Grumpy corner
Watch this postDo you have a gripe, a moan, a longstanding grumble that you want to get off your chest? Well, here's the place, go on, don't hold back.
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I have reached 78 with no major health worries,Have two wonderful sons from a 34 year long marriage and two gorgeous grandchildren,received 25 cards on my recent birthday proving I have lots of caring friends,live in a nice house with good neighbours so instead of grumbling I count my blessings.
You see, there is always something we can be "grumpy" about. I am only joking with you
dear Beany. I love to chat, laugh and hopefully spread joy sometimes.
Happy weekend Beany
We have him every Thursday for a game of dominoes, which he loves, but last week he was moaning about his family not doing something and I said "different generation - you need to ask and not be stubborn. He turned on me and said he would not compromise his principles for anyone !
Then on Friday, he met his daughter for lunch. She tried to contact him to see that he got home safely. No reply, so daughter rings me to see if his lights are on. OH and I go into his house to check that he is not there and that he has not fallen. It is now dark and no sign of him, his daughter starts phoning around to see if she can find him. At 7pm he returns home having been to the eye clinic at the hospital. He couldn't be bothered to tell his daughter ! We are all getting annoyed with his attitude and frankly, being pensioners ourselves, do we want this hassle ?
I am an old grumpy Aussie bloke, recently widowed, who will arrive in London on 26th December '16 intending to travel throughout the country for an indefinite time.
Should you wish to make contact and for me to visit in your city, town or village, reply to my email,
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When the war breaks out, will we simply lock our doors and cower behind our sofas?
Strictly Come Dancing, or should that be 'prancing?'
Celebrity.
Islamists, and their apologists.
The Pope.
People who moan about me having a moan.
Ready meals.
Jeremy Corbynchev, the anti-Semite you just love to hate.
The Labour Party.
Vanessa Feltz.
Cricket, what a strange game, that lasts a week!
Feet, ugh!
East Enders.
Diane Abbott.
David Cameron.
Nick Clegg.
3 weekly bin collections.
Snakes and reptiles as pets, leave them in their natural habitats.
Political correctness.
Teenage boys.
Old men with waistbands just below their armpits.
Mammograms.
Drag 'Queens.'
Bob Geldof.
Tesco 'value' bog paper.
Elvis impersonators.
'Free Palestine' demonstrators.
Self service checkouts.
Radio adverts where the guy speaks so fast you can't understand what he's saying.
I'm sure I will think of some more.
Why would someone who is not a people person join any sort of social media/chat room site...certainly not to be sociable on your part.
The old saying "If you have nothing nice to say then keep quiet" may be something you should apply before typing a message. Perhaps if you tried to be more pleasant you would find you had more friends.
I wish you well Celtwitch, but please do not send me any caustic messages or they will be treated with the contempt that they deserve. I myself as most people on this site joined for pleasure and friendship not to get into needless arguments with strangers, as you seem hell bent on doing.
Clowns
Soaps
Tennis
trannys
Keith lemon
Freddie Starr
Geezers who drink half pints
Instead of a pint
Traffic jams
Traffic wardens
Cyclist who hog the road
Junkies/ gear heads
The fat geezer on the
Go compère adverts does my nut in
Telephone music when they put you on hold
The geezer who feeds the pidgeon at the end of my road
Beggars sitting by the cash points
Community police there a waste of time
Arsenal
There a few of my pet hates
My dislike is people with absolutely NO sense of humour
World Leaders? ? Hillary is not exactly squeaky clean .....yet they have captured the Press and T.V.
and World affairs get's a cursory mention.
I usually walk to the shops a couple of miles away but today I have family coming for the weekend so needed a lot more than usual. What a mistake, I should have spread the shopping over a couple of days and got what I wanted and made sure that it had a reasonable shelf life.
Much of the order only has a couple of days life left so goes out of date while they are here. Grrr, what a waste.
I'm one of the 'use your eyes and nose brigade' that mostly ignore 'use by' instructions and trust myself more than I do them.
When we joined the EU many years ago, this "sell by dating" etc. appeared! Law versus
common sense! I rest my case.
Happy cooking. Collie.
Best before dates are about quality, not safety. The food typically just begins to gradually lose its flavour and texture after that date, nothing more.
Use by dates refer to safety and applies to food that goes off quickly, such as fish, meat products and ready-prepared salads.
Date marks such as 'display until' or 'sell by' often appear near or next to the best before or use by date. These are instructions for shop staff, not for shoppers.
