Tell Me Something............Anything! [Archive] - Page 23

Pigmy Pony

19-07-2020, 07:19

...along with only needing about 5 hours sleep at night, the 'urge' to get up for a pish somewhere in between, and in the morning rising, feeling stiff [sadly not in THAT sense:eyebrows:] full of aches and pains - all of which I'm blissfully free of!:ner::D;)

Marco.

No, it's Del I feel sorry for, having to put up with you doing morning 'star jumps' on the bed, like an Italian Mr Motivator (Sr Motivatori?) with Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus" playing :doh:

"Marco, for God's sake knock it on the head! Go downstairs and put the kettle on!"

"No cuppa for us ma wee hen, you know that's what the great unwashed drink, it's poncey coffee for us, with some freshly made croissants!"

"I haven't time for any of that, just a brew and some cornflakes please. I need to get to the school."

"We'll walk to the school together, we could power-walk it."

"If we must, but don't even think about wearing that towelling headband and matching leg warmers again, the pupils are still laughing about it"

"It's a deal, and as they say in the old country, stop yer greetin' an git doonstairs the noo"

I bet you're now searching the house for hidden microphones, aren't you :ner:

Macca

19-07-2020, 07:24

You just copied that from an episode of Rab C Nesbitt didn't you? Only you left out 'Ma wee hen.'

Pigmy Pony

19-07-2020, 07:34

You just copied that from an episode of Rab C Nesbitt didn't you? Only you left out 'Ma wee hen.'

A wee burdy told me Marco WAS Rab C. Nesbitt, but he changed his name and moved to Wales to escape his adoring fans :)

Pigmy Pony

19-07-2020, 07:37

You just copied that from an episode of Rab C Nesbitt didn't you? Only you left out 'Ma wee hen.'

Duly amended :)

Macca

19-07-2020, 07:39

A wee burdy told me Marco WAS Rab C. Nesbitt, but he changed his name and moved to Wales to escape his adoring fans :)

Could be true but disappointingly he doesn't wear the bandage or the string vest anymore.

Macca

19-07-2020, 07:39

Duly amended :)

Better.

Macca

22-07-2020, 15:44

Foxes, hedgehog and cat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkFNuQZo4bI&t=42s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkFNuQZo4bI&t=42s

Macca

22-07-2020, 15:57

The hedgehog is quite hard to see but it is sat eating out of the bowl opposite the cat.

struth

22-07-2020, 15:58

missed the hog.

i see it now..lol

Macca

22-07-2020, 16:02

The cat is not bothered by the foxes in the slightest. Just growls at them and then carries on scoffing.

struth

22-07-2020, 16:18

The cat is not bothered by the foxes in the slightest. Just growls at them and then carries on scoffing.

unless its a small cat foxes stay clear usually.. been known to take younger ones tho

Roy S

28-07-2020, 20:29

What do you reckon on my new wall art?

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50164240477_c9e3390928_o.jpg

Marco

28-07-2020, 20:32

I love that Roy, and think it's really cool, but then I love railway, or transport stuff in general!:cool:

Marco.

Barry

28-07-2020, 20:35

I think it is the destination blind taken from a bus.

Roy S

28-07-2020, 20:36

I love that Roy, and think it's really cool, but then I love railway stuff!:cool:

Marco.

Cheers. Bought entirely on impulse without knowing it would fit in that space exactly. I had intended cutting it up and framing say just the Romford bit but that seemed a shame when it's a complete blind. Wall fixing will need upgrading now I've decided I like it there.

Roy S

28-07-2020, 20:37

I think it is the destination blind taken from a bus.

Yes, it's a bus blind, dated 2012, all the routes still exist & I've travelled on most of them.

Barry

28-07-2020, 20:40

In my case it would be the "Rail Replacement Service". :rolleyes:

Roy S

28-07-2020, 20:43

In my case it would be the "Rail Replacement Service". :rolleyes:

Yes, I've had that 'pleasure' to.

Macca

28-07-2020, 22:01

Roy S

28-07-2020, 22:44

It's cool. Reminds me of Reg Varney. He was the first person to ever use an ATM.

The world's first voucher-based cash dispensing machine was installed at the Enfield Town branch of Barclays Bank. Varney was living in Enfield at the time and for publicity purposes he was photographed making the first withdrawal from the machine on Tuesday 27 June 1967.[4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Varney

Got the dvd box set of on the buses including the 2 films.

Always amused me that 2 blokes probably in their 50s were hitting on the 'clippies' who were less than half their age & 'Jack' was ugly as sin anyway.

Macca

29-07-2020, 06:51

Got the dvd box set of on the buses including the 2 films.

Always amused me that 2 blokes probably in their 50s were hitting on the 'clippies' who were less than half their age & 'Jack' was ugly as sin anyway.

That did use to confuse me as a youngster. Varney was 53 when 'On The Buses' started. I think I concluded that the clippies just had no other options.

walpurgis

29-07-2020, 08:40

I note that the major supermarkets no longer have long waiting times for home deliveries, they have obviously geared up to improve their service. Delivery slots were extremely hard to find when the pandemic hit and lockdown was introduced. Waits for deliveries could be a month, if you could even find one to book. Now it's 'same day' or a day or two at most. You may have noticed the distinct increase in the number of Asda, Tesco, Iceland and Sainsbury's etc., vans on the roads.

Now this leads me to think that many people will have got used to having their 'main shop' delivered and may well continue doing so. I predict this will result in supermarkets wanting to cut down on retail floorspace and numbers of outlets due to reduced demand. I anticipate bigger branches selling part or whole sites before long. Bet I'm right, changing trends in selling cause rapid reactions.

Marco

29-07-2020, 10:18

Possibly, Geoff. I think your last sentence is spot on, but I'm not sure how much it will apply to supermarkets. High-street shops, defo, and it will also apply to changes in the working environment, especially folks in offices, where I expect many will now move to working from home, if the nature of their job allows.

In terms of supermarkets though, I have noticed that things are markedly quieter in stores than they were pre-pandemic, which 'Covid secure' pish aside, has made for a much more relaxing environment, and consequently more pleasurable shopping experience, not having to mingle as much with the great unwashed!:eyebrows:

So the more of them who park their lazy, corpulent arses at home in future, and have their shopping delivered, the better it'll be for me!!:D

Marco.

struth

29-07-2020, 10:49

shops reckon they are at 70% of pre lockdown shoppers wise at best. online tho is way up and likely to remain that way

walpurgis

29-07-2020, 11:16

I had a delivery from Iceland on Saturday and that was a disaster, only half the order actually being found onboard by the driver. Apparently, the dispatch labelling was cocked up! Conversely, Tesco as usual, did just fine on Sunday, with no problems. I'd placed two orders as my family came to stay at short notice.

I now need a few more bits for the coming weekend. Think I'll try Sainsbury's, not tried them before, they have good customer feedback.

Marco

29-07-2020, 11:21

I had a delivery from Iceland on Saturday and that was a disaster, only half the order actually being found onboard by the driver. Apparently, the dispatch labelling was cocked up!

Another reason why, as long as I'm fit and able, I have less than ZERO interest in having groceries delivered. As you've ably highlighted, too much potential for cock-ups - and I'm not the type who handles such incompetence well;)

At least when you do your own shopping, you're in control of the whole process, so any mistakes made are entirely of your own making:D

Marco.

Pigmy Pony

29-07-2020, 18:22

Another reason why, as long as I'm fit and able, I have less than ZERO interest in having groceries delivered. As you've ably highlighted, too much potential for cock-ups - and I'm not the type who handles such incompetence well;)

At least when you do your own shopping, you're in control of the whole process, so any mistakes made are entirely of your own making:D

Marco.

I reckon that now people are again able to get their hair done, many will resume going out and doing their own shopping. Where up to now they've been too embarrassed by their 'lockdown hair' - Marco, you know what I'm talking about - I would never have left the house with it looking like that :eek:

Marco

29-07-2020, 18:53

Yeah, good point:D

Besides, I'm frightening enough as it is, even when *I think* that I look normal!:eyebrows:

Marco.

Pigmy Pony

29-07-2020, 19:01

Yeah, good point:D

Besides, I'm frightening enough as it is, even when *I think* that I look normal!:eyebrows:

Marco.

:lol: Yeah, isn't it great having a bit of a "hostile resting face" - people think I'm pissed off about something even when I think I'm smiling :) so they pretty much leave me alone. It does work in my favour though, when customers realise I'm not the bad bastard I appear to be, they want to be my friend!

Marco

29-07-2020, 19:16

Lol... Yups, quite handy for poker, too! And *that's* poker the card game;)

Marco.

Marco

03-08-2020, 17:34

https://www.change.org/p/boris-johnson-no-more-unelected-peers-scrap-and-replace-the-house-of-lords-now-8a773851-b785-4652-9dc5-79b07a0de8d4/sign?cs_tk=AqKOiFY9Z4IRApA2LF8AAXicyyvNyQEABF8BvBU yu3fY6XpRVdpjeCIU8sU%3D&pt=AVBldGl0aW9uANNZKwEAAAAAXyhCDydMvdo2N2I0M2MzOA% 253D%253D&source_location=aa_sign_ask&utm_campaign=dbcaa9ac2a544cf5b91a8040f8710506&utm_content=initial_v0_1_0&utm_medium=email&utm_source=aa_sign_ask&utm_term=cs

Sign the above petition to remove the pee-soaked, corpulent, chinless-wonder old duffers, who have ZERO concern for the best interests of the common man, only lining their (already rich) pockets with an unjust and obscene TAX-FREE daily sum, which many people don't earn in a month, for doing next to fuck all but drain the bar dry of sweet sherry! :doh::punch:

Let's dismantle this elitist and out of touch 'old-boys network' from the House of Commons, full of Boris' upper-class twits, and replace it with something that gives more POWER TO THE PEOPLE!!

If you want that to happen, then SIGN THE PETITION - and *MAKE* IT HAPPEN!!!

Marco.

Macca

04-08-2020, 07:34

Oddly enough the HoL has acted as a brake and a deterrent to some of the more authoritarian policies of previous Conservative and indeed Labour governments. They can do this precisely because they are unelected and therefore don't have to worry about being de-selected by their constituencies or having the whip withdrawn. An elected upper house would scupper that. Consequently I won't be signing the petition.

Although I agree that there is far too much freeloading, fact is that goes on in the elected house too, and across all of the parties. A written constitution could prevent that but there's no chance of that ever happening as turkeys don't vote for Christmas.

