Seemingly trivial things that elicit an emotional response of some kind

[Ian H]

Old age seems to have made me more lachrymose. Music, film, poetry or prose can all do it.

But I am stupidly pleased when the latest magazine comes and this ad is again in the back (if you go to the website you will find it is truly, wonderfully awful).

 

[BoldonLad]

"Road Closed"
When it isn't. Drove (Car) somewhere 30 miles away today and having stupidly followed diversions (that only divert you away from the "Road Closed") on return journey decided to ignore the "Road Closed" signs and across entire journey there were 5 road closures some with some without diversions and on every single one there was no road closure. 4 of the 5 didn't even have roadworks and no sign of any repairs to the road surface just one where Anglian Water had screened off less than a third of the road though nobody working there.

I'm used on the bike to ignore these closures s 90% of the time there is a way through but today, in the car so many and without even roadworks.

I can appreciate signs have to go up before they actually start digging their holes but it's Friday and after lunch so no new roadworks starting.

Didn't we have a Prime Minister who decreed an end to these "ghost" Road works and road closures?, it was a long time ago now, my memory may be hazy, but I think his name was Tony something or other, late 1990s era

 

[icowden]

I can appreciate signs have to go up before they actually start digging their holes but it's Friday and after lunch so no new roadworks starting.

Round our way they are doing that experiment in reverse. They close off the bit they are resurfacing and only get round to putting up the diversion signs a couple of hours later. Worst one was trying to get to tesco, drove up one of the parallel linking roads - it was dark but there was clearly a traffic light at the end...

BEHIND A ROAD CLOSURE AND ROW OF CONES

Why the f***ity f*ck f*ck would you point a working traffic light down a road behind a road closure? Everyone was driving up and having to try and do three point turns in a very busy double parked road.

 

[Beebo]

I blame Cher.

If only we could turn back time.

 

[Pross]

Got home from a week’s holiday to find maggots and flies, presumably from something dead in the chimney / wall cavity. Response: revulsion

Went to check if the neighbour was having the same issue to have no answer but noticed their house was full of flies. A quick check with other neighbours revealed no-one has seen her recently. Called the police who eventually broke in and found her and her two cats dead. My revulsion is now no longer trivial.

The wife is feeling guilty even though we were away for the last week. I always suspected this would happen as the neighbour has been alone since her partner died, has been ill for years and has no relatives but whenever we or our other neighbours tried to check on her or help she either wouldn’t answer the door or would be sarcastic/ rude.

 

[briantrumpet]

Ugh, on several fronts. Doesn't sound like there's anything anyone could have done without forcing her against her will, but even so, deeply unpleasant.

 

[Pross]

Ugh, on several fronts. Doesn't sound like there's anything anyone could have done without forcing her against her will, but even so, deeply unpleasant.

Yep. The thing we’re not sure about now is who is going to go in and clean up. Apparently it is the family’s responsibility but we’re not sure if she has any (her partner had kids but we never saw them after she died about 10 years ago). If no family then it falls on the Council but I don’t know who notifies them and how long they’ll take. It’s not nice still getting some maggots and flies coming through the fireplace and knowing where they’ve come from. Hopefully now the source has been removed (hopefully the cats got taken away too) this will be the final hatch.

 

[Pross]

More trivial this time - annoyance that the GB athletes in the athletics appear to have a choice of two different kits making them hard to identify. There are quite often two athletes in a race wearing different kits.

 

[BoldonLad]

Yep. The thing we’re not sure about now is who is going to go in and clean up. Apparently it is the family’s responsibility but we’re not sure if she has any (her partner had kids but we never saw them after she died about 10 years ago). If no family then it falls on the Council but I don’t know who notifies them and how long they’ll take. It’s not nice still getting some maggots and flies coming through the fireplace and knowing where they’ve come from. Hopefully now the source has been removed (hopefully the cats got taken away too) this will be the final hatch.

I would guess it will be a Social Services "Issue", whilst not pleasant, I am sure your neighbour is not the only person to. die in such circumstances. One would guess that there is a mechanism for Police to pass the baton to Social Services.

 

[briantrumpet]

I would guess it will be a Social Services "Issue", whilst not pleasant, I am sure your neighbour is not the only person to. die in such circumstances. One would guess that there is a mechanism for Police to pass the baton to Social Services.

I did ask Copilot, but the answer just waffles 'something something' about the local council and "environmental cleansing services". I would have thought that the local council would be the first point of call as an environmental health issue. Grim.

 

[Rusty Nails]

I did ask Copilot, but the answer just waffles 'something something' about the local council and "environmental cleansing services". I would have thought that the local council would be the first point of call as an environmental health issue. Grim.

A friend of mine set up a company that, among other things, cleaned up properties where such a thing happened. Not a job for the squeamish.

 

[Pross]

I did ask Copilot, but the answer just waffles 'something something' about the local council and "environmental cleansing services". I would have thought that the local council would be the first point of call as an environmental health issue. Grim.

The police have reported it to the Council and they should send a hazmat cleaning team out but unlikely anything will get put in place until after the weekend. Luckily we have someone on the inside with the local constabulary that is able to give us information. It sounds like it was pretty grim, the pet cat was described as having been very resourceful in trying to stay alive. Make of that what you will!

 

[BoldonLad]

The police have reported it to the Council and they should send a hazmat cleaning team out but unlikely anything will get put in place until after the weekend. Luckily we have someone on the inside with the local constabulary that is able to give us information. It sounds like it was pretty grim, the pet cat was described as having been very resourceful in trying to stay alive. Make of that what you will!

Despite what people may think, your pet cat is not your friend? 😊

 

[briantrumpet]

The police have reported it to the Council and they should send a hazmat cleaning team out but unlikely anything will get put in place until after the weekend. Luckily we have someone on the inside with the local constabulary that is able to give us information. It sounds like it was pretty grim, the pet cat was described as having been very resourceful in trying to stay alive. Make of that what you will!

I have quite a strong stomach for many things (having been in dairy farming for 14 years, you get to see quite a lot of 'stuff'), but that sounds distinctly 🤢🤮

It does make one wonder how long the cat waited before saying "Oh sod it, she'll do, let's start with the soft stuff."

 

[Xipe Totec]

Despite what people may think, your pet cat is not your friend? 😊

Reminds me of what the late John Entwistle of The 'Oo apparently said - that you can never really know if your dog loves you - if you stopped feeding it, it would eat you.

Although I don't think that's what killed him.