For more information on best before dates visit the Food Standards Agency guidelines page for more details www.foodstandards.gov.uk. The NHS also has a great guide with detail on food labelling terms which should help prevent so much food wastage.
I get angry at people who believe they know better than the Food Standards Agency, use their nose and end up in hospital!
It tasted nice and I had no ill effects.
I believe common sense should prevail, sadly it is often lacking thus the very large problem with food waste and at the other end of the spectrum when people ignore the obvious and are surprised when they become ill.
Maybe we are both influenced by the careers we were in?
Rap drives me nuts, I reach for the off button whenever it comes on the radio.
Men with one arm covered in tattoos, what's that about?
Football, what a dreary and predictable game.
Smokers!
Parents who shout at their children in supermarkets.
Charity muggers who want you to do a direct debit.
Very fat people in those mobility Tonka trucks the size of a Jeep!
'Gay pride' what about straight pride?
Halal slaughter.
Cruelty to animals.
The BBC licence.
Mobile phone 'Apps' what the flick are they?
Pedantry.
Saturday night TV..there's never anything good on.
Hospital parking charges.
Petrol station flowers.
Strictly Come Dancing, or should that be 'prancing?'
Celebrity.
Islamists, and their apologists.
The Pope.
People who moan about me having a moan.
Ready meals.
Jeremy Corbynchev, the anti-Semite you just love to hate.
The Labour Party.
Vanessa Feltz.
Cricket, what a strange game, that lasts a week!
Feet, ugh!
East Enders.
Diane Abbott.
David Cameron.
Nick Clegg.
3 weekly bin collections.
Snakes and reptiles as pets, leave them in their natural habitats.
Political correctness.
Teenage boys.
Old men with waistbands just below their armpits.
Mammograms.
Drag 'Queens.'
Bob Geldof.
Tesco 'value' bog paper.
Elvis impersonators.
'Free Palestine' demonstrators.
Self service checkouts.
Radio adverts where the guy speaks so fast you can't understand what he's saying.
I'm sure I will think of some more.
horrible.
Princess Anne.
Slugs, i.e, Jeremy Corbyn, Owen Smith and Diane Abbot.
Religion.
Keith Lemon.
Leftists who want to bring the world's flotsam and jetsam to our shores.
The Taliban.
ISIS.
FGM.
Saudi Arabia.
Speed bumps.
Text messaging.
Junk mail.
Utility standing charges.
Ultra low rates of interest on savings.
Council tax.
Fly tippers.
People who ignore me when I say 'good morning.'
TV game shows.
Facial piercings.
Spitting footballers.
Instant coffee.
There could be more.
The dog howls and barks for approximately 10 minutes before settling down for a while.
Every time the one of flats opens their doors or the outside door, the dog barks and barks for ages.
Every time the postman arrives or a delivery is made the dog barks again.
In fact throughout the very long day this poor dog is left on its own, it will constantly bark and howl.
My neighbour then will return at approximately 5pm sometimes 6.30pm. You would think he would immediately walk the dog. Oh no. He puts her on a lead and takes her to the back of the flats and waits while she wees and clears up her mess if she does no.2. Then she is taken back into her prison for the evening until the next day, when this is repeated. You would think he would walk her at weekends at least, but no. The poor creature is shut in all weekend too. Legally, there is nothing I can do. If I complain to the Landlord I should expect reprisals and if I complain to the RSPCA there is nothing they can do because she is not being physically mistreated, though I think there is a very good case for mental abuse. The poor creature is clearly going out of its mind. Does anyone else have this problem where they live? Surely there must be new laws to prevent this kind of invisible abuse?
I am caring for an elderly person presently so am unable to offer any free doggie sitting service for this person, and he is clearly unfit to be a responsible owner, any amount of free dog sitters he gets will not stop the main problem so thanks again... I shall be reporting him.
That poor creature barked and howled constantly and was obviously unhappy, but it wasn't within the RSPCA's remit to intervene. I withdrew my support from them then and will never be persuaded that they have animal's best interests at heart, so i'm afraid the OP might be on a hiding to nothing if they contact them.
Now celtwitch has a list of things she does not really like, I do not agree with all of them, but I suppose some others are of the opinion it is a silly list I think it is sensible.
lots of abuse.
And if you have a good old grump about one of their products at Customer Services in ASDA, I can assure you they will care very much.
Moaning about anything that can't be changed like the weather is a negative !