Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

rjsterry

TheBigBean said:

rjsterry said:

TheBigBean said:

National Trust. I have free tickets to any site excluding a lengthy list which combined with terrible search features and hard to find public transport information means I may just let it expire. Also, some sites require advanced booking whereas others I can show up with a barcode.

Basildon Park is doable by train.

Their website says it is 40 mins walk along a main road or you need prebook a taxi. Obviously no local taxi companies linked to.

There is one in Sevenoaks that looks doable.

Yes, don't walk along the main road. Pretty sure I remember seeing taxi details at Pangbourne Station (we met family who drove). There are a few around that bit that are doable with a taxi. Would agree that the NT website is far from perfect.

rjsterry

Non-NT, but I also found Langley Park, which is free, near Slough and has a station nearby. Google Maps suggests there are Bolt and Freenow cars nearby to save the walk.

Stevo_666

TheBigBean said:

Stevo_666 said:

TheBigBean said:

rjsterry said:

TheBigBean said:

National Trust. I have free tickets to any site excluding a lengthy list which combined with terrible search features and hard to find public transport information means I may just let it expire. Also, some sites require advanced booking whereas others I can show up with a barcode.

Basildon Park is doable by train.

Their website says it is 40 mins walk along a main road or you need prebook a taxi. Obviously no local taxi companies linked to.

There is one in Sevenoaks that looks doable.

If you mean Knole House then its a long-ish but doable walk from the train station. Usually plenty of taxis hanging around the station as well.

Yes, that was my thinking.

Worth a trip.

TheBigBean

rjsterry said:

Non-NT, but I also found Langley Park, which is free, near Slough and has a station nearby. Google Maps suggests there are Bolt and Freenow cars nearby to save the walk.

I do appreciate all tips for excellent day trips from London, so your recommendation is very much noted. That said I'm trying to use a NT voucher, so I'm aiming for a site that normally costs money and that I can use it on. I think Knole House might be the destination given the pain in finding anything else!

orraloon

Moving on from the NT, and for those of an aversion to bodily functions, look away now.
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Having a large, not wee, #2 jobbie (well done bodily functions, you're working well) being so big it cannot be flushed around the U-bend, despite multiple flushes. So toilet brush and get in, then v mucky toilet brush.... still not clean after multiple flush washes. And on it goes.

Thanks for reading 😉

TheBigBean

orraloon said:

Moving on from the NT, and for those of an aversion to bodily functions, look away now.
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Having a large, not wee, #2 jobbie (well done bodily functions, you're working well) being so big it cannot be flushed around the U-bend, despite multiple flushes. So toilet brush and get in, then v mucky toilet brush.... still not clean after multiple flush washes. And on it goes.

Thanks for reading 😉

Bucket of water is the solution prior to the toilet brush.

orraloon

TheBigBean said:

orraloon said:

Moving on from the NT, and for those of an aversion to bodily functions, look away now.

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Having a large, not wee, #2 jobbie (well done bodily functions, you're working well) being so big it cannot be flushed around the U-bend, despite multiple flushes. So toilet brush and get in, then v mucky toilet brush.... still not clean after multiple flush washes. And on it goes.

Thanks for reading 😉

Bucket of water is the solution prior to the toilet brush.

Tried it, didn't move, twice! It was a big boy 😊

First.Aspect

orraloon said:

TheBigBean said:

orraloon said:

Moving on from the NT, and for those of an aversion to bodily functions, look away now.

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Having a large, not wee, #2 jobbie (well done bodily functions, you're working well) being so big it cannot be flushed around the U-bend, despite multiple flushes. So toilet brush and get in, then v mucky toilet brush.... still not clean after multiple flush washes. And on it goes.

Thanks for reading 😉

Bucket of water is the solution prior to the toilet brush.

Tried it, didn't move, twice! It was a big boy 😊

All Bran mate.

First.Aspect

orraloon said:

TheBigBean said:

orraloon said:

Moving on from the NT, and for those of an aversion to bodily functions, look away now.

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Having a large, not wee, #2 jobbie (well done bodily functions, you're working well) being so big it cannot be flushed around the U-bend, despite multiple flushes. So toilet brush and get in, then v mucky toilet brush.... still not clean after multiple flush washes. And on it goes.

Thanks for reading 😉

Bucket of water is the solution prior to the toilet brush.

Tried it, didn't move, twice! It was a big boy 😊

And you haven't laid something made of impermeable waterproof plastic. Apologise to wife, leave it an hour, try again.

Not that I've ever had your experience.

First.Aspect

Aw heck, you did it in the office loo didn't you. Yeah, the coming back in an hour thing probably not an option.

orraloon

First.Aspect said:

orraloon said:

TheBigBean said:

orraloon said:

Moving on from the NT, and for those of an aversion to bodily functions, look away now.

