What Made You Want To Swear Today?

[LaughingGirl]

We seem to get silent phone calls quite often SG. OH has taken to not speaking when he answers the phone until the caller speaks. I don't know if they might be those annoying automated ones. So much for TPS!!

 

I don't suppose you're with Virgin? I'm registered with TPS and had zero silent calls until we switched - now we get around 3-5 a day, sometimes more.

[burlyb]

virgin are like a sieve they seem to let all and sundry through.....with me being blunt and way too much to the point I just tell them to trebble f....and especially if i'm doing this L/G:whoo:

 

told some people from a solar panel cold call yesterday to do one....I'm not renting my roof to them for 25 years for any amount of schpeel....twonx....who else was it called me yesterday ....hmmmmm cant rem now but they got the same short sharp shrift....dont like my time wasted

[sillygirl1]

The calls are coming on my mobile phone, my house phone does not ring in the house (I mostly use it to find out where I put the mobile!).

 

I'm on O2 with the mobile and house phone.

[Nystagmite]

We seem to get silent phone calls quite often SG. OH has taken to not speaking when he answers the phone until the caller speaks. I don't know if they might be those annoying automated ones. So much for TPS!!

 

We get the same. We're with TPS and we still get the calls about PPI.

[burlyb]

I normally wait for them to speak and if they dont then I say "SPEAK " in a loud voice and sometimes have made the person at the other end jump or gasp lol...makes me smile that does lol.......

[Nystagmite]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-19979184

 

How the hell can this happen? There are 3 types of cane used by blind and sight impaired people. None of them look like samurai swords.

 

Someone clearly needs their eyes testing.

[burlyb]

too much again......police state....why dont they learn to step back and take a GOOD look once and a while.....lets hope May gets stuck into them now the old bag

[whitenight]

Disgraceful and shocking,

[sillygirl1]

Another call, this time the caller seemed to be using the loo - I think I have narrowed it down even further now. Sad person obviously has no life.

 

I am just going to repeat that they are wasting their call allowance and that the calls are recorded.

[The GodMother]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-19979184

 

How the hell can this happen? There are 3 types of cane used by blind and sight impaired people. None of them look like samurai swords.

 

Someone clearly needs their eyes testing.

 

Thats what l am still trying to work out l always thought a samurai sword was different. Its defently wider.

 

maybe the officers who are carrying fire arms or taisers need regular eye checks.

[burlyb]

Thats what l am still trying to work out l always thought a samurai sword was different. Its defently wider.

 

maybe the officers who are carrying fire arms or taisers need regular eye checks.

 

Maybe May should start to bring them to JUSTICE.....starting with a re-trial of Harwood the dirty slippery bast....CPS needs to be looked into aswell

[caro]

I don't suppose you're with Virgin? I'm registered with TPS and had zero silent calls until we switched - now we get around 3-5 a day, sometimes more.

 

No - we're with BT. TPS was very effective for years but the last year or 2 it's not so good.

 

I got someone selling alarms the other day and to be fair as soon as I mentioned TPS she said she'd remove our number from the database.

[sillygirl1]

Apparently you have to register with TPS every year, somebody told me it was every 6 months (yes they were a cold caller).

 

Another call at just before 6am this morning, whoever it is is very very sad. I 'missed' that one and it didn't go to voicemail.

 

A Samurai sword is rather larger than a walking stick, and they are NEVER white. The policeman in this case seems to have shown he is not capable of rational judgement when holding a firearm and should be taken off all further duties of that kind without being allowed a period of 'retraining'.

[locutus]

The trouble is finding out who these companies are, and report them to the ICO because it's their job to find out if you are registered with TPS and not bother you in the 1st place.

[LaughingGirl]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-19979184

 

How the hell can this happen? There are 3 types of cane used by blind and sight impaired people. None of them look like samurai swords.

 

Someone clearly needs their eyes testing.

 

I am completely baffled as to how someone could ever make that mistake, particularly looking at the gentleman's white stick in the video, and even more so looking at the way he moves. It's blatantly obvious that he's visually impaired. I can't wait to hear the explanation for this one.

 

What made me swear today (last night, technically) was our over the tap shower basically exploding and covering my 15 year old daughter and entire bathroom in hot water. Thankfully, my OH very sensibly turned down the water temperature when we moved in here, or she would have been scalded. Nevertheless, turning the blasted thing off wasn't a particularly pleasant experience, even with a towel over the hot tap to stem the flow.

[SOD'EM]

Police Officer "We've tasered the Samurai Swordsman Sarge"

 

Seargeant "But that is a blind man with a white stick officer"

 

Police Officer "Masters of disguise, them sneaky Samurai Sarge"

 

Please tell me you're not licensed to carry a gun:|

[LaughingGirl]

You're right, Sod'em! I completely forgot to account for the possibility that the blind man could in fact have been a ninja!

 

One can only pray, when it comes to the possibility of the officer concerned being licensed to carry a firearm.

[Nystagmite]

You're right, Sod'em! I completely forgot to account for the possibility that the blind man could in fact have been a ninja!

 

As we all are!

 

I have seen the 3 types of cane used and do not understand at all how they can be mistaken for a samurai sword. Oh, and I don't have that much corrected vision either.

[burlyb]

It's bad enough looking forwards at times these days WITHOUT having to look over our shoulders all the time now too and so that could be the REAL reason for the continued crop circle myth....it's caused by all the cops running around looking for the real criminals

[Nystagmite]

They shouted for him to stop. How did he knows they really were the police and weren't thinking of mugging him?

[burlyb]

even more sinister....

[Nystagmite]

Bloody phone. When charging, the light is orange. When charged, it goes green. It went green yesterday and I unplugged it. Can't turn it on. Stupid phone.

 

I seem to remember that 10 years ago, when we had those brick phones that just text and call, (I do have one of these for running; but it's not quite a brick!) there was no such problem.

[sillygirl1]

My unknown caller went barmy yesterday - but they obviously have a far sadder life than I have. so that must be why they are trying to irritate me.

 

I just say Hello and leave the caller either to identify themselves or ring off.

 

It isn't a company at all, I know that, but whoever it is would seem to be in need of some psychological help for their 'addiction' to calling me when they are going to the loo....

[burlyb]

take the battery out and shove it back in again thats what I do when mine goes divy and messes me about bliddy things....what would we do without them lol:lol:

 

ahhhhhhhhhh those old cocoa tins and string days:lol:

[burlyb]

My unknown caller went barmy yesterday - but they obviously have a far sadder life than I have. so that must be why they are trying to irritate me.

 

I just say Hello and leave the caller either to identify themselves or ring off.

 

It isn't a company at all, I know that, but whoever it is would seem to be in need of some psychological help for their 'addiction' to calling me when they are going to the loo....

 

I helped a friend years ago who was having odd calls from a man..............he didnt like my tone when I answered the call one sunday afternoon...he didnt ring her again and she found out it was the husband of a neighbour of hers ............horribble odd bastids about S/G keep your chin up blow a loud whislte down the earpiece pop their eardrum