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Pigmy Pony
20-03-2019, 18:54
Enjoy, if it's your bag... The Sikh factor might make things interesting. I don't go to weddings unless I know the bride and groom well, and also most of the guests (so we all have something in common), as I don't do meaningless 'chit-chat' with strangers.
Marco.
Weddings not my bag either, but yes it may be interesting to see how things are done Sikh-style. Nice people, and made me bacon butties at lunch time. We may not end up going, Anita is less of a people person than me :)
Treat it like a short holiday. Not a wedding person either but quite fancy one of those
Discopants
20-03-2019, 21:54
We had a Buddhist wedding, in Galle, Sri Lanka. Wife wore a pale blue sari , I always wanted a white wedding so I plumped for a white shirt and a white skirt. ;) with gold trim
I haven’t got a scooby what was said during the blessing , there was a registrar piece at the end in english. We had professional makeup and hairdresser for the wife, drummers and dancers , some close family were there with us. Total cost for the wedding including our outfits , cake and a slap up meal for 7... about £600.
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Pigmy Pony
20-03-2019, 22:01
We had a Buddhist wedding, in Galle, Sri Lanka. Wife wore a pale blue sari , I always wanted a white wedding so I plumped for a white shirt and a white skirt. ;) with gold trim
I haven’t got a scooby what was said during the blessing , there was a registrar piece at the end in english. We had professional makeup and hairdresser for the wife, drummers and dancers , some close family were there with us. Total cost for the wedding including our outfits , cake and a slap up meal for 7... about £600.
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The lengths some blokes'll go to, to wear a dress :)
Sounds like a nice do, at a bargain price. A week honeymooning in Blackpool would cost more.
I’ve heard that the average wedding in the US cost over $20,000! I don’t know who these people are? I was lucky, my daughter eloped!
Russell
I’ve heard that the average wedding in the US cost over $20,000! I don’t know who these people are? I was lucky, my daughter eloped!
Russell
The UK has massively caught up...
mine cost £500 all in including meal and night do... ;) might have been less actually, ive forgotten...certainly wasnt more....Dress and suits excluded
Lol... Wish ours cost that! We had our reception here, arriving in a horse-drawn carriage, from the church: https://gleddoch.com/
Carol Smillie also had her wedding reception there:)
Marco.
mad-moon
21-03-2019, 16:32
are you bragging or complaining Marco???....The niece had her wedding at some refurbished stables and barns in Stanley Co. Durhem...£24.000...the stupid cow....her man has since pissed off and left her...and they are still paying for the wedding......it lasted less than a year....
are you bragging or complaining Marco???....The niece had her wedding at some refurbished stables and barns in Stanley Co. Durhem...£24.000...the stupid cow....her man has since pissed off and left her...and they are still paying for the wedding......it lasted less than a year....
Lol, neither. Just stating a fact, and wished it had cost me £500, like Grant's!:D
Sorry to hear about your niece. That's a nightmare. What a bastard.
Marco.
mad-moon
21-03-2019, 16:58
Lol, neither. Just stating a fact, and wished it had cost me £500, like Grant's!:D
Sorry to hear about your niece. That's a nightmare. What a bastard.
Marco.
She's a plonker...
neither of us were loaded and it was down to us to pay for it as no-one else was helping out. Dress was a few hundred and only worn once; still got it actually. :D I wore my own suit which was newish. Regestary office was opposite church so could have fooled folk with pics but didnt. No photographer. Got pics from folk attending. Meal was good but only for immediate family and close friends. about 15 I think. this was early sept and it was sunny then it snowed then it was wet the sunny again:doh:.
Do at night in a pub room with disco. about 100 in and a good evening. we bogged off to the best hotel for a night then rented a car and off to Blackie for the weekend... We both enjoyed it and stayed married til she died without many cross words.... no need for silly money being spent
Firebottle
21-03-2019, 17:47
...£24.000...the stupid cow....her man has since pissed off and left her...and they are still paying for the wedding......
That's just utterly stupid, we do wonder at the ridiculous sums couples spend on getting hitched.
Our reception cost £250 at a local pub and a good time was had by all. Plus they had Old Speckled Hen on draught :cool:
mad-moon
21-03-2019, 17:48
yeah way back in 1991..I got married for approx 2200 quid...and that was everything in...there was approx 150 at the wedding...we had a good nosh up...just finger food and everyone got pissed...My brother and his pal did the photographs...five years n 3 kids later, we were divorced....I was in a very dark place for 2 years...
mad-moon
21-03-2019, 17:57
That's just utterly stupid, we do wonder at the ridiculous sums couples spend on getting hitched.
Our reception cost £250 at a local pub and a good time was had by all. Plus they had Old Speckled Hen on draught :cool:
the three course meal was £87.00 per head..then the night time do...she had a whole roast hog...games boothes.. magicians....the place itself was £11000 for the wedding...then the clothes, the cars, her dress, gifts for the bridesmaids, page boys, best man, maid of honour..bottles and bottles of champagne..the photographer was £1200...it was rediculous...i know she's my niece...but she has got her head firmly stuck in her backside....of course...now the husband has buggered off...they've had to sell the £130,000 house they've not long signed up for....which will probably end up in negative equity...bloody fools...
Pigmy Pony
21-03-2019, 19:02
Got wed in 1983 (not Anita), and had similar budget to Grant's - s/hand wedding dress, borrowed suit, cake done by a friend of my mum's (£30), registry office, buffet for about 30, hot pot supper at night do. Hire of room was super-cheap, as was disco. The venue had a gym in the basement, and one of the wedding photos was of me bench pressing 260lbs still in my shirt and tie! Sickener for my uncle (the photographer) who thought he was stronger than me. :)
Did get slightly pissed that evening, got dragged onto dance floor by my bride, hadn't finished my cig, so hurriedly put it out and stuck it behind my ear (classy!) Two minutes in, someone ran onto the floor to tell me my hair was on fire. Left early, and we were home in time for Cagney & Lacey. Next day drove to Keswick for 2 nights in a B&B.
My sister's wedding had a horse and cart, a chimney sweep (don't know what that was about), and a stupidly expensive and distant honeymoon. Unfortunately they had to come back a week later and it was all downhill from there.
My theory: today's young folk go from having their arses wiped by their parents, to having a celebrity-budget wedding and honeymoon, then come back to discover that clothes don't wash and iron themselves, and that their new love is actually a bigger slob than they are. Then after a month of bickering about who's responsible for turning their new home into a shithole, they throw in the towel.
There will be exceptions, but I can't think of any off the top of me head.
My sister's wedding had a horse and cart, a chimney sweep (don't know what that was about)...
Ha - if let loose, I could have a field day with that...:eyebrows::eyebrows:
My theory: today's young folk go from having their arses wiped by their parents, to having a celebrity-budget wedding and honeymoon, then come back to discover that clothes don't wash and iron themselves, and that their new love is actually a bigger slob than they are. Then after a month of bickering about who's responsible for turning their new home into a shithole, they throw in the towel.
Yup, they've got no staying power whatsoever, and can't cope with the slightest inconvenience/tribulation, often because their parents spoiled them rotten as kids [always got their own way], so when introduced to the real world, rather than the cosseted fantasy one that they had previously inhabited, they simply can't handle it!:doh:
We had a lovely honeymoon in Austria, as ours was a winter wedding in December. Del had no idea where we were going, until the silver vintage Bentley I'd booked arrived at the hotel, to take us to the airport. When she saw that, and I told her where we were going, she was as excited as kid on Xmas eve. Magical memories.
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
21-03-2019, 19:53
And I bet Del thought she'd struck gold when she discovered that her new hubby was a tabard-wearing clean freak who likes to muck in :D But you need to stop that, you're making the rest of us look bad
Ha - if let loose, I could have a field day with that...:eyebrows::eyebrows:
Yup, they've got no staying power whatsoever, and can't cope with the slightest inconvenience/tribulation, often because their parents spoiled them rotten as kids [always got their own way], so when introduced to the real world, rather than the cosseted fantasy one that they had previously inhabited, they simply can't handle it!:doh:
We had a lovely honeymoon in Austria, as ours was a winter wedding in December. Del had no idea where we were going, until the silver vintage Bentley I'd booked arrived at the hotel, to take us to the airport. When she saw that, and I told her where we were going, she was as excited as kid on Xmas eve. Magical memories.
Marco.Indeed, when Mrs got ill I looked after her. Forsook money, brought up daughter etc. Was tough at times but can look back with pride at decent job.
You just have to knuckle down. There is more to life than money and foreign hols
Firebottle
21-03-2019, 21:13
..... and that their new love is actually a bigger slob than they are.
Loving that Steve, I wonder how many that actually applies to?
Primalsea
21-03-2019, 21:45
We got married after a quite few years of diligent saving when neither of us were earning very much. Family helped out here and there. Generally we tried to keep the cost of the wedding reasonable so that we could afford a decent honeymoon. It was 2 weeks in the Maldives which might sound extravagant but at that time the cost was no where near what it is nowadays and we could only do it because of some serious saving over a long period of time. After the Honeymoon we came home happy that we owed nothing. Everything was saved and paid for. It may not have been an extravagant wedding but everyone enjoyed it (except for the photos, I have never been to a wedding where someone hasn't complained about waiting around while the photo are being done) and the guy who run the mobile bar said it was the first wedding he had done where there wasn't a fight. We have had issues, serious issues, but we got through it and are together and happy.
The problem that I see is that many younger people are under the illusion that the quality of their married life together is defined by the grandness of their wedding, that somehow the wedding will fix the problems that exist in the relationship. The amount of very plush and expensive weddings that I have been to that have ended in divorce not very long after is just not funny anymore.
