That’s fine if they say nine hundred and ninety nine pounds. Just please don’t say only “nine nine nine” :veryangry:veryangry:veryangry

Or you see something for $999 and something in your head rounds it down to $900.

Were you counting ballots in Pennsylvania?

Delivery drivers are really starting to get my goat. Do these companies just round up the worst drivers they can find and let them loose? 'Driving license from Mogadishu, you say? Sign here'.

It’s more their parking and honking their horns all the time that drives me nuts.

Speculation over Paul Pogba and his Man Utd future. Nobody cares and he isn't even that good.

I must have missed the recent rule change which stipulated that you can park in the middle of the road as long as you put your hazard lights on.

Been in place for mini-cabs for years, only fair delivery drivers get the same perk :D

I'm over 60, so 'recent' is a relative thing. :)

In virtually every modern American TV programme they greet each other with Hey! Getting right up my nose now.

Yep, also have the loudest alarms in the history of the world, along with the need to lock it 15 times before walking away and it going off.

Yep and you know its only a matter of time before we start doing it here

Hey! You speak for yourself.

I call that 'Spanish parking' just abandon your car in the middle of the road.

I already do it, it makes north Americans feel comfortable and at home. And then we can exploit them.

Daft racist.

Or the middle of roundabouts.

The only reason why anyone's remotely interested is that they paid £90m for this donkey and presumably are forking out matching wages and everyone who gives a stuff about United is beginning to feel a bit constipated.

Well, I guess I could easily have said Moscow or Rome, but they wouldn't have constituted much in the way of bait. ;)

Aren’t those lyrics from a song by The Beautiful South.

The BBC saying "Presser" instead of briefing or press call or anything but that THIS IS NOT ******* CEBEEBIES OR DOWN WITH THE KIDS

Funny you say that... I saw that yesterday. I think they were talking about an NFL game (may have been the golf). Seemed out of place at the time, as it is not a term used in or by Americans.

Same breed of human that calls a hamstring a ‘hammy’

Come on, Fonzi was doing that in Happy Days nearly 50 years ago.

:hi: Sadly I am old enough to remember.

Nope they were talking about todays Covid Briefing !! :jerkit: the lot of them

Took a lovely lady out for a 2nd date last night. At the end of it she invited herself back to mine. Winner!!
Not so quick. Completely forgot I'd left a large tube of Anusol on the coffee table earlier on on the day.
The cab to take her home was there about 10mins later.

:D:D:D:D

The Argos ad on TV at the moment. Is on every commercial break, goes on forever and is shit.

Lewis Hamilton constantly on the BBC homepage.

He's always there. He was there all last week and twice today.

I'm sick of seeing him, the charisma black hole.

The idiots that decided that it would be a good idea to close the A12 southbound from Friday morning until Tuesday morning, currently its gridlocked.

Yeah, why should they give him coverage for being the most successful F1 driver of all time? Wanker

Yeah, like five days in a row over about six different articles.

F1 is a niche sport, whether you like it or not.

I'd rather hear about fishing or something, a thing which I also don't care about, because at least I'd learn something new and not anymore more about his vegan dog.

Worse is the BBC site highlighting Liverpool's prematch press conference as a special item, above and beyond all the other Premier ones. I thought perhaps the exception was because Liverpool were playing today. Nope.

A bugbear of mine is how loud the adverts are on TV compared to the programmes. And how extra noisy mobile phone ads are - Samsung WOM etc.. I am not spending a grand on a fecking S20 just because you are shouting.

ISTR reading the requirements of the Advertising Standards Authority once upon a time and seeing that they aren't supposed to make adverts louder than the programmes (among other things) - but that was a long time ago now, perhaps it has changed. I mute them all as a matter of course anyway.

I don't follow the sport at all but I always assumed he was a white guy.

Hamilton is a fantastic driver, no doubt... but I heard a interview with him a while back and he was a bit preachy about people making changes to avoid climate change... I must admit I thought the guy was a bit of a prick.

if you take the "ilton" off his name he becomes Lewisham. :D

Matt Hancock

If you do absolutely nothing with Man Utd autocorrect changes it to WANKERS.

Try turning on your tv’s "auto volume" setting (it may be called something similar such as "auto volume leveling," "volume stabilization" or "auto leveling.”)

Well **** my old boots. I'd like to think that I'm pretty tech savvy for an old git, but it had never occurred to me to look for anything like this. I've just discovered that my telly even has a 'Night Mode'. :p

Thanks Blind

:)

When you take a look at an email you sent a few days ago and see some spelling mistakes or missed words despite reading it over and over again before hitting send.

Maybe I should send them to WCB first for proof reading...

