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  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,223
    MrOneLung said:
    RodneyCharltonTrotta said:
    SporadicAddick said:
    Stig said:
    Regional news, full stop. Fine if you live in a big city, an atrocious waste of time and resources if you live in one of the BBC's cobbled together 'regions'.  I live 30 miles away from London, have an affinity with the city and a great many friends who commute there on a daily basis (as I have done in the past). I would love to get London news instead of the meaningless 'Look East' abomination that gives me mind-numbingly trivial stories about places that I rarely, if ever, go to. Some of the highlights this week:
    • Some people in Cromer, 100 miles away, won't be going swimming on Boxing Day. As if I care, I just hope that the good people of Norfolk get a news bulletin telling them that I won't be going swimming on Boxing Day either.
    • Some students in Colchester had a party.
    • Meanwhile students at EUA will have to do what everyone else does and pay for their own food whilst self-isolating. The scandal of it all.
    • The Uttlesford district has the highest covid levels in Essex. So what? Pick any county and one particular district will have the highest covid levels in it. Surely that doesn't count as news.
    • A man who runs a bookshop gets his customers to use hand sanitiser before browsing in his shop.
    • A charity in Suffolk is struggling.

    I have the pleasure of "Looks West", generally stories about Bristol and how everyone there should be self flagellating given the cities historic links to slavery, and Geoff Twentyman telling me how shit Bristol Rovers and Yeovil Town are.

    Still, where I live (some way from Bristol), this is the main headline in the local press:-

    6th October

    Wiltshire man denies stealing four chickens

    A man denies stealing four chickens and a tractor from his ex in Tisbury last month.

    Prosecutors allege Stuart Penny, 36, of no fixed address, was seen later that day driving around with the birds. It was claimed he said: “If you want these chickens back you know what to do.”

    It is said he harassed an ex-partner and her new boyfriend between September 1 and October 1, 2020, by making unwanted phone calls, sending texts and going to their home. He is also accused of harassing a more recent former girlfriend on September 5.

    Appearing before Swindon Magistrates’ Court via telephone from Melksham police station, Penny pleaded not guilty to three harassment charges, theft, and two allegations of criminal damage.

    Richard Williams, defending, said his client vehemently denied any wrongdoing.,,,


    He'll do bird for that.
    Fowl play suspected.
    He'll get a poultry sentence.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,594
    iaitch said:
    MrOneLung said:
    RodneyCharltonTrotta said:
    SporadicAddick said:
    Stig said:
    Regional news, full stop. Fine if you live in a big city, an atrocious waste of time and resources if you live in one of the BBC's cobbled together 'regions'.  I live 30 miles away from London, have an affinity with the city and a great many friends who commute there on a daily basis (as I have done in the past). I would love to get London news instead of the meaningless 'Look East' abomination that gives me mind-numbingly trivial stories about places that I rarely, if ever, go to. Some of the highlights this week:
    • Some people in Cromer, 100 miles away, won't be going swimming on Boxing Day. As if I care, I just hope that the good people of Norfolk get a news bulletin telling them that I won't be going swimming on Boxing Day either.
    • Some students in Colchester had a party.
    • Meanwhile students at EUA will have to do what everyone else does and pay for their own food whilst self-isolating. The scandal of it all.
    • The Uttlesford district has the highest covid levels in Essex. So what? Pick any county and one particular district will have the highest covid levels in it. Surely that doesn't count as news.
    • A man who runs a bookshop gets his customers to use hand sanitiser before browsing in his shop.
    • A charity in Suffolk is struggling.

    I have the pleasure of "Looks West", generally stories about Bristol and how everyone there should be self flagellating given the cities historic links to slavery, and Geoff Twentyman telling me how shit Bristol Rovers and Yeovil Town are.

    Still, where I live (some way from Bristol), this is the main headline in the local press:-

    6th October

    Wiltshire man denies stealing four chickens

    A man denies stealing four chickens and a tractor from his ex in Tisbury last month.