We got married after a quite few years of diligent saving when neither of us were earning very much. Family helped out here and there. Generally we tried to keep the cost of the wedding reasonable so that we could afford a decent honeymoon. It was 2 weeks in the Maldives which might sound extravagant but at that time the cost was no where near what it is nowadays and we could only do it because of some serious saving over a long period of time. After the Honeymoon we came home happy that we owed nothing. Everything was saved and paid for.
That's the thing, Paul, and a big part of the problem now: folks living way beyond their means, thinking that they're 'entitled' to stuff which they simply can't afford. Everything has to be big and flashy, so they can 'show off' - show off exactly what though, their superficiality?
All weddings should be paid for, when they're done, and if can't do that and need to get into major debt to fund a 'fancy wedding', then either cut your coat according to your cloth, and have something simpler, or delay the wedding until you've saved up enough to pay for it!
Simples.
Marco.
they've had to sell the £130.00 house they've not long signed up for....
A house for £130? Where is this, Legoland?
Pigmy Pony
21-03-2019, 22:46
A house for £130? Where is this, Legoland?
Burnley probably. Another tenner will buy one with a hot tub in the garden, and a trampoline for the kiddies
Round here, it's more likely to be £1.3m.
Anyway, we had a cheap wedding. We have two daughters and I'm hoping they'll want the same.
Pigmy Pony
21-03-2019, 22:49
Loving that Steve, I wonder how many that actually applies to?
Exactly 50% I'd say.
walpurgis
21-03-2019, 23:37
Possibly half on average then?
mad-moon
21-03-2019, 23:42
A house for £130? Where is this, Legoland?
no...Bristol...clever shite...
My niece’s wedding, last Spring, was $14,000, they cut a lot of corners. Or so they say! It was nice, but certainly no nicer then my wedding back in 1981. I got married for $600, the wife had a beautiful white dress, we had our service in a small Baptist Church near where I live, her uncle was the preacher. I wore a rented white tux with top hat and cane, and my Mom said I looked like Alice Cooper! And i did!
My ex wife was an only child, I think that’s a lot of what goes on these days, so many single children, they never have to compromise with their siblings, strictly their parents fault for spoiling them. My daughter is an only child, but her and her husband are a model couple, making wise decisions all the way so far.
Heck it cost me more to get divorced than it did to get married! After 36 years I finally finalized it last month! But haven’t seen or spoken a word to her in 18 years. I figured she wasn’t coming back? Maybe I rushed it a bit? ;).
Russell
Pigmy Pony
22-03-2019, 07:17
My niece’s wedding, last Spring, was $14,000, they cut a lot of corners. Or so they say! It was nice, but certainly no nicer then my wedding back in 1981. I got married for $600, the wife had a beautiful white dress, we had our service in a small Baptist Church near where I live, her uncle was the preacher. I wore a rented white tux with top hat and cane, and my Mom said I looked like Alice Cooper! And i did!
My ex wife was an only child, I think that’s a lot of what goes on these days, so many single children, they never have to compromise with their siblings, strictly their parents fault for spoiling them. My daughter is an only child, but her and her husband are a model couple, making wise decisions all the way so far.
Heck it cost me more to get divorced than it did to get married! After 36 years I finally finalized it last month! But haven’t seen or spoken a word to her in 18 years. I figured she wasn’t coming back? Maybe I rushed it a bit? ;).
Russell
Yes I think you were perhaps a bit hasty - cheaper to stay married than get divorced, give it another 36 years and see how you feel ;)
Beobloke
22-03-2019, 09:46
We had a fairly small wedding in Ireland with just close friends and family - around 25 people and it cost us around £3k if I remember correctly (in 2001).
My dad’s wedding present to us was a big party in a hotel near us when we were back in England for a wider circle of friends and acquaintances. I reckon that cost him more than the actual wedding!
Our honeymoon was a long weekend at a posh hotel in Derbyshire because, after the cost of the wedding and the fact that we’d just bought a house, that was all we could afford. Still haven’t done our ‘proper’ honeymoon yet but are thinking that could be an occasion for our 20th wedding anniversary.
30 blissful years.... then I met the missus !
30 blissful years.... then I met the missus !
:lol:
A few nodding heads to that one Grant, me thinks . An old joke but still knocks it out the park in my book :)
Pigmy Pony
22-03-2019, 17:29
30 blissful years.... then I met the missus !
I assume she never looks at this forum - If our other halves knew how much stick they get in these pages, we'd be in so much trouble! Ooh gotta go, she's just come into the room...
My father offered me only two pieces of advice about women.
1) Marry a wealthy woman - you can always learn to love them and however it works out you've always got the money. (My mother's family were so poor they got handouts from church mice so presumably this was an insight he had only gained after it was too late).
2) All women secretly want to be Audrey Hepburn (which may be a bit out of date now and I never really figured out how that information might be useful in any case).
I assume she never looks at this forum - If our other halves knew how much stick they get in these pages, we'd be in so much trouble! Ooh gotta go, she's just come into the room...
Speak for yourself;)
Marco,
Discopants
22-03-2019, 22:55
Heck it cost me more to get divorced than it did to get married! After 36 years I finally finalized it last month! But haven’t seen or spoken a word to her in 18 years. I figured she wasn’t coming back? Maybe I rushed it a bit? ;).
Russell
I hope you know that even when divorced , if your ex spouse has unpaid debts then those creditors can pursue you for that debt, yep even after 18 years separated. You need to get a separate final financial legal settlement on top of the divorce to be safe from this......
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I hope you know that even when divorced , if your ex spouse has unpaid debts then those creditors can pursue you for that debt, yep even after 18 years separated. You need to get a separate final financial legal settlement on top of the divorce to be safe from this......
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There were some statements on the divorce that were saying she still may be entitled to beneficiary status unless I make a will to the contrary. So, I’ve got to make a will too I guess.
Russell
Pigmy Pony
23-03-2019, 07:25
Speak for yourself;)
Marco,
There you go, showing up the rest of us again!
I have a sneaking suspicion that your school teacher wife regularly checks your 'homework' when she gets in - and you have a nice shiny apple for her, you teacher's pet you :D I bet she doesn't know about you going behind that bike shelter you call a gazebo for a smoke with your mates while she's out ;)
Pigmy Pony
23-03-2019, 07:30
There were some statements on the divorce that were saying she still may be entitled to beneficiary status unless I make a will to the contrary. So, I’ve got to make a will too I guess.
Russell
It will work both ways won't it? In which case you should have treated yourself to those monster speakers you've been dreaming about but couldn't afford, pre divorce and buy them on finance :)
There were some statements on the divorce that were saying she still may be entitled to beneficiary status unless I make a will to the contrary. So, I’ve got to make a will too I guess.
Russell
Everyone should make a will, unless they live by themselves, hate all their relatives, and/or have no possessions to leave. We had ours done last time we moved house. Our solicitor did them for free because the house sale/purchase had been very complex and expensive.
There you go, showing up the rest of us again!
I have a sneaking suspicion that your school teacher wife regularly checks your 'homework' when she gets in - and you have a nice shiny apple for her, you teacher's pet you :D I bet she doesn't know about you going behind that bike shelter you call a gazebo for a smoke with your mates while she's out ;)
Yesh, I'm regularly put in detention and spanked for being naughty:eyebrows:
Oh the games you play......
Marco.
i made a will after the wife died so the kids get whatever there is.... which aint much, but the stereo and record collection will bury me and leave cash:lol:. if pushed they can use the speakers as a box:eyebrows:
Pigmy Pony
23-03-2019, 16:55
Yesh, I'm regularly put in detention and spanked for being naughty:eyebrows:
Oh the games you play......
Marco.
Yeah well we got up to some good games last weekend, but when I came to your house and asked "Is Marco playing?" Del just said "He's having his tea", and so you missed out :(
Moved the compost bin & it's contents today, f*cking hell, that was hard work.
i made a will after the wife died so the kids get whatever there is.... which aint much, but the stereo and record collection will bury me and leave cash:lol:. if pushed they can use the speakers as a box:eyebrows:
I’ve said the same thing! They could sell off the stereo and make enough to plant me, with enough left over for a nice holiday! I hadn’t thought about being buried in a speaker cabinet! Now that’s a real good idea. Wire it to an amp in my headstone to play Time by Pink Floyd on continuous loop.
Russell
Everyone should make a will, unless they live by themselves, hate all their relatives, and/or have no possessions to leave. We had ours done last time we moved house. Our solicitor did them for free because the house sale/purchase had been very complex and expensive.
I’m cutting it close on all three counts! But I do have an only child, and it will be real easy to name her my only beneficiary, Real simple. On my list of things to do.
Russell
Pigmy Pony
24-03-2019, 15:00
I’ve said the same thing! They could sell off the stereo and make enough to plant me, with enough left over for a nice holiday! I hadn’t thought about being buried in a speaker cabinet! Now that’s a real good idea. Wire it to an amp in my headstone to play Time by Pink Floyd on continuous loop.
Russell
I'll have "Thriller" by Michael Jackson playing, and me and the rest of them will come out for a flash mob-style boogie at night :)
Moved the compost bin & it's contents today, f*cking hell, that was hard work.
Been having a good and thorough Spring clean. Normally it's a somewhat cursory affair, but this time all the walls in the kitchen have been washed down, cupboards emptied, all contents washed; those items that haven't been used for years thrown out, and the cupboards and drawers scrubbed inside and out.
Oh, and I also cut the grass.
I hope you know that even when divorced , if your ex spouse has unpaid debts then those creditors can pursue you for that debt, yep even after 18 years separated. You need to get a separate final financial legal settlement on top of the divorce to be safe from this......
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What is relevant is whose name is on the agreement, as this is the person who will be legally liable for the debt. Therefore, a husband is not responsible for his wife's debts, or vice versa, if his name is not on the original credit agreement.
If a debt is in joint names, you have what is known as 'joint and several liability'.
