What annoyed you today?

[wendoureecat]

I for one am not looking forward to summer starting here.........we have just been informed we live in the highest risk area for bushfires this year, so escape plans are in the pipeline.

[spinner]

Same here, they're calling it the summer that never was. Broke rain records, cold weather records and last week we had 11 tornados touch down in one day, which matches the yearly average. 

Yes, but here it's been like it for three years! 

Maybe there's been another Krakatoa and it didn't get on the news. Didn't that cause years and years of no summer?

[stevebedder]

WAMT?

Spending the past month or so working pretty much every hour possible and starting a weeks holiday today only to come down with a cold making me feel really pants!!!  

The M6 motorway has annoyed me far too many times recently, far too many to post on here each time but I just don't get it, why can I drive on most other motorways without too much problem but as soon as I get to Stafford it takes me twice as long to drive less distance? My office is in Farnborough but I live just south of Manchester, I can get from Farnborough to Stafford in about 2 - 2.5 hours which is about 2/3 of the journey. The final third can take anything up to the time it took to drive the first 2/3's!! Recently there has been no roadworks or 'incidents' either!!!

Rant over!

Steve

[greypoint]

I for one am not looking forward to summer starting here.........we have just been informed we live in the highest risk area for bushfires this year, so escape plans are in the pipeline.

It makes some of us appreciate the fact we get a storm and torrential rain after a few days of a heatwave. It must be a terrible worry - it's heartbreaking to see the news film of those who've lost everything - hope your fears are unfounded this summer and you keep safe.

[Nemesis]

Same here, they're calling it the summer that never was. Broke rain records, cold weather records and last week we had 11 tornados touch down in one day, which matches the yearly average. 

Yes, but here it's been like it for three years! 

Maybe there's been another Krakatoa and it didn't get on the news. Didn't that cause years and years of no summer?

In recent times western Europe has certainly suffered from 2-3 poor summers after major volcanic eruptions, due to sulphuric acid emissions from the erupting volcano - it was after the Mount St Helens eruption in 1980 that the pattern became recognized.

[Oldboy]

Same here, they're calling it the summer that never was. Broke rain records, cold weather records and last week we had 11 tornados touch down in one day, which matches the yearly average. 

Yes, but here it's been like it for three years! 

Maybe there's been another Krakatoa and it didn't get on the news. Didn't that cause years and years of no summer?

Yes, but at least they had cracking sunsets and sunrises, due to all the dust in the atmosphere. 

[Sandy]

My friend just texted to say that there was a lovely sunset where she lives in Chelmsford. While in Kent no colour at all and she is not interested in photography.

Sandy

[Trickee]

arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrhhh    just had christmas stock delivered into work ,crackers, wrap, light up snowmen, and christmas cards it's madness but it's business as well.

[top totty]

Got an invoice from some company called Parking Eye saying I had overstayed in a carpark above a week ago by 17 minutes. Rang them told them I had displayed my disabled badge "that's ok then you have three hours.....but have you got a receipt for the food you bought"....who in their right mind keeps receipts for food for above a week replied I..."well in that case, tough, you still have to pay £80". Did trawl on the web came across Martin Lewis (money saving expert) according to him it's not worth the paper it's wrote on.......so they are getting FA from me

rant over

[spinner]

arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrhhh    just had christmas stock delivered into work ,crackers, wrap, light up snowmen, and christmas cards it's madness but it's business as well.

Hah, and I just watched my first christmas TV add. In August, when does it stop?

[Sarasocke]

I noticed when on holiday in Cornwall in May, that there were already 2010 calendars for sale.   
Our rescue organisation make calenders and we're always chuffed when we have them ready for our open day in September.

[Sarasocke]

WAMT - still not getting a reply to a flickr mail I posted days ago. The chap concerned hasn't loaded any photos since then, I must admit, but I'm always so impatient 

[Sandy]

Got an invoice from some company called Parking Eye saying I had overstayed in a carpark above a week ago by 17 minutes. Rang them told them I had displayed my disabled badge "that's ok then you have three hours.....but have you got a receipt for the food you bought"....who in their right mind keeps receipts for food for above a week replied I..."well in that case, tough, you still have to pay £80". Did trawl on the web came across Martin Lewis (money saving expert) according to him it's not worth the paper it's wrote on.......so they are getting FA from me

rant over

Thats a shame some people are very jobs worth

Sandy

[Oldboy]

Got an invoice from some company called Parking Eye saying I had overstayed in a carpark above a week ago by 17 minutes. Rang them told them I had displayed my disabled badge "that's ok then you have three hours.....but have you got a receipt for the food you bought"....who in their right mind keeps receipts for food for above a week replied I..."well in that case, tough, you still have to pay £80". Did trawl on the web came across Martin Lewis (money saving expert) according to him it's not worth the paper it's wrote on.......so they are getting FA from me

rant over

Ignore them, they are trying it on. They may send you another letter saying that the fee will go up if you don't pay in a numbers of days. These people never take you to court, as they know they haven't got a leg to stand on. 

[top totty]

Thanks Oldboy. it turns out they offer their services to shops with carparks, don't charge them for doing the service but keep all the profits for themselves. The thieving bas....ds are not getting a penny off me (I really am trying to remain ladylike) so excuse my french