Things Cat Trialvilly Annoy You (part whatever) MOD WARNING IN OP

Antares35 · 20-10-2020 12:20am

Porklife wrote: »

Could you move it forward to tomorrow preemptively? Ugh. I've eaten so much I feel like the blueberry girl in Willy Wonka who gets rolled out to be squeezed. I'm full of chocolate and cream. Ah **** it though, theres a sombre mood across the country this evening and we could all do with some comfort food and cuddles. 1 out of 2 ain't bad for me.

You can't drink so you're legally obliged to compensate by eating more!

My TA is: dear OH please leave me alone while I eat my tea and toast at night. It's the only ten minutes I get to myself and I don't want to talk to you between mouthfuls.

Also I've a weird lump on my gum and have convinced myself it's something sinister that will kill me and I won't get to see my daughter growing up, and also TA now I've to see a dentist, in the middle of a pandemic

dubstarr · 20-10-2020 5:07am

People posting lost dogs,people on FB.That are years out of date.Or they are from another country.

amadangomor · 20-10-2020 9:50am

Had an ad for New Chic - fashion site from China pop up. Was showing women in swimsuits etc.

Made the mistake of clicking on one of them as one of the girls was particularly attract... Sorry wanted to check out the quality of the garments.

Now I'm bombarded with these ads even when I click on choose not to see them anymore. People in office must think I'm either a cross dresser or a perve, well would be right on the second one!

the purple tin · 20-10-2020 11:42am

Random video suggestions Youtube keep putting up for you.
Every time i go on YT they are trying to make me watch Andy Kauffman doing an Elvis impression. I'm a bit curious but if I click on it Google will win.
I do wonder, is it the same weird video suggestion for everybody or does each individual get a unique one?

Tauriel · 20-10-2020 11:58am

With two more business trading days until lock down, so many businesses in Cork City have to deal with the fall out of last night's devastating flooding of the city. I feel for all of the small independent business owners and their staff, it must really feel like they can do no right.

cj maxx · 20-10-2020 12:21pm

Had a read of the liverpool thread. It just brought back not good memories of the derby.
I'm in a bad mood now:(

Jenna James · 20-10-2020 12:30pm

As a citizen of Cork city this is devastating and just awful timing for so many businesses. We are a strong city and will 'row in' when things resume to help where we can.:)

And my TA is the flooding

gormdubhgorm · 20-10-2020 12:44pm

The word 'movies' used by Irish people seems inescapable now, all encompassing. Written on boards threads and Irish main stream media.

It was not long ago Irish people called it film(s) 'pictures'. Or better still if you are a Dub 'a filum'.

I refuse to say 'movie' I am not a bleeding yank!
My own personal crusade to still call it a 'film'.
Even though I know it is a losing battle.

Jenna James · 20-10-2020 12:51pm

I say both tbh.

Similar to the growing increase in people attending 'Uni' and not college I suppose.

Eleven Benevolent Elephants · 20-10-2020 1:23pm

I'm house 7 and my neighbours are 7A.

I keep getting their post in post box.

bitofabind · 20-10-2020 1:24pm

Came back to London recently after 8 weeks of hiking and walking and enjoying the outdoors at home. My "stay sane" walking route over here is a loop along the Thames Path, cross Hammersmith bridge and back via Barnes, it's how I survived lockdown 1.0.

Went out yesterday and they've closed Hammersmith Bridge for the foreseeable future :mad::mad:

the purple tin · 20-10-2020 1:48pm

In the future 2020 will be viewed as a boil on the bum of the 21st century.
I can't wait for the new year, it might put us all in a better mind-set.
I won't only be celebrating the arrival of 2021 on NYE. I'll be celebrating 2020 fecking off forever.
:mad::p to you 2020.

ohnonotgmail · 20-10-2020 1:53pm

Eleven Benevolent Elephants wrote: »

I'm house 7 and my neighbours are 7A.

