With the light going off over 20 secs.

And straddling both those signs is Slab Murphy's farm :)

With the best-exercised pigs in Europe (and best-fed if the rumours about Robert Nairac are to be believed).

edit - of course Slab is nothing but an illiterate bachelor farmer and was by no means Chief of Staff of the 'RA.

;)

My bank website is being particularly annoying lately.

First after entering your password you have to hit the "sign in" tab rather than just hitting "enter" on the keyboard.

Then the first thing you get upon entering is an ad for either obtaining a loan or getting a new credit card... I always hit "No thanks", but it always comes up next time I log in. Also tried "remind me later", but doesn't seem to help.

Lastly (for now) the whole experience appears bogged down by security and double checking. I appreciate their concern, but I suspect hackers would just laugh at all this. The moving between screens or actions grinds along. I've turned off the requirement to get an authorization code sent to my phone which was a pain, but now it still asks me periodically to provide my ZIP code and my date of birth to "authenticate" I am who I say I am.

Hackers don't laugh, they just target the people that turned off the auth code :) and spend most of their time investing other people s money.

Their welcome to my $386 if it makes them happy... :D

"They're" hth.

Yes I guess it is. At least l didn’t say “there”.

Thames water havent billed me for 3 YEARS for no apparent reason, then this week sent me a massive bill for £2200.

Part of me thinks its my fault for not realising that no payments have been requested for ages, but on the other hand why should I chase for payments to them!

People who talk to you on the phone while eating

People who call you up when you're eating and you're stupid enough to take the call.

If it is any consolation, Thames Water put debt collectors on to me for several months, (who I repeatedly told to feck off, literally) because they had mistakenly been billing another address that I have never lived at in my name. I eventually sorted this out by contacting TW and of course it would have been a right bummer for the occupant of the other address who had been getting their water for free:D

Or people who are eating who call you while you are eating

Thats the wurst.

Yup, now that would have been annoying

:)

Have you considered a banking app on your phone? It would be easier to log on than the laptop.

I have that, and I use "Touch ID" to log in. You are right, it is much more "user friendly", but I do prefer making transaction on the "big screen" of the PC.

P.S. Sorry about going all "Trolley" there!

If you have an android phone then you can get a gizmo which makes your computer screen as second screen and you can use keyboard and mouse
I got one of those for my wife to post her craft stuff on Instagram.


Edit: Dex, it is called and a link

https://www.samsung.com/uk/support/m...ter-or-tablet/

Interesting... sound like a good "gizmo" to have, shame I have an iPhone.

I suspect somewhere out there, there is a similar item for the iPhone.

I got an iPhone too haha and no there isn’t one I think (we may have to ask CT Palace as he is a apple man)

This ones for Maidstoned Eagle...

Firefox is my browser of choice. This morning it all locked up, Chrome was working just fine. It seemed the best Google advice was to uninstall Firefox and then re-install, which I did. Got into all sorts of binds which I attributed to my antivirus software (which I ended up turning off). Finally got it back, but it had wiped out all my bookmarks and settings, which I got back from a folder that when uninstalling it created for a place holder for the settings. Just spent too much time resetting all my usernames and passwords where needed.

Biggest disappointment - and this is for you ME... is I have lost all my Wordle history/stats for the last 3 months or so.

I least I didn't loose my Beatles tracks from iTunes!

Going to the gym and realising you have'nt charged your ear buds and having to listen to the crap music they play. If I want to go clubbing I will knock 45 years off my age and lie at the door. Most of it is shit remixes of what I listened to when I did go clubbing (or disco as was then.

Blimey two posts on this thread in a week , am I close to taking over from HH ?

You are getting there :)

call me racist I Don't care ... ******* ASIAN MANAGERS

Let it be....

Eat my dust rookie... :p

https://s4.gifyu.com/images/Capture5a64e5c540e09b4d.jpg

FYI - you have 571 posts.

All hail the king Maidstoned Eagle though - I'm sure he will tell us he is just dissing our annoyances though.

It's just a Day in the Life...

I could send you my Wordle history - it’s probably identical based on the evidence of the last few days ! We can work it out…

He wanted it Yesterday.

Thanks for your “Help”.

I am.

That I have to do more to climb the Mr Grumpy ladder.

I edited it for you...

:D

lol

Did you get a Mexican to do It for.you?

No don’t think so. Mexicans normally can be seen by using uppercase instead of lowercase and punctuation marks in the wrong places.

makes?

That’s my useless Mexican again, apologies

A Mexican writes your posts?

Yep don’t you have one to do the same ?

Times are hard, and Maz’s stock of “treats” may be running low.

Is that a missing comma there?

Maybe you need a new Mexican?

Let's cook.

Point of order... Most of my help are not Mexican, but from South of the Border, be that Guatemala, Columbia or El Salvador to name a few.

I know very few people that are actually from Mexico, and those that I do are doing rather well for themselves here.

I already apologised for him and he has been soundly beaten. He has one last chance.

Surely he is from Barcelona?

As an aside, is it true that the Spanish dubbing of Fawlty Towers had Manuel being from Mexico?

And while looking that up on Wiki, I learnt that Andrew Sachs was actually born in Germany... something for the "Things I've learnt Today" thread.

Edit: Manuel was dubbed as Italian in Spain, not Mexican and called Paolo.

Bloody hell that may be why he is making so many mistakes. He’s been fibbing about his place of birth!

Is he called Barack by any chance? ;)

You see IoW... all I have to do is respond to one of your posts, and you will never catch me up!

All you are doing is helping me catch Maidstoned.

:p

? Surely Columbia is north of the border?

