Sounds like you had pulled ..... something for the weekend Sir and BTW I've finished for the day...... :)

He was definitely finished for the day. There was going to be no pulling of anything. :lux:

:)

:) - those days are over huh :)

Could be just the wrong kind of bait was used :)

EDF Energy muppets

God yes. :(:(

Once again trying to explain something to the checkout assistant I realised she was actually having another conversation on her headset and wasn't listening to anything I said. :veryangry

Been done before, but worth a repeat... people who leave their shopping carts in the car park, specifically in a car parking space.

Saw a woman do it this morning, and I gave her that, "Really" look, but she just ignored me and got in her car and drove off. As there was another cart in the same space left previously, I guess she assumed it was acceptable to do likewise.

Need to be quicker move to in front of her car.

It is annoying when the supermarkets change the shelf location of stuff, but a shopping chart does seem a little OTT.

In Florida our local Aldi, (cheaper than Walmart!!), charged a Quarter to release the trolley but they were still discarded all over the car park. You could have made a few bucks a day just collecting and returning them.

We rarely had to pay a Quarter as we'd just collect a discarded one and return it after shopping 25 cents better off!

Cod you mean?

:D

When you’re in traffic queue on a main road, and there’s a road on your left…and you politely leave a gap in front of you, so you don’t block the entrance in case someone may want to drive into it.

As you’re just patiently waiting for the queue to move along, someone comes out of that left side road and just joins the queue, effectively taking your place. Not even a nod or a thank you for being considerate. Just pulls out of the side road and joins the massive queue. Doesn’t even look.

This has happened to me twice in two days. Makes me very angry. How rude.

Pubs that charge for parking . Wtf. Dont they need all the business they can get

Somewhat related as it is about road etiquette.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEI8ppiMzZM

Over here the ***** just leave them in the street near their homes. The local supermarket has a van that drives the streets picking them up.:veryangry

People who place their feet on train seats
Seems very common these days

Agree, but I've found you normally get your dosh back when you leave.

Lime bikes. Hard enough walking around London as it is for people, let alone now clambering over those things strewn across pavements everywhere now.

Im happy to delete the word ‘cute’, but I think you know what I meant. I couldnt find the exact word I wanted hence why I said ‘or something’ after. I wanted to imply the user of ‘super’ has a feeling of being disarming and childlike but nothing describes it better than ‘cute’ as I also think it has a critical tone calling it that aswell.

Any suggestions for a word that is more applicable?

The Pet Shop boys.

Had one good song, 'West End Girls', the rest absolutely dire IMHO, how they've carved out a successful career is a mystery to me, their lyrics are like something a 14 year old teenager had written and the singer can't sing.

No, cute is fine... I was just joshing with you.

I find the use of words like "super" in this case come and go, and people soon move on to the next adjective that is deemed cool.

A bit like the current over use here of "No worries" (which actually superseded "No problem")... suddenly everyone is channeling their inner Australian for some reason.

Just seen the Tory party political broadcast. Was there one single thing in it that wasn't a lie ?
'Stop the boats' how many times did they say that ? If he has such a problem with immigration when is his family and his wife xxxxing off ?

Ironing. Beyond tedious.

What actually needs ironing?

Isn't the crumpled look on shirts fashionable? Just hang them when they come out of the drier.
Boxers don't need it. Nor do socks.
My joggers (not that I do much jogging in them) don't either.
Who irons towels?
Bedding is crumpled the next morming, so why bother?

Slovenly old git and proud :D

Pillowcases

Does that mean I need to go and buy an iron? Can I get Nectar points on it?

Try not to get nectar points on the pillowcases, they’re a bugger to get out of a percale weave.

Not as tedious as knocking in a cricket bat.

It's what podcasts were made for

People in pubs who wear their sunglasses on their head three hours after the sun has gone down.

OK sorry about that:sunglasses:

What about 2 hours after?

You iron podcasts?... pray tell me o wise one, how?

Wankers who drive fast/force their way through crowds after matches end.

Meh .

Not as tedious as cricket

No.

I haven't owned an iron or ironing board for over 15 years.

