What grinds my gears...

[AoWW]

My sky signal being so shocking that pretty much each programme I try to watch breaks up constantly and loses the signal - and the fact that half the channels I can't get at all.

And the knowledge that sky will just insist on sending an engineer out, which is awkward when I'm out at work and can't be here, and that they'll charge me for the call out too.

[AoWW]

And Walkers Extra Crunchy Crisps don't seem to be any crunchier than their normal crisps, imo.

[FoxyPV]

Not being able to work because of the rain.

How?

[AoWW]

How?

He dissolves if he gets wet.

[Webbo]

How?

I'm a painter and decorator and I'm supposed to be painting an outside. You can't paint in the rain.

He dissolves if he gets wet.

<_<

[AoWW]

I'm a painter and decorator and I'm supposed to be painting an outside. You can't paint in the rain.

<_<

Come and fix my sky box instead.

[Houdini Logic]

The fact that I'm contemplating turning my heating on.

[Bakey]

When the display price of mobile phones isn't what they charge you unless you buy some credit or summat like that + advertising phones that they havent had in stock for weeks

[lildave3]

When the display price of mobile phones isn't what they charge you unless you buy some credit or summat like that + advertising phones that they havent had in stock for weeks

Sell you mine.

[Matt]

'Our' football club. (Sometimes)

[Trav Le Bleu]

My sky signal being so shocking that pretty much each programme I try to watch breaks up constantly and loses the signal - and the fact that half the channels I can't get at all.

And the knowledge that sky will just insist on sending an engineer out, which is awkward when I'm out at work and can't be here, and that they'll charge me for the call out too.

Recently been same on mine and I've noticed a lot of people's TVs and at work. Beginning to suspect that the rotten weather might be something to do with it. Having said that I have done the old "turn it off and on again" trick and seems to have sorted it, for today at least.

'Our' football club. (Sometimes)

True

[Edmund]

SKY signal will be down to the weather. Dense cloud unfortunately is a nightmare depending on how strong your original signal is. You can check by going into settings and seeing the signal strength.

Don't waste your time with an engineer call out, they can't fix the weather.

[AoWW]

SKY signal will be down to the weather. Dense cloud unfortunately is a nightmare depending on how strong your original signal is. You can check by going into settings and seeing the signal strength.

Don't waste your time with an engineer call out, they can't fix the weather.

My signal quality is anywhere between the heady heights of 0-10. And it's been (intermittently) like it for weeks now (it hasn't been dense cloud all that time). However, I do take your point.

Anyway, I've kicked off with Sky and threatened to cancel. They're sending a (free) engineer out on Saturday so I'll see what he has to say.

[Libertine]

Ours used to be awful, especially in summer oddly. Was mostly because of the massive trees in the way of the satellite signal. Now we've got Virgin digital and have had no major problems.

I RECOMMEND. Yeh.

[AoWW]

I'd love to move to Virgin, it the fookers ever made it available out in the sticks.

[skinnydipper]

Supermarket carrier bags designed to make you look a right twat as you spend minutes trying to open one at the checkout as the assistant pisses themselves and the queue behind mutters abuse

[AoWW]

Supermarket carrier bags designed to make you look a right twat as you spend minutes trying to open one at the checkout as the assistant pisses themselves and the queue behind mutters abuse

It's all a ploy to force you into buying the enormous, super-strong ones. Also, have you noticed that, nowadays, the 'normal' 'free' carrier bags are now so flimsy they don't even do the job they're intended for and rip if you dare to put more than one lightweight item in them.

[Edmund]

My signal quality is anywhere between the heady heights of 0-10. And it's been (intermittently) like it for weeks now (it hasn't been dense cloud all that time). However, I do take your point.

Anyway, I've kicked off with Sky and threatened to cancel. They're sending a (free) engineer out on Saturday so I'll see what he has to say.

Oh right if that's the case then it could quite possibly need re aligning. Sometimes over time the wind will move it ever so slightly. Even a cm or so can make a vast amount of difference. Or like libertine said could be overgrown branches.

Did you phone sky? I can't stand their phone service and having to be shipped around ten departments repeating myself over and over. Their technical department is inept and don't listen. Their just sheep who read off a piece of paper telling you what procedures to say. Let me guess they told you to reset your box at the wall?

To be fair if you argue long enough with them they will waive the engineer fee as you already found out.

[SeCrEt FoX]

Not being able to work because of the rain.

But sometimes thats a good thing

[Webbo]

I'd love to move to Virgin, it the fookers ever made it available out in the sticks.

I'm on a shared drive. I can't get Virgin unless my next door neighbour does first.

Supermarket carrier bags designed to make you look a right twat as you spend minutes trying to open one at the checkout as the assistant pisses themselves and the queue behind mutters abuse

Yes, yes,yes!

But sometimes thats a good thing

Not when you don't get paid.

[skinnydipper]

It's all a ploy to force you into buying the enormous, super-strong ones. Also, have you noticed that, nowadays, the 'normal' 'free' carrier bags are now so flimsy they don't even do the job they're intended for and rip if you dare to put more than one lightweight item in them.

You're so right although I must say that my flimsy bags are normally stuffed full with beer ,crisps and other such health foods.

Corporate money grabbing bastards, the lot of them.

[SeCrEt FoX]

Not when you don't get paid.

I did say sometimes.

[Corky]

Three people turning up for football, and spending 60p for it as well.

[SeCrEt FoX]

My missus buying cheap Tesco-brand crisp

[Fosse Boy]

Temporary traffic lights. There's a set near me all because of a boarded up manhole, no bigger than a small dog, in the middle of the road. I drive and walk past this place at all hours of the day and haven't once seen anyone doing any work on it. Unbelievable.