Things that give you the sh1ts

[heater31]

Having to put 70c worth of stamps on the post at work. And since we have a massive stash of 60c stamps, I have to add 10c stamps to every one of them. Not too bad, except the 10c-ies arent adhesive, so we had to fashion a moistener out of a small container, a sponge-scourer and water.

I now know what it was like in 1986...

Posted from my Hermes 3000 typewriter

Don't tell me you have run out of carbon paper as well

[Footy Chick]

Having to put 70c worth of stamps on the post at work. And since we have a massive stash of 60c stamps, I have to add 10c stamps to every one of them. Not too bad, except the 10c-ies arent adhesive, so we had to fashion a moistener out of a small container, a sponge-scourer and water.

I now know what it was like in 1986...

Posted from my Hermes 3000 typewriter

This is bizarre - but as I was reading this, I was posting some tourist info for a member and accidently grabbed an old (and I mean old) envelope.

which without realising, I licked* and then the taste hit me - and now I hope I don't die.

[HH3]

Having to put 70c worth of stamps on the post at work. And since we have a massive stash of 60c stamps, I have to add 10c stamps to every one of them. Not too bad, except the 10c-ies arent adhesive, so we had to fashion a moistener out of a small container, a sponge-scourer and water.

I now know what it was like in 1986...

Posted from my Hermes 3000 typewriter

This is bizarre - but as I was reading this, I was posting some tourist info for a member and accidently grabbed an old (and I mean old) envelope.

which without realising, I licked* and then the taste hit me - and now I hope I don't die.

Yeah you should probably get your affairs in order.

[Booney]

Having to put 70c worth of stamps on the post at work. And since we have a massive stash of 60c stamps, I have to add 10c stamps to every one of them. Not too bad, except the 10c-ies arent adhesive, so we had to fashion a moistener out of a small container, a sponge-scourer and water.

I now know what it was like in 1986...

Posted from my Hermes 3000 typewriter

This is bizarre - but as I was reading this, I was posting some tourist info for a member and accidently grabbed an old (and I mean old) envelope.

which without realising, I licked* and then the taste hit me - and now I hope I don't die.

[Johno6]

[Johno6]

DAMMIT, BEAT ME BY 2 SECONDS

BUT GOOD CALL

[Wedgie]

1) My housemate having approximately 500 condiments but no tomato sauce.
2) Driving to the shop to get tomato sauce for my son's chips and inadvertently parking in a spot where its deemed a bike lane for 90 mins a day (never usually shop at the time and trucks were parked in front of the signs) so the tomato sauce ends up costing me $242.

[Rik E Boy]

1) My housemate having approximately 500 condiments but no tomato sauce.
2) Driving to the shop to get tomato sauce for my son's chips and inadvertently parking in a spot where its deemed a bike lane for 90 mins a day (never usually shop at the time and trucks were parked in front of the signs) so the tomato sauce ends up costing me $242.

FFS! That is harsh.

regards,

REB

[Pseudo]

This belongs in a "things that make you say WTF" thread, but there isn't one and I couldn't be arsed starting one:

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-1 ... ce/5386508

that's bizzare...

i'm going to go into the oxygen selling business, collect jars and containers of nice fresh country air then bring them back to the city and sell them for a few bucks...

Only a few bucks?

Take them to China and get a few hundred each:

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014 ... -900-china

[Pseudo]

I licked* and then the taste hit me - and now I hope I don't die.

Some lines are far more amusing when quoted out of context, wouldn't you agree?

[Footy Chick]

hence my use of the asterisk ;-)

[fisho mcspaz]

This pisses me off like nothing else. My students asked for feedback on their first assignment; I gave them detailed feedback and broke down their grade into 5-6 sections explaining what marks were allocated where and why - and I've just finished marking their second assignment, and with the exception of a few average ones, they were all shithouse. They had to reference a particular source and at least five of them wrote the author's surname without capitalising the first letter. Possessive apostrophes are a myth, apparently. What the f*** do they learn before they come to uni? It's not my job to teach them basic spelling and grammar, or to explain what 'referencing' means.

[mighty_tiger_79]

lol, kids these days

[Ron Burgundy]

This pisses me off like nothing else. My students asked for feedback on their first assignment; I gave them detailed feedback and broke down their grade into 5-6 sections explaining what marks were allocated where and why - and I've just finished marking their second assignment, and with the exception of a few average ones, they were all shithouse. They had to reference a particular source and at least five of them wrote the author's surname without capitalising the first letter. Possessive apostrophes are a myth, apparently. What the f*** do they learn before they come to uni? It's not my job to teach them basic spelling and grammar, or to explain what 'referencing' means.

As an educator, you are employed to whinge, and you are doing a superb job.
Well done!

[heater31]

This pisses me off like nothing else. My students asked for feedback on their first assignment; I gave them detailed feedback and broke down their grade into 5-6 sections explaining what marks were allocated where and why - and I've just finished marking their second assignment, and with the exception of a few average ones, they were all shithouse. They had to reference a particular source and at least five of them wrote the author's surname without capitalising the first letter. Possessive apostrophes are a myth, apparently. What the f*** do they learn before they come to uni? It's not my job to teach them basic spelling and grammar, or to explain what 'referencing' means.

As an educator, you are employed to whinge, and you are doing a superb job.
Well done!

Tertiary educators should expect basic grammar skills of their students to be assumed knowledge.

However, my gripe of the tertiary education system is the secondary educators do not pay enough attention to the importance of referencing at university. Either that or I wasn't paying attention that day when they went through that at my high school.....

[Psyber]

1) My housemate having approximately 500 condiments but no tomato sauce.
2) Driving to the shop to get tomato sauce for my son's chips and inadvertently parking in a spot where its deemed a bike lane for 90 mins a day (never usually shop at the time and trucks were parked in front of the signs) so the tomato sauce ends up costing me $242.

Covert State Taxation at work...
It is similar to the way "Supply Charges" for utilities do not reflect the cost of supply but the value of your property making them a covert form of Land Tax on the primary residence which we don't have officially.

It is a bit rough in your situation.
Once upon a time they'd have reduced it to a caution in those circumstances.

But SA needs the dough for the rising debt - I copped two fines for the same type of offence in 2010 - exceeding the speed limit by 10-20 kph.
The NSW once was $84, and the SA one was about $250.

[Ron Burgundy]

Easter Camping Etiquette
We have reserved a spot on our own land (which is ridiculous in principle).
Some joker has pulled his camper trailer up on the spot.
Ring him up and he tries to justify why.
See ya later mate, and don't bother coming next year either.

[heater31]

Easter Camping Etiquette
We have reserved a spot on our own land (which is ridiculous in principle).
Some joker has pulled his camper trailer up on the spot.
Ring him up and he tries to justify why.
See ya later mate, and don't bother coming next year either.

Your private property right on the river I presume?

[shoe boy]

Tony Abott!!!

[Phantom Gossiper]

Cant deposit funds into my sportsbet account!! Grr!!!!