General Things That Annoy You thread - part 2

Carter said:

Arsenetatters said:

eaststandmike said:

Raith_C_Chattonell said:

My beef with eggs is their so-called freshness.

I always make sure that I get the best sell by date available and yet on a fairly regular basis I find the eggs I poach splitting up in the simmering water.  A fried egg equivalent is one that would spread all over the pan.  A fresh egg's albumen should hold together tightly with a ridge close to the yolk which in turn should have a rounded high appearance.

I've never complained to the supermarkets though or taken on the egg marketing board ... I like to pretend that I'm a pensioner that does actually have better things to do   

We gave up on supermarket eggs years ago due to freshness issues, we get ours from a local farm shop now and have no problems 

I think the problem is the definition of ‘fresh’ . The supermarkets can call them fresh up until around 21-28 days after being laid. Local farm shops can source their eggs (if they don’t have chooks themselves) from another local farmer. 

Always worth checking the code inside the egg box from supermarkets too. You can call eggs ‘farm fresh’ yet they’re laid by caged chickens. A true fresh egg from a happy hen is worth its weight in gold!
Or come and get some from us in the Spring when they start laying more. We don’t sell them but just stick them in an honesty box outside and ask for donations to help with costs. The eggs go very quickly as they’re straight from bum to box fresh.

I really miss my neighbours having chooks, both sides too. Those girls laid so many eggs we couldn't keep up eating them and sourcing egg boxes for them. The ideal Saturday morning was getting out early, fresh crusty load from the bakers and get handed a massive box of hours old eggs. 

I am not against foxes, we keep stealing their habitat and then behave like scum leaving edible food waste everywhere for them however what they do with chickens makes me resent them. They massacred my next door neighbours chooks and just left them. Fuckers are so persistent as their pen was like fort know and one still got in. 

IdleHans said:

Can you not pee in your own bucket, or is Mr Tatters's particularly pungent?
Or are you simply too busy getting a 'big crusty load from the bakers'?
(already wishing I hadn't asked)

IdleHans said:

Jason Mohammed on Final Score. He's like a kid after half a gallon of Sunny Delight, all shouting and inappropriate adjectives

Arsenetatters said:

eaststandmike said:

Raith_C_Chattonell said:

My beef with eggs is their so-called freshness.

I always make sure that I get the best sell by date available and yet on a fairly regular basis I find the eggs I poach splitting up in the simmering water.  A fried egg equivalent is one that would spread all over the pan.  A fresh egg's albumen should hold together tightly with a ridge close to the yolk which in turn should have a rounded high appearance.

I've never complained to the supermarkets though or taken on the egg marketing board ... I like to pretend that I'm a pensioner that does actually have better things to do   

We gave up on supermarket eggs years ago due to freshness issues, we get ours from a local farm shop now and have no problems 

I think the problem is the definition of ‘fresh’ . The supermarkets can call them fresh up until around 21-28 days after being laid. Local farm shops can source their eggs (if they don’t have chooks themselves) from another local farmer. 

Always worth checking the code inside the egg box from supermarkets too. You can call eggs ‘farm fresh’ yet they’re laid by caged chickens. A true fresh egg from a happy hen is worth its weight in gold!
Or come and get some from us in the Spring when they start laying more. We don’t sell them but just stick them in an honesty box outside and ask for donations to help with costs. The eggs go very quickly as they’re straight from bum to box fresh.

Karim_myBagheri said:

Poor old prince Andrew not getting an invite to Christmas dinner round Charlie boys gaff. 

Need to get rid of that family and all their acquaintances from public life. 

Arsenetatters said:

Carter said:

Arsenetatters said:

eaststandmike said:

Raith_C_Chattonell said:

My beef with eggs is their so-called freshness.

I always make sure that I get the best sell by date available and yet on a fairly regular basis I find the eggs I poach splitting up in the simmering water.  A fried egg equivalent is one that would spread all over the pan.  A fresh egg's albumen should hold together tightly with a ridge close to the yolk which in turn should have a rounded high appearance.

