Shout Your Frustrations to the World! (You know you want to.(READ FIRST POST))

[Mouse]

It's when they're beyond breastfeeding age yet are still being breastfed. That's when you really don't want to hear about it!!

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

Actually, my sister had had some problems, so my niece was never actually really breastfed, but it was still talked about. Ugh.


Not anymore though. It's the transition from bottle to solids.

[Vertigo]

Does that refer to what's going in or what's coming out Karn.

[Ursa major]

Shouldn't it be SISO...?

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

Ursa's right, Vertigo. It's been both for a few months now. First real food she ever had was a bit of well-mashed banana.

[Mouse]

Noise. I can't stand noise. Specifically, people noise. This is why I want to move out to the sticks and live away from everyone else because I cannot bear it. I can't stand it.

The football's on so of course, all the moronic louts are out in force. Our neighbours are outside yelling 'England' and banging and thumping and gah!

I have a wee bit of a temper. I'm generally pretty placid but I go from 0 to 60 in a split second. Was just stood outside listening to them and snapped. Bellowed at them to shut the hell up. Course they didn't listen and now I'm fuming.

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

Originally Posted by Mouse

I have a wee bit of a temper. I'm generally pretty placid but I go from 0 to 60 in a split second. Was just stood outside listening to them and snapped. Bellowed at them to shut the hell up. Course they didn't listen and now I'm fuming.

See, now THIS is when you go after them with a pitchfork, a torch, and a bag of twenty gram lead ball bearings that you fire out of a modified bagpipe.

[Mouse]

I may have threatened to rip their throats out with my bare hands. *ahem* I go a bit Hulk sometimes, but I calm down really quickly so I'm absolutely fine now. Course, it helps that they've now shut up.

[The Ace]

The Olympic torch came through Perth the other day.

Not that I particularly wanted to see it, but the first interesting thing to happen here in yonks and I'm at the dentist getting a root canal done.

[StormFeather]

why does my daughter suddenly want to draw on everything she's not supposed to? She has colouring books, blank paper, stickers and card, and yet last week she indelibly marked one of her plastic lunch plates with pen/crayon, and the table it was on. Today she's used a biro pen to decorate the toilet walls, and just as I'm starting to forgive her, she sits next to me and scribbles on a place mat with a wax crayon - 2 inches away from her colouring book.

Driving me nuts today - so it's better for me vent here, then shout at her.

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

Originally Posted by StormFeather

why does my daughter suddenly want to draw on everything she's not supposed to? She has colouring books, blank paper, stickers and card, and yet last week she indelibly marked one of her plastic lunch plates with pen/crayon, and the table it was on. Today she's used a biro pen to decorate the toilet walls, and just as I'm starting to forgive her, she sits next to me and scribbles on a place mat with a wax crayon - 2 inches away from her colouring book.

Driving me nuts today - so it's better for me vent here, then shout at her.

Perhaps YOU would like the bag of lead ball bearings and the modified bagpipe?

[Alex, The G and T]

Elaine and I busted ass in the gardens today.

We were tired and seriously hungry when the electricity failed; just about suppertime.

We survived this entire weird winter without a power outage; then the power failed on a balmy summer's day.

We gots dinner to make, feet to put up and television balm to be watching.

So, I fire up the generator; which requires some hiking and rewiring. There's a Main breaker to be isolated up at the shop, where the utility feed lives; then hike back and plug in the generator to the frabbellizer, which only I know how to perpetrate.

Cooking commences, the evening tv news commences. All is well, except the gas Oven controller seems to be having a fruitless argument with erratic voltage surges of a tired old generator.

An Hour into this fiasco; with dinner yet unserved, The indicator light alleges that the Grid power is restored.

So I shut down the generator, take the hike back to the shop to reenergize the Grid coitus actuator; then hike back to the house.

Everything is yellow; which should be white, and the appliances are either confused or inactive. The Pacific Gas and Electric Company is supplying us with 58 volts on an 120 volt system.

So... I reeffectuate the frabellizer, hike back up to the shop, disconnect the gridiphonium, slog back to the house and reenact the personal home, high voltage effctionator.

The evening of our dreams ensue. We are fed, we have our feet up and we have television.

For awhile... An hour later... all goes, abruptly, dark. "OH, bloody hell, now what?"

I crawl into the basement to see why the generator has ceased functioning.

Oh. The carburetor fell off. Really? Are the gawds ******* kidding me? The carburetor fell off?!? How does a wretched carburetor just up and effing detach itself?

No parts were missing so I bolted the sucking carburetor back on and fired the bugger back up.

Sacre'mento.. what's a guy got to do to get a well earned rest around here?

[anivid]

Originally Posted by StormFeather

why does my daughter suddenly want to draw on everything she's not supposed to? She has colouring books, blank paper, stickers and card, and yet last week she indelibly marked one of her plastic lunch plates with pen/crayon, and the table it was on. Today she's used a biro pen to decorate the toilet walls, and just as I'm starting to forgive her, she sits next to me and scribbles on a place mat with a wax crayon - 2 inches away from her colouring book.

I’ll try putting in my two cents.
SF – did you ask her WHY ?? – assuming she’s reached an age where she can speak J
I know animals can do similar – no, not draw J but do something it know to be forbidden, like placing a crotte/dirt in the wrong place as an instictive demonstration of dissatifaction with something lately happened.
SF, did you set restrictions for her lately, she could feel as limiting her freedom ??
- or not allowing her what she thought she wanted ??
Hope it was worth the money J

[Bowler1]

Insurance companies and how rubbish they are at paying out. I have had a recent fire at my property (small and mostly in the communal area so not too bad) and weeks later things are still dragging on. There is a sooty smell and taste that gets everywhere, which would be fixed if the builders turned up and they could have been finished ages ago as the damage is minor. Almost no movement on my WIP for weeks as well - I won't even go there as that is bugging me now as well!

If no-one else wants the bagpipe I'll have it.

[Menion]

My rant for today.

When asking for a coffee at a restaurant please don't just say "Coffee please" please specify exactly which one you want, since in Spain there are rather alot.
Oh and don't just ask for a glass of house wine, we have a house rose, white and red. Am I supposed to guess? or is it my choice?

Thank you.