Hard to please OAPs

[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

ITV program

[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

Is anybody watching Hard to please OAPs, it sort of reminds me of most of us

Martin P

[larry phelan 1Participant @larryphelan1]

I am not hard to please,as long as I get what I want,I,m happy.

If I get it for nothing,all the better.!

Again,sounds like most of us !!.

[Andrew TinsleyParticipant @andrewtinsley63637]

My name amongst the family is Grumps, just about say it all.

Andrew.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

They approached us about basing an episode on this forum, but I said the members would kick up a fuss…

[RMAParticipant @rma]

Being a fully paid up member of said group I can relate to some of the problems however, we must remember this is an 'entertainment' show and I certainly don't believe all I see in any of them, they are never truly candid. I discovered recently that the show 'A New Place in the Sun' suffers from extremely bad editing and untruths. I know one of the areas extremely well and there was some very creative editing and narrative! Still watch though, just take it all with a pinch of salt!

[CirclipParticipant @circlip]

Sadly, we are classed as Grumps by the youfs cos they haven't the ****s to complain about even small injustices. Lets face it, it's OUR generation that's caused the present deadlock.

Regards Ian.

[Peter G. ShawParticipant @peterg-shaw75338]

Disagree Ian, MY generation, ie the old & wrinklies, would have had it sorted by now. It's the generation between my generation and the youfs that are messing things up.

Cheers,

Peter G. Shaw.

[Tony Pratt 1Participant @tonypratt1]

Posted by Peter G. Shaw on 16/04/2019 11:48:10:

Disagree Ian, MY generation, ie the old & wrinklies, would have had it sorted by now. It's the generation between my generation and the youfs that are messing things up.

Cheers,

Peter G. Shaw.

Totally agree Peter!!!!

Tony

[Nigel Graham 2Participant @nigelgraham2]

Since when has there ever been a generation that hasn't mucked at least something up?

There was a conversation rather like this recently, in my caving club. After we'd put caving's internal "politics" to right, someone pointed out we'd had a good old grumble, then wondered,

"What's the collective noun for === === Club members?"

The reply recalled a few times since, was, "A Grump of [===]!"

Naturally, Club name deleted to protect the innocent.

Right, so what's the equivalent here?

[pgk pgkParticipant @pgkpgk17461]

Posted by Nigel Graham 2 on 16/04/2019 14:33:46:

Right, so what's the equivalent here?

You've set me up…
A murmuration of complainants

A murder of groans

A gaggle of grumblers

A batch of bodgers

A vineyard of whiners

…..

pgk

[Mike PooleParticipant @mikepoole82104]

I don’t believe it.

Mike

[Peter G. ShawParticipant @peterg-shaw75338]

Well, I've just watched episode 2, and I think a lot of good sense was said, eg, who is interested in that you've just changed your sheets? Or all the other minutae of your humdrum life. Or selfies? To whom are they going to be of interest? Fighting the car park machine – been there and done that, although I did succeed. Those rings, and I suppose anything else like that – a total waste of time. Well, not actually, as they may speed up transactions, but how do you keep a track of what you've spent? Remember, look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves. Robots? Daughter has an early iRobot and for some reason it failed to charge the lithium battery so she bought an expensive replacement battery. All the old one needed was a bit of a charge just to get the volts up, and then it was ok.

So yes, I've a lot of sympathy with (and agreement with) the views expressed in the program.

Mind you, as a confirmed camper & caravanner for over 60 years, next week's program should be quite funny.

Yours grumpily,

Peter G. Shaw

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Edited By Peter G. Shaw on 16/04/2019 21:10:15

Edited By Peter G. Shaw on 16/04/2019 21:10:37

[CirclipParticipant @circlip]

Peter and Tony, the word Irony doesn't always apply to a high Ferric content material.

Regards Ian.

[Former MemberParticipant @formermember]

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[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

Stuart,

What sort of 4 x 4 do you mean, you may have to add me to the list

Martin P

[RMAParticipant @rma]

Stewart

I'm a fully paid up member of said group and have a German car……..Find me an English one???

[Mike PooleParticipant @mikepoole82104]

I was surrounded by carp fishermen at work, luckily they had other interests as well. A friend used to joke about going to the deaf centre to talk about motorbikes, much of my youth was spent in the never ending debate of Brit vs Jap bikes, it was a lot of fun but I think the Japanese won the argument in the end with some brilliant bikes, took them a few years to finally master handling but they did.

Mike

[mechman48Participant @mechman48]

Welcome to the club Stewart; I don't think you need to wait until you retire; as a fully fledged member, & an ex NVQ level 3 mech eng. assessor /verifier I think you have already reached the standards required, maybe a couple of tweaks here & there, demonstrate repeatability & consistency a couple more times & I'll sign you off…

George.

[Russell EberhardtParticipant @russelleberhardt48058]

I was awarded a masters degree 48 years ago for research in artificial intelligence. Should never have started it – I hate things like Google Home and Alexa!

Grumpy Old Russell

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

An irrit of old gits.

[Former MemberParticipant @formermember]

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[John FlackParticipant @johnflack59079]

Cheer up you lot………next year 2020 vision is guaranteed ……………..

[mechman48Participant @mechman48]

Posted by RMA on 17/04/2019 11:11:05:

Stewart

I'm a fully paid up member of said group and have a German car……..Find me an English one???

Morgan… or have they been bought out as well by now ?

George.

[V8EngParticipant @v8eng]

Well I drive a German 4×4 not that it is anybody else’s business cos I pay my dues and do not have attitudes to makes or generalisation about other road users.

I stopped watching reality TV because I rarely saw anything to keep me interested.

However: the sun is shining a Garden Warbler was at our bird bath this morning and the Greenfinch pair have appeared for the first time this year now I have a flower bed to dig over in this lovely afternoon sun.

life is for living so stop moaning and live it as best you can, it’s not a rehearsal you know.

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