Good News is washing machine no longer requires my knee! Bad News is Fridge door handle came off in my hand too!!!! No immediate prospect of either being replaced!!!! Call me paranoid but maybe this is a government ploy to assist with the dieting!
Wahey Sarge!!!!!!!!! Nana, call your suppliers again, and very calmly tell them to either get the parts out to you by tomorrow at the latest, or you will go to Trading Standards about them. Make sure you mention Trading Standards several times. Amazing how fast they'll get their fingers out then.
Humbled!!!! I was just preparing for yet another phone call to get my fridge and freezer door handles and then read this:- Please read the story first and click on the link at the bottom and enjoy!!! This is a Chinese modern dance competition on TV. One couple won one of the top prizes. The lady has one arm and the guy has one leg. They performed gracefully and beautifully. The lady in her 30s was a dancer and was trained as one since she was a little girl. Later she got into some kind of accident and lost her entire left arm. She was depressed for a few years. It seemed that someone asked her to coach a Children's dancing group. From that point on, she realized she could not forget dancing. She still loved to dance. She wanted to dance again. So she started to do some of her old routines. But by her losing an arm, she also lost her balance. It took a while before she could even making simple turns and spins without falling. Eventually she got it. Then she heard some guy in his 20s had lost a leg in an accident. This guy also fell into the usual denial, depression and anger type of emotional roller coaster. She looked him up (seemingly he was from a different Province) and persuaded him to dance with her. He had never danced. And to dance with one leg? Are you joking with me? No way. But she didn't give up. He reluctantly agreed. " I have nothing else to do anyway." She started to teach him dancing 101. The two broke up a few times because the guy had no concept of using muscle, control his body, and a few other basic things about dancing. When she became frustrated and lost patience with him, he would walk out. Eventually they came back together and started training. They hired a choreographer to design routines for them. She would fly high (held by him) with both arms (a sleeve for an arm) flying in the air. He could bend horizontally supported by one leg and she leaning on him, etc. They danced beautifully and they legitimately beat others in the competition. I would like to share with you this most magnificent and touching performance I have ever seen! It is a living proof that strong spirit can conquer any physical limitations! YouTube - She without arm, he without leg - ballet - Hand in Hand
If you don't know any Anglo Saxon, be prepared for an education. UBER-RANT: My feckin bunny of an assessor emails me today, asking if we can rearrange a meeting that was arranged before effing christmas purely because the university bunny (Vice Chancellor) has been ill for 3 bloody weeks and so the assessment of the Bleeding masters thesis has been put back and back and further feckin back! Now tomorrow is highly important for my bloody dissertation, and guess what? I now have to get there with no assessor, who was meant to be talking to the NT's bloody regional countryside manager to organise work for other sodding students. Now Im on my own. Everything is what can only be described as FUBARd How the blue bloody hell did he expect me to rearrange a meeting with less than 24 hours notice when it was specifically done this late in the day anyway in order to fit in with all the important people?!
David, Your opinion is taken on board however this is a rant and the actual words have not been used which is acceptable in context. With respect to Aviator, his demise was much more than a single post or thread, most of which you were not aware. Cheers Geoff
Not being a moderator but knowing what does happen behind the scenes on sites like this, there were probably some nasty private messages going back and forth from Aviator so i can understand why he ended up being banned. As you can see Adrian this is the rant thread and allows the members to let off steam providing they don't use bad language. Have a go, you'll find it will help you, probably give the members a laugh and maybe they'll be able to give you some advice if you ask for it. By the way guys, my rant is we should make the arcade accessable after you have posted a certain amount of posts. There's a person on there who hasn't posted a dam thing, not even an introduction and has taken over nearly all the high scores. Sniper eep:
Not a bad idea Sniper. As for the Aviator, all I can say is that we have been proven right in our assessment as he didn't last long on Talk either. And after a bit of investigating, I discovered he has been banned and/or warned on a number of other forums for his aggressive/trollish attitude.
RANT: 18 days without a ciggie and I'm now almost psychopathic. Who said it would get easier? :mad2: RAVE: Being sad enough to actualy read the adverts in Flypast I discovered their (very) small sale and just picked up a book for £16!! Amazon cost? £40. Woohoo.
RAVE FIRST: Kyt that is brilliant. Stick with it. I have to confess to have "smoked" the packet bought at Christmas by lighting each one and deciding that it really did taste awful. Honestly give it about oooh 20 years and you won't even think about it!!!! RANT: No progress on door handles! They then offered me replacement appliances BUT I have to pay delivery charge and am responsible for getting rid of the two old appliances (circa £100). I only want 2 handles! The new models have exactly the same door handles except that they are maybe a shade lighter so I enquired if anybody had thought to suggest these even as a temporary replacement. No! Take it or leave it - new appliances are our final offer! I gave the phone to my husband in sheer exasperation. I had mistakenly thought that my thrift would be appreciated and now will never buy this brand again (....I know they are practically all owned by the same parent company) and am looking for an alternative supplier of extended warranty despite having been with them for years. Disgusted from Tunbridge Wells eat your heart out because I'm taking lessons from Victor Meldrew
MacGyver solution: drill two holes, pass short bit of rope through and knot the ends. Voila, a door handle and you even got to use your pocket knife to cut the rope... Andy goes off the deep-end...:becky: What was the book, Kyt? Btw, fricking awesome on the no ciggie front. Well done, proud of ya, mate. Sure that means a lot in your psycho state! :becky:
Nana, my next step would be Trading Standards and CAB. The extended-warrenty rip-off is one of the biggest reasons for customer complaints and both these organisations should be well prepared tp provide useful info. Andy, cheers. And the book is Amazon.co.uk: Spitfire: The History: Books: Eric B. Morgan,Edward Shacklady another one of those heavy tomes that is more a reference than bed-time reading
Meh, own it already! :becky: Actually, I think it was my first foray into these types of books. Mum and Dad bought it for me in 1989 when I was 13! Damn, I knew there was something wrong with me! Awesome pick up for the price, Kyt! Have always marvelled at the book and its listing of every single Spit and variant.
RANT: Why oh why does the TV show You Are What You Eat insist on examining stool samples? Just mention it and the associated problems, don't effing show the stuff! I used to clean night clubs when going through uni, I've seen enough of other people's! LOL. RAVEx3: Latest AWM Wartime mag just arrived, Clean Sweep (Tony Spooner's book on Ivor Broom) arrives tomorrow with my sister-in-law and I've just started Patrick Gibbs' Torpedo Leader!
