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Colser

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Bit of baby oil

TA giving out trade secrets

Thanks Lexie...I wouldn't mind but it was the usual girl and she knows I hate them too dark and always get the natural brown colour...my friend suggested washing up liquid 😱

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Lord save us no need for that. Anything oily will break the colour down, which is why to keep your colour longer you should keep cleansers and moisturisers away from your brows cause it strips it much faster. Massage it in with your fingers then wipe off with a piece of cotton, bobs yer uncle.

This weather while beautiful has me exausted

Will I Am Not

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Cyclists who use footpath lane instead of cycle lane which is right next to footpath and then they blow their stupid ****ing bell to tell you to get out of way. Next one is getting their bike kicked

I've the total opposite problem.
There's a cycle lane and footpath for 90% of my work commute and it's like the footpath doesn't exist.

blueser

fussyonion wrote: »

TA'd that I never know how to end smalltalk.
Met a couple I know earlier and we chatted for a few minutes but neither of us knew how to end the chat and just part ways.

"So..."
"So that's about it."
"Yeah that's all..."
I back away slightly. "So.."
"Yeah so..anyway we'll see you again"
"Yeah see you soon!"

Something similar to that phenomenon of not being able to hang up at the end of a phone call.
"Okay, we'll talk tomorrow"
"Right. Bye then"
"Bye"
"Bye"
"Bye"
"Bye"

everlast75

When out walking the dogs, on their leads, and someone else's (usually a small barky) comes running up and starts barking like crazy, taunting them. I then have to hold mine back while they come running over clapping their hands trying yo call their dog back. Ffs

Rubberlegs

I opened the window to let a fly out today and a wasp flew in.

bottlebrush

My upstairs windows open out from the top. I opened them all this morning. When I came home later and went upstairs to close then they were all splattered with bird poo and I can't get at the glass to clean them.

Father Hernandez

People who say 'hollibobs'

Will I Am Not

The Angelus Limbo.
When you try to put on The Six One News and it keeps setting a reminder because it hasn't started yet and there's no programme option before it.

erica74

storker wrote: »

I'd go with 9 - 5.

And before 9.

And after 5.

I was hoping someone had covered that:D

Colser wrote: »

Got my eyebrows done earlier and they are too dark . I look ridiculous..I'm trying to convince myself that they're not that bad but there's no denying it,they're shocking.ffs

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Bit of baby oil

TA giving out trade secrets

I was going to direct you to Lexie to see if she had a fix for you:)

73Cat wrote: »

I opened the window to let a fly out today and a wasp flew in.

I was having a lovely sleep this morning and was awoken by a wasp having an absolute meltdown because it was trapped between the net curtain and the window and obviously thought his end was nigh:mad:
The only thing worse than a noisy wasp having a freak out is a fúcking daddy long legs having a noisy freak out.

My TA is that the rain is great for my plants and flowers but it's going to make the grass grow like a feckin jungle:rolleyes:

My other TA is these fúckers with their dash cams. I was driving behind this fella in a jeep today. He had a dash cam and a rear facing cam so I'm assuming he enjoys getting videos of all the people doing all the things wrong etc. While I was behind him for about 20 minutes he drove through 5 roundabouts incorrectly, didn't use his indicators once and broke 2 red lights - bet those videos won't make it onto youtube!

Marje

TA about human beings in general - between loud talkers, cry babies, hear but don't heed and attention seekers.
They all seem to congregate in one room this afternoon to specifically annoy me.

Surreptitious

Ireland yet again making a show of themselves at Eurovision.

Surreptitious

A 20 year old with perfect skin wanting to get botox. It's ridiculous.

Samsgirl

Kitchen tap keeps dripping so need to replace it tomorrow before I crack up completely.
Looking online - €370 , for a tap!!!!!
Obviously there are cheaper ones, going to get one for €70 and I'm shocked at even that price.

But who pays €370 for a kitchen tap? And it wasn't even one of the ones that filter water or give hot water on demand.

political analyst

Vance Joy singing "Riptide" on that Irish Life insurance ad - I'm fed up with it!

s4uv3

Samsgirl wrote: »

Kitchen tap keeps dripping so need to replace it tomorrow before I crack up completely.
Looking online - €370 , for a tap!!!!!
Obviously there are cheaper ones, going to get one for €70 and I'm shocked at even that price.

But who pays €370 for a kitchen tap? And it wasn't even one of the ones that filter water or give hot water on demand.

Are you sure it's a whole tap you need and not just a washer?

TA - people calling to the house without texting/ringing ahead. It drives me fcuking insane.

Samsgirl

s4uv3 wrote: »

Are you sure it's a whole tap you need and not just a washer?

TA - people calling to the house without texting/ringing ahead. It drives me fcuking insane.

Would a washer stop it dripping? I have welts on my palms from trying to tighten the cold one!

erica74

Not having a mixer tap in the bathroom so I have to move my hands from the cold tap to the hot tap, back and forth, back and forth, when I'm washing my face. So annoying.

whoopsadoodles

Reminded me of this thread!

TrustedApple

Yucky sore head after drinking for the past 2 nights I am getting to old for hangovers.

In college I was good to go in the moring now it takes a full day to recover from one

s4uv3

Samsgirl wrote: »

Would a washer stop it dripping? I have welts on my palms from trying to tighten the cold one!

I've no idea tbh, I wouldn't even know where to start replacing one. All I do know is that sometimes a drippy tap is caused by a worn out washer. Get someone who's handy at that stuff to take a look before you fork out for a whole new tap

TA- can't get my lazy ass out of bed.

Widdershins

Samsgirl wrote: »

Kitchen tap keeps dripping so need to replace it tomorrow before I crack up completely.
Looking online - €370 , for a tap!!!!!
Obviously there are cheaper ones, going to get one for €70 and I'm shocked at even that price.

But who pays €370 for a kitchen tap? And it wasn't even one of the ones that filter water or give hot water on demand.

could be the washer. you could put a cloth i the sink where the drip normally lands to stop the noise for now. sometimes they stop dripping after a while.

A on the DHL shipment notification email it says I'm the Receiver (instead of recipient)

eisenberg1

Father Hernandez wrote: »

People who say 'hollibobs'

If the people you are talking about are older than ten, you are legally allowed to rub Vick on their eyeballs.

Got the a/c sorted in my car and the temperature has now dropped.

Bambi985

I feel like I should start another thread about how trivially annoyed I am by various tube travel related events every single day.

TA'd by those SLOW WALKERS who amble through the station and on the footpaths during rush hour in central London. Seriously why aren't you in a state of rushed panicked stress like the rest of us?? If you want a leisurely walk go to the bloody park where you're out of everyone else's way!

TA'd by those people who don't follow tube etiquette and move out of the way to let passengers off and instead charge ahead through the crowds of people trying to dismount. They all deserve to DIE.

TA'd by those people who don't follow the other tube rule of not making eye contact with other passengers and proceed to stare at me to pass the time. I'm looking at you, middle aged men in expensive suits. Fcuk you all.

erica74

Bambi985 wrote: »

I feel like I should start another thread about how trivially annoyed I am by various tube travel related events every single day.

TA'd by those SLOW WALKERS who amble through the station and on the footpaths during rush hour in central London. Seriously why aren't you in a state of rushed panicked stress like the rest of us?? If you want a leisurely walk go to the bloody park where you're out of everyone else's way!

TA'd by those people who don't follow tube etiquette and move out of the way to let passengers off and instead charge ahead through the crowds of people trying to dismount. They all deserve to DIE.

TA'd by those people who don't follow the other tube rule of not making eye contact with other passengers and proceed to stare at me to pass the time. I'm looking at you, middle aged men in expensive suits. Fcuk you all.

I'm assuming the tube is in London? You guys need to adopt the French way of doing things.
If you're ambling along, you will get bumped and pushed out of the way.
If you don't stand to the right hand side on escalators and allow people in a rush to fly up the left hand side, you will get bumped and pushed out of the way.
If you don't stand out of the way and allow passengers off the train first, you will get bumped and pushed out of the way and possibly even get hit by an umbrella or some weapon.

The above "rules" have lead to a pretty decent experience at rush hour times.

Bambi985

erica74 wrote: »

I'm assuming the tube is in London? You guys need to adopt the French way of doing things.
If you're ambling along, you will get bumped and pushed out of the way.
If you don't stand to the right hand side on escalators and allow people in a rush to fly up the left hand side, you will get bumped and pushed out of the way.
If you don't stand out of the way and allow passengers off the train first, you will get bumped and pushed out of the way and possibly even get hit by an umbrella or some weapon.

The above "rules" have lead to a pretty decent experience at rush hour times.

Those rules exist in London too, but the British way of doing things tends to be to silently seethe and sigh passive aggressively when someone defies tube rule-of-law rather than actually doing/saying something about it.

Escalator etiquette tends to work well, though there's always some clueless tourist standing on the left staring at a map or taking in the sights of the London Underground with a queue of angry commuters baying for his blood behind him.

Was in New York recently and it was refreshing to see the contrast of your outspoken New Yorkers yelling at fellow commuters for the same sins "dude get out of the fcuking way!" and "what the fcuk are you doing man, this is rush hour move yo ass!" Major respect.

erica74

Bambi985 wrote: »

Those rules exist in London too, but the British way of doing things tends to be to silently seethe and sigh passive aggressively when someone defies tube rule-of-law rather than actually doing/saying something about it.

Escalator etiquette tends to work well, though there's always some clueless tourist standing on the left staring at a map or taking in the sights of the London Underground with a queue of angry commuters baying for his blood behind him.

Was in New York recently and it was refreshing to see the contrast of your outspoken New Yorkers yelling at fellow commuters for the same sins "dude get out of the fcuking way!" and "what the fcuk are you doing man, this is rush hour move yo ass!" Major respect.

I've been to France every year for around 10 years now and the first year I went, I was that clueless tourist for about 30 seconds - not on the escalator but while trying to put my ticket in the machine to get the gate to open.
The machine wouldn't take my ticket and when it spat it out, it landed on the ground. I bent down to pick it up and this French lady came barging up behind me, knocked me over, I banged my head off the turnstile thing and landed on the ground and was nearly trampled by all the other people barging through.
I became very aware of when not to be in busy stations after that!
Now obviously, what happened me was a bit rough but I can appreciate people being in a rush and being that exasperated with a stupid tourist.

Yes! I was in New York years ago.
I hadn't clue where I was going as the underground there is really confusing so I was trying my best not to get in anyone's way but obviously making a nuisance of myself. This woman came over to me and said "do you want me to show you where your train is?" but she asked it in such a stern voice that I didn't even realise she was trying to help me:pac:
So anyway, I told her where I was trying to go and she said "right, walk behind me and keep up" and she brought me all around a big bloody maze and dropped me off at my train with a "here you go" and then literally ran off, I didn't even have a chance to thank her properly.
I almost feel like she was doing a service to all of the commuters, rather than me, by getting me out of their way:p

Bambi985

erica74 wrote: »

Yes! I was in New York years ago.
I hadn't clue where I was going as the underground there is really confusing so I was trying my best not to get in anyone's way but obviously making a nuisance of myself. This woman came over to me and said "do you want me to show you where your train is?" but she asked it in such a stern voice that I didn't even realise she was trying to help me:pac:
So anyway, I told her where I was trying to go and she said "right, walk behind me and keep up" and she brought me all around a big bloody maze and dropped me off at my train with a "here you go" and then literally ran off, I didn't even have a chance to thank her properly.
I almost feel like she was doing a service to all of the commuters, rather than me, by getting me out of their way:p

That is lovely in your typically shouty in-your-face New York kind of way. :pac:

A few years ago I was in Toronto and the contrast to that was stark - that lovely Canadian politeness infiltrates their subway system in the strangest way. Passengers holding doors for you, apologising for bumping into you - I even remember a fellow commuter asking me if it was alright if he held onto the same rail as me! And if you look a bit lost and clueless, someone will always ask you if you need help and might even escort you to your stop. In London you're screwed unless there's a TFL worker nearby. I'd rather get trampled to death than stop a busy commuter to ask for help!

erica74

Bambi985 wrote: »

That is lovely in your typically shouty in-your-face New York kind of way. :pac:

Yes! Like thank you for shouting your helpfulness at me :pac:

Bambi985 wrote: »

A few years ago I was in Toronto and the contrast to that was stark - that lovely Canadian politeness infiltrates their subway system in the strangest way. Passengers holding doors for you, apologising for bumping into you - I even remember a fellow commuter asking me if it was alright if he held onto the same rail as me! And if you look a bit lost and clueless, someone will always ask you if you need help and might even escort you to your stop. In London you're screwed unless there's a TFL worker nearby. I'd rather get trampled to death than stop a busy commuter to ask for help!

So is it really true about Canadians? You see it in tv shows and films about them being really polite but I always wondered if it's just a load of rubbish, like the way some people say all Parisians are rude - I think they're all just in a rush in a city that is infiltrated by thousands of tourists all day everyday.

Bambi985

erica74 wrote: »

Yes! Like thank you for shouting your helpfulness at me :pac:

So is it really true about Canadians? You see it in tv shows and films about them being really polite but I always wondered if it's just a load of rubbish, like the way some people say all Parisians are rude - I think they're all just in a rush in a city that is infiltrated by thousands of tourists all day everyday.

IME they are literally that stereotype - Ned Flanders in the most heartwarming way. I have so many anecdotes of the absolute loveliness I used to encounter when I was out and about, from people stepping in to help me with luggage in Toronto Pearson airport to finding handwritten notes designed to brighten up a stranger's day on the subway. They have this "go ahead...no you go ahead...no I insist" culture where it's a major social taboo to be rude or not say please and thank you. And that's just Toronto, which most Canadians consider to be the "rudest" Canadian city!

The downsides were mainly that it began to not feel "real" after a while - just bloody yell or sigh like a normal person! - and the slow walkers. Goddamn the slow walkers. By London standards, Torontonians completely violate the meaning of "rush hour" - far less dodging out of power-walking commuters' way over there and lots of getting trapped behind people who are enjoying the view.