paulplom Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 6 hours ago, andyberg said: Whilst waiting for my train I decided to use the gentleman's facilities at the station. Isn't it amazing how quickly most of us slip back into the old ways?? During covid just about everyone washed their hands after leaving their waste behind, whether water or solid. Now it seems there is no pointš¤¢ aren't we a disgusting species generally. I was in cost co a year or two back drying my hands in the bog when a member of staff flushed in a cubicle and walked straight out. Dirty bastard I thought and followed him where he turned right into the kitchen area and started serving pizza. I told my partner who went ape shit and called for the manager. I felt a bit guilty as he'd know it was me that grassed him. myglaren and Low Horatio gearbox 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 1 hour ago, paulplom said: I was in cost co a year or two back drying my hands in the bog when a member of staff flushed in a cubicle and walked straight out. Dirty bastard I thought and followed him where he turned right into the kitchen area and started serving pizza. I told my partner who went ape shit and called for the manager. I felt a bit guilty as he'd know it was me that grassed him. Given faecal coliform is a leading source of food poisoning you shouldn't feel remotely guilty, people die from it and scutters not washing their hands is one source. Rust Collector, myglaren, New POD and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 found out classics on the common in harpenden is on this week due to medical (bastard) and the trains (cnuts) i cant ride the bike no wai id car it down - never get parked anywhere near it 'sake Ā Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Aeroplanes.......... Holy smoke. Plane.mp4 Noticed the fire some fire hours ago and it was burning before we noticed it. Still have planes and helicopters buzzing around. Thankfully the wind is not coming this way and there is still around 2 km distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Most younger people today are not interested in history and want to erase it, I have heard this before. And that may be true. This happened in Norway nowĀ a transport company scrapped its first truck and brags about it on Facebook. If I have to guess, their grandfather bought this new in the 60s, if it couldn't be saved, then it could just be put on display and show respect to him? Dan29, meggersdog, Yoss and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 1 minute ago, Dyslexic Viking said: The younger people today are not interested in history and want to erase it All of them? I thought you were, well U30 at the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 5 minutes ago, High Jetter said: All of them? I thought you were, well U30 at the most. These were not quite the right words. Have changed it to most of the young. I hate words, And I'm older than 30 if thats what you saying? myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Yes, I thought you were younger. How can you hate words - "words are all we have..." Etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 5 minutes ago, High Jetter said: Yes, I thought you were younger. It's strange that I managed to give that impression. Even when I was 20 I acted much older and felt older too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Woke up to sad news today. Some of the locals here lost their house a car and their dogs in a house fire tonight.Ā Low Horatio gearbox, myglaren, Back_For_More and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Grumpfest - drove into Loughborough, I seldom buy a MacDonalds, but today I ordered two cheeseburgers &Ā went to pay, 'Ā£2.38'.Ā 'Well you've had that', I retorted, 'I've only got two quid'. - 20% fucking inflation. Then over to Pets at Home where a bag of kitty litter, that's like a bag of gravel for my kitten to shit in, cost me Ā£15.Ā And when I got home, the replacement knob for my Cobb barbie finally arrived. Ā£8.40 for a plastic knobĀ & Ā£4 postage which took 9 days! myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 On 7/21/2022 at 12:16 PM, barefoot said: I was filling up a mini-bus at the petrol station the other morning & watched a bloke in a Mercedes pumping up all of his tyres. It was a two door coupey thing & the tyres were the rubber bands you'dĀ expect. "Blimey" I cheerfully exclaimed, "What profile are your tyres?" (They don't call me Billy Banter for nothing). "They're low profile" he grunted, Ā "Why do you ask?" Hmmmm, not quite the petrol head I was expecting then. Filling up a different bus this morning, same cock, same Mercedes, same tyre check. We didn't speak! Yoss and puddlethumper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 4 hours ago, barefoot said: Grumpfest - drove into Loughborough, I seldom buy a MacDonalds, but today I ordered two cheeseburgers &Ā went to pay, 'Ā£2.38'.Ā 'Well you've had that', I retorted, 'I've only got two quid'. - 20% fucking inflation. Then over to Pets at Home where a bag of kitty litter, that's like a bag of gravel for my kitten to shit in, cost me Ā£15.Ā And when I got home, the replacement knob for my Cobb barbie finally arrived. Ā£8.40 for a plastic knobĀ & Ā£4 postage which took 9 days! 2 cheeseburgers for Ā£2.38? Sounds like top* quality to me. I'd far rather have a Burger King one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakebullet Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 I can't find heinz tomato sauce in glass bottles anywhere.Ā Have they killed it like they did with daddies? No way I'm buying that crap in plastic bottles. Anyone recommend an alternative?Ā Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wibble Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Going to visit parents next month and Iāve just booked two rooms in the Premier Inn Linwood for four nights. Last year, although only three nights, was Ā£135 per room for the duration. This year, Ā£301.50 per room!!! Rust Collector, Low Horatio gearbox and Lacquer Peel 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 14 minutes ago, jakebullet said: I can't find heinz tomato sauce in glass bottles anywhere.Ā Have they killed it like they did with daddies? No way I'm buying that crap in plastic bottles. Anyone recommend an alternative?Ā Pop round and ask your neighbour if he has some ?Ā Like in the good old days Lacquer Peel, RoverFolkUs, myglaren and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 He prob knows what cupboard he keeps it in from the cctvĀ myglaren, wuvvum, Coprolalia and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 24 minutes ago, jakebullet said: I can't find heinz tomato sauce in glass bottles anywhere.Ā Have they killed it like they did with daddies? No way I'm buying that crap in plastic bottles. Anyone recommend an alternative?Ā Probably, there's an awful lot of changes out there in retail world. A Branston relish we like is now NLA, confirmed by Mondalez (though got a Ā£5 voucher off them). We don't use tomato sauce unless we have fish'n'chips, and the squeezy seems fine to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 2 minutes ago, twosmoke300 said: He prob knows what cupboard he keeps it in from the cctvĀ And the supermarket it came from, natch! twosmoke300 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 5 hours ago, barefoot said: Grumpfest - drove into Loughborough, I seldom buy a MacDonalds, but today I ordered two cheeseburgers &Ā went to pay, 'Ā£2.38'.Ā 'Well you've had that', I retorted, 'I've only got two quid'. - 20% fucking inflation. It made the national news. McDonald's puts up price of cheeseburger for first time in 14 years - BBC News barefoot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 I'd rather eat the packageing than any of the so called food from any of these places. Fumbler, Back_For_More, myglaren and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rust Collector Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 3 hours ago, Wibble said: Going to visit parents next month and Iāve just booked two rooms in the Premier Inn Linwood for four nights. Last year, although only three nights, was Ā£135 per room for the duration. This year, Ā£301.50 per room!!! That's mental for a Premier InnĀ š¢Ā Is there an eventĀ going on locally over the period that you're staying there? I travel frequently for work, and whilst you know what you're getting with a Premier Inn, what you're getting is pretty middle of the road... I normally have a nose through photos and reviews andĀ book in at cheaper small hotels. I can't think that I've paid more than Ā£100 a night over the last year, and I've stayed in some really nice places. The only really shit one of late was when I couldn't avoid staying at the Hilton Leicester for a conferenceĀ - the room was like it was from a fucking care home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 15 minutes ago, sheffcortinacentre said: I'd rather eat the packageing than any of the so called food from any of these places. To be fair the packaging is probably tastier and better for youš¤£ AnnoyingPentium and sheffcortinacentre 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wibble Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Rust Collector said: That's mental for a Premier InnĀ š¢Ā Is there an eventĀ going on locally over the period that you're staying there? I travel frequently for work, and whilst you know what you're getting with a Premier Inn, what you're getting is pretty middle of the road... I normally have a nose through photos and reviews andĀ book in at cheaper small hotels. I can't think that I've paid more than Ā£100 a night over the last year, and I've stayed in some really nice places. The only really shit one of late was when I couldn't avoid staying at the Hilton Leicester for a conferenceĀ - the room was like it was from a fucking care home. I did look at other local places but they were more expensive unfortunately. Could have lied about Wiblet seniorās age to bag a family room I suppose but Iām not good at being dishonest. Rust Collector 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 On 7/26/2022 at 8:14 PM, Remspoor said: Aeroplanes.......... Holy smoke. Ā Plane.mp4 18.22 MBĀ Ā·Ā 0 downloads Noticed the fire some fire hours ago and it was burning before we noticed it. Still have planes and helicopters buzzing around. Thankfully the wind is not coming this way and there is still around 2 km distance. Two days and the local wild fireĀ is still not out. Ā Dyslexic Viking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 9 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said: I'd rather eat the packageing than any of the so called food from any of these places. Really?