Feel free to do so, old bean - I have pretty much f~ck all else to do at the moment.

Why not become the BBS official archivist?

Did you mean antichrist?

Piss off you hun f~ck.

Anarchist

Whoever's editing and sub-editing the Daily Star at the moment. Their puerile headlines are nowhere near as hilarious as they think they are.

Ok I realise this might not be popular as I appreciate it's for charity - but Celebrities doing tv money quiz shows. I really enjoyed watching The Wall with Danny Dyer tonight, but they announced a Christmas special with celebrities. I want to see the everyday man or woman who have everything to gain or lose not wealthy celebrities who will personally lose nothing.

Nope...you ar spot on Lombardian.

They love the VIP verision of these shows here. It's just a way of keeping them all paid.

I suspect these celebs get paid a fee for giving up their time or get some nice transport and hotel perks.

Those that choose the invisibility, (coward), mode to browse this forum.

Some say that it's an insight into their voyeuristic lifestyle but I refuse to call them out as that.

:D

How many re-incarnations are you on now?

Interesting... how do you do that????

Edit: Found out how to do it... Learn something new on here all the time. Not sure what the advantage or intent is though.

Probably covered previously . . .

Peloton adverts.

Smug, self-satisfied goody goody middle class executive twats with a perfectly honed physique.

Exact opposite of those that actually need it :hmph:

Trying to contact cable provider without calling them. No email, and Live Chat is a robot that will not answer a question but sent you in a loop.

They really have it set up so you cannot avoid talking to a salesperson... which I hate.

First the did one for this and that so you ended in a loop so forcing you to the website for live chat. Now they have bots on the live chat doing the same thing and it drives me I fking crazy. That said I bought a snow crash helmet From Ruroc and although they didn’t have telephone support their chat was first class

Finally got a "real" person on live chat, but still :wallbash::wallbash::wallbash:

Transcript:

Hello. Thank you for reaching out to the Spectrum's Sales Department, home of the Streaming TV Solution Specialists.

I want to look at my current plan. $160 a month is becoming hard to justify.

You have reached the sales department. Are you looking to add or upgrade your existing services?

No... keep the same service but pay less (like is being offered to new customers)

I apologize however we only offer new customer pricing for the first year of service or for any services not pre existing on the account within the last month. I see you already have TV services. Would you be interested in bundling?

No bundling. We are very happy with our other services.

Understood. Would you like to upgrade your services?

No, just keep what we have.

Do you have any additional questions for me at this time?

Guess not...

It was my pleasure assisting you today. Your patience was much appreciated. Thank you for Contacting Spectrum. Have a wonderful day.

And you. Bye

Take care.

I thought I was very polite under the circumstances.

The sexism inherent in workplace dress codes. Started at a school this week, told no Jeans, trainers, polo shirts, must be shoes, trousers (no chinos) and a shirt.

All the female teachers are in jeggings, trainers, t shirts, big bulky jumpers, leggings etc.. mental.

Good luck with bringing that up.

The simple solution is to choose PE as your second subject. That's what I did for my PGCE. Thereafter, mooched about in a tracksuit or shorts/polo. Elementary.

when the Mrs complains and asks for help because the update she started on her pc "is taking too long"
Me: What are you updating?
Her: I don't know
Me: so you just clicked without checking
Her: yes
Me: :wallbash:

dress codes full stop.

That is crazy. It's inherent as you stated. It is as though there is an accepted truth that workplaces have to guard against men being slobs. Many men like to dress well or at least smart casual. There are chinos, and smart jeans of almost a trouser style. Branded polo shirts, lacoste, ferouch etc. are universal office wear outside of perhaps client meetings, and most of the office world and a lot of teaching is being done over the internet with just that dresscode.

I understand there are standards to maintain - even online. Teletrabajo in a bath robe and supping on wine is probably a No No.

But it is 2020, and the world is different. How do you feel about making your point to the dinosaurs overseeing this policy? Would that be employment over?

That councils don't use simple common sense when road planning. Millions wasted with no recourse

It is?

:sob::sob:

I feel I have had the same conversation.

Did it also involve

Her: technology is your responsibility
You: but just pressed update without asking me
Her: you should have known [or something to that effect]

YES.

Been very lucky this season, but during the restart Palace were on a channel that wasn't on my plan. There was a number to ring and I looked on the website as I was happy to pay extra to get some more channels - temporarily or on a permanent basis. Just gave up in frustration in the end.

Fairly recently my son in law tweaked something for us and we now get a decent batch of extra channels for the same money. All the ESPNs, Film and Arts, ScyFi, TLC, Gourmet (basically Argentine barbecuers and cupcakes) some HBOs - a goodly number were blocked before.

Can't grumble with all the sport, kiddie channels (although Paw Patrol, Peppa etc. gets a bit much after a week solid of it), national, travel, history, animals, and some damned good radio stations (great soul and reggae ones) . all for $35 a month.

I had that. With my home internet. I live in the sticks now. But my home plan, which actually costs a tiny bit more than new plans, has started playing up. I get internet until about 3pm. Then it goes off, usually for the rest of the day. It is like I have been allocated daily Gigas or Megas or somesuch. That wasn't how my plan worked.

I rang them a couple of times. First chap seemed to reset it remotely, and it worked for a day. Next call and the woman told me I had to upgrade my router to their new one. That will involve me getting to their showroom and probably having to buy the new router.

But yes, I am the dumbarse with old technology. It seems I may have to pay double for two plans wit two different companies just to ensure that I have a working internet that I can rely on for online classes.

And it is all about being 5G ready. Even though you don't get the service on 4G you are paying for and the country is on go slow at peak times like Friday evenings.

I sometimes spark up a coffin nail. Or have the football (quietly) on in the background.

Try asking the chat bot if you can speak to a human, it often works.

That's more or less how I got a live person in the end... mind you I think the real person was as much help as the robot!

Klopp. Seriously getting on my wick with the whining now. Now he is moaning because they are playing on Weds and Sat. Struggling to understand what he wants? Maybe add another day to the week that we could call Klopp day? There are 2 clear days between the match days. Maybe he wants less than 2.

Guess who has spent the last 30 minutes sorting the mess out?

Call centres....real humans....those were the days....

Mickey Mouse?

Smart casual?

Lol

Being ever more jealous of watching sides not any better than us having one proper striker....and us not solving that problem.

Put a Vardy, Ings, Jimenez etc. In our 11 and we are flying. How it costs us.

And I chose sides you'd think we could be competing with.

Yep, that's the instructions, to me that just means no tie.

People in senior ranking positions within the military wearing their
military uniform to weddings, even if its not their wedding and the wedding has no military relevance

That's because they have no other smart clothes.

The image uploader I use to post photos on here has gone off line due to "too much abuse" apparently.

https://www.techpowerup.org/upload

I guess the copyright folks got all upset.

Anyone recommend another one?

And on game shows... well here anyway.

I use this one

https://gifyu.com/?lang=en

Thanks... I like it!

It allow you to resize the image. The one I was just checking out ( https://imgbb.com/ ) didn't seem to have that feature.

I'm bookmarking it!

Edit: Maybe you can... that actually look identical!

I'm still using imgur https://imgur.com/ Still works as an image hosting site even though it's frontage has become more gif and clip oriented. Has a few resize, crop and edit options for uploaded pics.

Thanks for the suggestion. Not tried it, but it looks a bit "busy" to me.

The one Bubbs11 suggested is very dull and efficient (read "simple"!), as is the one I found.

Why don't you just attach the image to the post, preview it and then copy the link of the attachment into the post using the insert image thingy? You don't need a 3rd party site then. I assumed that was how everyone did it.

Like this?

https://www.cpfc.org/forums/attachme...1&d=1606241612

I'm sure I didn't do it right, but the size came out all wrong.

Like this https://www.cpfc.org/forums/attachme...1&d=1606241675

All I did was copy the url of the thumbnail and then enter it into the post with graphics insert icon (the one with the mountains) that I assume you normally use?

Oooh Oooh Oooh. Great episode of Curb in season 8 or 9. A returning soldier comes back and is in the process of getting Married to Jeff's daughter.

At Jeff's house he is introduced to various people. They all thank him sincerely for his service to the country as part of their greeting. Of course Larry just says Hi, nice to meert you. The former serviceman gets offended and walks off, and the others lambast Larry for not expressing his gratitude.

YouTube and the media (Ellen etc.) do love a video of a serviceman being greated by his children, mother, or dog. They love those. If you've seen one viral, you've seen them all. Usually set up in a high school basketball game with whooping crowd. Not hard to see where the MAGA fervour came from.

“Flowmill’s approach to building systems that support full-fidelity, real-time, high-cardinality ingestions and analysis aligns well”

Technobabble bullshit.

Yes the frontage now appeals to the masses but it once used to be just a photo hosting site and once signed up clicking the green circle in the top corner and then images bring you back to the original photo hosting page. it would be handy to just land on that page after login.

https://i.imgur.com/E4s0HlX.jpg

Same here.

Eating my dinner - a chicken satay salad wrap while the wife is watching The Yorkshire Vet where some vet is up to his shoulder inside. A cow. Now retired to the kitchen.