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  On 06/01/2024 at 03:19, Bren said:

I know that feeling.

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I've got 50 minutes to go, and I'm going to have a beer when I get in.

It's cold and I've had enough.

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  On 26/12/2023 at 20:08, Zelandeth said:

My entire goddamn house reeks of cigarette smoke.  My lungs feel like they've been through a cheese grater, and my head is pounding (even more than usual) and has been for about 48 hours now.

Having chain smoking relations over for Xmas sucks.  Especially if you've got asthma.

I thought it was about the most repulsive habit on the planet even before seeing it in black and white as a cause of death on my mother's death certificate.

Sure it will only take about a week to get rid of the stink.

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"is it ok to smoke in the house?"

 

no, and with the utmost respect, fuck off outside with your unpleasant, disgusting habit

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they still need to retire steve wright

listening to pick of the pops not quite live (im not that daft)

and still have to ff past his inane bullshit drivel

no wonder they put him on at weekends

 

Posted
  On 03/01/2024 at 09:03, nev_jr said:

Yeah I got out, but WHY THE FUCK HAVE YOU BLOCKED ME IN YOU CUNT?!?!?!

 

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because there is NO footpath crossing/dropped kerb to block- ergo they have done nothing wrong

you on the other hand have

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Why on earth would a non smoker allow anyone to smoke in their house?

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  On 06/01/2024 at 14:18, Spiny Norman said:

Why on earth would a non smoker allow anyone to smoke in their house?

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I think if you read back a few pages, the visitors were smoking outside, but due to prevailing winds and the fact that their clothes and hair emit their own smoke smell, the house still ended up with a foul odour. 

 

Posted
  On 06/01/2024 at 14:17, Noel Tidybeard said:

because there is NO footpath crossing/dropped kerb to block- ergo they have done nothing wrong

you on the other hand have

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I mean you have a point, but most* people would look at the car on the "drive" and think, I won't park there in case they need to use the car. 

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No, mate, pal, buddy, I've stopped because having reversed out of the parking space I now need to put my car into first gear so I can drive off not so you can try and overtake me.  No, your indicator isn't going to change any of these facts.  No, now I'm moving forwards there still isn't space to overtake me and given that we can both (hopefully) see the parents and kids milling about half in the road you'll forgive me for not going any faster while I navigate around them safely.

I have no idea what he was hoping to achieve and it's not the first time I've had this happen.  The variation on the theme is when I'm stopped to let someone complete their maneouvre of reversing out of a parking bay and the person behind me drives around me and then gets confused that there's a car in the way.  I swear some people cannot see further than the end of their steering wheel.

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First world problems and all that I know, but one of my monitors is dying.  Thankfully it's the odd one out rather than the matched pair as that would have really hacked me off. 

I do have a spare to replace it, but due to a different stand arrangement and being a significantly different size, slotting it in will require a not inconsiderable amount of rearranging the workstation - and I really cannot be bothered!

Let's see how long it takes having a significantly green tint to the right half of the display on the leftmost monitor to annoy me enough to trigger the rearrangement of the desk.

Posted
  On 06/01/2024 at 13:57, hairnet said:

but norwegians are hardy and know how to deal with it :)

 

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This is cold even for us. I had minus 34 this morning. 

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  On 06/01/2024 at 14:22, New POD said:

I think if you read back a few pages, the visitors were smoking outside, but due to prevailing winds and the fact that their clothes and hair emit their own smoke smell, the house still ended up with a foul odour. 

 

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By fuck, you're a mardy cunt aren't you?
 

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Posted
  On 06/01/2024 at 19:15, Rocket88 said:

Another triumph for our esteemed education system….

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A diner car could be anything though - one to drive to a diner, or one to sit in and eat dinner in. Although a dolomite could be a bit small for that.

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  On 06/01/2024 at 20:31, richardmorris said:

Although a dolomite could be a bit small for that.

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I've eaten sandwiches in one, does that count?

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  On 06/01/2024 at 22:03, High Jetter said:

I've eaten sandwiches in one, does that count?

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Of course.

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Could depend on the sandwich , cheese and pickle ok , spam of course , if it was a baguette you'd prob need the extra space of a 2000/2500 

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  On 06/01/2024 at 15:36, Dyslexic Viking said:

This is cold even for us. I had minus 34 this morning. 

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I have vivid recollections of walking to work in the early morning (around 4 a.m.) in -38°C and it didn't seem that bad, often feels colder her and only a few degrees below 0°C.  Allegedly due to the humidity levels.  My mother had similar experiences in Germany and Poland during the war, although the temperture wasn't quite as low.

