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What really grinds your gears?

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runningmumof3boys Sep 2010 1:24pm, 7 Sep 2010 207 posts	Quote Pin runningmumof3boys i hate the way my mum and law tells the time- 5.25 (25 passed 5 ) for example she says something like 5 and 20 passed 5!! biggest bug bear- when my husband puts the ironing board away and i say he always then stands it upside down- i say the wide part where the iron sits should go at the top (because im right handed) and its easier for me to open it that way- he says there is no right and wrong way for it to stand haha i even wrote in parker pen TOP and BOTTOM on the legs so he wouldnt do it wrong (not that im a control freak or anything)
GregP Sep 2010 1:29pm, 7 Sep 2010 36,042 posts	Quote Pin GregP Look, we've got a really good OTDIFH being ignored and I've got a meeting in 30 minutes. Can we talk about this later? Thanks. But there is a right way up for an ironing board on its side - and the pointy bit is at the top. Factoid.
runningmumof3boys Sep 2010 1:33pm, 7 Sep 2010 208 posts	Quote Pin runningmumof3boys aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggggghhh thats the bottom.factoid.....i may have to google it
CStar Sep 2010 1:43pm, 7 Sep 2010 272 posts	Quote Pin CStar I'm with you RMof3.
Mrs Winkle Sep 2010 1:46pm, 7 Sep 2010 1,851 posts	Quote Pin Mrs Winkle Me too - Mr W always tells me I put the ironing board in the cupboard upside down, but HE is. Grrr.
JenL Sep 2010 1:53pm, 7 Sep 2010 12,733 posts	Quote Pin JenL I think the best way to solve the above problem is for ironing to become a banned activity. According to Rose Tremain (Music and Silence), this worked for knitting in early-17C Denmark so there's sort of a precedent.
TooLilac Sep 2010 1:54pm, 7 Sep 2010 1,228 posts	Quote Pin TooLilac going out for a lunchtime run and being chased over a field by a farmer shouting "Get orf my land!" So now I'm stuck in an office, on a business park, in the *rse end of nowhere. I can see the public cycle lane from my office, but there's no way to get to or from it.
JenL Sep 2010 1:55pm, 7 Sep 2010 12,734 posts	Quote Pin JenL You should have shouted back that you were going as fast as you could
zimmerframe Sep 2010 1:59pm, 7 Sep 2010 1,481 posts	Quote Pin zimmerframe builders who block my toilet by putting half a toilet roll down it! i mean really is your arse that dirty?
TooLilac Sep 2010 2:00pm, 7 Sep 2010 1,229 posts	Quote Pin TooLilac I couldn't shout at him Jen - that was the only way back to the office ! Running tracks all around, but no way of running on them