What grinds my gears...

[potter3]

8 hours ago, Max Wall said:

By rolling, does that mean if you registered at 5pm on the site, your rolling 24hrs will always end at 5pm? Excuse my ignorance btw, I genuinely have no idea.

Takes me back to the Rob Kelly days

[Max Wall]

1 minute ago, potter3 said:

Takes me back to the Rob Kelly days

Accept my apologies.

[Strokes]

16 hours ago, Izzy Muzzett said:

I can't tell anymore if you two are just having some playful/intellectual fun or if you've genuinely pissed each other off 

If carl goes missing, we know who is to blame.

[Buce]

2 minutes ago, Strokes said:

If carl goes missing, we know who is to blame.

 

What you know and what you can prove are two entirely different things...

[Strokes]

3 minutes ago, Buce said:

 

What you know and what you can prove are two entirely different things...

Id be in team buce anyway, ive already allowed you enough personal details to track me down. Dog eat dog, sorry carl. 

[Stadt]

I think Buce has alluded to fighting people on here before as well

Edited 8 August 2018 by Stadt

[Buce]

 

Kinell, guys, give me a break.

 

A bit of banter with the Llama and suddenly I'm a psycho.

[Max Wall]

4 minutes ago, Buce said:

 

Kinell, guys, give me a break.

 

A bit of banter with the Llama and suddenly I'm a psycho.

I know you're a pussycat Buce. Don't let them wind you up. 

[SouthStandUpperTier]

Anyway, back on topic. Anyone else find those National Lottery 'Who wins if you win?' adverts annoying? Cus I do.

[Buce]

2 minutes ago, Max Wall said:

I know you're a pussycat Buce. Don't let them wind you up. 

 

Nah, they're only kidding around, and getting wound up by strangers on the internet is a mug's game anyway.

 

I'd sooner get even than mad...

 

 

[Jon the Hat]

52 minutes ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

Anyway, back on topic. Anyone else find those National Lottery 'Who wins if you win?' adverts annoying? Cus I do.

Yeah.  Nobody wins if I win.  ****ers.

[Alf Bentley]

1 hour ago, Strokes said:

Id be in team buce anyway, ive already allowed you enough personal details to track me down. Dog eat dog, sorry carl. 

 

I'm with you, mate. I wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of @Buce. He sounds well hard. I heard that when he got hungry walking the Appalachian Trail, he bit off his own leg and ate it accompanied by a swarm of live wasps.

 

Whereas, if I upset @Carl the Llama, I'd just have to tell him that I'd run off with a Finnish model and he'd spend the rest of his life looking for me in Norway.

 

 

[Buce]

10 minutes ago, Alf Bentley said:

 

I'm with you, mate. I wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of @Buce. He sounds well hard. I heard that when he got hungry walking the Appalachian Trail, he bit off his own leg and ate it accompanied by a swarm of live wasps.

 

Utter nonsense. 

 

It was a swarm of bees. 

 

10 minutes ago, Alf Bentley said:

 

Whereas, if I upset @Carl the Llama, I'd just have to tell him that I'd run off with a Finnish model and he'd spend the rest of his life looking for me in Norway.

 

 

 

 

I wouldn’t worry, Alf - he’d be dead the first time he tried to cross a road. 

[Carl the Llama]

1 hour ago, Strokes said:

Id be in team buce anyway, ive already allowed you enough personal details to track me down. Dog eat dog, sorry carl. 

3 minutes ago, Alf Bentley said:

 

I'm with you, mate. I wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of @Buce. He sounds well hard. I heard that when he got hungry walking the Appalachian Trail, he bit off his own leg and ate it accompanied by a swarm of live wasps.

 

Whereas, if I upset @Carl the Llama, I'd just have to tell him that I'd run off with a Finnish model and he'd spend the rest of his life looking for me in Norway.

 

 

Don't forget guys that if you end up on Bucey's bad side all it takes to lose him is crossing a few roads while he insists on abiding by American road safety laws.

 

I on the other hand would cross all the roads in Finland, Iceland and all the other Scandi countries until I found your disloyal asses.

[Alf Bentley]

1 minute ago, Carl the Llama said:

Don't forget guys that if you end up on Bucey's bad side all it takes to lose him is crossing a few roads while he insists on abiding by American road safety laws.

 

I on the other hand would cross all the roads in Finland, Iceland and all the other Scandi countries until I found your disloyal asses.

 

Our disloyal asses would be in the USA, where they belong.

 

Our loyal donkeys would be here in the UK, under our finely-honed arses, where they belong. 

 

[Carl the Llama]

2 minutes ago, Alf Bentley said:

 

Our disloyal asses would be in the USA, where they belong.