What is relevant is whose name is on the agreement, as this is the person who will be legally liable for the debt. Therefore, a husband is not responsible for his wife's debts, or vice versa, if his name is not on the original credit agreement.
If a debt is in joint names, you have what is known as 'joint and several liability'.
That’s what I was thinking. Many years ago when I got the separation, those papers stated that I was no longer responsible for any debts she may create. All previous debt was politely given to me, so she has no prior, and I’m off the hook for the remainder. Seems we had to run an ad in the local news paper saying I was no longer responsible for her debts? It was 18 years ago, so it’s starting to get foggy. [emoji2957]
On the divorce papers I recently received, it spoke of death beneficiary. That she was still entitled to it, unless I left a will to the contrary. which I will do.
Russell
Here’s a good one! Who out there has a proud moment when you came out on top? I’ve had a few in my day, but one time in particular has been on my mind lately
When I was in high school, my father was a construction superintendent, and his job site was a long way from town. So he had a drink machine installed, for the craftsmen to buy soda at break time. At the end of the month he got a check! For his profits from the machine.
So when I was at school I saw the soda man filling up all the drink machines, I do think he made two trips a day! I asked him how many he loaded in a day? And he said like 500! So, judging from the money my dad was making, I calculated what the profit was on 500x30! And it came out to $3,642! Back in 1978, that was good money for a month, Twice what a principal would make!
As usual, as the principal walks past me in the hall, he can’t just keep on walking, he has to screw with me. So I asked him, “who manages the drink machines.”, and he said, “I handle all that myself.”, and I asked, “so where does the money go?” And he made some lame excuse, saying that he uses it to buy coffee for the teacher’s lounge. And I said, “you can buy a lot of coffee for $3,642 a month!”, and he turned white as a ghost! He panicked big time, shouting, “I never want to hear another word about it, or I’ll remove the machines!”, and I calmly said, “if you hear about it, it won’t be from me!”.
So from that moment on, no matter what I did, if I got sent to the office he would say, “sit by the door and wait for the bell to ring.”. I mean no matter what I did he told me to wait for the bell and go to my next class. I was leaving school without permission, even got sent in for fighting once, and the other boy just could not understand why the principle didn’t speak to us?
And now that I think back, I wonder why I didn’t extort him for a few hundred bucks! $500 a month wouldn’t have hurt him too much, and would have bought me a much nicer car! And, when I left school, I didn’t tell on him. And he was a real ass, and really had it coming, but for some reason, I left it alone. Now he’s on the County Administrators Board! Who knows how much he’s embezzling these days?
Insomnia is a terrible affliction. [emoji2957]
Russell
walpurgis
08-04-2019, 13:20
What is this recent nonsense from ebay and Royal Mail?
They now send me emails to tell me my expected parcel has been delivered. Well of course it effin' well has, I have the bleedin' thing sitting here, I don't need a effin' email to tell me! :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
I dare say it will let you know its been delivered to wrong address :D not that it helps much
My stuff doesn't get delivered directly to me so at least if I know it is arrived. Although I agree in practical terms it isn't much use.
Pigmy Pony
16-04-2019, 06:11
Well my younger daughter had her first baby on Sunday night. A boy, they're calling him Harry. She was over a week late, so I sent a certain Sham 69 song to her phone, to play to the bump. Seems to have done the trick :)
Audio Al
16-04-2019, 06:21
1st time grandad ? :)
Well my younger daughter had her first baby on Sunday night. A boy, they're calling him Harry. She was over a week late, so I sent a certain Sham 69 song to her phone, to play to the bump. Seems to have done the trick :)Congrats steve
new Tory symbol for the next election...
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new Tory symbol for the next election...
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Oh - that's brilliant! :lol:
Pigmy Pony
16-04-2019, 17:13
Just thinking about that shower's enough to make it go limp. :(
Pigmy Pony
16-04-2019, 17:23
Congrats steve
Thanks guys, this is my second grandson, my older daughter has a son (Archie) who is 12 now. And another (a girl) is due in July. God, they're breeding like flies!
My older daughter was happy to have a girl this time, but her partner wanted a boy, as he already has a daughter from a previous relationship. After they learned the sex of the baby and got outside, he grumbled "Girl maker", and my daughter replied "Hey, don't be calling me a girl maker, I've already got a son, where's your son?"
I think there may be a place for them on the next Jeremy Kyle :)
Bloody expensive next Christmas will be.
I've 2 boys.. Won't be any more tho. Both good lads.... So far
Discopants
16-04-2019, 20:46
For any of you out there who are wondering what all the hype about Game of Thrones is and have you missed the boat... is it worth getting now TV for etc etc.
If you watch Lord of the Rings on DVD and intersperse 5 minutes of porno every 15 minutes , you get a pretty good feel for the flavour of it.
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walpurgis
16-04-2019, 20:51
I thought Game of Thrones was a documentary series about lavatories. :scratch:
Pigmy Pony
17-04-2019, 06:10
You know when a new film comes out, and the critics hail it "a triumph" and "funniest thing in years", etc, and when you go to see it you can't understand what all the fuss was about, well it's due to expectations, and nothing can ever quite live up to the hype.
It's similar with "Game Of Thrones". There is bound to be a backlash. Perhaps the trick is to wait until after the backlash, then you can watch it with lowered expectations, and be pleasantly surprised. I personally like it, although really that's because all the other cack on TV these days isn't setting the bar very high.
Them dragons are pretty impressive though, and give my sub something to work with :)
walpurgis
17-04-2019, 07:54
My brother's a fan, so I've seen it a few times at his place. If you like escapist fantasy, it's good. I quite liked it, although it would not be on my regular watch list. Peter Dinklage was bloody amazing.
not that keen on fantasy stuff, or things like the vikings. its all a bit samey.
Ditto - never saw an episode of GoT, and don't intend to either. Grossly overhyped bollox!:eyebrows:
Marco.
walpurgis
17-04-2019, 12:09
Ditto - never saw an episode of GoT, and don't intend to either. Grossly overhyped bollox!:eyebrows:
Marco.
I think you'd change your mind Marco. It's got some sneaky nastiness about it and a fair bit of violence. The plots are good and the cast and acting top notch.
Beobloke
17-04-2019, 12:09
I like a good ‘swords and sorcery’ book or film but haven’t seen GoT as it’s on one of those rich persons’ satellite channels.
I have read that you can recreate it by watching Lord of the Rings and stopping to watch 5 minutes of porn every 15 minutes, though...
I think you'd change your mind Marco. It's got some sneaky nastiness about it and a fair bit of violence. The plots are good and the cast and acting top notch.
Mmm... Perhaps, Geoff, however I remain unconvinced - and I'm certainly not going to entertain watching goodness knows how many episodes of it, which I've missed so far, to catch up!;)
The other aspect of this is that when TV programmes/series are massively hyped up and hugely popular (such as G.o.T or Downtown Abbey), it tends to turn me off. If I'd watched them, I'd have felt a bit like a sheep/joining a bandwagon, and that's rather off-putting. When something becomes too mainstream, for me it just lacks appeal.
I tend to prefer stuff that's a bit more obscure/under the radar, and which attracts more of a cult following. However, there are exceptions to that, and much depends on whether the concept/theme of a TV series 'grabs' me initially or not, and G.o.T never did that. Good luck though, to those who enjoy it:cool:
Have you ever watched Peaky Blinders? That's more my thing! See here: https://www.google.com/search?q=peaky+blinders&oq=peeky+b&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l5.3554j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Gangland/criminal/Mafia-type stuff, especially when it's rather 'dark', does it for me much more than 'swords or sorcery'/fantasy cack.
Marco.
yeah the name put me off. peaky bloody blinders; sounds weird and couldnt bring myself to utter it
It's just a cap, daftee, with a somewhat 'interesting addition': https://www.google.com/search?q=peaky+blinders+hat+with+razor+blades&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj68o7xn9fhAhVE-qQKHXzVD8AQsAR6BAgHEAE&biw=1309&bih=696#imgrc=EeKKViQ7--VFaM:
...a nice wee razor blade or two!:eyebrows: Great for blinding folk, or ripping cheeks in a rather savage way. You can do a lot of damage with a rusty razor blade, especially if you cut a few nicks in it, so that it rips flesh, rather than slices it, thus making the subsequent wound difficult to stitch;)
Usually leaves a lovely permanent scar!
Marco.
It's just a cap, daftee, with a somewhat 'interesting addition': https://www.google.com/search?q=peaky+blinders+hat+with+razor+blades&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj68o7xn9fhAhVE-qQKHXzVD8AQsAR6BAgHEAE&biw=1309&bih=696#imgrc=EeKKViQ7--VFaM:
...a nice wee razor blade or two!:eyebrows: Great for blinding folk, or ripping cheeks in a rather savage way. You can do a lot of damage with a rusty razor blade, especially if you cut a few nicks in it, so that it rips flesh, rather than slices it, thus makes it hard to stitch;)
Creates a lovely permanent scar!
Marco.
not my style ;) was always more of a plunger :eek:
Ha - I like to leave my enemies with a 'wee reminder' of their, shall we say, indiscretions, every time they look in the mirror...
Marco [evil bassa, ex-Glasgow razor gang];)
Pigmy Pony
17-04-2019, 20:01
Peter Dinklage (or Dinky for short) is for me the star of the show, his character is funny, intelligent, and pretty charismatic for a little 'un. If he went out I'd probably stop watching.
No idea who you're talking about... However, may I say that you're looking exceptionally fetching this evening! Is it that new skin cream?
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
17-04-2019, 20:29
Ditto - never saw an episode of GoT, and don't intend to either. Grossly overhyped bollox!:eyebrows:
Marco.
I feel the same about Rammstein - I think they're terrible, even though I've never heard them :ner:
Pigmy Pony
17-04-2019, 20:33
No idea who you're talking about... However, may I say that you're looking exceptionally fetching this evening! Is it that new skin cream?
Marco.
Thank you for noticing! Yes it's called "Spunkblobsfromdonkeysknobs" by L'Oreal. Because I'm worth it :)
I feel the same about Rammstein - I think they're terrible, even though I've never heard them :ner:
Educate yourself [this is one of their 'gentler' tracks, called 'Los']:
https://youtu.be/X5P2_1cyg9M
Play it loud, then *try* and imagine how that sounds on the Brabster's Bad-Ass Bass-Blaster..... Essentially, the sheer physicality of the sound rearranges your intestines!!:lol::eyebrows:
Marco.
Thank you for noticing! Yes it's called "Spunkblobsfromdonkeysknobs" by L'Oreal. Because I'm worth it :)
Well it's certainly working, although I'd stop dying your hair.
Marco.
Ninanina
17-04-2019, 20:57
I now use the Japanese 2 step face cleansing method...
You start with oil cleansing followed by a foam cleanser.... It works perfect for me...and my skin...
I said I'd never be grey haired so I get my lovely hairdresser to do their magic.... currently have blonde and copper streaks ... love it...;)
I actually don't know how 'grey' I am but I just don't want to go there...
My regime is identical, although I use a pumice stone to buff down the boils!:D
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
17-04-2019, 21:04
Well it's certainly working, although I'd stop dying your hair.
Marco.
That hair is not from my head - on Bev's advice I set to with the shears downstairs, and it seemed a waste to chuck it in the bin.
Ninanina
17-04-2019, 21:07
My regime is identical, although I use a pumice stone to buff down the boils!:D
Marco.
A pumice is so rough on the bits though Marco... ouchy ...
Ninanina
17-04-2019, 21:08
That hair is not from my head - on Bev's advice I set to with the shears downstairs, and it seemed a waste to chuck it in the bin.
Steve I'm glad you are taking my advice 'downstairs'.... smooth is the way to go.... I love it... :)
A pumice is so rough on the bits though Marco... ouchy ...
Especially if you mistake it for a cucumber!:eek::D
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
17-04-2019, 21:28
Especially if you mistake it for a cucumber!:eek::D
Marco.
Gherkin more like...
I believe that Bev prefers something with more of a pronounced tip;)
Marco.
Ninanina
17-04-2019, 21:52
I believe that Bev prefers something with more of a pronounced tip;)
Marco.
:rfl::rfl:
Actually no.... blunt is ok ...
I'll bail out now. lol.....
Marco.
Ninanina
17-04-2019, 22:03
I could try to explain.....
It's a girly thing.... :eek:
Like many other secret things, lol;)
Marco.
Ninanina
17-04-2019, 22:16
Like many other secret things, lol;)
Marco.
I'm so open these days so no secrets here....;)
Yes, but for some girls, certain 'girly things' are secret...
Marco.
Ninanina
17-04-2019, 22:28
Not for me.... I think it comes with age...
Pigmy Pony
18-04-2019, 06:09
Different for women, with men it usually goes with age :( In the words of the famous West Country philosopher, the late great Fred Wedlock:
"It takes you all night to do what you used to do all night"
At least we have hifi and music. And the little blue pills, which are great at keeping me from rolling out of bed.
I ordered something from Argos this afternoon and opted to pay £3.95 for same day delivery. I have to admit I was rather sceptical it would arrive today but just four hours after placing the order it arrived. And the bonus was that I had spent over £100 I got a £10 voucher, result.
Different for women, with men it usually goes with age :( In the words of the famous West Country philosopher, the late great Fred Wedlock:
"It takes you all night to do what you used to do all night"
Speak for yourself, floppy-boy:D
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
19-04-2019, 22:10
Really a more apt phrase for me would be:
"I'm not as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was" :)
Really a more apt phrase for me would be:
"I'm not as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was" :)"I'm 'f-ed" honey, try elsewhere" is more usual [emoji3526]
I thought it was: "Gosh honey, I doubt I'll be able to fit it all in there":eyebrows:
Marco.
It's in the garage for a service. Lol
Pigmy Pony
20-04-2019, 06:31
Well it's that time of year again, where the queen wasps are looking for a home. There were three sniffing round the front door yesterday, and all three met their end thanks to my most expensive fly swatter (this month's 'Which' magazine).
I ended up with two nests outside the front of the house last year (although I managed to kill one off with some Nippon nest destroyer), and I'm not putting up with that again. I saw a queen go into the same place yesterday as was used last year, and I didn't see it come back out. Didn't know they re-used nests.
Occasionally if it's in a great spot they will use an old nest.
Nasty things wasp nests.
Last one I had was on inside of door of my shed.
The mate got rid with a shovel and bucket of water
Pigmy Pony
20-04-2019, 07:09
You need to be quick on your feet to get away with that, as I'm told wasps don't like that sort of thing. At the moment the best I can manage is a brisk limp :(
Ninanina
20-04-2019, 18:25
"It takes you all night to do what you used to do all night"
:rfl::rfl:
That really cracked me up Steve....
Ninanina
20-04-2019, 18:42
This hot weather has bought out the shortest of short skirts... I'd get arrested if I wore them out though.... :lol:
Ti's OK to wear them here. Lol
Ninanina
20-04-2019, 19:54
Ti's OK to wear them here. Lol
Well that's what I've gone at the mo Grant... I just love hot weather.... so liberating.... :eyebrows:
I used to have a girlfriend who's skirts were so short (only a couple of inches below 'sea level'), she would have to wear matching knickers for the sake of appearance.
Ninanina
20-04-2019, 20:04
I used to have a girlfriend who's skirts were so short (only a couple of inches below 'sea level'), she would have to wear matching knickers for the sake of appearance.
I know exactly what you mean Barry.. been there...
The skirt I have on at the mo I definitely would not go out in... :eek:
Was going to go down the chippy yesterday, couldn't because the cops had sealed off the end of the street, some women been murdered. You don't get that every day.
https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/gallery/pictures-scene-police-investigate-womans-2781618
Pigmy Pony
21-04-2019, 10:08
This hot weather has bought out the shortest of short skirts... I'd get arrested if I wore them out though.... :lol:
You paint a very appealing picture of life in sunny Portsmouth. :) The tourist board must be rubbing their hands together, but don't let them take advantage of your good nature - an open-top double decker bus stopping outside your house may be your first clue.
Pigmy Pony
21-04-2019, 10:18
This bloke I used to work with, his wife liked her short skirts, even more than she disliked underwear. Not that I ever noticed... :booty:
One sunny day a mate was having a birthday party for his four year old daughter, and they had cake, pop, balloons, party games...and a bouncy castle. this woman was banned from using it after some of the other parents complained.
Lawrence001
21-04-2019, 12:51
This bloke I used to work with, his wife liked her short skirts, even more than she disliked underwear. Not that I ever noticed... :booty:
One sunny day a mate was having a birthday party for his four year old daughter, and they had cake, pop, balloons, party games...and a bouncy castle. this woman was banned from using it after some of the other parents complained.Some of the other mums I assume?
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Some of the other mums I assume?
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some of the uglier mums :D
Pigmy Pony
21-04-2019, 15:04
Some of the other mums I assume?
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Of course. She was attractive, and very athletic looking, so she wasn't the sort that women would want their hubbys anywhere near, even with knickers on. And the kids asking questions like "Did I used to live in one of those, mummy?" wouldn't have helped.
One sunny day a mate was having a birthday party for his four year old daughter, and they had cake, pop, balloons, party games...and a bouncy castle. this woman was banned from using it after some of the other parents complained.
Understandable... All the spilled dandruff would've made things a bit slippy.
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
22-04-2019, 07:24
Understandable... All the spilled dandruff would've made things a bit slippy.
Marco.
Nah, smooth as a baby's bum (I'm told).
Is this you just out of bed lazy-bones? :D
Yup, just up - after a very LONG and boozy lunch yesterday! Started at 2pm and ended at 9pm!!:lol:
Just all sitting together outside, enjoying the lovely warm weather, chatting, eating and drinking and having a few laughs - what life's all about!:cool:
Now I need a nice big cappuccino!!
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
22-04-2019, 07:51
I'm sat outside having a capucchino myself, but one of the quality ones, from my £39 DeLonghi Dolche Gusto. A bit extravagant I know, but as they say "Quality is remembered, long after the price is forgotten" :)
Do you do your star jumps on your veranda before or after breakfast? Cause you don't want to be throwing up, the neighbours won't want to see that.
Ninanina
22-04-2019, 18:27
Been sitting the sun all day wearing a slightly longer short skirt, which was nice ... :eyebrows:
I've got a Dolce Gusto machine too, it's great...
Pigmy Pony
23-04-2019, 06:00
Been sitting the sun all day wearing a slightly longer short skirt, which was nice ... :eyebrows:
I've got a Dolce Gusto machine too, it's great...
Perhaps we should start our own thread: Bev and Steve's Baristas on a Budget with possible future Bum pictures when Balmy...I know the title's a bit wordy but it should knock those snobs off Abstract Chat's top spot.
Frazeur1
23-04-2019, 09:20
This bloke I used to work with, his wife liked her short skirts, even more than she disliked underwear. Not that I ever noticed... :booty:
One sunny day a mate was having a birthday party for his four year old daughter, and they had cake, pop, balloons, party games...and a bouncy castle. this woman was banned from using it after some of the other parents complained.
Spoil sports is all I have to say! Or just plain jealous...
Indeed, although she does sound like a bit of an attention-seeking tart. Funny yes, 'sexy', not really....
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
23-04-2019, 19:44
Certainly funny to outsiders, but if it were my wife I would be having a word...
On a night out in Preston once, with the husband and a couple of others, and his wife came out too. She got so wasted that she slept all the way home in the taxi, unconscious really, and one of her teddies was peeping out for the whole journey. I brought it to hubby's attention to allow her some dignity, and he just shrugged it off saying "Just let her sleep"
From a distance it may seem amusing, but believe it or not this lack of respect for his wife fell way below the standards of decency I like to see in friends, and we lost touch soon after.
