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Mikeandvan
28-07-2023, 20:19
Was the 'push' deliberate?
Of course, I didn;t know he was doing first, like is he trying to cross in front of me to go into a shop or somewhere, but no, he just pushed into me.
Mikeandvan
28-07-2023, 20:21
You did the right thing, immediate retribution is the only answer. Getting the police involved is as ineffectual as just shrugging it off, and just puts you in the frame for prime suspect if you later decide to sort things yourself.
Long term you might consider moving away from Brighton, which seems to have no redeeming qualities.
Absolutely, when the aggression is that direct, you're justified in giving plenty back. Brighton & Hove is ok actually, just house prices are nuts, it rains all the time, and it's full of revolting drug addicts, actually, it's a cesspit!
And so, rather than giving him the benefit of the doubt, you felt you had to punch him in the back of the neck.
walpurgis
28-07-2023, 20:38
Today's mishaps.
Without realising, while painting part of the kitchen walls I knocked the scab off the bash I got on the head the other day and ended up leaving red blood 'dabs' on the ceiling!
Later, the steps shot out from under me and dumped me on the deck. Only fell about a metre and don't think I've done myself much damage apart from a slightly sore left hip and shoulder. The paint brush did a loop through the air over me and landed on the opposite worktop after bouncing off a dog food bag leaving a splodge of white emulsion :).
Mikeandvan
28-07-2023, 21:19
And so, rather than giving him the benefit of the doubt, you felt you had to punch him in the back of the neck.
Thats right buddy, I should have taught him a real lesson.
Thats right buddy, I should have taught him a real lesson.
Well who's the 'macho man' then? Well done - we're all proud of you - not!
Pigmy Pony
29-07-2023, 05:58
And so, rather than giving him the benefit of the doubt, you felt you had to punch him in the back of the neck.
I'm happy to assume that Mike knows the difference between someone accidentally stumbling into him and a deliberate push. And they're the worst kind of 'hippies' - Steppenwolf even did a song about them :(
Pigmy Pony
29-07-2023, 06:09
Today's mishaps.
Without realising, while painting part of the kitchen walls I knocked the scab off the bash I got on the head the other day and ended up leaving red blood 'dabs' on the ceiling!
Later, the steps shot out from under me and dumped me on the deck. Only fell about a metre and don't think I've done myself much damage apart from a slightly sore left hip and shoulder. The paint brush did a loop through the air over me and landed on the opposite worktop after bouncing off a dog food bag leaving a splodge of white emulsion :).
:lol: No I shouldn't laugh really... you know it might be your body's way of telling you to get someone in to do it.
The days of heroic injuries are well and truly behind us - gone are the days of emerging from a smashed car with a small cut on our cheek like James Bond, or getting our hair tousled in a fight like Roger Moore in The Saint, these days we can put our back out just doing a big fart.
walpurgis
29-07-2023, 06:46
:lol: No I shouldn't laugh really... you know it might be your body's way of telling you to get someone in to do it.
Can't do that, it just goes totally against the grain (my grain? :)). I like doing everything myself.
Pigmy Pony
29-07-2023, 06:54
Yes I know what you mean, I'm a bit like that. But it's not that I want to do it, I just don't want to pay someone else. Though getting folk in to do what we can't or don't want to do, that's how most of us make a living.
used to be like that but no more. everything is not done by me :ner:
walpurgis
29-07-2023, 07:06
That's why I have tools for every kind of job. I'm too tight to pay to get things done (I'd do my own dentistry if I could :D). Tools are cheaper than hourly rates and I know how to use them!
Pigmy Pony
29-07-2023, 07:09
I have a regular customer who likes to get 'stuck in'. She and her husband moved into a huge barn conversion house last year, and she employs a handyman whose sole purpose is to re-do all her efforts. Drives her hubby mad with her bodges, he even came back out of retirement (owns an engineering firm) just to get away from it all.
walpurgis
29-07-2023, 07:14
I have a regular customer who likes to get 'stuck in'. She and her husband moved into a huge barn conversion house last year, and she employs a handyman whose sole purpose is to re-do all her efforts. Drives her hubby mad with her bodges, he even came back out of retirement (owns an engineering firm) just to get away from it all.
Well there's probably a bit of a difference. I have an engineering and construction background and don't like the work of most others (bodgers?), as I can do it better.
walpurgis
29-07-2023, 10:01
Why is it when you're decorating, you find digs and scrapes in the paintwork in places nobody would normally reach? :scratch:
Why is it when you're decorating, you find digs and scrapes in the paintwork in places nobody would normally reach? :scratch:
best not then :eek: but, yes i know what you mean. also when papering you find that walls you thought were straight aint!!
Cleaned out the wheelie bin, took some glass to the recycling, went the supermarket and did the laundry.
Think that's enough for today, don't want to overdo it. Time for a cup of tea and a nice sit down.
Cleaned out the wheelie bin, took some glass to the recycling, went the supermarket and did the laundry.
Think that's enough for today, don't want to overdo it. Time for a cup of tea and a nice sit down.
mine is manky... disgustingly tbh but nothing i can do other than put disinfectant etc in it
walpurgis
29-07-2023, 11:29
Not done wheelie bin, but I just finished shampooing the front door. It was filthy! Took a while, had to wash down with brush and sponge then go over marks with cream cleaner. Looks ace now! :)
Might cut grass (again :rolleyes:) later if it stays dry.
mine is manky... disgustingly tbh but nothing i can do other than put disinfectant etc in it
I use mop and bucket do the inside and out then leave a little bit of the 'juice' in the bottom to do its stuff over time.
I like to make a concoction of cleaning fluids in the bucket even though a lot of them say not to do that on the sticker. I'm sure I've made proper mustard gas at least once.
I think if it can kill me it deffo kills anything else.
Was going to do the front door but can't be arsed now.
On another topic they haven't been around here with the weedkiller for the pavements in ages so we're getting some great wildflowers coming up. Might be getting out of hand though. Just down from me there's a tomato plant growing out of the gap between the slabs, and it has tomatoes forming on it.
walpurgis
29-07-2023, 12:02
On another topic they haven't been around here with the weedkiller for the pavements in ages
Don't think councils do that any more, worried about their environmental credentials.
I said on here years ago, that sooner or later all weedkiller will become unobtainable (like sodium chlorate did and creosote by the way, remember that?). I keep a considerable stock, just in case.
Don't think councils do that any more, worried about their environmental credentials.
I said on here years ago, that sooner or later all weedkiller will become unobtainable (like sodium chlorate did and creosote by the way, remember that?). I keep a considerable stock, just in case.
They do it round here, I've seen him going round with his squirty thing. If they didn't do it things would quickly get out of hand.
It didn't get done over lockdown so we had about 6 months unfettered growth, it was excellent. Thistles the height of a man!
walpurgis
29-07-2023, 12:37
The councils around here stopped using weedkiller some time ago. They just have a crew doing weeding by hand, only lasts a week or two but you can tell which roads are done, lesser used ones are neglected and really overgrown.
council do the edges of pavement with something in their backpacks here. usually 2 times a year. dunno what they use but probably still glyphosate in this country as its still free to use
The councils around here stopped using weedkiller some time ago. They just have a crew doing weeding by hand, only lasts a week or two but you can tell which roads are done, lesser used ones are neglected and really overgrown.
I forget you are in London which went totally insane some time ago now.
Well they don't do any weeding around here. It's left to the residents to do something about it.
walpurgis
29-07-2023, 13:09
I weedkiller everything within 50 yards of my front gate. Did it yesterday. and round the garden paths etc.
I weedkiller everything within 50 yards of my front gate. Did it yesterday. and round the garden paths etc.
I just do my front and back yards, and the neighbour's. I like to salt the ground as well but it's been too wet this year for it to work.
I believe petrol makes a good weedkiller, but maybe that's an old wives' tale.
I believe petrol makes a good weedkiller, but maybe that's an old wives' tale.
no, it will kill pretty much anything.. a bit dodgy tho, and probably highly illegal... boiling water works well
covid is rearing its head again in numbers... wales and south west are worst hit.
walpurgis
29-07-2023, 16:03
covid is rearing its head again in numbers... wales and south west are worst hit.
That reminds me, I'm due for another booster jab since my birthday.
Main area for Covid seem to be near Exeter to the south west. It never went away though, just cycling up and down at lower levels.
Mikeandvan
29-07-2023, 19:58
I'm happy to assume that Mike knows the difference between someone accidentally stumbling into him and a deliberate push. And they're the worst kind of 'hippies' - Steppenwolf even did a song about them :(
Exactly, I think Barry would have sat him down and tried to talk to him, 'are you ok maaate? Would you like some tea?'. :lol:
Pigmy Pony
30-07-2023, 13:18
Exactly, I think Barry would have sat him down and tried to talk to him, 'are you ok maaate? Would you like some tea?'. :lol:
Cool man, I'll have camomile - calms me down and stops the voices :)
walpurgis
31-07-2023, 06:48
Can one retire from being retired? I am so busy, I have little spare time, I couldn't possibly fit a job in too :).
(I've figured it out actually, everybody around me has got so used to me doing lots that they just sit back and let me do everything)
Pigmy Pony
31-07-2023, 07:36
Can one retire from being retired? I am so busy, I have little spare time, I couldn't possibly fit a job in too :).
