Uninteresting Trivial Facts

[DavidM]

On 1/4/2019 at 12:22 AM, Bleep1673 said:

They didn't in 1918. They only agreed an armastice

They did really , whatever terminology . They were beaten bankrupt broken and starving . We weren’t stopping , they did . They’d had enough . I guess though that that terminology became very important later on by politicians there who used it for their own ends ...

Edited January 6, 2019 by DavidM

[Farmduck]

As part of an attempt to crack down on violence, the Pilbara area of northern Western Australia is introducing new alcohol purchase restrictions. Each individual will have a daily ration of:

• one carton of full-strength beer a day,  AND
• three bottles of wine, AND
• one litre of spirits

OMG!!! That's only the equivalent of about 57 standard drinks per day!!! You can't expect people to live like that. What are we, Lutherans?

[Farmduck]

But there's more.......

Local publican and chairman of the West Pilbara Liquor Accord, Bart Parsons, expressed disappointment with the decision.

"Disappointment across the board, to be honest," he said.

"It's definitely not great for the stigma of the place."

 

Yes, why would anyone go to a place where the locals are limited to 50 drinks a day?

[Clogiron]

1 hour ago, Farmduck said:

As part of an attempt to crack down on violence, the Pilbara area of northern Western Australia is introducing new alcohol purchase restrictions. Each individual will have a daily ration of:

• one carton of full-strength beer a day,  AND
• three bottles of wine, AND
• one litre of spirits

OMG!!! That's only the equivalent of about 57 standard drinks per day!!! You can't expect people to live like that. What are we, Lutherans?

Just get someone who doesn't drink to buy and sell you their quota, find a couple willing to do so and life would become bearable once again.

[DavidM]

1 hour ago, Farmduck said:

As part of an attempt to crack down on violence, the Pilbara area of northern Western Australia is introducing new alcohol purchase restrictions. Each individual will have a daily ration of:

• one carton of full-strength beer a day,  AND
• three bottles of wine, AND
• one litre of spirits

OMG!!! That's only the equivalent of about 57 standard drinks per day!!! You can't expect people to live like that. What are we, Lutherans?

A day ? And that’s a crackdown ? Wow what were they doing before 

[Damien]

What is a carton of full strength beer? It sounds tiny in comparison to the other two.

[Clogiron]

1 hour ago, DavidM said:

A day ? And that’s a crackdown ? Wow what were they doing before 

Drowning there sorrows, I should imagine it's like living in Barrow only warmer

[Bleep1673]

2 hours ago, Farmduck said:

But there's more.......

Local publican and chairman of the West Pilbara Liquor Accord, Bart Parsons, expressed disappointment with the decision.

"Disappointment across the board, to be honest," he said.

"It's definitely not great for the stigma of the place."

 

Yes, why would anyone go to a place where the locals are limited to 50 drinks a day?

That's what I think when I look out of my window.

[Farmduck]

1 hour ago, Damien said:

What is a carton of full strength beer? It sounds tiny in comparison to the other two.

[Shadow]

8 minutes ago, Farmduck said:

That's not Full Strength Beer

This is Full Strength Beer.

The drink of choice for the discerning tramp

[Farmduck]

1 minute ago, Shadow said:

That's not Full Strength Beer

This is Full Strength Beer.

The drink of choice for the discerning tramp

But the issue here is, "Is it humane to expect a person to survive on only one case of them per day + a bottle of spirits + 3 bottles of wine?" If you drink better beer, won't that make the 24/day limit hurt even more?

[Damien]

10 minutes ago, Farmduck said:

Ah thanks, that makes a lot more sense now!

[Shadow]

9 minutes ago, Farmduck said:

But the issue here is, "Is it humane to expect a person to survive on only one case of them per day + a bottle of spirits + 3 bottles of wine?" If you drink better beer, won't that make the 24/day limit hurt even more?

You're right, I was forgetting the real victims in my rush to denigrate VB.

I am contrite at my lack of empathy, won't someone please think of the poor people of Pilbara.  

[graveyard johnny]

when I was about 13 I went to play snooker in a proper snooker hall and was amazed by the actual size of the tables compared to how they had looked on tv.

[ckn]

John Bercow has a cat called Order.

He probably gets the same respect from his cat when he shouts it at home rather than in the Commons.

[Bedford Roughyed]

Today’s office debate is ‘how many sheets of bog roll drop you use per wipe’. It is more heated than you would of thought.  I’m 2 sheets, folded by the way.  

[ckn]

31 minutes ago, Bedford Roughyed said:

Today’s office debate is ‘how many sheets of bog roll drop you use per wipe’. It is more heated than you would of thought.  I’m 2 sheets, folded by the way.  

Ahhh but then is it office John Wayne bog roll* or is it posh stuff that could double as a duvet?

* if you don't get that then you're too young...

[MattSantos]

33 minutes ago, Bedford Roughyed said:

Today’s office debate is ‘how many sheets of bog roll drop you use per wipe’. It is more heated than you would of thought.  I’m 2 sheets, folded by the way.  

3 sheets, folded. 

[Bedford Roughyed]

5 minutes ago, ckn said:

Ahhh but then is it office John Wayne bog roll* or is it posh stuff that could double as a duvet?

* if you don't get that then you're too young...

It’s above Tesco’s basics, but below quilted.  

A metre long length scrunched is the ‘biggest’ claim so far.

It’s an all male office which may sway the debate.

[Bleep1673]

2 hours ago, Bedford Roughyed said:

Today’s office debate is ‘how many sheets of bog roll drop you use per wipe’. It is more heated than you would of thought.  I’m 2 sheets, folded by the way.  

2 sheets too. I remember being at work and one of the guys printed off a notice saying "Due to NHS Cutbacks people using this toilet will be restricted to 5 sheets of two-ply per visit. Please remember you can use both sides." The managers blamed me, but the couldn't discipline me because they couldn't prove it.

The notice was removed, then a week later, on my day off, it was replaced with the additional "This excludes managers, who are full of Sh**"

Edited January 22, 2019 by Bleep1673

[ckn]

54 minutes ago, Bleep1673 said:

2 sheets too. I remember being at work and one of the guys printed off a notice saying "Due to NHS Cutbacks people using this toilet will be restricted to 5 sheets of two-ply per visit. Please remember you can use both sides." The managers blamed me, but the couldn't discipline me because they couldn't prove it.

The notice was removed, then a week later, on my day off, it was replaced with the additional "This excludes managers, who are full of Sh**"

One place I worked at in the very late 90s had descended into people bringing their own bog roll to work so they could use it without rationing. The toilets had none in them and you had to ask security for access to a roll before you went in, you had to sign it out and back in.  Apparently, the Board were concerned about how much people were using and "stealing".

The company went bust two years later... no wonder if that's what the Board were concerning themselves about.

[Bleep1673]

My grans outside loo had Izal only, when I was about 6 & complained, my Mum told me it was only after her Dad had died, that we stopped using the Manchester Evening News he would pick up on the way from work.

[Clogiron]

At one place I worked the local div2 as then, football team was taken over by a group including a former boss of mine who was installed as Chairman. The football fans who worked there thought it was great and one told me how with a multi-millionaire in charge they would soon buy their way into the Premiership, I told him I didn't think so as this guy used to sign off the invoices for the stationary purchases, "pah, you'll see" I was told, I did, at the end of their first full season they got relegated to Div3 and the 'consortium' sold out at a loss.

[Futtocks]

4 hours ago, Bleep1673 said:

My grans outside loo had Izal only, when I was about 6 & complained, my Mum told me it was only after her Dad had died, that we stopped using the Manchester Evening News he would pick up on the way from work.

Izal was the standard bogroll at school.

While unpleasant when used for its intended purpose, it was a useful supply of free tracing paper for us.

[graveyard johnny]

just caught the wife about to throw away a packet of angel delight just cos its 3 weeks out of date, er I don't think so lady!