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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 14, 2011 11:31:50 GMT
Likewise Phil.
Best of luck with the online dating. A few folks I know have been at me to start on it as well.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 14, 2011 12:22:30 GMT
Currently going out of my mind. Had to take day off for cooker delivery as I was told it would be between 7am-7pm. So got up at 6:30am to be ready. Received voicemail saying it would now be coming between 9am-1pm. It's 1:21pm. My rage is rising by the minute. I had vital stuff to catch up on at work and really needed to be in today and it's not a proper day off as I can't watch/listen to anything in case I miss hearing the fecking buzzer or phone! Or enjoy a decent fecking walk!
Also, I am very hungry but have had to miss lunch as I am stuck in. There's also some constipation. FFS!
-Ralph
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2011 12:27:16 GMT
Walked into town today to get the new TF Prime magazine (about 45 mins to walk there) and looked around the town for any job vacancies, no luck however..oh well, at least I got my magazine. Was actually expecting the new TFCC magazine to have arrived whilst I was out since it's about that time of the month, but no avail...maybe tomorrow?
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 14, 2011 13:41:10 GMT
Cooker finally turned up at 2:30pm. It is not 'like for like'. It does not have a grill. It is not a fan oven. The last own had both these amazing featured. And it wasn't even wired in, like I asked for, after waiting since 7am.
Why am I paying higher rent, exactly?
Fuck it. I'm going out. Phoned up the letting agency and told them to sort it.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 14, 2011 13:44:34 GMT
what use is a grill anyway these day? Modern ones seem to have the cooking power of a low energy lightbulb. When I was a lad we had proper grills that could carbonise bread in seconds.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Oct 14, 2011 16:35:43 GMT
I did a bit of the online dating around 2006/7 when I felt a void in my life, until I realised I was getting bored out of my mind with my job. Changed jobs, felt no need to continue the online dating. But it was a fun enough diversion for a bit and I _think_ I went on seven dates with five different women if I remember correctly. Well, had seven meet-ups anyway. Didn't really click with any of them. But the upshot was I eventually figured out I was trying to fix the wrong bit of my life.
May revisit it one day, but too much going on with mum's health to think about such potential life complications at the mo.
Edit: Oh, I deeply sympathise with the cooker delivery thing. I've had two no-shows from my plumber to fix my radiators in the last month, and on both occasions no-one picking up at the end of the phone to tell me if they'd decided not to bother coming. On both occasions they gave me plausible excuses the following day. Next Wednesday afternoon will be their last chance.
Some professions really have no respect for the inconvenience caused to their customers' own professional lives and are far too laid-back about meeting appointments they have made.
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 14, 2011 18:29:47 GMT
Highlander 5 is on iPlayer. It's causing me pain to watch this sober.
-Ralph
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Post by Hero on Oct 14, 2011 19:02:46 GMT
Fair play and all the best to anyone signing up to online dating. Of course it is one of many avenues for meeting people or possible soulmates. I can personally testify a person can meet their other half in the most unexpected of places (*cough* TMUK...  . Have a good weekend all. ===KEN |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Oct 15, 2011 8:38:26 GMT
Week 41 was blue sky without a cloud in it yesterday. It _began_ grey and windy, I'll grant you.
The streets of Cardiff are strangely quiet this morning.
(Yes, I do know why.)
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 16, 2011 21:56:36 GMT
Laptop died. Away for a week of expensive repairs. Luckily, Andu had a spare desktop lying around and kindly sorted me out. If laptop can be repaired it will serve as additional storage and the like. I just hope I have not lost all my music files and personal stuff.
Saturday was a bad day. The drip drip drip of recent 'things' got on top of me a bit and had a bit of a mini meltdown. Feeling a bit better now if a bit tired.
Nice weather in the Burger today!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 16, 2011 22:09:04 GMT
The Burger was indeed pleasant today. Marred only by Sainsbury's staff refusing to sell me a Transformers Prime sticker album.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 16, 2011 22:10:57 GMT
Indeed. I had to persuade 2 staff via a protracted exchange to buy one from there the other day.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 16, 2011 22:23:06 GMT
I could not be bothered with the argument.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 16, 2011 22:27:25 GMT
Fook them. And their law.
-Ralph
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Post by kayevcee on Oct 16, 2011 23:50:06 GMT
I return to Toys'r'us active service on Wednesday. After two months climbing the walls at home I'm actually looking forward to it. My own desktop PC is on the blink as documented elsewhere so a replacement PSU is due to arrive tomorrow. If it turns out the PSU isn't the problem, I'm going to be rather annoyed, not to mention down 50 quid and sitting on a bricked PC.
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Post by Hero on Oct 19, 2011 8:37:10 GMT
The Burger was indeed pleasant today. Marred only by Sainsbury's staff refusing to sell me a Transformers Prime sticker album. Andy Eh? What gives? Are they deadly or something? I nearly bought one in Co-Op the other day. ===KEN |
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 19, 2011 17:48:55 GMT
The machine said no.
I had the same problem earlier in the week. It took some arguing to be able to buy one.
-Ralph
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Post by Hero on Oct 19, 2011 19:30:51 GMT
I had a similar incident 3 months ago with a Hello Kitty clip-on plushie. The staff said it wasn't on the system, refused to sell me it and furthermore the supervisor walked away when I enquired why they had the plushies on display to start with.
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