(I've figured it out actually, everybody around me has got so used to me doing lots that they just sit back and let me do everything)
What, so do you find yourself doing lots of jobs for friends and family? A burden of your own making by being willing, able, and available. The only way out I can see is to get a part time job, leaving you with no time for their stuff. And at least you'll be getting paid for your efforts :)
The only other way would be to play the age card, but it's a slippery slope - if you convince others you're no longer fit or strong enough, you may eventually believe it yourself. That's my fear. And it I'm honest a lot of it will be vanity. Mrs. P thinks I no longer do work on rooflines/guttering, but that's not quite true.
walpurgis
31-07-2023, 09:06
What, so do you find yourself doing lots of jobs for friends and family? A burden of your own making by being willing, able, and available.
That's about right. The only other person willing to get stuck in and have a go at just about anything is my daughter.
Pigmy Pony
31-07-2023, 09:40
That's about right. The only other person willing to get stuck in and have a go at just about anything is my daughter.
Oh well, that's something I suppose. And more than my daughters can manage, they're both pretty hopeless. As are their respective partners.
But I do think it's a good thing to keep your hand in as long as you are able. We just need to try harder at not injuring ourselves :doh:
Oh well, that's something I suppose. And more than my daughters can manage, they're both pretty hopeless. As are their respective partners.
But I do think it's a good thing to keep your hand in as long as you are able. We just need to try harder at not injuring ourselves :doh:
my daughter gets stuck in, and she is even better at getting her husband to get stuck in :eek: fortunately she doesnt read these pages, or she'd get stuck in to me too:D
Just finished juicing some tomatoes and then some apples.
Washed machine and it's drying in front of fan. Always leaves it streak free. Fan is on anyway as it's close again.
Good juicer it is too. It's a cold press masticator type and produces load of juice and the remains are surprisingly dry.
Cold press all back together ready for next time.
Nice machine and really produces loads of juicehttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230731/4084b81eac72c975a30848ec60641aa1.jpg
walpurgis
01-08-2023, 07:36
And now, some major news from the west country, "Woman bitten by dog". Wow, never mind war, disasters and starvation, This is BIG! :lol:
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/woman-bitten-dog-during-walk-8641534?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=gnews&utm_campaign=CDAqEAgAKgcICjD5z_sKMODN9AIww9rVAQ&utm_content=rundown&gaa_at=la&gaa_n=AfHvTEv1hNH9oj1L8CC_9xxttQhIBPzpZoJTrbCNIGGy IllOM1EZd5_AtGTnziy6WNTaO5dF3p06Fw%3D%3D&gaa_ts=64c8bad9&gaa_sig=2MIzSx4u16JvQ-PG3FDeNFF3vWdd6z0mLG0g27GGffbxFwjNt-txn1Mya86uIVPhoiVhGeHq02ISZGcBV0BoFg%3D%3D
Mikeandvan
01-08-2023, 10:27
And now, some major news from the west country, "Woman bitten by dog". Wow, never mind war, disasters and starvation, This is BIG! :lol:
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/woman-bitten-dog-during-walk-8641534?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=gnews&utm_campaign=CDAqEAgAKgcICjD5z_sKMODN9AIww9rVAQ&utm_content=rundown&gaa_at=la&gaa_n=AfHvTEv1hNH9oj1L8CC_9xxttQhIBPzpZoJTrbCNIGGy IllOM1EZd5_AtGTnziy6WNTaO5dF3p06Fw%3D%3D&gaa_ts=64c8bad9&gaa_sig=2MIzSx4u16JvQ-PG3FDeNFF3vWdd6z0mLG0g27GGffbxFwjNt-txn1Mya86uIVPhoiVhGeHq02ISZGcBV0BoFg%3D%3D
The dog was 'described as stocky with long fluffy ears', sounds like a pit bull in disguise.
Pigmy Pony
01-08-2023, 13:10
The suspect was later apprehended at a local dogging site.
https://www.loveyourdog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Bichon-Frise-Mix-in-Car.jpg
"Wasn't me guv, I've been here hanging out of a Dobermann all day"
And now, some major news from the west country, "Woman bitten by dog". Wow, never mind war, disasters and starvation, This is BIG! :lol:
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/woman-bitten-dog-during-walk-8641534?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=gnews&utm_campaign=CDAqEAgAKgcICjD5z_sKMODN9AIww9rVAQ&utm_content=rundown&gaa_at=la&gaa_n=AfHvTEv1hNH9oj1L8CC_9xxttQhIBPzpZoJTrbCNIGGy IllOM1EZd5_AtGTnziy6WNTaO5dF3p06Fw%3D%3D&gaa_ts=64c8bad9&gaa_sig=2MIzSx4u16JvQ-PG3FDeNFF3vWdd6z0mLG0g27GGffbxFwjNt-txn1Mya86uIVPhoiVhGeHq02ISZGcBV0BoFg%3D%3D
This is why everyone wants to go and live down there.
In comparison in the last four years there's been four murders and a stabbing within a 100 years of my house.
I love that they have a description of the dog. Presumably they'll round up the usual suspects for an identity parade.
Good to see the boys in blue taking this seriously. Those community resolutions won't resolve themselves.
Will it be one of the 5% of crimes that they solve?
if they dont there will be accusations that it was a 'police dog':lol:
if they dont there will be accusations that it was a 'police dog':lol:
:doh:
But so true :)
Tailgaters. Do you love or hate them:(
The type that try to bully you to go faster as they haven't got the balls to overtake. Yesterday an Ambulance pulled out in front of the car in front of me from the local small hospital on the way to the larger county hospital. The first roundabout about 8 miles away. Clearly working on someone as they were between 20 - 30mph in a 50. The guy in front and I were safely and patiently accepting the situation.
Mrs middle aged Fiat 500 was mostly in my rear view mirror or on the imaginary piece of elastic where they drop back and then can't help themselves and loom up again. Then tried the "pop the front R wheel over the white line" game.....no chance....2 way winding country road and knew that they were not intending to attempt to overtake.
What goes on in these peoples heads? I could not have gone any faster in any event. If the ambulance had not been there then she would have been up my arse in the slower (30mph) areas as having driven professionally in the main I adhere to the speed limits and yes that means doing 50 in a 50 or 60 in a 60 etc etc. Makes my piss boil.
They should make getting a driving licence a lot harder.
Talking of reckless driving, Bodie's Ford Capri 3.0S is up for auction:
https://www.bidspotter.co.uk/en-gb/auction-catalogues/silverstone-auctions/catalogue-id-ibsil10071/lot-66a1d46e-4942-4c8b-8855-b051011f8c3d
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRwfAAEBbWk
walpurgis
06-08-2023, 14:59
The V6 Capris are not on my 'want' list. Heavy engine up front and light back end add up to understeer or oversteer in all the wrong places. Even more iffy in the wet!
young guy passed his test then about 30 mins later is nicked doing 120... whats wrong with these idiots
The V6 Capris are not on my 'want' list. Heavy engine up front and light back end add up to understeer or oversteer in all the wrong places. Even more iffy in the wet!
massive torque steer too. But this was Bodie's one. Expected to fetch £200K.
AJSki2fly
06-08-2023, 15:26
Tailgaters. Do you love or hate them:(
The type that try to bully you to go faster as they haven't got the balls to overtake. Yesterday an Ambulance pulled out in front of the car in front of me from the local small hospital on the way to the larger county hospital. The first roundabout about 8 miles away. Clearly working on someone as they were between 20 - 30mph in a 50. The guy in front and I were safely and patiently accepting the situation.
Mrs middle aged Fiat 500 was mostly in my rear view mirror or on the imaginary piece of elastic where they drop back and then can't help themselves and loom up again. Then tried the "pop the front R wheel over the white line" game.....no chance....2 way winding country road and knew that they were not intending to attempt to overtake.
What goes on in these peoples heads? I could not have gone any faster in any event. If the ambulance had not been there then she would have been up my arse in the slower (30mph) areas as having driven professionally in the main I adhere to the speed limits and yes that means doing 50 in a 50 or 60 in a 60 etc etc. Makes my piss boil.
Rob, get a Tesla, people hate following them especially if you put them onto cruise control (not auto-pilot). You just steer and the Tesla goes along at the speed of the car in front, and maintains a set safe braking distance, or at the road speed limit. As it adjusts for road inclines/declines and car in front and speed limit it uses regen braking as much as possible, the brake lights are regularly on and off, it airs on the side of caution, it will brake fully if the car slows in front, you never need to actually use the brake pedal unless you want to. So the following driver is not sure what to do, and so far I have not had one tail gator, not for very long anyway, maybe 200m max.
200k:lol: with all the handling of a land yacht:eek:.....a fool and his money.....
I suppose if you are loaded then buying a car for £200k is expected of you or risk ridicule from your "friends" and colleagues. I have watched a few of The Supercar Showroom programmes where they sell supercars and the bait to reel them in is that they can drive any car as fast as they can in a straight line on a runway as the showroom is on the same site a small airport/landing strip:scratch:
Ok, so it could give you an idea of what the car is like but are you going to do that on a motorway or A road.
Not really on point but there's a guy around here who drives a tweaked ford of some description and specialises in 2am blasts and constantly decelerating. They are called 'burble remaps' which will creates a 21 gun salute on the overrun in all driving conditions. However a lot of supercars can sound like that if they try.
Rob, get a Tesla, people hate following them especially if you put them onto cruise control (not auto-pilot). You just steer and the Tesla goes along at the speed of the car in front, and maintains a set safe braking distance, or at the road speed limit. As it adjusts for road inclines/declines and car in front and speed limit it uses regen braking as much as possible, the brake lights are regularly on and off, it airs on the side of caution, it will brake fully if the car slows in front, you never need to actually use the brake pedal unless you want to. So the following driver is not sure what to do, and so far I have not had one tail gator, not for very long anyway, maybe 200m max.
my hyundai does this too. i use it all the time.
