Someone was in search of a certain mature male tarantula. I have one. It's fresh ( the males only live for a few months once mature). We agreed a price. I told him last Thursday I would let him know on Sunday when I would post him out.
Between then and this morning I've had 42 messages, including two at 02.40am
This morning I told I won't post tomorrow, it's too cold. He starts giving me grief because it's warm in London today .
I've come into the office today and my hub won't connect to anything other than the ethernet. No external monitor, no headset for meetings, nothing. For now I'm just staring at a tiny screen trying to find firmware.
When you spend ample amount of time showing and explaining to someone how to test & maintain the pool when you are away and leave it sparkling blue, yet inside a week (including 2 days over 40 deg C) it’s not been checked at all and now is a green swamp.
Guess she’ll learn the hard way now why I keep banging on about being proactive with the pool maintenance rather than just ignoring it.
Happiness is not a destination. It is a way of life.
Pricks who insist on going out in their cars regardless.
We're on a lockdown. It's snowing. There's about 4 inches of snow and it's still falling. Yet there's loads of people going out. Most haven't cleared their cars, just part of the windscreen.
Where are they going? The only possible place anyone can visit is the supermarket but surely everyone has enough food to last a day or two?
I honestly fail to see how we will ever rid ourselves of this when too many people just carry on as normal.
Some Sunday papers are saying Johnson will face a Tory rebellion if he tries to renew the lockdown laws in March with no plan of how to get out of it. The man has never had a plan in his life. He is a clueless idiot.
Kwacky wrote:Pricks who insist on going out in their cars regardless.
We're on a lockdown. It's snowing. There's about 4 inches of snow and it's still falling. Yet there's loads of people going out. Most haven't cleared their cars, just part of the windscreen.
Ah dont start me on this one, the wankers up my road with shitty cars and stupid loud exhaust's, there is one guy must have gone past 7 times today. No idea where. I actually got me camera ready to snap him crashing on the corner... he didn't....
I dont want to be a hypocrite, I do remember when I was 17 or 18 getting my car (Escort Mk1) out first thing when it snowed for a mess about, after everyone pilling into it... LOL... back then you could not hear the exhaust.... you could hear me damaging my wheel on a curb I hit too hard.though!!! .... ha ha ha... those were the days.
However this guy is not a kid..... SO he should know better!
I'm not sure if I put anything on here about it back when it happened or recently but either way, here's a brief summary.
I fell out with my Dad and told him I didn't wanted to hear from him again until he wanted to make another go at our relationship and want to put genuine effort into it. This was nearly 4 years ago. In that time I've been much happier - it really was like ripping off a plaster.
2 weeks back I received a letter from him in the post, reaching out for a fresh start. I replied saying that for me to want to engage with him I would need one very simple question answering, "what has changed for you to make contact?". I also prewarned him that should nothing change, I will once again shut him out as we don't need the stress in our lives, but, I am willing to give this a go.
I received a letter this morning from him. He ignored my simple question and instead focussed on how him and his wife are the victims and how I need to be the one making the effort to fix this. They also claim that they walked away from the relationship.
To say that I'm seriously reconsidering even trying is an understatement.
I haven't told them but I presume they know. I also presume that's why they're getting in contact but they haven't been willing to tell me why they want to start a relationship again.
I would be quite happy to continue without him in my life so they really need to prove themselves for me to want to put any effort in.
Cav wrote:I haven't told them but I presume they know. I also presume that's why they're getting in contact but they haven't been willing to tell me why they want to start a relationship again.
I would be quite happy to continue without him in my life so they really need to prove themselves for me to want to put any effort in.
I'd stick to that mantra. If he cant meet you on your terms and he's the 'victim' i'd politely steer away from it.
I'm going to sit on it for as long as it takes for me to calm down about it, rarely does anything get me so frustrated so quickly. I would love to rip into both of them at this point and as such, my reasonable response is definitely written in the tone of, "GO F%#$ YOURSELF".
kiwikrasher wrote:When you spend ample amount of time showing and explaining to someone how to test & maintain the pool when you are away and leave it sparkling blue, yet inside a week (including 2 days over 40 deg C) it’s not been checked at all and now is a green swamp.
Guess she’ll learn the hard way now why I keep banging on about being proactive with the pool maintenance rather than just ignoring it.
well she got the pool back to blue, but wasn't happy with her effort on vacuuming it so booked the pool shop in to come give it a better clean.
Two days later I've lost a metre of water in my pool and it appears the pool shop have holed the vinyl liner, but aren't accepting responsibility and saying it's a failure due to the age of the liner
Unfortunately I'm not home for another month so can't check it myself.. well at least Jess doesn't need to worry about keeping it clean anymore as at this rate it will be completely empty in a week. It'll be running down into the creek in my back section so no dramas with the water that is escaping.
Happiness is not a destination. It is a way of life.
Kwacky wrote:Can you get a helicopter ride to another country apart from Australia? Might be worth treating yourself to a holiday
I’m not as bothered about it as I probably should be.
I’ve had a big mindset shift after taking stock of my position during the decision on the job offer. Part of that mindfulness is not stressing about shite I can’t control, something I’ve been doing since my divorce but seem to have really got it dialled in now. This I can’t do anything about while I’m at work. Pool will empty, Jess won’t have to worry about it, I’ll assess it when home. If it’s repairable it’ll be an easy job with an empty pool. I’ll refill it closer to summer and save myself 6-8 months of pool maintenance.
If it’s to far gone (liner is getting on) I’ll decide wether to put a new pool in with a modern system that makes maintenance much easier, or put in another garage in its place for all the toys
Happiness is not a destination. It is a way of life.
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