Ever had one of those days?

[Mon Dieu4]

Anyone else ever have one of those days? I have a day off work so thinking long lie excellent, the phone goes of and it's my Mums great Aunt who I have only met twice in my entire life, although she doesn't actually say who it is and not wanting to be rude and ask I have to use my Poirot like detective skills to work out who is calling and what they want.

Anyways turns out she is not well and asks if someone can collect her pension(remember I have only met her twice), I look out the window and think it's not as nice as yesterday so take my coat, once outside i realise big mistake, it's actually melting, gets to deepest darkest Drylaw and get the pension slips, now as an EH6 man your hero is not familiar with the area and has to get to D Mains, I walk right along Queensferry Road taking 20 mins to do so.

I'm so hot now that I get a bottle of Irn Bru, so here is me stood in a sweltering Post Office in D Mains looking like a Skag version of Jamsie Cotter on a comedown with the Bru bottle in my pocket , the smart arse server says "and are you Mrs xxx?" to which I reply as I am in a rather testy mood "aye I ve had a sex change but the Social havent changed the Pension book yet" that went down well.

She turns the slip over to check the signatures and it turns out that the Aunt has put her maiden name on the form, right now I am looking well suspect and it looks like I've just been found out and I'm looking at a stretch in Saughton, after a wee chat I finally get the cash.

Turns out that the Post Office is 3 minutes down the road and I have taken a 20 minute detour to find it and could have simply wandered down one street.

Take the money back to a very grateful Aunt and go to get the bus home, then who gets on? yes just what I need after a morning like that the Pob like features of ex Livi and Dunfy hero David Bingham, right now I am ready to recreate Michael Douglas in Falling Down and take every one out!!

How to spend 3 glorious hours on your day off eh? this kinda **** can only happen to me!!!!

[matty_f]

Anyone else ever have one of those days? I have a day off work so thinking long lie excellent, the phone goes of and it's my Mums great Aunt who I have only met twice in my entire life, although she doesn't actually say who it is and not wanting to be rude and ask I have to use my Poirot like detective skills to work out who is calling and what they want.

Anyways turns out she is not well and asks if someone can collect her pension(remember I have only met her twice), I look out the window and think it's not as nice as yesterday so take my coat, once outside i realise big mistake, it's actually melting, gets to deepest darkest Drylaw and get the pension slips, now as an EH6 man your hero is not familiar with the area and has to get to D Mains, I walk right along Queensferry Road taking 20 mins to do so.

I'm so hot now that I get a bottle of Irn Bru, so here is me stood in a sweltering Post Office in D Mains looking like a Skag version of Jamsie Cotter on a comedown with the Bru bottle in my pocket , the smart arse server says "and are you Mrs xxx?" to which I reply as I am in a rather testy mood "aye I ve had a sex change but the Social havent changed the Pension book yet" that went down well.

She turns the slip over to check the signatures and it turns out that the Aunt has put her maiden name on the form, right now I am looking well suspect and it looks like I've just been found out and I'm looking at a stretch in Saughton, after a wee chat I finally get the cash.

Turns out that the Post Office is 3 minutes down the road and I have taken a 20 minute detour to find it and could have simply wandered down one street.

Take the money back to a very grateful Aunt and go to get the bus home, then who gets on? yes just what I need after a morning like that the Pob like features of ex Livi and Dunfy hero David Bingham, right now I am ready to recreate Michael Douglas in Falling Down and take every one out!!

How to spend 3 glorious hours on your day off eh? this kinda **** can only happen to me!!!!

:dunno: No idea, but I'm hoping you'll tell us!!

Feel your pain, have had a brutal day as well.:aok:

[Mon Dieu4]

:dunno: No idea, but I'm hoping you'll tell us!!

Feel your pain, have had a brutal day as well.:aok:

Haha it was David Bingham, why couldnt Megan Fox get on the number 21?

[hibsbollah]

Thats sad but funny mate. I've had a day off work and its been rubbish too...only been briefly improved by a nice bowl of chicken supernoodles for lunch. That reminded me that Zemmamas no longer at Hibs so the improvement didnt last.

[EH6 Hibby]

Thats sad but funny mate. I've had a day off work and its been rubbish too...only been briefly improved by a nice bowl of chicken supernoodles for lunch. That reminded me that Zemmamas no longer at Hibs so the improvement didnt last.