Rob, get a Tesla, people hate following them especially if you put them onto cruise control (not auto-pilot). You just steer and the Tesla goes along at the speed of the car in front, and maintains a set safe braking distance, or at the road speed limit. As it adjusts for road inclines/declines and car in front and speed limit it uses regen braking as much as possible, the brake lights are regularly on and off, it airs on the side of caution, it will brake fully if the car slows in front, you never need to actually use the brake pedal unless you want to. So the following driver is not sure what to do, and so far I have not had one tail gator, not for very long anyway, maybe 200m max.
I am afraid a Tesla is way out of my price range...but constantly hitting the brake pedal....now there's an idea:eyebrows:
Pigmy Pony
06-08-2023, 15:47
I'm going to be a smartarse here and suggest that torque steer only afflicts cars where the steering axle and the powered axle are the same. So front wheel drive only. The Capri was rear wheel drive. Of course I might be wrong, bikes were more my thing.
I used to have a Golf GTi that suffered with this when accelerating hard. Added to the fun :D
Capri prices have gone mental. And that one of Bodie's isn't even the 2.8 injection. Looks like a 2 litre S to me, same as my mates, and is the first car I ever drove. My mate must have been on drugs to let me do that.
Edit: just noticed the Bodiemobile is a 3 litre S. A bit pokier and desirable than the 2.
AJSki2fly
06-08-2023, 15:50
200k:lol: with all the handling of a land yacht:eek:.....a fool and his money.....
I suppose if you are loaded then buying a car for £200k is expected of you or risk ridicule from your "friends" and colleagues..
Where do you get 200k from a Tesla M3 is around £50k now and Model Y about 55k. By the way they handle pretty good for a family saloon, and are very safe, check out the world wide safety ratings for a Model 3.
I have owned a variety of well handling and not so well handling sports cars but no more sadly. A rebuilt and heavily modded Mini Cooper(1150cc rally tuned), Porsches(911sc 911c4, 924, 944), TVR(S3 and Griffith(also sprint raced)), Morgans(fast and fun but like steering a pram at high speed, interesting at times) Mazda MX5, Toyota MR2(I hill climbed and sprint raced it), a couple of famous red cars, a Testarossa is difficult to stop from high speed(interesting around Donnington), a 365 Spyder was the best handling, fastest and most fun. Not quite true the modified Toyota mk1 mr2 was lowered, heavily lightened, updated brakes, and tuned, it was like a go kart, and out cornered and out braked all the aforementioned.
Tailgaters. Do you love or hate them:(
The type that try to bully you to go faster as they haven't got the balls to overtake. Yesterday an Ambulance pulled out in front of the car in front of me from the local small hospital on the way to the larger county hospital. The first roundabout about 8 miles away. Clearly working on someone as they were between 20 - 30mph in a 50. The guy in front and I were safely and patiently accepting the situation.
Mrs middle aged Fiat 500 was mostly in my rear view mirror or on the imaginary piece of elastic where they drop back and then can't help themselves and loom up again. Then tried the "pop the front R wheel over the white line" game.....no chance....2 way winding country road and knew that they were not intending to attempt to overtake.
What goes on in these peoples heads? I could not have gone any faster in any event. If the ambulance had not been there then she would have been up my arse in the slower (30mph) areas as having driven professionally in the main I adhere to the speed limits and yes that means doing 50 in a 50 or 60 in a 60 etc etc. Makes my piss boil.
Tailgaters always seem to appear along twisting country lanes. They may know the road but I don't necessarily, so I will look for a place where I can pull over and let them have the road. Often these places are few and far between, much to the annoyance of the tailgater, who then starts flashing his/her lights.
I'm going to be a smartarse here and suggest that torque steer only afflicts cars where the steering axle and the powered axle are the same. So front wheel drive only. The Capri was rear wheel drive. Of course I might be wrong, bikes were more my thing.
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No you're absolutely right.
Pigmy Pony
06-08-2023, 16:51
young guy passed his test then about 30 mins later is nicked doing 120... whats wrong with these idiots
I used to work with a lad who, not long after passing his driving test, boasted about how fast a driver he was. Like that was something to be proud of. Thing is, he was convinced he was faster than most on the road as he was always in front :scratch: I struggled to make him understand the flaw in his logic.
walpurgis
06-08-2023, 16:52
I used to have a Golf GTi that suffered with this when accelerating hard. Added to the fun :D.
My Alfa 33 was the same. A hoot!
walpurgis
06-08-2023, 17:00
No you're absolutely right.
LSD is the answer! :D
in general, oversteer is, or was a common issue with rear drives, although you could get it on a fwd too, jjust much more difficult. obviously the reverse is or was for understeer. in all cases your going too fast for the car's grip at time. its nice to practice both in a quiet wide section of rd in snow. it will get you used to the feeling and how to avoid catastrophe.
most cars now have systems to stop you doing this by accident now.
Where do you get 200k from a Tesla M3 is around £50k now and Model Y about 55k..
My comment related to the price for the Capri. I have no idea what a Tesla costs but I know it would be out of my price range:).
My neighbour has a top of the range Polestar. All £65K's worth.
I had a Renault Clio Cup 172 in the mid 2000s and that was pretty lively when floored and had a bit of torque steer. I then had a Megane and then traded down to a more sedate Ciio 1.2 Turbo which had a bit of turbo lag so I had it remapped. Once remapped it was a much more fun and far more comfortable car that the Cup and it was great fun. A real wolf in sheep's clothing. Only got rid of it earlier this year. I now have one these DGI - Turbo affairs. Direct injection is a real revelation and such fun.
Tailgaters always seem to appear along twisting country lanes. They may know the road but I don't necessarily, so I will look for a place where I can pull over and let them have the road. Often these places are few and far between, much to the annoyance of the tailgater, who then starts flashing his/her lights.
I have driven that road for the last 47 years and I know every part of it intimately:eyebrows: but I understand what you are saying. We were in Somerset the other week and the last time I was there was 20 years ago. I got the tailgate treatment there from white van man and others colours of van too. I just stick to what I feel is safe in the circumstances and hope they have a heart attack as they get frustrated.
Pigmy Pony
06-08-2023, 19:33
LSD is the answer! :D
Now you're absolutely right! Err... what was the question? :)
I speak from experience when I say LSD is not the answer but it does generate a lot of new questions.
walpurgis
06-08-2023, 20:09
I speak from experience when I say LSD is not the answer but it does generate a lot of new questions.
But it is. And here are the answers to the questions! :D
https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/103829/what-is-a-limited-slip-differential
Pigmy Pony
06-08-2023, 21:45
But it is. And here are the answers to the questions! :D
https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/103829/what-is-a-limited-slip-differential
Oh. Car stuff. What a bummer :(
Oh. Car stuff. What a bummer :(
Agreed!
walpurgis
07-08-2023, 07:19
I knew somebody would trip on that point :).
……………………….I just stick to what I feel is safe in the circumstances and hope they have a heart attack as they get frustrated.
I used to get really wound up by tailgaters, but i now try to adopt the same state of mind as yourself - much better for my health :)
I used to get really wound up by tailgaters, but i now try to adopt the same state of mind as yourself - much better for my health :)
It seems to me that in the last 10 years the amount of aggression on the roads has increased immensely and the overall standard of driving is poor. I wonder if those who weren't around when your first car went about as fast as a lame mule have too much power under their foot and assistance gadgets that can do most things apart from stop them driving like a dick:D
I would agree, both with the increase in aggression and the lack of courtesy.
Pigmy Pony
07-08-2023, 15:06
I reckon there are three causes of bad driving these days among the younger drivers:
1. Police reliance on speed cameras does not pick up on the wider issue of aggressive driving - I often see drivers going like a bat out of hell between the speed cameras because they know where they are sited. And most times their phones or sat navs will warn them of nearby mobile speed traps.
2. "Risk compensation" is a thing - people may take more risks in safer cars. Replace the steering wheel airbag with a giant steel spike and see how they drive then.
3. Young drivers are dicks, Especially when their mates are in the car with them.
Pigmy Pony
07-08-2023, 15:08
I forgot to mention wearing a baseball cap when driving.
winstonmalcolm
07-08-2023, 15:27
I've set up ad blocking on my home network. It blocks ads on any device on the network, particularly useful when brousing on Android based devices like my firetv stick. No configuration required on those devices.
Google "pi-hole" , it's designed for the raspberry pi but will run on Ubuntu.I set it up on an old laptop.
walpurgis
07-08-2023, 15:36
I often see drivers going like a bat out of hell between the speed cameras because they know where they are sited.
About a week ago I was taking it easy driving along in a 20 mph zone and an impatient git behind me in a big Porsche Cayenne decided to blast past me at about 55 mph............................ straight into a mobile speed camera trap! (I knew it was there :lol:)
Pigmy Pony
07-08-2023, 15:52
About a week ago I was taking it easy driving along in a 20 mph zone and an impatient git behind me in a big Porsche Cayenne decided to blast past me at about 55 mph............................ straight into a mobile speed camera trap! (I knew it was there :lol:)
Nice when things work out :)
One good thing that has become more common in recent years are unmarked police cars... I would love that job, I would show no mercy.
Although I wouldn't be in that job long before I'd be facing accusations of 'profiling'. Because I already know who the dickhead drivers are before they do anything - just a matter of following them until they do what they do best :)
Around here some of the more aggressive drivers are women in Chelsea tractors - i think being high up and surrounded by airbags gives them a sense of invincibility, and never mind the plebs
Pigmy Pony
07-08-2023, 16:05
Don't worry Guy, they're on my list :)
Around here some of the more aggressive drivers are women in Chelsea tractors - i think being high up and surrounded by airbags gives them a sense of invincibility, and never mind the plebs
around here its more likely to be the woman in dyed blonde hair and driving a bmw or merc, or convertible sports car, folowed by the attitude that they must be given freedom of road
Pigmy Pony
07-08-2023, 16:23
around here its more likely to be the woman in dyed blonde hair and driving a bmw or merc, or convertible sports car, folowed by the attitude that they must be given freedom of road
And most of them don't even need airbags, what with the botox and other 'enhancements'.