Ā The only thing that can actually be claimed in favour of MacDonalds is consistency. Wherever you are in the world, no matter how bad things get, you can always rely on a big mac tasting like a big mac. Tenmil Socket, chadders and Tickman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 My F*cebook account has been suspended for 7 days because of an inappropriate post report which got upheld. My last half a dozen or soĀ posts have been official music videos from a number of bands shared from YouTube and I didnāt use it over the weekend. Thousands of people do this with few issues. No nudity. No swearing. Family appropriate. No scary scenes (OK one was Sparksā āWhen Iām with youā which is just plain weird so this may where I fall foul). One of my so-called friends obviously has an issueĀ with me so Iād rather (s)he just messaged me what was inappropriate. Low Horatio gearbox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rust Collector Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 1 hour ago, barefoot said: Really?Ā The only thing that can actually be claimed in favour of MacDonalds is consistency. Wherever you are in the world, no matter how bad things get, you can always rely on a big mac tasting like a big mac. What winds me up about McDonalds is that the food they serve in the UK is pretty wank when you look at what they have appearingĀ on the menu in the rest of the world. This is probably a bit of a sad thing to admit to, but after I realised that the menu varies around the world I now try to sample the local McDonald's in each country I visit just for my own curiosity. Almost every country I've been to has nicer food at their branches than we get. In some countries, you even get a burger that looks like the one in the picture rather than one that's been stamped on. Some examples; Signature blue cheese burger in France a couple of years ago, plus you could get Heineken with your meal The McRaclette in Switzerland Some kind of enormous burger in Germany that had a giant hash brown in it and was swimming in cheese and BBQ sauce, plus they did crosscut fries. Bacon and cheese French fries in Italy with a burger that had prosciutto and some other tasty bits in. Plus you could order beach towels with your meal for a couple of euros which was handy as we needed them! Whatever the hell this was in France recently:Ā And in Hungary there was a burger called the 'Sea Sebastian' which had deep fried prawns in it. You could order the deep fried praws as a side also, and they did curly fries! You're completely spot on that it's a relief to know that if you're chucked in somewhere unfamiliar and you're desperate for some cheapish food quickly then at least you can buy something familiar at McDonald's without having to give it too much thought. You can use the touch screen things to order as well, so you don't have to confuse the localsĀ š andyberg, Dyslexic Viking and barefoot 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myglaren Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 14 hours ago, jakebullet said: I can't find heinz tomato sauce in glass bottles anywhere.Ā Have they killed it like they did with daddies? No way I'm buying that crap in plastic bottles. Anyone recommend an alternative?Ā These.Ā Ā Maggi Rich Indian Tomato Ketchup and Deluxe Tomato Ketchup from either Aldi or Lidle, can't remember which. I love anything with tomato in it with the exception of most, including Heinz, ketchup.Ā Too sweet and bland. Ā Tried several times to take these photos but the camera can't seem to focus on them. It is some years ago now that I went into the vast Tesco in Consett and was amazed to find a whole aisle with nothing but hundreds of different kinds of tomato sauce and nothing else on it.Ā Many of them quite expensive, may be worth a try.Ā M&S or Waitrose might also. jakebullet and Low Horatio gearbox 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyberg Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 6 minutes ago, Rust Collector said: What winds me up about McDonalds is that the food they serve in the UK is pretty wank when you look at what they have appearingĀ on the menu in the rest of the world. This is probably a bit of a sad thing to admit to, but after I realised that the menu varies around the world I now try to sample the local McDonald's in each country I visit just for my own curiosity. Almost every country I've been to has nicer food at their branches than we get. In some countries, you even get a burger that looks like the one in the picture rather than one that's been stamped on. Some examples; Signature blue cheese burger in France a couple of years ago, plus you could get Heineken with your meal The McRaclette in Switzerland Some kind of enormous burger in Germany that had a giant hash brown in it and was swimming in cheese and BBQ sauce, plus they did crosscut fries. Bacon and cheese French fries in Italy with a burger that had prosciutto and some other tasty bits in. Plus you could order beach towels with your meal for a couple of euros which was handy as we needed them! Whatever the hell this was in France recently:Ā And in Hungary there was a burger called the 'Sea Sebastian' which had deep fried prawns in it. You could order the deep fried praws as a side also, and they did curly fries! You're completely spot on that it's a relief to know that if you're chucked in somewhere unfamiliar and you're desperate for some cheapish food quickly then at least you can buy something familiar at McDonald's without having to give it too much thought. You can use the touch screen things to order as well, so you don't have to confuse the localsĀ š I agree. I tend not to visit McDonalds here but everywhere else it is worth a try as some of the food is really good. Hong Kong for example do hot pineapple and custard pies, not just the boring apple one we get. Rust Collector 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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