LATEST MOAN FROM YOU AND ME 2018

I'm sorry to hear your news Loki. I wish your Dad well.

 

In work, sitting in an office with no natural sunlight, wishing I was retired and in my garden.

 

If their boilers are that good, why is the British Gas penguin always wrapped up in a coat and scarf?

As for phoning ahead, you'd think they'd invented the wheel. Most engineers and delivery drivers phone ahead, it saves them time.


My moan.

To finalise the debacle of the Miele fridge, John Lewis increased their offer of compensation to £75, after I'd turned down £50, which I've accepted. They sent me an e-mail to tell me the £75 has been added to my John Lewis account.

In the first place, I'd no idea I'd got more than a John Lewis card.
I've replied to say they must be out of their tiny minds if they think I'm willing to accept what is effectively just a "credit note."

The £75 was to compensate us for just part of the food we had to chuck away and for the inconvenience caused. So they'd better send me a cheque.

Another moan.

We usually have a Chinese meal delivered on a Thursday or Friday, but I'm going to have to go down to collect it. As they have a problem with their driver, "Himno Comein."

 

Err..

If you have a look at my avatar, you'll see that I'm always in "no mood," so the suggestion doesn't appeal to me. It also says "I'm pleasantly unemployed" and I'm happy to stay that way.

 

Speedy drivers again, nearly got hit again this morning, driver slowed down a bit then put his foot down, mist us by 6 inches and that's by someone who works in the countryside the rules and law apply's to all not just the few

Country roads : THINK! : Roadsafety

 

I very much sympathise @Jiffy. We live on a single track road with b all passing places. During the winter/bad weather basically nobody uses it apart form the few who live on it/deliveries etc. The minute the good sunny weather appears...yes we do get it in Scotland occasionally we get the boy racer brigade rallying down it on occasions. I worry for my lovely cats who do plouter about on the road a bit despite having acres and acres of fields and woods to use. There were 1 or 2 "regulars" who I got the registrations of and happened to mention to our community policeman about how dangerously they were driving down our road. The policeman did advise me that the road officially didn't have a speed restriction on it BUT he agreed that it should be driven as fast as the road type dictated ie not flaming 60MPH+++. Much to my surprise I was informed that the officer had duly visited the said individuals and had a word in their shell likes. Not seen either of them since, result

 

We got a action camera to record our walks when on the road, but just latey we haven't seen any car's and 4x4's (early walk) so haven't been wearing it, i will be of now on we are the same with narrow single track road but they drive as no one else is going to be there and as walker's they just don't care, as you say. there only a 60mph speed limit but if they drove at that speed here, well the rude filter will be on over time if they hit us it will be careless driving because as standing on the side of the road is all you have got here not much grass verge, 4 inches of grass, ditch then hedge on both sides, i've been hit by the wing mirror twice and jumped into the ditch a few times

 

Absolutely agree @shiney. I am NOT a happy bunny and was intending to moan too. It's nothing like last years as I still have a bag of 2017 stuff which has loads of peat in it. This stuff feel like the left overs from some sort of material processing and neither I nor my plants seem to like it much. Could you please advise who should I be moaning to in the hope of getting a result.?
Like your idea of speed bumps but not sure our council would agree as it is a designated cycle route but think I might try them. Mind you with the potholes post this hellish winter that might slow the "jimmys" down a fair bit. I would report the holes as some are terrible but it does deter people from using our road and we know exactly where they are and can avoid them

 

@silu and @shiney thanks for the heads up on wickes compost, that's what I usually buy
My moan is ...... err.....
Errrr......... sorry no moan! All is good! Thanks for the the compost tip though
Oh, I nearly forgot, I do have a moan. I have an ash sapling (thanks to @Scrungee who identified it ), 8 ft high, in my little terraced garden Upon reading I've discovered they can grow to 100-130 feet!!! ooops

 

The big tree in the middle of this photo is yup an Ash! It goes on about another 20 ft above the photo. Not for small gardens.