You What!!!!!!!

[tmd]

OSU Power buddy! Don't get stressed about what you can't vent about coz. A) the point is venting makes you less stressed and B) Just stick to all the stuff in the outside world that annoys you bud there's plenty to go at

How can they put my local toll road up 50% when we are in a recession? Especially when they said it would be abolished about 10 years ago once it had been paid for - so they just changed it to a congestion/ environmental charge (TAX! it's a TAX call it a &*@% TAX!)

Told you I'd be on here a lot

[Dent]

Osu!

Originally Posted by tmd

How can they put my local toll road up 50% when we are in a recession? Especially when they said it would be abolished about 10 years ago once it had been paid for - so they just changed it to a congestion/ environmental charge (TAX! it's a TAX call it a &*@% TAX!)

They're playing the same game over here, TMD. This State is $32 Billion in the hole, so they're going to raise tolls State-wide. This, instead of removing them as they were meant to years ago.

Why is it that continued overspending by these jokers is considered ok, but a little mob violence to tar-and-feather them is considered inappropriate? Because the same guys who can't balance the chequebook make the laws regarding their safety. (Which is why really civilized countries have occasional coups... )

Originally Posted by tmd

They know it's YOUR dojo right??? Man these guys are dumb!

Unfortunately, I have learned something that seems to be consistent globally. A certain segment of any given population will confuse politeness for weakness. Teaching them the difference can be somewhat unpleasant, but it is necessary.

Osu!

[tmd]

Originally Posted by Dent

Unfortunately, I have learned something that seems to be consistent globally. A certain segment of any given population will confuse politeness for weakness.

OSU Dent, this seems to me becoming the majority, its making me question the direction of my training - I got less hassle when I was a good few stone heavier even though I was a lot less capable as a fighter - may be as the only thing these numb skulls understand is the potential for pain we all need to be supersizin'

[Dent]

Osu!

Originally Posted by tmd

OSU Dent, this seems to me becoming the majority, its making me question the direction of my training - I got less hassle when I was a good few stone heavier even though I was a lot less capable as a fighter - may be as the only thing these numb skulls understand is the potential for pain we all need to be supersizin'

No reason to question your training, TMD. My idea is not to educate through equally poor behavior, but rather that they can see that there is no shame in being polite. That good manners doesn't prevent one from being able to break a baseball bat with the shin , and that bathing doesn't mean that you can't defend yourself should the need arise.

Osu!

[sandman]

Here's another good one.... Management had me start a project to qualify manufacture of one of our products on a different production platform, in order to free up capacity on the existing one for another product. Went through months and months of BS tests, re-runs, arguing with the central board, etc... but it dragged out so long that it finally got to the point where the extra capacity was no longer needed. The project was about 95% complete, but there was just no need to finish it. I kept it on my "to do" list to complete the open items just so we could go to it again later if we needed it but part of the problem was that some of the original signed test documents had gone missing (the validation engineer managing the documents ended up leaving the company, and some of her document binders got misplaced when she left). So finally the board says "why don't we just deny this project so we can get it off the books?" Ok - I thought this sounded like a great idea. Then they tell me to turn in all the document binders or they can't close it out. AAARRRRGGGHHH!

[hasbeen]

my turn

the big boss of my company lives in a private road, major house backing onto golf course worth millions and has much more "stached"

three of us run the company which employs a lot of people.....i mentioned a possible recession in the early part of the summer at a "board" meeting.

this question was met from the big boss man with, what recession?...do you even know the meaning of the word recession?.....i said yes and we should prepare for it, this was met with what is the difference between a recession and a depression......i told him.

this was met with it`s all crap, we are a cash strong company and have always grown in recessions.....up to you guys to make it work, not my problem.

so the company`s figures start to take a down turn along with everybody elses, big bosses answer.....if the figures go up 10% you get a 10% raise....i will give you a SLIGHT buffer but if the figures fall, you can have a pay cut accordingly!

