Moaners

[firehazard]

A damn big hole has opened up in the floor of the house. It's got even bigger since yesterday.
The kids tell me it's obviously a gateway to hell.
The landlords have said they'll send someone to look into it.

[DzM]

A damn big hole has opened up in the floor of the house. It's got even bigger since yesterday.
The kids tell me it's obviously a gateway to hell.
The landlords have said they'll send someone to look into it.

"Well I'll be damned, Clem. Lookit that! It's Morningstar down there!"
"Sure is Jeb. That there is the Lord of the Flies if ever I've seen him."
"Well don't put your lips on him. The Prince of Lies doesn't go for that."

[cagliostro]

This coming weekend is Inlaw Stress Weekend. The mother-in-law is renewing her vows to the stepfather-in-law. It should be insane.

[KathleenwithaK]

This coming weekend is Inlaw Stress Weekend. The mother-in-law is renewing her vows to the stepfather-in-law. It should be insane.

speaking of gateway to Hell...

[cagliostro]

It actually ended up even worse, as the wife was physically ill during the majority of the festivities. I was on active care duty the entire time and trying to help out with the stuff she wasn't able to, and took care of the kid who had two major meltdowns as he was not willing to nap while in the midst of the festivities. The only thankful thing was that we didn't end up staying the third night as none of us were sleeping due to our kid not taking to the crib that the hotel provided.

[firehazard]

Isn't it so damn annoying when the lid gets stuck on the superglue? How does that happen?

[cagliostro]

I hate it when my finger gets stuck between the lid and the superglue bottle.

[Heather]

Our emersion heater doesn't work and we have no hot water. Jake's been trying to fix it all evening, but it ain't looking good. Needs a new switch and B&Q closed at 8pm.

Looks like I'm going to have to smell all day in work tomorrow.

[firehazard]

I hate it when my finger gets stuck between the lid and the superglue bottle.

Could be worse. How do you get superglue off your teeth? And still didn't manage to get the lid off.

[Jon]

Our emersion heater doesn't work and we have no hot water. Jake's been trying to fix it all evening, but it ain't looking good. Needs a new switch and B&Q closed at 8pm.

Looks like I'm going to have to smell all day in work tomorrow.

Time to employ the old "Shower In A Can" tactic?

[firehazard]

So after much persuasion and constantly losing one or other pair of glasses, I finally decided that I needed to try varifocal lenses. Picked them up from the optician, and struggled with them for a couple of weeks. It wasn't exactly that I couldn't see out of them, but I couldn't see as well as I could before. Everybody told me I had to give it a while to get used to the new whizzy lenses. So eventually after two weeks or so of this I went back to the optician. She did a quick test of the things. And apparently it's not surprising that I couldn't see properly with them, because they had gone and put entirely the wrong prescription bit in one part of one of the lenses. So the baxtard things have to go back to the baxtard manufacturers.

Weird thing is, this is the second time in the last few years I've been given the wrong lens prescription. Different optician, as I wouldn't've gone back to the first one.

What with that and the crows stealing my glasses, it's all a bit much. I am an increasingly grumpy old man.

[Heather]

My car won't start. I think the battery had finally died. It's been going strong for five years so it's probably about due.

I just had to get the bus up to Tescos, £1.80 to go a mile, what a rip off. I'm just wondering how I'm going to get into work tomorrow, not that I was looking forward to going back in anyway after the long weekend I've just had off. It's going to be at least two buses and a six o'clock in the morning start.

[cagliostro]

Just a quick question for an ignorant American - What is the American equivalent of a Tesco? I always thought it was small like a convenience store, but from looking at their site, I'm guessing more of a Wal-Mart. How close am I?

Oh, and to remain on-topic, I had a piece break off of my crown (tooth - I am not royalty). Yesterday they drilled and put on a temporary, and now it hurts from my tongue getting acquainted with the new white friend, and I keep tasting the ick of the gunk that formed into the temporary. My tongue is raw too, like in the college days when I was turned loose with money and a Sam's Club membership, and would buy a huge box of Lik-M-Aid and eat until I would start to notice blood on the Lik-A-Stik. Which, incidentally, was the name of my first album - "Blood On the Lik-A-Stik."

[philipchevron]

Just a quick question for an ignorant American - What is the American equivalent of a Tesco? I always thought it was small like a convenience store, but from looking at their site, I'm guessing more of a Wal-Mart. How close am I?

Oh, and to remain on-topic, I had a piece break off of my crown (tooth - I am not royalty). Yesterday they drilled and put on a temporary, and now it hurts from my tongue getting acquainted with the new white friend, and I keep tasting the ick of the gunk that formed into the temporary. My tongue is raw too, like in the college days when I was turned loose with money and a Sam's Club membership, and would buy a huge box of Lik-M-Aid and eat until I would start to notice blood on the Lik-A-Stik. Which, incidentally, was the name of my first album - "Blood On the Lik-A-Stik."

Tescos come in different sizes, but the ubiquitous Tesco Express chain is more like 7/11 than Wal-Mart, who now own ASDA, a close UK equivalent.

[cagliostro]

So do the Tesco Express sell more than the typical 7/11, or am I just fooled by their site's hype? Is it as if Walgreens called themselves Walmart Express and had gas (petrol) pumps out front? Or does the Tesco Express chain offer that service?

I'm not planning on writing a book that will include Tesco, so it's not really important. I'm just curious. I really should just get a passport and answer the question myself, as I have enough other reasons to visit the land of Tescos. Thanks for the info.