What's annoying you today? V4
What's annoying you today? V4
(26 Dec 2015, 11:01 am)GX03 SVC Yep, apparently Arriva staff should have more time with their families according to an 'anti-GNE'....
Once GNE operate a frequent service between Ashington & Newcastle all year the better. Leaving places like Darlington, Newton Aycliffe, 'rural' County Durham (Esh Winning etc), Blyth, Morpeth, Ashington, Widdrington, Amble, Alnwick and Berwick, probably over 150,000 people without a bus service is ridiculous.
(26 Dec 2015, 11:01 am)GX03 SVC Yep, apparently Arriva staff should have more time with their families according to an 'anti-GNE'....
Once GNE operate a frequent service between Ashington & Newcastle all year the better. Leaving places like Darlington, Newton Aycliffe, 'rural' County Durham (Esh Winning etc), Blyth, Morpeth, Ashington, Widdrington, Amble, Alnwick and Berwick, probably over 150,000 people without a bus service is ridiculous.
Brother was so looking forward going to Morpeth to spend his Christmas money on remote control cars. Will have to do that tomorrow now and there will probably be nothing left, so a probable 45 minute wait for a 35.
(26 Dec 2015, 5:51 pm)GX03 SVC Brother was so looking forward going to Morpeth to spend his Christmas money on remote control cars. Will have to do that tomorrow now and there will probably be nothing left, so a probable 45 minute wait for a 35.
(26 Dec 2015, 5:51 pm)GX03 SVC Brother was so looking forward going to Morpeth to spend his Christmas money on remote control cars. Will have to do that tomorrow now and there will probably be nothing left, so a probable 45 minute wait for a 35.
(26 Dec 2015, 6:53 pm)Dan You can tell Jimmi has been cooked up in the house for two days... He appears to be putting that selfie stick he got for Christmas to good use!
(26 Dec 2015, 6:53 pm)Dan You can tell Jimmi has been cooked up in the house for two days... He appears to be putting that selfie stick he got for Christmas to good use!
(26 Dec 2015, 9:45 am)Jimmi As expected, here's what really annoying me today... Being effectively cut off from the world for the whole of today as once again Arriva are stuck in the mindset that people don't want to go anywhere today, everyone wants to be at home with their families, the truth is, right now I don't, had Christmas dinner round my brothers house yesterday and because I have this curse where I struggle to talk to people, it was me sat bored receiving no attention whatsoever for five hours which ended up with being not only being bored but also a bit depressed. I am not the sort of person who can bare just sitting around doing nothing, I honestly can't even sit down and listen to music at home, I have to be pacing up and down the floor to make it feel like I am doing something, so you can only imagine how bored mental I am going to be today especially as my most of my Christmas presents will not keep me amused for the whole day, can't really get much enjoyment from looking at socks, no matter how bright and colourful they are! Unfortunately I haven't managed to sleep in until lunchtime and instead because my brain is a prick, I woke up at 08:30 today so the torture has now been extended by at least another two hours. Although I have DVDs to watch, they will only entertain me for so long. The thing that really irritates me about Arriva not running a service on Boxing Day is the fact that I know some of the members of this forum and also some of my friends from college have a service bus service today run by Go North East today, whereas if I want to leave Newton Aycliffe today, the only way of doing so would be to book a taxi and I don't know if any of you are aware of this, but on Boxing Day taxi companies can charge double the usual fare, my parents went to Tesco from my house on another bank holiday and it costed £6 odd just for a five minute journey! So I dread to think how much it would cost to go to Darlington and back today, you'd probably be paying something ridiculous like £30 for the pleasure of travelling today.We were lucky to have the car and the driver in the family at home to, well drive, this morning. Big'un was trapped indoors, yesterday because the ridiculous rules his brain makes up insisted that nothing was open. Husband and Littl'un enjoyed chatting with the ducks in Hardwick park, in the morning, before the rain landed, while Big'un stayed at home getting cross with the Da Vinci clock he was trying to assemble.
