Todays - What grinds my gears *ARCHIVE*

[owl]

[M.C]

[Ribenapigeon]

[hellkat]

Are you pronouncing that as "ay" (Antipodean) or "eh" (African)
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[hellkat]

Stopped by my ex's to check up on him. Entire flat smells of cats piss, he's in his boxers and a t-shirt, and the bathroom floor is covered in water (clean), mangy cat in the bath and the toilet's full of paper, but the litter tray is clean and dry.

But I get a job come through on my handheld, as soon as I walk in the door. So I hover and go for a wee, don't flush, don't ask, apologise and bugger off again, promising to call back once the job is done.
Couple of hours later I call back, what happened with your loo.

Silly old fart admits he has flushed the cat litter down the toilet but forgot that it would clog it up.


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[Ribenapigeon]

[recman]

[grr666]

Poxy headache all day. Paracetemol running low.
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[P.]

[grr666]

I have been a bit dehydrated of late, brought on by too much weed over the festive period probably. When I finish this ounce,
I'm having a few months off. I have a planning department battle ahead of me early this year, along with a possible difficult
neighbour situation. I can sense trouble ahead and I'll need a clear head for a change.
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[M.C]

[hellkat]

[P.]

[Hong Kong Phooey]

[recman]

[grr666]

[hellkat]

Yeah but do they even know what's going to go on in the 4m high outbuilding

One assumes you're just referring to it as her exercise studio or something
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[Hong Kong Phooey]

Pop round and butter them up if they're the only ones nearby. Tell them you kept an eye out for them when you realised they were away. If they'd told you they were absent then you'd have involved them in the pole studio sooner.

A bottle of booze (hope they're not recovering alcoholics) and an overview of what you're doing might be enough to allay their fears.

It prevents the "they never even had the decency to tell us" snearing mindset that then drives them to be as obstructive as possible.

They might be dicks, or might say no probs, either way you have gained information on how it might pan out.
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[hellkat]

Hmmmm if the planning permission shows as "ethnic dance studio" (and assuming they are entitled to see a copy as public record) they might get a bit lairy, worrying you're going to have all manner of jangling Romanian gypsies, or the Hirsute Berber Womens Collective prancing about in there or something.

I'd definitely go with Hong Kong Phooey's idea of buttering them up a bit.
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[grr666]

Well I am semi detached, they are the neighbour that is attached to me. Next door the other side is a good 35ft away,
not that the neighbour in there would cause any issues anyway, she's lovely. There's a fair bit more to this story that
I really can't be arsed to type, the son was in there watching the place while they were away. Cutting a super long story
very short I can't stand the bloke, and he was who was in there during the duration of my recent build. I suspect he has
had been stirring things with the parents since their return. I've had not so much as a nod of acknowledgement since
November, when previous to the arsehole sons return (from prison) we would chat from time to time and always said hello.
Won't even make eye contact now.Like I said, I sense trouble ahead. It's a bit late for them to obstruct
the pole studio thing, it's built and will be open for business with public liability insurance in place and registered with the
LA within a month and they can blow me. They are running at least two dodgy businesses out of their house. Mine will be legit.

I doubt the worry of ethnics (round 'ere) is an issue, they (unlike me) are of the bleating globalist persuasion next door, one of
their iffy businesses depends on that being the case and is linked to the 3 month trip to the far east. I could also go on on
great detail about how he's turned gradually their entire back garden into an unsightly shanty town looking array of various
sheds and canopies, plus their hot tub cabin , or about how the arsonist, thief and liar son came to be living there
again (he's my age, mid 40's which should give you an idea about the age of my actual neighbours) and how he's now
draped all over his tingtongThai intenet bride because the woman he was married to when he was starting fires left him
after she was imprisoned when he was for aiding and abetting. Or the tax evading huge hanging basket "factory"
churning out industrial amounts of pre made hanging baskets which sell for £20 a pop at the local bootsale bagging
them £500+ tax free every weekend all spring/summer. Or the constant nerve shredding tap tap tap of the old
boys woodcarving hobby anytime the weathers nice. But I'll just give myself the hump.
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[hellkat]

I think it was the point where he came out of prison unexpectedly turned your story around


I dunneven know where to start chuckling.
I think I'll read it backwards and see if that is so funny the other way round.
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[hellkat]

I have got The Flu.
(i.e., a head cold)

It must have been given to me by a man, cos it is like the female equivalent of ManFlu (equal rights for women! #winifredbanks )

I am going to enbalm myself with Vicks Vaporub, lie on the sofa wrapped in a furry blanket, and die quietly.

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[M.C]

[Polarbear]

[Tracey Suntan-King]