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won a lightbulb on ebay for really quite cheap the other day, said this to a group chat im in

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quelle surprise this lands in my inbox just now

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if I wanted to be a dick about it, I could still push the matter that I want the lamp for my collection regardless

I wont but its but still annoying, if you list it with a 99 pence starting bid then be prepared to have to sell it for that!

 

especially if you are selling something semi-obscure, with a shit description, so only sad bastards like myself are going to find it LOL

 

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  On 08/01/2024 at 12:23, LightBulbFun said:

won a lightbulb on ebay for really quite cheap the other day, said this to a group chat im in

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quelle surprise this lands in my inbox just now

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if I wanted to be a dick about it, I could still push the matter that I want the lamp for my collection regardless

I wont but its but still annoying, if you list it with a 99 pence starting bid then be prepared to have to sell it for that!

 

especially if you are selling something semi-obscure, with a shit description, so only sad bastards like myself are going to find it LOL

 

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I get that with vacuum cleaners! If I win stuff for under a tenner it's just a matter of waiting a day for them to realise what their selling doesn't break down small easily and "sorry I've gone to pack it and it's broken" but 95% of the time I still need to push for it as I want it for 'insert other non broken part here', and nodded on it because it was listed as broken but it doesn't matter to me as I'll just strip it down for the bits I need

4/10 they get posted and it wasn't broken at all or its refunded 😢

The guy I got a kirby from on new years day questioned me, he went to get it out his shed and it'd been leaked over for months. Still wanted it (and the motor ran fine and is in my Sentria right now!). It's easier with a collection only thing though and he got £20 I could tell he wasn't expecting to get 

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Took the decorations down at the weekend. Normally cannot wait to get them down but felt a bit sad this  year. I later remarked to my wife that once you get past 50 you never know if it's your last christmas.

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  On 08/01/2024 at 13:48, beko1987 said:

I get that with vacuum cleaners! If I win stuff for under a tenner it's just a matter of waiting a day for them to realise what their selling doesn't break down small easily and "sorry I've gone to pack it and it's broken" but 95% of the time I still need to push for it as I want it for 'insert other non broken part here', and nodded on it because it was listed as broken but it doesn't matter to me as I'll just strip it down for the bits I need

4/10 they get posted and it wasn't broken at all or its refunded 😢

The guy I got a kirby from on new years day questioned me, he went to get it out his shed and it'd been leaked over for months. Still wanted it (and the motor ran fine and is in my Sentria right now!). It's easier with a collection only thing though and he got £20 I could tell he wasn't expecting to get 

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Oh but it gets better!

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to which my response is going to be something along the lines of "thats quite thoughtful of you, if you could do that, and refund me my amount owed that would be much appreciated" 

do eBay sellers get some sort of negative strike if they cancel an order? I dont know otherwise why he does not wanna refund me my 99 pence LOL

(if he wants to donate to a homeless person thats no problem on me and quite nice, but it feels here to me as him just trying to get out of refunding me for whatever reason)

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  On 08/01/2024 at 16:56, LightBulbFun said:

Oh but it gets better!

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to which my response is going to be something along the lines of "thats quite thoughtful of you, if you could do that, and refund me my amount owed that would be much appreciated" 

do eBay sellers get some sort of negative strike if they cancel an order? I dont know otherwise why he does not wanna refund me my 99 pence LOL

(if he wants to donate to a homeless person thats no problem on me and quite nice, but it feels here to me as him just trying to get out of refunding me for whatever reason)

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That’s brilliant 😂 

Replying saying you’ve had a chat with your financial advisor and he’s said you’ve make enough charitable donations this tax year but it’s a kind thought. 
 

Or, don’t reply now then report the item as not being received and get the cunt a strike for not receiving the item you’ve paid for. 

Posted
  On 08/01/2024 at 17:03, JJ0063 said:

That’s brilliant 😂 

Replying saying you’ve had a chat with your financial advisor and he’s said you’ve make enough charitable donations this tax year but it’s a kind thought. 
 

Or, don’t reply now then report the item as not being received and get the cunt a strike for not receiving the item you’ve paid for. 

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I try not to do too much BSing so to speak myself

(the part about the lamp holders is partly true, thats how I found the lamp actually, I have some similar lamp of same socket type that I was eying up some lamp holders for on ebay, and in doing so found the bulb listing, so upon winning the bulb, I thought I would finally pick up some lamp holders for it, and my other ones)

but thats was kinda my next thought, if he continued to play hardball, to mention some thing about needing the refund to keep the books balanced

 

for now I just sent 

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not holding out much hope mind

  On 08/01/2024 at 17:06, JJ0063 said:

Let’s call his bluff 

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Oh FFS 🤣

this can only end well* :) 

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ok I dont even know what anymore LOL

 

think im just going to let @JJ0063 do his thing and then in time open a case against the seller

 

I think I have given him fair chance to refund me otherwise!

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