Things We Hate

[Freakyteeth]

Obnoxiously loud midweek house parties three doors down when me and my housemates have to be up for 5am

 

[Oaf]

You know, if all you want is to shout your opinions into the cyber-abyss without anyone replying or trying to develop a dialogue about it you should probably register on blogspot and turn the comments off. A message board is more of a two way street, and posting it here kind of implies that you're soliciting a response, that you thought it was worth discussing. So to get a bit snippy when someone does reply, and in an unoffensive/non-ad hominem fashion at that, is a bit stupid really, innit?

 

[The Southbank]

Obnoxiously loud midweek house parties three doors down when me and my housemates have to be up for 5am

We live next door to some students; the other day they had a house party and politely informed us that it would be occurring. Friday night, no real worries, didn't have work in the morning. They even suggested that I was more than welcome to come round and roll back my youth. I was partially keen, my missus was not. Obviously didn't go in the end, the missus would have given me the cold shoulder for a few days, but I got a good deal the next morning when they brought round some tinnies as a way of an apology.

 

[Stevencc]

Trying to pay with Scottish notes in England. It's all Sterling so in theory it should be easy, it's always an ordeal though. My local bank won't change them for me either.

 

[mnb089mnb]

The way the state that country is, thats nothing to be proud of even if it was true!

Genuinely unsure which accounts on here are parodies.

 

[JaseTheVillain]

Trying to pay with Scottish notes in England. It's all Sterling so in theory it should be easy, it's always an ordeal though. My local bank won't change them for me either.

Yeah, don't get them very often down here, so I understand the confusion with them, I used to work on a till, and when I first got a few I had to verify with a colleague whether I could accept or not. When you've never had one, or seen one, it's kinda confusing. First time someone handed me a Scottish £20 I actually asked 'what's this??' though I have been on the other side of that after receiving some when I went to Download.

 

[sl1k]

I had a similar experience when I first encountered them. I was promptly told that the notes were Scottish "Sterling". Made sense, never really had problems trading with them either other than the odd shop assistant who needed a similar confirmation from colleagues.

Stevencc How come the bank don't accept it mate? What reason would they have

 

[Stevencc]

I had a similar experience when I first encountered them. I was promptly told that the notes were Scottish "Sterling". Made sense, never really had problems trading with them either other than the odd shop assistant who needed a similar confirmation from colleagues.

Stevencc How come the bank don't accept it mate? What reason would they have

It's the bureau de change at a branch of Barclay's bank and I'm a Natwest customer, next time I'll just say I'm a Barclay's customer and try my luck!

 

[sl1k]

It's the bureau de change at a branch of Barclay's bank and I'm a Natwest customer, next time I'll just say I'm a Barclay's customer and try my luck!

I think you should, it is UK currency afterall.

What kantz if they did turn you away because of your bank though.

 

[SALTIRE]

I had a few problems exchanging Scottish notes in London, but when I've been to Yorkshire and Newcastle I never had any bother at all using them. Tbf, I had a £5 Northern Irish note given to me in change from a taxi driver when I was blootered only to wonder what the hell it was when I checked it. I got rid no problem either though.

 

[Pagnell]

You know, if all you want is to shout your opinions into the cyber-abyss without anyone replying or trying to develop a dialogue about it you should probably register on blogspot and turn the comments off. A message board is more of a two way street, and posting it here kind of implies that you're soliciting a response, that you thought it was worth discussing. So to get a bit snippy when someone does reply, and in an unoffensive/non-ad hominem fashion at that, is a bit stupid really, innit?

I was being facetious but I do cede the point you're making. However, I do believe you're oversimplifying. Whilst elements of what you describe are contained within the books you mention (and those covers are certainly awful, I'm not sure what region they pertain to), it's not the sole selling point.

 

[Aberstone]

It's the bureau de change at a branch of Barclay's bank and I'm a Natwest customer, next time I'll just say I'm a Barclay's customer and try my luck!

Good luck with that, banks normally ask for your SC and Account number when doing any cash exchanges as an audit trail.

 

[lordofthepies]

My choc ices could not be saved.

RIP

 

[lordofthepies]

The way the state that country is, thats nothing to be proud of even if it was true!

You gotta admit they've got some pretty nice buildings though

 

[TomPNE94]

RIP

#YNWA

 

[Veggie Legs]

Clouds.

 

[mnb089mnb]

Clouds.

Read up on the story of Guillaume Le Gentil. It'll put your annoyance into context.
https://princetonastronomy.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/the-ordeal-of-guillaume-le-gentil/

 

[SALTIRE]

Poor guy but it's better to try and fail than not to try at all.

 

[HertsWolf]

I know we were warned not to, but I looked straight at George Osborne and I think I've damaged my eyesight.

 

[Pliny Harris]

YouTube redirecting to "related" videos a few seconds after you've finished the one you're on.

Life is so HARD.

 

[Dave-Vale]

My other halves sister wanting to buy her 10 year old son a gun. Not just a toy gun, an actual air rifle. Unbelievable.

 

[Craig]

Yep, everyone knows you start the youngsters off on crossbows.

 

[Dave-Vale]

He's an angry kid as it is and she's trying to use that as justification. 'It will help with discipline and breathing techniques'. Apparently, he's only going to be using it in a gun range.

 

[TomPNE94]

He's an angry kid as it is and she's trying to use that as justification. 'It will help with discipline and breathing techniques'. Apparently, he's only going to be using it in a gun range.

Was it you who got really angry at a brother in law for trying to discipline your child...?

 

[RavenBish]

When I was about 11, we were at a mate's house (that mate your mum doesn't like you seeing because his mum lets him drink Stella and watch 18s at that age) and we decided to play hide and seek with his older brother's gun (it was a metal pellet gun but for the purpose of this story we'll pretend it was a Glock 18) and in the process of the game, a mate snuck up to me behind a sofa and pulled the trigger at the back of my head (it was empty, we 'checked'). 10 minutes later his older brother gets in and grabs the gun off him all panicky saying there was a bullet/pellet stuck in the chamber and it shit us up quite a bit so we went to the park and played with matches and Lynx cans instead.

I guess the moral of the story is; get them a gun - it'll probably turn out alright in the end and also teach them the dangers of firearms through a near-death experience.

Next week on Tales of RavenBish I'll tell you about the time I climbed on top of McDonalds showing off to some girls and couldn't get back down so when the Police turned up I told them some big kids made me do it then ran off, then got a lift home from them whilst waving from the back of the car. I was a hero for a night, but then someone who worked there told his brother that I told them 'I was just trying to fit in' (which I did, you have to sell it don't you?) and everyone made fun of me instead. Thankyou and goodnight.

 

[Dave-Vale]

Was it you who got really angry at a brother in law for trying to discipline your child...?

I wouldn't say I got angry about it.

 

[JimJams]

Dave-Vale doesn't get angry. He gets even.

 

[Dave-Vale]

Just to clear it up this is my other halves sister who wants to purchase the gun. The 'incident' previously was my sisters husband being a complete clown.

 

[last request]

1st world problems but blu ray player firmware updates. Was given a blu ray as a present and apparently it's a "new version" blu ray. Tried updating the player via usb etc but it still didn't work.

Never had to update good old DVD players, you know you are set even if the DVD is a week old and your DVD player is 10 years old.

 

[JimJams]

Putting £10 on Monchengladbach to beat Bayern Munich 0-1 at odds of 50/1 only for the c*** to win 0-2.