WAMT....what annoyed me today!

p*** poor time keeping.
 
scorpius said:
Somehow managing to forget my small rucksack when I got off a train today whilst travelling to visit my Mum for Christmas. :(.

Now got to hope it's been handed in to lost property otherwise I've lost my Kindle, tablet and my Canon compact camera, at least it wasn't my 7D.

Just to make it even more annoying the charger for my phone was in it as well and although she's got a couple of chargers neither has a USB C cable
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WCMUT was my rucksack arriving at Dover today for my Sister to collect complete with all of it's contents [emoji2] Just have to get the important items posted to me now
 
New to me imac crashed over night yet again. Turned off sleep on it so it's got no excuse this time. It crashed when I set it up and left it over night as well. Apple really need to sort out QC. I'm fed up of dealing with hardware faults in things. So yet more hassle as I have to back this one up and then sort out moving it over to another.

Loads of people seem to have bother with these silly hibernation modes. Why do they persist with having them when they don't work?
 
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Flight delayed 2 hours due to fog. Sitting in Heathrow with a food voucher hoping it stays just 2 hours.
They are telling some passengers that there are no spare seats on any airline. I don't know their circumstances, but they'll not be flying today.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/tran...s-thick-fog-sparks-third-day-of-a3429736.html
As usual, the computers are failing the overloaded staff. Who are walking around calling out flight numbers to confused passengers standing in long queues. And some incidences of tempers frayed.

"And down at the airport are probably waiting
a few thousand passengers, overbooked seating
Time long suspended in transit-lounge traumas ---
connections broken and Special Branch waiting
conspicuously standing in holiday clothing
Black Sunday falls one day too soon"
Jethro Tull. Black Sunday.
 
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Bad luck, Ian. I hope you got your flight eventually.

I have only been fog bound once and was surprised by the people who were throwing their toys out of the pram because the airport had failed to provide the right sort of weather.

Dave
 
Throwing your toys at the staff because of the weather is a bad idea.
I once missed a connection due to thunder storms. The lady in front of me at the check-in desk had missed the same connection, and she was being loud and abusive about it.
After much checking, they informed her the earliest available flight was in 15 hours, the next morning. She was really unhappy about this, but accepted it, snatching the boarding pass and storming off.
Resigned to spending a night in the departure lounge, I politely asked for the next available flight. After a little tapping on the computer, they told me there was one space on the flight leaving in 90 minutes. :woot:
 
Tringa said:
Bad luck, Ian. I hope you got your flight eventually.

I have only been fog bound once and was surprised by the people who were throwing their toys out of the pram because the airport had failed to provide the right sort of weather.

Dave
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Thanks. Home with just a 2.5 hour delay. My daughter flew to Berlin at the same time with a 3.5 hour delay. Lufthansa and Eurowings are not responsible for the weather, and their operations were good. But the string of cock ups they made on the information side, was awful at every stage. From booking to check in to delay management. The bread and butter of any airline.
 
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Bloody stupid trickle vent has broken and keeps blowing off the window thanks to the gale rushing through it. Can't find a replacement of the correct size either!
 
fabs said:
WAMT: A fall just as I got to the top of the stairs which resulted in me bashing my face against the airing cupboard door, receiving a split lip!
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Ouch hope you're ok :hug:
 
fabs said:
Yeah, I'm fine although it keeps bleeding.

Sue was out so I thought at one point I was going to be on the floor for a while but I was able to drag myself back onto the stairs to get myself back upright.
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Not good, but glad you're ok :)
The flat I bought a couple of years ago has those emergency pull cords, don't use them atm but if something like that happened they would be useful
 
Gremlin said:
Not good, but glad you're ok :)
The flat I bought a couple of years ago has those emergency pull cords, don't use them atm but if something like that happened they would be useful
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Possibly although you'd need to fall in specific places wouldn't you?
 
If your going to fall its handy by the stairs as then you can sit a while and then use the rails to help yourself up. You need a mobile phone as well. That's your day storted, feet up and take it easy.
 
fabs said:
Possibly although you'd need to fall in specific places wouldn't you?
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Not as such, they are in every room, so always within easy reach, hang down to the floor.
They can also be synched with a wireless thing that you can keep with you
 
Shirleyr said:
If your going to fall its handy by the stairs as then you can sit a while and then use the rails to help yourself up. You need a mobile phone as well. That's your day storted, feet up and take it easy.
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I have an ability to fall in all sorts of places, let alone the stairs. :D

I do tend to leave my phone on my desk, which is probably not the best idea when I go elsewhere in the house.
 
You need an airbag fitting. Fall over and get sprung right back up :) All though if it's too powerful you may end up flying around the house like a demented pinball :D

Sober falling over is no fun.
 
