Petty Things That Get On Your Nerves...

[scottsdad]

4 minutes ago, Soapy FFC said:

The "How much will I need" calculator when you look at wallpaper on the B&Q website. It wants the length and width dimensions of what you're papering, when I'd be expecting width and height given most wall papers go on walls. Maybe it's just my age.

My uncle was a painter and decorator. He wallpapered my mum's house, and in the living room put the wallpaper up horizontally. It is striped wallpaper and really elongates the look of the room. It's brilliant; no way could I ever hope to do that. 

[GordonD]

13 minutes ago, scottsdad said:

My uncle was a painter and decorator. He wallpapered my mum's house, and in the living room put the wallpaper up horizontally. It is striped wallpaper and really elongates the look of the room. It's brilliant; no way could I ever hope to do that. 

Big team found

[Melanius Mullarkey]

Nobody using iBroadcast for their personal collection then?

https://www.ibroadcast.com/home/

[scottsdad]

26 minutes ago, GordonD said:

Big team found

His big team was never in doubt - he was very much a Celtic man. 

[Boghead ranter]

49 minutes ago, scottsdad said:

My uncle was a painter and decorator. He wallpapered my mum's house, and in the living room put the wallpaper up horizontally. It is striped wallpaper and really elongates the look of the room. It's brilliant; no way could I ever hope to do that. 

Mine too - back in the day watching him putting anaglypta up on a ceiling on his own, utilising 2 ladders and a big plank* was amazing.

 

*(No, I wasn't the big plank.)

[BFTD]

This weekend, I will be working a 13-hour night shift, one hour of which I will not be paid for. I was not scheduled for the mirror shift back in March.

[Derry Alli]

25 minutes ago, BFTD said:

This weekend, I will be working a 13-hour night shift, one hour of which I will not be paid for. I was not scheduled for the mirror shift back in March.

My brother is the same. Why anyone would work an extra hour for free is beyond me. 

[Eednud]

38 minutes ago, BFTD said:

This weekend, I will be working a 13-hour night shift, one hour of which I will not be paid for. I was not scheduled for the mirror shift back in March.

Go for a lot of long toilet breaks.

[Loonytoons]

Just now, Eednud said:

Go for a lot of long toilet breaks.

Sleep was my first thought.

[jimbaxters]

The fact that expressing opinions that are contrary to those of your interlocutor are now thought of as being bad for their mental health. 

Edited October 26, 2023 by jimbaxters

[Granny Danger]

8 hours ago, BFTD said:

This weekend, I will be working a 13-hour night shift, one hour of which I will not be paid for. I was not scheduled for the mirror shift back in March.

First world problems.

[Swarley]

8 hours ago, Eednud said:

Go for a lot of long toilet breaks.

And scrolling P&B on your phone

[RH33]

Excuse the rant but;

When someone's aim in life is to ruin someone else, they really have small lives.

[Ash1990]

32 minutes ago, RH33 said:

Excuse the rant but;

When someone's aim in life is to ruin someone else, they really have small lives.

Could not agree more with this

[hk blues]

12 hours ago, Derry Alli said:

My brother is the same. Why anyone would work an extra hour for free is beyond me. 

In my last place in Dundee (a textile mill) we tried both ways - paid folk for 11 hours/13hours or 12hours for both.  Most said they preferred the 12 hours system. 

[scottsdad]

This guy looks exactly like someone I used to share an office with. It's frightening how similar they are. very disconcerting. 

[jimbaxters]

1 hour ago, hk blues said:

In my last place in Dundee (a textile mill) we tried both ways - paid folk for 11 hours/13hours or 12hours for both.  Most said they preferred the 12 hours system. 

[Hedgecutter]

These sorts of people (#2) from my WhatsApp group:

Person 1: Does anybody in the Edinburgh area have a couple of spare sleeping bags that I can borrow for visitors on [insert date]

Person 2: I do.

Person 1: Excellent, thanks.  Where do you stay?

Person 2: Skye.

['WellDel]

1 hour ago, Hedgecutter said:

These sorts of people (#2) from my WhatsApp group:

Person 1: Does anybody in the Edinburgh area have a couple of spare sleeping bags that I can borrow for visitors on [insert date]

Person 2: I do.

Person 1: Excellent, thanks.  Where do you stay?

Person 2: Skye.

I have an acquaintance who is very much in the mould of Person 1 here.

"I've got guests coming, does anyone have a blow up bed I can borrow?"

"I'm going to Benidorm, have you got any European plug adapters?"

If you can afford a couple of grand for a holiday you can afford a few quid to buy your own adapters, you tight git. (Or do the sensible thing and take a 3 or 4 gang extension cable with you and you'll only need the one adapter). These are the type of cnuts who love to borrow stuff but more often than not need a reminder to fucking return it.

[Boghead ranter]

45 minutes ago, 'WellDel said:

. (Or do the sensible thing and take a 3 or 4 gang extension cable with you and you'll only need the one adapter). 

This is the biggest bit of sensible advice since I took my firestick on holiday with me this year, saved me having to watch all the shitey hotel channels.