the corner.

Utter, utter twat.

[QualityChimp]

My son has just puked his milk all over me :/

I look like Bishop at the end of Aliens.

[speedlolita]

Dominos not selling Meltdown anymore.

[speedlolita]

PVM I wanted shot from ?21 to ?147 in the last 20 seconds.

[dvdx2]

PVM I wanted shot from ?21 to ?147 in the last 20 seconds.

Gotta love the ebay snipers- love sniping the sniper though!