    Prosecutors allege Stuart Penny, 36, of no fixed address, was seen later that day driving around with the birds. It was claimed he said: “If you want these chickens back you know what to do.”

    It is said he harassed an ex-partner and her new boyfriend between September 1 and October 1, 2020, by making unwanted phone calls, sending texts and going to their home. He is also accused of harassing a more recent former girlfriend on September 5.

    Appearing before Swindon Magistrates’ Court via telephone from Melksham police station, Penny pleaded not guilty to three harassment charges, theft, and two allegations of criminal damage.

    Richard Williams, defending, said his client vehemently denied any wrongdoing.,,,


    He'll do bird for that.
    Fowl play suspected.
    He'll get a poultry sentence.
    We’ll find out when he goes up in front of the beak
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,961
    DaveMehmet said:
    iaitch said:
    MrOneLung said:
    RodneyCharltonTrotta said:
    SporadicAddick said:
    Stig said:
    Regional news, full stop. Fine if you live in a big city, an atrocious waste of time and resources if you live in one of the BBC's cobbled together 'regions'.  I live 30 miles away from London, have an affinity with the city and a great many friends who commute there on a daily basis (as I have done in the past). I would love to get London news instead of the meaningless 'Look East' abomination that gives me mind-numbingly trivial stories about places that I rarely, if ever, go to. Some of the highlights this week:
    • Some people in Cromer, 100 miles away, won't be going swimming on Boxing Day. As if I care, I just hope that the good people of Norfolk get a news bulletin telling them that I won't be going swimming on Boxing Day either.
    • Some students in Colchester had a party.
    • Meanwhile students at EUA will have to do what everyone else does and pay for their own food whilst self-isolating. The scandal of it all.
    • The Uttlesford district has the highest covid levels in Essex. So what? Pick any county and one particular district will have the highest covid levels in it. Surely that doesn't count as news.
    • A man who runs a bookshop gets his customers to use hand sanitiser before browsing in his shop.
    • A charity in Suffolk is struggling.

    I have the pleasure of "Looks West", generally stories about Bristol and how everyone there should be self flagellating given the cities historic links to slavery, and Geoff Twentyman telling me how shit Bristol Rovers and Yeovil Town are.

    Still, where I live (some way from Bristol), this is the main headline in the local press:-

    6th October

    Wiltshire man denies stealing four chickens

    A man denies stealing four chickens and a tractor from his ex in Tisbury last month.

    Prosecutors allege Stuart Penny, 36, of no fixed address, was seen later that day driving around with the birds. It was claimed he said: “If you want these chickens back you know what to do.”

    It is said he harassed an ex-partner and her new boyfriend between September 1 and October 1, 2020, by making unwanted phone calls, sending texts and going to their home. He is also accused of harassing a more recent former girlfriend on September 5.

    Appearing before Swindon Magistrates’ Court via telephone from Melksham police station, Penny pleaded not guilty to three harassment charges, theft, and two allegations of criminal damage.

    Richard Williams, defending, said his client vehemently denied any wrongdoing.,,,


    He'll do bird for that.
    Fowl play suspected.
    He'll get a poultry sentence.
    We’ll find out when he goes up in front of the beak
    Will that be in the supreme court?
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Reckon he'll wing it
  • MrWalker
    MrWalker Posts: 4,106
    IdleHans said:
    DaveMehmet said:
    iaitch said:
    MrOneLung said:
    RodneyCharltonTrotta said:
    SporadicAddick said:
    Stig said:
    Regional news, full stop. Fine if you live in a big city, an atrocious waste of time and resources if you live in one of the BBC's cobbled together 'regions'.  I live 30 miles away from London, have an affinity with the city and a great many friends who commute there on a daily basis (as I have done in the past). I would love to get London news instead of the meaningless 'Look East' abomination that gives me mind-numbingly trivial stories about places that I rarely, if ever, go to. Some of the highlights this week:
    • Some people in Cromer, 100 miles away, won't be going swimming on Boxing Day. As if I care, I just hope that the good people of Norfolk get a news bulletin telling them that I won't be going swimming on Boxing Day either.
    • Some students in Colchester had a party.
    • Meanwhile students at EUA will have to do what everyone else does and pay for their own food whilst self-isolating. The scandal of it all.
    • The Uttlesford district has the highest covid levels in Essex. So what? Pick any county and one particular district will have the highest covid levels in it. Surely that doesn't count as news.
    • A man who runs a bookshop gets his customers to use hand sanitiser before browsing in his shop.
    • A charity in Suffolk is struggling.

    I have the pleasure of "Looks West", generally stories about Bristol and how everyone there should be self flagellating given the cities historic links to slavery, and Geoff Twentyman telling me how shit Bristol Rovers and Yeovil Town are.

    Still, where I live (some way from Bristol), this is the main headline in the local press:-

    6th October

    Wiltshire man denies stealing four chickens

    A man denies stealing four chickens and a tractor from his ex in Tisbury last month.

    Prosecutors allege Stuart Penny, 36, of no fixed address, was seen later that day driving around with the birds. It was claimed he said: “If you want these chickens back you know what to do.”

    It is said he harassed an ex-partner and her new boyfriend between September 1 and October 1, 2020, by making unwanted phone calls, sending texts and going to their home. He is also accused of harassing a more recent former girlfriend on September 5.

    Appearing before Swindon Magistrates’ Court via telephone from Melksham police station, Penny pleaded not guilty to three harassment charges, theft, and two allegations of criminal damage.

    Richard Williams, defending, said his client vehemently denied any wrongdoing.,,,


    He'll do bird for that.
    Fowl play suspected.
    He'll get a poultry sentence.
    We’ll find out when he goes up in front of the beak
    Will that be in the supreme court?
    In Kiev? 
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,975
    Shit bird puns
  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,620
    Bird shit puns.

  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,620
    The phrase 'IT Glitch'.  Blx, it's human error.
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    "Is this a series or film"
  • ross1
    ross1 Posts: 50,974
    Just watched Premier league highlights from when we were in that league and relegated Palace. It showed a Newcastle clip of a fight between two Newcastle players............say no more
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  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,961
    Just having totally wasted over an hour watching ITV on a Sunday evening. What a pile of shite, and yet it exerted such an insidious force of lethargy upon me that I could not stir myself to do something else.

  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    Carefully avoiding the Giro thread on here because I'm behind with my viewing, only to stumble into all the latest news on the Covid thread. 
  • limeygent
    limeygent Posts: 3,217
    Neighbors with leaf blowers, go away.!!
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,594
    Putting your reg number into a car park machine, paying, getting back to the car and remembering you’ve gone out in your wife’s car.
  • limeygent
    limeygent Posts: 3,217
    Leaf blowers....
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    limeygent said:
    Leaf blowers....

  • orpingtonRED
    orpingtonRED Posts: 3,474
    RodneyCharltonTrotta said:
    Stig said:
    Regional news, full stop. Fine if you live in a big city, an atrocious waste of time and resources if you live in one of the BBC's cobbled together 'regions'.  I live 30 miles away from London, have an affinity with the city and a great many friends who commute there on a daily basis (as I have done in the past). I would love to get London news instead of the meaningless 'Look East' abomination that gives me mind-numbingly trivial stories about places that I rarely, if ever, go to. Some of the highlights this week:
    • Some people in Cromer, 100 miles away, won't be going swimming on Boxing Day. As if I care, I just hope that the good people of Norfolk get a news bulletin telling them that I won't be going swimming on Boxing Day either.
    • Some students in Colchester had a party.
    • Meanwhile students at EUA will have to do what everyone else does and pay for their own food whilst self-isolating. The scandal of it all.
    • The Uttlesford district has the highest covid levels in Essex. So what? Pick any county and one particular district will have the highest covid levels in it. Surely that doesn't count as news.
    • A man who runs a bookshop gets his customers to use hand sanitiser before browsing in his shop.
    • A charity in Suffolk is struggling.


