great does that mean I don’t have to try anymore and go back to the reborn cretin you think I am”

Me too. Every rule has an exception or two.

Please don't use that word. It is offensive to many.

I think I am following the rule, though, not breaking it! The rule is about pronunciation, not grammar, so the latter follows the former in this case.

It's not a exception.

Having to prepare for a severe weather event a couple of times a year nowadays. Tropical Storm Henri headed our way this weekend. It will be late Saturday though so shouldn’t interfere with watching the Brentford game.

Ok then the educationally challenged, as my dear old deputy head once said to me, I reached my academic ceiling.

:lux:

I do. But I dont live in Santiago. They go to the same place as all the baby naipes and covid Facebook masks I imagine.

We are a pleasant species.

Nappies.

And autocorrect on some kind of espanglish phone is a real fecking annoyance.

Isn't that a bonus?

Don't you have the balls for a little tít for tat revenge?

Is your Dad Maz or Saville? Either will explain a lot.

Yes..but that is pronounced our...no h sound.

Think about university and uniform compared to umbrella.

An hospital and an history sound stupid unless you’re a cockney

Foxes/badgers ? that dig up the whole lot of my newly laid turf .Little ****s

People on the Gumtree site, who when you turn up and whatever it is doesn’t match the description (I have learned never buy from someone who says there item is mint). So you say no thanks as there’s absolutely no obligation to buy, then they leave feedback that says time waster, bunch of pricks.

Once you enter the world of WCB, prepare for pain

Especially when you find there's a hole in it.

Exactly

What do they do with all the middle bits of polos ?

:)

Compress them, put a coating on them and make them into tiktaks

People who mix up disinterested and uninterested.

When I have my day in court I hope the judge is both disinterested and interested in my case. I hope the judge is not uninterested.

Clarkson
Ramsey ( not Alf)
Liz Truss
Diane Abbott
Keith Lemon ( whatever name)
Raga

to be updated

Unless you're French.

JonBenét? Aaron?

The injun musical thing?

Bugger that’s clever isle of white

I’m uninterested in being disinterested to be honest I think

Pringles.


They offer the promise of a tasty snack and end up like eating salty cardboard.

I appreciate my hearing is not what it once was, but even with head phones and hearing aids I really struggle to understand/hear what they are saying in British drama shows.

Why do they pump up the dramatic music at the same time people are whispering/or crying. That combined with accents, and I'm struggling to catch 50% of what is being said... maybe I've just been away too long.

I'm like you a bit deaf and often I leave the subtitle setting on the TV so I can actually what they're saying in full. It's amazing how just missing one word can trip you up and confuse you for the next few sentences.
Christopher Nolan admits to drowning out speech in his films with the music so possibly TV sound editors/mixers are following suit?

Begs the question.... Why?

I've seen some talk that it forces you to concentrate more on the film and even more cynically that you may end up having to watch it again to hear things you missed!

It certainly improved Tenet and Inception.

I should really be posting this in the Things I have learned thread but wanted to say thanks.

People who wear baseball caps in gyms, particular those that wear them backwards.

Oh yes, usually some young meathead who spends his time prowling the gym with his arms all pumped....and skinny little legs.

Two seconds today. Progress of a sort, I suppose

Why don't you post a list of daily numbers up by the microwve, for your amusement, and the unknowing bemusement of everyone else.

A bit like those sanitary dates that people put up in public toilets.

After a couple of months you can let people into the secret of the mystery.

Be even better if you could add a few names - when you are able to catch them at it.

Online news reports or articles that you access via Google that don't have a date associated with them.

Can cause all sorts of misinformation and confusion.

When I clean down the countertop in the kitchen, I often accidentally let the scouring pad fly out of my hand across the countertop, and onto the floor, which is very annoying.

So now I'm extra specially careful to concentrate and make sure that I don't let it happen. And then on the first swipe I throw it onto the floor accidentally

Why do you need a scourer to clean the countertops?

I have a corion countertop which I dont like but I rubbed it down with Ajax and a roughish cloth today. Feels smoother. Does the scourer work better ?

As the premier BBS "Know All" can't you tell us?

Some scouring pads have a sponge on one side and the scourer on the other. I use the sponge side predominantly, and flip to the scourer whenever I sense the existence of stubborn stains that the sponge struggles to remove.

It is a technique I have found to be stunningly effective so far.

Doesn't everyone do that?

When you have had to cram a life size yellow plastic version of one of those in your car, you never forget what it looks like. Tip, don’t brake sharply unless you have windscreen replacement cover on your insurance.

This is classic BBS material.

I am no expert but isn’t Corian the stuff that marks/scratches really easily that you should never use anything abrasive on. Looks brilliant the day they put it in and in showrooms but making the mistake of touching it with anything harder than a baby’s bum starts the scratching process. NOTE : no babies were harmed during this test and babies bums are NOT recommended as a kitchen hygiene product of choice,

I guess my contribution would be that scourers sound like a no no for Corian worktops. Also avoid putting things down on it like car keys, cutlery, plates, saucepans, kitchen utensils. Basically all the things you find in a kitchen ….. except for babies bums.

Oh and there are hot things to avoid too. Other than that……

Are you listening, kids?

It seemed to require clarification

Clingfilm.

Just wondering. When it hits the floor, does it always land the same way up, like a cat or cheese on toast? Just asking for a friend.

I would like to clarify I do that.

