Trivial things that annoy you Part 27

Trigger Happy wrote: »

Little known fact that when foxes make sweet love the female 'traps' the male member inside her. This can cause the male fox to yowl....which is understandable in fairness.

Is it true male dogs can ride female foxes and knock them up?

Menas

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Is it true male dogs can ride female foxes and knock them up?

Make sweet love, not ride. But no, they can not reproduce in practice.

MsBubbles wrote: »

LOL ! Jimgoose. I have a car question for you. My 308 has an eco feature to save energy the engine stops when you're stopped at junction/lights. I normally switch off because it keeps stalling at lights, it's a 1.6 auto diesel. Any ideas how to fix it ?

You switch what off, exactly? The auto stop/start feature, or you switch off the engine itself because it'll cut out? It's supposed to, with the stop/start thing! You have me slightly confused...

I deactivate the auto start/stop. I called into the garage on friday for a coffee got back into the car forgot to turn off the auto stop/start. When I stopped the car at the next set of traffic lights the car stalled and wouldn't start.
I had turn off the ignition for 10 seconds then the car started again. It's a tiptronic gearbox but I use it in automatic mode all the time

MsBubbles wrote: »

I deactivate the auto start/stop. I called into the garage on friday for a coffee got back into the car forgot to turn off the auto stop/start. When I stopped the car at the next set of traffic lights the car stalled and wouldn't start.
I had turn off the ignition for 10 seconds then the car started again. It's a tiptronic gearbox but I use it in automatic mode all the time

Hmm. Does it make an attempt to start? Or just sort of "forget" about the re-starting bit? If the former I'd say the battery could be expiring. How old is the car? If the latter, the computer gubbins has probably developed some sort of personality disorder and it should be scanned for error codes. You should post this over in the Motors forum, some of those guys are pretty good and might have seen this caper before.

EDIT: IIRC from the brother's yoke a switch on the clutch pedal is the "cue" to re-start. Could be some simple fault with that and/or a relay or solenoid.

LynnGrace

Vel wrote: »

Walking back to the office just there after getting a coffee and I see a really old woman up ahead sitting on a small wall. She's one of those inner city grannies you wouldn't mess with!! She's ancient, hunched over and holding on to one of those walking frames.

She spots me and says something but I have my headphones on so can't hear her. I take them out and she orders, not asks but orders:

'Pull up me boot there love. The one there that's slipping off my foot. I don't want to fall over. Give it a good old hoike'

So, next thing I know I'm on the ground trying to hoist a wet, crusty looking ugg type boot over this old dear's enlarged looking foot while she barks orders. 'A bit higher. Pull it harder. Make sure the sides are level' And not even a thanks at the end of it!

YA WHAT NOW!!!!!!

I thought these kind of things only happened to me. I'm often in situations where I think I should be checking for the hidden cameras

jimgoose thanks a million. I will ask de lads in motors. Vel I'm sitting hearing some aul wan 'Ah heyor pull bleddin harder'

Trying to make tough decisions without an OH to tell me what I should. I'm so indecisive. I need more assertion! I don't know whether or not to go get blonde highlights, or a spray tan in order to make myself less gothy looking. I'm not a goth at all, far from it, but lately can't help but feel like the grim reaper in a dress

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Is it true male dogs can ride female foxes and knock them up?

A genetic barrier between dogs and foxes prevents crossbreeding.

So relax.

yes to spray tan and yes to a few subtle blonde highlights Lexie !

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Trying to make tough decisions without an OH to tell me what I should. I'm so indecisive. I need more assertion! I don't know whether or not to go get blonde highlights, or a spray tan in order to make myself less gothy looking. I'm not a goth at all, far from it, but lately can't help but feel like the grim reaper in a dress

California Beach-Babe FTW. Go for it, Lexmeister! :cool:

**** MY LIFE. I'm living with my brother at the minute. My dogs are obviously stressed out, missing their daddy and their own house, and their own beds. My brother doesn't really like dogs inside but this is non negotiable. So, I got up there, and the puppy has the ENTIRE side of the leather couch pulled to pieces. I'm going to be homeless as soon as he comes home and sees it. All there is left is a big flapping piece of material and the insides of it all pulled around the place. Oh my god. I cannot believe this happened. I'm dead. My dog will be dead. Both of us will be in a tent. Ah jesus.

jimgoose was Pamela Anderson your dream girl growing up ?

