ckn Posted September 7, 2018 Author Share Posted September 7, 2018 The (dis)honour of the first Christmas email goes to Chef & Brewer pubs. No... go away, silly people. "When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 (edited) Driveways with signs saying “Private property, no turning” Firstly it’s no skin off their noses and secondly it’s legally unenforceable. I think I’m saying get a life. Edited September 7, 2018 by Phil "Freedom without socialism is privilege and injustice, socialism without freedom is slavery and brutality" - Mikhail Bakunin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 3 hours ago, Phil said: Driveways with signs saying “Private property, no turning” Firstly it’s no skin off their noses and secondly it’s legally unenforceable. I think I’m saying get a life. I've been known to use drives with those signs to turn around even when I don't need to. Stickin' to the maan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 On 9/6/2018 at 10:25 AM, longboard said: Jesus loves you Phil. Spread the good news. I think he’s a "Freedom without socialism is privilege and injustice, socialism without freedom is slavery and brutality" - Mikhail Bakunin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 (edited) Endless betting adverts , all reeling you in and everybody wins. But especially the hand in glove relationship between sports broadcasting and betting adverts . Every break in footy , cricket , boxing etc is a different company Edited September 10, 2018 by DavidM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckn Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 Android based TVs. We have a Sony telly with an Android operating system and it’s abysmal. It’s slow, clunky and about as user friendly as trying to run Windows 10 on a ZX Spectrum. Turning off the abysmal Youview system helped a bit but there’s far too often we press a button and it takes 3-4 seconds to do something, by then I press the button again as I think it hasn’t recognised it and does the action twice, or randomly four-five times. Other Android tellies we’ve seen are just as slow and useless. "When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 16 minutes ago, ckn said: Android based TVs. We have a Sony telly with an Android operating system and it’s abysmal. It’s slow, clunky and about as user friendly as trying to run Windows 10 on a ZX Spectrum. Turning off the abysmal Youview system helped a bit but there’s far too often we press a button and it takes 3-4 seconds to do something, by then I press the button again as I think it hasn’t recognised it and does the action twice, or randomly four-five times. Other Android tellies we’ve seen are just as slow and useless. I have a Toshiba smart TV, but I don't know the OS. Seems to work all right most of the time, but a little limited as to which apps you can install. Swings'n'roundabouts. Currently discounted. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattSantos Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 I usually buy f1 tickets through the exchange market as i usually only nip in and around the event, preferring to watch from a hotel suite with the posh mob...this year i've decided to buy a grandstand ticket and have just tried to. Website didn't accept my UK card, so fair enough, i called the number as requested. Cannot pay over the phone and they've redirect me back to the website. Sigh. Not just the RFL that are utterly useless at selling tickets. Running the Rob Burrow marathon to raise money for the My Name'5 Doddie foundation: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ben-dyas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getdownmonkeyman Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 5 hours ago, MattSantos said: I usually buy f1 tickets through the exchange market as i usually only nip in and around the event, preferring to watch from a hotel suite with the posh mob...this year i've decided to buy a grandstand ticket and have just tried to. Website didn't accept my UK card, so fair enough, i called the number as requested. Cannot pay over the phone and they've redirect me back to the website. Sigh. Not just the RFL that are utterly useless at selling tickets. Can you not get a ticket for the Flyer and not get off?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckn Posted September 14, 2018 Author Share Posted September 14, 2018 Facebook and LinkedIn are annoying me even more than normal this week. When I hit that filter button that says "sort by recent" then SHOW ME THE MOST RECENT THING FIRST THEN WORK BACKWARDS FROM THERE. It's not sodding difficult, every post is time-stamped. I don't want Facebook or LinkedIn deciding that an irrelevant post from someone I barely know that they posted yesterday should be shown first because their system thinks I didn't see it or hover over the image of them getting an award for sorting paper clips properly for long enough. If I wanted to see that sort of "ranked" stuff then I'd leave it on the default ranking of "top stories". I barely go on Facebook more than once every few days now because it's just so annoying and effectively non-user friendly. LinkedIn is rapidly going the same way. 3 "When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckn Posted September 19, 2018 Author Share Posted September 19, 2018 Still on social media. Instagram this time. I’m now fed up of that sodding Book of Mormon advert that is on Instagram. Those people waving on the advert are getting into the Farage and Inverdale class of annoying. Imagine this but a moving version of them doing a very camp fast wave "When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob8 Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 On 9/14/2018 at 1:00 PM, ckn said: Facebook and LinkedIn are annoying me even more than normal this week. When I hit that filter button that says "sort by recent" then SHOW ME THE MOST RECENT THING FIRST THEN WORK BACKWARDS FROM THERE. It's not sodding difficult, every post is time-stamped. I don't want Facebook or LinkedIn deciding that an irrelevant post from someone I barely know that they posted yesterday should be shown first because their system thinks I didn't see it or hover over the image of them getting an award for sorting paper clips properly for long enough. If I wanted to see that sort of "ranked" stuff then I'd leave it on the default ranking of "top stories". I barely go on Facebook more than once every few days now because it's just so annoying and effectively non-user friendly. LinkedIn is rapidly going the same way. Linkedin is always more depressing as a home for deluded insecure people shouting empty jargon into the abyss. "You clearly have never met Bob8 then, he's like a veritable Bryan Ferry of RL." - Johnoco 19 Jul 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearman Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 When I was 16 I to have a NSU Quickly moped. The tank held one shillings worth of petrol and the two stroke oil was added separately. That lasted me a month. Rosemary in the local garage fancied me so I got my petrol for nowt ( well, I used to be kind to her guide dog), I have paid less for a car than I have paid half a tank of petrol. 