Never understood that, monkeys are born old-looking. Must be a Chinese thing, they do a lot of weird shit with random animal parts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
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Never understood that, monkeys are born old-looking. Must be a Chinese thing, they do a lot of weird shit with random animal parts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Came home earlier to see where a chunk of this week's wage has gone, in all its multi-colour flashing lights glory. And the big plant atop my REL sub has been replaced by a super tall super slim tree. As long as Mrs. P doesn't dress it with chocolate decorations, causing granddaughter to climb on the sub to harvest them. Up with that I will not put :nono:
Macca, have you put your tree up yet? Assuming it hasn't fully lost its 'new car' smell? If so, let me know. My local Romanian car wash gives them away to their valued customers :)
I be honest I haven't taken it down since last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
:lol: Good man! The trouble with taking the decorations down, is finding somewhere to store it all until next year, as I'm sure you'll appreciate :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
At work they sent someone out to buy an xmas tree for the office. They got some baubles too but wanted tinsel. I went in the warehouse to look for some and found about six trees still in the boxes.
Someone made an 'angel' for the top, supposed to be holding a wand but it looks like a lit cigarette.
Next year your warehouse will have seven trees stored away. And some silly sod will be out shopping for tree no.8.
Anita bought a new tree on Friday, as I gave her so much shit about the old one putting a light scratch on the side of one of the speakers. The new one is super-slim, not so much a tree, more like a glittery mast.
no tree or decorations here... no ba, humbug either, just cant be bothered and am not really able:)
We had a spell of not bothering, then granddaughter came along... I don't get involved (I'd be doing it wrong anyway), it's all Mrs. P. Tbh I can't be doing with all the clutter, but it's only a couple of weeks. Then we can go back to the year-round clutter.
Bought one of these last week. Wonderful machine, does all sorts of things.
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/JgMAA...wP6/s-l400.jpg
So I thought I would explore its abilities with a couple of slices of toast with lime marmalade.
looks like a toaster.. what else does it do?
It's hinged so it can go on its side like this.
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/OWEAA...q2n/s-l400.jpg
Really it's just a toaster, I may have exaggerated its talents. It comes with a little grill pan, and it's also a panini press. Not tried it for that. It's only big enough for 2 slices, but that's enough for me. Should be a bit more economical than cooker's grill.
She just bought it because it looks cool in her new kitchen. She also bought a Ninja food processor, which she is using a lot.
ok..cool. looks like it might do pizza too
Not the size of pizza I get through. Maybe them that Iceland sold in the 80s, that looked like beer mats with a picture of a pizza printed on them. I should have a look at the instruction book.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
lol we used to live on them. And Findus 'French Bread' pizzas. Always burnt the roof of your mouth.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Ouch. Yes I remember them.
yes, quite a few companies jumped on that wagon after findus... think they still make them too. i quite liked the individual chicago town ones..Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
The Chicago Town ones had a decent topping/crust ratio. You could buy a twin pack, which was just enough for me, with a couple of slices of bread. And some chips.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
What the hell are newspapers (in this case the supposedly right wing Daily Mail) doing referring to male sex offenders are women? Not even 'trans women', absolutely past the point of no return.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ce-Sydney.html
Some countries now have legal protection for such people so the journalist could end up in gaol if they misspecified the gender, sex or whatever it's called these days. Not sure if Australia is one such place but it means free speech (that is not threatening someone) is now illegal if you have a certain viewpoint as many millions do.
Yeh, I think you mean our super Liberal Nordic friends, or illiberal rather, leave them to it, they're all grinding their cultures into dust, quite willingly too it seems. Sweden got sick of it and voted in a far right govt., which is not the answer, why can't it ever be a far left govt.? Only one that hasn't caught the Woke virus? Far right govt. taking power now in Italy too, I don't think they have the answers to long standing problems, especially economic ones.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lawrence001
The same birthday, not the same birth date. :doh:
no they haven't, they've got a minority government led by a Moderate. The do have the support of the SD but I wouldn't describe the SD as 'Far Right', Maybe years ago they were. Why is it not a far left government? Not enough naïve voters. Which is why far lefties always want to decrease the voting age so children can vote.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mikeandvan
OK, but the far right are gaining ground, same in Italy. Anyway, I'd argue that many European states have already implemented far left policies regarding immigration, multiculturalism, and the trans issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
pity we cant just have people without party ideologys.. you know; folk who just represent their constituants instead of doing what the party want etc.
