So I generally have two coffees in the morning before 8 am, a cup of tea around 9:30 am, another cup of tea at about 2 pm, and maybe another tea around 8 pm, so in theory, it shouldn't bother me not having a tea. Must be the thought of not being allowed for 24 hours? (Undergoing a medical procedure tomorrow.)
I decided to log into my Coinbase account at the weekend, given I've been too depressed to look at it for the last couple of months. I wish I hadn't. #crypto
Brilliant! One of our Engineers is phoning a support number, and if we didn't know any better, he's been Rick-Rolled because Rick Astley - Never gonna give you up is the on-hold muzak. 🤣
I know, but just lately I've had to use them a lot for people who I know are ignoring me. If I don't get a read acknowledgement I'm like Sheldon out of Big Bang Theory and ringing them every five minutes.
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Given the rising price of fuel, I may have to move to London if I want to get a Free Bus Pass. Either that or become an MP and have a second home in Londinium. Apparently, I'm far too young for one?
Amazing! My car insurer sent me a renewal for £404.43. I rang them after looking through a couple of comparison sites, and instantly they could get it down to £367.64. I've gone with Hastings for £303.09, saving a massive £101.34; it's a PITA shopping around, and yes, you spend forever on the phone, but a hundred quid saving is not to be sniffed at.
Hmm? Last night, I had to move my desk at home, and I found my microphone articulated arm covered in dust. After cleaning it, I spent the next few minutes thinking about using it again. 🤔
Now that there's just the wife and me in the house. I need to find something to do when she's working nights; otherwise, I might end up just playing with myself. 😉
You know, he was able to turn the Xbox on. I wonder if he could be trained to turn the NAS off? I'm not overly worried. The password (as are all my passwords) is pretty evil and even if they did get in I backed the whole QNAP up to the ARGON EON a couple of weeks ago so it'd be Trivial to wipe the QNAP and copy everything back.
Saw a rather sad looking Ukrainian flag hanging by one corner out a bedroom window this morning and thought: "That just about sums up the situation, battered, wet and hanging on by a thread."
@Paul We have a customer who still uses Eudora, OK so he's like 187 years old and is an original customer of the business (Hands up all those who remember dial-up?) but he rings up now and again for support. I remember our apprentice when he first dealt with him: "What's Eudora!?" 🤣 🤣 🤣
The wife has made a Biscoff cheesecake. Only one problem, we can feed half the street with the size of the damn thing but more importantly, for how much it cost I could have bought a small island!
It's true, we don't have Taco Bell. But seriously, this thing is just absurd. Put the cheese on the inside you degenerates! This is almost as bad as that KFC burger that used the chicken as the bun.
Bank Holiday 8:30 am Drive to daughter's new flat with roped-up mattress in the back of the car and one half of the bed base, literally roped to the roof!
For the love of The Pond Gods! What is so special about the 9th of June?
Ordered something from eBay. Delivery: 9th June Ordered something from Amazon. Delivery: 9th June Ordered something from Argos. Delivery: 9th June Ordered something from Dunhelm. Delivery: 9th June
Had to just ask my boss if I can WFH that day or the wife will go mental with the constant doorbell ringing!
Yeah, that wouldn't surprise me. Oh, and here's another one. The stuff ordered from Dunhelm: Click and collect would come with a delivery cost because half the order had to be sent to the house and half to the store however if I have ALL the items sent to the house it is free delivery?
Yeah. Scarily, driving through the lights on Red at this particular set is almost every day now. The cops around here would far rather sit in a layby in a warm BMW with the engine running waiting for a speeder than stand at the lights in the cold with a camera.
𝗪𝗶𝗳𝗲: "Yeah, you wait. When they get the heating relief money, all those people won't put the money up, and they'll spend it!"
𝗠𝗲: "Yep. The government has basically given everyone the money they were all complaining about that they'd have to find, and now, apart from the food, they're sorted."
𝗪𝗶𝗳𝗲: "I've had my £150."
𝗠𝗲: "Have you? That's good. So it's started to trickle through then?"
Dear naive Pete, they want to sell your personal data no matter of your successful subscription afterwards and by applying on your own will they can do so shamelessly.
Probably. Not anymore, though. I'm gonna pick on football matches as well. How much does a ticket cost? When do season tickets have to be bought, and how much do those cost?
I'm stunned; people ask, "What point are you making?" It's pretty fecking obvious. If people can still afford Football or cable TV, they shouldn't be moaning about heating or food bills. Then again, Brits do like to moan; it's why the Australians call us whinging Poms.
You implied that every single person who attends a football match also protests about fuel and cost of living increases. Which is clearly bullshit and I only need one counter example to disprove it. My rent boy supporting mate, Richard. There you go.
Yes, prices have gone up. I suspect it is not as widespread as the Media and Social media would have you believe. Yes, fuel is more expensive, but the media loves to turn the emotional screws and pander to the gullible by telling us how EVERYONE has to make difficult choices when in reality the vast majority still have Sky Sports, holidays abroad and twenty fags a day.
There are people in Africa and across the globe who have to choose which child to feed and which one not to feed every day and have done so for centuries. I suspect a homeless person would argue: "At least you have a roof over your head!" when folk post on Twitter or speak to a BBC reporter about whether to have the heating on or not.
The fuel and food price rises were inevitable. There's no murky rich man plan to squeeze the poor. We've had a pandemic whereby the vast majority across the globe did not work but still consumed. In the UK, we've had Brexit, which means changes that will affect prices, and now we have a war going on in Ukraine that is affecting food and energy supplies. This is a global problem, not a local one. Unfortunately, the solution is "Time." time for things to calm down and return to a level of normality, although unfortunately, it'll never return to "How things used to be."
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