CPOB #89743
Been waiting all flippin' day for a courier to collect my macbook for service and they still haven't freakin' arrived
I live in a very resonant building, and my upstairs neighbours are hyperactive pensioners who never sleep and trample around as if they each weighed a few tons. At all hours. In every room.
You know these scenes in old-timey cartoons where a character has their head stuck in a large bell and someone strikes the bell? It feels kinda like that.
I can't really afford to move, but it looks like I have no choice.
You know these scenes in old-timey cartoons where a character has their head stuck in a large bell and someone strikes the bell? It feels kinda like that.
I can't really afford to move, but it looks like I have no choice.
“Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on.�
I lived next door to a guy who did that about 10 years back. Constant stomping at all hours. He also used to play Bowie's version of See Emily Play while doing so, and I've not been able to listen to the song ever since.
I've no answers, just a boat-load of empathy.
I've no answers, just a boat-load of empathy.
If I told them once, I told them a hundred times to put 'Spinal Tap' first and 'Puppet Show' last.
This actually means a lot to me, since most people I've told about this react with "you're overly dramatic/sensitive/spoilt", so: sincere thanks!mh wrote:I lived next door to a guy who did that about 10 years back. Constant stomping at all hours. He also used to play Bowie's version of See Emily Play while doing so, and I've not been able to listen to the song ever since.
I've no answers, just a boat-load of empathy.
“Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on.�
I have a neighbour below with a hyperactive child.
He tends to wake up at the crack of dawn & runs around the apartment in what appears to be clogs whilst making loud fire engine noises.
He then appears to start bouncing a rubber ball around the place.
His parents aren't much better. They seriously make sure that they shut doors & they sound like they go down the stairs on steel tipped pogo sticks.
This often leads me to crank the subwoofer up a couple of notches & sling on some Ministry or a Michael Bay film.
He tends to wake up at the crack of dawn & runs around the apartment in what appears to be clogs whilst making loud fire engine noises.
He then appears to start bouncing a rubber ball around the place.
His parents aren't much better. They seriously make sure that they shut doors & they sound like they go down the stairs on steel tipped pogo sticks.
This often leads me to crank the subwoofer up a couple of notches & sling on some Ministry or a Michael Bay film.
Oh wow, or rather: oh woe...
Twice when my neighbours were being especially hyperactive I put on Vision Thing, but I doubt the bass travels as well upstairs as it does downstairs.
Twice when my neighbours were being especially hyperactive I put on Vision Thing, but I doubt the bass travels as well upstairs as it does downstairs.
“Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on.�
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a terrible run of jellybeans 
just when i'm gonna give up for the night a nice one comes along and thus starts the vicious cycle once more
just when i'm gonna give up for the night a nice one comes along and thus starts the vicious cycle once more
Goths have feelings too
Is that a euphemism of some kind?paint it black wrote:a terrible run of jellybeans
just when i'm gonna give up for the night a nice one comes along and thus starts the vicious cycle once more
“Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on.�
A ghastly atack of hiccups. It's all my own fault, of course. I have no excuse. And that doesn't make it any easier 
If I told them once, I told them a hundred times to put 'Spinal Tap' first and 'Puppet Show' last.
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A passive agressive note usually works for me.Pista wrote:I have a neighbour below with a hyperactive child.
He tends to wake up at the crack of dawn & runs around the apartment in what appears to be clogs whilst making loud fire engine noises.
He then appears to start bouncing a rubber ball around the place.
His parents aren't much better. They seriously make sure that they shut doors & they sound like they go down the stairs on steel tipped pogo sticks.
This often leads me to crank the subwoofer up a couple of notches & sling on some Ministry or a Michael Bay film.
Where that fails, a horse head is needed.
(EDIT: Side note. What does CPOB stand for? Am I being blind and/or slightly inebriated?)
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Cat Peed On BootsLyanvisAberrant wrote:(EDIT: Side note. What does CPOB stand for? Am I being blind and/or slightly inebriated?)
Child Puked On Blanket
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my eldest cat died today
I don't wanna live like I don't mind
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Sorry to hear that, Emilyemilystrange wrote:my eldest cat died today
"I won't go down in history, but I probably will go down on your sister."
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emilystrange wrote:my eldest cat died today
I has a sad now.
Condolences, Emily.
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my condolences. It leaves a hole that cannot be filled. best wishes x
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there is a grey and white furry absence being felt in this house.
I don't wanna live like I don't mind
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nope, in amongst the strawberry, lemon etc.. are coffee and pepper and aniseedrien wrote:Is that a euphemism of some kind?paint it black wrote:a terrible run of jellybeans
just when i'm gonna give up for the night a nice one comes along and thus starts the vicious cycle once more
Goths have feelings too
I didn't post earlier Ems, and it's just cos I know only too well how much the wee friends matter. Hugs.emilystrange wrote:there is a grey and white furry absence being felt in this house.
If I told them once, I told them a hundred times to put 'Spinal Tap' first and 'Puppet Show' last.
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deepest sympathies and tons of love to you Jo.emilystrange wrote:there is a grey and white furry absence being felt in this house.
our ginger girl has done her second disappearing act in 6 months. first she was gone for 3 months and came back half-starved and terrified. less than two months later she's gone again. 6 week so far. little buggers.
Well I was handsome and I was strong
And I knew the words to every song.
"Did my singing please you?"
"No! The words you sang were wrong!"
And I knew the words to every song.
"Did my singing please you?"
"No! The words you sang were wrong!"
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cpo, since I can't just go to a café or a pub or a bar right now and have a coffee or a beer with a few friends or among strangers ... and a few cigs.
It never occurred to me like today, that they have simply taken away, stolen my culture and there's no return and no reparation or compensation for it.
I feel entirely bereaved. Beyond comfort and substitution. What a f**k of a life.
It never occurred to me like today, that they have simply taken away, stolen my culture and there's no return and no reparation or compensation for it.
I feel entirely bereaved. Beyond comfort and substitution. What a f**k of a life.
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just seen mh's and lee's posts. thanks, lads.
a week later and it's a bit weird. we have two others, but they're still at the out all hours age.
they're not much comfort!
a week later and it's a bit weird. we have two others, but they're still at the out all hours age.
they're not much comfort!
I don't wanna live like I don't mind
I'm sorry if this is an ignorant question, but I'm still relatively new... where are you from/which culture?Being645 wrote:cpo, since I can't just go to a café or a pub or a bar right now and have a coffee or a beer with a few friends or among strangers ... and a few cigs.
It never occurred to me like today, that they have simply taken away, stolen my culture and there's no return and no reparation or compensation for it.
I feel entirely bereaved. Beyond comfort and substitution. What a f**k of a life.
“Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on.