 

Our loyal donkeys would be here in the UK, under our finely-honed arses, where they belong. 

 

What you do with farmyard animals and your buttocks is entirely your business and I have no interest in delving deeper into the matter.  

[Alf Bentley]

6 minutes ago, Carl the Llama said:

What you do with farmyard animals and your buttocks is entirely your business and I have no interest in delving deeper into the matter.  

 

I agree. We have delved deep enough into asses for today.

[Mike Oxlong]

2 hours ago, Buce said:

 

Kinell, guys, give me a break.

 

A bit of banter with the Llama and suddenly I'm a psycho.

Thanks for warning me

[Alf Bentley]

What grinds my gears......

 

"Good friends" failing to get in touch.

 

- Friend 1: Due to visit 4-5 weeks ago, postponed as going away for a week. Said he'd rearrange for August as soon as he got back......no contact.

- Friend 2: Said 4 weeks ago that he'd call in a week to arrange an August visit, knowing I'm due to go away.....no contact.

- Friend 3: Enjoyable visit to him 6 months ago, emailed him about 3 months ago to let him know my movements over summer if he wanted to visit.....no contact.

- Friend 4: Visited him (possibly my best/oldest mate, now) 2 months ago. Mentioned I'd be in his region in September, suggesting we could meet up. He said "tell me the dates when you know" in a tone that suggested "I'm not really interested" so I now feel as if I'd be forcing him if I told him my dates.

 

Context: I've had a shitty last 4 years. Oldest friend died, both parents died, health issues, got divorced, teenage daughter busy being a teenager, isolated life as moved to Midlands through ex-wife & work alone from home. It felt like most of the pillars of my life were removed within a short period. One of my few remaining pillars was that I had a range of good, longstanding friends scattered around the country whom I'd known for 20-30 years. Now that pillar suddenly feels distinctly rotten, too. It's not nice to feel that there's really nobody in the world to whom you matter much (yes, I know that I do really matter to my daughter; indeed, it's a good sign that she's focused on friends/teenage life, not hanging off parental apron strings).  

 

I'm not after sympathy - I'm a defiant, resilient old git. I've just started thinking: well, if I mean so little to everybody, once daughter is grown I can fvck them all off and bugger off and roam the world alone!

Rationally, I know that good friends don't become bad friends overnight. My guess is: Friend 1 has got into some woman trouble & gone underground for a while (wouldn't be the first time); Friend 2 has spent his money on booze, cannot afford to visit & doesn't want to admit it; Friend 3 has a frail, elderly mother & 4 adult kids, so loads of scope for family problems; Friend 4 has plenty of time & cash after taking early retirement on a good pension, but he seemed to be aging a bit when we last met - mainly talking about golf, cruises and vegetable gardens (not that there's anything wrong with any of those activities, but in the absence of younger activities, there's a certain trend there....).

 

Sorry to moan on, but moaning is the purpose of this thread, I suppose. Just wanted to vent. Sort of explains why you're seeing so much of me on FT recently. I need to get a few more social activities going here in Leicester, I know. 

All other thoughts welcome.

[Nalis]

13 minutes ago, Alf Bentley said:

What grinds my gears......

 

"Good friends" failing to get in touch.

 

- Friend 1: Due to visit 4-5 weeks ago, postponed as going away for a week. Said he'd rearrange for August as soon as he got back......no contact.

- Friend 2: Said 4 weeks ago that he'd call in a week to arrange an August visit, knowing I'm due to go away.....no contact.

- Friend 3: Enjoyable visit to him 6 months ago, emailed him about 3 months ago to let him know my movements over summer if he wanted to visit.....no contact.

- Friend 4: Visited him (possibly my best/oldest mate, now) 2 months ago. Mentioned I'd be in his region in September, suggesting we could meet up. He said "tell me the dates when you know" in a tone that suggested "I'm not really interested" so I now feel as if I'd be forcing him if I told him my dates.

 

Context: I've had a shitty last 4 years. Oldest friend died, both parents died, health issues, got divorced, teenage daughter busy being a teenager, isolated life as moved to Midlands through ex-wife & work alone from home. It felt like most of the pillars of my life were removed within a short period. One of my few remaining pillars was that I had a range of good, longstanding friends scattered around the country whom I'd known for 20-30 years. Now that pillar suddenly feels distinctly rotten, too. It's not nice to feel that there's really nobody in the world to whom you matter much (yes, I know that I do really matter to my daughter; indeed, it's a good sign that she's focused on friends/teenage life, not hanging off parental apron strings).  