Clap Clap Noodle Time! :greengrin

[hibsbollah]

...Oh and can anyone tell me how the DVLA can justify charging £25 for a replacement registration certificate? Its a piece of A5 paper for gawds sake.

[Mon Dieu4]

Changing Wiki again might cheer me up haha

[easty]

...Oh and can anyone tell me how the DVLA can justify charging £25 for a replacement registration certificate? Its a piece of A5 paper for gawds sake.

Ink prices have gone up. It's cos of Gaddaffi.

[hibsbollah]

Ink prices have gone up. It's cos of Gaddaffi.

Never trust the Welsh. I should have listened to my grandad.

[easty]

Never trust the Welsh. I should have listened to my grandad.

Why, what did he say?

[matty_f]

Haha it was David Bingham, why couldnt Megan Fox get on the number 21?

:doh: I just read it again, I initially read it like you were describing how you looked after walking about in the heat, getting stressed! Oops!


Never trust the Welsh. I should have listened to my grandad.


Why, what did he say?

"Don't trust the Welsh":agree:

[hibsbollah]

Why, what did he say?

He said 'never trust the Welsh'.

[hibsbollah]

Haha it was David Bingham, why couldnt Megan Fox get on the number 21?

Have you been along to the ticket office recently?

[CropleyWasGod]

Never trust the Welsh. I should have listened to my grandad.

He actually said "never trust a taffy".... and you've blamed to the good Colonel all these years. :rolleyes:

[Mon Dieu4]

Have you been along to the ticket office recently?

Was there last week mate, going over the weekend to get my season ticket sorted out :agree:

[hibsbollah]

He actually said "never trust a taffy".... and you've blamed to the good Colonel all these years. :rolleyes:

But Gaddafi isnt Welsh?


Ah...i see what you did there :-)

[hibsbollah]

Was there last week mate, going over the weekend to get my season ticket sorted out :agree:

The new girl working there makes Megan Fox look like Little Jimmy Krankie.

[Marabou Stork]

This is why i refuse to answer the phone on my days off. The second i pick it up, i'm going to have to do something, so i just leave it well alone.

You have my sincere condolences.

[Scouse Hibee]

Anyone else ever have one of those days? I have a day off work so thinking long lie excellent, the phone goes of and it's my Mums great Aunt who I have only met twice in my entire life, although she doesn't actually say who it is and not wanting to be rude and ask I have to use my Poirot like detective skills to work out who is calling and what they want.

Anyways turns out she is not well and asks if someone can collect her pension(remember I have only met her twice), I look out the window and think it's not as nice as yesterday so take my coat, once outside i realise big mistake, it's actually melting, gets to deepest darkest Drylaw and get the pension slips, now as an EH6 man your hero is not familiar with the area and has to get to D Mains, I walk right along Queensferry Road taking 20 mins to do so.

I'm so hot now that I get a bottle of Irn Bru, so here is me stood in a sweltering Post Office in D Mains looking like a Skag version of Jamsie Cotter on a comedown with the Bru bottle in my pocket , the smart arse server says "and are you Mrs xxx?" to which I reply as I am in a rather testy mood "aye I ve had a sex change but the Social havent changed the Pension book yet" that went down well.

She turns the slip over to check the signatures and it turns out that the Aunt has put her maiden name on the form, right now I am looking well suspect and it looks like I've just been found out and I'm looking at a stretch in Saughton, after a wee chat I finally get the cash.

Turns out that the Post Office is 3 minutes down the road and I have taken a 20 minute detour to find it and could have simply wandered down one street.

Take the money back to a very grateful Aunt and go to get the bus home, then who gets on? yes just what I need after a morning like that the Pob like features of ex Livi and Dunfy hero David Bingham, right now I am ready to recreate Michael Douglas in Falling Down and take every one out!!

How to spend 3 glorious hours on your day off eh? this kinda **** can only happen to me!!!!


Is this an old story? I thought pension books were now non existant and it was paid by direct debit straight into a bank account.:confused:

[CropleyWasGod]

Is this an old story? I thought pension books were now non existant and it was paid by direct debit straight into a bank account.:confused:

It's fairly old....