Forgotten about that, but anything I can do to help old chap ;)

Can we get back to moaning now ?

The emergence of YouTube ‘influencer’ boxing matches

The waste associated with Covid-19 test kits must be phenomenal based on our experiences. We still have 4 boxes all rendered useless as they haven''t contained phials of the liquid agent needed for the test.

Yes, they're cheaper.

We have 4 unused kits that are now well past their 'Use By" date.

I wonder if they really expire? But certainly would put into doubt the result they gave you for a test, so will be throwing them out.

Are yes, I see my spelling mistake now... make that Colombia.

If I'm being honest, I should put that in the "Things I have Learnt Today" thread. I didn't realize the country was spelt like that.

I must admit, I thought John was wrong, till you pointed the spelling :)

Both the country and the NY university were named after the Eyetie sailor. Luckily neither shares the Spanish translation of his surname.

Or the Canadian Province...

There is nothing wrong with The Great British Colon :veryangry

I don't know about that; getting fed up with Gor B talking out of it.

(Sorry. Someone had to).

People not seeing the case for resigning AWB, our very own obi-one

The fact we threw away the chance to go 7th for the World Cup break.

So much today, the fact yesterday i wasted 2 hours trying to buy Peter Kay tickets, the fact.my daugthers team managed to throw away a 2 goal lead and finally my wife who leaves the car both empty of fuel but dirty too.

On a supermarket self scan, "Would you like to donate your change to charity" No I wouldn't, **** off.

Well eat my dust we have 42 . Don't ask.

Manuel is Italian in the Spanish version, Mexican in the Catalan version, and Spanish in the Basque version!

I like the Basque version by the sounds of it

I've had a bad reaction to the Pfizer booster,which is ironic as it's the 1st time I didn't feel the jab at all.
I just had a temperature and pins and needles on the day.
However, for 2 weeks+ I had a painful dull ache in the muscle, which was worse at night preventing me from sleeping. Thankfully that has lessened but I now have pins and needles shooting down my arm when I'm resting it and my thumb goes to sleep!
I can only assume they may have hit a nerve, but I bloody hope it's not permanent. Needless to say I'm not chancing the flu jab.

I’m in for the double jab on Wednesday.

He's too young to resign.

I don't want to put you off, but I have a couple of colleagues who had bad experiences. One had her husband end up in hospital with heart problems as it was too much in one day, the other was just very ill as a result.

Really? I did the double last year as well, no problems. It's what they're doing in Madrid this year - mind you our public health system is in crisis.

Fair enough, I guess it's a lottery, depends on health etc. Unfortunately my wife broke her arm on Friday. She was lucky as I got her to A&E early PM, so only waited 5hrs in total. She said she chatted to several people who couldn't get GP appointments, but had serious symptoms they couldn't ignore (breathing difficulty etc). You can't even get through to our GP on the phone at all. People working in the NHS have my sympathy. It's beyond broken

HUGE protest in Madrid yesterday in favour of the health service / against the cuts in services - I guess about half a million people -



Our (local) govt annoys me.

As you say, it is a lottery. I'm probably temping fate here but I've been incredibly lucky with the NHS treatment I've had over the past few years.

Even in deepest darkest Dorset it's been smashing. A few weeks ago I had trouble walking due to being bone idle/having a red & swollen & immovable big toe. I rang the GPs on the Thursday evening and even though they hadn't yet completed my registration I got a call back the next morning offering me an appointment on Tuesday. The next day I had blood tests and BP and as they was a bit high due to me being stressed as a bastard I came in on Thursday for a double-check and all was fine.

I've also had my OAP/physically infirm Covid booster but am a few years off being eligible for the flu jab.

Back on topic - Geoff Lemon.

So you could walk to your FREE appointment, then?

I am also not elegible for the flu jab, and neither are my children, but they give it to you if you ask for it (and COVID likewise), as long as you have a good reason.

Yes I could (with CRUTCHES) as I'd been gout-ridden for four weeks and was finally on the mend by said Tuesday, Captain Prurience.

Are over-60s not eligible for influenza jabs in Madrid?

Ooh, you cheeky little thing!

Long way off for me, and my children.

I had the double jab a little while ago. Didn't annoy me at all.

You Australians are made of stern stuff.

He's from Pakistan.

Irish, I believe.

At least I don't go around with my head rammed up my Anal Sphincter, unlike you Maz.

People with their head up their arse posting overlarge pictures without any explanation as to why.

People who ‘reply all’ all the time to emails which don’t need a ‘reply all’ response.

Just fecking stop it.

If you need an explanation then you simply confirm my opinion of you.

I had the COVID booster and then the flu jab about 6 weeks back and it was fine, then about a month back I had a shingles shot and had the painful bruise like arm that lasted going on 3 weeks. Also was very red. Like you say, I assume they hit a nerve, or I didn't relax the muscle enough when they did the shot.

I feel like a bloody pin cushion lately!

I had both in one day a couple of weeks ago with very mild side effects - shivering in the middle of the night and that was about it.

Racist.

The fact you don't give one simply affirms my opinion of you Maz.

Bickering on the BBS

He posted a picture of Charles Dickens to imply that your prose needs a bit of work. As in the well known phrase 'he / she can write a bit but he / she is no Charles Dickens'. Hope this helps.

I’m sure that doesn’t. :supergrin:

Lol

Perhaps you are thinking that Maz reads his post with great expectations and is often left asking for more?

Anyway, I'm sure it is actually a picture of James Joyce to reflect his acknowledgement of the genius of the posts, in contrast to others who may struggle when reading them.

That's J.K. Rowling.