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Post by Shenguin on Apr 22, 2019 11:45:26 GMT
The shoulder of lamb was nice as will be the tortilla stuffed with lamb and harissa sauce and the Shepard's pie that we've having over the next few days I want to go to there. I think Felice lives in —————————, a large and reasonably important town in Kent. I think he lives to the East or South-east of the town centre. If you want Shepherd's pie or more precise directions, you'll probably have to ask him for an invite. |
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Post by Felice Landry on Apr 22, 2019 11:55:41 GMT
Reasonably accurate, unlike most of Shenguin's posts
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Post by amipal on Apr 22, 2019 12:13:41 GMT
Hello all. I trust you're all enjoying this long and glorious Easter weekend?
Bits and pieces have been accomplished - the lawn has been mowed, toilets cleaned, and the painting/sanding of the shelves continues. And of corse it wouldn't be a bank holiday weekend without a visit to a garden centre.
Family bits mostly though. Had a good roast dinner yesterday with my partner's lot, and got my lot over here this afternoon. Much merriment was/will be had.
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Post by Felice Landry on Apr 22, 2019 12:22:12 GMT
Hello all. I trust you're all enjoying this long and glorious Easter weekend? Bits and pieces have been accomplished - the lawn has been mowed, toilets cleaned, and the painting/sanding of the shelves continues. And of corse it wouldn't be a bank holiday weekend without a visit to a garden centre. Family bits mostly though. Had a good roast dinner yesterday with my partner's lot, and got my lot over here this afternoon. Much merriment was/will be had. What roast? |
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Post by MrTiddles on Apr 22, 2019 12:37:14 GMT
I'd just like to point out that 'Dillon' accused me of pointing at his mother, earlier*. He told me to not talk to him or look at his face. I told him to 'get stuffed'. He has since apologised to me.
*I haven't a clue what his mum looks like.
[EDIT] He's also just called the bloke in a wheelchair a 'paedophile'. Fucks sake.
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Post by Felice Landry on Apr 22, 2019 12:40:34 GMT
A revelation, Tiddles doesn't work alone, he needs a "backroom boy" to pinpoint his "clients" so...
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Post by MrTiddles on Apr 22, 2019 12:46:44 GMT
I really want to do a murder.
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Post by crankcaller on Apr 22, 2019 14:24:46 GMT
That's the moss grass cut.
Now to make dinner.
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Post by tenthenemy on Apr 22, 2019 14:53:52 GMT
More Dragon Quest VII with their groan inducing puns and dodgy accents. It's just like the Chatterbox. I'm waiting for the game to introduce top 5 lists and your face slagging next.
I didn't know that the lead character would be a boy (I've meanwhile learnt that his default name is "Auster" - if he's the inventor of austerity he's got a lot to answer for!), so I when it came to naming the character I first gave him my console username, Naqia. Realised quickly that that would be a bit distracting and changed it to a male version of my real name.
How do you name your hero/heroine? Do you just go with the default name (I always stick with "Link" in Zelda games), do you give them your username (Powergamer69) or real name? How do you deal with naming male/female protagonists? What about character limits for the name?
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Post by tenthenemy on Apr 22, 2019 15:08:34 GMT
"We are committed to ensuring that people with health conditions get the support they’re entitled to. What a pity that we didn't think he was entitled to anything." I often wonder whether the DWP or the Home Office is worse, but then I realise that they are both as bad as the other. The only difference is that the DWP is responsible for people dying at home while the Home Office deports them first. |
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Post by Felice Landry on Apr 22, 2019 15:24:54 GMT
You should blame the government that set the rules, or not your choice.
From my experience civil servants try and do their best they can.