I keep getting their post in post box.

the first thing I thought of when I read your post was the song Daydream Believer by The Monkees

20-10-2020 2:00pm

I had a look at the facebook page of one of the bridal shops I'm planning on visiting. Every one of their brides was skinny and pictures of the dresses looked tiny. This is not helping my dreadful body image

Jenna James · 20-10-2020 2:35pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I had a look at the facebook page of one of the bridal shops I'm planning on visiting. Every one of their brides was skinny and pictures of the dresses looked tiny. This is not helping my dreadful body image

TA'd that you feel that way. Every bride is beautiful

Jenna James · 20-10-2020 2:37pm

TA'd you can't buy Lays crisps here. I want them.

Dial Hard · 20-10-2020 2:52pm

That my housemate bought the abomination that is Frank's Wings sauce instead of Original Red Hot when I asked her to grab a bottle in Tesco.

Also, the wind. My morning walk route is essentially a square. Yet the wind still managed to be blowing directly in my face on every side of it this morning. How???

20-10-2020 2:54pm

Jenna James wrote: »

TA'd that you feel that way. Every bride is beautiful

Ah. Thank you. This stuff runs deep, way back to childhood. Well I have a while longer to try be more accepting

ohnonotgmail · 20-10-2020 3:00pm

Dial Hard wrote: »

That my housemate bought the abomination that is Frank's Wings sauce instead of Original Red Hot when I asked her to grab a bottle in Tesco.

sometimes you get a sign that you need to cut someone out of your life.

Dial Hard wrote: »

Also, the wind. My morning walk route is essentially a square. Yet the wind still managed to be blowing directly in my face on every side of it this morning. How???

was it uphill all the way as well?

Dial Hard · 20-10-2020 3:02pm

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

was it uphill all the way as well?

That's the evening walk.

EmmetSpiceland · 20-10-2020 3:26pm

TA’d that I’m running low on that lovely Frank’s Wing Sauce. Mmmm buffalo.

Jenna James · 20-10-2020 3:30pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Ah. Thank you. This stuff runs deep, way back to childhood. Well I have a while longer to try be more accepting

I hear ya. I'm not on Social Media much but I do like IG. There's so much body positivity stuff out there now it's great. For me it's been since about 14 and 40 now! I don't think it ever goes away or in the direction you want but I have a lot more confidence now than I used to and I've more weight so ya it's all kinda weird!

I also know it's all down to how you feel inside and you don't need to be told how to feel

That said, I do hope you will feel special

andala · 20-10-2020 4:18pm

Jenna James wrote: »

TA'd you can't buy Lays crisps here. I want them.

Most Eastern European food shops have them:D

My TA is that the town I live in is so bad that level 5 restrictions will make absolutely no difference. We are on level 4 already so my nail girl had to close and there were no chain shops with clothes/furniture/toys/games within county borders anyway.

20-10-2020 4:18pm

Jenna James wrote: »

I hear ya. I'm not on Social Media much but I do like IG. There's so much body positivity stuff out there now it's great. For me it's been since about 14 and 40 now! I don't think it ever goes away or in the direction you want but I have a lot more confidence now than I used to and I've more weight so ya it's all kinda weird!

I also know it's all down to how you feel inside and you don't need to be told how to feel

That said, I do hope you will feel special

It is such a blight on so many people. It reminds me again how powerful our emotions are and the tricks they can play. I see these gorgeous curvy women who embrace themselves and I wish I could do the same. Sure lookit.

I hope so too. Thanks

Jenna James · 20-10-2020 4:32pm

Deleted User wrote: »

It is such a blight on so many people. It reminds me again how powerful our emotions are and the tricks they can play. I see these gorgeous curvy women who embrace themselves and I wish I could do the same. Sure lookit.

I hope so too. Thanks

I know, it really is. You will and then you mightn't again. I don't know, I'm definitely not going to preach to anyone about it!

PM if you every wanna chat

Jenna James · 20-10-2020 4:33pm

andala wrote: »

Most Eastern European food shops have them:D

My TA is that the town I live in is so bad that level 5 restrictions will make absolutely no difference. We are on level 4 already so my nail girl had to close and there were no chain shops with clothes/furniture/toys/games within county borders anyway.

If true, you may have made my day.

