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Jul 10th 2015, 1:36 pm
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Posted By Yorkieabroad

Re: Pet Peeves?

We have a few older folk manning the checkouts, but mainly I would say they are in their 20's. The young ones are definitely quicker. As for baggers - it is very rare not to have one whenever I go,...
Jul 10th 2015, 1:28 pm
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Posted By Yorkieabroad

Re: Pet Peeves?

Same here - my screening criteria is more ageist than sexist......if they are older than me, they are probably slower too....!
Jul 10th 2015, 4:36 am
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Posted By Yorkieabroad

Re: Pet Peeves?

Nope, I do that too. Our local HEB is pretty good - main complaint I have is that they have an annoying habit of putting the light stuff (bread,crackers, chips etc) in the heavy duty bags and then...
Jul 2nd 2015, 2:25 pm
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Posted By Yorkieabroad

Re: Pet Peeves?

No roundabouts either.....:(
Jul 2nd 2015, 1:28 pm
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Posted By Yorkieabroad

Re: Pet Peeves?

My Pet peeve for the day - people who can't tell the difference between fast and slow....If you're in a swimming pool, and there are slow medium and fast lanes marked, please don't get in the "fast"...
Jul 2nd 2015, 1:18 pm
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Posted By Yorkieabroad

Re: Pet Peeves?

Someone needs to invite this chap over from the Europe forums....I think he would fit into this thread quite nicely, considering he's summarised 90% of it in one paragraph:lol:
Jun 25th 2015, 1:03 pm
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Posted By Yorkieabroad

Re: Pet Peeves?

Does that include tax? And an appropriate tip for excellent delivery?
Jun 9th 2015, 8:23 pm
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Posted By Yorkieabroad

Re: Pet Peeves?

:goodpost:

I'm NOT casting aspersions on your stage of life, but I found that got progressively worse as I approached my half century....adding a soundbar to the TV I watch most considerably...
Jun 5th 2015, 5:06 am
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Posted By Yorkieabroad

Re: Pet Peeves?

Not sure if this should be in this thread or "What pissed me off" cos it is very borderline.....

Tipping.

I don't mind it, honest I don't, but don't take the pi$$.

Starbucks app keeps...
Jun 4th 2015, 5:21 pm
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Posted By Yorkieabroad

Re: Pet Peeves?

I've tried calling to ask to be taken off, but it's like the local rag - they just don't care - they have to distribute so many to prove a given circulation, so its coming, want it or not..


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Jun 4th 2015, 5:11 pm
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Posted By Yorkieabroad

Re: Pet Peeves?

We still get them here...straight into the recycling.
An absolute total waste of time, money and resources....
Jun 4th 2015, 3:53 pm
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Posted By Yorkieabroad

Re: Pet Peeves?

We started with one of these
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but it had a Fire/Ambulance/Police number 999 on the sticker in the middle (in case you forgot) and our own number 538,later 5538, then 65538, then 765538. I...
Jun 4th 2015, 3:51 am
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Posted By Yorkieabroad

Re: Pet Peeves?

Remember when phones were only ever in the hallway? Or at the bottom of the stairs near the front door?
Jun 2nd 2015, 2:01 pm
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Posted By Yorkieabroad

Re: Pet Peeves?

We were in a hotel last year and the friggin coffee machine started doing its stuff at about 3 in the morning... my jetlagged sleep befuddled brain identified it as an asthmatic tiger......so I let...
May 11th 2015, 3:46 pm
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Posted By Yorkieabroad

Re: Pet Peeves?

Sounds like he was just making sure all the bases were covered so you had the ultimate experience. I hope you tipped him well:scarper:
May 10th 2015, 2:55 pm
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Posted By Yorkieabroad

Re: Pet Peeves?

Personally I prefer these for pedestrians.....extra points if you can skewer a brace:lol:

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May 9th 2015, 5:11 pm
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Posted By Yorkieabroad

Re: Pet Peeves?

Haven't you got bull bars on?:sneaky:
Apr 29th 2015, 6:05 pm
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Posted By Yorkieabroad

Re: Pet Peeves?

That's another one that gets my dog excited - and I would love to know how she found out that it's good, cos it wasn't from me!

Ps - what are your thoughts on kibble ?:lol:
Apr 29th 2015, 5:53 pm
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Posted By Yorkieabroad

Re: Pet Peeves?

C'mon, what you really meant was "then you wander into the kitchen and take a swig before putting it back in the fridge....":sneaky:
Mar 26th 2015, 2:02 pm
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Posted By Yorkieabroad

Re: Pet Peeves?

Oh, don't be like that, look at it as an engineer in the making - deconstructing things to see how they work:lol:
Mar 25th 2015, 11:08 pm
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Posted By Yorkieabroad

Re: Pet Peeves?

:lol: When you said missing the keys, I thought you meant you were missing them, not that they were missing! So have you counted them - do you know how many are now inside baby chog?
Mar 25th 2015, 5:38 pm
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Posted By Yorkieabroad

Re: Pet Peeves?

err, Have you had a stroke? A few drinks perhaps?
Feb 19th 2015, 2:20 pm
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Posted By Yorkieabroad

Re: Pet Peeves?

moneypennymoderator has it as bob so that's good enough for me.



Ps - Page count is 76. Prove me wrong;)
Feb 18th 2015, 11:38 pm
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Posted By Yorkieabroad

Feb 18th 2015, 10:05 pm
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Posted By Yorkieabroad

Re: Pet Peeves?

Another pet peeve...folk who think they're above a bit of "work" just because its totally and utterly pointless.....
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