Barry

04-08-2020, 11:44

Whilst I agree that the HoL is full of largely useless hereditary peers (who fortunately rarely attend), as well as those that have been appointed through nepotism and cronyism, a second House is essential to democracy for reasons Martin states.

The problem is all of the members are unelected. So an alternative might be for one third of the members be chosen for 're-election' by the public every five years, and for their tenure to last for 15 years. After five years a second tranche of members would be chosen for re-election. I think the duration of tenure needs to be longer than 5 years to allow the second house to do its job properly. The election to the HoL would be separate from, and not coincidental with the election of MPs to the Commons.

I also think the membership of the HoL, at over 800, is far too large. It needs pruning. In fact the whole honours system needs revision as it it is rapidly becoming a bit of a joke.

But like the institution of a consitutional monarchy, it and the HoL 'works', despite the glaring inequalities.

walpurgis

04-08-2020, 18:08

Blimey! That was one bloody huge explosion in Beirut today. On the various videos, the devastation looks enormous and the shock wave also seen in the video was massive. Goodness knows what caused it. There'll be many more casualties yet I think.

Video in these reports:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93tV6-0Ugwk

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8592549/Massive-explosion-rocks-Beirut-destroying-buildings.html

No report yet, but I'm betting it was fireworks. If you look carefully at one of the videos, there are many tiny flashes before the big bang, suggesting small ignitions.

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Macca

04-08-2020, 18:43

Saw that. They are also saying it might have been a massive cache of weapons and ammo.

Pigmy Pony

04-08-2020, 19:55

No report yet, but I'm betting it was fireworks. If you look carefully at one of the videos, there are many tiny flashes before the big bang, suggesting small ignitions.

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Obviously not Standard Fireworks, because they were shit. Especially "flower pots", which never failed to disappoint.

Marco

05-08-2020, 12:34

Soz for the late reply - been busy elsewhere!:)

Oddly enough the HoL has acted as a brake and a deterrent to some of the more authoritarian policies of previous Conservative and indeed Labour governments. They can do this precisely because they are unelected and therefore don't have to worry about being de-selected by their constituencies or having the whip withdrawn. An elected upper house would scupper that. Consequently I won't be signing the petition.

Sure, and I get that, but it'd still be more beneficial to the interests of ordinary people, if members of the HoL weren't all upper-class 'hoity-toities', and instead was populated by people who were more grounded and in touch with the real world.

Chances are, because they're 'posh types', that even though they can put a brake on authoritarian government policies, they'll most likely still have Tory leanings, especially if some of them are friends of Boris Johnson, or any other leading members of the Tory party.

Therefore, in order to be most effective in their 'spoiling' role, they should instead be working class/ordinary folks, and therefore more inclined to oppose Tory policies.

What's disgraceful and should be abolished, is anyone being given preferential treatment or 'favours', as a result of having 'friends or relations in high places'. No matter how you dress it up, that's corruption, pure and simple, and therefore has no place in the fairer and more just society we should all be striving for.

Although I agree that there is far too much freeloading, fact is that goes on in the elected house too, and across all of the parties. A written constitution could prevent that but there's no chance of that ever happening as turkeys don't vote for Christmas.

Indeed, and that's what pisses me off. That shit should be totally eradicated, and the vote for such instead put into the hands of the British people, not the privileged elite!

Marco.

Marco

05-08-2020, 12:46

Whilst I agree that the HoL is full of largely useless hereditary peers (who fortunately rarely attend), as well as those that have been appointed through nepotism and cronyism, a second House is essential to democracy for reasons Martin states.

Indeed, and along with the "freeloading" Martin has mentioned, the SHITE highlighted above [which makes me SEETHE like you wouldn't believe:steam:] should be obliterated from the face of British politics, along with the current and grossly outdated 'old-boys network' in the House of Lords!

Instead, it should be replaced with a fairer and more just system that gives ordinary people a chance to be represented, and prioritise what's best for the common man [i.e. the vast majority of the UK population], not simply a select and privileged few.

There's WAY too much stuffy elitism and inequality in British politics, and also in the existence of our monarchy, which incidentally I'd also seek to dismantle and abolish, as it's a similarly grossly outdated institution, and IMO no longer moral or relevant in the modern world, especially with the existence of such worldwide poverty.

The problem is all of the members are unelected. So an alternative might be for one third of the members be chosen for 're-election' by the public every five years, and for their tenure to last for 15 years. After five years a second tranche of members would be chosen for re-election. I think the duration of tenure needs to be longer than 5 years to allow the second house to do its job properly. The election to the HoL would be separate from, and not coincidental with the election of MPs to the Commons.

Yup, totally agree. So how do we, the people, bring about that change, and with it, fight for a fairer and more equal society for Britain?

Marco.

Marco

05-08-2020, 16:32

Barry, Martin, your thoughts please on the above?:)

Marco.

Barry

05-08-2020, 16:39

I'll replay later - I'm having trouble posting lengthy posts on the laptop at the moment: I get 'Securi Firewall' failure to post warnings. :(

struth

05-08-2020, 16:39

house of lords is often a stablising force although, yes its a trough like all politics is. i am not sure the govt should pick any more than the opposition, and maybe a picked crew from the commoners

Marco

05-08-2020, 16:44

Yes, I know, but does it have to be a stabilising force, full of stuck up, chinless wonders?

Marco.

Macca

05-08-2020, 16:48

Soz for the late reply - been busy elsewhere!:)

Sure, and I get that, but it'd still be more beneficial to the interests of ordinary people, if members of the HoL weren't all upper-class 'hoity-toities', and instead was populated by people who were more grounded and in touch with the real world.

Chances are, because they're 'posh types', that even though they can put a brake on authoritarian government policies, they'll most likely still have Tory leanings, especially if some of them are friends of Boris Johnson, or any other leading members of the Tory party.

Therefore, in order to be most effective in their 'spoiling' role, they should instead be working class/ordinary folks, and therefore more inclined to oppose Tory policies.

What's disgraceful and should be abolished, is anyone being given preferential treatment or 'favours', as a result of having 'friends or relations in high places'. No matter how you dress it up, that's corruption, pure and simple, and therefore has no place in the fairer and more just society we should be striving for.

Indeed, and that's what pisses me off. That shit should be totally eradicated, and the vote for such instead put in the hands of the British people, not the privileged elite!

Marco.

Okay then first off they are not all 'upper-class 'hoity-toities', people from any background can be ennobled and there is a maximum of 92 hereditary (aka 'hoity-toity') peers allowed to be in the HoL.

I've met a couple of Lords who were Labour life peers. They weren't from the gutter but they certainly weren't upper class.

Plus there's nothing necessarily wrong with the hereditary peers, you have the concept of noblesse oblige to take into account.

I wouldn't class Boris Johnson as an 'authoritarian' politician - quite the opposite in fact, but I suppose he could still surprise me. I also doubt that he has many pals in the HoL which is possibly why he's just put a couple in there...

you will never get rid of the old boys club, the old school tie and all that so I wouldn't bother. Everyone, everywhere, at any level, does favours for their mates. It's an intrinsic part of life. Obviously misuse of public funds when doing so is wrong, but that is already illegal. You might argue there is not enough scrutiny of that though, and I'd agree.

I think that compared to the vast majority of countries in the world we do have a fair and just society. It's all relative I suppose and there's always room for improvement. But in comparison our system works, Royal Family and all, and if it's not broke then don't fix it; you could create all sorts of unwanted outcomes.

Personally I've no interest in becoming a social justice warrior. In the first place there's already far too many of them, and in the second place they are often total dicks.

struth

05-08-2020, 17:12

As for fixed terms, it's not a good idea in general.. The great thing re lords is once ur on your in.
You can promise the govt etc that you'll vote for their policies but once there you can just do what u want. They can't deselect you.. Afaik

Barry

05-08-2020, 18:04

So to prevent the membership ever increasing, you have to have a 'one dead, one new member' policy?

I think a fixed duration of tenure of say 15 to 25 years is ample, for members to do their job.

Regarding the concept of noblesse oblige, I doubt if applies to some of the current hereditary peers. Why should anyone who is conceived in the 'right bed' inherit unearned privilege and status?

Marco

05-08-2020, 18:15

Why should anyone who is conceived in the 'right bed' inherit unearned privilege and status?

Exactly... Excusez-moi, pour mon français, but FUCK THAT!

I'll reply properly later to Martin, but one of the things I *deeply abhor*, and that irks me beyond belief, is the elitism that's rife in British politics, and UK society as a whole.

You should be 'entitled' to FUCK ALL, in terms of privileges or special treatment, in any walk of life, unless you've [B]earned it, fairly and squarely. Social status/background or class simply shouldn't come into it, only hard work and natural ability.

In that respect, there are WAY too many in-bred, brainless hooray-henries/do-next-to-fuck all [but earn plenty] chinless-wonder hanger-on-ers, occupying top positions in business and politics today, who've got there solely through WHO they know/are, not WHAT they know, and that unfortunate situation needs immediately and grossly redressed!

Marco.

Marco

05-08-2020, 19:45

Okay then first off they are not all 'upper-class 'hoity-toities', people from any background can be ennobled and there is a maximum of 92 hereditary (aka 'hoity-toity') peers allowed to be in the HoL.

Well, that's 92 too many, IMO, unless they've EARNED the right to be there, not simply inherited it through status.

I've met a couple of Lords who were Labour life peers. They weren't from the gutter but they certainly weren't upper class.

Good stuff. Well then, we need more like them in the HoL, and less snooty, out of touch, hoity-toity fucks.

I wouldn't class Boris Johnson as an 'authoritarian' politician - quite the opposite in fact, but I suppose he could still surprise me. I also doubt that he has many pals in the HoL which is possibly why he's just put a couple in there...

Fair enough, and I agree about BJ.

I wasn't saying, per se, that HE was authoritarian, but rather that many government policies are, instigated by both the Tories and Labour, but particularly the Tories - as indeed we've seen, in terms of how the current pandemic has been used by the government as a convenient excuse to surveil and impose more control upon the population, and IMO, in some circumstances, unjustifiably remove people's civil liberties.

You can't get much more 'authoritarian' than that!

you will never get rid of the old boys club, the old school tie and all that so I wouldn't bother.

WHY...?? Is there some 'unwritten rule' I'm unaware of, which prevents that and makes them untouchable?:hmm:

Fuck that, if it were up to me, I'd all send them all tumbling down to where they belong!:trust:

Everyone, everywhere, at any level, does favours for their mates. It's an intrinsic part of life.

Indeed, but THAT doesn't make it right, nor preclude one from having a desire to fix it.

