Grumble Thread

[LMcD]

I honestly hadn't realised how much I've been missing by not having a television It may be that girls and women react more spontaneously than men, but OMG (which maye be considered a mild profanity by some) has simply replaced Gosh! Golly! Gordon Bennett! Gorblimey! Crikey! Cripes! Crumbs! Some are possibly used (if at all nowadays) more by men than women. I suspect the words more used by men are simply kept off the television screens and seldom encountered unless people frequent certain environments.

'Wow' and 'Amazing' are pretty popular.

[gurnemanz]

I honestly hadn't realised how much I've been missing by not having a television It may be that girls and women react more spontaneously than men, but OMG (which maye be considered a mild profanity by some) has simply replaced Gosh! Golly! Gordon Bennett! Gorblimey! Crikey! Cripes! Crumbs! Some are possibly used (if at all nowadays) more by men than women. I suspect the words more used by men are simply kept off the television screens and seldom encountered unless people frequent certain environments.

Thinking about it, it is not impossible that I might utter 'ohmygod' but it would probably come out in an exaggerated voice, maybe with a put-on American accent indicating that I am just borrowing the phrase for whimsical effect. As a square 70 something bloke, it would be odd if it were part of my normal usage.

[Ein Heldenleben]

I honestly hadn't realised how much I've been missing by not having a television It may be that girls and women react more spontaneously than men, but OMG (which maye be considered a mild profanity by some) has simply replaced Gosh! Golly! Gordon Bennett! Gorblimey! Crikey! Cripes! Crumbs! Some are possibly used (if at all nowadays) more by men than women. I suspect the words more used by men are simply kept off the television screens and seldom encountered unless people frequent certain environments.

It’s used a lot by American women. It carries much more force over there as the majority of Americans are Christians.

[french frank]

It’s used a lot by American women. It carries much more force over there as the majority of Americans are Christians.

Only the men are Christians?

Or only the women?

[Jonathan]

I have a cold, first time in 3 years

Not happy.

But, under the heading of good news, the two fraudulent reviews of my first book on Amazon have been expunged! Great

[smittims]

' you've been watching Neighbours too much, smittims! Just as listening to Woman's Hour reinforces your perceptions about feminists. Does that make sense?[/QUOTE]

It makes sense but it's not accurate . I don't recall,anyone saying 'OmyGod' inn Neighbours , but the girls I hear saying it have been watching Friends .

Woman's Hour tells me what feminists are saying, not what I think about them.

My O-H still says 'Gordon Bennett'. I still say 'By Jove'.

[LMcD]

' you've been watching Neighbours too much, smittims! Just as listening to Woman's Hour reinforces your perceptions about feminists. Does that make sense?

It makes sense but it's not accurate . I don't recall,anyone saying 'OmyGod' inn Neighbours , but the girls I hear saying it have been watching Friends .

Woman's Hour tells me what feminists are saying, not what I think about them.

My O-H still says 'Gordon Bennett'. I still say 'By Jove'.

[/QUOTE]

Amazon has abandoned Neighbours 2.0, so the last-ever episode, which was filmed in July, will be shown in the UK on Channel 5 in December.

[teamsaint]

I have a cold, first time in 3 years

Not happy.

But, under the heading of good news, the two fraudulent reviews of my first book on Amazon have been expunged! Great

Oh well done on the reviews thing. not easy to do.

[french frank]

It makes sense but it's not accurate . I don't recall,anyone saying 'OmyGod' inn Neighbours , but the girls I hear saying it have been watching Friends .

I only picked on those two examples because you've mentioned that you watch/listen to them. I've never watched Neighbours or Friends. Or EastEnders (how out of touch can anyone be?). Or listened to Woman's Hour. They're outside my fields of interest.

Woman's Hour tells me what feminists are saying, not what I think about them.

But are they 'feminists' at all or are they just putting the 'woman's point of view' - that might be expected in a programme called Woman's Hour - and you equate that with feminism?

My O-H still says 'Gordon Bennett'. I still say 'By Jove'.

Pagan!

Commiserations to Jonathan on his cold (and rejoicings on his Amazon result) to get back to the topic .

[smittims]

No, they are self-confessed feminists , the ones I mention anyway.

What is 'the woman's point of view' anyway? There are millions , billions of women. I suspect that many of them are not feminists in the Mary Beard sense and wish they would shut up . More on this if you wish.

[french frank]

No, they are self-confessed feminists , the ones I mention anyway.

What is 'the woman's point of view' anyway? There are millions , billions of women. I suspect that many of them are not feminists in the Mary Beard sense and wish they would shut up . More on this if you wish.

No more please as I should have a problem verifying what you say.

Also we'll become the source of a new Grumble

[eighthobstruction]

No more please as I should have a problem verifying what you say.

Also we'll become the source of a new Grumble

....I;m weighing it up....I thought it was all sorted.... in the 80's....it was certainly sorted in our family - "women could be right"....period

[Jonathan]

Thanks FF - it's the first time I've had a cold in 3 years so I'm extra annoyed about it!

[Old Grumpy]

Got my letter yesterday telling me I was about to receive a Winter Fuel Supplement of £200 into my bank account. Lower down the page it said this was because I was 1) over 65 and 2) no one else in my house would be receiving it.

Turn over the letter- on the other side it says the full amount will be recovered by HMRC for anyone with an income over £35,000.

SO - why send it to me in the first place?

[Pulcinella]

Got my letter yesterday telling me I was about to receive a Winter Fuel Supplement of £200 into my bank account. Lower down the page it said this was because I was 1) over 65 and 2) no one else in my house would be receiving it.

Turn over the letter- on the other side it says the full amount will be recovered by HMRC for anyone with an income over £35,000.

SO - why send it to me in the first place?

To say nothing about the cost of all the administration. Can DWP not talk to HMRC before issuing the payments?
Presumably it will be collected by a change in your tax code, so in monthly instalments over next tax year.
Treat it as a kindly interest-free loan from HMG.