The Room 101 thread - for things you hate or just having a bloody good moan

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Re: The Room 101 thread - for things you hate or just having a bloody good moan

Post by Tommy » Sat Apr 03, 2021 8:42 am

Moving out of houses/flats.

Everything takes longer than you expect, no bags are ever big enough, stains appear that weren't there in the weeks leading up to move out day. Utter joke.

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Post by arqueturus » Sat Apr 03, 2021 9:21 am

Tommy wrote:
Sat Apr 03, 2021 8:42 am
Moving out of houses/flats.

Everything takes longer than you expect, no bags are ever big enough, stains appear that weren't there in the weeks leading up to move out day. Utter joke.
It's a massive pain in the arse. I've moved far too much in my life, I think, at times. Each time, I say "Never again". Never happens.

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Re: The Room 101 thread - for things you hate or just having a bloody good moan

Post by Tommy » Sat Apr 03, 2021 3:01 pm

arqueturus wrote:
Sat Apr 03, 2021 9:21 am
Tommy wrote:
Sat Apr 03, 2021 8:42 am
Moving out of houses/flats.

Everything takes longer than you expect, no bags are ever big enough, stains appear that weren't there in the weeks leading up to move out day. Utter joke.
It's a massive pain in the arse. I've moved far too much in my life, I think, at times. Each time, I say "Never again". Never happens.
Yeah likewise - 5 times since 2018. Luckily I'm a fairly light traveller (perhaps necessarily!) but everything just seems to go wrong. The mop bucket snapping while wringing the mop, running out of cloths, knocking drinks over that you've never done before...The list just seemed to go on and on.

Or another moan actually - why are the tags on zips you use to pull zips on holdalls so flimsy?

EDIT: 6 times actually.

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Re: The Room 101 thread - for things you hate or just having a bloody good moan

Post by Pew-Pew » Sun Apr 04, 2021 8:52 am

Why have you moved so many times in the last 3 years?

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Re: The Room 101 thread - for things you hate or just having a bloody good moan

Post by Rusty » Sun Apr 04, 2021 9:29 am

I was the same when we rented for awhile, we got moved on everytime the home owners came back.
So much easier once you own again...
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Re: The Room 101 thread - for things you hate or just having a bloody good moan

Post by Tommy » Sun Apr 04, 2021 3:53 pm

Pew-Pew wrote:
Sun Apr 04, 2021 8:52 am
Why have you moved so many times in the last 3 years?
York -> Sunderland (End of Masters)
Sunderland -> Edinburgh (Start of job)
Edinburgh -> Edinburgh (6m tenancy - they sold the flat)
Edinburgh -> Edinburgh (6m tenancy - was always meant to be)
Edinburgh -> Sunderland (Flatmate bought a flat and I didn't want to fuck on with finding someone else given I'd paid for it to be vacant for 10 months)

Five times, not six. Still.

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Post by Raid » Sun Apr 04, 2021 4:13 pm

I suppose I'm most surprised that someone would willingly move to Sunderland twice.

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Post by Pew-Pew » Sun Apr 04, 2021 4:28 pm

Tommy wrote:
Sun Apr 04, 2021 3:53 pm
Pew-Pew wrote:
Sun Apr 04, 2021 8:52 am
Why have you moved so many times in the last 3 years?
York -> Sunderland (End of Masters)
Sunderland -> Edinburgh (Start of job)
Edinburgh -> Edinburgh (6m tenancy - they sold the flat)
Edinburgh -> Edinburgh (6m tenancy - was always meant to be)
Edinburgh -> Sunderland (Flatmate bought a flat and I didn't want to fuck on with finding someone else given I'd paid for it to be vacant for 10 months)

Five times, not six. Still.
Sheeeeeit. Have you finished your job in Edinburgh then?

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Re: The Room 101 thread - for things you hate or just having a bloody good moan

Post by Tommy » Mon Apr 05, 2021 9:57 am

Raid wrote:
Sun Apr 04, 2021 4:13 pm
I suppose I'm most surprised that someone would willingly move to Sunderland twice.
:x

Spoken like a man who has never been to (certain parts of) Sunderland!
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Sheeeeeit. Have you finished your job in Edinburgh then?
Nah, I'm working from home until we're required back in the office, saving a little bit of money since the flat was sitting vacant anyway. I'm estimating we won't be required back until towards the end of the year and even then, it'll not be a cliff-edge date.

I prefer being in the office, but if I have to wait a little longer and can save the pointless, extortionate rent for a few months then I'll take that!

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Post by Alan » Wed Apr 07, 2021 3:48 pm

Self service tomatoes.

If memory serves;
In Asda they are a fruit.
In Morrison’s they are a vegetable.
In Tesco and Sainsbury’s they’re a “salad”.
A man who could tell more truth and eat fewer pies.

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Re: The Room 101 thread - for things you hate or just having a bloody good moan

Post by Drarok » Wed Apr 07, 2021 4:21 pm

FUCKING.

WORDPRESS.
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And that's the story of why I'm not allowed near pregnant women for the next few weeks.

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Post by Animalmother » Thu Apr 08, 2021 12:59 pm

Am I odd for having zero interest in doing Zoom calls with friends and family? I've only done it the once and hated the experience of it. Think it might be the needless video bit, I know what they all look like. Maybe I'm just antisocial :-k

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Re: The Room 101 thread - for things you hate or just having a bloody good moan

Post by arqueturus » Thu Apr 08, 2021 1:50 pm

Animalmother wrote:
Thu Apr 08, 2021 12:59 pm
Am I odd for having zero interest in doing Zoom calls with friends and family? I've only done it the once and hated the experience of it. Think it might be the needless video bit, I know what they all look like. Maybe I'm just antisocial :-k
Aye, you're just anti social ;)

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Post by Drarok » Thu Apr 08, 2021 3:59 pm

I've not really had any video calls with friends, the wife much more so. But then, I'm regularly playing games with my friends who are dotted around the country, so we're on voice comms for that, no need to arrange a separate "social" call. We get drunk and talk shit like in the pub, but with games to keep us entertained. Good times.

I do miss the pub and my more local friends though, had two of them round last weekend when we were allowed to have folk in the garden. Lit a BBQ to keep us warm as the evening progressed, ended up smelling like a furnace! 😬
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Thu Jan 28, 2021 2:24 pm
And that's the story of why I'm not allowed near pregnant women for the next few weeks.

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Re: The Room 101 thread - for things you hate or just having a bloody good moan

Post by Raid » Sat Apr 10, 2021 2:55 pm

Raid wrote:
Sat Mar 06, 2021 4:22 pm
Crap categorising and search abilities on paid-for streaming services.
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No, Amazon.

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