WBMT.....What baffled me today

A farmer somewhere in Eastern Europe had a similar problem with people parking in his field while they visited a market. He ploughed across the entrance to the field.
 
A farmer somewhere in Eastern Europe had a similar problem with people parking in his field while they visited a market. He ploughed across the entrance to the field.
Excellent choice (y)
 
Covering an illegally/irresponsibly parked German saloon with schytte is a better one!
 
Over the years there have been cases of people, who have left their cars in field entrances down our way, returning to find them surrounded by 1/2 ton silage bags. :naughty:
 
Actually yeah (y)
Did you seen the news item a few days ago?
I know its the sun, but there are other sources
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That's what sprang to mind when I suggested you do the same.......
 
Re the Cornishman and his muck spreader. Most of us Cornish are easy going, hence the philosophy of 'Dreckley', which is basically the same as the Spanish Mañana, but without the same sense of urgency.

However if you take the p**s in too blatant a manner we can sometimes be creative in our response.:D
 
Amazon delivery guys ...

I have a dedicated safe place registered with Amazon for my Amazon delivers.
I have a large notice between the door bell and the door knocker,
"if the items are to big for the letter box, they can be left XXXXX"
( mostly for royal mail guys, but not specifically)

Amazon delivery, placed on my door step no knocking nothing, I just
happened to see him pull up and watched through the net curtains to see what his plan was.
Obviously his plan was to ignore the 2 notices, one from amazon ( it was an un marked van)
and one from me.

Just because my van was on the drive. It didn't mean I was actually in,
and thankfully I was there to retrieve the parcel in the p***ing rain ...

Oh and as a finale' the packet was small enough to put through the letter box!

:rolleyes:
 
We have all kinds of places that things can be put out of sight but I came home one evening last year to find the dustbin right in front of the front door, behind it was a small package. I mean, we always keep the dustbin right in front of the front door so its obviously not hiding something :facepalm:
 
And another, I switched broadband supplier a few years ago, the new router came in a carboard box that said in big letters "fits through a standard letter box", the plonker left it round the back in the rain
 
We have all kinds of places that things can be put out of sight but I came home one evening last year to find the dustbin right in front of the front door, behind it was a small package. I mean, we always keep the dustbin right in front of the front door so its obviously not hiding something :facepalm:
And another, I switched broadband supplier a few years ago, the new router came in a carboard box that said in big letters "fits through a standard letter box", the plonker left it round the back in the rain
FFS! to both :(

I had a near miss some years ago, We have green wheelie bins for garden waste. It used to be kept out front, but to the side of the house.
(its been in the garage with everything else for years now :D )

On this particular green waste collection day, I wheeled the bid to the side of the road.
I don't normally look in there as I know its full of grass and food waste.
This time I lifted the lid for some reason, and there was a parcel!
No idea how long it had been there, no more than a few days as I'd fill the bin that week end.
There had been no notification, posted through the door, and this was in the days before "Parcel tracking"
Lucky or what?
 
I know what you mean, they seem to have given up on cards altogether, just abandon the parcel somewhere and send you a text saying it has been delivered so you get to play hunt the parcel.
 
I know what you mean, they seem to have given up on cards altogether, just abandon the parcel somewhere and send you a text saying it has been delivered so you get to play hunt the parcel.
We had a card through the door from a Hermes driver last week. Nothing what so ever written on it - just the blue card with Hermes name at the top and a number of white boxes for the driver to not write in. Very useful! Our neighbour delivered the parcel a few hours later.
 
I had a delivery from DHL earlier this week, a parcel from Germany. Earlier in the day I received an SMS and email saying the package would be delivered between 15:30pm and 17:30pm. My wife happened to open our front door at 14:30pm and there was my parcel from Germany. A quick check on our CCTV system revealed the package had been delivered at 14:10pm, the delivery driver ignored the doorbell, knocked on the front door once and walked away without checking if anyone came to the door.
 
What I considered to be the worse delivery fail was by parcel force.

I was tracking a large item a few years back, the next up date was "no one at home"
At the time posted I was working in the front garden and had been for the past hour.
No card nothing!

