Today I Consign To Hell -the All Saints version

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  • Go simpler. Poison ivy.
  • Go simpler. Poison ivy.

    Not native to the UK, and I somehow doubt any nursery or garden centre will stock it...
  • Besides, poison ivy doesn't have the immediate impact of thorns or nettles. You have to wait for the rash to develop.
  • Bishops FingerBishops Finger Shipmate
    edited August 2023
    Yes, I thought of Nettles, too.

    A good clump of Nettles makes a welcome haven for insects and butterflies, and a fine WINE can be made from this much-despised plant.

    It might be a bit invasive, I suppose...though it could be trimmed from time to time.
  • FirenzeFirenze Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    'Scottish Thistle’ (Onopordum acanthium) would look very attractive interplanted with the lavender. Plus particularly good for bees, butterflies etc.
  • ArielAriel Shipmate
    edited August 2023
    Next door's front garden is full of couch grass, thistles, tall weeds and ants. Much of which keep trying to migrate into mine.

    There is a small white rose in a pot which might do if I uproot the lavender, if and when I find the motivation or energy. But I need to be careful because there's a little 2 year old next door who loves flowers and I don't want her to get prickled.
  • ArethosemyfeetArethosemyfeet Shipmate, Heaven Host
    The SSE automated message system. On the landline. 3 times. Between 2:30 and 3:00. Grrrr.... :rage:
  • Wesley JWesley J Circus Host
    Sorry to hear. Quite apparently, they don't have the energy to answer the phone.
  • ArethosemyfeetArethosemyfeet Shipmate, Heaven Host
    Wesley J wrote: »
    Sorry to hear. Quite apparently, they don't have the energy to answer the phone.

    They were calling me! They urgently needed to tell me the power was back, power that must have gone off after I'd gone to sleep.
  • NicoleMRNicoleMR Shipmate
    edited August 2023
    Ticth the company that used to be my internet provider back in the days when I had dial up, and which now I only use for my email. They changed my password on me! And when I called customer support, they couldn't do anything because they couldn't validate the account except by a call to the phone number associated with the account. Which no longer exists. So she gave me another number to call, but they were already closed for the day. So I have to go till tomorrow with no access to my own email!!!
  • SpikeSpike Ecclesiantics & MW Host, Admin Emeritus
    TICTH drivers who don’t say thankyou when I give way to them
  • A rather extreme response to bad manners I would have thought.

    Mr RoS habitually gives way to drivers wanting to enter the flow of traffic. He usually comments on the response, or not, of the other driver, but doesn't go beyond a mild grumble if there is no show of appreciation.
    Most people do indicate their thanks, because the experience is not that common.
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    Spike wrote: »
    TICTH drivers who don’t say thankyou when I give way to them

    David and I were always surprised that Canadian drivers very rarely acknowledged if you let them past, considering that Canada is generally reckoned to be one of the politest nations on earth!

    I imagine that, like thanking bus drivers (which I always do), it's just something that's either automatic or isn't.
  • ArethosemyfeetArethosemyfeet Shipmate, Heaven Host
    Piglet wrote: »
    Spike wrote: »
    TICTH drivers who don’t say thankyou when I give way to them

    David and I were always surprised that Canadian drivers very rarely acknowledged if you let them past, considering that Canada is generally reckoned to be one of the politest nations on earth!

    Possibly you just didn't see all the ones who didn't let you out mouthing "sorry"? ;)
  • Insensitive company mail. When Mr. Image died several weeks ago I notified his medical insurance company to cancel his policy. Today in the mail there is a letter addressed to him, informing him that they were dropping his policy because he had failed to pay the premium, and what would be required if he wish to reinstate it. One part of me can see the humor in this mistake, but the other part of me is feeling sort of sadly annoyed to be reminded even for a minute of his death.
  • HuiaHuia Shipmate
    Sorry you have to deal with incompetent idiots, Graven Image.
  • ArielAriel Shipmate
    TICTH spiders, I come outside and find my windowsill looks like a crime scene with splashes of dried blood all over it from where the bastards have been feasting during the night. It's PVC so I've had to bleach it, not entirely effectively. I know it's spider season but I only just cleaned it a couple of days ago.

    A spider emerged looking worried during this process and I evicted it into a nearby flower bed. I have no regrets. It can do what it wants in the flower bed (I could really do with an ant-eating spider), but not on my windowsill.

