AlwaysAVFC Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 On 12/02/2023 at 15:11, Rds1983 said: I think it's a way to try and keep costs down instead if inviting the full class which I can understand. However they could have made an exception. My worry is this becomes a trend with single sex parties. He's a fairly quiet kid and more into doing quiet/imaginative/art play then running around like a loon and as such whilst he's friends with other boys he's not best friends with any of them. He's only young though and suspect a lot will change in the next few years. It helps that me and my Mrs both don't like full class parties. I don't think the eldest got one but her birthday is in August so it's a bit of a minefield who can make it. The youngest had one last year for her 5th while in reception but we won't do a full one this year, just a few friends. The one we did do compared with others was pretty good as we had a magician who entertained them too, puppet, disco, balloon animals. We just had to sort food and drink. He even kept the adults amused and a decent gift for our daughter. Some we've attended (probably cost more than ours) have been awful, lost the attention of the kids which just creates a free for all and the gift for the birthday boy at the weekend was a plastic medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 On the parties theme this is a new entry from yesterday. My daughter is 10 and finishes year 6 in July before starting high school in September. Some of the parents have taken it upon themselves to arrange a party… but they’ve gone full US style prom. It’s expensive, runs till 11pm on a Friday night, red carpet, cars, dresses, sweets, buyable merch like hoodies the lot… for a group of 10 year olds finishing primary school. It really pisses me off. Of course she wants to go and we won’t stop her but it will be causing all kinds of trouble for many families I expect. And the venue they’ve booked is right across the other side of town too. So many people will be really hard up but then they get unnecessary shit like this where they’ll have to either stump up the needed cash, or look like the poor families and face embarrassment. 2 years ago when my son left primary school the school put on a little disco on the last day with food/sweets and they al had a great time. The school offered to do it again but a group of mums decided it wasn’t extravagant enough. I really hope it fails miserably (and they do what the school has aways done). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Parking at hospitals. Not sure how you're supposed to not lift anything when you can't even find a parking space to drop your missing off. You're on your own love! As for the **** word removed who after I drove round the car park for 20 minutes sat in his car, open up his phone and made a call all while I put my indicator on for that space I believe he was vacating as he just sat there for 7 minutes. **** you. **** you , you old entitled boomer word removed. Honestly sick of this country. Sick of inconsiderate arseholes everywhere and they are always a certain age. Me? I get in my car and just get out of people's way. Car park. Petrol station. Wherever. Let me get out your way people! Arseholes!!!!! **** arseholes!!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 2 hours ago, rodders0223 said: Honestly sick of this country. Sick of inconsiderate arseholes everywhere and they are always a certain age. Always, you say? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted February 14, 2023 Moderator Share Posted February 14, 2023 3 hours ago, rodders0223 said: Parking at hospitals. Not sure how you're supposed to not lift anything when you can't even find a parking space to drop your missing off. You're on your own love! As for the **** word removed who after I drove round the car park for 20 minutes sat in his car, open up his phone and made a call all while I put my indicator on for that space I believe he was vacating as he just sat there for 7 minutes. **** you. **** you , you old entitled boomer word removed. Honestly sick of this country. Sick of inconsiderate arseholes everywhere and they are always a certain age. Me? I get in my car and just get out of people's way. Car park. Petrol station. Wherever. Let me get out your way people! Arseholes!!!!! **** arseholes!!!!!! So you made an assumption, you were incorrect in that assumption but it's someone else's fault you were wrong. Sorry but that's how that comes across. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 3 hours ago, rodders0223 said: Parking at hospitals. Not sure how you're supposed to not lift anything when you can't even find a parking space to drop your missing off. You're on your own love! As for the **** word removed who after I drove round the car park for 20 minutes sat in his car, open up his phone and made a call all while I put my indicator on for that space I believe he was vacating as he just sat there for 7 minutes. **** you. **** you , you old entitled boomer word removed. Honestly sick of this country. Sick of inconsiderate arseholes everywhere and they are always a certain age. Me? I get in my car and just get out of people's way. Car park. Petrol station. Wherever. Let me get out your way people! Arseholes!!!!! **** arseholes!!!!!! I think you need to chill, that guy making a phone call sitting in his car, could have been calling a family member to say his wife, son, is still very ill. Petrol station etc I can understand, hospital carpark, you may not be being very considerate yourself. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rds1983 Posted February 14, 2023 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2023 When did 5 year olds start giving out valentines day gifts to each other? Not hand-made cards but actual gifts and boxes of chocolates. The lads come home upset that nobody has given him chocolates (had a card off a best friend on Saturday) and telling us off for not giving him stuff to give out. Apparently about 6 or 7 girls in his class received chocs. They're way too young for that nonsense or pressure. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 The Chichester bypass. Utter dogshit, if there's a worse one in the country I'd be surprised. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Xela Posted February 14, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2023 8 hours ago, Genie said: The school offered to do it again but a group of mums decided it wasn’t extravagant enough. I think that is the crux of it. The kids would be fine with a school disco, i'm sure. Its the parents that want something big, so they can record it and put it on Facebook/Instagram etc. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 3 hours ago, foreveryoung said: I think you need to chill, that guy making a phone call sitting in his car, could have been calling a family member to say his wife, son, is still very ill. Petrol station etc I can understand, hospital carpark, you may not be being very considerate yourself. I agree. I sometimes get back to a pay and display car park, with a coffee, and I just want to sit in my car for a bit, drink my coffee and recover from actually having to interact with people face to face! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brumstopdogs Posted February 14, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2023 Feeling a bit ill at present (VT aids) so probably will continue to work from home now. Monday and Tuesday have dragged and just want to get through the week! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 15, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted February 15, 2023 9 hours ago, Brumstopdogs said: Feeling a bit ill at present (VT aids) so probably will continue to work from home now. Monday and Tuesday have dragged and just want to get through the week! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Stuck in a hotel in frankfurt for a the month which should be enough for this thread, I hate this life, there's 6 of us here from work, the other 5 move out next week to apartments in the city, they go to the restaurant every night, 5 things on the menu, 22€ for a burger and beer so I don't I go in the gym and then eat cold food in my room and watch German TV which at least I've got sky and the PL channel Cos they're leaving I though **** it tonight I'll go to the restaurant then watch the football in the bar... Frankfurt Airport is broken, 160 cancelled flights, lufthansa are using my hotel in the emergency so the restaurant is packed and they've put a buffet on instead, the buffet is **** garbage, the hotel bar doesn't have sky even when the rooms do and worst of all the frankfurt beer which I've been looking forward to the whole time is shite, maybe the first bad beer I've had in years of living here 2 weeks holed up in my room then, I'm not doing that again 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 2 hours ago, villa4europe said: Stuck in a hotel in frankfurt for a the month which should be enough for this thread, I hate this life, there's 6 of us here from work, the other 5 move out next week to apartments in the city, they go to the restaurant every night, 5 things on the menu, 22€ for a burger and beer so I don't I go in the gym and then eat cold food in my room and watch German TV which at least I've got sky and the Porn channel Cos they're leaving I though **** it tonight I'll go to the restaurant then watch the football in the bar... Frankfurt Airport is broken, 160 cancelled flights, lufthansa are using my hotel in the emergency so the restaurant is packed and they've put a buffet on instead, the buffet is **** garbage, the hotel bar doesn't have sky even when the rooms do and worst of all the frankfurt beer which I've been looking forward to the whole time is shite, maybe the first bad beer I've had in years of living here 2 weeks holed up in my room then, I'm not doing that again FFY You'll be alright 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted February 17, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted February 17, 2023 On 15/02/2023 at 15:44, villa4europe said: Stuck in a hotel in frankfurt for a the month which should be enough for this thread, I hate this life, there's 6 of us here from work, the other 5 move out next week to apartments in the city, they go to the restaurant every night, 5 things on the menu, 22€ for a burger and beer so I don't I go in the gym and then eat cold food in my room and watch German TV which at least I've got sky and the PL channel Sounds like the beginning of a detective novel ... and also like the beginning of Apocalypse Now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted February 17, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted February 17, 2023 Maybe this is an American thing, but people at restaurants who say they'll "do" items on the menu. "OK, right, I'll do some guac and I'll do some carne asada and I'll do some pico de gallo." I don't know why, but it ****-ing drives me bonkers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted February 17, 2023 Moderator Share Posted February 17, 2023 5 hours ago, Marka Ragnos said: Maybe this is an American thing, but people at restaurants who say they'll "do" items on the menu. "OK, right, I'll do some guac and I'll do some carne asada and I'll do some pico de gallo." I don't know why, but it ****-ing drives me bonkers. Its very similar to people who get in a cab and say "Can I have Hanover Street." I dunno, how rich are you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted February 17, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted February 17, 2023 5 hours ago, Marka Ragnos said: Maybe this is an American thing, but people at restaurants who say they'll "do" items on the menu. "OK, right, I'll do some guac and I'll do some carne asada and I'll do some pico de gallo." I don't know why, but it ****-ing drives me bonkers. See also travelling: "Yeah I've done Thailand, think I'm going to do Vietnam next." Sounds like checking it off a bloody list, which quite often is probably the case. You're not doing it, you're going there and experiencing and enjoying supposedly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 14 minutes ago, bickster said: Its very similar to people who get in a cab and say "Can I have Hanover Street." I dunno, how rich are you Do you reach down between your legs and pull out a VHS of this Harrison Ford classic? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 17, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted February 17, 2023 6 hours ago, Marka Ragnos said: Maybe this is an American thing, but people at restaurants who say they'll "do" items on the menu. "OK, right, I'll do some guac and I'll do some carne asada and I'll do some pico de gallo." I don't know why, but it ****-ing drives me bonkers. "Can I get...?" for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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