Kitchen foil. When it works it's great, but when you unroll it and there is a small 'blemish' in it and you end up with two unjoined halves, picking away at it and unrolling it to get a whole sheet drives me mad.
The way cats assess physical condition and threat level.
If I see a cat sniffing round my plants I bang on the patio door. They invariably stop what they're doing, but don't run. I'm sure I can detect a slight head movement as they complete their scan of me. By this time I have got the keys and started to unlock the door, they still haven't moved - why should they? They've already carried out a risk assessment and evidently rated me as low. Just to torment me further they wait until the door is fully open before they take a cautionary slow walk towards the shed. Once behind there they have a choice to escape to a neighbouring garden or more likely spend a few moments laughing like a drain with the smug satisfaction that they've done me again.
The way cats assess physical condition and threat level.
If I see a cat sniffing round my plants I bang on the patio door. They invariably stop what they're doing, but don't run. I'm sure I can detect a slight head movement as they complete their scan of me. By this time I have got the keys and started to unlock the door, they still haven't moved - why should they? They've already carried out a risk assessment and evidently rated me as low. Just to torment me further they wait until the door is fully open before they take a cautionary slow walk towards the shed. Once behind there they have a choice to escape to a neighbouring garden or more likely spend a few moments laughing like a drain with the smug satisfaction that they've done me again.
We had a cat in our garden once, just as it was about to take a dump I opened the door to shoo it away and had gone. It was last seen doing 80mph in the outside lane towards London. 😉
The way cats assess physical condition and threat level.
If I see a cat sniffing round my plants I bang on the patio door. They invariably stop what they're doing, but don't run. I'm sure I can detect a slight head movement as they complete their scan of me. By this time I have got the keys and started to unlock the door, they still haven't moved - why should they? They've already carried out a risk assessment and evidently rated me as low. Just to torment me further they wait until the door is fully open before they take a cautionary slow walk towards the shed. Once behind there they have a choice to escape to a neighbouring garden or more likely spend a few moments laughing like a drain with the smug satisfaction that they've done me again.
The neighbourhood cats are suffering from constipation this week as now I'm working from home I can scare the f***ers away before they crap in my garden as usual! I've managed to get them so scared of me that I only have to rattle the door for them to run. You have to build up their fear levels by using a water pistol, once they know you're armed they don't hang around :-)
The way cats assess physical condition and threat level.
If I see a cat sniffing round my plants I bang on the patio door. They invariably stop what they're doing, but don't run. I'm sure I can detect a slight head movement as they complete their scan of me. By this time I have got the keys and started to unlock the door, they still haven't moved - why should they? They've already carried out a risk assessment and evidently rated me as low. Just to torment me further they wait until the door is fully open before they take a cautionary slow walk towards the shed. Once behind there they have a choice to escape to a neighbouring garden or more likely spend a few moments laughing like a drain with the smug satisfaction that they've done me again.
The neighbourhood cats are suffering from constipation this week as now I'm working from home I can scare the f***ers away before they crap in my garden as usual! I've managed to get them so scared of me that I only have to rattle the door for them to run. You have to build up their fear levels by using a water pistol, once they know you're armed they don't hang around :-)
About six months ago I got sent to a job to fit one 230v smoke alarm, easy job apparently as the only issue was one of my colleagues didn't have a strong enough drill to fix the cable trunkin to the wall. Got to the job and hadn't got a clue how he was intending to wire it so I fixed the trunkin to the wall and passed it back to the office for the other guy to finish.
Fast forward 6 months to today and I'm back at the same job which was never completed and it's clear the real reason he passed it back was because it's a right bastard of a job, wanker.
About six months ago I got sent to a job to fit one 230v smoke alarm, easy job apparently as the only issue was one of my colleagues didn't have a strong enough drill to fix the cable trunkin to the wall. Got to the job and hadn't got a clue how he was intending to wire it so I fixed the trunkin to the wall and passed it back to the office for the other guy to finish.
Fast forward 6 months to today and I'm back at the same job which was never completed and it's clear the real reason he passed it back was because it's a right bastard of a job, wanker.