And most of them don't even need airbags, what with the botox and other 'enhancements'.
that filler gets everywhere:lol:
And most of them don't even need airbags, what with the botox and other 'enhancements'.
:lol:
Driving a 4x4 does give you a greater sense of command and security.
Being higher up, it is easier to see what is coming at road junctions and at roundabouts.
About a week ago I was taking it easy driving along in a 20 mph zone and an impatient git behind me in a big Porsche Cayenne decided to blast past me at about 55 mph............................ straight into a mobile speed camera trap! (I knew it was there :lol:)
Oh that is priceless! :lol: (why don't we have a wanker emoji!)
like this ??? :wanker: :eyebrows:
Replace the steering wheel airbag with a giant steel spike and see how they drive then.
Nah leave the airbag where it is and put it where the heated seat element is:eek: I once read a legal manual relating to the worst personal injury claims made. The highest paid out was to a surgeon that whilst performing an operation had the stool he was sitting on collapse and the spike that held the seat went up his rectum! Miraculously he survived:eek:
as it was london, geoff could have shouted 'up your arris':D
walpurgis
10-08-2023, 20:42
I know I'm on meds for high blood pressure, but but 83/49 on the monitor seems very low. Wonder if I'll conk out? :scratch:
A bit low that Geoff. Check machine is working right. But if it stays around there you need to see clinician pronto.
walpurgis
11-08-2023, 07:57
Hadn't felt good for a few days, but seem rather better today. BP just now 107/75, should be OK now (I hope :)).
Hadn't felt good for a few days, but seem rather better today. BP just now 107/75, should be OK now (I hope :)).
maybe get seen.. your meds might need adjusting.
No - it's still too low. Get yourself checked out Geoff, as Grant says, your doc may want to adjust your meds.
I'm on Ramipril for high blood pressure, but I occasionally check my BP with a meter. Last time I checked, two days ago, the reading was 127/75 with a heart rate of 74 bpm. I'm happy with that - think 130/80 is acceptable for someone of my age.
mine is 175/85 currently lol. due to have tablets tho so see what it is after
walpurgis
11-08-2023, 15:18
110/70 here at the moment. That's within the normal range, mind you that may change when I take my meds in a minute.
Pigmy Pony
11-08-2023, 15:19
Last time I checked mine was 145/80, and that's with 10mg Amlodipine each day. Could do for it to be a bit lower. Resting heart rate less than 60. Don't know what that's supposed to be, but might explain why I always nod off if sat doing nowt for a few minutes (my CD player does the same if it detects no signal).
To go from BP being high enough to need meds, to 83/49 seems a bit extreme. Get yourself checked Geoff (even if it is going back to 'normal'), it's not done that for no reason.
mine is 175/85 currently lol. due to have tablets tho so see what it is after
40 mins after taking its already started to fall. 159/81
110/70 here at the moment. That's within the normal range, mind you that may change when I take my meds in a minute.
110/70 is ok, but you wouldnt need to take tabs at that level..assuming the machine is accurate; thats why it needs checking and you too, to see what it is afa the nurses think with their machine.
hopefully that 83/49 was an error as thats dangerously low
40 mins after taking its already started to fall. 159/81
down to 155/82 now after 1 hr. not bad. itll go a bit lower still i think tho
Firebottle
11-08-2023, 17:22
I was told the self test machines, the cuff (EDIT, mine is a wrist type) type in particular, are generally thought to read low.
I was told to add 10 to the high reading and 5 to the low reading.
I was told the self test machines, the cuff type in particular, are generally thought to read low.
I was told to add 10 to the high reading and 5 to the low reading.
Why? The machine I use is the same make and model as used in my local surgery.
Pigmy Pony
11-08-2023, 18:16
Why? The machine I use is the same make and model as used in my local surgery.
Same here. Well, same make anyway. Omron.
Firebottle
11-08-2023, 19:55
I may have misled, mine is a wrist one not cuff, a Sanitas. At the surgery it's a more professional one.
Mikeandvan
11-08-2023, 22:11
My BP is 90 over 60, resting pulse 60. I'm barely alive.:lol: When I raise my arms my veins disappear, then lower them they all swell. I also got anemia.
My BP is 90 over 60, resting pulse 60. I'm barely alive.[emoji38] When I raise my arms my veins disappear, then lower them they all swell. I also got anemia.Sounding pretty normal.
I would say it is borderline hypotension.
No need to go to the vet anymore you can get diagnoses on here. Although they're conflicting...
walpurgis
12-08-2023, 06:55
A bit highish at 141/93 now.
Pigmy Pony
12-08-2023, 08:10
My BP is 90 over 60, resting pulse 60. I'm barely alive.:lol: When I raise my arms my veins disappear, then lower them they all swell. I also got anemia.
I agree with Barry, that dose sound pretty low. And might explain the arm veins thing - when raising your arms maybe heart rate and BP not enough welly to send blood upwards, and when lowering your arms gravity is helping.
Is it 'simple' anaemia you have? I think that could be helped with a diet rich in iron (liver, spinach, other leafy veg, even iron supplements) but don't overdo it or your turds will look (and feel) like rocks. Obvs I'm not a proper doctor but I do know my shit :)
A bit highish at 141/93 now.
a more normal reading first thing
Mikeandvan
12-08-2023, 08:36
I agree with Barry, that dose sound pretty low. And might explain the arm veins thing - when raising your arms maybe heart rate and BP not enough welly to send blood upwards, and when lowering your arms gravity is helping.
Is it 'simple' anaemia you have? I think that could be helped with a diet rich in iron (liver, spinach, other leafy veg, even iron supplements) but don't overdo it or your turds will look (and feel) like rocks. Obvs I'm not a proper doctor but I do know my shit :)
No, my iron levels are ok, I think I got kidney disease, but the NHS don't recognise kidney disease until its advanced, God bless the NHS!
Pigmy Pony
12-08-2023, 09:03
No, my iron levels are ok, I think I got kidney disease, but the NHS don't recognise kidney disease until its advanced, God bless the NHS!
Bugger. Sorry to hear that Mike.
I'd love to go out to repair the roof for one of the NHS bosses - I would say "Sorry I can't fix your roof until the leaks have ruined all your carpets and furniture. Call me back when the black mould starts to be a problem".
Mikeandvan
12-08-2023, 09:36
Bugger. Sorry to hear that Mike.
I'd love to go out to repair the roof for one of the NHS bosses - I would say "Sorry I can't fix your roof until the leaks have ruined all your carpets and furniture. Call me back when the black mould starts to be a problem".
Exactly, I've often overheard people from other European countries talk about how bad the NHS is, sometimes you literally have to be dying before they start to investigate, that's why we have lowest cancer survival rates in Europe, that's why we have fewer and fewer NHS dentists, it literally sucks (no teeth).
not enough dentists, doctors etc and not enough facilities either. govt couldnt orginize anything bar lining their own pockets
Mikeandvan
13-08-2023, 20:42
Dog was bitten yesterday by some little terrier type dog, £1000 for 2 stitches, I kid you not, Really hoping the insurance will pay.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53111889210_5dbcc98201_z.jpg
Still, at least it comes with a free game of cup and ball.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53113462997_89059cbb55_z.jpg
Poor dear - no way of going for the terrier owner for damages?
walpurgis
14-08-2023, 06:49
Dog was bitten yesterday by some little terrier type dog, £1000 for 2 stitches, I kid you not
Vets are a money spinning cartel these days, their greed will put them out of business. I won't be having more pets after mutt goes.
Pigmy Pony
14-08-2023, 09:17
An advert that really annoys me right now is for Petplan, featuring "Supervet" Noel Fitzpatrick, where he starts with "As a pet owner I know you you want the best treatment for your pet". He does weird stuff like titanium joints, probably at prices that approach new car territory.
As a pet owner, I know that if my cat was hit by a car, and I told Petplan I wanted Fitzpatrick to fit a new bionic leg they would just say "Oh you're only covered for amputation or euthanasia", and if it's anything like the insurance we had for our old bullmastiff, we'd have to foot the bill then claim off the insurance and hope for the best.
Vets and pet insurance, bunch of bandits working together to exploit pet owners :steam:
ive no pets now, and the financial viability of having one is part of that decision; the other being my lack of fitness to look after it properly.
walpurgis
14-08-2023, 09:36
An advert that really annoys me right now is for Petplan, featuring "Supervet" Noel Fitzpatrick
What's that thing he wears on his head, is it a furry hat?
What's that thing he wears on his head, is it a furry hat?
never heard or seen him til now. looks like a permed wig:lol:
Mikeandvan
14-08-2023, 10:28
An advert that really annoys me right now is for Petplan, featuring "Supervet" Noel Fitzpatrick, where he starts with "As a pet owner I know you you want the best treatment for your pet". He does weird stuff like titanium joints, probably at prices that approach new car territory.
As a pet owner, I know that if my cat was hit by a car, and I told Petplan I wanted Fitzpatrick to fit a new bionic leg they would just say "Oh you're only covered for amputation or euthanasia", and if it's anything like the insurance we had for our old bullmastiff, we'd have to foot the bill then claim off the insurance and hope for the best.
