Well this guy's a bit strange.
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/lat...g-sex-20711890
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Well this guy's a bit strange.
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/lat...g-sex-20711890
Removing and destroying the toys seems a bit extreme. At Morrisons we have an area called "Oops" for such things, including shop soiled which they sell cheap. Just needed a wash.
Guy certainly is strange - I could understand it if it were Ariel from The Little Mermaid :eyebrows:
Brace yourselves for the Christmas TV advertising onslaught, apparently it starts this week. There'll be endless toy and food commercials.
Stopped watching the TV since 2014. Can imagine the adverts getting worse each year.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
S.
No TV either
First we had 'Global Warming', then that went out of fashion and we now have 'Climate Change'. In a minute or two there's a programme on Blaze TV channel about a potential approaching ice age. They just can't make their minds up. All a con of course, climate has always changed.
'Blaze TV'? WTF?
Coldplay crooner and all-round good egg Chris Martin has announced that the band will not be touring their new album, out of concern for the environment. Great idea - I can't think of any environment that wouldn't benefit from Coldplay's absence. Maybe he could have a word with Kanye West too :)
Kanye West, ….never heard of herQuote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Gotta be a cheap stripper with a name like that. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Ian7633
rapper i think
I used to think Kanye West was a motorway services, but he's actually much worse than that. You don't even need to hear him rapping, he's got one of those faces you'd love to slap :(Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
A plain rapper, then?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Nah, Kanye West was the seat the Fib Dems took off the tories at the last general election !Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Went along to the Museum of London today, primarily to have a look at The Clash exhibit. Don't know quite what I expected but there were very few actual physical 'exhibits', mainly some guitars & stage outfits then there were some scribbled lyrics etc. It's worth a visit if you've never been to the museum before as the rest of it traces the development of London up to the present day and it's all free!
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Some more pics from the museum (if anyone's interested)
Spitalfield Roman
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A fine display of antiquities
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He's horny
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First petrol driven London Taxi - 1903
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Eight day clock - 1860
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Me and my daughter enjoyed the old London street in the basement if you saw that?
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Yes, saw the Victorian street, waited ages to get served in the pub there, ended up walking out :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Lawrence001
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I walked out as well - they wanted to charge me 12 1/2d for a pint of beer; way overpriced, even for London, when everyone knows 10 1/2d is the normal asking price.
& a groat for gruel & chips! Daylight robbery!Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Went down to the bright lights of Leek this morning, to collect a rather nice Atacama hifi rack (cheers Dave), got it set up without breaking anything, and Mrs. P actually likes it! That's a first, any changes I make usually just draw a groan, and she invariably uses her acceptance of these changes as a bargaining tool for her future wants.
Now all that gear has moved from my line of sight, the lounge looks less like Laskys and more like Currys 10 years ago. Now she says the telly looks lost and we need a bigger one. Who am I to argue?
I loved my Panasonic 42" plasma, had it for over 10 years and was still working like new when I changed to my current Samsung LED set, but boy do they eat the leccy! Well, that was my bargaining tool for a new one with my missus. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Lol... I always laugh at suff like that [if you were being serious]!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
I can honestly say, hand on heart, that I've never needed to use a "bargaining tool" to convince Del of having something I wanted in the house, simply because we make ALL such decisions together, and more often than not we like the same things/have the same tastes.
The only time that changes is when we're choosing something that she knows much more about than me (such as the kitchen appliances we put in), in which case I largely leave her to it, although I still get a small say in matters - and vice versa, when it comes to things like TVs (size or style). Del had virtually no input in that (same with the home-cinema system), and was quite happy to leave that all to me.
I guess it's handy though that 90% of the time we like the same things, so arguments are rare:)
Marco.
To be fair, Sue has instigated the last two TV upgrades, so yes I was joking, but it is true that an LED telly uses about 10% of the electricity a plasma does, so it’s a win win! :)
Yup, gotta do what we can to help save the planet!;)
Marco.
Del has probably learned, like the rest of us, that arguing is futile :ner:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Me and Mrs. P don't argue about buying choices and priorities, but through mutual respect we do discuss larger purchases before committing. We don't have bottomless pockets, and buying one thing usually comes at the expense of something else. I would never impose my will on her, and this works both ways:)
Ditto with us... It's one of the reasons why we've been happily married for nearly 28 years!:)
Marco.
I've been married 48 years. The first couple of years were OK if I recall. :lol:
Christmas coming up and loads of charities on telly with their begging adverts. They pick the most miserable looking actors they can find for the 'sad cases' depicted and expect us to sympathise. Doesn't work if you ask me.
They're not all miserable looking - I don't know what the Salvation Army lady says at the end of their current advert, but the old guy sat next to her seems to find it hilarious :) I wonder if the government subsidise these ads, it would certainly be in their interests for us to give to these charities, gets them off their case.
Most CEO'S Of big charities earn more than the Prime Minister for instance NSPCC £162000 and Cancer research £240000.
You have to laugh or you'd cry.
Fortune has it I've no TV so don't see them now
:eek: Really? Well I'll keep up the air ambulance and St Catherine's Hospice d/ds, but the rest can stick it up their arse, cos that just takes the piss :(Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Aye it shows in their ads too. They can't be cheap. I make s point of supporting the food banks locally
Was looking for and found an article that shows how they try to squeeze cash out of folk.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...s-tactics.html
They say they are not doing it now that way, but... [emoji23]
Now that sounds a lot more worthy - donations must surely all go where they're needed :)
I'm talking about the food banks, not the Daily Mail article
Yup, or give money *directly* to the needy themselves, which is why we support the missions in our church and homeless we meet personally in different situations, not to big charities, where as you say a large chunk of your donations are going to support fat cats.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Marco.
It's not that simple though, is it? (Genuine question.) Take Cancer Research - a massive charity, with massive overheads due to the scientific work they have built up to over the years. You need a good CEO at the helm, not just to raise funds, but direct the organisation where it goes with its various research projects etc. You're unlikely to find someone with the experience and competence who would do it for free, so you need to attract the right talent, and if paying them a sizeable salary in consumate with the size and operations of the charity and drives its aims and delivers its goals, is that the wrong thing to do? If you capped the CEO's salary at say a reasonable £60k, would you get a person capable of managing and driving an organisation of that size? I wouldn't think so...
I don't necessarily disagree with any of that, Alex, but the problem for me is, quite simply, you don't know exactly how much of your donation is going DIRECTLY to the people who need it. Whereas, if I give, say, £30 to a missionary priest, who lives and works daily (say in Africa) with the very people who need financial support, I *know* that they'll get the £30 - same as if I give £5 to a homeless guy sleeping rough outside of our church.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
And I'm not comfortable giving money to large charities simply because I just don't know how much of my donation is going to those who need it, and how much is being eaten up in, let's call it, 'admin costs', however legit and justifiable. It's the uncertainty of it all, and whether I'm largely just funding the lifestyle of some capitalist fat cat, rather than the poor and needy, which I'm concerned about. That is my point.
Marco.
Indeed - I guess the big charities are no different to big business. I do support some of them, but equally agree it is good to do the more "direct" stuff which we also do where we can.
Air pollution: Cars, wood-burning stoves and industry targeted in Wales!!:lolsign::sofa:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-50713446
Haha... But there's nothing tackling the emissions from my ARSE, which are the biggest pollutants of all!!:D
Marco.
Lawyers on the rampage...Shock, Horror, Probe.....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-50757383
Three patients died when hundreds of lawyers attacked a hospital in Lahore during a furious dispute with doctors.
Video showed the lawyers ransacking wards at the cardiac hospital, beating up staff and smashing equipment.
As panic spread, doctors and paramedics hid, leaving patients unattended, including those in a critical state.
Lynch them all by their suit ties
No better than animals.
worse.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
At 6pm today we got the winning ebay bid on an OLED telly. Our plan was to go and collect it on Sunday, and pay at the same time. but the seller really wants us to pay for it immediately. Are we being unreasonable in wanting to see the TV working before parting with our money? If Anita did the Paypal thing now, and we drove down to Crewe on Sunday to collect, and found that it's a pile of screen-burned crap, would it not be a right pain to get a refund?
No. You should be able to claim your payment back if the item is not as described or defective. You may find PayPal sit on your money for a week or two though.
The seller cannot insist that you pay immediately, and if they do you can ignore it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
eBay policy says you have two days to pay for an auction (or BIN) item so you have plenty of time to go have a look first ... but then you will have to pay or risk getting an 'unpaid item' strike on your account. Personally if It turned out to be a bag o shite I would walk away. ;)
https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/p...policy?id=4271
The seller is foolish. You could pay, go and collect the TV, go home and report it as not having arrived. He’ll have no proof of postage (obviously) and you’ll get your money back!
Dunno, but I was amused to see one eBay ad for an expensive amplifier, which said 'You are welcome to have a listen to the amp, but only after you've paid for it'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony