When Flight of the Conchords are sold out in 30 seconds but available immediately on alternative sites for crazy money, it just reinforces how TicketBa$tard is in league with touts once again.
That and the insult of âbooking feesâ is fucking up music.
I like popping into or ringing The Brook etc, handing over money, not having to log on and register, no jumping through hoops and remembering a fucking password, just being handed tickets and feeling like the venue and the artist are the ones getting the money.
Agreed. Tring to book tickets on your phone on the bus and trying to remember your password. Failing, being told youâd tried too many times, then you get in again and itâs telling you your postcode isnât correct. It bloody is. Delete it, put postcode back in again, finally you have tickets.
Whilst turning the tv channel over I came across the new porridge series. I didnât know theyâd even done this. Why? Whatâs the fucking point? Why would anyone think they could improve on one of the best sitcoms ever? Why would anyone think that those performances could be bettered? Shame on everyone involved. Fucking dicks.
Lack of ideas really. Itâs written by the same guys, Clement and Le Frenais, but these guys are in their 70âs now. Itâs of itâs time, Doesnât really work now sadly. BBC 4 did a series of remakes of classic sit coms. Times change and audiences do. John Cleese (I need the money to pay off my ex wives) is remaking Fawlty Towers
Tonight I pleased my family by carving out a pumpkin, beautifully - then I answered the door and was pleasant to strangersâ kids and I gave them sweets that were not laced with laxatives nor amphetamines.
I looked like a top bloke, but inside I was dying with hypocrisy and self-loathing as I promoted this ridiculous US cash cow.
Going to use the electric cooker only to find out it was made in the 21st century so after 4 years it is bolloxed and you have to buy a new one.
This really pisses me off as When I first bought a house my sister gave me the cooker that my aunt had used for 20 years it was still in good working order.
I still had that cooker after my sister had been through 2 brand new cookers.
I took it to Dubai when I moved there and it worked well.
Eventually after it was about 35 years old it said no more please do not put big ziggys in my backside.
Had a cooker here for like 18 years. It was the cheapest thing I could find (and the most I could afford) at the time. Small 4 ring gas thing that cooked baked beans perfectly but cremated anything that went in the oven for more than 10 minutes.
Then I upgraded to a 5 ring European thing. The installation team turned up 5 days late - at 14:00 on Christmas Day ffs. 6 weeks later they were back to not repair it. 6 months waiting for a spare part. That stopped working about a month after they fitted it causing a repeat.
After 4 years we chucked it in the bin. Yeah, Europeans are so âgreenâ building things that donât last - I bet that old no name brand 4 ring job is still burning cakes in some maids quartersâŚ
Spending 3 hours at a sort of work conference thing . Where managers talk at you a bit, then ask for feedback. 12 tables of 10 delegates to feedback with people who talked way too much. Excruciatingly tedious. Another one in 2 weeks.
Give your honest answer that what is happening is bullshit and why are they wasting your time. When you could be better employed doing what you are paid for. See what they say.
I did put on the feedback form that that part of the day could have been more succinct and better managed. I did have an assessment to complete and other things to soet. One of those things I didnât do.
New cooker arrived and technicians connected electricity supply and found only half the hobs worked.
Another electrician from company turned up said they could not fix it there and would need to take it back to the workshop to fix.
If they could not fix it a refund would be in order.
Ok no problem.
So before they started to disconnect it I checked the electrical connections and found one terminal loose upon tightening everything miraculously worked.
The electrical technicians very red faced apologised and left sharpish.
NB it was made in Italy so am not hopeful of its lifespan.
