Pet Hates........or FFS

[nonuffin]

I'm not really sure why, but it annoys the shit out of me when I get a response to an ad that I've placed on gumtree that asks what the lowest I'll take for the item is. I can't help but send an obnoxious reply, the price I want is clearly marked on the ad, if they make an offer I'm happy to politely reply with a yes or no, but that just gets on my nerves.

Is it just me?

It is just you. Comes from being a miserable bugger

The old rules of barter still apply. The seller wants as much as they can get for the item, the buyer wants to pay the least. Reverse the roles so the seller becomes the buyer and vice versa, their stances change over instantly and the same bartering rules still apply.

I don't mind knocking off a few quid for a speedier sale, but what really makes my blood boil is when these numpties offer ludicrously low amounts thinking you are either very desperate or plain stupid I usually reply by saying if it was their item would they accept such an absurd amount?

[Pierre De Grenoble]

It is just you. Comes from being a miserable bugger
I don't mind knocking off a few quid for a speedier sale, but what really makes my blood boil is when these numpties offer ludicrously low amounts thinking you are either very desperate or plain stupid I usually reply by saying if it was their item would they accept such an absurd amount?

I don't give to beggars on the street. I surely am not giving to them on Gumtree or eBay.

[alphaGT]

I’ve written in a sales ad, “Low ball offers will receive hardy laughter!”. To heck with ignoring it.

Back to the pet topic:
I once had a cat that when I was blasting rock music full tilt she would set in front of the speaker, with ears pinned back, and lean in until her whiskers touched the woofer cone. Strange cat.

I’ve had many pets over the years and never gave any thought to them hurting my stereo. And they never did. I had a drunken girlfriend break my record player once, and I sprayed her in the fac...,well we won’t go there! But once I did find a mouse hole in my woofer cone, field mouse living in my speaker? Can you imagine? He must have been deaf, or a real rock fan!

Russell

[Roy S]

These things



They NEVER work

[Barry]

These things



They NEVER work

I don't have any problem with them.

[struth]

These things



They NEVER work

never stay stuck with me either. i tape them up with selotape

[Roy S]

I use these things (after the reseal label has failed)

[Crackles]

Agreed. They never work. But that is compounded by the fact that the glue they use to seal the packets in the first place is so effective that you end up tearing it in half when you open it, which makes the useless sticky strip even more necessary. And even more useless.

These things



They NEVER work

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[Marco]

I gave up on it after about 15 minutes. I like a lot of his previous stuff but he's got less funny as he's got older and wealthier. Same with a lot of these comedians, they start off well and then at some point they start thinking they're Peter Sellers and then that's it.

I don't mind Car Share, actually. It's just a bit different from what he's done before. I think a lot of the problem with Kay, or anyone else, is that people generally don't like change, and they'll always judge you on the shows you originally started with, which as such will act as the benchmark. In that respect, it's a bit like the dreaded 'second album', for a musician, after a huge success with the first one.

Unfortunately however, in this instance with comedy, folk want you to stay the same and do the same stuff that made them laugh the first time, and unfortunately that's not how it works, or it would get very boring. Plus, actors or comedians like to push the boundaries and challenge themselves doing new things. The worst thing you can do is stagnate and only be known and recognised for performing one specific role.

In that respect, I don't think that Peter Kay has set out to change or be less funny than he once was, just because he's wealthier now [I don't buy that]; it's simply that the new material/scripts he's currently working with might not succeed in showcasing his funny side as well as his previous shows did, or that they just doesn't appeal to you the same.

That's more likely the reality

Marco.

[Macca]

I've not seen all the episodes of car share but most of those I have seen were, at best, mildly amusing in places. I think far from him doing something different he is doing the same thing but in ever decreasing circles. 'Less is more' only works so far, at some point it just becomes less.