    Having lived in a London news area for the vast majority of my years I love the twee-ness and mundanity of local regional news.

    Got sick of hearing about stabbings, socialites and Arsenal and now like occasionally catching wind of a tiddleywinks tournament in Lewes or a village bazaar in Tenterden
    Tenterden has the Thomas the Tank Engine line dont it? Bloody rip off.
    Nice pub called the White Swan or maybe White Hart i can't remember, but they do pretty nice grub.
    However they flatly refused to swap mash for chips on one dish and it really pissed me off. So made to pay for an egg cup full of chips when it would of been better customer service to to just swap.

  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    Every time I watch the news an owner of some crappy little gin bar is crying into the TV saying they are going out of business and will not recover. Every business sector is being affected and hundreds of thousands of peope have already lost their jobs.
  • JaShea99
    JaShea99 Posts: 5,458
    eaststandmike said:
    Every time I watch the news an owner of some crappy little gin bar is crying into the TV saying they are going out of business and will not recover. Every business sector is being affected and hundreds of thousands of peope have already lost their jobs.
    I heard a casino owner complaining the other day. It was unbelievable.
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    JaShea99 said:
    eaststandmike said:
    Every time I watch the news an owner of some crappy little gin bar is crying into the TV saying they are going out of business and will not recover. Every business sector is being affected and hundreds of thousands of peope have already lost their jobs.
    I heard a casino owner complaining the other day. It was unbelievable.
    What are the odds on that?
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  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,594
    Modern hoovers. Had 2 Dysons, both pretty hopeless and a Gtech, which is fucking useless, with the handheld that came with it even worse.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    DaveMehmet said:
    Modern hoovers. Had 2 Dysons, both pretty hopeless and a Gtech, which is fucking useless, with the handheld that came with it even worse.
    Get a Shark.
  • T_C_E
    T_C_E Posts: 16,418
    Stig said:
    DaveMehmet said:
    Modern hoovers. Had 2 Dysons, both pretty hopeless and a Gtech, which is fucking useless, with the handheld that came with it even worse.
    Get a Shark.
    Another vote for the shark, no expense on bags and wash the filters out under the tap. 👍
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,594
    Stig said:
    DaveMehmet said:
    Modern hoovers. Had 2 Dysons, both pretty hopeless and a Gtech, which is fucking useless, with the handheld that came with it even worse.
    Get a Shark.
    Cheers, will have a look at them 
  • ross1
    ross1 Posts: 50,974
    DaveMehmet said:
    Modern hoovers. Had 2 Dysons, both pretty hopeless and a Gtech, which is fucking useless, with the handheld that came with it even worse.
    Stig said:
    DaveMehmet said:
    Modern hoovers. Had 2 Dysons, both pretty hopeless and a Gtech, which is fucking useless, with the handheld that came with it even worse.
    Get a Shark.
    I agree with the Dyson, not happy with it and bought a Shark and very happy with that
  • AddickUpNorth
    AddickUpNorth Posts: 8,325
    It annoys me that men even know about vacuum cleaners, let alone discuss their pros and cons. Like tampons, they should only be used by wimmin.
  • T_C_E
    T_C_E Posts: 16,418
    AddickUpNorth said:
    It annoys me that men even know about vacuum cleaners, let alone discuss their pros and cons. Like tampons, they should only be used by wimmin.
    Listen, you concentrate on making sure the spanner’s supporters club stay safe and securely locked away from the public and we’ll concentrate on the housework. 😉
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,961
    AddickUpNorth said:
    It annoys me that men even know about vacuum cleaners, let alone discuss their pros and cons. Like tampons, they should only be used by wimmin.
    Would not surprise me if Mehmet is not using the vacuum cleaners as the manufacturer intends
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,148
    I am in the market for a new vacuum cleaner. Won't buy a Dyson, I liked the look of the Shark, but can't get them in Portugal. That annoys me. Might look at getting one shipped, depending on cost...    
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,805
    Buy a Henry. Only vacuum you need. 
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