Obviously misuse of public funds when doing so is wrong, but that is already illegal. You might argue there is not enough scrutiny of that though, and I'd agree.

Indeed... And so why do you think that is, I wonder...? Could it be 'conveniently' covered up, simply to protect the best interests of those misusing them?? If so, that DEFINITELY needs scrutinising!

I think that compared to the vast majority of countries in the world we do have a fair and just society. It's all relative I suppose and there's always room for improvement. But in comparison our system works, Royal Family and all, and if it's not broke then don't fix it; you could create all sorts of unwanted outcomes.

Well, I consider that it's fundamentally broken in MANY different ways, and that situation will remain, as long as there exists such an immoral and obscenely unequal division of wealth in our country - and THAT sad state of affairs shouldn't simply be shrugged off and accepted as 'the norm', but tackled HEAD ON and something done about it!!

And just because we're doing ok in the UK, in terms of having a fair and just society, compared with other countries, doesn't mean that we should just sit back and not try and make things better.

Personally I've no interest in becoming a social justice warrior. In the first place there's already far too many of them, and in the second place they are often total dicks.

Me neither, but it won't stop me pointing out what's wrong, or expressing a desire to do something about it - and trust me - if I had the necessary power, it'd do it in the blink of an eye!!;)

Marco.

Macca

05-08-2020, 20:08

Me neither, but it won't stop me pointing out what's wrong, or expressing a desire to do something about it - and trust me - if I had the necessary power, it'd do it in the blink of an eye!!;)

Marco.

Say you did have the power, specifically how would you go about sorting the alleged 'obscene and immoral, unequal division of wealth in our country' ?

The wealthiest 1% in UK are reckoned to be worth about 90 billion, which sounds a lot, but it isn't that much once you confiscate it and whack it out amongst the rest of us. It's about £1300 each.

You could spend it on infrastructure but it isn't even enough to pay for HS2.

So you might need to do some more 'levelling out' and go for the next tier of wealthy. How long before it gets to you and me? And pretty soon you effectively have communism and you're having to mine the beaches to stop us from trying to escape the nightmare.

Marco

05-08-2020, 20:14

Before I answer that, could you please answer this:

you will never get rid of the old boys club, the old school tie and all that so I wouldn't bother.

WHY...?? Is there some 'unwritten rule' I'm unaware of, which prevents that and makes them untouchable?:hmm:

Ta... I'd like to know EXACTLY what makes that/them so 'special'?

Marco.

Marco

05-08-2020, 20:20

Plus, you haven't answered Barry's very good question from earlier either:

Why should anyone who is conceived in the 'right bed' inherit unearned privilege and status?

So if you could answer that one too, I'd be most obliged:)

Marco.

Macca

05-08-2020, 20:39

Before I answer that, could you please answer this:

Ta... I'd like to know EXACTLY what makes that/them so 'special'?:)

Marco.

If Steve Smith gets his mate a job on the factory that's no different from Giles Caruthers-Stalin getting his pal a seat on the board. That's gone on since the dawn of time. The only difference is that Giles gets a load of SJW flack for it. Which he ignores of course.

And Steve gets no flak because the average SJW has never been near a factory in their life and has no idea what goes on in them. And it's not going to be reported in the Guardian.

Who you know has always mattered in life, doesn't matter what social class you belong to. You can never change that. The optimal strategy is to accept it and do a lot of networking from an early age, stay in touch with people, be likeable and do favours whenever you can.

Being an angry loner I never did that of course but that's the advice I give my nephews.

Marco

05-08-2020, 20:52

If Steve Smith gets his mate a job on the factory that's no different from Giles Caruthers-Stalin getting his pal a seat on the board. That's gone on since the dawn of time. The only difference is that Giles gets a load of SJW flack for it. Which he ignores of course.

And Steve gets no flak because the average SJW has never been near a factory in their life and has no idea what goes on in them. And it's not going to be reported in the Guardian.

Sure, BUT it doesn't mean that something couldn't still be done to address the situation, *if* the will and wherewithal were there. I'm afraid that I've never been one to shrug my shoulders and simply sit back and accept injustice, inequality or corruption.

Even in the small ways it's affected me in my life, I've always stood up to it and fought it, and often as a result prevented it from happening again [plus punished those responsible] - and the same principle could be applied on a much bigger scale, if the person who wanted it had power to achieve it.

Principles matter greatly to me, and I've always been someone who's defended his to the hilt!

Who you know has always mattered in life, doesn't matter what social class you belong to. You can never change that.

Yes you can, as I've said, WHEN there exists both a will and a way. You can change most things in life, *if* you're truly determined enough and able!

The optimal strategy is to accept it and do a lot of networking from an early age, stay in touch with people, be likeable and do favours whenever you can.

Being an angry loaner I never did that of course but that's the advice I give my nephews.

Well, aside from not simply accepting it, apathetically [anything for a 'quiet life', etc], as you appear to be suggesting as the correct response, that's good advice. The highlighted bit could be viewed as a fortunate typo, however, if you're a closet loan shark... In that game, it's better being angry than placid!:D;)

Marco.

Marco

05-08-2020, 20:52

So could you answer Barry's earlier question now please?:)

Marco.

Macca

05-08-2020, 21:03

Plus, you haven't answered Barry's very good question from earlier either:

So if you could answer that one too, I'd be most obliged:)

Marco.

Why should anyone who is conceived in the 'right bed' inherit unearned privilege and status?

Not really specific enough to answer is it? Who are we talking about and what's the definition of privilege and status?

If it means nobility/royalty we have a Royal Family and hereditary peers because they are an inherent part of the nation's culture and identity. It's an intangible but often it's the intangible things that are most important. It's part of social cohesion. Humanity is tribal in nature, that operated on many levels but the nation is a 'super-tribe' as Desmond Morris put it. Makes sense if you view it at that level, at least to me anyway.

You have to have stability first, before you can start achieving anything, and that's what tradition and heritage contribute. You're not against tradition and heritage surely?

If we are just talking generally then it's just down to money and contacts. Money and contacts will buy or get you all sorts of privilege and prestige. So we stop all inheritances, no leaving money or property to your children, it all goes to the state and they have to start again from scratch?

And all children are taken away from their parents age 3 and sent to live in identical barracks, have exactly the same education and so on, just to make sure we have absolute equality of opportunity.

Even then you've still got the handicapped. All children would have to be physically handicapped in some way, lop of an arm or something. You couldn't have the same one for everyone, everyone couldn't be blind for example as society wouldn't be able to function. So it would still just be pot luck who gets what.

Then the blind kid is going to complain that he's less equal than the kid who just lost an arm and so on. You'd have to make the good looking ones ugly, and the tall ones shorter too. Hard work this making everyone equal lark.

Mikeandvan

05-08-2020, 21:15

Why should anyone who is conceived in the 'right bed' inherit unearned privilege and status?

Not really specific enough to answer is it? Who are we talking about and what's the definition of privilege and status?

If it means nobility/royalty we have a Royal Family and hereditary peers because they are an inherent part of the nation's culture and identity. It's an intangible but often it's the intangible things that are most important. It's part of social cohesion. Humanity is tribal in nature, that operated on many levels but the nation is a 'super-tribe' as Desmond Morris put it. Makes sense if you view it at that level, at least to me anyway.

You have to have stability first, before you can start achieving anything, and that's what tradition and heritage contribute. You're not against tradition and heritage surely?

If we are just talking generally then it's just down to money and contacts. Money and contacts will buy or get you all sorts of privilege and prestige. So we stop all inheritances, no leaving money or property to your children, it all goes to the state and they have to start again from scratch?

And all children are taken away from their parents age 3 and sent to live in identical barracks, have exactly the same education and so on, just to make sure we have absolute equality of opportunity.

Even then you've still got the handicapped. All children would have to be physically handicapped in some way, lop of an arm or something. You couldn't have the same one for everyone, everyone couldn't be blind for example as society wouldn't be able to function. So it would still just be pot luck who gets what.

Then the blind kid is going to complain that he's less equal than the kid who just lost an arm and so on. You'd have to make the good looking ones ugly, and the tall ones shorter too. Hard work this making everyone equal lark.

Sorry but I don't think 99% of the population would give a flying frig if the house of lords were abolished, the royal family - well that would upset a few oldies, personally I wish the lot of them and their live reality show would just go away.

Macca

05-08-2020, 21:19

Sorry but I don't think 99% of the population would give a flying frig if the house of lords were abolished, the royal family - well that would upset a few oldies, personally I wish the lot of them and their live reality show would just go away.

House of Lords you probably right but the Royal family, especially The Queen, is still highly popular across all age groups and social classes. Anti-royalists are very much a vocal minority.

Marco

05-08-2020, 21:24

The Queen, is still highly popular across all age groups and social classes. Anti-royalists are very much a vocal minority.

Ha - not in Scotland or the Republic of Ireland, especially if you're Catholic!:eyebrows:;)

And especially not if you knew what some of them get up to in the dark corridors of Fuckingham [the younger and more vulnerable the better] Peado-Palace....

Marco [a staunchly proud and passionate anti-royalist, for very good reason].

Marco

05-08-2020, 21:27

I wish the lot of them and their live reality show would just go away.

Indeed, but rather 'be put away' for the heinous crimes they and their ancestors have historically committed against humanity, throughout the centuries. Don't get me started on that one, though!;)

Marco.

Mikeandvan

05-08-2020, 21:31

House of Lords you probably right but the Royal family, especially The Queen, is still highly popular across all age groups and social classes. Anti-royalists are very much a vocal minority.

True, people really are a bit dim aren't they? I mean all this talk about privilege, royalty is the ultimate privilege, and bang out of date. About time they were shown the exit.

Marco

05-08-2020, 21:32

True, people really are a bit dim aren't they? I mean all this talk about privilege, royalty is the ultimate privilege, and bang out of date. About time they were shown the exit.

:clapclapclap:

Too bloody right, and also quite a few of the c*nts jailed!

Marco.

Barry

05-08-2020, 22:01

Pharos

05-08-2020, 22:17

It isn't meritocratic, often the gifted or qualified are hated by the hierarchy, and "Age and treachery will always triumph over youth and ability."

I think it's time Andrew signed on.

Marco

05-08-2020, 22:26

Say you did have the power, specifically how would you go about sorting the alleged 'obscene and immoral, unequal division of wealth in our country' ?

The wealthiest 1% in UK are reckoned to be worth about 90 billion, which sounds a lot, but it isn't that much once you confiscate it and whack it out amongst the rest of us.