 

I'm not after sympathy - I'm a defiant, resilient old git. I've just started thinking: well, if I mean so little to everybody, once daughter is grown I can fvck them all off and bugger off and roam the world alone!

Rationally, I know that good friends don't become bad friends overnight. My guess is: Friend 1 has got into some woman trouble & gone underground for a while (wouldn't be the first time); Friend 2 has spent his money on booze, cannot afford to visit & doesn't want to admit it; Friend 3 has a frail, elderly mother & 4 adult kids, so loads of scope for family problems; Friend 4 has plenty of time & cash after taking early retirement on a good pension, but he seemed to be aging a bit when we last met - mainly talking about golf, cruises and vegetable gardens (not that there's anything wrong with any of those activities, but in the absence of younger activities, there's a certain trend there....).

 

Sorry to moan on, but moaning is the purpose of this thread, I suppose. Just wanted to vent. Sort of explains why you're seeing so much of me on FT recently. I need to get a few more social activities going here in Leicester, I know. 

All other thoughts welcome.

 

Sorry to hear that. Some people are crap at keeping in contact, some have a bad time right now and sometime we forget about the times we've been shit friends ourselves forgetting to respond to people.

 

As for social activities, if you have any hobbies/interest then maybe join a club or two in town. Worth seeing whats about on meetup.com .

[RonnieTodger]

Scottish Twitter

[leicsmac]

On 25/07/2018 at 12:25, leicsmac said:

Brock Turner and his lawyer.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44949964

 

Somehow manages to get a fraction of the sentence he should have done for rape through turning the legal system into a puzzle ring because of being rich, now he apparently he thinks even that isn't enough.

Thankfully his appeal to not have to continually have to register as a sex offender got turned down.

 

He's still getting off lightly.

[ozleicester]

19 hours ago, Alf Bentley said:

What grinds my gears......

 

"Good friends" failing to get in touch.

 

- Friend 1: Due to visit 4-5 weeks ago, postponed as going away for a week. Said he'd rearrange for August as soon as he got back......no contact.

- Friend 2: Said 4 weeks ago that he'd call in a week to arrange an August visit, knowing I'm due to go away.....no contact.

- Friend 3: Enjoyable visit to him 6 months ago, emailed him about 3 months ago to let him know my movements over summer if he wanted to visit.....no contact.

- Friend 4: Visited him (possibly my best/oldest mate, now) 2 months ago. Mentioned I'd be in his region in September, suggesting we could meet up. He said "tell me the dates when you know" in a tone that suggested "I'm not really interested" so I now feel as if I'd be forcing him if I told him my dates.

 

Context: I've had a shitty last 4 years. Oldest friend died, both parents died, health issues, got divorced, teenage daughter busy being a teenager, isolated life as moved to Midlands through ex-wife & work alone from home. It felt like most of the pillars of my life were removed within a short period. One of my few remaining pillars was that I had a range of good, longstanding friends scattered around the country whom I'd known for 20-30 years. Now that pillar suddenly feels distinctly rotten, too. It's not nice to feel that there's really nobody in the world to whom you matter much (yes, I know that I do really matter to my daughter; indeed, it's a good sign that she's focused on friends/teenage life, not hanging off parental apron strings).  

 

I'm not after sympathy - I'm a defiant, resilient old git. I've just started thinking: well, if I mean so little to everybody, once daughter is grown I can fvck them all off and bugger off and roam the world alone!

Rationally, I know that good friends don't become bad friends overnight. My guess is: Friend 1 has got into some woman trouble & gone underground for a while (wouldn't be the first time); Friend 2 has spent his money on booze, cannot afford to visit & doesn't want to admit it; Friend 3 has a frail, elderly mother & 4 adult kids, so loads of scope for family problems; Friend 4 has plenty of time & cash after taking early retirement on a good pension, but he seemed to be aging a bit when we last met - mainly talking about golf, cruises and vegetable gardens (not that there's anything wrong with any of those activities, but in the absence of younger activities, there's a certain trend there....).

 

Sorry to moan on, but moaning is the purpose of this thread, I suppose. Just wanted to vent. Sort of explains why you're seeing so much of me on FT recently. I need to get a few more social activities going here in Leicester, I know. 

All other thoughts welcome.

As above...People in general grind my gears.

[Unabomber]

9 hours ago, RonnieTodger said:

Scottish Twitter

This!!!! Why do they tweet words all weird like spelling things wrong. Does my head in then I look down and it’s like 38k likes 2k retweet’s for purposely spelling a word wrong. I guess that’s the scotch for ya 

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

Over the top singing of National anthems by opera singers, it’s cheesy now.