What's annoyed you today?

[Maria]

[Bob Jefferson]

[ecm]

[Sandra]

[Maria]

OK, after the uplifting advice from Bob and ecm (who are obviously graduates of the 'Pull yourself together, for God's sake' school of therapy) and a wee walk in the Spring weather, I'm feeling a mite more cheerful and a little less of an old bag.

However, rather than treat myself to a bunch of daffs from Rosefield Park ecm, I took the far more rewarding step of treating myself to a freshly baked cheese and onion pastie from Greggs. The bonus was a bit of aggro kicking off when one poor woman had the misfortune to skip the queue. 'There's someone having a worse day than me,' I thought as I listened to the woman, who had had her turn in the queue taken and obviously felt very keenly that her human rights were being violated. This was confirmed as I walked up the road followed by Mrs Angry, who then spotted her husband across the road. "Where the £$%& are you £$%^ing going?' she enquired. 'The bookie's,' he replied. Yes, she was definitely having a worse day than me.

[Porty]

[Maria]

[ecm]

[Maria]

[Porty]

[Maria]

[Porty]

[Maria]

[Sandra]

[Maria]

[Jay]

Hi Marya. Glad you are OK. It might be only metal, but it's always a hell of a shock. Hope there are no after-effects. But you'll probably have to learn to swear in Serbo-Croat.

My bit of aggro was last weekend. The Porty Lloyds TSB cashpoint was malfunctioning, so I crossed the road to Bank of Scotland. It told me my card wasn't acceptable and to conatct my provider. Luckily. Royal Bank had no problems with me (or buying my week's groceries might have been a problem! ). But when I checked with Lloyds Customer Service, I found that Bank of Scotland had taken the damned money off my account anyhow! (So that was 2 withdrawals when I had only got one lot of money! ) And how the hell do you prove you've NOT been given it!!! Hmph! I've put a request in to have it back, but I'm not holding my breath!

[SoupDragon]

Good luck, Jay

Glad to hear you Ok Marya

[Poppy]

Jay, that HBoS machine ate my RBS once card (after thinking about it for 5 minutes ). The RBS recorded it as stolen by HBOS, Heh Heh. I now won't use it unless absolutely necessary!

[BeachBum]

[Porty]

[Bob Jefferson]

The ubiquitous red onion. Five years ago you couldn't give red onions away. Red onion farmers were a laughing stock. As with turnips, the bulk of their harvest was destined to be fed to sheep and pigs. Even they hated them.

Then the red onion suddenly became trendy, no doubt the fault of some TV chef who had invested heavily in them. Now you can't escape the horrible things. They are in every salad. They are in every stir fry. You will find them in your takeaway curry. They will feature heavily in your roasted vegetables.

Hold the red onion! What is it after all but a cheap filler?

And they give me indigestion.

[Sandra]

I much prefer red onion, so there

[SoupDragon]

I like red onions too.
They brighten up a tattie salad and make coleslaw very colourfull.
They're not so great in tattie soup though.

Goes a very odd sludgy colour

[Maria]

[SoupDragon]

[arachnid]

[Epykat]

The little (or perhaps big) s**t who stole my son's wallet containing over a hundred quid which he'd taken out to buy a suit for a family funeral . I hope they die a painful and lingering death.

[Maria]

On my hit list today is my sat nav for firstly, directing me to Celtic Park this morning instead of Hampden (and before anyone asks, it is a Tom Tom and not a Tim Tim) and secondly for completely freezing as I tried to make my way through the Gorbals. I'm sticking to road signs in the future.

[Maria]

[SoupDragon]

[Epykat]

[rapunzell]

[Black Mamba]