I'm pissed off with phoning companies/government departments etc because I want to speak to a REAL PERSON or ask a question to which I can't get an answer on their website to be told "You can find information on our website at www.whatever."... OBVIOUSLY if I could have got the information from the website I wouldn't be ringing you now, would I?!
(Steam coming out of ears...)
And now another month is slipping by ...
AS results tomorrow, and my son will find out whether he is going back to college for the second year ... if not he will have to get a job!
Let me see, what shall I moan about today ... oh yeah, greedy Freecyclers! for example:
"Wanted: TV. Must be at least 26" and flat screen ... Wanted: Tent, sleeping bags, camping stove, etc for our forthcoming camping trip..."
Excuse me, but why would you plan a camping trip if you hadn't got these things???
Oh my God! I can't believe it's nearly the end of July already! Any time now the shops will be starting their "back to school" promotions, then as soon as they are back at school it'll be Hallowe'en ... Christmas... mind you the Christmas cards are usually in the shops by mid-August....
I've given up buying Christmas stuff early as I've usually forgotten where I put it, or even that I ever bought it at all by the time Christmas comes!
Why is it you can be scratching around for work for weeks then it all comes at once?!
I'm booked up with hosting and teaching students for the next two months with only two single week breaks in between, and the first one of those will be consumed by a decorating job.
I can't complain though, I certainly need to be earning! It's just frustrating when your "free" time (i.e. unemployment) is at the time of year when it costs you to be at home, i.e. heating etc,, not when you could be outside doing useful jobs in the garden or even on the beach!
I know, some people are never satisfied!
I've found myself very moved by the stories of Operation Dynamo. The thought of so many amateur sailors out in boats never intended to go that far, and the realisation that without them another 338,000 men might never have got home, in addition to those already slaughtered.
On a totally different tack ('scuse the nautical reference - ha ha) does anyone know where we might be able to get second-hand, i.e. cheap or even FREE, those weeny curtain track fittings that you use in campers and caravans?
And someone brings dirty plates into the kitchen just as you've tipped the washing up water away?
I know it's wrong to snigger at dodgy spellings Freecycle posts but I just can't help myself... :
"still have big tv (tosh) have got down my stairs with all fingers in tack lol, pink head board singel, 2x blue black out blind they where ere when moved in and left them up in boys room they will not fit any of windows in new house there for summer my kids never want to go bed as still light 2ft 9"
"a set of 6 glass bowels I think the have roses on them but not sure"
Ooh, I hope you're not eating out of bowels ...
Doncha love this typical Bank Holiday weather? It's just how I remember it from my childhood: walking along some windy prom, head down, huddled in an anorak (yes!) in the driving rain, looking over a grey sea and sky, then back to the car to eat sandwiches and chicken legs wrapped in foil while watching the rain streaming down the windows and drawing pictures in the condensation ...
I just found another one:
" wanted badly washing machine"
... and people ask why punctuation is necessary...!
... and another:
"hi have ,all singles and pillow cases sherek brats grovey chick scatboard plannets teddt bear hot water bottle cover purple flease blanket [well used] giant winnie poo tiny hole in the foot but repairable"
