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Morticia
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« Reply #8445 on: 15:31:41, 07-11-2008 »
Aha! So it's not just me. It's been driving me nuts for several years now, Martle. I do realise that my irritation is out of all proportion to the situation but I just can't help  Angry  fume Angry fume. I have never confessed this grumpette to anyone before Embarrassed Roll Eyes
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« Reply #8446 on: 16:36:46, 07-11-2008 »
What makes it even more grumpitious is that there's nothing we can do but post about it. Jumping down the poor cashier's throat will only cause more grief than progress.

Tell you what, hold out your hand. When they start to put the bills there, snap it away. Repeat until they get the idea (it helps to kind of gently shove your hand toward the coins which they are surely holding in their other hand. You might also let out a mild whimpering/grunting sound.)
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« Reply #8447 on: 17:51:34, 07-11-2008 »
It is indeed annoying.  Lyndon our Post Office counter clerk has a funny method of giving change.  Instead of just putting the change in the scoopy shaped thing in the counter he puts the coins in his palm and you pick them up from there.  He then proffers the note(s) separately.
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« Reply #8448 on: 18:01:16, 07-11-2008 »
Can't say I've even noticed this as a problem, I put the coins into my pocket then the notes into my wallet - some people are just so grumpy Grin

Perhaps it's to stop a sudden gust of wind blowing the notes away?
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« Reply #8449 on: 18:30:46, 07-11-2008 »
Quote from: Turfan Fragment on 16:36:46, 07-11-2008
What makes it even more grumpitious is that there's nothing we can do but post about it. Jumping down the poor cashier's throat will only cause more grief than progress.

Tell you what, hold out your hand. When they start to put the bills there, snap it away. Repeat until they get the idea (it helps to kind of gently shove your hand toward the coins which they are surely holding in their other hand. You might also let out a mild whimpering/grunting sound.)
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« Reply #8450 on: 18:46:30, 07-11-2008 »
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
ITS TIME TO START THE MUSIC
ITS TIME TO LIGHT THE LIGHTS
ITS TIME TO GET THINGS STARTED
ON THE MUPPET SHOW TONIGHT!!

 Grin Smiley Huh Shocked
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« Reply #8451 on: 18:55:16, 07-11-2008 »
Quote from: brassbandmaestro on 18:46:30, 07-11-2008
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
ITS TIME TO START THE MUSIC
ITS TIME TO LIGHT THE LIGHTS
ITS TIME TO GET THINGS STARTED
ON THE MUPPET SHOW TONIGHT!!

 Grin Smiley Huh Shocked

Oi!! bbm!! Who you calling a Muppet?   Cheesy
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« Reply #8452 on: 19:07:13, 07-11-2008 »
Anty, it was the picture of that puppet in Martle's post!
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« Reply #8453 on: 10:59:21, 09-11-2008 »
I love the Muppets ! Zoot is my favourite.

What's my grump ? That there are not enough Muppet shows on TV any more !

(Muppets in Space was on 5 yesterday afternoon....)

x Jan x
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« Reply #8454 on: 12:05:48, 09-11-2008 »
Don't you just hate it when you forget about the cup of tea that you're making?
When I go back to it, it's tepid and over-brewed, but I can't bear to chuck it away...
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« Reply #8455 on: 12:10:50, 09-11-2008 »
It's a load of old muppets really Smiley Haha!!
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« Reply #8456 on: 12:18:27, 09-11-2008 »
Quote from: harmonyharmony on 12:05:48, 09-11-2008
Don't you just hate it when you forget about the cup of tea that you're making?
When I go back to it, it's tepid and over-brewed, but I can't bear to chuck it away...

ARGGHHH! Tepid tea Shocked Yuck, gross, bleetch! It would go straight down the sink here, hh. With no pangs of conscience.
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« Reply #8457 on: 12:23:36, 09-11-2008 »
You know that tooth that hurts me at the moment; the one that needs to yanked out, Ive just had to have some paracetomol, salt water, still throbbing. Might have to have more anetbiotics.
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« Reply #8458 on: 12:27:56, 09-11-2008 »
Quote from: Morticia on 12:18:27, 09-11-2008
ARGGHHH! Tepid tea Shocked Yuck, gross, bleetch! It would go straight down the sink here, hh. With no pangs of conscience.

I have no problem with tepid tea (though it's not ideal) and remember those occasions during holidays when my dad would bring me a cup of tea at 07:30, I would go back to sleep, and then wake at around 11:00 and throw it down my throat in one go. Fond memories actually!
It's the over-brewedness combined with the tepidity which I really don't like. Nasty taste in the back of my throat.
I very rarely throw anything away if I can either bear to consume it or reuse it.
C used to be amazed that, not only did I save up leftovers in the fridge, but I also used them. She comes from a family where leftovers are put in the fridge and then forgotten! If I did that, I'd be spending much more on food than I am already.

Quote from: brassbandmaestro on 12:23:36, 09-11-2008
You know that tooth that hurts me at the moment; the one that needs to yanked out, Ive just had to have some paracetomol, salt water, still throbbing. Might have to have more anetbiotics.

Have you got an appointment to have it out? I can't remember where we got to with your teeth...
When I had to have my wisdom tooth out, after a weekend of agony I turned up on the dentist's doorstep at opening time, saw him before he opened up surgery proper, and he got me to come back later that same day. Easy. Sounds like it might be easier to have it out as soon as possible. Hope the dentist agrees!
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« Reply #8459 on: 12:33:36, 09-11-2008 »
I had the appointment at the dentist but with the goverment's ruling on what dentist's can do, I had to have another appointment somewhere else, under GA, as, like another time before, my dentist wasn't able to yank it out as the root is quite firmly rooted, for want of a better word. Whilst writing this, though since taking salt water the pain seems to have easedd up rather.
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