Still plenty though to eradicate homelessness, which in the 21st century is an obscene affront and embarrassment to a supposedly civilised society, in one of the richest countries in the world, and also put a decent dent into dealing with the terrible poverty situation that exists overall, here in the UK, and the vulgar unjustness of the huge divide existing between the 'have' and 'have nots'.

Quite simply, *no* decent, law-abiding, working UK citizen should be forced to survive on food banks! And *no* UK citizen, of any description, should be forced to sleep on the streets.

And what London has been allowed to become [now a financial entity completely divorced from the rest of the UK] has played a big part in that! Therefore with some proper thought, the playing field, in that respect, could almost certainly be brought more level.

Especially (as I would do) couple it with taxing, far more heavily than currently, all the multi-millionaires and billionaires, here in the UK, along with removing their rather convenient tax perks (especially offshore), together with forcing them to donate a significant percentage of their annual disposable income to various selected charities.

Plus many other measures I'd take to ensure that the extremely wealthy were made to properly pay their dues (rather than most doing everything that they can to avoid it), and help the less fortunate.

That would have nothing to do with creating a form of communism, but rather it would be socialism correctly applied for the greater good of the majority of the population - exactly what a fairer and more equal society would be all about!:cool:

Marco.

Macca

06-08-2020, 06:05

That's a reductio ad absurdum argument Martin. No-one is suggesting the able-bodied should be hamstrung to allow the disabled to have equal opportunity. Life is not fair - it's a lottery, we have to make the best of what we are dealt with. But there is something wrong when a candidate for employment is overlooked for another having poorer qualifications, simply because of the 'old boy network'.

Are the only stable countries in Europe those that have a constitutional monarchy? In what way are they part of social cohesion, apart from being an un-elected head of state, any more than an elected president?

It is reductio ad absurdum but that is a good logical exercise if you want to see whether a particular principle or course of action actually makes any sense. In this case it doesn't. You can't make the world fair and level for everyone, it simply isn't possible. Better to accept that life is a lottery, that some people get dealt better hands than others and that it's always going to be that way. Otherwise where does it end?

Macca

06-08-2020, 06:25

Still plenty though to eradicate homelessness, which in the 21st century is an obscene affront and embarrassment to a supposedly civilised society, in one of the richest countries in the world, and also put a decent dent into dealing with the terrible poverty situation that exists overall, here in the UK, and the vulgar unjustness of the huge divide existing between the 'have' and 'have nots'.

Quite simply, *no* decent, law-abiding, working UK citizen should be forced to survive on food banks! And *no* UK citizen, of any description, should be forced to sleep on the streets.

And what London has been allowed to become [now a financial entity completely divorced from the rest of the UK] has played a big part in that! Therefore with some proper thought, the playing field, in that respect, could almost certainly be brought more level.

Especially (as I would do) couple it with taxing, far more heavily than currently, all the multi-millionaires and billionaires, here in the UK, along with removing their rather convenient tax perks (especially offshore), together with forcing them to donate a significant percentage of their annual disposable income to various selected charities.

Plus many other measures I'd take to ensure that the extremely wealthy were made to properly pay their dues (rather than most doing everything that they can to avoid it), and help the less fortunate.

That would have nothing to do with creating a form of communism, but rather it would be socialism correctly applied for the greater good of the majority of the population - exactly what a fairer and more equal society would be all about!:cool:

Marco.

There's nothing in this post that I agree with and it also contains some assumptions that are not backed up with any facts but get trotted out all the time in any case:

1) the idea that there is a serious 'poverty' problem in this country

2) The idea that super rich people don't pay tax

3) The idea that if they did pay more tax it would generate enough money to do anything worthwhile (income tax is only 25% of all tax revenue and there are not that many super rich) - and super rich people can always go and live somewhere else and pay us no tax, like they did in the 1970s

4) The idea that super rich people don't already make huge contributions to charity.

5) That London is a financial entity divorced from the rest of the UK

6) That Socialism doesn't create far more problems than it solves

That's not to say that things couldn't be done differently and I'd agree with your basic thrust on that one. But it requires a far more considered and complex approach as opposed to a simplistic, knee-jerk, 'tax the rich' reaction.

Fundamentally it isn't about dividing the existing cake differently but about having a larger cake to divide. And that happens with economic growth - a rising tide lifts all boats. Wealth inequality is not a problem in itself provided those on the bottom of the pile have sufficient. Since the effect of Socialism is to lower all boats no-one benefits and those on the bottom get the worst of it.

Macca

06-08-2020, 06:39

True, people really are a bit dim aren't they? I mean all this talk about privilege, royalty is the ultimate privilege, and bang out of date. About time they were shown the exit.

I was anti-monarchy when I was younger but I'm not now. You dismantle tradition and heritage and you dismantle society.

Would you want to be a Royal? So you have wealth and privilege, but you also have the relentless scrutiny and accountability. You can't live a normal life. I wouldn't swap with them for all the tea in China.

Pigmy Pony

06-08-2020, 06:51

Scenario: Marco takes on a young girl to run his newly-opened sex boutique in Wrexham, and first thing she does is set up an elaborate window display using thousands of lights. Marco is not impressed by the increased electricity bills, but can't deny that the display attracts and brings in more customers than a simple "We have dildos" sign. The Royal Family is a bit like that.

Also it is true that people are dim. If the wealth redistribution did indeed provide everyone with about £1300, for a lot of our population this would mean a couple of ounces of weed and a new flat screen telly.

walpurgis

06-08-2020, 07:02

If the wealth redistribution did indeed provide everyone with about £1300, for a lot of our population this would mean a couple of ounces of weed and a new flat screen telly.

:scratch: What's the problem with that then?

walpurgis

06-08-2020, 07:08

You dismantle tradition and heritage and you dismantle society.

'Society' has never really been assembled and is busy dismantling itself further already. These days, it's an irregular rabble of factions that hate each other and would willingly resort to bloodshed at the slightest excuse.

Marco

06-08-2020, 07:45

There's nothing in this post that I agree with and it also contains some assumptions that are not backed up with any facts but get trotted out all the time in any case:

1) the idea that there is a serious 'poverty' problem in this country

2) The idea that super rich people don't pay tax

3) The idea that if they did pay more tax it would generate enough money to do anything worthwhile (income tax is only 25% of all tax revenue and there are not that many super rich) - and super rich people can always go and live somewhere else and pay us no tax, like they did in the 1970s

4) The idea that super rich people don't already make huge contributions to charity.

5) That London is a financial entity divorced from the rest of the UK

6) That Socialism doesn't create far more problems than it solves

That's not to say that things couldn't be done differently and I'd agree with your basic thrust on that one. But it requires a far more considered and complex approach as opposed to a simplistic, knee-jerk, 'tax the rich' reaction.

Fundamentally it isn't about dividing the existing cake differently but about having a larger cake to divide. And that happens with economic growth - a rising tide lifts all boats. Wealth inequality is not a problem in itself provided those on the bottom of the pile have sufficient. Since the effect of Socialism is to lower all boats no-one benefits and those on the bottom get the worst of it.

There is nothing in that post which I agree with:D

I didn't say that the hugely wealthy don't pay ANY tax; I said that many of them don't pay ENOUGH tax [given their obscene levels of income], and indeed practice tax AVOIDANCE, at every available opportunity, by taking advantage of 'perks' deliberately given to them by the Tories!

Therefore, I'd eliminate, or grossly reduce, their ability to avoid paying tax, by removing the perks that allow it. They should be forced to declare every penny that they make [instead of being given an opportunity to hide it] and taxed on it accordingly - and at a much higher rate than they are currently! So by the time I was finished, they'd be able to 'avoid' fuck all...

And if you can't see that there is REAL poverty in this country, then perhaps that's because you're too much of a fan of your own four walls and don't get out enough!:ner:;)

I can assure you, there's PLENTY of real poverty around, some of which I've seen first hand with my own eyes, whilst doing work for the church and helping the poor in deprived areas, especially whilst living in Glasgow, and also when Del has helped with charitable work carried out by Catholic nuns.

And of course, there's no greater form of poverty than not having a roof over your head and being forced to sleep on the streets - but of course you're 'conveniently blind' to that, too!:ner:

Just walk around any large town or big city late at night, and you'll see it for yourself - and that it's allowed to exist in this RICH and supposedly great country of ours, whilst others are wrapped up warm in their mansions, is a national disgrace.

Anyway it's probably best that, as usual on these subjects, we just agree to disagree:)

Marco.

Marco

06-08-2020, 08:01

Scenario: Marco takes on a young girl to run his newly-opened sex boutique in Wrexham, and first thing she does is set up an elaborate window display using thousands of lights. Marco is not impressed by the increased electricity bills, but can't deny that the display attracts and brings in more customers than a simple "We have dildos" sign. The Royal Family is a bit like that.

Ha - very good... Except though that with that subhuman shower, the sign would read: "Jimmy Saville got his fix here - come in and check out our price list"!

:trust:

Marco.

walpurgis

07-08-2020, 08:13

Hundreds of migrants still crossing The Channel by the boatloads, one lot today being Iraqis. Why is this being tolerated? They are not refugees, they are picky economic migrants looking for 'a soft touch'. Refugees seek a safe haven and the first border crossing into a strife free region offers that. So what was wrong with the dozen or so stable countries this lot passed on their way here? The military need to be dealing with this and using deterrent measures.

I wonder how they'd be treated if they arrived on Russian or Chinese or even Indian shores?

struth

07-08-2020, 08:22

kinda difficult to stop bar blowing them up...the french obviously are turning a blind eye

tapid

07-08-2020, 09:20

Ex Home Secretary Alan Johnson was brought up in the Nottinghill Hill slums with somedays just bovril and dried bread to live on, thats REAL poverty Marco;
Too many people these days get addicted to alcohol, drugs etc then expect the state ( tax payers ) to bail em out when they fall into deprivation. A classic case being
my brother in law who after inheriting a flat in Hampstead worth 500,000 10 years ago is now a broken man with nothing, all through drugs abuse.
Getting people off the streets is not so simple either, Camden tried that the other xmas and around 75 % chose to stay where they were.
And I do feel desperately sorry for those of drug addicted parents for example who know little else but that lifestyle and end up going down the same route, it
must be incredibly tough. However it seems to me because of p/c ism were not allowed to make a judgement on people anymore for making crap decisions.:)

struth

07-08-2020, 10:00

bovril.. lucky beggar

tapid

07-08-2020, 10:02

bovril.. lucky beggar

Famous football half - timer of course. Never tried it... or marmite !

walpurgis

07-08-2020, 10:11

bovril.. lucky beggar

Even luckier if you got a crust with dripping on to go with it.

