DeltaZero Posted March 5, 2016 Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 Cleaned my car and polished it to a mirror finish about half an hour ago, just went outside to find some bird has had a colossal case of the *suitcases* and ruined all my hard work. I bet you any money it was a seagull. I *fruitcage* hate seagulls. *bramston pickle* *wheelbarrow* *albartroth*. Link to post Share on other sites
Habakure Posted March 5, 2016 Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 Buying a present for someone who wants something, but will moan if you get them something they don't want. Going to get them a Transformer. At least when they say they don't like it, I can take it off them. Oh, it's for my mother, and she's a right pain to buy for. Dad's easy (anything to do with a camper van and he's happy). Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted March 5, 2016 Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 Why not ask them what they want? Link to post Share on other sites
DeltaZero Posted March 5, 2016 Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 Buy her a popcorn machine.. Everyone wants one! Link to post Share on other sites
Gunmane Posted March 5, 2016 Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 Till they learn they have to clean it and see the sort of mess they make. Link to post Share on other sites
scorch Posted March 5, 2016 Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 I'm currently making Baileys fudge for my mother. Link to post Share on other sites
Habakure Posted March 5, 2016 Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 Why not ask them what they want?Because you never get a straight answer, it's always 'I don't mind'. But she does, she really really does. After multiple birthdays and Christmases I've decided, for my sanitises sake, I'll just buy generic mother present things (chocolate, cookery book and flowers). Edit:- also, she doesn't like popcorn or baileys. Also, she changes her mind a lot. Buy her something she liked last year, now she hates it. Buy her a top she likes (and has pointed out to me by her) and all of a sudden she doesn't like it anymore. Aaaaarrrrggghhhh. But to be fair, she doesn't kick off about the lack of interesting present or mind reading capability, oh no, the disappointment is all in the eyes. Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted March 5, 2016 Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 Makes sense. Gift giving - it's an issue. Adults can normally buy the things they want themselves; come gift time, what do you buy someone who already has what they wanted? Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted March 5, 2016 Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 I'm currently making Baileys fudge for my mother. Must. Resist. Inappropriate. Jokes... Link to post Share on other sites
Alias1983 Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 So the neighbor is having some concrete work done and the company decided to use my driveway and a 2foot strip of my rented property to use as a roadway. Not *fruitcage* happy! My yard looks like *suitcase* as it is and I am not replacing that section of grass when I don't have to. That was the nicest part of my yard and as it is I have a lot of bare spots to fill in and I'm not paying for that strip they *fruitcage*ed up. So the landlord will handle it because I will get irate on these fools. Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 That sucks - since you're renting, at least it's not your problem. Link to post Share on other sites
Alias1983 Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 That sucks - since you're renting, at least it's not your problem.Might as well be, my landlord is terrible to say the least. She tried to lay out some grass seed but didn't do it right. So the wind and birds took off with all of it. I'm in the business of making nice yards and I couldn't help but shake my head. We have no outside storage utility and she wonder's why we never mowed the lawn for a year, because my mower got stollen and I'm not buying another just to have it taken. What am I to do? Drag it in the house! Now just a few minutes ago the workers tried to hide their mistake and it didn't work. Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Yeah, private landlords tend to be fairly "hands off" - which I assume to be mostly down to "out of sight, put of mind." Stuff they wouldn't accept in their own home is good enough for their rental property because they don't have to live with it. The people who *do* have to are welcome to fix it themselves, of course, but then you're paying money to fix up someone else's property - and who wants to do that...? Link to post Share on other sites
Alias1983 Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Well it's not like I can't get the supply's for ridiculously reduced cost but still shes a tightass. Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Even if you got the stuff for free, it's still a matter of you doing work in your free time to raise the value of someone else's property. Link to post Share on other sites
Alias1983 Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Yeah, it wont do much except make me a little more fuzzy inside because I do like a nice yard. But that won't do *suitcase* to raising the value of this heap. Lol Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Take it up with the concrete company? They *fruitcage*ed it up, you have pics. Ask them Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Agreed. They can pay for that. And e-mail your landlord too so it's in writing that you informed them it was nothing to do with you. Link to post Share on other sites
Alias1983 Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Right, well I informed her, if I talk to them I might get upset. They are just workers like me, I'm thinking of just calling the boss man. I just know I will get roadragy on them and that's one of my downfalls Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Maybe phone their company office to complain? Might be better than potentially getting into a face-to-face with some low-level manual labourers... Link to post Share on other sites
Alias1983 Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 I just did, they just happened to be out of the office. I'm late for everything but I informed them, told them I have pictures, I informed my landlord and said who's going to pay for it because I'm not. Link to post Share on other sites
Alias1983 Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 I hate people so much right now and I have no boose and won't have any boose till 6am Wednesday morning..... I asked where or what size screw I could use for the we mk14 mags to hold the shell to the tank... Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 Just had a junkmail letter about renewing house insurance. From a company that provides cover for over 50's. I'm 36. Didn't think I looked that bad And the wife was laughing her socks off when I told her! Edit, junkmail, not junkyard. Stupid phone. Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 Tough paper route? Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 Must have been! Link to post Share on other sites
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