This was around 5pm, the parcel force depot was 8 miles away, so I jumped in the car and shot up there, with ID proof, driving licence
passport and print out of the tracking screen.

I demanded ( politely I always start politely ;) ) to see the duty manager, as I wanted to make a formal compliant.
It seems the guy concerned was going on holiday that evening and had clocked off early!!
And would be spoken to on his return.
... I doubt it either...

At least they found my parcel in the back of his van, and handed it over, I wonder how many more were in there?
 
FFS! to both :(

I had a near miss some years ago, We have green wheelie bins for garden waste. It used to be kept out front, but to the side of the house.
(its been in the garage with everything else for years now :D )

On this particular green waste collection day, I wheeled the bid to the side of the road.
I don't normally look in there as I know its full of grass and food waste.
This time I lifted the lid for some reason, and there was a parcel!
No idea how long it had been there, no more than a few days as I'd fill the bin that week end.
There had been no notification, posted through the door, and this was in the days before "Parcel tracking"
Lucky or what?

I had a parcel delivered by Hermes once, put it in the cardboard bin the day before said bin day on the bottom of my front garden, I wasnt back in the house till bin day afternoon...

Goodbye Parcel
 
I had a parcel delivered by Hermes once, put it in the cardboard bin the day before said bin day on the bottom of my front garden, I wasnt back in the house till bin day afternoon...

Goodbye Parcel
FFS :(
I don't think I've ever lost one But I did gain one, delivered by Hermes not so long back.
A very long sad train of emails trying to get it picked up ( Abridged version)
( the house number was correct, the post code was about a mile away.)
Every reply was signed by a different person, from will pick it up, to sorry we can't find your parcel and you have to contact your sender :rolleyes:
Eventually I dropped it off with a note explaining why it was 10 days late :D
 
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FFS :(
I don't think I've ever lost one But I did gain one, delivered by Hermes not so long back.
A very long sad train of emails trying to get it picked up ( Abridged version)
( the house number was correct, the post code was about a mile away.)
Every reply was signed by a different person, from will pick it up, to sorry we can't find your parcel and you have to contact your sender :rolleyes:
Eventually I dropped it off with a note explaining why it was 10 days late :D

The Barnsley post office which covers us had a COVID outbreak and has been shut/running on skeleton staff for a week now... its been a fun game of will things turn up or not.
 
We had a customer who always used to ask us the courier to leave their parcel in the green bin, and then got upset the driver didn’t know it was bin day in her village....and followed the instruction...
 
We had a customer who always used to ask us the courier to leave their parcel in the green bin, and then got upset the driver didn’t know it was bin day in her village....and followed the instruction...
ooops!
 
What I considered to be the worse delivery fail was by parcel force.

I was tracking a large item a few years back, the next up date was "no one at home"
At the time posted I was working in the front garden and had been for the past hour.
No card nothing!

This was around 5pm, the parcel force depot was 8 miles away, so I jumped in the car and shot up there, with ID proof, driving licence
passport and print out of the tracking screen.

I demanded ( politely I always start politely ;) ) to see the duty manager, as I wanted to make a formal compliant.
It seems the guy concerned was going on holiday that evening and had clocked off early!!
And would be spoken to on his return.
... I doubt it either...

At least they found my parcel in the back of his van, and handed it over, I wonder how many more were in there?


You're probably right..nothing done about it. I heard of someone who happen to be at home and heard something come through the door. She went to find the 'sorry no-one was at home' card. She caught up with postie and got her parcel. I really don't see the point of it.

Anyway, it reminded me of a more serious issue I had. I went out of the front door one morning to see a large 12" X 12" envelope sticking out of the wall letter box by about 8inches.. We had a retriever at the time hence the wall post box. I wrestled it out of the letter box and it had paperwork from a solicitor and a cheque inside. There was a sticker on it..signed with an unreadable squiggle where my signature should have been. I was given the ex-directory number of the sorting office, I shouldn't have been given it and the person told me that and not to say who'd given it to me. I called the sorting office and outlined the problem asking the person who answered that I be put through to a supervisor. Instead of doing that immediately I was quizzed on how I got the ex-directory phone number at which point I laid into him. A serious allegation and his main concern was how I got their phone number. The supervisor took details but I heard no more. I really should have put a complaint in writing. Turns out it's not an unusual occurrence. I was concerned about the theft of it considering the contents.
 
She went to find the 'sorry no-one was at home' card. She caught up with postie and got her parcel. I really don't see the point of it.
I've had quite a few of those in the past, to be fair the majority of the times I've not been at home,
but I often wonder how many times the postie actually doesn't have the parcel, as I caught him out once.
Plus the time I got the card " too big for the letter box" crap! it was an A4 sized parcel. easily slim enough to go through.
and not that heavy either!

There was a sticker on it..signed with an unreadable squiggle where my signature should have been...... A serious allegation and his main concern was how I got their phone number.
That's serious indeed ! :(
 
There's a very imposing and impressive Gothic cathedral in Léon in the north of Spain It's worth looking at here.... (Euros 1.7million) https://travelguide.michelin.com/europe/spain/castile-and-leon/leon/leon/leon-cathedral

It houses an organ described as the Ferrari of the organ world. Newly installed in2013. Also worth a look (link) It has an international reputation and has attracted top organists from around the world. The retiring organist ,Samuel Rubio stands on the left https://klais.de/m.php?sid=190

He has retired so the position of organist was advertised. It seems the tradition has been that the organist is a priest as was Señor Rubio. A competition was held last year and only two competitors took part and one was a priest .Francisco Jimenéz , who won it. However, he was unable to take up the position as he wasn't properly qualified lacking a necessary degree as an organist. He also has a disability. Last week he gained the degree and has taken up the position.The complaint is that the church authorities have put religion before artistic merit because of the archaic system of requiring a priest as organist. Organ-playing priests are few and far between these days so critics say the system should change. In response the retiring Señor Rubio resigned his position as director of the prestigious annual organ festival causing it to be cancelled. Señor Rubio says that Francisco Jimenéz is not up to the job and other critics have said that he would not be able to interpret some works. A supporter says ..."he may not be able to play everything but you don't have to play everything. Most mucians specialise in a specific repertoire,there are even those who only play Bach". Señor Jimenez said that talking about his physical disability was mean and petty.

And what is this disability ?? He has several fingers missing from one hand..:rolleyes:
 
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I ordered some cheap paint brushes from eBay recently,
And I mean cheap a set of 5 for £3.95.

I just need them to stain some old rustic wood
and "Sadolin" the "pub type" bench.
At that price its not even worth attempting to clean them, unless it comes off with water fairy liquid that is.
If you've not tried it, Sadolin is a real PITA to remove.
All in all I am happy with the quality, I'm sure they'll do what I want them to.

BUT WBMT?
They arrived via DPD!, how much would that have cost I wonder?
I'm sure they would fit in an A5 padded envelope as the largest was only 2.5 inches !
 
An e-mail arrived at 01:07 this morning, from Amazon. It informed me that Hermes were experiencing difficulties with the delivery of my parcel. That would be the parcel that was delivered by a very nice chap from Hermes who had taken a photo of the parcel sitting just inside our front door at about 16:15 yesterday afternoon... Maybe there's another printer on the way!
 
I see that driving schools are back to operating, that is the second official driving school car doing doing a 3 point turn in my road today already.


(And before the pedants start yes I know its turn around in the road, using forward and reverse gears :p )
 
I see that driving schools are back to operating, that is the second official driving school car doing doing a 3 point turn in my road today already.


(And before the pedants start yes I know its turn around in the road, using forward and reverse gears [emoji14] )

When I took my driving test it was the last test before Christmas and the town was packed. The examiner apologised, saying that none of their standard routes were going to work so we were going slightly out of town for the test. He asked me to do the "three point turn" on an industrial estate on a road where I could have done a u-turn with an articulated lorry. I felt a bit daft going forwards and backwards for no real reason.
 