So once again, I am in for a long day of climbing up the walls because there is nothing to do but look at the socks I got for Christmas.
EDIT: Just remembered, my speakers broke after I came home on Christmas Eve, so I can only listen to music through my headphones.
(26 Dec 2015, 9:45 am)Jimmi As expected, here's what really annoying me today... Being effectively cut off from the world for the whole of today as once again Arriva are stuck in the mindset that people don't want to go anywhere today, everyone wants to be at home with their families, the truth is, right now I don't, had Christmas dinner round my brothers house yesterday and because I have this curse where I struggle to talk to people, it was me sat bored receiving no attention whatsoever for five hours which ended up with being not only being bored but also a bit depressed. I am not the sort of person who can bare just sitting around doing nothing, I honestly can't even sit down and listen to music at home, I have to be pacing up and down the floor to make it feel like I am doing something, so you can only imagine how bored mental I am going to be today especially as my most of my Christmas presents will not keep me amused for the whole day, can't really get much enjoyment from looking at socks, no matter how bright and colourful they are! Unfortunately I haven't managed to sleep in until lunchtime and instead because my brain is a prick, I woke up at 08:30 today so the torture has now been extended by at least another two hours. Although I have DVDs to watch, they will only entertain me for so long. The thing that really irritates me about Arriva not running a service on Boxing Day is the fact that I know some of the members of this forum and also some of my friends from college have a service bus service today run by Go North East today, whereas if I want to leave Newton Aycliffe today, the only way of doing so would be to book a taxi and I don't know if any of you are aware of this, but on Boxing Day taxi companies can charge double the usual fare, my parents went to Tesco from my house on another bank holiday and it costed £6 odd just for a five minute journey! So I dread to think how much it would cost to go to Darlington and back today, you'd probably be paying something ridiculous like £30 for the pleasure of travelling today.We were lucky to have the car and the driver in the family at home to, well drive, this morning. Big'un was trapped indoors, yesterday because the ridiculous rules his brain makes up insisted that nothing was open. Husband and Littl'un enjoyed chatting with the ducks in Hardwick park, in the morning, before the rain landed, while Big'un stayed at home getting cross with the Da Vinci clock he was trying to assemble.
So once again, I am in for a long day of climbing up the walls because there is nothing to do but look at the socks I got for Christmas.
EDIT: Just remembered, my speakers broke after I came home on Christmas Eve, so I can only listen to music through my headphones.
(26 Dec 2015, 11:49 pm)Davie BBC Iplayer on my PS4. I'm trying to watch Mrs Brown's Boys, but it keeps buffering. I've tried turning the BBC Iplayer app off, and restarting it, but nowt different is happening. At least my dad is on the mend though.
(26 Dec 2015, 11:49 pm)Davie BBC Iplayer on my PS4. I'm trying to watch Mrs Brown's Boys, but it keeps buffering. I've tried turning the BBC Iplayer app off, and restarting it, but nowt different is happening. At least my dad is on the mend though.
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I have hated the whole Christmas holidays this year. It has just totally killed me. One thing that has pushed me beyond breaking point is the shopping, jam packed shopping centres is my worst nightmare, been to Darlington this afternoon and the thing that pushed me over the edge was when I went in CeX and I tried to squeeze through a gap through a gap only big enough for one person, so of course some inpatient prick also tried to get through so ended up doing that thing where you move one way and they move the other, he gave me such a dirty look. This and other people just badly stressed me out, to the point I thought I was going to collapse.
I really need help, but lord knows I ain't getting it.
