General The Safe House

[Ewes]

Hope it’s ok to set up this thread?

At the time of writing, there is a fair degree of anxiety and finger-pointing on this forum as we lurch towards the relegation zone and await the arrival of a new exciting* head coach.

* other adjectives are available.

Today my blood is boiling because my personal pedantry won’t allow me to look at certain posts without criticising the grammar or spelling. Very minor in the context of modern life but I do feel Old Gits like myself have a responsibility to maintain some standards.

So thread created for anyone who wishes to enter the safehouse to unwind, let off steam or talk rubbish. The fire is burning, kettle boiling and I’ve brought some biscuits. Hope you like fig rolls.

Best wishes.

 

[Carpy]

Hope it’s ok to set up this thread?

At the time of writing, there is a fair degree of anxiety and finger-pointing on this forum as we lurch towards the relegation zone and await the arrival of a new exciting* head coach.

* other adjectives are available.

Today my blood is boiling because my personal pedantry won’t allow me to look at certain posts without criticising the grammar or spelling. Very minor in the context of modern life but I do feel Old Gits like myself have a responsibility to maintain some standards.

So thread created for anyone who wishes to enter the safehouse to unwind, let off steam or talk rubbish. The fire is burning, kettle boiling and I’ve brought some biscuits. Hope you like fig rolls.

Best wishes.

@SteMerritt letting the side down on the rest of the forum, I'm in full agreement.

 

[Sarge]

Hope it’s ok to set up this thread?

At the time of writing, there is a fair degree of anxiety and finger-pointing on this forum as we lurch towards the relegation zone and await the arrival of a new exciting* head coach.

* other adjectives are available.

Today my blood is boiling because my personal pedantry won’t allow me to look at certain posts without criticising the grammar or spelling. Very minor in the context of modern life but I do feel Old Gits like myself have a responsibility to maintain some standards.

So thread created for anyone who wishes to enter the safehouse to unwind, let off steam or talk rubbish. The fire is burning, kettle boiling and I’ve brought some biscuits. Hope you like fig rolls.

Best wishes.

I hope you support the correct use of the Oxford comma ?

 

[chuckbert]

Hope it’s ok to set up this thread?

At the time of writing, there is a fair degree of anxiety and finger-pointing on this forum as we lurch towards the relegation zone and await the arrival of a new exciting* head coach.

* other adjectives are available.

Today my blood is boiling because my personal pedantry won’t allow me to look at certain posts without criticising the grammar or spelling. Very minor in the context of modern life but I do feel Old Gits like myself have a responsibility to maintain some standards.

So thread created for anyone who wishes to enter the safehouse to unwind, let off steam or talk rubbish. The fire is burning, kettle boiling and I’ve brought some biscuits. Hope you like fig rolls.

Best wishes.

I might have to start a separate non-fig roll thread.

 

[Oxymoron]

Let me calm you with this soothing refrain

"Their, They're, There"....

 

[Emilio]

I'd like to moan about bus drivers that do not know how to properly use the breaks. For those like me, with a slightest sense of travel sickness, the stop/start nature of a bus journey can already be a little bit nauseating. Add to that a driver that is too sudden with the breaks, and rough with the suspension, and it leaves me feeling pretty rotten. Think it hits me particularly hard at this time of year, as in the dark you don't have a reference point to fix to so easily.

The fact they advertise it as "all you need is a driving license" doesn't fill me with confidence. I'm sure they go through all sorts of lessons, but someone people are just not at all fit to drive.

But yeah, that's my moan for today. Back to the dangerous world of the Word Association thread I go...

 

[Oxymoron]

Those are the brakes....

 

[QR]

I hope you support the correct use of the Oxford comma ?

Shouldn't that be the 'use of the Oxford comma'?

Oh no!!!!! I've only gone and broken the first rule of Safe House. Sorry all.

 

[Ewes]

I'd like to moan about bus drivers that do not know how to properly use the breaks. For those like me, with a slightest sense of travel sickness, the stop/start nature of a bus journey can already be a little bit nauseating. Add to that a driver that is too sudden with the breaks, and rough with the suspension, and it leaves me feeling pretty rotten. Think it hits me particularly hard at this time of year, as in the dark you don't have a reference point to fix to so easily.

The fact they advertise it as "all you need is a driving license" doesn't fill me with confidence. I'm sure they go through all sorts of lessons, but someone people are just not at all fit to drive.

But yeah, that's my moan for today. Back to the dangerous world of the Word Association thread I go...

Back in the day when I used the number 10 service between Headington & the city centre, one of the drivers confirmed what I knew: they play a game called ‘Granny Skittles’ and will push the brake abruptly if a couple of old dears are stood up on the bus.

I think drivers nowadays need to have an HGV licence for the bigger buses but can still drive a minibus on a driver’s licence with no extra tests.

But I agree, bus travel can be arduous: plebs sprawled across 2 seats, driver heats the bus either too warm or too cold depending on their mood. And God Forbid if one tries to buy a ticket without a card or the correct change.

 

[Emilio]

Back in the day when I used the number 10 service between Headington & the city centre, one of the drivers confirmed what I knew: they play a game called ‘Granny Skittles’ and will push the brake abruptly if a couple of old dears are stood up on the bus.

I think drivers nowadays need to have an HGV licence for the bigger buses but can still drive a minibus on a driver’s licence with no extra tests.

But I agree, bus travel can be arduous: plebs sprawled across 2 seats, driver heats the bus either too warm or too cold depending on their mood. And God Forbid if one tries to buy a ticket without a card or the correct change.

Oh don't get me started on the temperature on public transport. Southern rail either have the aircon on max, or the heating cranked up as far as it can go. Either one or t'other.

Mrs E tells me to keep my voice down about it

 

[m]

Back in the day when I used the number 10 service between Headington & the city centre, one of the drivers confirmed what I knew: they play a game called ‘Granny Skittles’ and will push the brake abruptly if a couple of old dears are stood up on the bus.

I think drivers nowadays need to have an HGV licence for the bigger buses but can still drive a minibus on a driver’s licence with no extra tests.

But I agree, bus travel can be arduous: plebs sprawled across 2 seats, driver heats the bus either too warm or too cold depending on their mood. And God Forbid if one tries to buy a ticket without a card or the correct change.

Yet one or two quick rounds of 'granny skittles' without a bus sees you in all kinds of trouble.

 

[headingtonoldboy]

The thing that really winds me up nowadays is packaging!!!!You can never open the damn stuff unless you have a degree in engineering or are the world's strongest person.

 

[Eric Blair]

People who wear dry robes.

 

[Emilio]

The thing that really winds me up nowadays is packaging!!!!You can never open the damn stuff unless you have a degree in engineering or are the world's strongest person.

I'm sure somewhere on this forum you will find someone who is both. Will probably need to leave the confines of this safe-haven thread to find them though...

 

[unification]

Ah, the kind of thread I can get on board with. I generally don’t complain too much about things you can avoid but since this is a safe space …

Comic book hero films - Those endless identical CGI borefests, repeating the same plot over and over again. Grow up and watch something you need to think about.

Sia - She can’t sing. Volume does not equate to talent.

MAMILs in groups cycling on country lanes so you can’t drive past them - Enough said.

 

[Eric Blair]

Ah, the kind of thread I can get on board with. I generally don’t complain too much about things you can avoid but since this is a safe space …

Comic book hero films - Those endless identical CGI borefests, repeating the same plot over and over again. Grow up and watch something you need to think about.

Sia - She can’t sing. Volume does not equate to talent.

MAMILs in groups cycling on country lanes so you can’t drive past them - Enough said.

Three very strong mentions

 

[gofish2]

Threads like this, are a mecca for me. I am sick and tired of hearing broadcasters (I use the word generously) omitting the letter T from a variety of words. "plen(t)y" "Twen(t)y" 'Twen(t)y Twen(t)y four (even worse) and for those who somehow think that the term "pre-prepared" is a legitimate term. By definition, "prepared" begins with pre, prior to or beforehand. So can it be possible to ensure that the food you are going to be serving at Christmas, for example, has been prepared before it was prepared? And for those who might think that I have a Masters degree in pedantry, you are correct and I gained a distinction. That was because I pre-prepared my dissertation in twenythirteen!

I also cant stand pedantry and hypocrisy..

Oh,.... and when companies who sell you self assembly furniture, include assembly instructions but no instructions whatsoever explaining how to repack everything when you inevitably have to return it!!!

 

[gofish2]

And..... the supermarket half wit who has been trained to ask "are you ready for Xmas?" My seasonal responses,
Do I look like a Turkey?
Do we know each other? No? let's keep it that way.
Are you the Xmas police?

How to cook the perfect Xmas meal, How to deal with indigestion, what to do with an wanted gift, how to help the less fortunate (never mind the rest of the year) how to treat a hangover, New years resolutions, making, breaking, ignoring. Go on a diet and get fit.....fill the rest in yourselves. Year after year of predictable meaningless drivel!!

 

[gofish2]

The thing that really winds me up nowadays is packaging!!!!You can never open the damn stuff unless you have a degree in engineering or are the world's strongest person.

You got the package??? That is better than me, mine was apparently delivered. Yes, but not to me it wasn't!

 

[brokeandobscure]

Threads like this, are a mecca for me. I am sick and tired of hearing broadcasters (I use the word generously) omitting the letter T from a variety of words. "plen(t)y" "Twen(t)y" 'Twen(t)y Twen(t)y four (even worse) and for those who somehow think that the term "pre-prepared" is a legitimate term. By definition, "prepared" begins with pre, prior to or beforehand. So can it be possible to ensure that the food you are going to be serving at Christmas, for example, has been prepared before it was prepared? And for those who might think that I have a Masters degree in pedantry, you are correct and I gained a distinction. That was because I pre-prepared my dissertation in twenythirteen!

I also cant stand pedantry and hypocrisy..

Oh,.... and when companies who sell you self assembly furniture, include assembly instructions but no instructions whatsoever explaining how to repack everything when you inevitably have to return it!!

And..... the supermarket half wit who has been trained to ask "are you ready for Xmas?" My seasonal responses,
Do I look like a Turkey?
Do we know each other? No? let's keep it that way.
Are you the Xmas police?

How to cook the perfect Xmas meal, How to deal with indigestion, what to do with an wanted gift, how to help the less fortunate (never mind the rest of the year) how to treat a hangover, New years resolutions, making, breaking, ignoring. Go on a diet and get fit.....fill the rest in yourselves. Year after year of predictable meaningless drivel!!

 

[brokeandobscure]

Sorry, I only meant to quote the bit about “T’s”. Nod sure how thad happened…

 

[Jimmycarterxi]

The thing that really winds me up nowadays is packaging!!!!You can never open the damn stuff unless you have a degree in engineering or are the world's strongest person.

The missus always wraps presents with so much tape that it takes ages to open. After all the effing and jeffing, you pull out a pair of socks…..yippee

 

[OtteryYellow]

People who wear dry robes.

Once saw a couple in their middle years wearing a matching pair of garish camouflage dry robes at a national trust property of all places. It took a lot of effort to conceal our mirth.

 

[GeneralLee]

People. They’re bloody awful things.

And scotch eggs. Not the poster, but I’ve always found them very strange.

 

[Mateo Corbo's Tackle]

Using sellotape. Ironing. Drivers who drive at 40 through a 60, and 40 through the following 30.

That’s better…

 

[holdsteady]

People who wear dry robes.

A women wears one to my work, she works in an office and the only time she goes outside is across the path to the smoking shelter or to and from her car, hardly seems to need one for that.

 

[Mateo Corbo's Tackle]

A women wears one to my work, she works in an office and the only time she goes outside is across the path to the smoking shelter or to and from her car, hardly seems to need one for that.

Excellent flooding risk mitigation.

 

[Morris Oxford]

Virtue signallers.

Pompous virtue signallers.

Hand wringing virtue signallers.

Hypocritical virtue signallers.

Sanctimonious virtue signallers.

 

[Marked Ox]

Dawdling Taxis. So slow nowadays.

Thought nutter Taxi drivers were an extinct breed until my faith was restored with one on the Eastern Bypass changing lanes constantly and ragging it to get further ahead in the traffic. Amusingly he ended up in the same place, directly behind me.

 

[unification]

Using sellotape. Ironing. Drivers who drive at 40 through a 60, and 40 through the following 30.

That’s better…

That need not be a safe space criticism.

I had someone overtake me in a 30 zone (local knowledge told me a speed camera was coming up and you should go 30 anyway if that’s the limit obvs) only for me to catch up with them almost immediately when the limit changes to National Speed Limit. Infuriating.