I see that driving schools are back to operating, that is the second official driving school car doing doing a 3 point turn in my road today already.


(And before the pedants start yes I know its turn around in the road, using forward and reverse gears :p )

Yes..they’re back in business. One outside our house today for a while. Both wearing masks...or as someon here pointed out a couple of weeks ago under WAMT...maaaaasks. lol.

We‘ve had a school girl sharing her daily Covid -related diary with the daily evening regional news programme and this evening said that she wore a maaaask to go into her maths lesson. I assume she says maaask because that‘s what she hears all the time But maths is with a hard. A. I suppose it sounds stupid to say maaaths. I appreciate southerners use a soft. A, though. As I’m from the NW it grates a bit.

Whilst I’m moaning about this sort of thing..what about the letter H. ? ‘Haitch’ instead of a Aitch. ..Did my head in when HBOS was in the news daily over some dubious dealings. Haitch..BOS this, . Haitch BOS. that.. Wherever did that come from ? It should be banned...lol

Maybe we should have a thread re annoying phrases.. What about..’I can’t wait’ ...Eg. Going to,a concert..in normal times..It’s taking place in a weeks time and someone says..”I’m going to see ..whoever..next Saturday, I can’t wait.“Well you have to,it’s not on for another week...” We’re going to Greece in two weeks, can’t wait “ you’ll have to....:)
 
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And the language used by the Hellenic republic has no H in its alphabet...
 
Americans annoy me when they put they H in front of a W if they say 'what' or 'when'.

Come to mention it, they say 'wok' instead of 'walk', 'sodder' instead of 'solder' and pronounce all manner of other words wrong as well.

Mind you, you northerners pronounce a lot of words wrong too. How can a bus be called a booz? ;) :exit:
 
Mind you, you northerners pronounce a lot of words wrong too. How can a bus be called a booz?
Does it depend how much alcohol is on board? :naughty:
 
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Very true, but then quite a few southerners pronounce words wrongly even when sober, for example - path, glass, bath. :)
Its a Parth, Glarce & Barth (y)
 
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Do you feel better now John?
:LOL: :


Yes..lol..I love a good moan and it’s good to have somewhere to moan..like on here.

I too find it curious that the letter "H" is dropped when describing the letter "H" :D

Mmmm. I hadn’t thought about that.. :)
 
Americans annoy me when they put they H in front of a W if they say 'what' or 'when'.

Come to mention it, they say 'wok' instead of 'walk', 'sodder' instead of 'solder' and pronounce all manner of other words wrong as well.

Trying to hear that...the Americans’ H infront of ‘what’ or ‘when’. Have you heard Barry Gardner saying a word with wh..when,which, Difficult to write how he says those words ..the sound you get blowing out a candle..best I can do..He was born in Glasgow but no Scottish accent.

Mind you, you northerners pronounce a lot of words wrong too. How can a bus be called a booz? ;) :exit:

That’s true and,of course depends where in the north. .especially Yorkshire/Lancashire . I really like to hear people from S.Wales and the NE.Tyneside..BUT..the worst for me is Northen Ireland. So much so, whilst I enjoy programmes re football I have to switch off Five Live when Colin Murray is the host. I think it’s a harsh Belfast accent that he has. . I can cope with Stephen Nolan, also Five Live late evening,weekends, as his NI accent is not too bad. He always says ‘nigh’ for now or is it ‘noy’..Not keen on the SE/London accent either...:):exit:
 
BUT..the worst for me is Northen Ireland.
I don't know if you ever listen to Chris Evans breakfast show latterly on Virgin?
His news / travel reporter Rachel Horne, she had a very strong N'iron accent, so much so that there were complaints that she couldn't be understood,
Someone even phoned in, to complain about the "New cockney presenter" :LOL:
I'm sure she has taken some form of elocution lessons, as she is now understandable ( most of the time) but the accent is still strong with this one :D
 
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Aargh! Stone him, he's in league with the Devil! :)

Dave
:LOL:

I have it on good authority when the old sod retires the jobs mine (y)
 
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