Anyone else's wife faff about un-necessarily?
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g3org3y said:
cossy400 said:
Hoofy said:
FN2TypeR said:
incredibly rude in my opinion.
Bingo.Whats the point in giving a time, if your going to be there and your just expected to sit about.
I don't understand how some of the members on here tolerate it tbh..
Cotty said:
Allanv said:
I have not worn a watch for 30 years so nope.
How do you know when to leave the house to arrive at a function that has a specific start date like a sporting event, film, train, plane, meeting etc. 
Allanv said:
Cotty said:
Allanv said:
I have not worn a watch for 30 years so nope.
How do you know when to leave the house to arrive at a function that has a specific start date like a sporting event, film, train, plane, meeting etc. Bit like saying you don't wash your clothes, but you put them in a washing machine or someone else does it.
Allanv said:
FN2TypeR said:
Hasbeen said:
Have any of you ever thought that just perhaps we men are ruled too much by our watches. I have not thought so before, but reading this thread I can't help thinking that perhaps we are.
Perhaps, but in the case of meeting somebody at a pre specified time, being late, short of a very valid reason (piano has fallen on granny etc) is incredibly rude in my opinion.What's it like back in 1987? buy a lottery ticket, quick. (or a DeLorean.)
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In 1987 there was no facebook or mobiles we would use those things called telephone boxes and pop 2p or later 10p into it in order to dial a number.
The lottery was invented in 1997 if I am correct.
I fail to see why me not wearing a watch it hard to grasp? I was born in 1968. So no older men are not ruled by their watches. Time is relative you just need to make the most of it not have it control you.
Feel free to make a joke of me I still will not wear a watch or time travel but hey you have fun. But for the record reaching 88 MPH doesn't allow you to time travel so watching s
t films and thinking they are real is your problem.For the ultimate record I do not wear a watch due to a severe injury but hey folks how would that make a good forum argument.
Honestly this place has turned into a child's playground.
Mine drives me up the wall and shes not even that bad:
Pull into the drive. My door is close to the house wall, so its a bit of a squeeze to avoid hitting the door on the wall. She has 3-4 meters of space to get out. Guess who's out of the car and unlocking the house while locking the girlfriend in the car by accident?
Pull into the drive. My door is close to the house wall, so its a bit of a squeeze to avoid hitting the door on the wall. She has 3-4 meters of space to get out. Guess who's out of the car and unlocking the house while locking the girlfriend in the car by accident?
Allanv said:
I fail to see why me not wearing a watch it hard to grasp?
Its not hard to grasp, as you use your phone and clocks to tell the time. You implied by saying that you do not wear a watch that you do not look at the time, but that its incorrect as you do look at the time just on other devices. Had a good one the other day.
Wife came back with the grandchild in tow. We decided to take her to the beach, but I needed a quick shower first, so I told my wife i'd be about 10 minutes - then we'd leave immediately. I left them in the garden playing with the dog.
10 minutes later i'm out of the shower and dressed - come into the living room expecting the dog to be in, house to be locked up and us to be ready to leave. Wife and granddaughter have just sat down and started watching a DVD!!!, all windows and doors are still open, dog still running round the garden.
Asked if we are still going to the beach - "oh yes" says wife. So I get the dog in, lock up the house, turn off the DVD, get granddaughters shoes on and get her into the car and secured. 10 minutes after first being ready to leave i'm now standing in the hall with the car keys in my hand ready to leave again......Wife is nowhere to be seen.
I hear faint shuffling sounds coming from granddaughters bedroom, so I go in and find wife in there trawling trough drawers. "What are you doing" asks I, "I'm looking for her swimming costume and bucket and spade" says the wife
Another 10 minutes later and we are finally out of the house.........without the swimming costume which she never did find.
Wife came back with the grandchild in tow. We decided to take her to the beach, but I needed a quick shower first, so I told my wife i'd be about 10 minutes - then we'd leave immediately. I left them in the garden playing with the dog.
10 minutes later i'm out of the shower and dressed - come into the living room expecting the dog to be in, house to be locked up and us to be ready to leave. Wife and granddaughter have just sat down and started watching a DVD!!!, all windows and doors are still open, dog still running round the garden.
Asked if we are still going to the beach - "oh yes" says wife. So I get the dog in, lock up the house, turn off the DVD, get granddaughters shoes on and get her into the car and secured. 10 minutes after first being ready to leave i'm now standing in the hall with the car keys in my hand ready to leave again......Wife is nowhere to be seen.
I hear faint shuffling sounds coming from granddaughters bedroom, so I go in and find wife in there trawling trough drawers. "What are you doing" asks I, "I'm looking for her swimming costume and bucket and spade" says the wife
Another 10 minutes later and we are finally out of the house.........without the swimming costume which she never did find.
Allanv said:
I fail to see why me not wearing a watch it hard to grasp?
I think 'watch' in this context was meant as a metaphor to illustrate that men may apply time constraints rather too much. It was not intended to mean that you wear an actual physical watch (IMO).The use of alternative devices which display the time in lieu of a watch would therefore qualify as the 'watch' in this metaphor.
Edited by Moonhawk on Monday 8th May 09:49
Imagine the faff I had to endure yesterday, shopping with BIL's daughter, the missus and the MIL.
The usual faffage before leaving the house. More faff after the short walk to the car, since then you have to decide whether the coat stays on or comes off. And then whether it should go in the boot or not. Perhaps the handbag should go in the boot too. Retrieves handbag from boot cos mobile is inside. And on and on. Involving entering and exiting the car a number of times during the day. Culminating in a faff fest at McD's on the way home cos they wanted an ice cream and a coffee. I reluctantly agreed since I quite fancied a coffee myself. But then of course you endure the faffage of what to order - do they have toffee sauce ? maybe I'll have a McFlurry instead of a plain ice cream. What's in a McFlurry ? Think I'll have cappucino. With extra milk. And after all the faffage they didn't even bother finishing the ice cream or coffee. As we leave McD's I think they're right behind me, only I see as I'm entering the car they're still 40 metres away just coming out the door !
The usual faffage before leaving the house. More faff after the short walk to the car, since then you have to decide whether the coat stays on or comes off. And then whether it should go in the boot or not. Perhaps the handbag should go in the boot too. Retrieves handbag from boot cos mobile is inside. And on and on. Involving entering and exiting the car a number of times during the day. Culminating in a faff fest at McD's on the way home cos they wanted an ice cream and a coffee. I reluctantly agreed since I quite fancied a coffee myself. But then of course you endure the faffage of what to order - do they have toffee sauce ? maybe I'll have a McFlurry instead of a plain ice cream. What's in a McFlurry ? Think I'll have cappucino. With extra milk. And after all the faffage they didn't even bother finishing the ice cream or coffee. As we leave McD's I think they're right behind me, only I see as I'm entering the car they're still 40 metres away just coming out the door !
WinstonWolf said:
nonsequitur said:
Have not seen this one so far: Cleaning the house before the cleaner arrives!
(If of course you are fortunate enough to employ domestic help.)
And cleaning the hotel room before the cleaners arrive (If of course you are fortunate enough to employ domestic help.)
I've never made enough mess in an hotel to justify anything more than packing the morning I check out.
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