(I ought to revive the 'Are You Knocking On a Bit' thread, but perhaps some of the contributors are no longer with us :))

struth

07-08-2020, 10:15

Even luckier if you got a crust with dripping on to go with it.Millionaire food eh[emoji23].

Marmite and dried bread was par for course in forces during war. Not to be sniffed at.. Filled and warmed. Better than some of the shit around

Marco

07-08-2020, 10:23

It's all relative, of course, and so depends on the individual, but with proper rehabilitation first (and that would be an essential part of the programme I'd introduce), and then if that was successful, the homeless individual in question would be provided with a residence of his or her own, together with food and provisions to survive, until such times as they were able to look after themselves, gain employment, etc, then I couldn't see many saying 'Nah, you're all right mate, I'll stick with my damp, piss-stained sleeping bag outside of McDonalds!';)

You need to try and give these people [those who *want* to be helped, and yes I accept that some won't] a PURPOSE in life, and the feeling that they're part of society, rather than alienated from it, largely as a result of having been shat upon from a great height by 'the system' - and if you can achieve that, coupled with better education for the poorest families, on all levels from the ground up, then you can properly make inroads into tackling the homeless situation, and poverty as a whole.

It's a very complex matter, of course, with no guarantees, but I reckon I could have a decent stab at it, if I had the power.

The problem is, no government so far has rolled up their sleeves and *properly tackled* the issue, as they don't give a flying fuck about society's 'down and outs' - they've all always been too focused on making money for the rich or looking after their own selfish best interests, rather than genuinely and fundamentally addressing poverty, and helping the underprivileged and downtrodden in our country enjoy a better life.

And one BIG thing that would help, in that respect (as I've said), is to better educate the poor and create a much fairer and more equal division of wealth, by imposing much higher taxes on the super-rich, plus removing current loopholes, facilitating their tax avoidance, together with making it mandatory that, collectively, they forfeited a substantial percentage of their annual disposable income, which along with the above and coupled also with some proper help from the government, would fund the measures I've outlined.

Oh, and also stop spending utterly OBSCENE amounts of money on all aspects of nuclear armament!:doh:

Marco.

struth

07-08-2020, 12:04

I managed out with use of a visor yesterday, without much issue... So the govt have now said, your now not allowed to do that now either.. as I cant wear a mask im back stuck again.. I know ive an exemption but no one really knows that or cares and just abuse you.
Sick to death of all this chopping and changing rules.. if they had been sensible in the bloody beginning most of this would probably been behind us, plus all the young folk totally ignoring any distancing etc...

fcuk it.. fcuk it all.. rant over

Marco

07-08-2020, 13:35

Fuck what the government say mate, and just do what's best for you (within reason), as they've ZERO hope of enforcing any of that pish, especially on someone like you who clearly has health issues!:rolleyes:

Here in Wales, we're pretty much living life now as normal (no mandatory mask shite in shops, for starters), and everything relevant to us is open again.

Just back from the butchers, which was the usual, pleasant and friendly experience we're used to, as we know all the staff there well, and a shopping trip to Tesco, where the interior was beautifully cool and air-conditioned, and there was hardly any bugger there - bliss!:cool:

Marco.

Pigmy Pony

07-08-2020, 18:51

As of midnight tonight, Preston is having some restrictions imposed, where you cannot visit family in their homes, although you can still meet them in the pub :scratch: I could see this coming when last week similar restrictions were imposed in Blackburn, Burnley etc the day before Eid. That didn't go down well. But the M65 between East Lancs and Preston I've renamed the Covid Corridor, and the result was inevitable.

It's been nearly five months since I've been round to my mates of a Saturday night, and tomorrow was to be the first time :( Bollocks to it all, I'm going anyway.

Marco

07-08-2020, 19:40

Above all mate, stay safe and take all sensible and *reasonable* precautions, as I'm sure you will, but it's not necessary to blindly 'dance to their tune', especially when as you've pointed out, some of their rules are contradictory and don't make much sense.

So do as you've always done, which is what your GUT says is right. Above all else in this situation, we MUST remain as free-thinkers, not robots, and retain our own powers of judgement accordingly... Oh and have fun:)

Marco.

Pigmy Pony

07-08-2020, 19:52

Well I know he wants me to bring my cordless tools (circle saw, multi tool), so we can make an access hole on his kitchen floor. Also he'll appreciate having an audience to laugh at his piss-taking when his wife bangs on about car boots and antique/craft fairs :) Might even get a bit wasted, so you'll get no sense from me come Sunday.

walpurgis

08-08-2020, 09:33

Following the Beirut disaster, it's strange that nobody has mentioned the wreck of the SS Richard Montgomery, which sank in the late nineteen forties containing 1,400 tonnes of explosives, just off Sheerness in the Thames estuary.

The wreck holds about 2/3 in weight of explosive compared to the Beirut warehouse, but much of it is 'high explosive', as opposed to the simple ammonium nitrate at Beirut. It is unstable and unsafe and if it 'goes bang', which is perfectly possible, it will cause mayhem!

As with Beirut, officials and others say something about it occasionally, then it all goes quiet and everybody pretends it has gone away. It won't!

Macca

08-08-2020, 10:18

I'd never heard of it. Looks like they do monitor it pretty regularly though https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Richard_Montgomery

According to a BBC news report in 1970,[15] it was determined that if the wreck of Richard Montgomery exploded, it would throw a 1,000-foot-wide (300 m) column of water and debris nearly 10,000 feet (3,000 m) into the air and generate a wave 16 feet (5 m) high. Almost every window in Sheerness (pop. circa 20,000) would be broken and buildings would be damaged by the blast. However, news reports in May 2012 (including one by BBC Kent) stated that the wave could be about 4 feet (1 m) high, which although lower than previous estimates would be enough to cause flooding in some coastal settlements

Macca

08-08-2020, 15:42

Looks like official 'Doctor Who' type slime.

I'd check there's not Sea Devils living in the pond if I were you.

InThe Sticks

08-08-2020, 15:47

Back when Dr Who was hide behind the sofa brilliant and not the woke PC utter bollocks is it today.

Macca

08-08-2020, 15:55

Macca

08-08-2020, 15:57

I always used to wonder why UNIT ever bothered to carry weapons as every single monster or alien they ever encountered was completely invulnerable to small-arms fire.

InThe Sticks

08-08-2020, 16:31

Tom Baker was the Dr for me and also the last time I really enjoyed it.
My nan even knitted me the same scarf :D
Unfortunately the Bias Broadcasting Corporation are pandering to the younger generation without realizing that they don’t want to pay a TV tax for stuffs they almost definitely won’t watch.
The sooner they stop fleecing and threatening old people and go subscription the better.
Best thing I ever did was canceling my license.

Rant over.

Barry

08-08-2020, 22:37

Indeed.

In fact they should be done under the trade descriptions act for calling it Doctor Who. Although the reality is only the Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker eras were properly good. Before them it's patchy and after them it goes steadily downhill.

I never hid behind the sofa but I do recall having a few nightmares. It was Proper Telly.

John Pertwee was one of the worse of the Doctors IMO: Earth-bound and chugging around in that silly little car of his, fighting monsters in muddy dis-used quarries. Pathetic!

Ian7633

08-08-2020, 22:57

There was one episode from the Pertwee era that had giant maggots in it, gave me nightmares for weeks as a kid.

Marco

08-08-2020, 23:28

Who remembers the bizarre (and often rather funny) 'Public Information Films', from the 70s, including this classic:

https://youtu.be/oDu7yYHxZr0

I wonder what 'mummy' was doing with the milkman?:D

Marco.

Pigmy Pony

09-08-2020, 07:53

Marco

09-08-2020, 08:01

Yeah, that'll be it!:lol:

Want to know wot was inside my nut instead?:eyebrows:

Marco.

Pigmy Pony

09-08-2020, 08:28

Yeah, that'll be it!:lol:

Want to know wot was inside my nut instead?:eyebrows:

Marco.

I know what was inside your nut - the same as what's inside your nuts :eyebrows:

Marco

09-08-2020, 08:33

:lolsign:

I promish I washn't thinking anyfink lewd, daddee...:eyebrows:

Marco.

Pigmy Pony

09-08-2020, 08:37

Well I didn't get to go out last night - I phoned my mate's missus (he doesn't possess a phone) to check if my visiting them is still ok, and she said best not, what with the re-imposed restrictions, as it would be unfair to those abiding by the rules. I thought, well at least it gets me out of taking my power tools along to make this access hole in the floor for them, but no - "You can still do that job for us, as workmen are still allowed into customers' houses". Cheeky cow. But muggins here still went round and did that, because I'm such a soft arse :(

Still, the upside is that I awoke quite early, not feeling like shit :)

Pigmy Pony

09-08-2020, 08:52

Yesterday was not a good day.

From 9.30am till 5pm I was fitting four new windows in the toilets of a business, up on ladders, in a white rendered south-facing wall. Made worse by the staff constantly disrupting my progress by needing the toilet. And not just for number ones :( Why can't folk do that before they leave the house? I never do a turd during working hours.

Then I had the job of repairing the render, while 15 metres away the beer garden of the pub next door was doing a great trade. Bastards. Anyway I promised myself a cold pint afterwards to motivate myself. And very nice it was too, the only good bit of the day.

Macca

09-08-2020, 10:11

Yesterday was not a good day.

From 9.30am till 5pm I was fitting four new windows in the toilets of a business, up on ladders, in a white rendered south-facing wall. Made worse by the staff constantly disrupting my progress by needing the toilet. And not just for number ones :( Why can't folk do that before they leave the house? I never do a turd during working hours.

You're self employed so there's no benefit. If you're employed by someone else though you should always try to ensure that you take a crap on their dollar. Crapping on your own time is sub-optimal.

And that's before you consider the savings on toilet paper. Someone else cleans the bog afterwards for you, too. More time saved.

Pigmy Pony

09-08-2020, 11:47

You're self employed so there's no benefit. If you're employed by someone else though you should always try to ensure that you take a crap on their dollar. Crapping on your own time is sub-optimal.

And that's before you consider the savings on toilet paper. Someone else cleans the bog afterwards for you, too. More time saved.

You're absolutely right - when I used to work in a factory I always had my dumps 'on the clock'. So how have you gone on while working at home? Do you get paid expenses for all the bog roll and toilet duck?

Marco

09-08-2020, 13:23

You're absolutely right - when I used to work in a factory I always had my dumps 'on the clock'...

Is that why it shut down?:D

Eventually their sewerage system just couldn't cope!:eyebrows:

Marco.