(26 Dec 2015, 11:49 pm)Davie BBC Iplayer on my PS4. I'm trying to watch Mrs Brown's Boys, but it keeps buffering. I've tried turning the BBC Iplayer app off, and restarting it, but nowt different is happening. At least my dad is on the mend though.Great on my phone...4G connection
(27 Dec 2015, 2:09 pm)Jimmi I have hated the whole Christmas holidays this year. It has just totally killed me. One thing that has pushed me beyond breaking point is the shopping, jam packed shopping centres is my worst nightmare, been to Darlington this afternoon and the thing that pushed me over the edge was when I went in CeX and I tried to squeeze through a gap through a gap only big enough for one person, so of course some inpatient prick also tried to get through so ended up doing that thing where you move one way and they move the other, he gave me such a dirty look. This and other people just badly stressed me out, to the point I thought I was going to collapse.
I really need help, but lord knows I ain't getting it.
(27 Dec 2015, 2:09 pm)Jimmi I have hated the whole Christmas holidays this year. It has just totally killed me. One thing that has pushed me beyond breaking point is the shopping, jam packed shopping centres is my worst nightmare, been to Darlington this afternoon and the thing that pushed me over the edge was when I went in CeX and I tried to squeeze through a gap through a gap only big enough for one person, so of course some inpatient prick also tried to get through so ended up doing that thing where you move one way and they move the other, he gave me such a dirty look. This and other people just badly stressed me out, to the point I thought I was going to collapse.
I really need help, but lord knows I ain't getting it.
(27 Dec 2015, 2:22 pm)Dan As Marcus has his own dedicated thread for his bus related outings/reviews, could we set Jimmi up with a dedicated 'What's annoying you today?' thread?I'm 3rd in the rankings for posts in this thread. Including this post I am 43 posts behind the top poster. Other annoying threads however...
(27 Dec 2015, 2:23 pm)BusLoverMum I can't even think of any publicly funded services that would deem you as not coping and take you on, jimmi. You'd mostly be seen as able to go out and budget independently and left alone because you're not obviously outwardly in crisis.
In terms of self help, it would be worth looking at some adaptive strategies. There's lots of stuff out there on sensory processing, so even if it's something you worked on at school, it's well worth re-visiting for yourself.
A lot of people with neurological challenges get a lot of mileage out of mindfulness techniques. T'Internet is over-run with that stuff!
And it goes without saying that if you don't get pip, it's worth a bash, if only to cover the cost of some private CBT or similar. Worth talking to your gp about what's available, anyhow, i you're finding yourself falling apart so often.
(27 Dec 2015, 2:22 pm)Dan As Marcus has his own dedicated thread for his bus related outings/reviews, could we set Jimmi up with a dedicated 'What's annoying you today?' thread?I'm 3rd in the rankings for posts in this thread. Including this post I am 43 posts behind the top poster. Other annoying threads however...
(27 Dec 2015, 2:23 pm)BusLoverMum I can't even think of any publicly funded services that would deem you as not coping and take you on, jimmi. You'd mostly be seen as able to go out and budget independently and left alone because you're not obviously outwardly in crisis.
In terms of self help, it would be worth looking at some adaptive strategies. There's lots of stuff out there on sensory processing, so even if it's something you worked on at school, it's well worth re-visiting for yourself.
A lot of people with neurological challenges get a lot of mileage out of mindfulness techniques. T'Internet is over-run with that stuff!
And it goes without saying that if you don't get pip, it's worth a bash, if only to cover the cost of some private CBT or similar. Worth talking to your gp about what's available, anyhow, i you're finding yourself falling apart so often.
(27 Dec 2015, 2:55 pm)Jimmi I was actually getting some help, mainly to try and sort out my anger problems however they seemingly forgot about me for several months, now I just feel like a name and address they can send their newsletters and such to. Honestly don't know what is going on in my head that causes me to react in this way.
(27 Dec 2015, 2:55 pm)Jimmi I was actually getting some help, mainly to try and sort out my anger problems however they seemingly forgot about me for several months, now I just feel like a name and address they can send their newsletters and such to. Honestly don't know what is going on in my head that causes me to react in this way.
