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Old Jul 21st 2013 | 12:11 am
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My vacuum cleaner's mains lead doesn't retract with the vigour it used to
 
Old Jul 21st 2013 | 12:55 am
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My vacuum cleaner's mains lead doesn't retract with the vigour it used to


I had this trouble with the handset on my flight last week not zipping back into the armrest fast enough. It seems that flying is SO hard.
 
Old Jul 21st 2013 | 1:38 am
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I have so many bottles, jars and packets of food on the second shelf of my pantry that they no longer fit, so I have had to move some of them on to the third shelf where I keep our medications.
This really mucks up the storage system.
 
Old Jul 21st 2013 | 12:20 pm
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The kids can't seem to keep the pan cupboard tidy.

When I complain, I get told to 'put the flipping stuff away yourself then.'

There's no respect these days.
 
Old Jul 21st 2013 | 12:25 pm
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The kids can't seem to keep the pan cupboard tidy.

When I complain, I get told to 'put the flipping stuff away yourself then.'

There's no respect these days.
Surely you must know by now,that they do a rubbish job so that you don't ask them to do it ever again.It's the oldest trick in the book.
 
Old Jul 21st 2013 | 5:22 pm
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Surely you must know by now,that they do a rubbish job so that you don't ask them to do it ever again.It's the oldest trick in the book.
Ah no, they take it in turns to fill and empty the dishwasher (part of their chore cycle.. organised by the eldest who is surely destined to be a trade unionist...)

I have the pan cupboard done in a clearly logical manner... well, clearly logical to me, obviously not to my children who look upon it as a game of tetris...
 
Old Jul 21st 2013 | 6:10 pm
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My vacuum cleaner's mains lead doesn't retract with the vigour it used to
My posting history is becoming a more accurate reflection of when I went to bed than my actual memory when on the turps.
 
Old Jul 21st 2013 | 11:47 pm
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Old Jul 22nd 2013 | 2:37 pm
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I can't remember whether I should be applying conditioner or polish to my shoes....

in general I mix it up a bit. But which?
 
Old Jul 22nd 2013 | 2:43 pm
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moved house - laminate flooring and dog clip clopping is driving us nuts.

get rid of the flooring or the dog
 
Old Jul 22nd 2013 | 7:16 pm
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Went to the club for lunch today for beer battered fish, chips and salad. The salad didn't have any dressing on and tasted too much like salad.
 
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Originally Posted by Mike at Taree
Ok let's kick it off

Couldn't find my tomato ketchup for three days, finally found it tonight in the oils section in my pantry hiding behind the olive oil, peanut oil, ghee, rice bran oil, mustard oil and sesame oil bottles.

Edit: forgot to mention my seasoned curry oil and ethnic coconut oil as well.
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Our fridge beeps when the door's been left open too long. However a sensor has gone so now it beeps as soon as you open the door. The guy can't get here until tomorrow afternoon and it's really really annoying!
 
Old Jul 23rd 2013 | 6:00 pm
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Network shares on the media server (free machine I inherited from work and put to good use) keep failing and the smart TV in the bedroom cant see my vast library of illegally acquired HD video content....

....yesterday I had to get up, walk to the study, copy something onto a USB stick from the server, then stuff the USB stick into the side of the TV before I could watch the latest hit TV show

The inhumanity of it all!
 
Old Jul 23rd 2013 | 6:19 pm
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