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Post by MrTiddles on Apr 23, 2020 10:01:53 GMT
I think I'll go and sandpaper my testicles for a bit.
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Post by Chumbles on Apr 23, 2020 10:09:08 GMT
*That explains why the bottom's fallen out of the shale-gas market! Have you been infected by the Kane-o-Virus? K-ane-ovid 19? Nah mate, I'm not the one who 'bumps' into 'older' women, and sundry other escapees from gods know where. Speaking of other escapees: I listen to various bits of radio and on 5 Live with Dotun in the chair a really dangerous bastard rang in to say he thought all this special distancing was being taken too far "People are stepping off the pavement to avoid me; as if you can catch it just by walking too close to each other." He then followed that by saying he thought most of this was caused by people stopping their kids from eating dirt and making them wash their hands all the time. He used lots of phrases that tell you what kind of a cunt he was "It stands to reason that..." being code for I can't think my way out of a paper bag; and "If we all just used our common sense, this thing wouldn't spread at all." But what really angered me was that apart from quoting the stats, Dotun never said "You are wrong; the scientific evidence and experience in China and other countries shows that what you are saying is utter garbage" He just thanked him for the call and hoped he'd call in again. FFS |
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Apr 23, 2020 10:10:02 GMT
In reference to yesterday and pictures. The one way I find useful is: go into your phone, highlight the image, click on share (the triangle looking thing with circles) find your email/gmail etc and send it to yourself. Then when you go online download it to your PC/laptop and you can do what you want with it. Though I did have major difficulty trying to size the one I posted earlier, I couldn't keep it below 1 Mb without it being small. |
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Post by amipal on Apr 23, 2020 10:42:51 GMT
OTTM: I have a "click and collect" at B&Q to go and collect. Wish me luck. With all due respect, you've got your priorities wrong there. Still, I wonder what 'sweet content' you will be collecting, indoor sauna, hot tub perhaps? I picked up some really luxury items: Paint roller set White bathroom paint Metal watering can and rose White spirit It was like the last days of Rome, I tell you. |
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Post by Shenguin on Apr 23, 2020 10:45:11 GMT
Our neighbours in the nesxt house are decent enough. Take in your bins when on holiday, would help with advice on diy, he's a bit curtain twitchy if he sees a car he doesn't know in the cul-de-sac - which suits me tbh. They've got a best of 60s, 70s, 80s cd/playlist that they listen to in the garden. a lot. same one. all the time. As i'm usually at work 4 days a week I don't get to hear it really apart from weekends/bank holidays etc. hearing it a lot the last few days. All the lads; Eric, Rod, Elton, etc etc. Lots of the songs i actually like or used to like. What noise cancelling earphones you gone for shengers? They’re at the cheaper end of what is available. I didn’t want to splash out loads, and I’m not sure how feasible or fair it is to use noise cancelling in a house where kids might start crying. They seem to have Bluetooth or wired capability, and a mic, the ability to switch off the noise cancelling feature, and decent battery life claims. Plus they’re Sony, so y’know, they should be total crap. My current pair with a mic have started to cause Sheep to complain about a buzzing noise and poor audio quality, though that might just be my voice when I play Fortnite. I haven’t had a pair of active noise cancelling headphones before, but I have briefly used a pair and they were very effective, and the tech has had a few years to mature. |
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Post by amipal on Apr 23, 2020 11:14:13 GMT
Good luck - Take ID, and proof you have the 'Ready for collection' email, as well as the order mail. Alternatively take none of these, and blag your way through the red tape as I had to. It was surprisingly easy. Saying that, they really need someone in the car park to direct people to where they need to park - the public cannot be relied on to sort themselves out. |
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Post by mlu035rsc on Apr 23, 2020 11:17:19 GMT
Dammit missed all the coffee puns yesterday, and just caught up. Top work.
Is it only Thor's day? Fuck this week. Feeling like am going to struggle to get out of bed soon, this lockdown thing is really hitting hard now. Am not used to being stuck in the apartment alone for so long each day. Am going to have to force myself to walk to the offy later to get beers for tomorrow's virtual team pub lunch, and may treat myself to fish and chips too if I can snag an order slot around 7pm.
I'll second Chumbles' tramadol sentiment, never taking that sh1t again.
Games: FFVII remake, another four or so hours last night, am now ascending Shinra Towers. Very evocative of where Tids lives to my imagination. And Plymouth.
OTTM: Anyone here into cycling and have road-bike advice for about £1000 and useful for 10 mile or so commutes twice daily post-lockdown. I really really want to avoid getting punctures, they're the bane of my cycling life. I also live near the Specialized Concept Store Birmingham so they're my preferred brand.
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Post by Shenguin on Apr 23, 2020 11:20:32 GMT
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Post by Faceless on Apr 23, 2020 11:32:19 GMT
I struggled to get past the first line of that article.
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Post by crankcaller on Apr 23, 2020 11:42:50 GMT
The audio torture from next door has started. Did Eric Clapton make money from the death of his child or did he give the proceeds to charity? Could google it I suppose. More fun casting aspersions.
Btw, once lockdown is over, if you're going to San Francisco be sure to wear some flowers in your hair.
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Post by Tuffers on Apr 23, 2020 11:43:35 GMT
Hmm
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Post by Tuffers on Apr 23, 2020 11:43:57 GMT
Oh balls.
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Apr 23, 2020 12:00:15 GMT
OTTM: Anyone here into cycling and have road-bike advice for about £1000 and useful for 10 mile or so commutes twice daily post-lockdown. I really really want to avoid getting punctures, they're the bane of my cycling life. I also live near the Specialized Concept Store Birmingham so they're my preferred brand. bike advice (laymans): I had a bike once upon a time that was built for me by the store, it had semi on/off road tyres with a double sleeve in case of punctures. It was also a hybrid with a fixed racing style front end and sprung off road rear end and sprung seat. all in around £1500 including 2 -300 lumen lights at the front and dual rear lighting. You would have seen me coming a mile away, full insured. Fun fact the year I re ripped my rotator cuff once I had healed enough I decided to take my library books back, parked up and applied master lock and hardened lock, 1 1/2 mins to drop off books came out and the bike was gone, the two scroats that had been skulking nearby had made off on it, the police were 2 mins away. The camera was covered at the library due to scaffold works and despite frantic searching in the police van, nothing. No insurance and £1500 down the drain, great bike though! |
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Post by crankcaller on Apr 23, 2020 12:02:09 GMT
Cheese, ham, shallot & mushroom toasty. Done in the grill pan thing. Tremendous.
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Post by RollingEscargot on Apr 23, 2020 12:02:38 GMT
With all due respect, you've got your priorities wrong there. Still, I wonder what 'sweet content' you will be collecting, indoor sauna, hot tub perhaps? I picked up some really luxury items: Paint roller set White bathroom paint Metal watering can and rose White spirit It was like the last days of Rome, I tell you. You say that as a joke, but imagine if this was the fifth century and you'd popped out to B et Q to get some luxury DIY items to do up your villa or repair your mosaic, returning home only to find that Rome has fallen in the meantime and the whole place is in ruins. Bear in mind you'd be stuck with the purchases as it would be some time before the Sale of Goods Act 1979 came into force. I'd have been fucking livid, I tell you. |
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Apr 23, 2020 12:06:44 GMT
The audio torture from next door has started. Did Eric Clapton make money from the death of his child or did he give the proceeds to charity? Could google it I suppose. More fun casting aspersions. Btw, once lockdown is over, if you're going to San Francisco be sure to wear some flowers in your hair. |
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Post by Chumbles on Apr 23, 2020 12:07:38 GMT
I think I'll go and sandpaper my testicles for a bit. After 'bumping' into 'The Lad's' parent at 6.45 a.m. I'm not surprised. |
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Post by Destry on Apr 23, 2020 12:09:36 GMT
This Public Service was brought to you by Shenguin. Thanks Shenguin, Just ordered a 10L bag of Cronx cask conditioned Pale Ale from a local brewery. |
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Post by Chumbles on Apr 23, 2020 12:13:52 GMT
Nope, you've all gone again. From that manic smile, we aren't the only ones... |
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Post by sandybahookie on Apr 23, 2020 12:23:52 GMT
Electric fatwheel bikes are good.
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Post by Chumbles on Apr 23, 2020 12:29:59 GMT
Electric fatwheel bikes are good. Says the electric fathead rider. Not much offence meant. 😀 |
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Apr 23, 2020 12:43:35 GMT
Nope, you've all gone again. From that manic smile, we aren't the only ones... I thought I'd cheer him up a bit!  (idle hands,idle hands..) |
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Apr 23, 2020 12:45:36 GMT
This Public Service was brought to you by Shenguin. Thanks Shenguin, Just ordered a 10 Kg bag of Coke cask conditioned by a local brewery. ftfy |
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Post by scamander on Apr 23, 2020 12:46:52 GMT
I just want to be strong enough to take down the mythical stuff, I’m sure there’s a giant cyclops somewhere that needs taking down. It's a good fight. Dang, I want to replay this game now... |
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Post by scamander on Apr 23, 2020 12:48:43 GMT
Nope, you've all gone again. From that manic smile, we aren't the only ones... This is the last thing you see at Dignitas. |
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