MsBubbles wrote: »

jimgoose was Pamela Anderson your dream girl growing up ?

Absolutely not. That would be Bo Derek. :cool:

jimgoose good answer. a man of class

Menas

LexieOnRale wrote: »

**** MY LIFE. I'm living with my brother at the minute. My dogs are obviously stressed out, missing their daddy and their own house, and their own beds. My brother doesn't really like dogs inside but this is non negotiable. So, I got up there, and the puppy has the ENTIRE side of the leather couch pulled to pieces. I'm going to be homeless as soon as he comes home and sees it. All there is left is a big flapping piece of material and the insides of it all pulled around the place. Oh my god. I cannot believe this happened. I'm dead. My dog will be dead. Both of us will be in a tent. Ah jesus.

Try a bit of furniture re-arrangement and put that side of the leather chair against a wall. Tell him its a Zen arrangement.

Failing that, there is a sale on in Great Outdoors. 15% off camping gear.

I'm going to try find another couch, the same one hopefully. ****sake it's constant money, everytime I try save some bull**** happens, you'd be fed up I swear to god

OldNotWIse

"It's the principle" - f.cuk off.

Also, people who do that annoying whistle when they talk. And clicking dentures. And saying "yes" as they inhale. And who talk pure shíte.

good to have you back OldNotWise

Rubberlegs

MsBubbles wrote: »

TA that everytime I see a post from Boom_Bap Mmm Bop by Hanson is on loop in my head

Ha ha I thought it was just me who thought stuff like that! For me when I see Boom_Bap I sing that Boom Clap by Charlie XCX

OldNotWIse

MsBubbles wrote: »

good to have you back OldNotWise

Aw thanks. Bender finished.

73Cat must have a look at the Charlie XCX song hugely preferable to a dodgy 90's tween band

Generic Dreadhead

Trying to find boxes for putting stuff in cause I'm moving house is proving tricky

[Deleted User]

ARGGHH. My computer ismy big TA today.

Cleaned cache ,history etc ran updates, 167 or something like that, took for ever, computer still running like a Sloth on Valium :mad:

It will be like a scene from Office Space, here later, if this abomination dosen't buck its ideas up, sledge hammer to the ready

[Deleted User]

LexieOnRale wrote: »

**** MY LIFE. I'm living with my brother at the minute. My dogs are obviously stressed out, missing their daddy and their own house, and their own beds. My brother doesn't really like dogs inside but this is non negotiable. So, I got up there, and the puppy has the ENTIRE side of the leather couch pulled to pieces. I'm going to be homeless as soon as he comes home and sees it. All there is left is a big flapping piece of material and the insides of it all pulled around the place. Oh my god. I cannot believe this happened. I'm dead. My dog will be dead. Both of us will be in a tent. Ah jesus.

oh Dear Lexie, yo should book a taxi right away...

OldNotWIse

Cormac... wrote: »

Trying to find boxes for putting stuff in cause I'm moving house is proving tricky

Which reminds me of another TA. You don't realise how much cráp you have until you move

TA Fleas

The poor cat is scratching like crazy so I dosed with flea treatment but one of the delightful little sods has had a lovely nibble on my leg

In my quest to find the perfect over the knee boot, I stumbled across an entire new website. Super cheap too, with high boots flat boots over the knee boots high heels, sandals. Good lord. It's either a feast or a famine

Generic Dreadhead

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Which reminds me of another TA. You don't realise how much cráp you have until you move

I hate having to sort through stuff, but it's kind of liberating throwing stuff out. Luckily I have some friends and family to help.... now if only I could get me some boxes