1 Ron Banks Midlands Hurricanes and Barrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleep1673 Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Dear Diary, because it won't let me post. I bought a new computer printer today, because it was cheaper than buying the replacement cartridges. How is that environment friendly? I am still annoyed at 0410 on 27/09/18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clogiron Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Dear Diary We've now had two day's of articles in newspapers and online about how a minor royal shuts a car door, do you think we should have a referendum about it? Did Jeremy state his position on it? Is it a vote winner? Are the Cabinet divided over it? Has the pound slumped on the back of it? DOES IT REALLY FU**ING MATTER! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckn Posted September 27, 2018 Author Share Posted September 27, 2018 16 minutes ago, Clogiron said: Dear Diary We've now had two day's of articles in newspapers and online about how a minor royal shuts a car door, do you think we should have a referendum about it? Did Jeremy state his position on it? Is it a vote winner? Are the Cabinet divided over it? Has the pound slumped on the back of it? DOES IT REALLY FU**ING MATTER! Apparently she's only "normal" if she can change a car wheel! That rules out half of the population then... I know plenty of folk who wouldn't know where to start in changing a wheel following a puncture. "When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Clogiron said: Dear Diary We've now had two day's of articles in newspapers and online about how a minor royal shuts a car door, do you think we should have a referendum about it? Did Jeremy state his position on it? Is it a vote winner? Are the Cabinet divided over it? Has the pound slumped on the back of it? DOES IT REALLY FU**ING MATTER! I missed this earth shattering news . I don’t read the psycophantic tripe about them but the headlines I see some royal, usually princess , is ‘ wowing ‘ the crowd by walking and waving at the same time or ‘ stealing the heart of the nation ‘ by doing nothing other than being immensely privileged . I often wonder who ‘the people’ or ‘the nation ‘ is that tabloids talk about . The people usually couldn’t agree on what day it is Edited September 27, 2018 by DavidM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 1 hour ago, DavidM said: I missed this earth shattering news . I don’t read the psycophantic tripe about them but the headlines I see some royal, usually princess , is ‘ wowing ‘ the crowd by walking and waving at the same time or ‘ stealing the heart of the nation ‘ by doing nothing other than being immensely privileged . I often wonder who ‘the people’ or ‘the nation ‘ is that tabloids talk about . The people usually couldn’t agree on what day it is Excuse me., It's in my very being. sycophantic ˌsɪkəˈfantɪk/ adjective adjective: sycophantic behaving or done in an obsequious way in order to gain advantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 8 minutes ago, JohnM said: Excuse me., It's in my very being. sycophantic ˌsɪkəˈfantɪk/ adjective adjective: sycophantic behaving or done in an obsequious way in order to gain advantage. Your totally right . I tried with that for ages, had a total brain fade on it or the iPhone made its own word up . Yes that was the editing ( repeated ) . I had psychopathic at least once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clogiron Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 2 hours ago, ckn said: Apparently she's only "normal" if she can change a car wheel! That rules out half of the population then... I know plenty of folk who wouldn't know where to start in changing a wheel following a puncture. My apathy to the ruling classes prevents me reading your quoted story but l would be surprised if any of them have the first idea about changing a car never mind a wheel, doesn't Charles have a dresser to help him change clothes and, you know, dress in a morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 11 minutes ago, Clogiron said: My apathy to the ruling classes prevents me reading your quoted story but l would be surprised if any of them have the first idea about changing a car never mind a wheel, doesn't Charles have a dresser to help him change clothes and, you know, dress in a morning. He is the real Mr Bean . Totally detached from reality and useless at pretty much everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearman Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 The cost of putting the first men on the moon was $25.4 billion. I am currently in Lanzarote. They could have sent those spacemen here, the landscape looks exsctly the same and they would have saved approximately $3.95cents Ron Banks Midlands Hurricanes and Barrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derwent Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 21 minutes ago, Bearman said: The cost of putting the first men on the moon was $25.4 billion. I am currently in Lanzarote. They could have sent those spacemen here, the landscape looks exsctly the same and they would have saved approximately $3.95cents Lots of sci-fi movies have been filmed on the volcanic landscape at Timanfaya. Where in Lanzarote are you ? I’m not prejudiced, I hate everybody equally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearman Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 3 minutes ago, Derwent said: Lots of sci-fi movies have been filmed on the volcanic landscape at Timanfaya. Where in Lanzarote are you ? Playa Blanca. I picked up a hire moon rover this morning and will spend the next few days having a look around. Ron Banks Midlands Hurricanes and Barrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 28 minutes ago, Bearman said: The cost of putting the first men on the moon was $25.4 billion. I am currently in Lanzarote. They could have sent those spacemen here, the landscape looks exsctly the same and they would have saved approximately $3.95cents No they went to the Nevada desert somewhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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