@Saint posted:

So - our gas fire was smelling a bit odd and with COVID we decided to use our electric heater over the winter.

That was a big mistake - we were getting estimated bills after our energy supplier changed and then we got an updated bill of £430 for the winter period.

Our last bill for the month was £40 - a bit of a difference

Not half❤️

If you want to make sandwiches for Subway you'll be called a "Subway sandwich artist"

Not joking there 

Skin tone Elastoplast's!! The world's gone mad

@Saint posted:

Skin tone Elastoplast's!! The world's gone mad

Rofl….I agree ….barmy

If you have a spare $40,000 you can have your ACURA with a panoramic "moonroof" 

When Specsavers makes my Dad buy a new frame for his updated lenses because ''they can't fit their lenses into another makers frames'' ....hence a further cost of over a hundred pounds despite the old frames costing that and more only a couple of years ago! Bast*rds!!

@slimfern posted:

When Specsavers makes my Dad buy a new frame for his updated lenses because ''they can't fit their lenses into another makers frames'' ....hence a further cost of over a hundred pounds despite the old frames costing that and more only a couple of years ago! Bast*rds!!

That’s bad Slim ….couldn’t he have tried another opticians ?

@Baz posted:

That’s bad Slim ….couldn’t he have tried another opticians ?

He bought his last pair from a private practice, and paid extra for a flexi frame (they can withstand being stood or sat on etc), but unfortunately they have closed because the guy died.
He went to spec savers as it is up town and just a short bus ride away......had the tests done then when it came to the frames he was then told about them not being able to accommodate his request, by this time he had been shifted from room to room, person to person and just wanted to come home to rest up.

I'm going with him when they are ready to collect

@slimfern posted:

He bought his last pair from a private practice, and paid extra for a flexi frame (they can withstand being stood or sat on etc), but unfortunately they have closed because the guy died.
He went to spec savers as it is up town and just a short bus ride away......had the tests done then when it came to the frames he was then told about them not being able to accommodate his request, by this time he had been shifted from room to room, person to person and just wanted to come home to rest up.

I'm going with him when they are ready to collect

Awww…bless him .

@Saint posted:

Skin tone Elastoplast's!! The world's gone mad

Some would disagree, Saint, and even argue that it's not before time.

Malorie Blackman in particular had a lot to say about it in her novel "Noughts and Crosses"...

Should the colour of plasters match skin tones?

@Eugene's Lair posted:

Some would disagree, Saint, and even argue that it's not before time.

Malorie Blackman in particular had a lot to say about it in her novel "Noughts and Crosses"...

Should the colour of plasters match skin tones?

Why should it be? It's a medical device and nothing more. No one mentions bandages or arm casts.

It's pandering nonesense

BOOTS this time,

"We don't deliver medication in the afternoon anymore"

"We don't take phone calls about prescriptions - we'll send you a text in future"

Another company set up and ran for the benefit of the company - the "user led" philosophy didn't last very long.

@Saint posted:

BOOTS this time,

"We don't deliver medication in the afternoon anymore"

"We don't take phone calls about prescriptions - we'll send you a text in future"

Another company set up and ran for the benefit of the company - the "user led" philosophy didn't last very long.

That’s awful Renton Can you get another chemist to deliver ……I get my tablets delivered by a local chemist .

@Baz posted:

That’s awful Renton Can you get another chemist to deliver ……I get my tablets delivered by a local chemist .

Hello We have our prescriptions on a regular repeat delivery so rarely have issues. To change suppliers is just not worth it - on the odd occasions we need sudden deliveries then a problem arises is rare but guaranteed to happen if we ask for something and it's not within their company 'remit'.

Seems to be the way these days

@Saint posted:

Hello We have our prescriptions on a regular repeat delivery so rarely have issues. To change suppliers is just not worth it - on the odd occasions we need sudden deliveries then a problem arises is rare but guaranteed to happen if we ask for something and it's not within their company 'remit'.