<koff>Irvine<koff>

[Mon Dieu4]

Is this an old story? I thought pension books were now non existant and it was paid by direct debit straight into a bank account.:confused:

Thanks knowing that has made my day a whole lot better and it could have been avoided :faf:

Wasnt actually a book it was like a bank giro credit slip that the old folks sign on the back :agree:

[(((Fergus)))]

Thanks knowing that has made my day a whole lot better and it could have been avoided :faf:

Wasnt actually a book it was like a bank giro credit slip that the old folks sign on the back :agree:

:greengrin

It's just karmic payback for all the skiving you do at work. :agree:

[lapsedhibee]

Ink prices have gone up. It's cos of Gaddaffi.

Him and an apparently unsuccessful attempt to oust Mr Vlad from the PBS a couple of years back, which severely depleted global supplies.

[heretoday]

Anyone else ever have one of those days? I have a day off work so thinking long lie excellent, the phone goes of and it's my Mums great Aunt who I have only met twice in my entire life, although she doesn't actually say who it is and not wanting to be rude and ask I have to use my Poirot like detective skills to work out who is calling and what they want.

Anyways turns out she is not well and asks if someone can collect her pension(remember I have only met her twice), I look out the window and think it's not as nice as yesterday so take my coat, once outside i realise big mistake, it's actually melting, gets to deepest darkest Drylaw and get the pension slips, now as an EH6 man your hero is not familiar with the area and has to get to D Mains, I walk right along Queensferry Road taking 20 mins to do so.

I'm so hot now that I get a bottle of Irn Bru, so here is me stood in a sweltering Post Office in D Mains looking like a Skag version of Jamsie Cotter on a comedown with the Bru bottle in my pocket , the smart arse server says "and are you Mrs xxx?" to which I reply as I am in a rather testy mood "aye I ve had a sex change but the Social havent changed the Pension book yet" that went down well.

She turns the slip over to check the signatures and it turns out that the Aunt has put her maiden name on the form, right now I am looking well suspect and it looks like I've just been found out and I'm looking at a stretch in Saughton, after a wee chat I finally get the cash.

Turns out that the Post Office is 3 minutes down the road and I have taken a 20 minute detour to find it and could have simply wandered down one street.

Take the money back to a very grateful Aunt and go to get the bus home, then who gets on? yes just what I need after a morning like that the Pob like features of ex Livi and Dunfy hero David Bingham, right now I am ready to recreate Michael Douglas in Falling Down and take every one out!!

How to spend 3 glorious hours on your day off eh? this kinda **** can only happen to me!!!!

Your big mistake was wearing the coat. A hoodie would have been the ticket. Then if you're buzzing about getting things done you will get warm naturally. I expect you are aware of that.

Seriously, your account is like the opening of a book. And I, for one, would appreciate a story about Edinburgh punters that doesn't include references to the usual stuff.

[hibsbollah]

Seriously, your account is like the opening of a book. And I, for one, would appreciate a story about Edinburgh punters that doesn't include references to the usual stuff.

MD is an unrecognised talent. I thought no-one had noticed except me.

[heretoday]

MD is an unrecognised talent. I thought no-one had noticed except me.


Friend of mine in London works in publishing and they receive a ton of material every day. People write to order nowadays. The profit motive rules. It's only very occasionally that one unearths a nugget. The Kafka de nos jours. My pal has sleepless nights thinking about the gems he may have rejected.

What's the secret? Don't be lazy. Write with passion.

[hibsbollah]

Friend of mine in London works in publishing and they receive a ton of material every day. People write to order nowadays. The profit motive rules. It's only very occasionally that one unearths a nugget. The Kafka de nos jours. My pal has sleepless nights thinking about the gems he may have rejected.

What's the secret? Don't be lazy. Write with passion.

In the first paragraph you've been given Motivation (MD wants a lazy day off but also wants to be a good guy and help the old dear), wrapped up in Connection(we've all been there) and Contradiction (the angel on one shoulder the devil on the other), as well as a bit of humour and sense of place(hes lost outside of his north edinburgh comfort zone).

A wee bit of cultural reference to boot. The Man Booker© is in the bag.

[Mon Dieu4]

In the first paragraph you've been given Motivation (MD wants a lazy day off but also wants to be a good guy and help the old dear), wrapped up in Connection(we've all been there) and Contradiction (the angel on one shoulder the devil on the other), as well as a bit of humour and sense of place(hes lost outside of his north edinburgh comfort zone).

A wee bit of cultural reference to boot. The Man Booker© is in the bag.

Thanks for the kind words, alas I feel after that rant I am a spent force and have writers block:dummytit:

I actually genuinely sat down and tried to write a book once, got two pages in and realised it was rank rotten :faf: