Roast Grumpy Old Thread- 10k posts of whinging

[ShinbonerBaz]

Back to driving and If you pull out of a side road in front of me when I am on the open highway, then I will give you the benefit of the doubt, maybe you didn't see me, or maybe you misjudged the distance and my closing speed, but if you then proceed to drive 10 to 20ks below the limit, I will show my displeasure when I eventually overtake you..

 

[Gasometer]

Back to driving and If you pull out of a side road in front of me when I am on the open highway, then I will give you the benefit of the doubt, maybe you didn't see me, or maybe you misjudged the distance and my closing speed, but if you then proceed to drive 10 to 20ks below the limit, I will show my displeasure when I eventually overtake you..

Baz moons.

 

[The Other Dean]

Insurance companies.

Any of them.

Happy to take your $$$ then....

campaigners

One day in the not too distant future I will reach the point where I just can't take seeing yet another ****ing insurance ad with Paul ****ing Mercurio's ugly ****ing head on it, telling me I'm a bad human being for not having 36 different types of ****ing insurance, and I will take an axe to my TV.

And then they will laugh as they reject my H&C claim when I try to get them to spring for a new one.

 

[The Other Dean]

If they're into the music it's excellent.. given that the main personnel of The Ramones have been dead from several years it's a bit hard to expect them to buy a shirt at a gig.

Reminds me of my tattoo of Rocket From The Crypt's logo. It gives me a life-long honorary 'free entry pass' to any of their shows.

They split up in 2005.

 

[The Other Dean]

That was my point. Was also alluding to young SB who loves The Ramones and who sometimes wears a similar t-shirt. Pretty sure it didn't come from Target though.

TOD Jr is likewise a Ramones fan.

His t-shirt may have come from Target. :stern look

But he baulks at wearing it because as he so eloquently explains it, "chicks that are into One Direction wear them, dad". As you guys have also highlighted.

(Used to have fun dressing him in band t-shirts when he was a toddler. Sent him off to his first day of creche in a Slayer t-shirt.)

 

[Gasometer]

One day in the not too distant future I will reach the point where I just can't take seeing yet another ****ing insurance ad with Paul ****ing Mercurio's ugly ****ing head on it, telling me I'm a bad human being for not having 36 different types of ****ing insurance, and I will take an axe to my TV.

And then they will laugh as they reject my H&C claim when I try to get them to spring for a new one.

Covered for day surgery but not for ONE onight stay.

How much out of pocket I ask?

$500?

$1000?




$1500?


$2000 ...and add another $1000 with other costs.

Can i upgrade?

Yez but it will be after 12 months.

I have been a member since 1999?

So?

...bottom line, wrong cover. How do I know wat cover it is i have?

Its on our website. Log in. Look for 'communications " and look back to March. It is page 3 in that letter.

That we used to snail mail.

Every move is covered by a rule or condition.

You can't beat the House.

Buyer beware.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Covered for day surgery but not for ONE onight stay.

How much out of pocket I ask?

$500?

$1000?




$1500?


$2000 ...and add another $1000 with other costs.

Can i upgrade?

Yez but it will be after 12 months.

I have been a member since 1999?

So?

...bottom line, wrong cover. How do I know wat cover it is i have?

Its on our website. Log in. Look for 'communications " and look back to March. It is page 3 in that letter.

That we used to snail mail.

Every move is covered by a rule or condition.

You can't beat the House.

Buyer beware.

Ahh health insurance, one of the biggest rip offs know to the Australian family. These people are meant to genuinely care about your health yet they will * you over at every single opportunity just to save a $1.

 

[Harvey Manfrenjensenden]

Why is it called the Chandler Highway? It's a 1.5km bottleneck that is the cause of extreme frustration for me every day as I sit bumper to bumper bemused by the false pretence of free flowing traffic. Please rename this death trap or better still fix our bloody roads.

 

[Mav]

Why is it called the Chandler Highway? It's a 1.5km bottleneck that is the cause of extreme frustration for me every day as I sit bumper to bumper bemused by the false pretence of free flowing traffic. Please rename this death trap or better still fix our bloody roads.

if it was 5 lanes wide, free flowing and full of laughs they would have called it the Joey Hwy.

 

[Twinkletoes]

Ahh health insurance, one of the biggest rip offs know to the Australian family. These people are meant to genuinely care about your health yet they will **** you over at every single opportunity just to save a $1.

On Wednesday I had my regular achilles rehab appointment with the tendon specialist, who I was referred to by my regular local physio mid year. After a half hour of pain from electro shock therapy and re-strapping I went to pay, handing over my BUPA card first followed by my bank card to cover the gap. "Errrrrr you've reached the limit on your BUPA claims for the year unfortunately so you'll have to pay in full today, and for future weekly treatments this calendar year."

"F***ing what? How much?" I asked.

"$165 per appointment, not including the needling and injection additional costs."

GAGF!

 

[utility]

Why is it called the Chandler Highway? It's a 1.5km bottleneck that is the cause of extreme frustration for me every day as I sit bumper to bumper bemused by the false pretence of free flowing traffic. Please rename this death trap or better still fix our bloody roads.

Do you know if there are any plans to build second bridge to remove the bottleneck? I noticed signs up but not sure if the government is doing anything about it. Must be an absolute priority before they start building shitty townhouses/flats/dog boxes there.

 

[utility]

"$165 per appointment, not including the needling and injection additional costs."

GAGF!

Had an appointment with a paediatrician. She measured/weighed my daughter, we talked about weening off dummies, and I'm hit up for $190.

 

[utility]

Seriously Melbourne's roads have gone down the crapper in the last decade with unmanageable levels of population growth. I tend to avoid the inner eastern suburbs for the likelihood I'll either get caught behind/near some oldie travelling 20 k's, wealthy Chinese/immigrant in a Merc/Lexus who cannot drive, get caught behind a tram and morons who don't know how to drive around trams, or just traffic in general.

But I noticed yesterday even the Eastern freeway is terrible. East Link has really stuffed it up for people living in the north eastern suburbs. Travel by train is bliss in comparison, I don't know how people drive to inner city/CBD to get to work, I'd eventually flip out.

 

[see see]

Had an appointment with a paediatrician. She measured/weighed my daughter, we talked about weening off dummies, and I'm hit up for $190.

More importantly, did you work out a timeframe for you to ween off your dummy?

 

[see see]

Unwritten rule: Men should NEVER share an umbrella. No exceptions.

 

[Mav]

Unwritten rule: Men should NEVER share an umbrella. No exceptions.

unless you're a caddie getting paid mega bucks to carry someones bag around a park. Then you can share you're bosses umbrella BUT only to keep your out stretched arm dry!

 

[gokangas]

unless you're a caddie getting paid mega bucks to carry someones bag around a park. Then you can share you're bosses umbrella BUT only to keep your out stretched arm dry!

For several years the highest earning sportsman in NZ was Tiger Wood's caddie. Not a great lover of golf so probably didn't quite understand how important the caddie was, even though I used to be one as a kid at Northern. Used to get paid $2 plus a bag of hot chips and a drink. Best chips ever if I recall. Never knew I was on the cusp of being a millionaire. If only I had paid more attention to the member who's clubs I was towing around.

 

[Mav]

Fricking hate parking meters that only accept coins.

 

[Mav]

For several years the highest earning sportsman in NZ was Tiger Wood's caddie. Not a great lover of golf so probably didn't quite understand how important the caddie was, even though I used to be one as a kid at Northern. Used to get paid $2 plus a bag of hot chips and a drink. Best chips ever if I recall. Never knew I was on the cusp of being a millionaire. If only I had paid more attention to the member who's clubs I was towing around.

He now caddies for Scott ( the good one, not the one that should go bye bye.) for half a dozen tournaments a year. Scott got him to come out of retirment just to help him win another major. A good caddie can make a big difference.

I used to do the same as kid...funny how the guy driving the best car didn't give the best tip.

 

[gokangas]

I used to do the same as kid...funny how the guy driving the best car didn't give the best tip.

So true - most of the couple of years I walked around I had a regular booking. Can't remember him now but from memory he was ok. Kids all got the same deal. About $2 and lunch out the back door of the kitchen of the members dining room.

 

[Harvey Manfrenjensenden]

Do you know if there are any plans to build second bridge to remove the bottleneck? I noticed signs up but not sure if the government is doing anything about it. Must be an absolute priority before they start building shitty townhouses/flats/dog boxes there.

https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/planning-and-projects/melbourne-road-projects/chandler-highway-kew
It's a pipe dream and the residents are already complaining

 

[Harvey Manfrenjensenden]

Unwritten rule: Men should NEVER share an umbrella. No exceptions.

Grown men don't use umbrella's surely. It's just water

 

[Hojuman]

Call me grumpy......but.....waiting for ch.10 sports report and they had the inevitable promo. " Super-star Ed Sheeran " was to be a guest on some crappy show.

Now either " Ed " is writing his own intro's, or, " Ed " has joined the pantheon of legends i.e. The Stones, Led Zeppelin, Bowie, Pink Floyd, Hendrix, Cream, ( you get my drift....)

 

[Benno_900]

campaigners at work who only fill the printer with enough paper to cover what they need and leave the rest of it just sitting there.

Use the whole ******* bundle you dick. It's less effort.

 

[Arden]

Back to driving and If you pull out of a side road in front of me when I am on the open highway, then I will give you the benefit of the doubt, maybe you didn't see me, or maybe you misjudged the distance and my closing speed, but if you then proceed to drive 10 to 20ks below the limit, I will show my displeasure when I eventually overtake you..

Or the flog who drives 10-20 below the speed limit but upon seeing an orange light, floors it, just making it through and leaving you stuck at the red.