Correct, my life is very sad lol

cj maxx · 20-10-2020 5:39pm

I was sitting watching a recorded tv program. Then I realised I could FF past the ads ! Doh

lainey_d_123 · 20-10-2020 10:20pm

I'm basically being harassed by my flat management agency because I refused to let them come round for some non-urgent maintenance. It's a bloody pandemic and I'm supposed to be extra careful because I have a chronic illness. I've had people coming round 5 weeks of the last 6 for various things to do with the landlady renewing her property licence, and I'm just drained with it all. I'm working a stressful job full time from home and all of this has meant disrupting my work, rearranging meetings, all for something which has no direct benefit for me at all. I thought I'd seen the back of it all and could finally relax, and now there's something else.

I want to leave but I'm aware that even if I give notice, they'll probably then insist on doing viewings. I'm really really PO'ed...I've been a really good tenant, always paid on time, no bother at all, have been cooperative with everything they've needed from me, and now they're making my life much harder at a time when everything is already really tough.

I hate how renters just have no rights here

cj maxx · 20-10-2020 11:38pm

I’ve posted about this before but google ads.
Reading a thread here in AH I googled 4chan and now I keep getting ads for iConnect dating app ( I think) they know everything I do

Antares35 · 20-10-2020 11:57pm

lainey_d_123 wrote: »

I'm basically being harassed by my flat management agency because I refused to let them come round for some non-urgent maintenance. It's a bloody pandemic and I'm supposed to be extra careful because I have a chronic illness. I've had people coming round 5 weeks of the last 6 for various things to do with the landlady renewing her property licence, and I'm just drained with it all. I'm working a stressful job full time from home and all of this has meant disrupting my work, rearranging meetings, all for something which has no direct benefit for me at all. I thought I'd seen the back of it all and could finally relax, and now there's something else.

I want to leave but I'm aware that even if I give notice, they'll probably then insist on doing viewings. I'm really really PO'ed...I've been a really good tenant, always paid on time, no bother at all, have been cooperative with everything they've needed from me, and now they're making my life much harder at a time when everything is already really tough.

I hate how renters just have no rights here

That's really awful, TAd myself reading that!

Antares35 · 21-10-2020 12:00am

Haven't had the occasion to see a dentist for a while, between pregnancy (can basically get nothing done without anaesthetic) then the pandemic. Went this evening and I'm basically looking at a 2k bill to cover everything I need. Well goodbye then Christmas. The annoying thing is, I smugly did all my shopping already, so it's too late to pare back in light of the upcoming expenses. There isn't anything I want, so I'm just going to ask people to donate to my dentist bill!

Cue the most shíte Christmas ever lol

Kylta · 21-10-2020 7:55am

Antares35 wrote: »

Haven't had the occasion to see a dentist for a while, between pregnancy (can basically get nothing done without anaesthetic) then the pandemic. Went this evening and I'm basically looking at a 2k bill to cover everything I need. Well goodbye then Christmas. The annoying thing is, I smugly did all my shopping already, so it's too late to pare back in light of the upcoming expenses. There isn't anything I want, so I'm just going to ask people to donate to my dentist bill! Cue the most shíte Christmas ever lol

I dont think xmas will be crap this year, xmas is a mindset thing. And if you kids well its really all about them. So whatever the dental expense its not going to ruin your xmas.

Neither will Halloween be quite this year, no around here anyway. I starting to see why child exploitation works, the kids are shifting more wood and tyres by hand quicker than a truck would.

Anyway my dental appointment is for 10am

Antares35 · 21-10-2020 9:00am

I just can't stop thinking that the way NPHET is pronounced is wrong. While I understand that it isn't actually a word and therefore there is no right/ wrong as such, to me, saying "nephit" makes it sound like there's a vowel between the N and P. I would prefer something like "enphet" although this might imply a hyphen between the N and P, but I think this is less offensive than implying a vowel. Every time someone says "nephit" in my head I say "enphet" and it's really TAing me!

lainey_d_123 · 21-10-2020 9:34am

Antares35 wrote: »

That's really awful, TAd myself reading that!

It's so draining! The property agencies here just don't see you as a person at all. They just want to tick things off their todo lists and have absolutely no idea how enormously inconvenient it all is for the person actually living in the flat and dealing with all these contractors coming in. What they see as 'someone popping round to check something' means me having to clear my meetings for the entire timeslot (which is usually at least 3 hours), having to open all the windows in my flat, wipe down anything they might have touched, then spend the next week or two worrying about Covid because half of the people who come round won't wear masks properly. And right when you think it's all sorted and you can finally relax in your own, it's something else.

I should probably get legal advice but not sure where to go.

Purple Mountain · 21-10-2020 11:57am

lainey_d_123 wrote: »

It's so draining! The property agencies here just don't see you as a person at all. They just want to tick things off their todo lists and have absolutely no idea how enormously inconvenient it all is for the person actually living in the flat and dealing with all these contractors coming in. What they see as 'someone popping round to check something' means me having to clear my meetings for the entire timeslot (which is usually at least 3 hours), having to open all the windows in my flat, wipe down anything they might have touched, then spend the next week or two worrying about Covid because half of the people who come round won't wear masks properly. And right when you think it's all sorted and you can finally relax in your own, it's something else.

I should probably get legal advice but not sure where to go.

Threshold might be worth a call.

dennyire · 21-10-2020 12:10pm

lainey_d_123 wrote: »

It's so draining! The property agencies here just don't see you as a person at all. They just want to tick things off their todo lists and have absolutely no idea how enormously inconvenient it all is for the person actually living in the flat and dealing with all these contractors coming in. What they see as 'someone popping round to check something' means me having to clear my meetings for the entire timeslot (which is usually at least 3 hours), having to open all the windows in my flat, wipe down anything they might have touched, then spend the next week or two worrying about Covid because half of the people who come round won't wear masks properly. And right when you think it's all sorted and you can finally relax in your own, it's something else.

I should probably get legal advice but not sure where to go.

Try RTB Residential Tenancy Board

Jenna James · 21-10-2020 12:36pm

dennyire wrote: »

Try RTB Residential Tenancy Board

Or Threshold. They're very helpful.

Sorry, didn't see above post.

Jenna James · 21-10-2020 12:40pm

Antares35 wrote: »

I just can't stop thinking that the way NPHET is pronounced is wrong. While I understand that it isn't actually a word and therefore there is no right/ wrong as such, to me, saying "nephit" makes it sound like there's a vowel between the N and P. I would prefer something like "enphet" although this might imply a hyphen between the N and P, but I think this is less offensive than implying a vowel. Every time someone says "nephit" in my head I say "enphet" and it's really TAing me!

Thank you for articulating this so well! I too find it v. TA

Antares35 · 21-10-2020 1:19pm

You know those ads on YouTube, with the five second countdown before you can actually click "skip ads"? I'm convinced that it's more than five seconds! I really think every "second" is 1.2 seconds and so they are sneaking in an extra second advertising revenue each time. Honestly, I think they are the slowest seconds ever.

ohnonotgmail · 21-10-2020 1:23pm

Antares35 wrote: »

You know those ads on YouTube, with the five second countdown before you can actually click "skip ads"? I'm convinced that it's more than five seconds! I really think every "second" is 1.2 seconds and so they are sneaking in an extra second advertising revenue each time. Honestly, I think they are the slowest seconds ever.

they should make an olympic event out of clicking the button as soon as the words Skip Ad appears. I would be a certainty for gold.

Badly Drunk Boy · 21-10-2020 1:54pm

Antares35 wrote: »

I just can't stop thinking that the way NPHET is pronounced is wrong. While I understand that it isn't actually a word and therefore there is no right/ wrong as such, to me, saying "nephit" makes it sound like there's a vowel between the N and P. I would prefer something like "enphet" although this might imply a hyphen between the N and P, but I think this is less offensive than implying a vowel. Every time someone says "nephit" in my head I say "enphet" and it's really TAing me!

