Minor complaints thread (9 Viewers)

[therealjohnny]

Gig tonight in Dublin. Long drive there. Expensive parking. Pain in the arse to get the gear to the venue. Soundcheck before 8 but we wont be on until 11.00. Won't get out until 12:30. Gear back in the van. Long drive home. No pints. Pay is a pittance.

Not feelin' it.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

Cover gig Johnny?

 

[therealjohnny]

It's a shit business

 

[therealjohnny]

Cover gig Johnny?

yeah. In the back of a pub. Can't say I'm looking forward to it.

 

[Unicron]

Gig tonight in Dublin. Long drive there. Expensive parking. Pain in the arse to get the gear to the venue. Soundcheck before 8 but we wont be on until 11.00. Won't get out until 12:30. Gear back in the van. Long drive home. No pints. Pay is a pittance.

Not feelin' it.

Why are you paying for parking after 7pm?

 

[therealjohnny]

Why are you paying for parking after 7pm?

Is it free on street? I always use the car parks

 

[Unicron]

Is it free on street? I always use the car parks

Yeah, unless it's a residential street where the locals have made a special request pretty much everywhere in the city centre is free from 7PM, check the signs just in case.

If you're slightly further out some are from from half 4

 

[therealjohnny]

Thanks. I wasn't aware of this!

 

[Unicron]

Thanks. I wasn't aware of this!

No problem, happy parking.

Don't come running to me if you get broken in to.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

yeah. In the back of a pub. Can't say I'm looking forward to it.

You definitely earn your money doing those type of gigs.

 

[hydromancer]

Gig tonight in Dublin. Long drive there. Expensive parking. Pain in the arse to get the gear to the venue. Soundcheck before 8 but we wont be on until 11.00. Won't get out until 12:30. Gear back in the van. Long drive home. No pints. Pay is a pittance.

Not feelin' it.

Just imagine that you are Varadkar and that your guitar is the Irish economy.

 

[therealjohnny]

You definitely earn your money doing those type of gigs.

we're not that good. we get paid fuck all

 

[therealjohnny]

No problem, happy parking.

Don't come running to me if you get broken in to.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

we're not that good. we get paid fuck all

What I mean is it's hard work.

 

[hugh]

Update: garage said they can fit a generic one on Wednesday so looks like we are getting our car back.

By the way, I don't think it's ALL catalytic converters that are getting robbed. We have a pre-2010 Toyota hybrid and they are the ones getting ripped off left right and centre. Not sure if it's because the cat (that's how in-the-know car-types abbreviate it by the way) is easier to remove from those cars or because the later ones don't have the metal it them that's valuable.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Update: garage said they can fit a generic one on Wednesday so looks like we are getting our car back.

By the way, I don't think it's ALL catalytic converters that are getting robbed. We have a pre-2010 Toyota hybrid and they are the ones getting ripped off left right and centre. Not sure if it's because the cat (that's how in-the-know car-types abbreviate it by the way) is easier to remove from those cars or because the later ones don't have the metal it them that's valuable.

From what I heard on Joe Duffy - who's had a few shows on this, so it's absolutely rampant - they tend to target Toyotas and Mercedes Sprinters - for their Palladium ( I think )
And they like like SUVs (higher off the ground) - but they will bring a jack for a Prius.

Not everyone's reporting it to insurance and the Gards aren't logging the reported thefts the same way in their system (frustrating) so it's hard to say just how bad it is.
But it's apparently explodedin the past 1 - 2 years.
And it's easy as pie for them - takes about a minute.


Really sorry, man. It's galling.

 

[therealjohnny]

The missus managed to burn a pan of popcorn this morning. The whole house smells of it. I tried to clean the pan and now I smell of it. The dogs smell of it. The cat smells of it.
It's one of my most hated smells.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

The missus managed to burn a pan of popcorn this morning. The whole house smells of it. I tried to clean the pan and now I smell of it. The dogs smell of it. The cat smells of it.
It's one of my most hated smells.

Fresh popcorn is one of the best smells. Burnt popcorn smells like heartache and failure.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

If gemma pledges to ban popcorn in public places I'll vote for her

 

[therealjohnny]

Fresh popcorn is one of the best smells. Burnt popcorn smells like heartache and failure.

I don't like the fresh smell either. It kind of turns my stomach.