Vets and pet insurance, bunch of bandits working together to exploit pet owners :steam:
Yeh, its kinda similar to the car accident damage scam, I reversed into a car last year, causing minor damage including smashed rear light, it was really minimal, insurance paid out £5000, with things like a 'new boot', honest to God, fucking bullshit.
Talking of car insurance, I have just renewed mine.
The original quote was a 33.5% increase over last year's insurance premium. Not surpringly I called them to say that whilst I understood repair costs have increased, both for parts and labour, most other insurance companies have increased their quotes by around 25%.
Needless to say my telecon querying their quote and asking if something could be done about it paid dividends: the revised quote was an acceptable 8.2% increase over that paid last year.
I'm sure others also 'shop around', but if you don't at least phone your present provider and see if they can improve on their quote (which IMO are set by some computer algorithm, expecting you to just "shrug your sholders" and pay up}.
Talking of car insurance, I have just renewed mine.
The original quote was a 33.5% increase over last year's insurance premium. Not surpringly I called them to say that whilst I understood repair costs have increased, both for parts and labour, most other insurance companies have increased their quotes by around 25%.
Needless to say my telecon querying their quote and asking if something could be done about it paid dividends: the revised quote was an acceptable 8.2% increase over that paid last year.
I'm sure others also 'shop around', but if you don't at least phone your present provider and see if they can improve on their quote (which IMO are set by some computer algorithm, expecting you to just "shrug your sholders" and pay up}.
motability are changing their insurers, presumably for a cheaper deal too.
Pigmy Pony
14-08-2023, 11:11
Talking of car insurance, I have just renewed mine.
The original quote was a 33.5% increase over last year's insurance premium. Not surpringly I called them to say that whilst I understood repair costs have increased, both for parts and labour, most other insurance companies have increased their quotes by around 25%.
Needless to say my telecon querying their quote and asking if something could be done about it paid dividends: the revised quote was an acceptable 8.2% increase over that paid last year.
I'm sure others also 'shop around', but if you don't at least phone your present provider and see if they can improve on their quote (which IMO are set by some computer algorithm, expecting you to just "shrug your sholders" and pay up}.
Well this kind of thing annoys me, just feels like they're trying it on. When my van insurance renewal came through earlier this year, there was a 40% increase. I'm not having that, I've barely increased my prices to customers, I have just absorbed much of my increased operating costs. So I am actually making less money per week than I was last year. While some companies are actually taking the piss, with their Covid/Brexit/War in Ukraine excuses.
So Mrs. P shopped around, and got my insurance for a few percent less than last year. Even if my old insurers had come back to me with a reduced quote, I would not stay with them on principle.
Earlier this year a customer who had previously got a quote for windows, thought that the price given to them (by a well known company who advertised a lot on TV) was rather high and wanted time to think about it, were told that the job could be done for a few hundred less if they signed up now. Annoyed, she showed them the door, and ultimately contacted me.
They should have given her their best price in the first place, then they would have got the job.
Pigmy Pony
14-08-2023, 11:16
What's that thing he wears on his head, is it a furry hat?
It's a bionic poodle's arse. Just warming it up prior to transplanting.
Well this kind of thing annoys me, just feels like they're trying it on. When my van insurance renewal came through earlier this year, there was a 40% increase. I'm not having that, I've barely increased my prices to customers, I have just absorbed much of my increased operating costs. So I am actually making less money per week than I was last year. While some companies are actually taking the piss, with their Covid/Brexit/War in Ukraine excuses.
So Mrs. P shopped around, and got my insurance for a few percent less than last year. Even if my old insurers had come back to me with a reduced quote, I would not stay with them on principle.
Earlier this year a customer who had previously got a quote for windows, thought that the price given to them (by a well known company who advertised a lot on TV) was rather high and wanted time to think about it, were told that the job could be done for a few hundred less if they signed up now. Annoyed, she showed them the door, and ultimately contacted me.
They should have given her their best price in the first place, then they would have got the job.
The commission structures mean they have to try it on. We had the same selling phones and airtime contracts.
We would use the old 'Let me just talk to the manager and see what we can do' routine in the hope that they wouldn't think we were trying it on. Worked most of the time.
Pigmy Pony
14-08-2023, 20:14
The commission structures mean they have to try it on. We had the same selling phones and airtime contracts.
We would use the old 'Let me just talk to the manager and see what we can do' routine in the hope that they wouldn't think we were trying it on. Worked most of the time.
That wouldn't work in my job, I'd have to say "Let me go back to my van and talk to myself for a bit". No one's going to fall for that one.
That wouldn't work in my job, I'd have to say "Let me go back to my van and talk to myself for a bit". No one's going to fall for that one.
you could pretend to call your boss on your mobile.
we used to do all sorts of dodges. The one thing you couldn't do was lie about the products. They had a team of about 20 people and all they did was monitor the calls. There was a list of 27 dos and don'ts which you had to sign to say you understood.
If you broke the rules it was written warning or the sack depending on the offence. But otherwise it was exactly like you see in 'Glengarry Glenross.'
Pigmy Pony
14-08-2023, 22:41
you could pretend to call your boss on your mobile.
we used to do all sorts of dodges. The one thing you couldn't do was lie about the products. They had a team of about 20 people and all they did was monitor the calls. There was a list of 27 dos and don'ts which you had to sign to say you understood.
If you broke the rules it was written warning or the sack depending on the offence. But otherwise it was exactly like you see in 'Glengarry Glenross.'
All of my customers either know me from previous jobs or have been sent to me from said customers. So they all know I don't have a boss. But experience has taught me that some customers will always try to chip your price as haggling is in their nature. So I give a slightly inflated price then let them chip me to what I had intended to charge anyway. Looks a bit dodgy on the face of it, but in the end no one is over- or underpaying.
I've never seen "Glengarry Glenross", but have heard it's pretty good. It'll come on telly at some point :)
just had my eyes tested...at home lol.... first ime for me, but it went well enough. cost me a fortune in specs tho even with the nhs help... oh well beans on beans soon lol
Pigmy Pony
16-08-2023, 15:44
just had my eyes tested...at home lol.... first ime for me, but it went well enough. cost me a fortune in specs tho even with the nhs help... oh well beans on beans soon lol
At least you'll be better able to spot the bargains. So savings to be made there :)
At least you'll be better able to spot the bargains. So savings to be made there :)
had the drops in eyes so cant see diddlysquat
Pigmy Pony
16-08-2023, 16:31
Had some dodgy-looking payments gone out of my bank account yesterday. Three payments of £99 "pending", to Barclaycard. So I contacted my bank to inform of this, and after going through all the automated nonsense they wanted details of my Barclaycard :doh: I don't have a Barclaycard, and have never in my life banked with Barclays. They said they would forward the information I'd given them to their fraud team.
Then five minutes later the fraud team called me, with a load more security questions :scratch: then suggested I phone Barclays. When I asked them for Barclays phone number or whether I could find them in the Yellow pages it went quiet at the other end, long enough for Anita to give me that stare that says "we're in the 21st century you moron", then the foreign sounding bloke on the other end said they would check with Barclays. I should bloody well think so.
So now I just wait and see.
sounds like someone trying it on. at least you flagged it quick so should be stopped or recompensed
New 8foot + Samsung TV. 98"
Only currently available in s Korea at £30k
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Pigmy Pony
16-08-2023, 22:13
New 8foot + Samsung TV. 98"
Only currently available in s Korea at £30k
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230816/ee4f23f1e5a04bbb4183f262f9c49773.jpg
Available now in North Korea, probably. Price TBA.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ci/AA1T9HLxa-GHIwVjhFbysWF3nhtMoqq0RodMPDarSlNgm-_5E34J8hqcOxZ-g6FpdBh1dw4HlBBxWA=s1200
retro is in so I wonder if there'd be a market for putting modern screens in vintage tellies?
Not looked but I bet someone is already doing it.
Pigmy Pony
17-08-2023, 06:27
You might struggle to find a flat screen TV small enough to squeeze into the largest of vintage tellies. Laptop screen on one would make a pretty funky desktop computer though.
Size would not be a problem: the largest domestic CRT screen was about 23", however the aspect ratio was 4:3 (to match that of film), whereas for flat-screen TVs the aspect ratio is 16:9.
Pigmy Pony
17-08-2023, 14:47
Size would not be a problem: the largest domestic CRT screen was about 23", however the aspect ratio was 4:3 (to match that of film), whereas for flat-screen TVs the aspect ratio is 16:9.
So you would have either a teeny-tiny 'letterbox' picture or have everything on the periphery chopped off. In a cabinet the depth of a fridge. I like having the telly wall-mounted, frees up floor space for other crap.
Size would not be a problem: the largest domestic CRT screen was about 23", however the aspect ratio was 4:3 (to match that of film), whereas for flat-screen TVs the aspect ratio is 16:9.
No you could get up to 32'' CRT screens but the aspect ratio is a problem I hadn't thought of.
No you could get up to 32'' CRT screens but the aspect ratio is a problem I hadn't thought of.
you got 16;;9 type crt's.. philips did a good one; forgot size tho. sony obviously did too
you got 16;;9 type crt's.. philips did a good one; forgot size tho. sony obviously did too
I had the Philips 16/9 it wasn't that big but it was heavy as it had Dolby surround built in, 5 channels of amplification.
Going back to the late 90s there.
Mikeandvan
21-08-2023, 09:41
Apparently military casualties in Ukraine war now around 100,000 on both sides, when and how will this war end? Can only see it escalating, with Ukraine's closest ally Poland enlarging its military. Unless the US pulls something out of a hat and starts talks?
Our local pipe band (Boghall and Bathgate) won the world championship at Glasgow Green ..
Well done to them .https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230821/133b9618651534c0f5a691db2a89d989.jpg
Pigmy Pony
21-08-2023, 15:41
Our local pipe band (Boghall and Bathgate) won the world championship at Glasgow Green ..