I've never complained to the supermarkets though or taken on the egg marketing board ... I like to pretend that I'm a pensioner that does actually have better things to do   

We gave up on supermarket eggs years ago due to freshness issues, we get ours from a local farm shop now and have no problems 

I think the problem is the definition of ‘fresh’ . The supermarkets can call them fresh up until around 21-28 days after being laid. Local farm shops can source their eggs (if they don’t have chooks themselves) from another local farmer. 

Always worth checking the code inside the egg box from supermarkets too. You can call eggs ‘farm fresh’ yet they’re laid by caged chickens. A true fresh egg from a happy hen is worth its weight in gold!
Or come and get some from us in the Spring when they start laying more. We don’t sell them but just stick them in an honesty box outside and ask for donations to help with costs. The eggs go very quickly as they’re straight from bum to box fresh.

I really miss my neighbours having chooks, both sides too. Those girls laid so many eggs we couldn't keep up eating them and sourcing egg boxes for them. The ideal Saturday morning was getting out early, fresh crusty load from the bakers and get handed a massive box of hours old eggs. 

I am not against foxes, we keep stealing their habitat and then behave like scum leaving edible food waste everywhere for them however what they do with chickens makes me resent them. They massacred my next door neighbours chooks and just left them. Fuckers are so persistent as their pen was like fort know and one still got in. 

Sad to hear about the chooks.

We've had a couple of fox attacks which resulted in losing a hen and cockerel. We've now gone for an electric fence surrounding Heras fencing etc but it's still not 100% as I spotted a fox getting under the electric fence a while back. He started chasing the hens but the cockerel tried to fight back which gave me enough time to get in there. I ran at the fox screaming 'PUT HIM DOWN!' which, amazingly, the fox did and ran back under the fence.

The latest strategy when we notice fox poo in our garden is to get Mr Tatters to pee in a bucket for a couple of days and then I use one of those big pump action sprayers and walk round the perimeter of the garden spraying.

Carter said:

In terms of male urine keeping foxes away, it does seem to work but every time it rains you have to start again and to make it effective your garden will end up smelling like Selhurst Park. I was pissing into a jerrycan and sloshing that all round the border and frankly it was becoming a rancid chore. I don't have chooks and neither do my neighbours anymore, I feed the foxes now and they don't defecate on my garden which is what I was always after. They are beautiful creatures however nature is so violent and they take their place in the food chain which is above chooks sadly. 

cantersaddick said:

AFKABartram said:

cantersaddick said:

The new guy who's joined my work who keeps calling me "young man". Like fuck off you patronising prick. 

We're the same level, we get paid the same, I'm running your induction. Just stop it. 

I may be 20 years younger than you, I may be relatively young for where I am in my career but I'm 30 in a couple months. I'm hardly a child. I've got the best part of 10 years experience doing what I do and I'm bloody good at it. My age doesn't need to come into it. 

Blimey, these youngsters have some chip their shoulder, don’t they?

:-) 

🙄 

Are you on the Dartford train out of London bridge right now btw? Bloke opposite me looks quite like you! 

Arsenetatters said:

IdleHans said:

Can you not pee in your own bucket, or is Mr Tatters's particularly pungent?
Or are you simply too busy getting a 'big crusty load from the bakers'?
(already wishing I hadn't asked)

Sadly it's only man wee that puts them off

cantersaddick said:

The new guy who's joined my work who keeps calling me "young man". Like fuck off you patronising prick. 

We're the same level, we get paid the same, I'm running your induction. Just stop it. 

I may be 20 years younger than you, I may be relatively young for where I am in my career but I'm 30 in a couple months. I'm hardly a child. I've got the best part of 10 years experience doing what I do and I'm bloody good at it. My age doesn't need to come into it. 

cantersaddick said:

The new guy who's joined my work who keeps calling me "young man". Like fuck off you patronising prick. 

We're the same level, we get paid the same, I'm running your induction. Just stop it. 

I may be 20 years younger than you, I may be relatively young for where I am in my career but I'm 30 in a couple months. I'm hardly a child. I've got the best part of 10 years experience doing what I do and I'm bloody good at it. My age doesn't need to come into it.