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Title: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Snoopy on September 22, 2008, 08:13:19 AM
Sat on the bog this morning I noticed yet again that the hand towel that serve the bathroom is looped through its attractive holder on the wall furthest away from the basin. This caused me a feeling of intense anger ~ only for a moment or two but it really annoyed me. I have lived with this since we moved here almost 8 years ago and the anger increases daily. What really sends my blood pressure up is that fact that I cannot move the damned thing because the entire bathroom is tiled, floor to ceiling, on all walls. I tried to move the towel holder when we moved here and found that it had been affixed to the wall by means of two holes drilled through the centre of an unmatchable tile. Taking it down would not be a problem but what to do with the two holes? Bit of filler was my answer but that idea did not sit well with the kitchen staff. Then, of course, had I continued with the removal in the face of such objections there would have been TROUBLE. I could have faced that down in a manly fashion but the thought struck that I would also need to drill holes in another irreplaceable tile adjacent to the basin. Now as we all know drilling holes through tiles is fraught with danger. 9 time out of 10 we can do it but when you cannot replace the tile you are drilling sod's law says it is going to crack.
Why not simply put the towel where it should be by means of a stick-on holder and leave the existing holder where it is? Well I tried that, firstly the stick on holder would not stay stuck BUT more importantly my morning ten minutes of solitude, sat on the bog whilst contemplating the day ahead, were ruined by the sight of the empty towel ring mocking me from the far side of the room. Matters were further complicated by SWMBO taking a dislike to my stick on holder (She may even have resorted to sabotage) on the unreasonable (to me at least) grounds that it did not match the existing and now empty towel ring which was part of a matching set that included a bog roll holder and shower "caddy" ~ all fixed through the tiles  Banghead

The solution I came up with today ~ and remember that this is a conversation we have often here ~ was sell the house and move ............... was vetoed by SWMBO as "Silly in the extreme".

Am I being unreasonable?
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Darwins Selection on September 22, 2008, 08:24:13 AM
Doctor: "Now then, what is the matter with you?"

Patient: "I think I have CDO"

Doctor: "I'm sorry, what is that?"

Patient: "Obsessive Compulsive Disorder"

Doctor: "That's OCD"

Patient: "But then the letters are in the wrong order"
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Nick on September 22, 2008, 08:57:24 AM
Reomving five screws (of 6) easily from the back of a radio and then finding that the sixth is corroded into place and finishing the job with a hammer  cussing:
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Darwins Selection on September 22, 2008, 09:10:50 AM
Reomving five screws (of 6) easily from the back of a radio and then finding that the sixth is corroded into place and finishing the job with a hammer  cussing:

I had a vision of a toddler with a revolver for a moment  scared2:

I hope it was a battery-only radio.


BTW,  Reomving = CDO ??
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Nick on September 22, 2008, 09:18:47 AM
I am now putting it back together with glue before Mrs Nick finds out  scared2:
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Miss Demeanour on September 22, 2008, 09:21:54 AM
Snoops - what about demolishing the whole house and starting again. That way you will be compliant with Mrs S wishes but also putting some form of order back in your world  lol:
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Nick on September 22, 2008, 09:24:04 AM
I could help him with that. I just need some cans of spray deodorant and a microwave. ;D
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Snoopy on September 22, 2008, 09:27:25 AM
Snoops - what about demolishing the whole house and starting again. That way you will be compliant with Mrs S wishes but also putting some form of order back in your world  lol:

 rubschin: Planning consents, costs of rebuilding, where to live in the meantime ......... Don't think I am saying no to your idea but how to overcome those trials and tribulations?

Insurance claim would cover all that if house demolished by accident ..... Now who do I know?

NICK! and bring the Boy ~ I have a little job for you.
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Miss Demeanour on September 22, 2008, 09:32:45 AM
He had to find his purpose in life at some time  lol:
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Nick on September 22, 2008, 09:33:31 AM
Snoops - what about demolishing the whole house and starting again. That way you will be compliant with Mrs S wishes but also putting some form of order back in your world  lol:

 rubschin: Planning consents, costs of rebuilding, where to live in the meantime ......... Don't think I am saying no to your idea but how to overcome those trials and tribulations?

Insurance claim would cover all that if house demolished by accident ..... Now who do I know?

NICK! and bring the Boy ~ I have a little job for you.

What sort of "job"?  rubschin:
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Snoopy on September 22, 2008, 09:34:18 AM
I must remember to eat this PC and destroy the evidence before he gets here.  whistle:
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Nick on September 22, 2008, 09:56:31 AM
The (tiny) screws have disappeared into the carpet and there is glue on the sofa. I also stuck my fingers together. This is not going well. noooo:
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Snoopy on September 22, 2008, 10:00:04 AM
Mrs Nick will, unerringly, find the screws the very next time she walks barefoot on the carpet. Until then they will remain lost. Meanwhile if your fingers are stuck together you will not be able to have ciggie without risking an incendiary incident.
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Nick on September 22, 2008, 10:12:04 AM
The radio is now stuck to a rug  scared2:
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Barman on September 22, 2008, 11:27:05 AM
The radio is now stuck to a rug  scared2:
So you do wear a wig!  point:
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Snoopy on September 22, 2008, 11:29:15 AM
The radio is now stuck to a rug  scared2:
So you do wear a wig!  point:

 rubschin:

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Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Darwins Selection on September 22, 2008, 11:31:28 AM
The radio is now stuck to a rug  scared2:
So you do wear a wig!  point:

 rubschin:

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Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Nick on September 22, 2008, 12:53:15 PM
The radio is NOT now stuck to the rug but does have a lot of blue fluff stuck to it
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Barman on September 22, 2008, 01:00:34 PM
The radio is NOT now stuck to the rug but does have a lot of blue fluff stuck to it
Perhaps you should report it as stolen and have done with it...  whistle:

Get a magnet and pick the screws up first... then smash a window - from the outside mind - and throw the glue away in next door's bin... and put your wig back on...  point:
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Nick on September 22, 2008, 01:01:33 PM
Not permitted. The radio was a present from Mrs Nick's Daddy.

I have just tested it.It doesn't work  scared2:
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Snoopy on September 22, 2008, 01:03:28 PM
http://tinyurl.com/46zgjz
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Barman on September 22, 2008, 01:05:04 PM
http://tinyurl.com/46zgjz

Yes, just chuck it out and get one of those new digital thingies... tell her that the news was out of date on the old one... stuff about The Titanic and the like...  whistle:
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Nick on September 22, 2008, 01:08:45 PM
It's an heirloom. It has valves.And a walnut case. And it picks up things like "Hilversum" and "Granada"
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Snoopy on September 22, 2008, 01:12:09 PM
Radio has not been around long enough to quailify as an heirloom. What it is is a load of old tat that her Father was only too pleased to see the back of, her mother too I wouldn't wonder.
My MiL is currently going through the "You must have this dear" phase of old age. It all goes straight in the bin when it reaches here I can tell you. evil:
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Barman on September 22, 2008, 01:15:09 PM
Radio has not been around long enough to quailify as an heirloom. What it is is a load of old tat that her Father was only too pleased to see the back of, her mother too I wouldn't wonder.
My MiL is currently going through the "You must have this dear" phase of old age. It all goes straight in the bin when it reaches here I can tell you. evil:
lol: lol: lol:
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Nick on September 22, 2008, 01:17:27 PM
It was one of their wedding presents. IN 1947  eeek:

Ebay AND fake burglary?
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Snoopy on September 22, 2008, 01:24:34 PM
It was one of their wedding presents. IN 1947  eeek:

Ebay AND fake burglary?

1947 was not long ago ~ it only counts as a vintage year because I was born then  evil:
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Barman on September 22, 2008, 01:34:20 PM
It was one of their wedding presents. IN 1947  eeek:

Ebay AND fake burglary?
Yes... nick (snigger) a replacement from here. (http://www.antiqueradiomuseum.org/consoleradios.htm)  whistle:
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Darwins Selection on September 22, 2008, 02:57:34 PM
her Father was only too pleased to see the back of her mother too, I wouldn't wonder.

Carving knife again?
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Nick on September 22, 2008, 06:02:36 PM
It works a bit, but can only get Hilversum for some reason. WTF is Hilversum?
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Barman on September 22, 2008, 06:04:30 PM
It works a bit, but can only get Hilversum for some reason. WTF is Hilversum?
It's fucked... get a new one...  point:
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Nick on September 22, 2008, 06:06:53 PM
Shouldn't you be washing or summat?
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Barman on September 22, 2008, 06:07:31 PM
Shouldn't you be washing or summat?
Halfway through 'Atonement'...  cloud9:
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Nick on September 22, 2008, 06:08:20 PM
LL is that strict eh?

Penance and stuff.
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Darwins Selection on September 22, 2008, 06:47:57 PM
It works a bit, but can only get Hilversum for some reason. WTF is Hilversum?

Holland as I remember.
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Grumpmeister on September 22, 2008, 06:55:27 PM
Radio has not been around long enough to quailify as an heirloom. What it is is a load of old tat that her Father was only too pleased to see the back of, her mother too I wouldn't wonder.
My MiL is currently going through the "You must have this dear" phase of old age. It all goes straight in the bin when it reaches here I can tell you. evil:

So are you saying that something only classes as an hierloom if it is older than you are Snoop?   whistle:
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Barman on September 23, 2008, 04:54:43 AM
LL is that strict eh?

Penance and stuff.
drumroll:  ;D
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Snoopy on September 23, 2008, 08:53:52 AM
Radio has not been around long enough to quailify as an heirloom. What it is is a load of old tat that her Father was only too pleased to see the back of, her mother too I wouldn't wonder.
My MiL is currently going through the "You must have this dear" phase of old age. It all goes straight in the bin when it reaches here I can tell you. evil:

So are you saying that something only classes as an hierloom if it is older than you are Snoop?   whistle:

Unless we are talking about Hair Looms in which case ................... well I'm sure you can work out the rest  whistle:
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Darwins Selection on September 23, 2008, 09:35:20 AM
Radio has not been around long enough to qualify as an heirloom. What it is is a load of old tat that her Father was only too pleased to see the back of, her mother too I wouldn't wonder.
My MiL is currently going through the "You must have this dear" phase of old age. It all goes straight in the bin when it reaches here I can tell you. evil:

So are you saying that something only classes as an heirloom if it is older than you are Snoop?   whistle:

Unless we are talking about Hair Looms in which case ................... well I'm sure you can work out the rest whistle:

Merkin or Toupee?
Title: Re: Minor irritations that build up overtime
Post by: Snoopy on September 23, 2008, 09:43:35 AM
Radio has not been around long enough to qualify as an heirloom. What it is is a load of old tat that her Father was only too pleased to see the back of, her mother too I wouldn't wonder.
My MiL is currently going through the "You must have this dear" phase of old age. It all goes straight in the bin when it reaches here I can tell you. evil:

So are you saying that something only classes as an heirloom if it is older than you are Snoop?   whistle:

Unless we are talking about Hair Looms in which case ................... well I'm sure you can work out the rest whistle:

Merkin or Toupee?

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