Well done to them .https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230821/133b9618651534c0f5a691db2a89d989.jpg
Well done them... sounds like a good name for a plumbing firm :) When I was a kid we had a local plumber who was called B. Ogdin, I kid you not.
yeah, or W.C. Boggs & Son from carry on at your convenience..lol...or the real life thomas crapper; flush toilet maker
Apparently military casualties in Ukraine war now around 100,000 on both sides, when and how will this war end? Can only see it escalating, with Ukraine's closest ally Poland enlarging its military. Unless the US pulls something out of a hat and starts talks?
Someone said to me the other day, what happened to Kissinger and the shuttle diplomacy?
Okay so Kissinger not around anymore but they could find someone else. I think the reality is that a) no oil involved and b) it's keeping the Russians occupied and preventing them from getting up to mischief elsewhere (i,e somewhere with oil).
Someone said to me the other day, what happened to Kissinger and the shuttle diplomacy?
Okay so Kissinger not around anymore but they could find someone else. I think the reality is that a) no oil involved and b) it's keeping the Russians occupied and preventing them from getting up to mischief elsewhere (i,e somewhere with oil).
you forgot c and d...
usa are getting shot of their crap, and also picking up military sales for stuff that works while russia is losing sales coz their stuff don't:eyebrows:
you forgot c and d...
usa are getting shot of their crap, and also picking up military sales for stuff that works while russia is losing sales coz their stuff don't:eyebrows:
It's the gift that keeps on giving.
I can see it being another Iran/Iraq and dragging on just as long. No-one gave a toss about that one either since Saddam keeping the Iranians occupied was very handy.
Much higher casualties too, the Iranians cleared paths through the Iraqi minefields by having crowds of people walk across them.
This morning I walked past the cat that lives down the road without giving him his usual fuss and he gave me a right mouthful.
Had to go over and pay my respects.
Mikeandvan
21-08-2023, 19:33
It's the gift that keeps on giving.
I can see it being another Iran/Iraq and dragging on just as long. No-one gave a toss about that one either since Saddam keeping the Iranians occupied was very handy.
Much higher casualties too, the Iranians cleared paths through the Iraqi minefields by having crowds of people walk across them.
They probably ran out of virgins in Heaven.
Mikeandvan
21-08-2023, 19:34
It's the gift that keeps on giving.
I can see it being another Iran/Iraq and dragging on just as long. No-one gave a toss about that one either since Saddam keeping the Iranians occupied was very handy.
Much higher casualties too, the Iranians cleared paths through the Iraqi minefields by having crowds of people walk across them.
Bit different this time, as the US is not the only actor - most of the European states are involved, especially the Eastern ones of course, Poland is ready to pounce, this could get even messier very soon.
Bit different this time, as the US is not the only actor - most of the European states are involved, especially the Eastern ones of course, Poland is ready to pounce, this could get even messier very soon.
I don't see that happening at all. If there's a war happening right next door seems to me that it makes sense to increase your defences, just in case.
I predict it will drag on the same way until Putin dies, or steps down due to ill health. Could be five more years or more.
Pigmy Pony
22-08-2023, 06:42
I don't see that happening at all. If there's a war happening right next door seems to me that it makes sense to increase your defences, just in case.
I predict it will drag on the same way until Putin dies, or steps down due to ill health. Could be five more years or more.
Yep, so don't be worrying your pretty little head Mike, the worst will happen (or not) regardless of how much we fret over it. There's much more important things to be thinking about, like listing your records for sale :)
Pigmy Pony
22-08-2023, 06:48
This morning I walked past the cat that lives down the road without giving him his usual fuss and he gave me a right mouthful.
Had to go over and pay my respects.
They do like their routines, it's how they assess the "rightness" of their environment. You have become an important cog in that machine. This of course is just my theory, I'm not a cat doctor.
They do like their routines, it's how they assess the "rightness" of their environment. You have become an important cog in that machine. This of course is just my theory, I'm not a cat doctor.
I reckon you're right.
Mikeandvan
22-08-2023, 19:50
Yep, so don't be worrying your pretty little head Mike, the worst will happen (or not) regardless of how much we fret over it. There's much more important things to be thinking about, like listing your records for sale :)
The sliding scale of catastrophe - 'This record is scratched' >>>>>>>>'somebody bumped my van, breaking the rear light'>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>'my mortgage repayments have gone up £500 per month'>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>' The whole world's gonna fry in a nuclear war'
Putin shouts....GOTCHA...
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia, with nine other people on board also dead.
WHAT A COUNTRY...
interestingly there wre 10 on board which alledgedy was shot down after leaving moscow but only 8 bodies have been found;) did he do a runner?
Mikeandvan
23-08-2023, 20:58
I suppose this reasserts Putin's power, I don't know much about the opposition parties in Russia - do they even have any? Or like Nalvalny do they just get thrown in jail on bullshit charges? To be fair though, you wouldn't want any of the super Nationalists to pull a coup on Putin, cos that would be straight to WW3.
Pigmy Pony
24-08-2023, 06:25
The sliding scale of catastrophe - 'This record is scratched' >>>>>>>>'somebody bumped my van, breaking the rear light'>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>'my mortgage repayments have gone up £500 per month'>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>' The whole world's gonna fry in a nuclear war'
Quite correct Mike, I'd say that's a pretty fair assessment... if all of those things had actually happened. But my point is that I'm not going to use up too much of my remaining time on this planet worrying about 'what ifs'.
I really shouldn't be making light of things that genuinely concern some folk, and for that I apologise.
walpurgis
24-08-2023, 07:18
interestingly there wre 10 on board which alledgedy was shot down after leaving moscow but only 8 bodies have been found;) did he do a runner?
It's a bit like 'The Sopranos'. Many who've pissed off Putin seem to have had bad or deadly experiences.
The video of the plane seems to show a puff of smoke before it falls, looks like a bomb or missile could have been used. Not that we'll ever hear the truth.
Solving problems by whacking people out seems to be just par for the course in Russia.
I read a biography of Stalin and once you get past the early life and career it's just pages and pages of him ordering executions.
It might be whack a mole if all those disaffected fighters are running around loose after loosing their Talisman leader?
Mikeandvan
24-08-2023, 20:07
The thing with gangsters is that they all get whacked eventually. That would be the real tipping point here, if Putin goes, who the hell gonna replace him? Because believe or not, I understand Putin's not the worst of them!!
Or, if Putin gets “whacked” , someone will blame the States/West and all hell will break loose - dangerous times
walpurgis
25-08-2023, 07:21
Why do so many people now insert an 'H' sound into words starting with consonants. I hear it a lot lately, words like 'cannot' for instance, pronounced "c/hannot" and 'totally' is now "t/hotally". It's a weird way to speak.
Listen to Beth Rigby (if you must :)) and you'll see what I mean.
Firebottle
25-08-2023, 09:46
Oh Geoff, the quality of pronunciation is now t/hotally down the toilet now.
Drives me nuts, dropped G's, glottal stops instead of T's ffs.
Probably just a phase, similar to the rising inflection of the final word in a spoken sentence.
Another verbal mannerism I find grating is unnecessary insertion of "like": as in "I was like ...". :doh:
Oh, and starting every spoken sentence with "So".
walpurgis
25-08-2023, 10:00
Another verbal mannerism I find grating is unnecessary insertion of "like": as in "I was like ...". :doh:
Another Americanism we could do without.
Pigmy Pony
25-08-2023, 15:27
Probably just a phase, similar to the rising inflection of the final word in a spoken sentence.
Another verbal mannerism I find grating is unnecessary insertion of "like": as in "I was like ...". :doh:
Oh, and starting every spoken sentence with "So".
So I was watching Sky News recently where an interviewee began his sentences with 'So' a couple of times. I can't remember who he was, but it was someone who ought to know better. There have been many other instances since then. I'm afraid it has become normal :(
walpurgis
25-08-2023, 16:08
Trump's mugshot is the funniest thing I've seen for a while. Bet he rehearsed that and was given guidance by his lawyer :D
.https://i.ibb.co/fMzKPGY/Screen-Shot-08-25-23-at-05-04-PM.png (https://imgbb.com/)
so what...:D i'll get me coat like:eyebrows:
Trump's mugshot is the funniest thing I've seen for a while. Bet he rehearsed that and was given guidance by his lawyer :D
.https://i.ibb.co/fMzKPGY/Screen-Shot-08-25-23-at-05-04-PM.png (https://imgbb.com/)
its a ghastly sight aint it...lol... the sad thing is so many republicans still think he is perfect. i suppose its a sign of their lack of ability to read between the lines. i know the democrats aint perfect by a long way, but trump should have been spotted for what he is years ago.
Is anyone here going to use that mugshot as their avatar? ;)
Mikeandvan
25-08-2023, 19:30
He can't possibly win again, can he?
He can't possibly win again, can he?
I wouldn't be surprised if he did. There are a lot of Republicans who can see no fault with Trump.
It not difficult to understand - just look at the disgraceful state of the present government here in the UK; somebody voted them in.
Mikeandvan
25-08-2023, 21:55
I wouldn't be surprised if he did. There are a lot of Republicans who can see no fault with Trump.
It not difficult to understand - just look at the disgraceful state of the present government here in the UK; somebody voted them in.
That little banker Sunak, who does he represent if not the interests of capital. They can't even stop the illegal migrant boats, are we a nation or colony of Asia? The only thing they're good for is winding up the Woke folk, when you see a bloke in a dress now, you can tell it like it is, you don't have to pretend he's a woman! Over in Ireland things are different! They've switched the Guiness to Kool Aid!!
if you ever wondered how eyeglasses are made, here you are..
https://youtu.be/xfhjWyAU9Cw
walpurgis
27-08-2023, 07:36
Yet another search for the Loch Ness Monster. They won't find it, it doesn't exist! :D
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-66614935
Pigmy Pony
27-08-2023, 10:51
Yet another search for the Loch Ness Monster. They won't find it, it doesn't exist! :D
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-66614935
Well I suppose they have nothing to lose by carrying out this "hunt". If they find solid evidence (not going to happen) they'll be proved right. Whereas finding no evidence doesn't prove its non-existence.
Well I suppose they have nothing to lose by carrying out this "hunt". If they find solid evidence (not going to happen) they'll be proved right. Whereas finding no evidence doesn't prove its non-existence.
It’s also a very convenient stunt to keep the tourists rolling in. Nessy is big business around the shores of Loch Ness.
I was there on a boat back in 2017. Didn't see a thing but it was pretty bad weather except for one day so Nessie probably stopped in for the week.
I did get to drive the boat though (the loch is big enough that you'd have to try in order to hit anything).
Loads of tourists, almost all foreign. Monster does not have to exist in order for it to redress our balance of payments problems.
'Lair Is In Underground Cave Complex':
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/loch-ness-monsters-lair-discovered-as-new-cave-system-revealed/ar-AA1fFQxj
of course nessie exists.... jeez, some folk eh:doh:
;)
need a body to test...
I think they should bring back 'Spring Heeled Jack'.
I think they should bring back 'Spring Heeled Jack'.
cool guy....springs in feet and blue breath:eyebrows:
walpurgis
27-08-2023, 16:14
I think they should bring back 'Spring Heeled Jack'.
He was good at getting stuff down from high shelves :).
Mikeandvan
27-08-2023, 22:03
Now these men in dresses are demanding womb transplants, so they can, have babies? No, so they can abort them. I suppose many world governments will support this dystopian madness. How on earth did we get here?
https://twitter.com/JeremyShawMD/status/1694840931743051778
Pigmy Pony
28-08-2023, 06:23
Now these men in dresses are demanding womb transplants, so they can, have babies? No, so they can abort them. I suppose many world governments will support this dystopian madness. How on earth did we get here?
https://twitter.com/JeremyShawMD/status/1694840931743051778
"When I was a little boy, my mum asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I told her there isn't a name for it yet, but there will be"
If the plan is to have sex with as many people as possible, he/she first needs to have some work done on that face.
Begs the question though Mike - what were you searching for when you came across this :ner: I don't imagine it even raised an eyebrow at the Argus newsdesk.
Begs the question though Mike - what were you searching for when you came across this :ner: I don't imagine it even raised an eyebrow at the Argus newsdesk.
The same thought crossed my mind - not that I bothered to read the Twitter post. :doh:
walpurgis
28-08-2023, 06:51
Funny how people who do not fit the 'conventional' mould, seem to be the attention seekers. Or is that only to be expected?
Mikeandvan
28-08-2023, 08:20
"When I was a little boy, my mum asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I told her there isn't a name for it yet, but there will be"
If the plan is to have sex with as many people as possible, he/she first needs to have some work done on that face.
Begs the question though Mike - what were you searching for when you came across this :ner: I don't imagine it even raised an eyebrow at the Argus newsdesk.
Bride of Chucky.
Mikeandvan
28-08-2023, 08:22
Funny how people who do not fit the 'conventional' mould, seem to be the attention seekers. Or is that only to be expected?
One would hope he was only doing it for attention, but with these zealots always assume the worst.
"When I was a little boy, my mum asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I told her there isn't a name for it yet, but there will be"
If the plan is to have sex with as many people as possible, he/she first needs to have some work done on that face.
Begs the question though Mike - what were you searching for when you came across this :ner: I don't imagine it even raised an eyebrow at the Argus newsdesk.
when he was a little boy, his mum asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up. he told her, a big boy.. she said youll be a girl and like it my lad...:ner:
Trump's mugshot is the funniest thing I've seen for a while. Bet he rehearsed that and was given guidance by his lawyer :D
.https://i.ibb.co/fMzKPGY/Screen-Shot-08-25-23-at-05-04-PM.png (https://imgbb.com/)
Since that mugshot was taken his supporters have raised $7.1m for his campaign:eek:
Well worth the hours spent practising in front of the mirror
walpurgis
09-09-2023, 07:55
Why is it so difficult to find decent fruit to eat? The plums and peaches from supermarkets are like bullets and just go bad before softening. Bananas start to go off within a day, melons and oranges are more tasteless than they used to be and only grapes seem worthwhile generally. Not to mention the supermarket prices, the local high street greengrocers are way better value and mainly tastier fruit too.
Why is it so difficult to find decent fruit to eat? The plums and peaches from supermarkets are like bullets and just go bad before softening. Bananas start to go off within a day, melons and oranges are more tasteless than they used to be and only grapes seem worthwhile generally. Not to mention the supermarket prices, the local high street greengrocers are way better value and mainly tastier fruit too.
i pretty much stew all my fruit got fed up with hard tasteless fruit.. m and s stuff is best tho
I never buy fruit or veg from a supermarket; I use either my local greengrocer or farmshop (from which I will also buy milk and other dairy products).
When it comes to fruit, we have become used to, and spoilt by, in having what used to be seasonal fruits available all year round. I always choose bananas whose skins show signs of ripening, otherwise they are too 'firm' to my tastes. Likewise I will check other fruits by hand to assess their ripeness.
One other thing to remember is that if bananas occupy the same bowl as other fruits, bananas emit ethylene which will cause neighbouring fruits to ripen more quickly.
walpurgis
09-09-2023, 09:02
I see they still haven't caught the escaped inmate Khalife from Wandsworth Prison, my betting is he's already laying low in Hounslow or Southall, my money is on Southall, it's easier to reach and hide in.
The search in Richmond was likely prompted by his internet search history, no doubt he had computer access and may well have laid a few red herrings while planning the escape, I know I would have done.
I think he may have crossed the Thames at Putney and followed the north bank on foot for a mile or so without attracting attention or being very visible on the sparse CCTV coverage. From there the best route would be side roads parallel to the Thames up to the Grand Union Canal at Brentford, then follow the towpath to Southall, very little CCTV and no police patrols along there.
He'll probably have shorn his head, be growing a full beard and next time he's out and about, be wearing big black framed specs, a hat and semi-ethnic attire.
I'll keep an eye out! :)
I see they still haven't caught the escaped inmate Khalife from Wandsworth Prison, my betting is he's already laying low in Hounslow or Southall, my money is on Southall, it's easier to reach and hide in.
The search in Richmond was likely prompted by his internet search history, no doubt he had computer access and may well have laid a few red herrings while planning the escape, I know I would have done.
I think he may have crossed the Thames at Putney and followed the north bank on foot for a mile or so without attracting attention or being very visible on the sparse CCTV coverage. From there the best route would be side roads parallel to the Thames up to the Grand Union Canal at Brentford, then follow the towpath to Southall, very little CCTV and no police patrols along there.
He'll probably have shorn his head, be growing a full beard and next time he's out and about, be wearing big black framed specs, a hat and semi-ethnic attire.
I'll keep an eye out! :)
guessing, but i think he had help, and they could be scattering false trails too. the guy the saw getting off a van wasnt him apparently.
walpurgis
09-09-2023, 09:34
guessing, but i think he had help, and they could be scattering false trails too. the guy the saw getting off a van wasnt him apparently.
Yeah, there's a fair likelihood. Probably somebody's got him stashed away and a good few know, but nobody talks around this way.
The police will do their usual fumbling and bullshitting, but you never know, they may get lucky. If they're as good at finding him as they are at grabbing illegals, there's no hope!
I see they still haven't caught the escaped inmate Khalife from Wandsworth Prison, my betting is he's already laying low in Hounslow or Southall, my money is on Southall, it's easier to reach and hide in.
The search in Richmond was likely prompted by his internet search history, no doubt he had computer access and may well have laid a few red herrings while planning the escape, I know I would have done.
I think he may have crossed the Thames at Putney and followed the north bank on foot for a mile or so without attracting attention or being very visible on the sparse CCTV coverage. From there the best route would be side roads parallel to the Thames up to the Grand Union Canal at Brentford, then follow the towpath to Southall, very little CCTV and no police patrols along there.
He'll probably have shorn his head, be growing a full beard and next time he's out and about, be wearing big black framed specs, a hat and semi-ethnic attire.
I'll keep an eye out! :)
Sighted in Chiswick apparently. Twenty grand reward, you could cash in.
Sighted in Chiswick apparently. Twenty grand reward, you could cash in.
fancy area
walpurgis
09-09-2023, 09:48
Sighted in Chiswick apparently. Twenty grand reward, you could cash in.
Not even enough for the cheapest, most basic new electric car. Wouldn't be worth the aggro of the undoubted publicity.
walpurgis
09-09-2023, 09:50
fancy area
Not so much these days, I'd not fancy it.
He's now been caught by the police, in Chiswick as speculated.
He's now been caught by the police, in Chiswick as speculated.
did someone claim the reward?
I would be interested in hearing what other Members think about the quality of fruit and veg available these days.
(Or the price of eggs if you prefer.)
Not even enough for the cheapest, most basic new electric car. Wouldn't be worth the aggro of the undoubted publicity.
It's like the lottery, you don't have to have the publicity if you don't want it.
Anyway they nicked him now so it's academic. :)
I would be interested in hearing what other Members think about the quality of fruit and veg available these days
(Or the price of eggs if you prefer.)
don't really eat veg unless I go out to eat, sometimes buy grapes or strawberries, they seem okay.