Macca

09-08-2020, 13:48

You're absolutely right - when I used to work in a factory I always had my dumps 'on the clock'. So how have you gone on while working at home? Do you get paid expenses for all the bog roll and toilet duck?

I am having to buy more bog roll. But I've been told you can claim back £6 a month on tax if you are PAYE and working from home. Which would about cover it. Don't know if that is true though.

Pigmy Pony

09-08-2020, 14:05

I am having to buy more bog roll. But I've been told you can claim back £6 a month on tax if you are PAYE and working from home. Which would about cover it. Don't know if that is true though.

It would certainly be enough for me. Quick calculation of bog roll use: 1 dump per day, 3 sheets per wipe, 4 wipes, = 12 sheets. So a roll containing 240 sheets (the norm) should last me 20 days.

I do get through a lot of air freshener though, an essential according to Mrs. P :)

Pigmy Pony

09-08-2020, 14:12

{Edit: All posts from this one to No 5634 have been moved from the 'post your cats and dogs thread --- Marco.}:

John Pertwee was one of the worse of the Doctors IMO: Earth-bound and chugging around in that silly little car of his, fighting monsters in muddy dis-used quarries. Pathetic!

IMO THE worst Doctor Who series. Him and whatshisname, the Brigadeer? Can't really remember as I left the show until Tom Baker arrived.

Probably not a popular choice but I thought Patrick Troughton was pretty good, with some decent humour.

Macca

09-08-2020, 14:21

IMO THE worst Doctor Who series. Him and whatshisname, the Brigadeer? Can't really remember as I left the show until Tom Baker arrived.

It was good because it was mostly on Earth which made it a bit creepier and scarier. If the monsters were on a different planet in a different time period it seemed to me that there was a lot less likelihood of one being under your bed.

The car was a crap idea I give you that. In fact he had two crappy cars in that didn't he? One that was quite futuristic and could fly?

A lot (not all) of the Pertwee stories were good. If they'd had proper special effects instead of 1970s BBC ones they would have been brilliant.

Pigmy Pony

09-08-2020, 14:29

It was good because it was mostly on Earth which made it a bit creepier and scarier. If the monsters were on a different planet in a different time period it seemed to me that there was a lot less likelihood of one being under your bed.

The car was a crap idea I give you that. In fact he had two crappy cars in that didn't he? One that was quite futuristic and could fly?

A lot (not all) of the Pertwee stories were good. If they'd had proper special effects instead of 1970s BBC ones they would have been brilliant.

Maybe an age thing. I hit my teens during Pertwee's tenure (1970-74). My balls had just dropped so I had bigger things to be worried about :(

Pigmy Pony

09-08-2020, 14:35

Macca

09-08-2020, 14:38

Maybe an age thing. I hit my teens during Pertwee's tenure (1970-74). My balls had just dropped so I had bigger things to be worried about :(

I was only 8 when Baker came in so would only be very young watching Pertwee era. No balls to worry about, big or otherwise. Stopped watching it after Baker left, didn't like the new bloke and the stories were crappier. According to Wikipedia that was 1981. Seem a few of them since though.

'Blakes Seven' though, that was a different matter. I went the distance with that.

Barry

09-08-2020, 16:27

I think most people's favourite Doctor was the one who was place when they first encountered the series.

I'm old enough to have seen the very first episode of Doctor Who, so I have an admiration for William Hartnell, who played the part as 'world weary' grandparent and exiled Time Lord sentenced to wander about in time and space (though for reasons not explained at the time). His companion was his granddaughter who was abandoned on Earth by the Doctor for her own good, and started the institution of subsequent Doctors picking up waifs and strays (curiously all from planet Earth) to join him in his adventures.

I liked Patrick Troughton who played the part as a sort of cosmic 'hobo'; and whilst I never found the Daleks that scary, I did find the Cybermen creepy.

As mentioned above I never thought much of John Pertwee's tenure as the Doctor and largely stopped watching the series. As such, I saw very little of Tom Baker's stint and none by any of the other subsequent incarnations.

I became hooked again with Russell T Davies's revamped Doctor Who (with much, much better production values) and liked all the Doctors, though I lost interest half way through Matt Smith's tenure as the plots and back stories were becoming increasingly complicated and to my mind unbelievable, only to return with Peter Capaldi's incarnation.

But maybe I'm taking it all too seriously - it's a children's programme after all.

struth

09-08-2020, 16:36

Thought Tom Baker to be the best Doctor; i liked his style in the day with the silly big scarf

Barry

09-08-2020, 16:46

struth

09-08-2020, 17:54

Andrex is shite

Marco

09-08-2020, 18:03

It's Cushelle Ultra Quilted, or nowt, for us!:exactly:

Marco.

Barry

09-08-2020, 18:16

That is what we use - or The Daily Mail.

Pigmy Pony

09-08-2020, 18:56

Buy better quality toilet paper - you shouldn't need to use three sheets per wipe, two is quite sufficient. Don't blindly follow the advice from Andrex - it's in their interest for you to use as much paper as possible.

I did not know that Andrex provide instructions. What a complicated world we live in.

I've just checked, and we're currently using Asda 'Shades' quilted. Only using 2 sheets per wipe, but as you only get 160 sheets per roll it still works out at 20 days.

Barry

09-08-2020, 18:59

I did not know that Andrex provide instructions.

It was news to me, but yes they do. They even tell you how to wipe. :rolleyes:

Marco

09-08-2020, 19:03

That is what we use - or The Daily Mail.

Yeah, that or the "Tory Times', but it's already full of shite!:D

Marco.

Pigmy Pony

09-08-2020, 19:10

It was news to me, but yes they do. They even tell you how to wipe. :rolleyes:

I'll check out the instructions, should be a hoot.

But I think we may stick with the quilted stuff, I like the quietness. Especially first thing when i haven't woken up properly. With the last bog roll she got it sounded like someone sandpapering a sideboard. And not much better when I was using it :(

Pigmy Pony

09-08-2020, 19:28

Marco

09-08-2020, 20:02

Almost all of that is exactly how it was for me, apart from the Tom Baker bit, who for me was the best by a country mile. I did return to it when capaldi came on board, but it was more for Jenna Coleman who is very pretty. Not sexy, just pretty. Sexy for me was one called (I think) Peri, whom I was unaware of till someone posted a clip of her in a bikini. God I'm such a perv!

Pretty (or cute) can also be sexy, depending on what turns you on, as it were. Cute and girly, petite 'next door' types, with a touch of 'princess syndrome'/attitude/vulnerability/naughtiness, have always been my thing, and so a lot of what is stereotypically considered as 'sexy' by some guys, totally isn't for me!;)

One thing I DETEST though, are 'butch' women or tomboys.... UGH! Just, no. Ultimately, girls who ooze femininity is what does it for me, and in that respect, many women of Chinese/Malay or Japanese distraction ably embrace that trait, for example, Rachel Khoo:

https://youtu.be/Hun_yj5u4S0

Cute or what?:) And she can cook!:D

Dr Who? I'm with Macca on Pertwee (for reasons he's stated. Who remembers The Autons - scary shop mannequins with guns in their fingers - well fukkin' freaky and the stuff of genuine nightmares:eek:), but my fav was Tom Baker.

For me, that was the golden era, as it was smack in the zone when I was old enough to appreciate/follow stories properly, and also they were, IMO, the darkest/scariest, which is what I was always into. Plus, the Dalek episodes with Baker (with Davros, etc) were also the best!

Robots of Death, The Arc in Space and The Brain of Morbius, were the high points for me, for Dr Who - and all Baker.

I no longer watch the series now, as for me it's totally lost its way (gone too Harry Potter-esque, and all 'style over substance', with an over-reliance on entertainment provided by special effects) and what made it unique in the first place. Female Doctors and 'love interests/romances'? FUCK RIGHT OFF!:nono:

Also, what made the early stuff special. and created the eerie atmosphere synonymous with the best of Dr Who, was the sounds effects provided by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, and the superb work of Delia Derbyshire.

https://youtu.be/hGP9UPHsl5I

Marco.

Marco

09-08-2020, 20:11

'Blakes Seven' though, that was a different matter. I went the distance with that.

Yeah, defo. That and Space 1999, but *nothing*, simply NOTHING can hold a candle to the one and only UFO!!:exactly:

Damn straight....

Marco.

guy

09-08-2020, 20:38

I'll check out the instructions, should be a hoot.

But I think we may stick with the quilted stuff, I like the quietness. Especially first thing when i haven't woken up properly. With the last bog roll she got it sounded like someone sandpapering a sideboard. And not much better when I was using it :(

now that's what I call recycling :)

Mikeandvan

09-08-2020, 21:36

Qanon, do reptiles really run America? Is Pepperoni really a euphemism for 'nice pink arse'?

guy

09-08-2020, 21:51

according to this:
https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/10/how-spot-reptilians-runing-us-government/354496/
I have reptilian traits

Pigmy Pony

10-08-2020, 06:27

now that's what I call recycling :)

:lol: got me there!

walpurgis

10-08-2020, 06:50

according to this:
https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/10/how-spot-reptilians-runing-us-government/354496/
I have reptilian traits

Hmm. I think my signature covers that :).

struth

20-08-2020, 16:20

The site of a Scottish nuclear power facility at Dounreay should be available for other uses in 313 years' time, according to a new report... i canny wait:eyebrows:

walpurgis

20-08-2020, 16:31

The site of a Scottish nuclear power facility at Dounreay should be available for other uses in 313 years' time, according to a new report... i canny wait:eyebrows:

The world will likely be in a post-apocalyptic state by then and what few humans remain will probably have other things on their minds. :)

struth

20-08-2020, 16:56

This is the Ballad of Mrs Begg Who doubted Winston's dodgy leg, Now she waits on me around the clock Because she got fond of Old Bert's cock.

Firebottle

20-08-2020, 17:11

What? :scratch:

walpurgis

20-08-2020, 17:13

What? :scratch:

I'm just wondering if Grant's been on those 'funny fags' again. :D

struth

20-08-2020, 17:25

marco will remember it.. from still game. :lol:

Marco

20-08-2020, 19:29

This is the Ballad of Mrs Begg Who doubted Winston's dodgy leg, Now she waits on me around the clock Because she got fond of Old Bert's cock.

Aye, classic!:D

Marco.

Barry

21-08-2020, 20:57

The site of a Scottish nuclear power facility at Dounreay should be available for other uses in 313 years' time, according to a new report... i canny wait:eyebrows:

The rate we are going - I doubt if Homo Sapiens (sic :rolleyes:) will be around. Or maybe we will have all buggered off to a 'terraformed' Mars to screw that up.

Macca

21-08-2020, 21:01

The rate we are going - I doubt if Homo Sapiens (sic :rolleyes:) will be around. Or maybe we will have all buggered off to a 'terraformed' Mars to screw that up.

It's already screwed up so we'd have to expend vast resources fixing it up all nice before we could start screwing it up again. Should keep us busy for another few thousand years at least.

Probably what the aliens are counting on. Like the police with gang-on gang violence. Stand back and let them thin out their numbers fighting each other.

Macca

21-08-2020, 21:04

Mars would be crap anyway. It doesn't even have proper gravity. How would football work? And people think VAR has ruined the game?

Barry

21-08-2020, 21:09

Make the ball three times heavier?

Macca

21-08-2020, 21:14

I suppose that could work.

You'd be able to jump to enormous heights to intercept crosses into the box. No need to use the defender's shoulders anymore

Macca

21-08-2020, 21:15

basketball you'd have to make the net a lot higher I suppose.

Pigmy Pony

22-08-2020, 06:09

I don't think the footballers will be allowed to go to Mars - the powers that be will be putting them onto a different Ark, along with the telephone sanitisers, middle management and hairdressers.

walpurgis

22-08-2020, 09:15

Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse were on BBC News this morning. I see both are now sporting the obligatory 'old geezer's' hair transplant patch at the front.

What none of these guys realise is that as they continue ageing, the rest of their hair will carry on thinning and they be left with a hair 'island' at the front unless they have loads more transplants.

Personally, I couldn't be bothered with all that. I keep what I have left at a low maintenance No.1 cut.

Elon Musk's effort looks weird, it looks as though it's been airbrushed on. :lol:

Barry

22-08-2020, 12:20

walpurgis

22-08-2020, 12:27

A friend of mine had hair transplants many years ago. Only partially successful: they were inserted with such regular and equal spacing that they look like a stand of pine trees.

Yes, that looks daft.

Macca

22-08-2020, 12:28

Better than a syrup though.

walpurgis

22-08-2020, 12:32

it's a tossup as to which is worse. A wig or a comb-over.

walpurgis

22-08-2020, 12:33

I wonder if you can get comb-over style wigs? :lol:

struth

22-08-2020, 12:34

https://i.pinimg.com/236x/f0/5b/18/f05b18692c78e220a06a707f0257f24b--costume-accessories-wigs.jpg

walpurgis

22-08-2020, 12:36

Toupee or not toupee? :D

walpurgis

24-08-2020, 09:05

I was watching Layla Moran MP, the Lib Dem leadership candidate, when she was on the box today. What an irritating person, fake smiles, a lecturing tone, no sincerity, pushy emphasis and a patronising way. She sounds like a bossy schoolteacher! (and she'd have done us a favour if she'd worn a facemask to cover that silly face :))

Macca

24-08-2020, 09:29

She used to be a schoolteacher apparently.

walpurgis

24-08-2020, 09:31

She used to be a schoolteacher apparently.

Well there you go! :lol:

Roy S

24-08-2020, 09:36

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyVVwhj02pU&feature=youtu.be

(primary school teacher)

walpurgis

27-08-2020, 08:04

Why do my feet get cold if I wear socks and trainers, yet if I just wear flip-flops they stay warm? :scratch:

struth

27-08-2020, 08:35

maybe circulation is easier in flips

guy

27-08-2020, 11:54

what is it like in socks and flip-flops?

Beobloke

27-08-2020, 12:09

Why do my feet get cold if I wear socks and trainers, yet if I just wear flip-flops they stay warm? :scratch:

Maybe because you only wear flip-flops when it’s warm?

Or more likely, your feet are warm through blushing at being forced to wear such a god-awful excuse for footwear.

struth

27-08-2020, 12:11

he didnt say socks n flipflops;)

walpurgis

28-08-2020, 13:27

Marco

28-08-2020, 13:56

Or more likely, your feet are warm through blushing at being forced to wear such a god-awful excuse for footwear.

^^ This.

Sorry, I *cannot stand* the things!

Especially when I see folk wearing them out and about in towns with shorts, when the weather isn't particularly warm, or *in church*:doh: and in all sorts of inappropriate places, making that stupid 'flip-flop', sloshing noise, when they walk, and they offer NO proper support for your feet! Dreadful things... And with SOCKS? You've GOT to be kidding!!!!:lol:

They are BEACH WEAR (or for around an indoor pool, say at the gym, or hot tub/jacuzzi) - end of - and shouldn't be seen outside of that! About the house? Wear slippers, or just pad around in your socks or bare feet.

:exactly:

Marco.

Marco

28-08-2020, 14:00

Barry

28-08-2020, 16:42

Found it! My mobile phone went missing a few days ago and I'd been hunting everywhere for it. I hardly ever use it, but like having it handy 'just in case'. I'd even started looking online for replacements. The damn thing was in my SatNav box which I'd used for a journey about a week ago. :rolleyes:

My mobile phone went missing a couple of months ago. Looked everywhere, and tried ringing it a few times using my partner's phone. To no apparent avail - yet the idea worked: the phone had fallen out of my jacket pocket when I was getting out of a taxi. The taxi driver heard the phone ringing, located the phone when it was convenient and phoned the last number called. He brought the phone around to my place after he finished work for the day. I paid him the taxi fare plus a generous tip for his trouble.

It's nice to know there are still some kind, honest and helpful people in this world. :)

Marco

28-08-2020, 16:51

Nice one, Barry. Restores your faith in human nature - and well done for rewarding him appropriately too, which will hopefully encourage him to do something similar again for someone else!:)

Marco.

Barry

28-08-2020, 17:02

Yes, it does restore your faith in human nature. I like to think I would have done the same if I found a mobile phone that had been dropped ringing.

Marco

28-08-2020, 17:35

I would too, especially given how much some folk rely on them these days. Del would be lost without hers, chatting to all her girly friends on whats app, etc.

Of course I don't approve [you know my feeling about smartphones] but I know she'd strop like hell if I tried to stop her [think WW3]:eek::eek: although more importantly I respect her right to do her thing:)

Marco.

walpurgis

28-08-2020, 17:47

Did you not try ringing it?;)

Or was it switched off?

Marco.

It wasn't on mate (seldom is :))

Marco

28-08-2020, 17:50

Much like mine, then. I switched mine on for the first time today in about 4 months!:D

Marco.

walpurgis

28-08-2020, 17:52

I've made two calls on mine since last winter :).

Pigmy Pony

28-08-2020, 18:02

My mobile phone went missing a couple of months ago. Looked everywhere, and tried ringing it a few times using my partner's phone. To no apparent avail - yet the idea worked: the phone had fallen out of my jacket pocket when I was getting out of a taxi. The taxi driver heard the phone ringing, located the phone when it was convenient and phoned the last number called. He brought the phone around to my place after he finished work for the day. I paid him the taxi fare plus a generous tip for his trouble.

It's nice to know there are still some kind, honest and helpful people in this world. :)

A few years ago, I was leaving a pub at closing time and found a mobile phone on the floor outside. I tried ringing a couple of the numbers on it, but to no avail. I took it home with the intention to try again the next morning. Early next day the owner called it, and I arranged to take it to him. "I'm the chef at Shaw Hill golf club, if you could bring it there after 12, that would be great".

When I got there I spoke to the girl at the bar, who went into the kitchen to fetch him. A minute later she returned: "He said to give it me and I'll take it through to him". And that was that. :( Wanker. I wasn't expecting a reward or anything, but a simple thankyou in person would have been nice.

Marco

28-08-2020, 18:08

I've made two calls on mine since last winter :).

Yes, that'll be the 0845 numbers to 'sluts n britches':D

Marco.

Barry

28-08-2020, 18:21

A few years ago, I was leaving a pub at closing time and found a mobile phone on the floor outside. I tried ringing a couple of the numbers on it, but to no avail. I took it home with the intention to try again the next morning. Early next day the owner called it, and I arranged to take it to him. "I'm the chef at Shaw Hill golf club, if you could bring it there after 12, that would be great".

When I got there I spoke to the girl at the bar, who went into the kitchen to fetch him. A minute later she returned: "He said to give it me and I'll take it through to him". And that was that. :( Wanker. I wasn't expecting a reward or anything, but a simple thankyou in person would have been nice.

What a self-centred thoughtless wanker. :doh: Even if he was busy in the kitchen he could have at least conveyed his thanks, and stood you a drink at the bar.

Pigmy Pony

28-08-2020, 18:21

Much like mine, then. I switched mine on for the first time today in about 4 months!:D

Marco.

Unlike your "Rampant" friend, which has never been switched off :eyebrows:

Marco

28-08-2020, 18:27

No that'd be Del's!:eek::bum:

:eyebrows:;)

Marco.

Macca

29-08-2020, 07:43

What a self-centred thoughtless wanker. :doh: Even if he was busy in the kitchen he could have at least conveyed his thanks, and stood you a drink at the bar.

I thought he was going to get a free meal!

struth

29-08-2020, 07:50

typical chef tbh. they are mostly self important wankers.

Marco

29-08-2020, 08:04

I'd have phoned the c*nt and told him what I thought of him...... At 4am!;)

Marco.

walpurgis

29-08-2020, 08:33

Macca

29-08-2020, 08:36

I have this morning. Properly chilly although the thermometer says 16c. Looks like Autumn coming on a bit early.

struth

29-08-2020, 08:37

Go on, 'fess up. Who's had the central heating on? I have for an hour for the last two mornings, in August of all things! I don't recall ever having had to do that before. The indoor temperature was 18C and just over 12C outside.

mine kicks in if it gets colder so its been on a few times this month.

walpurgis

29-08-2020, 08:53

I think we'll get a couple of warm spells yet. It's just unsettled weather reaching us while the US hurricane season is on.

Marco

29-08-2020, 09:46

Go on, 'fess up. Who's had the central heating on?

Lol, not me. We rarely use ours... If we want heat, we light the log burner, and that's not been on since the middle of May! Plenty warm enough here for us at the moment. Still 15C outside and 18C inside:)

The chimney's being swept on Tuesday, so if it's colder then, we might waken it up and clear out any loose bits of soot!

Marco.

Pigmy Pony

29-08-2020, 19:08

I thought he was going to get a free meal!

I had hoped a free lunch might be on the cards, and we certainly dressed appropriately, Pringle jumpers, plus fours, single glove. I felt a right tit having to go the chippy instead, dressed like that :(

Pigmy Pony

29-08-2020, 19:13

Go on, 'fess up. Who's had the central heating on? I have for an hour for the last two mornings, in August of all things! I don't recall ever having had to do that before. The indoor temperature was 18C and just over 12C outside.

