Pet Peeves

[mickO)))]

Going to Australia in December will be some shock to the system  - going from Canada.
Start acclimatisation around October by putting your head in the oven until you can leave it in there at 50C for a few hours. Australia is the hobs of fuckin hell in December boyo

ha ha ill be fine Toronto summers were  on average 35 - 40 degrees which was the only thing that would keep you going during the winter. Yeah my best mate has been in Sydney since 2018 and he was just complaining yesterday about it being cold.

[Caomhaoin]

I love Madrid but the summer is too much. Three months solid of uncomfortable temperatures and big lecky bills over the AC.

Paying 2 euros plus for a litre of petrol the other day for the first time was like getting charged a fiver for a pint. Sickening.

[mickO)))]

I wasn't a fan of the sun until I experienced Canadian winters which was the reason I originally picked Canada over Oz but yeah I know what you mean it's one thing to spend a 2 week holiday in the sun but completely different to live and work in it every single day. Once I have AC ill be ok. I use to love going running in the evenings in Canada during the summer when it was really humid.

1.95 a litre for petrol where I am and I think it's about 2.05euro a litre in Dublin. Was up in Belfast 2 weeks ago and the prices were even higher up there.

[Caomhaoin]

I'm driving a company car but still. No insurance premium is tasty put 50 quid a week and on fuel for a commute is too much.

In Madrid you have a (not legalese) 'if you are contributing to congestion you must pay another tax'.

Fuck. Off. I don't even like driving and prefer public transport but if it takes x5 times longer?

[Emphyrio]

Getting online quotes for insurance and getting bombarded the following day with follow up calls, despite not clicking on the yoke saying I want any communication. Dopes.

[The Heretic]

The use of the word "drop" when a band releases a new song or video on the web....fuck right off..

[Eoin McLove]

X has just dropped a new slab of wax!

[Giggles]

Festivals going cashless "for your convenience".

It is not convenient for me to have to register my debit card to a bracelet.
It is not convenient for me to have to rely on an app on my phone to tell me how much credit is left on my bracelet.
It is not convenient for me to have to apply for a refund after the festival to return any remaining credits to my card.

Rather, it convenes a festival to set up this service and charge a €1.50 activation fee for each bracelet. And it convenes them to hold onto any credits that people forget/couldn't be arsed getting refunded.

People acting like going cashless is amazing and super convenient, now that we can finally live our best lives without the weight of cash dragging us down.

Fuck off, and fuck cashless.

[Carnage]

Not so much a pet peeve as just a bit sad: under the swallows' nest in the shed, I found a cracked open egg earlier, the almost developed chick inside, long dead. A shame, but it's early in the season yet, and they're known to sometines have 2 broods so hopefully...

[The Heretic]

Not so much a pet peeve as just a bit sad: under the swallows' nest in the shed, I found a cracked open egg earlier, the almost developed chick inside, long dead. A shame, but it's early in the season yet, and they're known to sometines have 2 broods so hopefully...

Sorry to hear that..on the topic of birds..we're going through Niger seeds at an unbelievable rate these days..the dispenser has to be refilled everyday and also 5 new fat balls...this is only my 3rd year feeding birds but this last few weeks they are feeding like crazy...not a peeve as such but take it easy birdies!!!

[The Heretic]

Festivals going cashless "for your convenience".

It is not convenient for me to have to register my debit card to a bracelet.
It is not convenient for me to have to rely on an app on my phone to tell me how much credit is left on my bracelet.
It is not convenient for me to have to apply for a refund after the festival to return any remaining credits to my card.

Rather, it convenes a festival to set up this service and charge a €1.50 activation fee for each bracelet. And it convenes them to hold onto any credits that people forget/couldn't be arsed getting refunded.

People acting like going cashless is amazing and super convenient, now that we can finally live our best lives without the weight of cash dragging us down.

Fuck off, and fuck cashless.

Cashless for us means more cash for them..

[Caomhaoin]

Festivals going cashless "for your convenience".

It is not convenient for me to have to register my debit card to a bracelet.
It is not convenient for me to have to rely on an app on my phone to tell me how much credit is left on my bracelet.
It is not convenient for me to have to apply for a refund after the festival to return any remaining credits to my card.

Rather, it convenes a festival to set up this service and charge a €1.50 activation fee for each bracelet. And it convenes them to hold onto any credits that people forget/couldn't be arsed getting refunded.

People acting like going cashless is amazing and super convenient, now that we can finally live our best lives without the weight of cash dragging us down.

Fuck off, and fuck cashless.

Excellent post. Yer wan in the bakery earlier looked at me as if I was mental earlier when I whipped out a fiver, tutting as she had to cancel the card machine transaction.

Same with the sourpussed auld fucker in the filling station  when I paid cash for petrol a few days ago. 'Better with card my friend, I have to unlock the till now'

Fuck off.

[astfgyl]

Cashless

Does exactly what it says on the tin

[Carnage]

Pain in the arse. I was delighted to get paid today, in cash. No harm in having a few bob on you for the shopping like.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Couple more generations and I reckon it'll be gone,  in the likes of Europe, Canada, Australia, Japan anyway. USA might be a bit slower what with their dollar pride.