Are they? I think fascism has always been a minority sport, likewise communism. I suppose if people are desperate enough they will vote for anything but this isn't the 1930s.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mikeandvan
I know lots of middle class lefties see themselves as the only defence against another Hitler, but it's just a fantasy. I call it the 'Joe Strummer Effect.' :)
Re trans I think Canada has gone further than any European state? Don't you have to remember to use all the idiotic personal pronouns there or you can get prosecuted?
what? Run the country using only common sense and pragmatism? You're living in a dream-world ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
yeah, i guess it would be far fetched. something might actually get done, and lives might get better..Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
la-la land stuff.
Of course they are, first Brexit, then Marine Le Pen's party making Macron look over his shoulder, now Meloni in Italy, as stated SD gaining a lot of ground in Sweden. Though Brexit is not exactly a far-right phenomenon. In fact I would say that these are all expressions of nationalism, not necessarily far right politics, I used the term earlier a bit loosely. In Sweden and other Nordic countries the rate of immigration from Middle Eastern/African states is astonishing, and they are having issues with that, so the rise of Nationalist parties is hardly a surprise, in fact its been a long time coming. Italy is often the first port of call for African immigrants/so called refugees, mainstream parties/the EU won't address this adequately so 'Brothers of Italy' got in, let's see how they address the issue. I think people voted for them out of exasperation with the mainstream politicians, they may deliver on immigration, and some cultural issues, but on economic issues I'm not so sure. And yes Canada is currently leading the world in Woke governing, apparently if you're depressed there, they prescribe suicide as a cure.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Mikeandvan
I don't think there's any chance of those right wing parties ever getting full control but as you say people are rightly concerned about economic migration so some will vote for them and that does mean they have an influence on policy. If it wasn't for UKIP splitting the tory vote we would never have had the referendum on EU membership. And UKIP would never have got anywhere if it wasn't for the 'come one come all' immigration policy of the early 2000s.
Now they just come in illegally and get to stay anyway so not sure what that solved but hey ho it's a problem for the younger generation now.
Just wait till migration proper starts due to global warming, as the central belt heats up and Africa becomes a furness for 2/3 of the year, and similar in India and Pakistan millions will be marching North looking for somewhere to survive. If the USA think they have issues now with immigration from South they will face even worse as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
we need young migrants as we dont have enough young folk to foot the pension bills, or do the many relatively low skilled jobs plus many of the high skilled ones. the ways its going you'll soon work til you drop and your pension will bury you(if your lucky)..
don't really buy that since we already had a surplus of unskilled workers amongst the indigenous personnel going back to at least the late 70s. The problem was that for those with children getting an unskilled job meant they were worse off than on benefits.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Bringing in millions of unskilled labour from abroad prevented wages rising for unskilled workers, which is the only other possible outcome when there is a labour shortage.
The problem is when all those imported unskilled workers start having children and discover that, since unskilled wages are still too low, that they are better off on benefits. This is why the welfare bill is now a third of government spending.
Flips side to all that is if you don't increase the unskilled labour pool, unskilled wages rise and the cost of everything rises as a result. Personally I think that the lesser of the two evils. Like most things there's no simple solution, there's probably not even a complex solution.
was talking about now...
thats my cupboards, fridge and freezer full. all set for letting the world pass me by. was nice to get out tho and made me feel a lot better. trying to get the shopping into house from car was fun-not... got a nice bit of pork loin salt aged to roast for xmas.
I finished stocking up for the xmas break a week ago. I'll be OK until second week of Jan.
