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Once upon a time there were thr …. Sorry! That’s a fairy tale but this is not.

Toothpaste! Or more precisely the tube that it comes in.

Not too many years ago toothpaste came in a tube made from an alloy of lead and something, probably zinc. There was probably a thin coating of something on the inside to prevent the lead content of the tube from leaching into the toothpaste and poisoning the user.

As most of the toothpaste was used up you could place the tube on a flat surface and with the handle of the toothbrush push the remnants towards the neck. And then to prevent the contents oozing back down the tube you rolled or folded it up from the bottom. Or as we used to do, is very carefully put the tube part way through a mangle.

Don’t ask what happens if you put it through too far. You don’t really want to know. On the other hand. BANG!!!! Ooooo! What a gooey mess on the floor, the walls and anything else that happened to be within range, like a passing cat or with a bit of luck the mother-in-law, who came for an afternoon visit and was still around several years later.

Today all the tubes are plastic with a memory akin to that of Leslie Welch. Only old gits like myself or apprentice geriatrics, again like myself, are likely to remember him. I’ll leave it to one of them to explain if they’ve a mind to. In other words no sooner have you folded the tube to trap the toothpaste near the neck it just about instantly unrolls thus negating your efforts.

It’s called progress I suppose.

What is your life’s little annoyance?

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I can't stand people who stand at bus stops for 10 minutes waiting for a bus, and then when the bus arrives and they get on, spend another 10 minutes rooting around for their Travelcard. Why can't they keep it handy and stop delaying (and annoying) the rest of us!

Also those idiots at London bus stops, where each one has a route map for each bus that stops there, asking "Does this bus go to .........?" Can't they read? - and it says on the front where it's going.

Grrrrrrr - however, at least I am now officially an grousy old git!

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The worst offender of this modern 'built in memory' products jambutty is the modest crisp packet, as most squares will only fold 7 times anyway these rascals will return to normal in less than 30 seconds. I find the easyest way is to fold them in 4 and wedge them under the ash tray. What happens when the smoking ban kicks in?

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I had a box of chocolates given to me last Xmas but one and it looked like it only had one layer so when that eventually got emptied I picked it up ready to throw in the bin.

I don’t why but something made my lift the empty layer to reveal another layer underneath.

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Hi Pendy!!!!! (David may be slightly bacon-deprived, but my deprivation is near-total)

Moan, moan, whine, whinge! (of course, you are accustomed to that at home!):cool:

Just your luck then, as far as the folks at the bus stop are concerned, to live just where many tourists board their very first London bus! All those big tourist hotels house first-timers in London on package tours! The route maps are very good, especially if you know a bit about London geography, but they don't necessarily list the places tourists wish to go.

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Once upon a time I saw somebody fold one up in to a triangle shape which folded in on itself and held itself together, rather cool and compact!

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I hate trying to get to the bottom of my peanut butter and jelly jars. I was raised to get every bit out of every type container. My dad used to have us put water in the almost empty ketchup bottle to get that last precious drop out but I again digress. I just hate getting jelly and/or peanut biutter on my hands as I dig down to the bottom of the barrel!

Brian

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Barrel ! know you do things bigger than we do, however, do we have a language difference here ?? ... :D

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Toothpast tubes Jambutty .. problem with those metal ones were that they always seemed to split ... and toothpaste oozed out of these splits as well as the top. I get pump ones .. much easier, except on the odd occasion they don't pump from new.

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Yeah Kate, bottom of the barrel is just an expression for getting to the end of something. Although . . . it seems that Costcos around here sell practically barrels of mustard and mayonnaise!:)

If I used those pump type of anything, I find myself (okay VERY embarrassing) cutting into them when they seem to be done to "get to the bottom of the barrel":D :p :D

Brian

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I hate it when you're waiting at the cash machine (ATM), & just as you think that the person in front of you has finished their transaction....

















They insert another card.

:mad:

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things that annoy me are people who walk slow in town! or suddenly walk in front of you then look at you like its your fault!!!!!!!
also people who live above there station! when they more common than I am:D

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Gave up on that problem years ago. Finally figured out that my time was much more valuable than that last dab of peanut butter.

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We war babies became experts on getting the last tiny morsel of something out of a jar. It took skill and patience.

Like you Brian I used to put a drop of hot water in the bottle but not when it was nearly empty but when there was about an inch of stuff in the bottom.

Then for more years than I care to remember, when the ketchup/sauce/salad cream got down to near the bottom I would stand the bottle upside down. It seems like my method has caught on because we can now buy upside down bottles of stuff.

And finally another drop of hot water and carefully stood the near empty bottle on a new bottle that had been used once or twice. This usually got the very last drop of sauce out of it.

You’re right katex the old tube could split especially in the mangle.

Incidentally Billcat our phrase is “scraping the barrel” meaning the same thing.

One other annoyance is when I following someone else with a supermarket trolley they stop and as I start to pass they set off again.

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I solved the squishy toothpaste tube problem ages ago. The answer is a large bulldog clip, fold the tube up from the bottom then fasten the clip on. Be careful to get your fingers out of the way first as trapping them can produce a nasty blood-blister and a few choice expletives. :D

My pet annoyance is sqeezy bottles of Fairy liquid that, when empty to the point that no more will come out, still have a thick film of detergent round the inside of the bottle - enough to wash up after a banquet. As the cap is, by now, glued on with dried out Fairy gunge the only way to use this detergent is to trickle enough water from the trap down the half centimeter hole in the top. This can result in an impromptu shower/shampoo and a lot of bubbles floating in the air. These bubbles have a direction-finder aimed at the eyes or, in my case the glasses, which temporarily blinds you either by stinging or lens-coating. This leads to you dropping the bottle on the floor and then the detergent will come out - oh yes - everywhere.

It is for the above reasons that, 4 years ago, I bought a dish-washer. :mad:

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I use Fairy liquid for washing up but once in a while I wipe the top clean of gunge.

Then when the liquid is getting down to a few millimetres I close the cap and stand it upside down.

To use, carefully hold the bottle sideways, flick the cap open squeeze some out and replace cap and stand upside down again.

It works for me.

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Incidentally Billcat our phrase is “scraping the barrel” meaning the same thing.

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Not quite Jambutty, 'scraping the bottom of the barrel' has always, meant to me', accepting less than what you really wanted; the least desirable. .;)

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Landlubber!:rolleyes:

Scrapping the barrel originated in the old sailing ships of many years gone by to mean getting the last item out of the barrel.

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Life's too short!...... I'll stick with the dishwasher. :D

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Going back to tomato ketchup and even H.P. sauce,,, try a little viniger instead of water ,it dosent weaken the taste,,

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Trying to open a packet of biscuits ) particularly Ginger Nuts for some reason, without breaking the first few into smithereens!

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I use a sharp knife to slice off the top.

It works for me.

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I seem to remember jambutty posting about over 65s practicing this just to annoy the younger end, apologies if i'm wrong jambutty.

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I hate it when people slag you off on another website, probably thinking that you wouldn't look there in the first place! :mad:

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oooh i would never do that.....

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Actually Ianto.W. it wasn’t stopping and chatting it was walking slowly and swerving from side to side in a supermarket aisle. The same as practicing standing at my front door waving a stick and shouting at kids playing in the street. Tongue in cheek!

I am the epitome of good manners in a supermarket. I look over my shoulder before moving off with my trolley and I don’t gaze at the shelves and carry on walking like many women do and in doing so they generally try to break my legs. When I approach a bottleneck and there is someone coming the other way I wave them through. This action does seem to upset anyone behind me though. I have my money ready to pay at the checkout, although it is not unknown for me to tease the checkout lady a little but it doesn’t hold things up. One of these days when the checkout girl ends our encounter with “see you later” I’m going to reply something like, “Ok! Where and when?”

I know that I can’t walk as fast as other people so I keep my trolley and me close into the side to allow others to pass me without hindrance.

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Its annoying when I make a brew, and at the very end, find we have no sugar.:mad:

Also going to the garage for petrol, filing up finding I have no form of payment becasue I have left my cards at home, is my recent trick.

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Ooooo, why don't you ask other people on this thread?

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I am really annoyed that I have just written what I thougt was a decent piece of literature on Cashman's thread re. 'scary movies' and hit some sort of key that has deleted it, and can't find it now.

Was about Edgar Allen Poe's subject of catalepsy and scratching yer nails against the silk worms arduos toil to produce the satin-lined coffin lid to gain exit .. only to fail, and be discovered at a later date with blooded hands and fearful expression on one's face. :mad:

Gotta' be around somewhere ..but where ?? grrrrrrrh.

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we may never know Katex.. perhap it my be lost in the throws of time.. were ye.. no man ney woman can contemplate.. but soft ! what thou whisper my take.. tis in anything goes section thwot man created..

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Bread!

Once upon a time bread was delivered to Asda in the bakery’s trays and these were stacked on a trolley and rolled into place. People would help themselves and were almost sure of picking a loaf that hadn’t been squeezed, although I have seen some people squeeze a loaf to see if it were fresh and then choose another one. A word to those people! The sticker on each loaf with the sell by and use by dates clearly displayed is a dead give away on how fresh the bread is.

Some time ago in its infernal wisdom Asda decided to get their shelf stockers to remove the bread from the bakery’s trays and ram the loaves onto a shelf. Thus handling each loaf and in doing so distorting its shape. Being fresh any squeeze at the loaf left it squeezed and that meant that the slices had an hourglass figure or were misshapen.

Yeh! I know! I’m a whinging old git but surely the customer is entitled to receive a loaf of bread in the same condition as it left the bakery?

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What really annoys me as well is when people park out side your house when they dont even live on the street and then you have to park at the top cuz there are no god damn spaces!!!:mad: ....:D