Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)
Discussion
wst said:
There's no PM on here. Can they start a thread somewhere else so it doesn't detract from this thread?
Without wanting to start another argument....."oh yes there is"
Although I fully appreciate someone may not want to do this and reveal their email address to someone they describe as a stalker.....
northwest monkey said:
Prosecco.
Every bloody shop these days has some Prosecco based tat - crisps, chocolate, tea towels etc. Also, people saying "Prosecco time" need shooting.
Wasn't there supposed to be a big shortage of it a few years back due to a poor grape harvest in whatever region? It seemed to be a way of gaining free advertising for the stuff as it suddenly seemed to get a lot more popular and no sign of any shortage materialising.Every bloody shop these days has some Prosecco based tat - crisps, chocolate, tea towels etc. Also, people saying "Prosecco time" need shooting.
Moonhawk said:
Cotty said:
Understandable though. People buy a house based on the surrounding area, shops, density of population etc. in fact many factors. It is understandable that they would object to any changes.
Nah - people are just 
s.We applied for planning permission to extend our house (essentially a dorma conversion). Two people objected:
Our next door neighbours who were still in the process of massively extending theirs - and the people opposite who after we gained planning permission, went on to extend their own....twice!
Planning were quite funny though - they dismissed the objections out of hand and essentially called the people who made them hypocrites
's wheezes is to buy up properties in the area and convert them for use as a residential care facility. This is done under the 's own name, and the planning application makes no mention of a care facility. By the time the neighbours find out it's usually too late to complain. One property near us was bought up by this and despite unanimous objection to it, including pointing out the potential increase in traffic, the council approved it. Since the council at one point paid the £4m over a three year period to subcontract care services, I wonder if there's a bit of give-and-take going on.northwest monkey said:
Prosecco.
Every bloody shop these days has some Prosecco based tat - crisps, chocolate, tea towels etc. Also, people saying "Prosecco time" need shooting.
Indeed - what is it with Prosecco? I don't get why everyone's raving about it. People (women, mostly) get all excited when they are given a bottle as a gift (way beyond "thank you - most generous"), posting photos of the damn bottle.Every bloody shop these days has some Prosecco based tat - crisps, chocolate, tea towels etc. Also, people saying "Prosecco time" need shooting.
Edmund Blackadder said:
To you it's a potato, to me it's a potato. But to Sir Walter Bloody Raleigh it's country estates, fine carriages and as many girls as his tongue can cope with. He's making a fortune out of the things; people are smoking them, building houses out of them... They'll be eating them next.
Replace 'potato' with 'Prosecco' (and maybe Sir Walter Raleigh with who ever makes the stuff, preferably with the surname of Brompton)...AppleJuice said:
Blue rinse brigade when shopping (M&S Food Hall especially) - I'm aware that you aren't as sprightly as I am, but please would go slightly quicker than c r e e p i n g speed? Thank you!
Spending two hours walking round the supermarket is cheaper than putting the heating on for two hours.Cotty said:
AppleJuice said:
Blue rinse brigade when shopping (M&S Food Hall especially) - I'm aware that you aren't as sprightly as I am, but please would go slightly quicker than c r e e p i n g speed? Thank you!
Spending two hours walking round the supermarket is cheaper than putting the heating on for two hours.Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff