That 4G signal where I live in South London is so shockingly bad and unreliable.
Made even more frustrating by the fact that before Christmas I spent 3 weeks sailing the Caribbean and when we were 15 miles from the nearest inhabited island I had perfect 4G. But no getting a reliable signal in New Eltham is too much to ask.
Downloading a load of CDs onto a USB, and carefully doing it so that the boxed set of five Dr. Feelgood albums I got for Christmas are interspersed with other LPs. Then when I play it back, the computer has decided to group them all together so I get sixty odd Dr. Feelgood tracks one after the other...
Every time Paul Elliotts or anyone else's name gets mentioned it has to accompanied by MBE CBE or whatever.
As if we should automatically defer to them as being superior, when we know today, just about every tom dick and harry get's given them, without it necessarily being justified!
Local authorities imposing new restrictions supposedly for the residents' benefit, that 90+% of those residents rejected, restrictions that also pull the rug from under the borough's bigger employers/businesses. And that authority won't be making money out of it. They quote an air quality 'justification' but the restrictions in no small part just move the alleged issue to other parts of the same borough. They serve us apparently.
Every time Paul Elliotts or anyone else's name gets mentioned it has to accompanied by MBE CBE or whatever.
As if we should automatically defer to them as being superior, when we know today, just about every tom dick and harry get's given them, without it necessarily being justified!
Deference or acknowledgement? (the latter on the basis that the gong is deserved...).
Football highlights that don’t have the timer on the screen at all times, BBC and Sky being the main ones here. TNT/BT can manage it so I don’t see why the rest don’t.
I’m currently watching last night’s Match Of The Day, Newcastle have gone 2-1 up, if there was a clock on the screen then I’d be thinking wow, they’ve gone from one down to two up in a matter of minutes, but no they can’t manage that.
See also the Jeremey Vine show on Channel 5 where they have the phone number on the screen at all times with the dialing code as 0207 when it should be just 020.
When coming out with a facetious remark over text but it has been misconstrued by people who should know you better. Then having to explain the joke or you forever look like a heartless bastard. So as i'm too lazy to try and explain my comment, people just take me for a heartless bastard.
Foxes. Little ginger w⚓️s. One in the middle of the night found it hilarious by doing laps of the street screaming its cock off. One minute you could hear it down the end of the street. Then it's outside my house then back down the other end.
The adverts I keep getting, some really strange stuff, some really obscure and occasionally some useful stuff. At the moment various bits from RS Components, a few minutes ago Temu
The latest Curry's adverts which have male and female bearded staff and the newest one where the supervisor has had a "Font of all Knowledge" installed within a store.
Aisling Lancaster, head of brand and advertising at Currys said: “We know that our customers relish the opportunity to get hands-on with all the amazing tech we sell, and our stores are the best possible place to do this. Not only can you try out all the latest products, but you can rely on our colleagues’ unrivaled tech expertise to help find the right tech for you.
“These ads allow us to playfully show just how far our colleagues are willing to go to make sure they are tuned in to today’s tech trends while underscoring how valuable this face-to-face service is to our customers.”
I've got news for you Aisling, your ads are not remotely funny, clever or playful, they are cringeworthy, pathetic and embarrassing and you should find yourself a new career.
Foxes. Little ginger w⚓️s. One in the middle of the night found it hilarious by doing laps of the street screaming its cock off. One minute you could hear it down the end of the street. Then it's outside my house then back down the other end.
Might be screaming its fanny off, it's mating season for the little beggars.
Every time Paul Elliotts or anyone else's name gets mentioned it has to accompanied by MBE CBE or whatever.
As if we should automatically defer to them as being superior, when we know today, just about every tom dick and harry get's given them, without it necessarily being justified!
Deference or acknowledgement? (the latter on the basis that the gong is deserved...).
But does it have to be continually mentioned throughout an article, once is enough surely.
That as a newly married couple visiting my in laws we constantly get the lecture about having children. Even more so now that my wife's sister has a 6 month old. Even more annoying is that as a couple that doesn't want children the assumption is always that we haven't thought it through and any actual reason we might give for this is just written off. When in actual fact the opposit is true its because we've thought it through that we don't want children. We've weighed it up and have so many valid reasons for making the choice we have such as the economic, social, political and environmental circumstances that will face the next generation. The financial and time costs to us in a challenging world as well as being acutely aware of our own mental health and generational childhood traumas and the damage of passing these on.
We have plenty of reasons all valid. We aren't just gonna have kids in an attempt to fulfil some of our own unmet emotional needs as so many of our parents generation did. Now piss off and let us live life
That as a newly married couple visiting my in laws we constantly get the lecture about having children. Even more so now that my wife's sister has a 6 month old. Even more annoying is that as a couple that doesn't want children the assumption is always that we haven't thought it through and any actual reason we might give for this is just written off. When in actual fact the opposit is true its because we've thought it through that we don't want children. We've weighed it up and have so many valid reasons for making the choice we have such as the economic, social, political and environmental circumstances that will face the next generation. The financial and time costs to us in a challenging world as well as being acutely aware of our own mental health and generational childhood traumas and the damage of passing these on.
We have plenty of reasons all valid. We aren't just gonna have kids in an attempt to fulfil some of our own unmet emotional needs as so many of our parents generation did. Now piss off and let us live life
Still think you will regret it though, especially in your later life. Children give so much to couples.
That as a newly married couple visiting my in laws we constantly get the lecture about having children. Even more so now that my wife's sister has a 6 month old. Even more annoying is that as a couple that doesn't want children the assumption is always that we haven't thought it through and any actual reason we might give for this is just written off. When in actual fact the opposit is true its because we've thought it through that we don't want children. We've weighed it up and have so many valid reasons for making the choice we have such as the economic, social, political and environmental circumstances that will face the next generation. The financial and time costs to us in a challenging world as well as being acutely aware of our own mental health and generational childhood traumas and the damage of passing these on.
We have plenty of reasons all valid. We aren't just gonna have kids in an attempt to fulfil some of our own unmet emotional needs as so many of our parents generation did. Now piss off and let us live life
Still think you will regret it though, especially in your later life. Children give so much to couples.
Lol you either forgot a smiley or have completely missed the point of my post. It isn't and shouldn't be about what they give to me or add to my life (that's where so many of our parents generation went wrong and why there are so many generational mental health issues - a friend training to be a psychiatrist wrote her PHD research paper on it and it was an interesting read) it should be about raising a human of the future and whether you can give them the best opportunities or whether you want to put them through the situation in the world.
That as a newly married couple visiting my in laws we constantly get the lecture about having children. Even more so now that my wife's sister has a 6 month old. Even more annoying is that as a couple that doesn't want children the assumption is always that we haven't thought it through and any actual reason we might give for this is just written off. When in actual fact the opposit is true its because we've thought it through that we don't want children. We've weighed it up and have so many valid reasons for making the choice we have such as the economic, social, political and environmental circumstances that will face the next generation. The financial and time costs to us in a challenging world as well as being acutely aware of our own mental health and generational childhood traumas and the damage of passing these on.
We have plenty of reasons all valid. We aren't just gonna have kids in an attempt to fulfil some of our own unmet emotional needs as so many of our parents generation did. Now piss off and let us live life
We used to get this a lot, it’s annoying. I was 30 when I met my now wife and although she’s a few years younger than me, we were later than most to settle down. Initially we weren’t going to have kids and got sick of being asked “when are you going to have a baby”? Even one of my mums friends asked me when I was going to give her a grandchild.
We ended up changing our minds, and whilst I’m glad we did, I can see why people choose not to.
That as a newly married couple visiting my in laws we constantly get the lecture about having children. Even more so now that my wife's sister has a 6 month old. Even more annoying is that as a couple that doesn't want children the assumption is always that we haven't thought it through and any actual reason we might give for this is just written off. When in actual fact the opposit is true its because we've thought it through that we don't want children. We've weighed it up and have so many valid reasons for making the choice we have such as the economic, social, political and environmental circumstances that will face the next generation. The financial and time costs to us in a challenging world as well as being acutely aware of our own mental health and generational childhood traumas and the damage of passing these on.
We have plenty of reasons all valid. We aren't just gonna have kids in an attempt to fulfil some of our own unmet emotional needs as so many of our parents generation did. Now piss off and let us live life
Don’t worry you can get your own back, for every time they say ‘it’ll be you next’ whenever they hear of a new pregnancy, you can say the same re funerals.
That as a newly married couple visiting my in laws we constantly get the lecture about having children. Even more so now that my wife's sister has a 6 month old. Even more annoying is that as a couple that doesn't want children the assumption is always that we haven't thought it through and any actual reason we might give for this is just written off. When in actual fact the opposit is true its because we've thought it through that we don't want children. We've weighed it up and have so many valid reasons for making the choice we have such as the economic, social, political and environmental circumstances that will face the next generation. The financial and time costs to us in a challenging world as well as being acutely aware of our own mental health and generational childhood traumas and the damage of passing these on.
We have plenty of reasons all valid. We aren't just gonna have kids in an attempt to fulfil some of our own unmet emotional needs as so many of our parents generation did. Now piss off and let us live life
Still think you will regret it though, especially in your later life. Children give so much to couples.
Lol you either forgot a smiley or have completely missed the point of my post. It isn't and shouldn't be about what they give to me or add to my life (that's where so many of our parents generation went wrong and why there are so many generational mental health issues - a friend training to be a psychiatrist wrote her PHD research paper on it and it was an interesting read) it should be about raising a human of the future and whether you can give them the best opportunities or whether you want to put them through the situation in the world.
Mate, I love your contributions on here. All I would say is never say never.
I'm in my sixties now, but honestly the older I get I realise how much is learned through life experiences. It's the only advice I can give to my two lads who are slightly older than yourself.
Besides my 4 months old grand daughter is going to find the answer to climate change. 🙃
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From what I've read he was never destined for a long life.
Made even more frustrating by the fact that before Christmas I spent 3 weeks sailing the Caribbean and when we were 15 miles from the nearest inhabited island I had perfect 4G. But no getting a reliable signal in New Eltham is too much to ask.
As if we should automatically defer to them as being superior, when we know today, just about every tom dick and harry get's given them, without it necessarily being justified!
Deference or acknowledgement? (the latter on the basis that the gong is deserved...).
When coming out with a facetious remark over text but it has been misconstrued by people who should know you better. Then having to explain the joke or you forever look like a heartless bastard. So as i'm too lazy to try and explain my comment, people just take me for a heartless bastard.
And again, and again .....
Then, a few minures ago, it "came up again"....
Clearly, it's been a while.
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Aisling Lancaster, head of brand and advertising at Currys said: “We know that our customers relish the opportunity to get hands-on with all the amazing tech we sell, and our stores are the best possible place to do this. Not only can you try out all the latest products, but you can rely on our colleagues’ unrivaled tech expertise to help find the right tech for you.
“These ads allow us to playfully show just how far our colleagues are willing to go to make sure they are tuned in to today’s tech trends while underscoring how valuable this face-to-face service is to our customers.”
I've got news for you Aisling, your ads are not remotely funny, clever or playful, they are cringeworthy, pathetic and embarrassing and you should find yourself a new career.
Might be screaming its fanny off, it's mating season for the little beggars.
We have plenty of reasons all valid. We aren't just gonna have kids in an attempt to fulfil some of our own unmet emotional needs as so many of our parents generation did. Now piss off and let us live life
We ended up changing our minds, and whilst I’m glad we did, I can see why people choose not to.
I'm in my sixties now, but honestly the older I get I realise how much is learned through life experiences. It's the only advice I can give to my two lads who are slightly older than yourself.
Besides my 4 months old grand daughter is going to find the answer to climate change. 🙃