The 'nephet' pronunciation makes it sound like there's a vowel between the N and P, but the 'enphet' makes it sound like there's a vowel before the N. As you say, this makes it seem like there should be a hyphen between the N and P.

How about pronouncing it like N'PHET? Just an N sound before the PHET.

(This doesn't bother me at all so I don't know why I'm posting about it!)

My trivial annoyance is that two toes on my left foot feel like they have blisters on them, but they don't. So I'm sort of limping around for no reason. GRRRRR!!!!

ohnonotgmail · 21-10-2020 1:56pm

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

The 'nephet' pronunciation makes it sound like there's a vowel between the N and P, but the 'enphet' makes it sound like there's a vowel before the N. As you say, this makes it seem like there should be a hyphen between the N and P.

How about pronouncing it like N'PHET? Just an N sound before the PHET. (This doesn't bother me at all so I don't know why I'm posting about it!)

My trivial annoyance is that two toes on my left foot feel like they have blisters on them, but they don't. So I'm sort of limping around for no reason. GRRRRR!!!!

that sounds like a character from Star Trek.

Aglomerado · 21-10-2020 2:18pm

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

that sounds like a character from Star Trek.

Probably a Klingon, apt given the trend for toilet paper hoarding early on in the lockdown.

Badly Drunk Boy · 21-10-2020 2:43pm

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

that sounds like a character from Star Trek.

Aglomerado wrote: »

Probably a Klingon, apt given the trend for toilet paper hoarding early on in the lockdown.

Could be a Vulcan either, since they like the odd apostrophed name, although they usually begin with T. (T'Pol, T'Pau, T'Pring). Having said that, I've never watched Star Trek.

Antares35 · 21-10-2020 3:00pm

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

The 'nephet' pronunciation makes it sound like there's a vowel between the N and P, but the 'enphet' makes it sound like there's a vowel before the N. As you say, this makes it seem like there should be a hyphen between the N and P.

How about pronouncing it like N'PHET? Just an N sound before the PHET. (This doesn't bother me at all so I don't know why I'm posting about it!)

My trivial annoyance is that two toes on my left foot feel like they have blisters on them, but they don't. So I'm sort of limping around for no reason. GRRRRR!!!!

But if there is a hyphen between the N and P then you don't need a vowel before the N because you would just be saying 'N" as in the letter and then the word "phet"

The N'PHET has already been mastered by Mícheal and that's another TA actually because he sounds like Smithers when he says it..... Nyifit. Eugh. Perhaps we need the Portuguese Ñ

cj maxx · 21-10-2020 3:07pm

Antares35 wrote: »

I just can't stop thinking that the way NPHET is pronounced is wrong. While I understand that it isn't actually a word and therefore there is no right/ wrong as such, to me, saying "nephit" makes it sound like there's a vowel between the N and P. I would prefer something like "enphet" although this might imply a hyphen between the N and P, but I think this is less offensive than implying a vowel. Every time someone says "nephit" in my head I say "enphet" and it's really TAing me!

Damn you !!
I never paid any heed to it before you brought it up.
TA is now when I hear niffet it annoys me!

Jenna James · 21-10-2020 3:35pm

TA i have turned into winter Jenna James this week. Pale as the wall.

Waaah summer!

castletownman · 21-10-2020 4:05pm

The apparently "making it up as we go along" approach taken by the HSE in regards to covid testing.

My GF's parents tested negative twice, but had a third test today just to be sure. My mam has a third test too after two negative tests. If you test positive, you isolate for a shorter period than those who tested negative, and you don't need to test again.

I made a point in my complaining, why doesn't the same logic apply to cancer screening? I wonder how many people had a negative test from their first screening, and it was taken as gospel, and they didn't get another screening until it was too late?

Deja Boo · 21-10-2020 4:14pm

Not gonna lie, the glitch is ticking me off atm.

Boom_Bap · 21-10-2020 6:53pm

Whilst browsing around Tesco, a lovely lady caught my eye a few times.
The lovely lady approached me to talk to me. It must have been a good hair day or something.
She leaned in, pulled down her mask and began to.......see me walk away in disgust and wanting to kick her in the chest.

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