Mrs Nod's Mum has a button that hangs round her neck that calls a centre who then call a series of nominated persons. Not been used in anger yet but she has managed to press it accidentally a couple of times... The centre first call the button holder to see if they actually need help then if no reply or a YES! in answer they call help. Not free but worth what it costs her for peace of mind.
 
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Mrs Nod's Mum has a button that hangs round her neck that calls a centre who then call a series of nominated persons. Not been used in anger yet but she has managed to press it accidentally a couple of times... The centre first call the button holder to see if they actually need help then if no reply or a YES! in answer they call help. Not free but worth what it costs her for peace of mind.
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I know a friend who burnt the sausages and ended up with the fire brigade knocking on the door, hearing aid had been taken out so she didn't hear control shouting are you alright Mrs W are you alright. When she asks me round for supper I always say can we have anything but not sausages.
 
Watching the birds on the feeder very nice, oh! I thought a squirrel and then looking more carefully, its not a squirrel its a b***** rat. The thing actually climbed the tree and was eating a fat ball and then came down and started nibbling on a piece of apple.
I had a caged rat trap years ago, found it and this rat actually took the bait without the flap dropping but having thought about it got a small piece of fat ball wrapped in many time in green netting and tied it onto the top of the trap and after about 10mins the creature was back and I got it. It was either stupid or very hungry. That rat is no more but where are the rest of the bunch, I know in the past with farming where there is one there's always another. We live near the local pond and folk are aways coming with bread for the ducks and then there is always some left and just a perfect place for vermin. So, I started feeding the birds and encourage the rat into the garden.:(
 
Shirleyr said:
So, I started feeding the birds and encourage the rat into the garden.:(
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Of course you did, it never fails ;) Especially with fat balls they love fat :)
Shirleyr said:
That rat is no more but where are the rest of the bunch,
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You answered that when you said ..

Shirleyr said:
We live near the local pond and folk are aways coming with bread for the ducks
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Rats need 3 things, Harbourage, water and food,
they will travel some distance for either, but as they have harbourage and water near the pond, you are supplying a better class of food, with your fat balls, fruit, seeds (Peanuts maybe? )
 
WAMT was not being able to add another bike to a "multi" bike policy - it seems that 2 is as multi as you can go! To add insult to injury, I couldn't get any NCD on the new policy. Still worth it though - or will be when I pick the new bike up in a few days.
 
Totally losing the click and drop quick postage printing and buying method and using the monumentally crap buy postage online by mistake. Both on the Royal Mail site and if you follow certain links you end up in the buy postage online hell rather than the somewhat easier click and drop. No paypal in the other one. Takes a bazillion times longer so it took half an hour to print one flipping postage label.
 
Leaving my phone on my desk, not realising until I got home, and having to drive back to retreive it.
 
WAMY Bad day completly yesterday. The Rat had spooked me a bit but as I sat by the fire my heart rate suddenly went mad 150 and nothing I could do to stop it. After three hours of trying to stay calm my heart was racing so much had no choice to call 999.
The story is very long but all in all, I was in A&E all night and eventually after about 6hours it went back to 120 and then settled to about 72 but kept skipping. Not a wink of sleep as I was in a little ward in A & E and eventually came home with loving sister to-day 3pm. Where yesterday morning I was on no tablets now I'm on two heart tablets one to calm it down and one to thin the blood.
Its unbelivable how quickly your life can change from nothing.:(
 
Shirleyr said:
WAMY Bad day completly yesterday. The Rat had spooked me a bit but as I sat by the fire my heart rate suddenly went mad 150 and nothing I could do to stop it. After three hours of trying to stay calm my heart was racing so much had no choice to call 999.
The story is very long but all in all, I was in A&E all night and eventually after about 6hours it went back to 120 and then settled to about 72 but kept skipping. Not a wink of sleep as I was in a little ward in A & E and eventually came home with loving sister to-day 3pm. Where yesterday morning I was on no tablets now I'm on two heart tablets one to calm it down and one to thin the blood.
Its unbelivable how quickly your life can change from nothing.:(
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b****r! sorry to hear that Shirley, I hope you are feeling a bit better?
 
rpn said:
Waiting at roundabout and drivers indicated to turn left but decided to go straight ahead (2nd exit) without canceling the signal. Then another driver follows suit 2 cars later.
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I saw worse - twice over the Christmas period, a car would indicate left but turn right at a small roundabout into the local retail park.
 
Don't start me on horses:Dhorses poo everywhere, pavements, roads and the beach. Have anyone ever seen a rider get off the creature with a trowel and carrier bag and push the stuff in the bag no they do not. One rider said she had no idea the pony had done it, rubbish. Usually the creature stops arches his back the tail is lifted and it relieves itself. They also do it on public footpaths.:eek:
I told you, don't start me one horses:p
 
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