I think British grown strawberries have actually improved last few years, got some taste to them again.
get lots of strawbs and rasps. mostly stw them into compote but the better ones are from m and s and are for eating. not bought plums for years as you could play golf with them. pears are a dangerous weapon now
So you don't get your "five a day"? Or do you regard chips and Guinness as two of them? ;)
we get free fruit at work, it all comes from ASDA. Fair amount of variation in the quality from week to week.
Satsumas and bananas are the most popular. Usually all gone in 48 hrs. Pears always last to get eaten, but they're okay.
So you don't get your "five a day"? Or do you regard chips and Guinness as two of them? ;)
No booze for me these days although have had a couple this week since I'm on holiday.
No I don't get my five a day, I just take a vitamin tablet. Healthy food doesn't agree with me, I can only eat a little bit of fruit or it makes me bad.
I tried vegetarianism once, after a few weeks was having dreams about eating steaks.
get lots of strawbs and rasps. mostly stw them into compote but the better ones are from m and s and are for eating. not bought plums for years as you could play golf with them. pears are a dangerous weapon now
Soft fruits such as strawberries and raspberries have to be kept in the fridge and consumed within three days.
Don't eat pears much these days, because as you say, they can take ages to ripen. Plums have a similar problem, but not so bad as that with pears.
walpurgis
09-09-2023, 11:27
It's like the lottery, you don't have to have the publicity if you don't want it.
Anyway they nicked him now so it's academic. :)
Oh well, It was something to ponder :).
Wonder what's best when you're on the run, moving by day and hoping to blend in or travelling at night and trying not to be noticed?
Oh well, It was something to ponder :).
Wonder what's best when you're on the run, moving by day and hoping to blend in or travelling at night and trying not to be noticed?
need to be good at diguise. city is full of people to blend in with and strangers dont stick out but there is cctv everywhere. countryside is opposite
walpurgis
09-09-2023, 11:34
Just had sardines in tomato sauce with buttered crusty multigrain wholemeal bread and a few small tomatoes, it was very good.
Followed that with a tasty big bowl of chopped melon, plums, peach and grapes.
I'll ne nipping up the high street in a minute to hunt for more fruit, some soft apricots would be good.
Oh well, It was something to ponder :).
Wonder what's best when you're on the run, moving by day and hoping to blend in or travelling at night and trying not to be noticed?
first thing he should have done shave his head and buy cheap sunglasses. Dress in the most nondescript clothes possible. Adopt a stoop and a bit of a limp, or get a walking stick. All in 'Day Of The Jackal' which he's probably never read which is why he was caught so quick.
These youngsters never read books, it will be their downfall. Instead he probably watched some Youtube video on how to evade capture made by someone with no idea. Hans Beekhuyven's criminal brother, possibly.
Looks like he had a good plan for the escape but no idea what to do next other than wander the streets in his prison clothes.
Mikeandvan
09-09-2023, 13:19
I would be interested in hearing what other Members think about the quality of fruit and veg available these days.
(Or the price of eggs if you prefer.)
Much of it is rubbish, especially fruit, its often under ripe, thus bullet hard and tasteless. probably something to do with maximizing profits. When buying fruit from the supermarket I will often buy the higher priced variety, as it tastes considerably better. Strawberries are a good one, very low in sugar, bananas are the highest I think, and dried fruit is a big no no, as I'm trying to lower my blood sugar. Waitrose have a special brand of veg, its seasonal, and often from Italy, like fennel, courgettes, etc. The fennel is well worth buying, sweeter and fuller flavour than the standard variety. Waitrose sell these super expensive onions from France, I'd like to try them but they work out about a quid each!!
these fruits dojnt ripen after picking so you need to be careful
Apples, blueberries, blackberries, cherries, citrus, grapes, pineapples, pomegranate, raspberries, strawberries, and watermelon.
They may not ripen, but they only have a 'shelf life' of less than a week.
Just had sardines in tomato sauce with buttered crusty multigrain wholemeal bread and a few small tomatoes, it was very good.
Followed that with a tasty big bowl of chopped melon, plums, peach and grapes.
I'll ne nipping up the high street in a minute to hunt for more fruit, some soft apricots would be good.
Sounds like the sort of lunch I sometimes enjoy. :)
Strawberries are a good one, very low in sugar, bananas are the highest I think, and dried fruit is a big no no, as I'm trying to lower my blood sugar. Waitrose have a special brand of veg, its seasonal, and often from Italy, like fennel, courgettes, etc. The fennel is well worth buying, sweeter and fuller flavour than the standard variety. Waitrose sell these super expensive onions from France, I'd like to try them but they work out about a quid each!!
I don't use fennel that often but what my local greengrocer sells perfectly acceptable - I buy it for its aniseed flavour.
As for onions, I only buy red onions, which are 'sweeter' than white ones.
celery is a good veg. makes great soup
Don't like it, my mother used to put it in stews, used to eat round it like when you put a pill in the cat's food.
Pigmy Pony
09-09-2023, 14:45
Instead he probably watched some Youtube video on how to evade capture made by someone with no idea. Hans Beekhuyven's criminal brother, possibly.
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That same You Tube video is also called "How to spot someone trying to evade capture" :doh:
Don't like it, my mother used to put it in stews, used to eat round it like when you put a pill in the cat's food.
is that fennel or celery??
celery is a good veg. makes great soup
I like celery, but sometimes it can be 'stringy' which you can't tell till you eat it, and by then it's too late.
Pigmy Pony
09-09-2023, 14:55
Waitrose sell these super expensive onions from France, I'd like to try them but they work out about a quid each!!
It's transport costs and Brexit pushing up the prices. according to Johnny (right) and the two Johnnies (left).
https://www.connexionfrance.com/var/connexion/storage/images/media/images/francois-seite-with-his-father-and-their-onions/1779736-1-eng-GB/Francois-Seite-with-his-father-and-their-onions.jpg
I like celery, but sometimes it can be 'stringy' which you can't tell till you eat it, and by then it's too late.
just use a veg peeler on outside of it. removes any stringy bits and only takes a minute
Pigmy Pony
09-09-2023, 15:11
I don't use fennel that often but what my local greengrocer sells perfectly acceptable - I buy it for its aniseed flavour.
As for onions, I only buy red onions, which are 'sweeter' than white ones.
Red onions are just wrong. Unlike with mayonnaise where you need eyes in your arse to avoid buying food without any, You can get caught out. It's as though folk don't realise that for some just the smell of red onions can bring on projectile vomiting.
I once bought a large pizza from a takeaway, and told them "NO onions!" Got home to find it covered in red onions :spew: Maybe he thought they didn't count. So, a three mile drive back there. The bloke suggested I could just scrape them off. I felt like telling him I could stab him multiple times then just mop up the blood afterwards and he'll be fine. But I didn't, I just shouted a bit.
I could dwell on what "additional" toppings he may have put on it while I wasn't looking, but whatever it was would still be preferable to red onions.
These days I tell folk I have an allergy, that does the trick.
walpurgis
09-09-2023, 15:15
Don't like it, my mother used to put it in stews, used to eat round it like when you put a pill in the cat's food.
I don't like celery. It's on my 'banned list', along with beetroot, onion, garlic, cucumber, chives and a few other things.
Do you remember caraway seeds? Disgusting tasting things that were used in food, yuk!
Red onions are just wrong. Unlike with mayonnaise where you need eyes in your arse to avoid buying food without any, You can get caught out. It's as though folk don't realise that for some just the smell of red onions can bring on projectile vomiting.
I once bought a large pizza from a takeaway, and told them "NO onions!" Got home to find it covered in red onions :spew: Maybe he thought they didn't count. So, a three mile drive back there. The bloke suggested I could just scrape them off. I felt like telling him I could stab him multiple times then just mop up the blood afterwards and he'll be fine. But I didn't, I just shouted a bit.
I could dwell on what "additional" toppings he may have put on it while I wasn't looking, but whatever it was would still be preferable to red onions.
These days I tell folk I have an allergy, that does the trick.
depends on what your using them for but i prefer them to brown/yellow ones. sweet shallots are really nice
I don't like celery. It's on my 'banned list', along with beetroot, onion, garlic, cucumber, chives and a few other things.
Do you remember caraway seeds? Disgusting tasting things that were used in food, yuk!
:lol: I just love everything on that list!
No doubt you detest vanilla and cinnamon as well.
just use a veg peeler on outside of it. removes any stringy bits and only takes a minute
Never thought of that - possibly because it's only in the last few years have I noticed stringy celery. I'm sure it never used to be like that. :scratch:
Pigmy Pony
09-09-2023, 15:38
:lol: I just love everything on that list!
No doubt you detest vanilla and cinnamon as well.
I expect most people detest cinnamon these days, after the "Cinnamon Challenges" of a few years ago.
What about mushrooms - do you have preference?
I prefer chestnut mushrooms over the usual white variety. Not interested in the shigatse (?) variety, or the big horse mushrooms.
I have tried truffles but couldn't see what the fuss was about and certainly nothing to justify the price
The same with caviar, but then I don't like fish roe of any kind
I expect most people detest cinnamon these days, after the "Cinnamon Challenges" of a few years ago.
I have no idea what you're talking about - was it some sort of TV endurance challenge?
Pigmy Pony
09-09-2023, 15:46
My favourite customer (who always sends me away with a few of his chickens' eggs) gave me half a dozen today, which he put in a closing carton which would not close. Nowhere near. I pity the poor chickens that had to push them out.
Also gave me some tomatoes including some interesting-looking 'tiger' tomatoes. Never heard of them, but I'm sure they'll be very nice.
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