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Having a large, not wee, #2 jobbie (well done bodily functions, you're working well) being so big it cannot be flushed around the U-bend, despite multiple flushes. So toilet brush and get in, then v mucky toilet brush.... still not clean after multiple flush washes. And on it goes.

Thanks for reading 😉

Bucket of water is the solution prior to the toilet brush.

Tried it, didn't move, twice! It was a big boy 😊

All Bran mate.

I have a big bowl of muesli every morning, eat loads of veges and fruit and I ain't constipated ever. This was just a special mega log.

First.Aspect

orraloon said:

First.Aspect said:

orraloon said:

TheBigBean said:

orraloon said:

Moving on from the NT, and for those of an aversion to bodily functions, look away now.

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Having a large, not wee, #2 jobbie (well done bodily functions, you're working well) being so big it cannot be flushed around the U-bend, despite multiple flushes. So toilet brush and get in, then v mucky toilet brush.... still not clean after multiple flush washes. And on it goes.

Thanks for reading 😉

Bucket of water is the solution prior to the toilet brush.

Tried it, didn't move, twice! It was a big boy 😊

All Bran mate.

I have a big bowl of muesli every morning, eat loads of veges and fruit and I ain't constipated ever. This was just a special mega log.

If that were true, it shouldn't be possible for a week's worth to build up.

TheBigBean

orraloon said:

TheBigBean said:

orraloon said:

Moving on from the NT, and for those of an aversion to bodily functions, look away now.

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Having a large, not wee, #2 jobbie (well done bodily functions, you're working well) being so big it cannot be flushed around the U-bend, despite multiple flushes. So toilet brush and get in, then v mucky toilet brush.... still not clean after multiple flush washes. And on it goes.

Thanks for reading 😉

Bucket of water is the solution prior to the toilet brush.

Tried it, didn't move, twice! It was a big boy 😊

More height with the water then.

rjsterry

TheBigBean said:

rjsterry said:

Non-NT, but I also found Langley Park, which is free, near Slough and has a station nearby. Google Maps suggests there are Bolt and Freenow cars nearby to save the walk.

I do appreciate all tips for excellent day trips from London, so your recommendation is very much noted. That said I'm trying to use a NT voucher, so I'm aiming for a site that normally costs money and that I can use it on. I think Knole House might be the destination given the pain in finding anything else!

If you can get into Knole for free, and the travel looks manageable, that's what I'd try. Not been yet, but definitely on my list of places to go, albeit the buildings might be more my thing than most. Ightam Mote is also good - a moated manor house a couple of miles from Knole.

Munsford0

TheBigBean said:

Bucket of water is the solution prior to the toilet brush.

Tried it, didn't move, twice! It was a big boy 😊

More height with the water then.

Beat me to it. You have to hold your nerve and tip the water from some height. Never met a log or blockage which could resist a couple of buckets dispensed from shoulder height

Stevo_666

There's always the Macc Lads solution...
https://youtu.be/8awaQSok5PQ

pinno

TheBigBean said:

orraloon said:

TheBigBean said:

orraloon said:

Moving on from the NT, and for those of an aversion to bodily functions, look away now.
Having a large, not wee, #2 jobbie (well done bodily functions, you're working well) being so big it cannot be flushed around the U-bend, despite multiple flushes. So toilet brush and get in, then v mucky toilet brush.... still not clean after multiple flush washes. And on it goes.

Thanks for reading 😉

Bucket of water is the solution prior to the toilet brush.

Tried it, didn't move, twice! It was a big boy 😊

More height with the water then.

Or rig the guttering through the bathroom window for a constant flow.

masjer

Just use a stick blender.

briantrumpet

masjer said:

Just use a stick blender.

Is that before, during or after downloading? Are full instructions enclosed??

pangolin

briantrumpet said:

masjer said:

Just use a stick blender.

Is that before, during or after downloading? Are full instructions enclosed??