all three of us for different reasons had to agree[ in sympathy please don`t quote employment law, i know it backwards...but thanks anyway ]

so, i get a really busy day and one of the vehicles was due a service, i told the driver we were too busy and take a load out as normal.......

he ended up hi-jacked, with two broken arms, leg and a dislocated foot the surgeons might not be able to save?......that was thursday.

on the previous monday a friend who had been working as part of my office team quit......after i had spent three months training him and also covering for him three times i had to send him home drunk, over that period of time..
he had been desperate for a job and hey, you do your best for your mates....three months of telling the big boss man i thought he was doing well and capable of doing the job.....[known to the big boss as liking a drink prior to his appointment}

on friday again extremely busy i put an office worker i thought i could spare out in a van...generating extra income....what happend, you guessed, he smashed the van into a tree, doing the van and failing the deliveries on board....................not a bad week hey!!

the thai baht where i have family has rocketed against the pound, it`s f****** dark, cold and damp in england, i am staying in saturday night and i am being forced into watching the "x" factor.................................

but never mind there are two games of soccer on down at the pub tomorrow,where i intend to spend the afternoon with some friends and copious amounts of "stella"

my wife and all my immediate family are healthy, when i wake up in the morning i can have eggs and bacon and a cup of tea, so life isn`t really that bad

i am going to slurp a bottle of chardonnay through the "x" factor and make out i am paying attention......this is a man thing girls!!

speak to you all next week!!!

[Dent]

Osu!

Rough week there, H!

Had a word with the painter, and he told me that he and the wife had been ill the whole week. Far more believable if I didn't know he was out partying at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse...

Osu!

[tmd]

Originally Posted by hasbeen

he ended up hi-jacked, with two broken arms, leg and a dislocated foot the surgeons might not be able to save?......that was thursday.

You should know better than to send him to Southall when it est dark so early bud

Hope you have a better wek this week H!

[Bloke]

Sounds like a hard week there TMD - and I feel your pain on the X factor but I get extra helpings of Strictly come dancing too.

Getting back to the stupid thing speople do and I know this is an old one but its worth mentioning after TMDs list on the previous page.

Why do people point at their wrist when they ask you the time? Oh is that where my watch goes - thanks I wasnt sure there for a while. Next time Im looking for the toilet someone remind me to point at my crotch as I ask.

[intwominds]

I was going to have a gripe about work... but then I saw this picture and I thought... well life could be worse.






Poor doggy, remind me not to quarrel with a porcupine!

[Nix]

Woah... That's sick!

[jcc]

Osu!

Now that´s what I call effective self-defense! Poor dog!

Osu!

[sandman]

I'll bet he was cured of messing with porcupines

[ksan]

Originally Posted by sandman

I'll bet he was cured of messing with porcupines

Prolly wont mess with anything anymore....

Did the dog survive?


p.s. someone saw a naked porcupine run around somewhere?

[Olrac]

Are you sure the dog wasn't getting an accupunture treatment?

Poor dog

[Dent]

Osu!

Originally Posted by ksan

p.s. someone saw a naked porcupine run around somewhere?

Dang funny image that, Ksan!

Although, after schooling the bull terrier, he's probably strutting along!

On a griping note: AAAARRRGGHHH!!!! The electrician has fouled up well enough that he's killed the power to the garage doors. With the doors closed. (If he was inside, it would be ok, because I'd just let him starve to death. He's also killed all the upstairs lights too.)

So, how do you get into a garage with garage doors that have no power? By hiring a locksmith to open a side door that has no keys... And when can we expect him...?

Osu!

[sandman]

Originally Posted by Dent

Osu!

On a griping note: AAAARRRGGHHH!!!! The electrician has fouled up well enough that he's killed the power to the garage doors. With the doors closed. (If he was inside, it would be ok, because I'd just let him starve to death. He's also killed all the upstairs lights too.)

Osu!

If you could have locked the porcupine in there with him, even better!

[Dent]

Osu!

Originally Posted by sandman

If you could have locked the porcupine in there with him, even better!

Watch out, Sandman! You're perilously close to becoming what is referred to as, "An accessory"!

Osu!