Put ours on an hour ago, toasty warm now. Been working outside all day, in just a t shirt (no Marco I had pants on too) and didn't feel cold then. Strange

Barry

29-08-2020, 19:46

Put my CH on last night.

Marco

29-08-2020, 19:52

You always feel warmer when you're working...:)

Are you really that cold, Stevo? We're still sleeping with the bedroom window open a bit, and we don't have any heating on.

Marco.

Marco

29-08-2020, 19:53

Put my CH on last night.

Must be an age thing!:D;)

Marco.

Barry

29-08-2020, 19:58

Must be an age thing!:D;)

Marco.

No, it was for Happy. She was born in Africa, some 350 miles from the Equator and is a bit of a 'hot house flower'.

Marco

29-08-2020, 20:27

Tell her to put a jumper on!:ner:

;)

Marco.

Marco

31-08-2020, 09:45

We were picking some carrots in our garden yesterday, and found this little chap:

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/E9DuyO.jpg

For some reason, I was instantly reminded of Piggurs!:D

Marco.

Macca

31-08-2020, 16:24

Cleared out the 'fridge, completely cleaned it and defrosted it. That's done for another year or so at least. Enough labouring for today I think.

walpurgis

31-08-2020, 16:27

Coincidentally, I did mine today too :).

struth

31-08-2020, 16:31

cut my hair :ner:

Macca

31-08-2020, 16:32

That's a chance in a million.

struth

31-08-2020, 16:44

marco permed his curl-over :ner:

walpurgis

31-08-2020, 16:45

That's a chance in a million.

Very likely. I'll do mine again for xmas (I expect :)).

Marco

31-08-2020, 16:51

marco permed his curl-over :ner:

Yesh, and while she was as it, she plaited my pubes, waxed and plucked my arse hairs, and then finished off with a blowjob... It's amazing what you can get in a Wrexham salon for a fiver!:D

Marco.

Barry

01-09-2020, 14:35

First time I've cracked an egg to find a double yolk.

https://i.postimg.cc/BvPjFwsz/013.jpg

If the egg had been fertilised would it develop twin chicks, or would Nature have prevented one embryo from developing?

struth

01-09-2020, 14:38

Potentially if they are both fertilised yes you can get 2 chicks

Barry

01-09-2020, 14:43

Potentially if they are both fertilised yes you can get 2 chicks

Wouldn't that make the egg too large to lay, or would the two chicks be smaller than usual?

struth

01-09-2020, 14:47

Wouldn't that make the egg to large to lay, or would the two chicks be smaller than usual?

they get a bit squished together but usually survive if no other issues are present. it happens usually to newish layers before they are settled to the task etc.. they pop 2 ovums out right after each other and they travel so close together they get combined in the albumin and then the shell. might be slightly larger but not double sized

walpurgis

01-09-2020, 14:49

They used to be reasonably common years ago, but probably get rejected these days.

Barry

01-09-2020, 14:50

Cheers Grant! :)

struth

01-09-2020, 15:08

its quite interesting how eggs are made etc, worth reading up on..

Barry

01-09-2020, 15:11

They used to be reasonably common years ago, but probably get rejected these days.

How are they examined - X-ray?

walpurgis

02-09-2020, 07:28

How are they examined - X-ray?

They used to be backlit for visual inspection, the light outlining the contents of the egg in silhouette through the thin shell, but I expect it's usually automated now. Small farms may still do this though.

Marco

02-09-2020, 18:24

Knuckle-draggers like this c*nt should've been put down at birth: https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/02/customer-threatens-restaurant-owner-over-12-minute-wait-during-e/

:doh::rolleyes::guns:

Unfortunately, this is the sort of neurone-bereft imbecile that today's society is breeding - heaven help us!!!

Marco.

guy

02-09-2020, 19:31

Think of the future - he has a wife, therefore he may be a father. Oh those poor children

Macca

02-09-2020, 21:50

'I was stud in a line outside.'

Certainly sounds like a rewarding and possibly an exhilarating queuing experience, can't see what he's moaning about.

struth

03-09-2020, 02:16

Ah, the stud-y years

walpurgis

03-09-2020, 07:29

Wasn't a collar stud was it? (anybody remember those? :))

Filterlab

03-09-2020, 09:45

its quite interesting how eggs are made etc, worth reading up on..

Presumably by a chicken still? :lol:

Marco

05-09-2020, 10:23

Well... Today our garden will be used to house a birthday party for a group of 30-year olds [18 of them], mainly women (friends of Del's from work). Del's doing the food and they're bringing their own drinks, and a bouncy castle has just been delivered and erected on the lawn...

Marco.

struth

05-09-2020, 10:42

get dad round with the video camera :eyebrows:

struth

05-09-2020, 11:11

bollocks to dad... im on my way;)

Marco

05-09-2020, 11:17

Lol... I'll be uploading the video later on YT - should get a few hits:D

Marco.

struth

05-09-2020, 11:26

spot the g string... yes im sure you will deffo not perv:ner:

Marco

05-09-2020, 11:34

Lol - you know me, I'm a nice man:D

Marco.

Marco

05-09-2020, 13:18

There's only two guys here, the one who's 30th birthday it is (accompanied by his girlfriend) and his mate, and the rest are women, so I get your point. I'll defo just take a back seat and let her enjoy herself. She needs to let her hair down sometimes.

Anyway, the fun's just started lol, so will make myself scarce. I've got some cartridge fiddling shenanigans to do anyway, so that will keep me busy:)

Marco.

Macca

05-09-2020, 16:05

Marco

05-09-2020, 16:12

Noted. So do you have previous experience of its inherent qualities, or otherwise, in that application?;)

Marco.

Marco

05-09-2020, 16:16

Actually I have two, and neither of them would be going near a bouncy castle. Well maybe close enough to get some good pics :) which I'm sure you have in hand. A tip - a liberal coating of olive oil on the castle will yield some good photo opportunuties ;)

It's often scary just how well 'sync'd' our minds are in these areas...:eyebrows:

Starting to hot up now, 14 of them are here, mostly in the (recently erected) gazebo, which has been turned into a useful outdoor seating area, music blasting and drinks flowing. Just need to see what happens now when the alcohol takes effect!:doh:

:D.... I need to stay sober to pump choons out into the garden and act as taxi driver later! Boo...

Marco.

Marco

05-09-2020, 18:29

Just a few random (very quick) snaps I've taken...

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/XStZxh.jpg

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https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/N0wEj2.jpg

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/xk7YrZ.png

Turned out to be a few more guys than I thought!

Marco.

Macca

05-09-2020, 18:35

This is not the red hot lesbo action that we were promised!

Marco

05-09-2020, 18:38

Lol...

Marco.

Marco

05-09-2020, 20:29

Few more from earlier, but nothing too exciting... Pretty crap pics, but just quick snaps.They're having a good party, though.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/udAG8u.jpg

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/PQbTjS.jpg

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Still outside now, huddled around the log fire we've lit.... Choons pumping outside, loud and proud into the night (via Tidal) - good job we haven't got any neighbours!:D

Marco.

Pigmy Pony

06-09-2020, 07:50

Is electric cig man real, or a mannequin? His position doesn't change, just his location :) Or is it you in a wig? :D

Marco

06-09-2020, 08:37

Lol.... Typical young bloke, he was a cool guy though, loves his choons, good taste in music too, 60s/70s stuff his dad brought him up with [he was amazed by my system, with all the vinyl, etc] and was intelligent to talk to on a variety of subjects - a veritable rarity these days in a 29-year old!

His girlfriend was the one beside him in the reddish brown hair and leather jacket. It's amazing I'm up at this time though, because the party went on until 3am!:eek:

Del was off her face, but funny with it, as all the girlies were. Some interesting situations lol, when full of booze they start getting a bit 'amorous' with each other;)

Dunno where she finds the energy to make all the food, set everything up and entertain/host people like that, but she LOVES it and had a great time:cool:

Marco.

struth

06-09-2020, 08:40

is that walter smith chatting up the lass;)

Marco

06-09-2020, 08:44

Haha, I know, believe it or not, that was her husband!:eek: Only one there with grey hair lol. I didn't ask his age, but he's got to at least 20 years older than her. Must have money!:D

Nah, he was nice guy:)

Marco.

struth

06-09-2020, 09:05

just spent last 5 mins looking for my specs... i was wearing them:doh:

walpurgis

06-09-2020, 11:43

just spent last 5 mins looking for my specs... i was wearing them:doh:

I've done that. Senility setting in mate! :lol:

I need glasses to find my specs these days :rolleyes:.

Macca

06-09-2020, 11:48

I've done that. Senility setting in mate! :lol:

I need glasses to find my specs these days :rolleyes:.

Yeah I've had that problem for about 15 years now. They should fit that thing they have like on key rings where you whistle and they beep back at you.

Marco

06-09-2020, 13:00

Lol - count me out of this convo!:ner:;)

Marco.

walpurgis

06-09-2020, 13:05

Lol - count me out of this convo!:ner:;)

Marco.

You'll get there pal just you see, that mobile of yours will start getting harder to see clearly and reading matter will start blurring! :lol:

Pigmy Pony

06-09-2020, 13:06

Yeah I've had that problem for about 15 years now. They should fit that thing they have like on key rings where you whistle and they beep back at you.

Can you still get those beeping keyrings?

I could have done with one last week, then I may not have sat on my bins last week and broke them in two. Anyway, I've mended them with superglue, but they'll just break again next time I fall asleep in them. Anything to get out of buying a new pair - it's not that I'm tight, it's just that the pound shop is miles from where you can park :( And the car park is pay & display :(:(:(

Macca

06-09-2020, 13:15

Can you still get those beeping keyrings?

I could have done with one last week, then I may not have sat on my bins last week and broke them in two. Anyway, I've mended them with superglue, but they'll just break again next time I fall asleep in them. Anything to get out of buying a new pair - it's not that I'm tight, it's just that the pound shop is miles from where you can park :( And the car park is pay & display :(:(:(

You can https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/272412903364?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-153316-527457-8&mkcid=2&itemid=272412903364&targetid=4584894773047612&device=c&mktype=&googleloc=&poi=&campaignid=398226962&mkgroupid=1300722490880837&rlsatarget=pla-4584894773047612&abcId=2145997&merchantid=87779&msclkid=baf37f9661a8117e14fe20c2813e95bc

But no beeping spectacles. Gap in the market there I reckon.