Heathen. The PSBs are flipping excellent.

Also, I hope Pedro says "beetles" soon because that would be hilarious.

Brighton wankfests

:supergrin:

T-shirts, shirts, jumpers, and trousers all need to be ironed if we're entering the general public. Much more chance of meeting the woman of my dreams if I don't look like a sack of spuds.

My half arsed method is to give them a quick iron straight out the machine and hang them in the airing cupboard. Takes half the time.

In tomorrow's installment I will be exploring the virtues of vinegar for the modern houseproud man.

Will it include baking soda?

I got taken to a Pet Shop Boys concert once and I thought to myself, what have I done to deserve this?

Was it in the west end, or in suburbia?

That is always on my mind.

Things that people never say... "I got taken to a Pet Shop Boys concert twice."

Should give them one more chance...

It's nice that you feel this is a safe enough area to come out to everyone.

Even as an attempted funny that makes no sense

Perhaps Maidstoned or adrenalin john have hacked his account?

Sure it wasn’t a Talking Heads concert ? Am I right or am I wrong?

I'm sure you are right, once in a lifetime.

Stop making sense.

Says the comedic genius ....

This. Put me right off my Mr whippy.

Tuning into Radio 5 part way through the Women's league scores and thinking 'Who, what, where, how?' until I realise what it is!

Coronation promotions.

So far have been offered port and wine to celebrate...why the **** would I celebrate a structure of national infantalisation and the rewarding of unearned wealth and privilege at my expense?

They might as well say, heh John give us some money and enjoy your plebian idiocy, you twat

I know I did the same Saturday, it’s no better than park football

I think Fisher Price do those playtime ones. Remember to ask mummy to supervise if there is a real iron involved.

Yet, if it was a promotion offering 2 for 1 on soapboxes, you would be all over it.

The absolute dogshit mobile phone coverage in the South of England. 1k worth of phone in your hand which is basically a ******* iPod unless you've got wi fi. Even that is shit in most places.

What does it do to be worth £1K?

Bbc not having a single game on commentary this evening. Just some 'round the grounds' football focus type shit and not even talking about what's happening.

I didn't want to ask...

Yes. Palace’s match wasn’t on Talksport either, the other two Premier League games were. Couldn’t find it on local radio so watched a film instead & kept an eye on the score.

They advertised all 3 games. We were on the Talksport app. I watched it on TV.

Cookies and no consistent way to reject them. “Do you agree” yes no “no cookies” yes no

Phones these days are portable computers that allow you make phone calls.

Go look at prices for a new iPhone or Samsung

iPhone 14 based model is £850, and goes up from there. 14 Pro is £1k. Same with Samsung, S23 is £900, S23+ is £1k

I bought a Samsung for 130€, I reckon it does the same as one that costs a grand

Craig Dawson - that is all

Blimey, if Methuselah could work it out, anyone could.

We should start a Things That Are Similar But Cost Different Prices thread

Did you know you can buy a tin of baked beans in Waitrose for £1.40, but you can buy one in Aldi for 47p? :eek:

Realised after being in Wolverhampton* that I've got start buying hay-fever tablets again.

* could have been anywhere!

Yeah but no one feels the need to say "I couldnt fart today, and that was even after eating a tin of £1.40 beans!"

When you purchase an expensive camera, uk stock, from a UK main dealer, and you don't get a UK charging lead in with it.

Yep would join in on this. So much crap would be good to have a thumbs up for a copy that’s as good as the original. Do you want to do the honors and start it?

Very good...:supergrin:

Not sure I agree entirely with that. I suppose if you are some whizzkid with top end camera skills, you might appreciate the difference. I do agree with you that I suspect most people with the higher price sets are more likely wasting their cash on some kind of ego trip.

But I did do exactly the same as you. We probably have the same model. I was particularly impressed with the client service from Movistar here - they did all I wanted and recommended me this phone without trying to sell me a higher priced phone I didn't need.

There's a lot of that these days.

I'd extend that to buying a Nintendo Switch (even PS5) - especially when they were first released - maybe I am old school, but at that price I would expect them to throw in at least one game. It's a bit much to expect parent(s) to fork out a massive sum at Christmas time (for example) and then add in another 50 notes to give their kiddie something to actually play on the machine. And that's only considering one child families.

There was a common BBS phrase a while back that summed up that kind of commercial shithousery.

Discovering my book is out of charge

When I were a lad that probably meant you were late taking a book back to the library. A very modern problem :)

Defenders celebrating a bit of, well....defending. Didn't know these rugged stoppers were so in need of recognition these days.

BBC asking everyone ‘do you think the government has been too late in getting you/people out of Sudan? They seem to have an agenda

They have been doing this for ages now whoever they are interviewing. I find it really difficult to watch now. They have just joined the rest and thrown away their USP which was always that they dispassionately reported the facts only. You could always go to the BBC after watching other crap and read the facts for yourself and make your own mind up. now it's just more of the same.

We don't watch the news live any more at all now. At least when you read it, you avoid all the emotive stuff and it's easier toe pick out the facts amongst the rubbish. One o fmy pet peeves and worthy of this thread.

Idiot Palace fans pant wetting over relegation when I'd put money on the fact that the 3rd from bottom team won't even reach 36 points.

I concur. It seems they lurk around on the BBS whenever there is another game on featuring a team lower in the league. When that team scores a goal they immediately post their doomsday comment.

Feck me - go and water the garden, take the dog for a walk, start a jigsaw.

And remember these aren't 14 year olds.

I noticed that agenda too, a lady responded very well by saying she was simply grateful that they got her out

Genuine question as I have not followed this story, what agenda does BBC have with regards to this story?

On a similar note, shops offering Charles their congratulations on his coronation. Effectively saying “Congratulations, you’ve outlived your mother.”

Like most of the media, developing an avenue for an unnecessary negative angle to a story, without care for the division created

It is called oldhamitis.

So did a young guy.

Given how the BBC is now dominated by Tory donors and such, I don’t see why they’d have an agenda to undermine to the government. Perhaps that question was designed to lead in the interviewees to say ‘actually, the governments done well here.’

The BBC is also very fond of dominating the news with stories about itself when other news channels hardly mention their story. For example the DJ with young girls. They also push their Panorama stories as main headlines when sometimes not worthy of the coverage. Reporters should be focusing on the people being interviewed, their escape story, and not were they too slow. I am sure they do not want words put in their mouths and it is not journalism to pose closed questions.

then the tories wheeled out Celeverly on the Today show this am. i wonder if said donors were pleased or punching themselves in the face.

This is what I thought too, hence I asked the question. I am not convinced that bbc has an agenda here apart from promoting how good this government has been

Comments like these and the ones above suggest the BBC is doing a relatively OKish job of remaining impartial. The Guardian on the other hand were implying that HMG wanted UK citizens in The Soudan to die horribly but that's their wont so fair enough.

I suspect that there are individuals with strong views but the driving factor here is this confrontational/dig out/make news rather than report facts style they have adopted for some time now. There is a time and a place for that but certainly not in every interview.

One of the real bugbears is that you rarely get to hear what the interviewee actually wants to say (right or wrong). I would rather they allow them to express/communication their views/opinions and allow the viewer to interpret the rights/wrongs. Their problem is that they do have a responsibility to curtail illegal stuff (racism etc) and stick to the facts rather than proliferate blatant lies. The latter has got harder but they have gone too far in their reaction (in my opinion) and broken what was the jewel in their crown which was the place to check dispassionate facts. Now they are all but another media source due to a misinterpretation driven by the US companies.

On the front page of this BBS where they have links to news articles, there are two separate links from different news source where the headline includes the word "Hatch" to describe Palace transfer rumors about different players.

Not sure why, but just find it annoying.

I've noticed a deterioration in those links over the years. The rise of ridiculous sites such as GiveMeSport which generates endless stories based on nothing at all (it makes teamtalk look like a reasonable source of news) is quite irritating. Who can blame players or managers or owners for not ever wanting to speak their mind--any and everything they say gets mangled by these clickbait factories.