That is a very familiar tale
I'd be very rich if I had a pound for every time I've been in that situation
It is unbelievable. Went to Tesco's in Lewisham on Saturday evening - virtually empty (of stock). Tried New Cross Sainsburys instead, which was even worse. The bog roll, pasta and tins of beans is predictable (but still completely unnecessary), but there was literally nothing in the fruit and veg section. Why are people stockpiling lemons and limes? Is Corona Virus linked to scurvy?! Morons. Luckily I've got middle class tastes, so dinner on Saturday was olives, sundried tomatoes and carrots and celery (purchased from a Turkish supermarket) to dip in baba ghanoush. Transmediterranean tapas basically.
Keep it to yourself, but Turkish supermarkets, convenience stores and the little Tesco and Sainsburys Express stores all seem to be reasonably well-stocked.
Not bothered for myself, but really want to get a week's worth of food for my parent's who have got very little in and keep having to make trips to the Co-op to get enough for the next day or two.
A crisis brings out the best in some and the worst in others. Unfortunately, there's a lot of dickheads around the world. I can well understand buying a bit more than usual, but when you someone packing 3 months worth of bog roll into the bag of their car, it really makes me want to cough in their face.
Update from this morning's trip to Lewisham Tescos!
Arrived at 6.50am, in the hope of being able to pick up some stuff for my folks. All trolleys already in use, had to hunt for a basket. Limited amount of veg left, all meat gone, no tins, pasta, rice etc. Queued for an hour, not an exaggeration, to pay for a few bits of veg, some oven chips, some frozen scampi and not a lot else. Apart from the nuisance of not being able to buy what you want, and having to wait for ages, all the time you're in there you are going against all the recommendations of distancing from other people etc, because it's so busy. Feel particularly sorry for the staff - probably 200 to 300 people going through their till each shift. No facemasks or rubber gloves, just hand sanitizer.
Went to Wellbeloved butchers in Deptford - fully stocked, people queuing outside rather than inside. Independent shops only for me from now on. Greengrocers on Lewisham High Street all fully stocked as well.
Stockpiling fuckwit hoarders - if you are looking at massive piles of bogroll, cans of beans, bags of dry pasta stacked all around your home then realise the depth of your wretchedness, your utter absence of intelligence or soul and weep, weep you craven, selfish morons.
Stockpiling fuckwit hoarders - if you are looking at massive piles of bogroll, cans of beans, bags of dry pasta stacked all around your home then realise the depth of your wretchedness, your utter absence of intelligence or soul and weep, weep you craven, selfish morons.
Amen to that. There are a percentage of them reading this, and somehow justifying it to themselves. I just think of the Mitchell brothers saying "Family". Pathetic excuse, of course.
Stockpiling fuckwit hoarders - if you are looking at massive piles of bogroll, cans of beans, bags of dry pasta stacked all around your home then realise the depth of your wretchedness, your utter absence of intelligence or soul and weep, weep you craven, selfish morons.
Amen to that. There are a percentage of them reading this, and somehow justifying it to themselves. I just think of the Mitchell brothers saying "Family". Pathetic excuse, of course.
I was telling people at work ages ago to pick up a couple of additional non perishable and frozen things when doing their food shop, not go mad but to be in the worst possible position of having a couple extra cans of soup in their cupboard for no reason
I didn't get abused by any stretch but I did get laughed at and called a conspiracy theorist a lot.
Now we see people going right the other way and its revolting to watch.
Dog owners ( sorry @TCE nothing personal) and their sense of entitlement and rank bad manners, in these social distancing times, in considering that they own the whole pavement and that it is the responsibility of everyone else to make way for them.
Yesterday I encountered a woman with a dog, although a more accurate description would be a dog with a woman given the way she struggled with it, and started crossing the road in good time to get out of her way and maintain 'social distance' she then followed me so I doubled back and she did the same! In the end I took my life in my hands and walked down the centre of the road as by this time there was traffic in both directions.
Not being sent the below viral email once a colleague but twice now. As if I can do anything, even if it was normal working it’s a piece of rubbish.
Hi there,
I run Authentise - which builds software for additive. I'm emailing you because your email is listed here for urgent COVID related business
I got a request from a cousin, who is a doc at the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital in Brighton said she can't source visors anywhere. She needs 100+ for the hospital. I said I'd help her source them. I know the models for these are everywhere online, incl here.
Question:
1.Can you print and deliver?
2.If not deliver, can you send overnight?
3.If so, how many?
4.Do you have all the required additional tools/parts? Can you assemble?
If your answer is yes to 1/2, and 4 please email me the details (with "BRIGHTON # Visors" as title) and I will send you back the postal address tomorrow.
If your answer is yes to 1/2 but not 4, let me know what gaps you have (with "BRIGHTON Just Short" in title and we'll be in touch.
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If I see a cat sniffing round my plants I bang on the patio door. They invariably stop what they're doing, but don't run. I'm sure I can detect a slight head movement as they complete their scan of me. By this time I have got the keys and started to unlock the door, they still haven't moved - why should they? They've already carried out a risk assessment and evidently rated me as low. Just to torment me further they wait until the door is fully open before they take a cautionary slow walk towards the shed. Once behind there they have a choice to escape to a neighbouring garden or more likely spend a few moments laughing like a drain with the smug satisfaction that they've done me again.
Fast forward 6 months to today and I'm back at the same job which was never completed and it's clear the real reason he passed it back was because it's a right bastard of a job, wanker.
I'd be very rich if I had a pound for every time I've been in that situation
Keep it to yourself, but Turkish supermarkets, convenience stores and the little Tesco and Sainsburys Express stores all seem to be reasonably well-stocked.
Not bothered for myself, but really want to get a week's worth of food for my parent's who have got very little in and keep having to make trips to the Co-op to get enough for the next day or two.
A crisis brings out the best in some and the worst in others. Unfortunately, there's a lot of dickheads around the world. I can well understand buying a bit more than usual, but when you someone packing 3 months worth of bog roll into the bag of their car, it really makes me want to cough in their face.
If the main stream media and social media was reporting that people were stockpiling boot polish, the sheeple would be panic buying boot polish.
I get my butler to do that bit, when he's finished stacking the bog rolls.
Arrived at 6.50am, in the hope of being able to pick up some stuff for my folks. All trolleys already in use, had to hunt for a basket. Limited amount of veg left, all meat gone, no tins, pasta, rice etc. Queued for an hour, not an exaggeration, to pay for a few bits of veg, some oven chips, some frozen scampi and not a lot else. Apart from the nuisance of not being able to buy what you want, and having to wait for ages, all the time you're in there you are going against all the recommendations of distancing from other people etc, because it's so busy. Feel particularly sorry for the staff - probably 200 to 300 people going through their till each shift. No facemasks or rubber gloves, just hand sanitizer.
Went to Wellbeloved butchers in Deptford - fully stocked, people queuing outside rather than inside. Independent shops only for me from now on. Greengrocers on Lewisham High Street all fully stocked as well.
I didn't get abused by any stretch but I did get laughed at and called a conspiracy theorist a lot.
Now we see people going right the other way and its revolting to watch.
Yesterday I encountered a woman with a dog, although a more accurate description would be a dog with a woman given the way she struggled with it, and started crossing the road in good time to get out of her way and maintain 'social distance' she then followed me so I doubled back and she did the same! In the end I took my life in my hands and walked down the centre of the road as by this time there was traffic in both directions.
The arrogance of some dog owners knows no bounds!
Hi there,
I run Authentise - which builds software for additive. I'm emailing you because your email is listed here for urgent COVID related business
I got a request from a cousin, who is a doc at the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital in Brighton said she can't source visors anywhere. She needs 100+ for the hospital. I said I'd help her source them. I know the models for these are everywhere online, incl here.
Question:
1. Can you print and deliver?
2. If not deliver, can you send overnight?
3. If so, how many?
4. Do you have all the required additional tools/parts? Can you assemble?
If your answer is yes to 1/2, and 4 please email me the details (with "BRIGHTON # Visors" as title) and I will send you back the postal address tomorrow.
If your answer is yes to 1/2 but not 4, let me know what gaps you have (with "BRIGHTON Just Short" in title and we'll be in touch.
Thanks,
Andre