Safe to say you will only get it wrong once.

pangolin

https://www.reddit.com/r/MuseumOfReddit/comments/ke8skw/the_poop_knife/

A great story if people haven't seen it before:

My family poops big. Maybe it's genetic, maybe it's our diet, but everyone births giant logs of crap. If anyone has laid a mega-poop, you know that sometimes it won't flush. It lays across the hole in the bottom of the bowl and the vortex of draining water merely gives it a spin as it mocks you. Growing up, this was a common enough occurrence that our family had a poop knife. It was an old rusty kitchen knife that hung on a nail in the laundry room, only to be used for that purpose. It was normal to walk through the hallway and have someone call out "hey, can you get me the poop knife"? I thought it was standard kit. You have your plunger, your toilet brush, and your poop knife. Fast forward to 22. It's been a day or two between poops and I'm over at my friend's house. My friend was the local dealer and always had 'guests' over, because you can't buy weed without sitting on your ass and sampling it for an hour. I excuse myself and lay a gigantic turd. I look down and see that it's a sideways one, so I crack the door and call out for my friend. He arrives and I ask him for his poop knife. "My what?" Your poop knife, I say. I need to use it. Please. "Wtf is a poop knife?" Obviously he has one, but maybe he calls it by a more delicate name. A fecal cleaver? A Dung divider? A guano glaive? I explain what it is I want and why I want it. He starts giggling. Then laughing. Then lots of people start laughing. It turns out, the music stopped and everyone heard my pleas through the door. It also turns out that none of them had poop knives, it was just my fucked up family with their fucked up bowels. FML. I told this to my wife last night, who was amused and horrified at the same time. It turns out that she did not know what a poop knife was and had been using the old rusty knife hanging in the utility closet as a basic utility knife. Thankfully she didn't cook with it, but used it to open Amazon boxes. She will be getting her own utility knife now.

[Edit: Common question - Why was this not in the bathroom instead of the laundry room? Answer. We only had one poop knife, and the laundry room was central to all three bathrooms. I have no idea why we didn't have three poop knives. All I know is that we didn't. We had the one. Possibly because my father was notoriously cheap about the weirdest things. So yes, we shared our poop knife.]

masjer

briantrumpet said:

masjer said:

Just use a stick blender.

Is that before, during or after downloading? Are full instructions enclosed??

The instructions explicitly say, only after downloading.

Ben6899

masjer said:

Just use a stick blender.

Animal

morstar

Moving swiftly onwards.

Over the last 12 months, I have had my car brakes inspected 3 times by two garages as I know they have been vibrating and pumping. Warped discs was my gut feeling.

Each time they have said they are fine, don’t know what you’re on about.

Just had a video inspection of my car sent through as part of service and MOT. Your discs are knackered and need replacing asap, you’re also getting a bit of pumping in your brake pedal because of them. FFS.

briantrumpet

masjer said:

briantrumpet said:

masjer said:

Just use a stick blender.

Is that before, during or after downloading? Are full instructions enclosed??

The instructions explicitly say, only after downloading.

If you got it wrong, the sh!t would hit the fan.

pblakeney

briantrumpet said:

masjer said:

briantrumpet said:

masjer said:

Just use a stick blender.

Is that before, during or after downloading? Are full instructions enclosed??

The instructions explicitly say, only after downloading.

If you got it wrong, the sh!t would hit the fan.

Definitely more a case of the fan hitting the sh!t. 😉

First.Aspect

There is an 11 minute queue to sign in to online Scottish Power accounts.

Shambles.

orraloon

First.Aspect said:

There is an 11 minute queue to sign in to online Scottish Power accounts.

Shambles.

Pah. Trivial. Indeed.

For comparison, bar autobot type responses to emails sent, 'my' (as in inherited the supplier) SO Energy account has not been activated properly for 5 months and counting. I've made payments based on (now smart-ish) meter readings and tariff rates, the payments get logged on account, auto obvs and errr, that's it.

No human involvement to set up a new user's account properly. 'kin annoying. Reckon I should pull plug, switch supplier, flex rates are all pretty much the same in this modern world, and force them to do some proper sums. I have my spreadsheet!

First.Aspect

orraloon said:

First.Aspect said:

There is an 11 minute queue to sign in to online Scottish Power accounts.

Shambles.

Pah. Trivial. Indeed.

For comparison, bar autobot type responses to emails sent, 'my' (as in inherited the supplier) SO Energy account has not been activated properly for 5 months and counting. I've made payments based on (now smart-ish) meter readings and tariff rates, the payments get logged on account, auto obvs and errr, that's it.

No human involvement to set up a new user's account properly. 'kin annoying. Reckon I should pull plug, switch supplier, flex rates are all pretty much the same in this modern world, and force them to do some proper sums. I have my spreadsheet!

I can Trump that for Scottish Power. I was being over charged for 2 years for eco7 heating that doesn't exist (means the daytime tariff is much higher than it should be) and it has taken me that long and an upheld ombudsman complaint to explain this to them. By overcharged I mean not by an insignificant amount- over £1000.

And I can't log on at all now. Site seems to have crashed. Who could have forseen high demand at the start of October though?

rick_chasey

Cumulative delays today are at around 90 mins and we’re looking at over 2 hours before I get home.

This is on the revised timetable after they took out my usual train thua shunting me onto a train that’s 20 mins slower.