:D:D

My new-ish line manager recently asked when my last 1:1 was, I think it was in the late nineties.

My new-ish line manager recently asked when my last 1:1 was, I think it was in the late nineties.

Tell us again Smoz.

Women singing Nessun Dorma.

There's an echo in here.

...here.

Palace?

No ring pull on tins of Branston baked beans. I only bought them as Morrison's had sold out of their own cheaper and tastier beans. Never again!

Branston beans are probably my favourite, i do quite like Aldi's which are a lot cheaper and have a ring pull. Biggest disappointment though is heinz which i always used to love but are too watery now.

My parents are big fans of Branston beans too, they have become popular judging by the shelves. Quite the business coup by Branston thinking about it, especially on this island. I think they're something to do with Crosse and Blackwell (blast from the past). Apologies, I digress, I could talk beans all day long :supergrin:

The women’s football results and headlines on the beeb website taking priority over the Championship and other lower leagues.

I get they’re trying to raise the women’s game profile and I think that’s great; but does it have to be so manufactured and take precedence over hugely more popular leagues? It’s like some kid has taken over the editorial of the bbc football pages and sticking in his his own Sunday league results and gossip in the middle of the main headlines.

Van Tam and his increasingly ridiculous and beyond tenuous analogies

Agreed, they're like a football match where you were losing 3-0, but then you brought on your sub, who had only just recovered in time, and he made you better and you managed to pull a couple of goals back but then one of your players gets sent off and the game has gone to extra time, (did I mention it was a cup game?), and you think you can hold on and win on penalties but then you lose as someone blazes over the bar which is like not wearing a mask.

It's like a bag that's too full of wind, if the public can imagine that for a moment.

We’re 1-0 up against 10 men in the 80th minute but we’re Palace

The plate of oranges at half time hasn't given us quite the level of protection we hoped. Which makes relying just on them a banana skin

The Experian radio advert. Have to turn the sound down it is so bad

Indeed.

I will go with that. I used to be a baked bean 'snob' - Heinz or nothing, but they are now well down the list.

As you say, Branston are probably the best, followed by many own labels. Heinz are among the worst and particularly flavourless; they need a good slug of Worcester Sauce. The lower salt ones are particularly bad. Now, I realise salt is bad for you, but used properly it is a great flavour-enhancer. Probably cost-cutting recipe changes - these conglomorates need the money. :rolleyes: They need bean-tasters, not bean-counters.

Sometimes they'll put a slightly blurry photo up with a football headline like 'goal of the season contender at Leeds' and I click on it and it's a lady scuffing a shot from 30 yards that dribbles under the keeper. I still fall for it occasionally but they're all clicks as far as the BBC is concerned.

Heinz, with a slug of milk or red wine.

from the BBC website to illustrate your point

Rachel Furness - Northern Ireland's leading women's scorer of all time - surpassed David Healy's men's record of 36 goals

This was also mentioned on 5 live with women's and men's omitted.

They are 2 seperate and didtinct records.

Cyclists wearing headphones/ear buds. Are they f*cking mad?

Not to mention being dressed in black/dark grey to merge into the tarmac.

I do actually wear earbuds when doing long cycles, but only to listen to navigations, not for music etc. as I think it’s safer than looking down at a screen, and would never wear noise cancelling earbuds.

Is that acceptable?:D

Its almost as if they enjoy being victims....mind you, Im sure car drivers do it too so thats ok.

Getting sent an enail.with supposely tech help when i clicked on the link it was basically turn it on and off

Kevin ******* Friend

People blaming the ref for us losing when we concede a clear penalty in stoppage time and our ‘striker’ misses from 3 yards.

Bizarre

yep. You risk being labelled a dinosaur for saying it on here though. Some here like the female game. Others try too hard to come across as ......... insert term here. it's just shite football that needs to return to its oddity status. Doncaster belles and Gregory's Girl.

I don’t think it’s rubbish, but I do think that at the moment it has no place to be as prominent as it is within the media. It’s a bit of a slap in the face of the men’s lower league game that operates at a very high level, with more support than any lower leagues anywhere in the world; and yet their media time and visibility has been reduced to make way for grossly less popular and inferior quality women’s leagues.

It’s hard to say it because I do actually love the fact that were seeing so many young girls playing football now. I was over the park a while back and saw a group of teenage girls just having an informal kick about like we all did growing up, and just thought it was brilliant to see. Obviously I didn’t watch too long or else I may have got arrested.

CPFC media team posting all over social media and emailing me to remind me we got beaten by a 94th minute penalty last night.

I ****** know :veryangry

Agree with this and as for your previous Yoof Opportunites Intern comment I COMPLETLY agree. I hated at the World cup with all the Smilies and emoticons they added to all the videos. I really really really wanted to dangle them from the top floor of the BBC centre and demand they NEVER do it again. :wallbash::veryangry

Yep. I concur. i think mostly the bbc. tbf

People who moan when my ticket won’t work after the tenth attempt

Womens football because there’s no such thing as a good female goal keeper.

Woman who sits in the main office sings to nearly every song on the radio. Drives me mad.
And Fen Eagel there are good female keeper but bad ones too bit like men really

My wife still likes to use a day planner (I know, old dog new trick etc..) and I recently ordered her the refill pages for 2022.

Twice this week already I have received emails from them asking me to review the product. Now tell me how one reviews something that is not going to be used until January? At the same time is exactly the same as it was for 2021, 2020, 2019 etc., etc..

Annoying marketing.

I tried to buy somethings online but by the time I came to check out one the most expensive item was sold out so I gave up.

They've since emailed me twice to tell me I've got stuff in my basket

I don't think in my 50+ years of following football I've every seen a scoreline of 20-0, in fact when I used to play we were on the end of a couple of real hammerings and I don't recall anything over 10 or 12-0 tops.

I didn't watch the women's game yesterday, but can only imagine what a farce it must have been.

Might be time for football to introduce the mercy rule like they have in US softball games. Maybe at 10-0 the game is called and they al walk off and have a beer at the bar instead.

Sometimes I think software developers have never lived in the real word... probably grew up stuck in their bedroom playing on their game boy and then their Xbox. God forbid they actually have to use their end product.

Straya tonked American Samoa or similar by more than that a few years ago.

edit - it was 2001 and the score was 31-0 with Archie Thompson getting 13 of them. Palace connections - Popovic, Muscat and Moore all played.

editx2 - I assume you're not quite old enough to remember Arbroath 36-0 Bon Accord?

12 September 1885. Just missed it... by 70 years. :hi:

I believe that there were a number of disallowed goals as well. :supergrin:

Things that annoy you
 

To continue my painter saga…. Contacted the guy Monday and we agreed a price. Said he could start Tuesday and turned up as promised on time. Took my doors away to spay in his shop (which evidently is his garage). Said they would be back later to do trim. No show until this morning where they spend an hour priming 2 door trims only to disappear again. Just showed up again at 4pm to do a bit more.

This guys are obviously juggling multiple jobs which is OK as the primer needs to dry and I’m in no hurry, but it means someone needs to be here all the time as we never know when they are coming.

Thank God for the BBS to keep me amused all day!

Edit: gone again at 4:45...

Where was VAR when they needed it?

Entry level support advice. You didn't pay for that, I hope :D

(Having said that, you might be surprised how often it works!)

The entirely user unfriendly reformatting of the BBC iPlayer. What twats.

The entire user hostile reformatting of ANY piece of software you just get to grips with

Maybe it's because we are old. :)

or because when we check out google or youtube to find out how to fix the problem, it's still horrendously complicated.

Not sure that helps when they change the template.

Edit: I see you said 'Or'.

What about Preston 26 Hyde O any closer ?

Didn't Southampton get done by 9 twice in as many seasons recently.

At home to Leicester and away to Man Utd

The same day as the Arbroath game, Dundee Harp beat Aberdeen Rovers 35-0

It really is poor I agree. The fact you now have to click onto a channel without it telling you what’s currently showing is bizarre.

My wife complaining that it's cold in the house.

My wife leaving the door open and letting all the cold air in.

Movember bellends

Late Brighton equalisers. Also Neil Maupay - my least favourite French person since Eric Cantona & the Le Pen family

Probably been done to death already on here but…

Sweet Caroline. Seriously, grow up now please. Especially at sporting events. It’s almost as cringeworthy as grown men and women imitating an umpires signal for a 4 when there’s a boundary at the cricket.

Just stop it and grow up.

Sat at me sister's house in Bromley watching the rain, whilst my mates drive up to Old Trafford for the game because I have to self isolate until I receive a negative result from my day 2 PCR test.

Still, at least that fat useless **** of a prime minister had a Christmas party, so thats ok.

When did you do your PCR test? Did one at 10.30am yesterday and got the results around 4am this morning

Yesterday at 1pm. Waiting for the results now.

Missed going to see either Dulwich Hamlet or Bromley yesterday too.

Pisser. I missed our annual lads Xmas booze up to Sheffield. The highlight of the year. Like an afternoon and evening in Gloucester A&E but with booze

You stick mortars up your arse?

No, they fall on them.

:D

You get them placed there for you in Sheff. Whether you want them there or not.

Lol I reckon you'd be singing it at the top of your voice if you were actually there and you'd be one of the ones who give it the so good so good bit which is the most cringeworthy part.

Our band get asked to do it all the time. It's a laugh and makes a change from Mustang Sally and Who the **** is Alice.

I used to like that song :( And Cracklin' Rosie... (a homage to cheap booze)

I think the phrase is fall “awkwardly” on them

:D

I remember singing it with my old man in a boozer in Edinburgh when we took him up there for his 65th birthday to watch Scotland England in the 6 nations. That’s the last time I sang it. He’s 83 in 6 weeks.

Work Christmas parties. Excuse for people to act like idiots and pretend they like each other

And get covid

People that type 'no' for 'know' . . . yes I get certain abbreviations where several letters are involved several times over but this one? Really? You're just revealing how idle and immature you are.

The letter H is pronounced 'A - CH' and not 'HAY - CH'
It shouldn't bug me, but it does:D

That Wheel of Fortune TV quiz programme from a while back has a lot to answer for:wallbash::supergrin::supergrin:

I no wot u mean... ooops, sorry, that's a bit immature of me :D

I can't believe they haven't had a shitload of complaints about this.

That the BBC have 4 separate news items on the wankers win yesterday.

all about the clicks sadly

The Guardian, again. Today they had "acclaimed" writers explain how they would reinvent 007.

One suggestion was this:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FGFGanzX...g&name=900x900

‘She might choose to embed deep in her father’s old structures’

I bet she might.

Someone is trolling the Guardian . It’s the only explanation.

Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy

On the advert theme, them annoying meerkats. Pretty obvious the ad agency are saying to the client "please give us a film contract." It's a poxy comparison website you oafs!

I think we are past being able to be sure of that. There is no sane endpoint to the ideological mindset of so many Guardian readers.

So not that gender fluid then.

Firefox update again... changes everything to "dark" mode.

Apparently it is also tied into you operating system and ****ed the appearance of that also.

Restored system to 2 days ago, but apparently appearance is not something that gets restored.

All put back to how I like it now... but **** them!

After doing some research it appears that the only way to turn off the dark mode in Firefox is go into the configuration settings which is fraught with danger for the tech idiots like me.

Why can’t they a) leave well alone or b) just have an on/off option in settings?

Microsoft Edge Pop-ups. Despite following all instructions in settings and a great deal of gnashing of teeth, they still appear. Most annoying is the Tesco - my phone number has won a grand. I haven't shopped in Tesco for eight years. Oh! and my Norton Utilities has expired . . . I ain't with Norton.

Which is why edge is so shite. Just use another browser such as Chrome and you will be fine.

I just went to make an annual donation to a charity that I won't name, but is one of the large ones, on behalf of my cousin in the UK. We do this every year rather than gifts. They make a donation to our charity of choice, and we do the same for theirs.

Anyway, previously there is a donation you can make as a gift and they would send a card to the person you name telling them we have made a donation on their behalf, and would include a message from us, like "Merry Christmas" etc..

This year they are not doing this unless you donate $100... Now I understand the cost associated with sending these cards, especially as this would be an international mailing, but my contention is throughout the year at least once a month they send mailings to us containing notepads, mail address labels, newsletters, and pleads for more donations. If they can cut back on some of this crap that goes straight in our bin, then maybe they could continue sending cards to the recipient of the gift donation.

Very annoying.

Now I've had to send an email to my cousin with a copy of the acknowledgment of the donation saying we made it in their name... but it doesn't have the same feeling in my book, which I appreciate is silly, but none the less.

I hope your stutter improves... but just a little help¬

You look sweet on a bicycle made for two ...look up google for the lyrics.:supergrin:

Not a 2001 can then?

From a distance it looks like a daisy chain?

Irish Catholics generally pronounce it "haitch". I would say that's because they are inbred simpletons, but so are their hun cousins and even they can say it properly.

Some prick complained about a delivery drivers parking on Twitter… the driver was delivering to my mates shop… he caused no delay… didn’t inconvenience anyone… but some prick… took a photo and tweeted his company and the local police force.

There’s also a couple of BBS’rs on Twitter… that I just can’t understand… I dunno if it’s a age thing… but they come across as needy phlegmtards.

One… will have a disagreement on here… then go straight on to Twitter and say “someone on the BBS just said…..” then his sycophantic followers all bum lick him.

The other … is a massive fukkin narcissist… he posts puerile crap like

“Lads… I just cooked some cracking roast potatoes”

Or

“Fellas… I just got up one min before my alarm was due to go off #winning”

I just can’t get my head around it… who picks up their phone… to tell people they’ve made potatoes or woke up?