Heartland

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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

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

Is that a euphemism of some kind?

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

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.

A passive agressive note usually works for me.

Where that fails, a horse head is needed.

(EDIT: Side note. What does CPOB stand for? Am I being blind and/or slightly inebriated?)

LyanvisAberrant wrote:(EDIT: Side note. What does CPOB stand for? Am I being blind and/or slightly inebriated?)

Cat Peed On Boots
Child Puked On Blanket
Corporate, Professional, & Organisational Bullshit

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Currently Pissed Off By

my eldest cat died today

emilystrange wrote:my eldest cat died today

Sorry to hear that, Emily

emilystrange wrote:my eldest cat died today

I has a sad now.

emilystrange wrote:my eldest cat died today

Oh. Sad to hear that ... ...

Condolences, Emily.

my condolences. It leaves a hole that cannot be filled. best wishes x

there is a grey and white furry absence being felt in this house.

emilystrange wrote:my eldest cat died today

Condolences Emily.

rien wrote:

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

Is that a euphemism of some kind?

nope, in amongst the strawberry, lemon etc.. are coffee and pepper and aniseed

emilystrange wrote:there is a grey and white furry absence being felt in this house.

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.

deepest sympathies and tons of love to you Jo.

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.

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.

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!

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.

I'm sorry if this is an ignorant question, but I'm still relatively new... where are you from/which culture?