The wage inflation theory is the biggest capitalist con trick out there. So unions fighting for their members interests are the one's 'responsible' for inflation, this is just the scenario we have right now with the biggest wave of strikes since the 70s. Wage rises/bonuses ok for me, but not for thee!Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
The public debate over immigration is messed up, neither side want to admit their own contradictions. On the pro side all immigrants/boat people are refugees, even though the evidence overwhelmingly points to the fact that many are obviously economic migrants, like the Albanians for instance, and also many of the Africans. On the other side, post Brexit we actually need immigrants to fill the gap left by European workers - so why not fill it with those who need it most? I think genuine refugees should be allowed to work as well from day one, at least they'll pay their way. partly anyway. On the other hand I don't think we or any European nation are under any obligation to take in countless numbers of refugees from the Middle East/Africa, we may be party to UN refugee laws, but on a moral basis, why? The UK is densely populated enough as it is, housing is at an absolute peak capacity in the South and many cities anyway. What the Middle East and Africa need is democracy, countries like Iran, many of their own people hate the government, no wonder they want out of there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Talking about the far right in Europe, you've also got Putin openly flirting with ultra-Nationalist ideology. Such as his reclaiming of the Russian Fascist Ivan Ilyin, who was extradited by the Bolseviks, only for his corpse to be returned to Russia in 2008 by Putin, who gave him a ceremonial reburial in his homeland. Putin openly associates with Fascists such as Dugin and quite a few others, the national conversation over in Russia is hyper Nationalistic if RT is anything to go by. This is why I'm shit scared of WW3 starting with Ukraine, I kind of wish the US and Nato states would stop getting involved.
Anything is possible, but with China on Putin's doorstep it's probably unlikely. Without trade with the west China would go broke so they'd possibly support NATO if there were hostilities even if they don't like us. And if Russia were weakened by retaliatory nuclear strikes from the west, they might be vulnerable to a Chinese invasion of their eastern states.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mikeandvan
Telly in my den won't switch on this morning. Done the usual checks, but no joy. Looks like I'm off to Curry's today.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64037376.amp
That's a minister of the crown speaking..doh
was in need of a toaster so took your advice and got one in saleQuote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
New telly day is second only to new loudspeaker day.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Did you get one then or what?
Nobody wins in a nuclear war. I've been reading about Putin and the fascist types he's been promoting in Russia, and his fucking biker buddies, very thuggish behaviour for a leader of state! Just imagine if there was a military coup there, they wouldn't give a shit about China or anywhere else, I don't think it is a stable country, they should not have all those nukes.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Yup. Got a 39" JVC and it's on the wall, working fine and feeding the sub/sat sounds OK. Looks good and it's big enough for a ten foot square room.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Got the old one working too, turns out the remote was shagged. Should find another on ebay.
you look inside them there's only a couple of boards, not much to go wrong. Not like the old tellies with dozens of boards. Had the repair man to re-solder something in every six months, you didn't think anything of it in those days.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Then when he'd left you'd sit down and watch it in a room full of solder fumes. Happy days.
Just as well really. Modern tellies are so thin that slapping the side to get the picture to behave is pointless and painful.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Last week Mrs. P bought a used TV for her sister off Facebook (LG about 50") which was about 2 years old. Like brand new and had two(!) remotes. £60. TVs have next to no resale value, so there's some real bargains to be had.
3 years ago I bought an 18 month old LG OLED 55", off Ebay which the seller had bought from Currys for £1800 (he gave me the receipt) and we paid £650. Which is the same as we paid for a clumpy 32" Sony CRT from Currys 15 years ago.
I had a 28'' Philips off a mate, it had been his mam and dad's originally and he'd had it a while. Must have been late 70s or very early 80s. You had to give that a bash on the top a couple of times a night, and it whined. It would blow the mains fuse on occasion. Had that about 2 years until I could afford to rent a Hitachi.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Next time think I will go stupid big and get a 75'' or 80''. Bin end ofc.
Passenger side window on my van is stuck open, what a pisser, as it's almost holiday season, so garage fixing it likely be a no no. Any idea how to fix? It's electric, drivers side is fine. I took door panel off and all looks ok.
Try this if you haven't already:
Open passenger door, clamp window between your hands and push upwards while someone works the button. Worked with a van I used to have. Then leave it alone till next year :)