I'm usually too ****ed off to notice

Yep, I also find opening tin foil up and taking those bloody stickers off annoying

Yes, that is the stuff, mine is also so warped that I cant place the microwave in certain sections because the door cant fully open :rolleyes:

Neat. A built in ‘stop’. No end to the benefits. It just looks great in the showroom but I reckon they must change it every week so people don’t see the micro scratches :)

I was able to once again remove the foil cover to a bottle of creamer today with my bare hands, without having to attack it with a kitchen utensil.

Does this thread double as a genie-like wish fulfillment service?

Let us know when you successfully reseal a 'resealable packet' and the gold star will be in the post.

This is occasionally possible if I'm the first one to open it, but if my son or wife get there first.....

I think everyone else in the house uses a wild animal to open packets

I haven't laughed about countertops this much in literally days, thanks very much!

It seems like ages!

Is it me, or does it stick to nothing but itself?

(Or is that the intent?)

I only found out recently that there is a perforated edge which cuts the cling film and I used to use a knife or scissors to cut it…….doh!!!!

All those time spent in uni etc is certainly wasted haha

And with your username, too.

Hahaha own goal there I see HahHa

And mostly that edge is only good for is cutting your finger on...

If it makes you feel any better, it is only in the last year (thanks to this BBS) that I found out about the little tabs at each end of the box of cling-wrap that when depressed inward act as little axles for the roll to rotate on.

I think tin foil has them too.

We have corian and yes it does not like very hot heats. We use a hit soapy sponge to clean it then a nice soft cloth to buff it up. Does look nice though.

Back on topic the amount of time i have to wait for my wife to get ready to go out anywhere.

Birds shitting in flight.

Decide to clean the car today and made a pretty good job of it too.

I was drying it off and feeling pretty pleased with my efforts when a sodding bird did a massive shit right beside me on the panel I had just dried.

I was wearing my Palace shorts so I bet it was a f*cking seagull! :grrr:

Nitpickers. The tiny details usually don’t matter but you get these people who cannot let things slide. They are a nightmare to work with.

Lol, I just went to the kitchen and pushed the tabs inwards. Cheers :)

Wrong thread but I learnt something today haha

Annual leave rules

Management: you cannot leave the service undermanned, so you must co-ordinate your leave and if your preferred date is gone, tough.

Also management: all 9 senior managers will be off for the same three weeks end of August, so your OT won't be paid until October as there is no-one here to sign it off; and you won't be able to take any emergency leave as no-one here to authorise.

You could execute the entire middle management class in this country and the economy would not skip a heartbeat.

Why are middle management called senior managers?

(our middle management are called senior managers as well)

Isn’t a bullshit title to justify that management in itself is now an occupation. So once you are a senior manager, you can be one in a widget factory or the NHS?

They generally break after about half a second.

Rear seat car passengers who leave their rubbish in the door pockets. Lazy c*nts.

TTL with SALT. Seems to be a record number of the feckers about at the moment making every journey a total ball ache.

ummmm Total Loss with Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty? Not sure if that's right.

Salting the TTL is likely to play havoc with the DNS and packet transfer so yeah, WTF?!

Anyone passenger who leaves their rubbish in your car, how are you such a ****?

.

It's better than the f*ckers who chuck their rubbish out of the car window.

I can't believe in this day and age that people do that but they do!

Happened in front of me today, at speed. Some twat dropped a half eaten KFC out, box and contents.

I would shoot them.

With a bolt gun.

They are scum.
When I was about 14 I was with in the car and someone lobbed their rubbish out, my mates brother was driving who was in the army.
He got out of the car, chased this guy for about 5 miles and when he caught up to him at the lights, got out walked to the car of the litter bug and chucked it back through his window saying “you appear to have dropped something”
Not all hero’s wear capes.

Can't you anonomously post that up on a message board somewhere at work?

Make the point for everyone to see.

Temporary Traffic Light's with Single Alternate Lane Traffic.

Anything Watford!

:p

I could respond by saying that at least I am not a racist homophobe....


My countertops don't need scouring because they are fecking kept clean on a daily basis. Perhaps you live in the kind of jerk chicken household that requires Mr Muscle to come and clean the shit and pee stains in the toilet bowl, and a monthly visit from the council health inspectors.

So effective the thing flies out of your hand even when you are concentrating on it not doing so,

I’d leave the last line off if it were me.

You see Bimbo. I am not the resident 'know it all'. You've just been made to look like a mug, by someone who is.

I bet you wish you hadn't scrawled your pointless graffiti on this thread now. HA HA.

And seemingly not having motor skills like Michael J Fox.

Isn't this the pointless graffiti thread?

Well my grandfather died of Parkinson's so let's hope not.

I would certainly get yourself checked out if you are concentrating your damned hardest on holding something and still throw it away at the first wipe.

You might want to check for Tourettes, too.

Either that, or it is a very clever ruse to get an exasperated missus to take over the cleaning.

What a lovely bloke you are.....of all the people on here you are one I feel most sorry for

Mixed messages from Government agencies when it comes to COVID.

All this "suggestions" and "recommendations" is just a) unenforceable, and b) a green light to those that don't want to adhere to them.

Case in point: US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) designates a country as Red flag Level 4 "Do Not Travel" to, and then on there site goes on to say, "If you do travel to these countries...".

Just come out and say anyone going there will be thrown in prison if found entering the county. People not wearing masks will be shot on sight, and people not having proof of vaccination will be sent to a leper colony on some remote island to have a good think about it.

All this wishy-washy approach has got us where we are today.

Why? I’ve just unanonymously posted it on a messageboard some of them are members of. :angel: