For crying out loud! I wish I'd kept my mouth shut!

So I see the binman lift the lids on our bins and walk away. It would seem obvious to me, without looking at the bins myself, that they are either empty or not worth lifting. I rang our Admin and said to make a note that they have not done a lift and to check the invoice when it comes in. Admin asks me to check the bins. "But it's obvious they're empty or not worth it; he's hardly likely to walk away from a bin that's full!" It turns out the Recycle is empty, and the General has hardly anything in it. The next thing I know, the binman is back and lifts the empty bin!

I ring our Admin. "The bloke has come all the way back and lifted an empty bin!"

The admin waffles on about paying in advance, and they have to record a lift. Do I want to reduce collections to fortnightly? I wish I hadn't bothered.

There always has to be one nosey git, hasn't there? I've bought some Kopparberg cider for the misses and put it in the fridge so that they should be reasonably cold when I get home. I just had the go-for come to my door (Mr "Have you got a clipboard?) and say: "Did you want the last cider in the fridge? I like cider."

FFS

If only we could get one of these on the Moon or Mars, we'd really be able to get the ball rolling. #Colonalisation

Am I the only one resisting enabling #Ubuntu Pro every time a software update informs me that updates are ready to be installed but that I need to enable Pro to get them?

There is nothing like a little bit of pressure selling, is there? 💳

If only @currys did these, they'd be on my Your Plan quicker than you could blink.

𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗦𝗕-𝗖𝟲𝟬𝟬 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀

I see X wants me to start arguing again? It pisses me off that I'm goaded, and people are shocked and offended when I respond.

My response to this would be:

"But EVERYONE is middle class; in fact, I would argue there's only a small proportion of so-called rich and a huge amount of working families, and if there is still a working class, then Labour has failed! One hundred years and Socialism still hasn't dragged its sorry arse out of the road to Wigan Pier."

Now and again, Qwertee have some brilliant tee shirts
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I saw a Nun today with one of those electric car tyre pumps putting air into her car's flat tyre. Clearly, God does not look after his own.

It never ceases to amaze me how much help people for when they are cancelling a service with you. They don't even have the common decency to offer you a small fee for your assistance either; they just expect you to help them leave with no impact on them and have no regard to what you are losing.

Wondering if Zelenskyy is going to return the favour and visit Boris now that he's in trouble?

The point I was making was that it's extremely hard to detect. I suspect the only way to raise suspicions is if someone suddenly starts to be very productive.

Obviously, it is not something I would do.

Dear @BBCNEWS
Plenty of tomatoes in Sainsbury's, you bunch of Remain campaign, Labour voting #Scaremongers

Nine years ago, apparently.
#ubuntu #linux #opensource