"Baby Sussex"... Who GIVES A FLYING FUCK??:doh::rolleyes:
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
25-04-2019, 16:23
"Baby Sussex"... Who GIVES A FLYING FUCK??:doh::rolleyes:
Marco.
All this royal guff getting on your last nerve again?
I have no opinion about this, one way or the other. In fact, I'd never heard of "Baby Sussex" until you mentioned it! I had to Google it. Clearly I'm (unintentionally) avoiding watching and reading the same cack you're punishing yourself with :D Been no mention of it on "Game of Thrones" :)
Less telly* and newspapers + more music playing = happier times!
* One Show! Or anything to do with gardening or cookery.
My VCR has packed up, and not being interested in buying another machine, have just thrown out 40-odd video cassettes.
Fortunately most of the titles are still available on VCD and Blu-Ray.
All this royal guff getting on your last nerve again?
I have no opinion about this, one way or the other. In fact, I'd never heard of "Baby Sussex" until you mentioned it! I had to Google it. Clearly I'm (unintentionally) avoiding watching and reading the same cack you're punishing yourself with :D Been no mention of it on "Game of Thrones" :)
.
I'd never heard of it either and also had to google although 'baby shark' came up first which is also a thing apparently. Anyway good to see Marco has had a change of heart and is now actively promoting the Royals on the site :D
Gave up my vcr many years ago. Think I still have a full boxsets of John Wayne films on tape in loft. Most or all never played. Was a pressie the year stopped using tape
All this royal guff getting on your last nerve again?
I have no opinion about this, one way or the other. In fact, I'd never heard of "Baby Sussex" until you mentioned it! I had to Google it. Clearly I'm (unintentionally) avoiding watching and reading the same cack you're punishing yourself with :D Been no mention of it on "Game of Thrones" :)
Less telly* and newspapers + more music playing = happier times!
* One Show! Or anything to do with gardening or cookery.
Ha - none of that stuff. It was being rammed down our throats whilst watching GMTV!
Marco.
What do expect to see on breakfast television, a documentary about the Carthaginians?
only interesting thing that ever happened on breakfast tv was Frank Bough getting done for coke and hookers. And that was years ago.
I'd never heard of it either and also had to google although 'baby shark' came up first which is also a thing apparently. Anyway good to see Marco has had a change of heart and is now actively promoting the Royals on the site :D
Yerse, I just lurves 'em (especially the sickening underground peadophile rings, some of the major royals are involved in).............almost as much as I do the chinless wonders in Westmonster, government corruption, and the insidious existence of 'the establishment';)
Marco.
What do expect to see on breakfast television, a documentary about the Carthaginians?
only interesting thing that ever happened on breakfast tv was Frank Bough getting done for coke and hookers. And that was years ago.
Maybe some real news that actually matters? Nah, I agree, there's no chance!:D
Marco.
No news actually matters.
Pigmy Pony
26-04-2019, 06:25
Yerse, I just lurves 'em (especially the sickening underground peadophile rings, some of the major royals are involved in).............almost as much as I do the chinless wonders in Westmonster, government corruption, and the insidious existence of 'the establishment';)
Marco.
Underground paedophile rings? That's another one I haven't heard about, but a google search revealed that they used to be sold at Ratners. Who on earth would wear one? No wonder the company went tits up.
You really need to get out more. Or stay in more. Or listen to the radio instead. Sorry I'm in a shit mood because I get radio through Alexa, who's telling me this morning that "I can't connect to the pubic wifi, so feel free to dick around with your Alexa app instead of getting ready for work". :( This keeps happening - time to go old skool, and go back to a radio with an 'on' button.
Underground paedophile rings? That's another one I haven't heard about, but a google search revealed that they used to be sold at Ratners. Who on earth would wear one? No wonder the company went tits up.
You really need to get out more. Or stay in more. Or listen to the radio instead. Sorry I'm in a shit mood because I get radio through Alexa, who's telling me this morning that "I can't connect to the pubic wifi, so feel free to dick around with your Alexa app instead of getting ready for work". :( This keeps happening - time to go old skool, and go back to a radio with an 'on' button.
Interesting, is that a Preston thing or is it widely available?
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
26-04-2019, 14:31
Interesting, is that a Preston thing or is it widely available?
Marco.
Dunno, it's just something that Alexa says every now and then, and it remains spazzed out in this fashion until Anita pigs about with her phone to make it right. I don't know how to fix it and have no interest in learning. I'll just shop around for a secondhand DAB radio and Alexa can sod off.
Dunno, it's just something that Alexa says every now and then, and it remains spazzed out in this fashion until Anita pigs about with her phone to make it right. I don't know how to fix it and have no interest in learning. I'll just shop around for a secondhand DAB radio and Alexa can sod off.
My brother's Alexa was out of control at our Christmas dinner, he had to turn it off in the end it was becoming embarrassing. You don't get that from a clock radio. And a clock radio tells you the time without you having to ask.
It's effectively a spy for 'big brother' (powers that be), of which Amazon are but one, which you've allowed into your home to monitor and control your behaviour. I wouldn't entertain having one if you paid me!:nono:
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
26-04-2019, 16:30
Well we're paying Alexa (through Amazon Prime) and it certainly isn't entertaining me right now. Currently playing Crime of The Century on vinyl, and not once has my trusty deck told me it can't play it (although Mrs. P wishes it would) :)
Pigmy Pony
26-04-2019, 16:41
On the subject of 'spy in the home', you may think you're safe by not having Alexa, but your 'Smart' TV knows your viewing habits. And combined with all the posts you put on here with certain keywords (royal, baby sussex, etc), you'll only have yourself to blame when the Royal Baby/Royal Wedding commemorative crap starts landing on your doorstep, so don't be thinking it's mischief on my part :D
Firebottle
26-04-2019, 16:41
I wouldn't entertain having one if you paid me!:nono:
Marco.
Pay you??? We'll tie you down and whip you ....:whippin:
Pigmy Pony
26-04-2019, 16:45
Now there's an incentive, I think he'd love that!
Pigmy Pony
26-04-2019, 17:03
Just switched the telly on, and it's on a channel called Really, and the programme is called "Ghost Adventures". What a load of crap! A bunch of grown men wandering round an old hotel in the middle of the night with recording equipment. Just about to change channels, when suddenly, by torchlight, a white spot (which could be a spirit) moved across the room. Moving in a zig zag pattern, apparently to avoid being detected by the light of the torch. IT'S A BLOODY MOTH!
No mention of Baby Sussex though, so that's a good thing...
On the subject of 'spy in the home', you may think you're safe by not having Alexa, but your 'Smart' TV knows your viewing habits. And combined with all the posts you put on here with certain keywords (royal, baby sussex, etc), you'll only have yourself to blame when the Royal Baby/Royal Wedding commemorative crap starts landing on your doorstep, so don't be thinking it's mischief on my part :D
Ah, so that's how it's been happening?:doh: And there was me worried about the aftermath of watching 'Babes & Brazzers':eyebrows:
Marco.
P.S Baby Sussex has been cancelled.
Pigmy Pony
26-04-2019, 17:52
Ah, so that's how it's been happening?:doh: And there was me worried about the aftermath of watching 'Babes & Brazzers':eyebrows:
Marco.
P.S Baby Sussex has been cancelled.
Baby Lancashire still going strong, as can be seen in my avatar. :)
Yesh, and I can shmell that he needs changed:eyebrows:
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
26-04-2019, 18:26
Nah, I just turn it inside out, and it'll be good for another day or two :) Obviously I put some newspapers down before I sit, I'm not a complete slob.
Ninanina
28-04-2019, 17:03
The thought of turning things inside out for extra 'wear' does seem to repulse me.... I sometimes change a couple of times a day so can't quite 'get' that...
Lol - know... That's why wearing white (rather than black) undies is practical, as you can, erm, instantly see 'anything' that shouldn't be there!:doh::eek:
Better to change often than allow any 'build up'!:lol::D
Marco.
Ninanina
28-04-2019, 18:27
Or not wear 'undies' at all which is what I've been doing recently... with a skirt that'll 'cover' things, of course.... I defo won't be flashing anything :eyebrows:
But it's a nice feeling of freedom
Pigmy Pony
28-04-2019, 22:15
Or not wear 'undies' at all which is what I've been doing recently... with a skirt that'll 'cover' things, of course.... I defo won't be flashing anything :eyebrows:
But it's a nice feeling of freedom
Just keep away from bouncy castles. Kiddies' mums don't like it...
Ninanina
28-04-2019, 22:18
Just keep away from bouncy castles. Kiddies' mums don't like it...
I'll keep the bouncy castles thing in mind Steve... I defo don't want to 'flash' anything as I think that is just slutty.. don't you think ?
Pigmy Pony
29-04-2019, 06:29
I'll keep the bouncy castles thing in mind Steve... I defo don't want to 'flash' anything as I think that is just slutty.. don't you think ?
It's a subject that would divide opinion - most women would be offended, apart from some females of the crew cut hair & monkey boots variety, and most blokes wouldn't have a problem. Unfortunately many women (and men) these days are of such a shape that it would be hard to tell where the body ends and the bouncy castle begins, and no one wants to see that :(
Only kidding, using imagination to 'fill in the blanks' is sexier - The thought of a nice portion of sea bass well presented is so much nicer than being smacked in the face with a wet fish.
Lol, what are you lot like!:D
Using your imagination to 'fill n the blanks', as you say, is definitely sexier. As I said before, the bouncy-castle tart you mentioned before was precisely that: an attention-seeking tart, and would've got a major ticking off for her behaviour, had she been my wife, not that Del would dream of behaving like that, even though she's small and agile enough to make a good job of jumping up and down on a bouncy castle or trampoline, and not look ridiculous - indeed she's still a big kid herself!
As Bev says, flashing things like that is slutty, and lacks class. Indeed, if I'd been there with male friends, I'd have been laughing *at* her, not with her, and we'd have found her rather tragic! Fair enough if a woman chooses not to wear knickers under her skirt, because she likes the freedom it gives and makes her feel sexy or naughty, but that should be her 'little secret', and perhaps that of her partner, not something that she broadcasts to the world. I'm sure that Bev would agree:)
Marco.
AJSki2fly
29-04-2019, 07:18
Maybe the invite was mis-leading and the lady had read the invite to the party incorrectly and had gone dressed appropriately, perhaps Bouncy-Castle is a euphemism that we don’t understand.;)
Maybe the invite was mis-leading and the lady had read the invite to the party incorrectly and had gone dressed appropriately, perhaps Bouncy-Castle is a euphemism that we don’t understand.;)
Heard she had a wee nick down there, and was told to let the air get to it;)
I'm reliably told it was Steve who suggested it:D
Heard she had a wee nick down there, and was told to let the air get to it;)
Yesh, that'll be from when Steve had that unfortunate slip, whilst 'mowing her lady garden', with a blunt Gillette Venus.
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
29-04-2019, 19:57
Yesh, that'll be from when Steve had that unfortunate slip, whilst 'mowing her lady garden', with a blunt Gillette Venus.
Marco.
Well it needed a good tidy up after all the kids had been hedge-hopping. And I was working with a large canvas - not so much Brazilian, more like Brazil. It's what got me interested in topiary.
Pigmy Pony
01-05-2019, 05:54
It's just been announced that beavers are to be given protected status in Scotland. I've had a few nights out in Glasgow and I'd say they are more than capable of looking after themselves!
https://youtu.be/SOsm1TzqHII
Marco.
Classic, innit?:D
Ye cannae whack the old Scottish comedies!
That's also why 'beaver hunting', in Glasgow, takes on a whole new meaning... You can floss your teeth on some of the 'fur':eyebrows:
Marco.
we all like a bit o' beaver
Ninanina
02-05-2019, 18:38
Lol, what are you lot like!:D
Using your imagination to 'fill n the blanks', as you say, is definitely sexier. As I said before, the bouncy-castle tart you mentioned before was precisely that: an attention-seeking tart, and would've got a major ticking off for her behaviour, had she been my wife, not that Del would dream of behaving like that, even though she's small and agile enough to make a good job of jumping up and down on a bouncy castle or trampoline, and not look ridiculous - indeed she's still a big kid herself!
As Bev says, flashing things like that is slutty, and lacks class. Indeed, if I'd been there with male friends, I'd have been laughing *at* her, not with her, and we'd have found her rather tragic! Fair enough if a woman chooses not to wear knickers under her skirt, because she likes the freedom it gives and makes her feel sexy or naughty, but that should be her 'little secret', and perhaps that of her partner, not something that she broadcasts to the world. I'm sure that Bev would agree:)
Marco.
Totally agree with all that Marco...
Flashing the bits is slutty and classless, not sexy at all, well not to me and any guys I've known anyway as it leaves nothing to the imagination. Yes I'd have laughed at her as well and definitely found it rather tragic that she feels that's the right way to behave, which it's not..
I totally 'get' the feeling of wearing no nicks but I'd want to keep it as my, and my partners, 'little secret' as that's the sexy/naughty bit don't you think ?
Absolutely! It's those types of things that can really spice up a relationship:eyebrows:;)
Marco.
Ninanina
02-05-2019, 18:42
Well it needed a good tidy up after all the kids had been hedge-hopping. And I was working with a large canvas - not so much Brazilian, more like Brazil. It's what got me interested in topiary.
The thoguht of your full Brazil Steve conjures up so many thoughts.... :doh:
Ninanina
02-05-2019, 18:45
Absolutely! It's those types of things that can really spice up a relationship:eyebrows:;)
Marco.
Totally agree with that ....as you get older more things seem to be able to 'spice it up' as well... which is nice.... ;)
A flash of the thigh is more seductive than bare assed nudity in the right hands
Ninanina
02-05-2019, 18:54
In my experience all guys are different... to some the best clothes are the one's in a pile on the floor but for others sexy undies are the way to go... I guess everyone to their own...
Did a business ethics course at work this week. Quite confusing. You cannot accept any gift from a client that 'might be considered extravagant'
So there's a question 'A client offers you a box set of DVDs, can you accept it?' So I answer 'Yes'. I'm thinking an extravagant gift is like a Rolex or something. I mean a box set of DVDs, it's what? Twenty quid value tops. Who's buying DVDs nowadays ffs? But apparently that's wrong and you can't accept a DVD box set, it's an extravagant gift. A coffee mug with the client's name on it is okay though. Whoopee doo.
But later they ask 'Is it okay for a client to take you out to a show, buy you a meal at a restaurant and put you up in an hotel for the night?' - And the answer is yes, that is perfectly fine.
I'm really struggling with it tbh.
Did a business ethics course at work this week. Quite confusing. You cannot accept any gift from a client that 'might be considered extravagant'
So there's a question 'A client offers you a box set of DVDs, can you accept it?' So I answer 'Yes'. I'm thinking an extravagant gift is like a Rolex or something. I mean a box set of DVDs, it's what? Twenty quid value tops. Who's buying DVDs nowadays ffs? But apparently that's wrong and you can't accept a DVD box set, it's an extravagant gift. A coffee mug with the client's name on it is okay though. Whoopee doo.
But later they ask 'Is it okay for a client to take you out to a show, buy you a meal at a restaurant and put you up in an hotel for the night?' - And the answer is yes, that is perfectly fine.
I'm really struggling with it tbh.
We were all asked to go on one. It was when I worked for BAE Systems ('nuff said about the ethics of a defense company and weapons manufacturer). I declined - finding their hypocrisy remarkable.
walpurgis
04-05-2019, 21:35
You should try a NEBSS course. It's a 'how to think the way management want you to' course. My employer sent me (and others) on one. After the first session I told the guy running it that it was a load of bollocks.
This was compulsory. Been there almost 13 years never had a thing offered to me. It was just the idea of a DVD box set being considered as 'extravagant' that got me.
This was compulsory. Been there almost 13 years never had a thing offered to me. It was just the idea of a DVD box set being considered as 'extravagant' that got me.
Mine was compulsory. I just found ways of avoiding it. :D
I found ways too but I ran out of them.
Did a business ethics course at work this week. Quite confusing. You cannot accept any gift from a client that 'might be considered extravagant'
So there's a question 'A client offers you a box set of DVDs, can you accept it?' So I answer 'Yes'. I'm thinking an extravagant gift is like a Rolex or something. I mean a box set of DVDs, it's what? Twenty quid value tops. Who's buying DVDs nowadays ffs? But apparently that's wrong and you can't accept a DVD box set, it's an extravagant gift. A coffee mug with the client's name on it is okay though. Whoopee doo.
But later they ask 'Is it okay for a client to take you out to a show, buy you a meal at a restaurant and put you up in an hotel for the night?' - And the answer is yes, that is perfectly fine.
I'm really struggling with it tbh.
That certainly is confusing. I guess the difference is there is no lingering evidence of the show, hotel and hookers. While the box set remains as evidence of the exchange? Once a sales woman gave me a bottle of liquor for Christmas, that was about the limit of my benefits from outside. Although, they made a rule that no one was supposed to do telephone surveys. A woman called me and offered $50 to take a survey, seeing I did all the buying for the computer department, and I took it! In only two days I got the check in the mail. So, I guess I wasn’t the people your class was talking to?
Russell
My attitude was that I was not 'senior' enough to influence purchases. Despite being a 'Principle Research Scientist' (or sometime 'Research Associate'; they kept changing our titles :doh:), I still had to get all purchase orders countersigned by the Departmental Manager.
So as I could not be 'bought', or in any way induced by 'backhanders', I regarded the ethic course as not being applicable to me, and avoided/boycotted it.
My attitude was that I was not 'senior' enough to influence purchases. Despite being a 'Principle Research Scientist
I'm sure you were principled, but presumably your job title was 'Principal Research Scientist'?
This was compulsory. Been there almost 13 years never had a thing offered to me. It was just the idea of a DVD box set being considered as 'extravagant' that got me.
I always signed up for courses. Better than working, and there were usually free biscuits.
My attitude was that I was not 'senior' enough to influence purchases. Despite being a 'Principle Research Scientist' (or sometime 'Research Associate'; they kept changing our titles :doh:), I still had to get all purchase orders countersigned by the Departmental Manager.
So as I could not be 'bought', or in any way induced by 'backhanders', I regarded the ethic course as not being applicable to me, and avoided/boycotted it.
Once I was shopping to buy a $9K printer for the Art Department. The sales woman was very forward! Wearing miniskirts and low cut blouses, long blond hair, she was quite fetching. And she poured on the charm! Took me out to eat, she was so nice. She suggested we try a sample, and they delivered a $12.5K version of the printer, I pointed out that it was not the version I was shopping for, but was told not to worry. Well, it boiled down to her giving me an invoice for the $12.5K printer, and I refused it, told her to load it up and take it the heck outta there! She was no longer kind, and threw a fit! And I wound up getting the $12.5K printer for $9K! I guess it was a good thing I didn’t sleep with her?
Russell
Even better you didn't give her one[emoji23]
Never been offered anything for nothing or for doing something... Ever. You would think someone would have at least tried to tempt me[emoji41]
I'm sure you were principled, but presumably your job title was 'Principal Research Scientist'?
Oops - yes, 'Principal'. Too much vino!
Pigmy Pony
07-05-2019, 18:38
I'm always being given stuff by customers - in the last 12 months I've been given a nearly new fridge, a bottle of Glenfiddich, a box of Rover assorted biscuits, and last week a 'still-in-its-box' Sony DVD player (a weird looking thing, resembles a toilet). I always accept freebies, then worry about what to do with them afterwards.
I'm always being given stuff by customers - in the last 12 months I've been given a nearly new fridge, a bottle of Glenfiddich, a box of Rover assorted biscuits, and last week a 'still-in-its-box' Sony DVD player (a weird looking thing, resembles a toilet)
Aye, and don't forget Gertrude, who gave you the CRABS!:lol:
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
07-05-2019, 20:46
Aye, and don't forget Gertrude, who gave you the CRABS!:lol:
Marco.
I don't normally keep the gifts, but just pass them on to someone more deserving. And so it was with Gertie's gift.
I don't normally keep the gifts, but just pass them on to someone more deserving. And so it was with Gertie's gift.
The gift that keeps on giving!
Russell
Pigmy Pony
11-05-2019, 06:43
I see you've reached your 'milestone' Barry, no doubt your complimentary bottle will be winging its way to you from Marco :)
Pigmy Pony
11-05-2019, 06:46
The gift that keeps on giving!
Russell
Oh yes, and I do like to spread the lice :grouphug:
Did that cream not work? Looks like the tweezers will be out again then......:doh:
Marco.
I see you've reached your 'milestone' Barry, no doubt your complimentary bottle will be winging its way to you from Marco :)
Only if his party trick with the donkey is good enough;)
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
11-05-2019, 13:02
Oh yes, and I do like to spread the lice :grouphug:
Doctor Marco, doctoring my posts again! You little scamp :)
Moi? I'm a good boy:eyebrows:
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
11-05-2019, 13:08
Did that cream not work? Looks like the tweezers will be out again then......:doh:
Marco.
What, that cream you gave me? No it didn't! Funny looking stuff too - looked like 1 part flour and two parts egg white. And a pinch of salt. I reckon you made it yourself. And you really should have stated 'for external use only'.
Pigmy Pony
11-05-2019, 13:11
Only if his party trick with the donkey is good enough;)
Marco.
A word of caution Barry: Last time Marco gave me "free" drinks I woke up with an indefinable feeling of shame and my underpants on back to front. :(
Ninanina
12-05-2019, 18:08
A word of caution Barry: Last time Marco gave me "free" drinks I woke up with an indefinable feeling of shame and my underpants on back to front. :(
You are just soooo funny Steve, your posts always crack me up .... :lol:
Ninanina
15-05-2019, 19:31
This week I will only be wearing.........
.... perfume .... :lol:
This week I will only be wearing.........
.... perfume .... :lol:
That's what Mae West replied when asked in an interview what did she wear in bed: "Two drops of perfume".
Pigmy Pony
15-05-2019, 20:40
This week I will only be wearing.........
.... perfume .... :lol:
...and no doubt it fits where it touches :)
A few years ago we refurbished a retirement home owned by this horrible Egyptian bloke whom I called the Fat Pharaoh when he was out of earshot (the name stuck and soon afterwards he fired me for an unrelated reason). Anyway he made his daughter project manager who, although reasonably attractive was a total screaming skull. Her only redeeming quality was some scent that went everywhere with her. Not perfume, I think it was some kind of body lotion, which was so nice I would have followed her over a cliff.
Never found out what it was called, probably essence of all the project managers that came and went before her. Her dad still owes my brother 12 grand, the shithead :(
Ninanina
15-05-2019, 20:56
probably essence of all the project managers that came and went before her
:lol::lol:
Nice one Steve...
I know guys that find my perfume a real t on .... strange but true... :eyebrows:
I've always used perfume everyday, it's like putting on clothes.. it's something I just do....
Pigmy Pony
15-05-2019, 22:00
In the bad old raving days there was a certain scent that some women would wear, and it's hard to explain what it smelt like - sort of really fresh like cucumber or melon or something. I did once ask a young lady what it was, and she said it was "Sunflowers" by Elizabeth Arden. Not sure about this as I've smelt it since and it didn't seem quite the same. Perhaps some other chemicals were colouring my senses? :)
Ninanina
15-05-2019, 22:09
In the bad old raving days there was a certain scent that some women would wear, and it's hard to explain what it smelt like - sort of really fresh like cucumber or melon or something. I did once ask a young lady what it was, and she said it was "Sunflowers" by Elizabeth Arden. Not sure about this as I've smelt it since and it didn't seem quite the same. Perhaps some other chemicals were colouring my senses? :)
I don't think any Elizabeth Arden's are to my liking so I reckon 'other chemicals' were defo colouring your senses Steve... ;)
Why anyone would want to smell like cucumbers or melons is beyond me..... :lol:
I only wear Cacharel perfume, Lou Lou or Anais Anais.. but it seems to be Lou Lou that gets the guys going for some reason ... :eyebrows:
Obviously depends on skin chemistry, but I still like the smell of Chanel No.5 and "J'Adore" by Christian Dior.
Ninanina
15-05-2019, 22:42
Obviously depends on skin chemistry, but I still like the smell of Chanel No.5 and "J'Adore" by Christian Dior.
I also like Chanel No.5 but not worn that for ages...
In the bad old raving days there was a certain scent that some women would wear, and it's hard to explain what it smelt like - sort of really fresh like cucumber or melon or something.
Ah...'tis the unmistakable tang of a freshly washed 'lady flower', lawn mowed, and emitting that heavenly scent of freshly-cut 'grass'... Now cucumbers, don't be asking Bev why that aroma may accompany her, but it's probably not because she's just been to the greengrocers:eyebrows:
Marco.
walpurgis
16-05-2019, 08:29
'Snowflake' label distressing to sensitive snowflakes (wimps :rolleyes:).
https://metro.co.uk/2019/05/15/snowflakes-dont-like-being-called-snowflakes-9548736/
Beobloke
16-05-2019, 10:49
Brilliant!
In other news, idiots apparently often object to being told they are idiots...
I'd "distress" them all right, by giving them a damn good SLAP!!:doh::punch:
:wanker:
Marco.
AJSki2fly
16-05-2019, 14:43
'Snowflake' label distressing to sensitive snowflakes (wimps :rolleyes:).
https://metro.co.uk/2019/05/15/snowflakes-dont-like-being-called-snowflakes-9548736/
I doubt they even know the meaning of what entitled means, as most probably think that everything in life is their right to have whether they work for it or not. I'd give then a swift snowflake up the backside for a reality check.:steam::punch::eek:
Bring back compulsory National Service, I say. A bit of army discipline would soon toughen them up! Doubt they'd be able to cope though with no Wi-Fi...:rolleyes:
Marco.
walpurgis
16-05-2019, 15:14
Bring back compulsory National Service, I say. A bit of army discipline would soon toughen them up! Doubt they'd be able to cope though with no Wi-Fi...:rolleyes:
Marco.
Not sure toughened up 'entitled' people would be good. Oh, hang on.....that's Millwall supporters isn't it :).
Bring back compulsory National Service, I say. A bit of army discipline would soon toughen them up! Doubt they'd be able to cope though with no Wi-Fi...:rolleyes:
Marco.
It never did the Kray twins any harm.
It's amusing how the most vocal advocates of National Service are those who were born too late to actually do it, and too early to qualify for it if it was reintroduced. People have been calling for the return of National Service for as long as I can remember (ie the early 1960s). It's interesting to speculate on how British pop music would have fared if the various members of the Beatles, Who, Stones, Pink Floyd etc had been conscripted. Most of them were just too young; of the slightly older ones Bill Wyman was in the RAF, but Ringo Starr escaped through ill-health.
It never did the Kray twins any harm.
Or various members of the Royal Family....
It's amusing how the most vocal advocates of National Service are those who were born too late to actually do it, and too early to qualify for it if it was reintroduced. People have been calling for the return of National Service for as long as I can remember (ie the early 1960s). It's interesting to speculate on how British pop music would have fared if the various members of the Beatles, Who, Stones, Pink Floyd etc had been conscripted. Most of them were just too young; of the slightly older ones Bill Wyman was in the RAF, but Ringo Starr escaped through ill-health.
Interesting point about musicians, although those mentioned were actually doing something creative, and went on to make a success of their lives, the former which can't be said for most of today's 'snowflakes', the majority of whom will likely become little more than social media-obsessed layabouts.
Army or otherwise, I'm all for today's 'yoof' being taught some form of discipline, and instilled with a work ethic and some common sense, as most parents these days seem incapable of the job, which is why we have so many gormless zombies/'millennials' walking today's streets!
Marco.
Interesting point about musicians, although those mentioned were actually doing something creative, and went on to make a success of their lives,
Eventually, after arsing round at art school and/or being on the dole for a couple of years, when they should have been square-bashing at Catterick.
You can imagine what its like walking on the pavements in London trying to dodge the little darlings with there heads stuck in smartphones etc. In fact I've developed a peach of a body swerve worthy
of jinky Johnson at his best. Thats one for the teenagers as well :lol:
Eventually, after arsing round at art school and/or being on the dole for a couple of years, when they should have been square-bashing at Catterick.
Billy Bragg was in the RTR. That bloke out of Fun Lovin Criminals was in the USMC in Iraq. I don't think serving in the forces necessarily disbars you from being a musician afterwards. Or during.
You can imagine what its like walking on the pavements in London trying to dodge the little darlings with there heads stuck in smartphones etc. In fact I've developed a peach of a body swerve worthy
of jinky Johnson at his best. Thats one for the teenagers as well :lol:
Haha - as a diehard Celtic fan, I know exactly who you mean!
And yes, there should be a new game introduced on the streets of major cities, called 'slap an iZonbie', with bonus points given if you actually manage to wake one up!!:D
Marco.
Would you want to wake up a zombie? Or indeed any member of the living dead? Maybe horror films have lied to me but it's usually a recipe for trouble.