<edit> If anyone does the "following orders" thing I would respect them less
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Post by Destry on Apr 22, 2019 15:35:34 GMT
How do you name your hero/heroine? Invariably my user name (PSN/Guardian/here) minus the numbers. |
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Post by tenthenemy on Apr 22, 2019 15:35:50 GMT
A good long while ago I ordered a whole carafe of wine at a pizza place in Chicago. I was dining alone. Soon after, what seemed like the entire management team of the restaurant plus a concerned waitress descended upon me to enquire whether or not I intended to drink the entire bottle. At that time American wine was like mildly alchoholic Ribena so I assured them that I would drink all that seemed necessary and leave the rest untouchched and that I would pay for the complete carafe notwithstanding. This seemed to molify their disquiet but I was aware of frequent anxious glances towards my table as I completed my meal. "Mildly alcoholic Ribena" is an excellent description. A few years ago the preferred mammal and I went to a "restaurant" (although that may be too strong a word for it) somewhere in the Midwest and asked whether they were serving alcohol. "Of course not! There a children present!" was the shocked response. We pointed out that we weren't planning on sharing our drink with any child anyway, but it was no good. On the same trip Mr Tent Rooster and I went to a drug store (as they call it) and bought a pack of beer. I lifted the beer onto the counter while Mr Tent Rooster got his wallet out to pay. The woman behind the counter refused to sell us the beer because she claimed that I looked underage. Now, I was younger then than I am now, but it had not occurred to me that anyone would be asking for ID, so I didn't have any on me. I also know that some men are asking female customers for ID to flatter them, but this was a woman and she was quite serious. Mr Tent Rooster pointed out that he was the one buying the beer anyway, and suggested that if she thought that he was underage she needed new glasses. "But she touched it!" came the reply. So he asked whether he should go and get a pack I hadn't touched. We were allowed to purchase the beer in the end, but there was much tutting and disapproving head shaking. |
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Post by Destry on Apr 22, 2019 15:36:53 GMT
From my experience civil servants try and do their best they can. Which department did you work for? |
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Post by Felice Landry on Apr 22, 2019 15:39:16 GMT
From my experience civil servants try and do their best they can. Which department did you work for? Does it matter? |
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Post by MrTiddles on Apr 22, 2019 15:41:25 GMT
You should blame the government that set the rules, or not your choice. From my experience civil servants try and do their best they can. I can't agree more. It is the policy makers that fuck you all up. Not the Civil Servants. The stories I could tell... |
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Post by Felice Landry on Apr 22, 2019 15:42:05 GMT
All I can say is civil servants being hung out to dry because of Gov policy really annoys me.
I'm sure I'll survive
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Post by amipal on Apr 22, 2019 15:47:19 GMT
How do you name your hero/heroine? Deadman seems appropriate a lot of the time. It is also what I named Cloud in FFVII. |
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Post by Destry on Apr 22, 2019 15:51:32 GMT
Which department did you work for? Does it matter? No. |
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Post by tenthenemy on Apr 22, 2019 15:52:16 GMT
Oh, I know it's the policies that are to blame, not the civil servants. And so annoying when they are taking the rap for the politicians who are responsible for one fiasco after the other. I thought that Amber Rudd behaved in a disgraceful way in that respect when the Windrush scandal came to light, although she was really covering for her predecessor Treeza. What's the point of resigning just to be appointed to a different department, in this case even the toxic DWP?
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Post by MrTiddles on Apr 22, 2019 16:12:19 GMT
I was a civil servant for over a decade, in a front line role. The view of the ill-informed general public was an eye-opener. And, who informed the public of the views they should have? The media, or rather, the BBC (at that time).
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Post by MrTiddles on Apr 22, 2019 16:18:02 GMT
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Post by Felice Landry on Apr 22, 2019 16:32:41 GMT
I was a civil servant for over a decade, in a front line role. The view of the ill-informed general public was an eye-opener. And, who informed the public of the views they should have? The media, or rather, the BBC (at that time). I liked this comment, though your BBC comment seemed a tad strange and I'm sure you're not that old. <edit> I forgot how traumatising this was |
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Post by Destry on Apr 22, 2019 16:44:26 GMT
I, too, was a Civil Service employee for many years:
Employment Service (as was) - front line in two Unemployment Benefit Offices in London
Department of the Environment - London HQ Finance role
Property Services Agency
Civil Servants are the salt of the earth, apart from the heartless bastards in the DWP and the Home Office, of course.
EDIT: Update the spreadsheet.
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Post by MrTiddles on Apr 22, 2019 16:46:47 GMT
I was a civil servant for over a decade, in a front line role. The view of the ill-informed general public was an eye-opener. And, who informed the public of the views they should have? The media, or rather, the BBC (at that time). I liked this comment, though your BBC comment seemed a tad strange and I'm sure you're not that old. 'I look pretty young, but I'm just back-dated.' Re:BBC, they changed their policy under Tony Blair in around 2001. |
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