  • DafydDafyd Hell Host
    Ariel wrote: »
    TICTH spiders, I come outside and find my windowsill looks like a crime scene with splashes of dried blood all over it from where the bastards have been feasting during the night.
    What do the spiders in your part of the world eat that they leave dried blood behind? (And what part of the world is it?)

  • ArielAriel Shipmate
    Home Counties. I have no idea what they eat and would rather not know.
  • The dried blood might just be the remains of other Spiders...
    :scream:
  • DafydDafyd Hell Host
    My understanding was that spiders drink up their prey's bodily fluids leaving just empty husks. I wouldn't think they'd leave blood around. But maybe too much information.
  • SarasaSarasa All Saints Host
    Calling to hell the young people who managed to disrupt the end of what had been a very nice weekend festival in our town which meant the fireworks display had to be cancelled and another event organiser has pulled out of an event for young children in the same place tomorrow because they are worried about the same thing happening to their event.
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    TICTH the wee nyaff* who threw an egg at my kitchen window - at least I'm assuming that's what it was as there was a loud bang, and when I went through to investigate, there was gunk flowing down the window-pane. Considering that on that side of the flat, it's at first-floor level, he/she must have thrown it with some force, but luckily not enough to actually break the window.

    Now I'm going to have to find a window-cleaner (unless the Almighty steps in with some rain, but I don't really want that either, unless it happens at night when I'm not out in it).

    * nyaff n (Scot.) - a troublesome little brat
  • Was it possibly a passing Bird, letting an egg go, as it were?
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    That's what my nephew thought when I posted about it on the family Whats App group. It must have been quite some "egg" though, and there seemed to be yellow discernible in the gunk.
  • Bishops FingerBishops Finger Shipmate
    edited August 2023
    Well, I was wondering about a passing Duck, or a Goose - unlikely though it may seem...
    :flushed:

    The Mysterious Mystery of the Exploding Egg...
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    It sounded as though it hit with quite a force though, so how would a bird be able to aim it horizontally?

    There are ducks, swans and seagulls on the loch though ...
  • FirenzeFirenze Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    I'd opt for bird shit (which can come in colours). Can you not access the outside of the window?

    Well remember when a pigeon flew into one of our window with such force that it was a bloody pigeon-shaped splat.
  • The local seagulls don't seem to have much trouble aiming at our walls.
    No eggs though, the fox brings us those, but thankfully they not airborne
  • ArielAriel Shipmate
    Are there any fragments of eggshell on the ground underneath the window? Bird mess doesn't usually arrive with a bang. It appears silently and malevolently when your back is turned.
  • Just thank the Lord that cows don’t fly
  • ArielAriel Shipmate
    I came into work one day to find the imprint of an owl in full flight spread-eagled (sorry but spread-owled doesn't sound the same) on the office window.

    It wasn't long after that that I came in to find the window completely shattered in multiple cobweb-style cracks, so I'm guessing the owl may have had a second mishap. There was no trace of it on the ground so I'm guessing that as before, it recovered enough from the impact to fly off again. As there were no more incidents, I'm guessing the owl thought better of approaching the building after that.
  • Piglet wrote: »
    It sounded as though it hit with quite a force though, so how would a bird be able to aim it horizontally?

    There are ducks, swans and seagulls on the loch though ...

    Perhaps they've learned how to launch their eggs as Cruise Missiles ... Very clever, especially the gulls.
  • ArethosemyfeetArethosemyfeet Shipmate, Heaven Host
    Ariel wrote: »
    I came into work one day to find the imprint of an owl in full flight spread-eagled (sorry but spread-owled doesn't sound the same) on the office window.

    It wasn't long after that that I came in to find the window completely shattered in multiple cobweb-style cracks, so I'm guessing the owl may have had a second mishap. There was no trace of it on the ground so I'm guessing that as before, it recovered enough from the impact to fly off again. As there were no more incidents, I'm guessing the owl thought better of approaching the building after that.

    We had a young crow get stuck after falling down the chimney into the blocked off fireplace in our old house. We opened the fireplace to let it out, unfortunately it was so distressed and confused it flew straight into a window and broke its neck.
  • Baptist TrainfanBaptist Trainfan Shipmate
    edited August 2023
    I read that initially as "a young cow" - which gave pause for thought!

    Presumably it had been trying to jump over the moon, but failed.
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    Ariel wrote: »
    Are there any fragments of eggshell on the ground underneath the window?

    I haven't had a chance to look yet; I was out last night and by the time I got back it was getting dark. I'll maybe take a look when I get home from work. I'm never really below that window, as the entrance to the flat is on the other side, at street level.
  • Not so much a hell call but more of a puzzle. I have a temporary driver's license until my new one comes in the mail. I went to my bank today to deposit some cash I received from selling an item into my account. I had a printed deposit slip with my account number on it. "The teller asked for my ID. I asked, " Why do you need my ID because I am putting money into my account not taking it out" She said, "Well I do not know you." So I gave her my temporary ID issued by the Dept. of Motor Vehicles. She said, "I don't think I can accept this because it does not have your picture on it." Again I say, " But I am depositing money in the bank." At this point, I asked for the manager who told her it was alright to take my deposit. Does anyone have a clue what was going on? I would have talked more with the manager but there was a line of people behind me waiting.
  • I’d guess someone new to the job who’s had drummed into her head always to ask for picture ID. You presented her with an opportunity to learn how to do her job better. :wink:

  • I have never been asked for photo ID by my bank, or certainly not to deposit money. Money laundering checks, I suppose.
    It is true that a driving license without a photo is not full evidence of ID, but glad the Manger overruled the clerk.
  • Puzzler wrote: »
    I have never been asked for photo ID by my bank, or certainly not to deposit money.
    Standard procedure where I bank, either to be asked for photo ID (unless you’re personally known to the teller) or asked swipe your ATM card.

  • BroJamesBroJames Purgatory Host
    Pond difference, I think. Although it’s a long time since I last went into a bank branch to pay anything in.
  • FirenzeFirenze Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    Never been asked for ID at the bank - but then if I'm paying in, it's usually via a machine into which I've fed my ATM card.

    Plus I notice that increasingly with online purchases you have to go through this procedure whereby you get an automated call from the bank and have to type in a code from your screen. Which is all a bit juggly with cards and phones and iPads.
  • Yes, it is a bit awkward (I make sure I have my mobile phone switched on, and next to my PC), but I guess it makes for better security.

    What are these things called banks of which you speak? The branch at which I used to have my account closed last year - in a town of nearly 40000 people! - and the branch in Our Town to which the account was transferred is too far away from any disabled-friendly parking space for me to hobble to...

  • ArethosemyfeetArethosemyfeet Shipmate, Heaven Host
    Mrs Feet works at our local bank, which is astonishingly still operating, despite our population. The next nearest branch being at minimum a 7 hour and very expensive round trip has probably saved it for now.
  • Firenze wrote: »
    Never been asked for ID at the bank - but then if I'm paying in, it's usually via a machine into which I've fed my ATM card.

    Plus I notice that increasingly with online purchases you have to go through this procedure whereby you get an automated call from the bank and have to type in a code from your screen. Which is all a bit juggly with cards and phones and iPads.

    I have an app on the phone itself which performs this role.
  • Mrs Feet works at our local bank, which is astonishingly still operating, despite our population. The next nearest branch being at minimum a 7 hour and very expensive round trip has probably saved it for now.

    My nearest branches are now either in Birmingham or London. Do banks not realize we are doing them a favour by entrusting them with our money?
  • ArethosemyfeetArethosemyfeet Shipmate, Heaven Host
    Ariel wrote: »
    Mrs Feet works at our local bank, which is astonishingly still operating, despite our population. The next nearest branch being at minimum a 7 hour and very expensive round trip has probably saved it for now.

    My nearest branches are now either in Birmingham or London. Do banks not realize we are doing them a favour by entrusting them with our money?

    In fairness, for most of us we're not. Day-to-day banking is not particularly profitable. Lending you money is where the profit is, and free current accounts are there so that you go to them first when looking for a credit card, mortgage, loan, or overdraft. With price comparison sites it's not nearly as reliable for that as it once was.
  • Graven ImageGraven Image Shipmate
    edited September 2023
    Mystery solved. I looked it up. Money Laundering bank check. Our bank is most always busy with a line. I am guessing it is not closing any time soon. I may be wrong. You never know.
  • KarlLB wrote: »
    Firenze wrote: »
    Plus I notice that increasingly with online purchases you have to go through this procedure whereby you get an automated call from the bank and have to type in a code from your screen. Which is all a bit juggly with cards and phones and iPads.

    I have an app on the phone itself which performs this role.

    Or you can use a card reader.
  • FirenzeFirenze Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    Anyways, the thing I was spending money on was a new TV. The life of the set we have is apparently 7-10 years, which is feasibly the length of time we've had it. A replacement model is available for about the amount we spend on groceries in a month so wotthehell archie.

    It will come next Thursday, people will connect it up and show us all the whizzy features we will probably never use, and take away the old one.
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