Lol... Yeah, prolly best just to leave them to bump into a lamp post!
Marco.
Lol... Yeah, prolly best just to leave them to bump into a lamp post!
Marco.
And then they can try to sue the council for failing to clad the lamp posts like rugby goal posts. :doh:
You can imagine what its like walking on the pavements in London trying to dodge the little darlings with there heads stuck in smartphones etc. In fact I've developed a peach of a body swerve worthy
of jinky Johnson at his best. Thats one for the teenagers as well :lol:
I have a mate who's strategy in dealing with the phone zombies is to just walk straight into them and then demand an apology as they were not looking where they were going. I think he keeps score of the dropped phones like a WW2 bomber pilot on the side of his shopping trolley.
I have a mate who's strategy in dealing with the phone zombies is to just walk straight into them and then demand an apology as they were not looking where they were going. I think he keeps score of the dropped phones like a WW2 bomber pilot on the side of his shopping trolley.
Love it! Sadly I was just too well brought up as a child to try out that strategy.
Indeed. Having been taught manners and high moral standards from young can often be a burden in today's world;)
Marco.
I have a mate who's strategy in dealing with the phone zombies is to just walk straight into them and then demand an apology as they were not looking where they were going. I think he keeps score of the dropped phones like a WW2 bomber pilot on the side of his shopping trolley.
Haha - yeah, that's tops!:D
Luckily however, I rarely need to mingle on busy high streets with the great unwashed.
Marco.
Haha - yeah, that's tops!:D
Luckily however, I rarely need to mingle on busy high streets with the great unwashed.
Marco.
Yes I know - instead you send Benson, your factotum to deal with all that.
Billy Bragg was in the RTR. That bloke out of Fun Lovin Criminals was in the USMC in Iraq. I don't think serving in the forces necessarily disbars you from being a musician afterwards. Or during.
Just imagine what Elvis could have become if he didn't have to be in the stupid Army!
Just imagine what Elvis could have become if he didn't have to be in the stupid Army!
Jimi Hendrix as well. I mean he was the best and he was in the 82nd Airborne I think. He was in the army anyway. Hence 'Machine Gun.'
Yes I know - instead you send Benson, your factotum to deal with all that.
Ha - now there's an idea! He could deal with the awful queues there are sometimes in the food hall of Fortnum & Masons.
Marco.
Ha - now there's an idea! He could deal with the awful queues there are sometimes in the food hall of Fortnum & Masons.
Marco.
Don't they deliver for you? Shocking - I would have a word with them if I were you.
That's the butler's job... What I originally meant was that, as I don't live in a city or frequent busy town/city centres very often (simply because I can access them if necessary out with of peak usage times), I rarely encounter the risible 'glued to their phones brigade', unless one wanders out into the road in front of me, in which case I make damn sure of running it over, and claim the relevant 500 bonus points!
Marco.
Billy Bragg was in the RTR. That bloke out of Fun Lovin Criminals was in the USMC in Iraq. I don't think serving in the forces necessarily disbars you from being a musician afterwards. Or during.
Maybe not, but National Service would probably have meant that Lennon never met McCartney, and that the Jagger/Richards partnership was also a non-starter. The 1960s would have been very different.
Pigmy Pony
17-05-2019, 06:33
Maybe the above would have met while doing their National Service. When something's going to happen, it will. And whether or not this is true, we'll never know :)
Maybe the above would have met while doing their National Service. When something's going to happen, it will. And whether or not this is true, we'll never know :)
Well, quite.
I wonder if those calling for the return of National Service think a spot of it would have done them good when they were young, or were they so perfect they had no need of it, unlike 'young people today' who always have been and always will be a disappointment to their elders and betters?
I wonder if those calling for the return of National Service think a spot of it would have done them good when they were young, or were they so perfect they had no need of it, unlike 'young people today' who always have been and always will be a disappointment to their elders and betters?
Well, if you were brought up by parents, who when you were young, successfully taught you right from wrong, including the required discipline, common sense, and ability to 'problem solve' (think for yourself and make your own decisions), in order to grow up to be a free-thinking, caring and well-adjusted (but still imperfect) adult; the latter which applies to us all, then no, National Service would unlikely have been of much use.
However, joining the army and experiencing the benefits of camaraderie and teamwork among others of a similar age, rather than nurturing a warped sense of self-importance [life is all about ME], instilled in you by parents who spoil you and let you have your own way all the time, I'd suggest would be of great benefit to the majority of the youth today, simply because good parenting skills are severely on the wane.
Therefore, if we're to try and change things for the better of our society in future, then something/someone needs to 'take up that slack'. Otherwise, those 'snowflakes' will soon turn into a blizzard...
Marco.
it's the 'everyone gets a prize' and the 'everyone's opinion is valid' nonsense that has created all these snowflakes to begin with. Solve the problem at source the there's no need to fix it further down the line.
Scrap all that crap, go back to winners and losers and teach children that life is hard, you're going to have to spend most of it doing shit you don't want to do, it's normal to be discontented so appreciate and make the most of the times that you are happy, and, in general, man the fuck up. You could be starving to death in Africa so count yourself lucky.
it's the 'everyone gets a prize' and the 'everyone's opinion is valid' nonsense that has created all these snowflakes to begin with. Solve the problem at source the there's no need to fix it further down the line.
Exactly! And you're also bang on with the rest of your post. It's that, and also the likes of banning competitive sports in schools. for fear of upsetting the 'delicate little lambs' who aren't any good at them, and so [wrongly] feel like 'failures', which is also to blame.
In various aspects of life, there are ALWAYS winners and losers. That's a fact, and just tough titty, so young adults need to 'man up' and deal with it!
They shouldn't be brought up in an artificial bubble and cosseted from life's hardships by their parents, as in the end that does them no favours whatsoever. It's healthy to be competitive (within reason) and character building when success is achieved, so that should be both encouraged and rewarded, along with a message portrayed of: 'better to have tried and lost, but done your best, then never to have tried at all'...
More importantly, just because you're no good at sports (or whatever) doesn't mean that you're not good at something else, so the education system needs revamped in order to better recognise, from an early age, the natural talents/aptitudes kids have, and how to nurture them... For me, there's way too much focus on the importance of academic subjects, and not enough on the creative/artistic variety, and so that imbalance urgently needs addressed, for starters.
*That* is how you deal with things, and subsequently create more WINNERS and build self-confidence, simply by recognising and developing people's natural abilities, and in turn making them feel more positive about themselves. Therefore, no-one need consider that they're a 'failure', or 'thick', simply because how their brains work, or who they are as people, doesn't 'fit' with education system - and therefore it is THAT which is failing them - not the other way round!
Trouble is, that's not how the 'powers that be' want the system to work......
Marco.
That's what the children of my generation were told, for the most part:
'Get on with it and make the best of it'.
'No-one owes you a living'.
'Life's not fair.'
'Hard work is its own reward.'
'No-one's going to do it for you'
'Be grateful for what you've got'
'There are children like you starving in Africa'
'Sort yourself out or you'll get a clip round the ear.'
And so on.
I don't think most children hear any of that anymore. Most parents seem to be dedicated to giving their children anything their little hearts desire as though that is somehow what being 'a good parent' is all about. if you want to be a good parent start telling the spoiled little brats some home truths from the list above.
Otherwise they go out into the world expecting it to be a bed of roses where everything will come easy to them. And then they can't cope when they find out that the reality is far from that and they end up topping themselves.
Absolutely... The problem is a lot of parents these days have no desire to WORK at it (or simply don't have the time, and that's a whole other issue), to *do the job properly* [the same incidentally often applies to marriages - we currently live in a society that promotes maximum satisfaction for minimal effort], so they take the path of least resistance and give their 'little darlings' whatever they want, as it's easier that way and shuts them up:rolleyes:
Sadly however, parenting is like any other task in life: you only get out of it what you put into it!
Problem is, the reason why many folks have kids is to make *themselves* feel better about themselves, and because they consider that they've 'fulfilled their human obligation', by procreating, rather than actually wanting to make a success of bringing another human being into the world, who might have a positive effect on it, and moreover, committing to bringing them up to be something to be genuinely proud of...
But no, simply 'popping out' sprogs, one after the other, regardless of the outcome, is in itself considered as a 'worthy achievement'!:doh:
Marco.
That's what the children of my generation were told, for the most part:
'Get on with it and make the best of it'.
'No-one owes you a living'.
'Life's not fair.'
'Hard work is its own reward.'
'No-one's going to do it for you'
'Be grateful for what you've got'
'There are children like you starving in Africa'
'Sort yourself out or you'll get a clip round the ear.'
And so on.
I don't think most children hear any of that anymore. Most parents seem to be dedicated to giving their children anything their little hearts desire as though that is somehow what being 'a good parent' is all about. if you want to be a good parent start telling the spoiled little brats some home truths from the list above.
Otherwise they go out into the world expecting it to be a bed of roses where everything will come easy to them. And then they can't cope when they find out that the reality is far from that and they end up topping themselves.
And yet their parents were probably brought up the way you describe your generation was (Google tells me millennials are those born between 1981-1996; ie the years you and Marco would be likely to have fathered children), so how come they turned out so badly? Could it just be the usual story of old-ish blokes complaining about 'kids today', like they always have?
Pigmy Pony
17-05-2019, 17:54
And yet their parents were probably brought up the way you describe your generation was (Google tells me millennials are those born between 1981-1996; ie the years you and Marco would be likely to have fathered children), so how come they turned out so badly? Could it just be the usual story of old-ish blokes complaining about 'kids today', like they always have?
Of course there is an element of truth to this, but the difference is that now it is completely true :ner:
There are so many things 'wrong with the world' which we are no longer allowed to comment on without being branded racist, sexist, ageist or pissed, please don't take this away from us :(
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