Seems to be the way these days

Hi yourself Yes, I (and my late husband) have ours on repeat too …and I have to say , they are very good.

Doors that open outwards - dangerous buggers, what happens if a gust grabs it out of your hands?

@Saint posted:

Doors that open outwards - dangerous buggers, what happens if a gust grabs it out of your hands?

Good point Renton ….and in addition you could smack someone in the mouth if they were standing outside .

Space travel - considering the amount of money spent and the little we've learned of real value, space travel has to have been the biggest waste of money, ever

@Saint posted:

Space travel - considering the amount of money spent and the little we've learned of real value, space travel has to have been the biggest waste of money, ever

One Hundred percent agree!

Expensive vanity projects by local councils

@Saint posted:

Expensive vanity projects by local councils

Yep! ...keep going

Rain covers for motorised wheelchairs

Any 'self made' millionaire who likes to tell people he's a 'self made' millionaire, like it's a badge of honour.

You made your millions by fleecing the little guy - it's nothing to be proud of!!

Large patterned wall paper in a small room

Common people who drive posh cars

Dogs in hand bags

Lip filler

@Saint posted:

Any 'self made' millionaire who likes to tell people he's a 'self made' millionaire, like it's a badge of honour.

You made your millions by fleecing the little guy - it's nothing to be proud of!!

Rain covers I can accept ....had one for my baby prams...can see their significance

Boasting Millionaires ....not so much ....maybe they should spread their wealth a little more than their words

@Saint posted:

Large patterned wall paper in a small room

Common people who drive posh cars

Dogs in hand bags

Lip filler

Hang on there little guy....Breath!

@Saint posted:

Rain covers for motorised wheelchairs

But actually , that’s not a bad idea .

@Saint posted:

Large patterned wall paper in a small room

Common people who drive posh cars

Dogs in hand bags

Lip filler

All of the above

Placing folk on tv because the PC lot have said it should be so...
Am fed up of seeing certain people on my telly ...not because they have the qualifications or the apptitude/ability....but because it is the PC thing to do!
I take you back to Margaret Thatcher......first female prime minister.........Right on!
NO! she devastated our country!

We need to be cautious of the PC corrective...it's not always right! ..........just saying!

@slimfern posted:

Placing folk on tv because the PC lot have said it should be so...
Am fed up of seeing certain people on my telly ...not because they have the qualifications or the apptitude....but because it is the PC thing to do!
I take you back to Margaret Thatcher......first female prime minister.........Right on!
NO! she devastated our country!

We need to be cautious of the PC corrective...it's not always right! ..........just saying!

I get fed up with some of the PC stuff too Slim

BBC's The Great Painting  Competition - what a load of rubbish and a shameless rip off of Sky's Landscape artist of the year.

Today was a hopeless journey into discovering the feel of the paint (whatever that means). They did this by using a pair of underpants to 'paint' leaves. Beggars belief. All the results throughout the show were pathetic - truly pathetic

And to make things worse all the senior citizens the BBC have so heartlessly stolen from is being used to fund . . .you got it Blankety Bloody Blank - money for old rope with the same old faces - they should be ashamed.

@Saint posted:

BBC's The Great Painting  Competition - what a load of rubbish and a shameless rip off of Sky's Landscape artist of the year.

Today was a hopeless journey into discovering the feel of the paint (whatever that means). They did this by using a pair of underpants to 'paint' leaves. Beggars belief. All the results throughout the show were pathetic - truly pathetic

And to make things worse all the senior citizens the BBC have so heartlessly stolen from is being used to fund . . .you got it Blankety Bloody Blank - money for old rope with the same old faces - they should be ashamed.

I caught a bit of it , cos I like Richard Coles …..but you’re right , it’s rubbish

@Baz posted:

I caught a bit of it , cos I like Richard Coles …..but you’re right , it’s rubbish

Rev Coles is great
Used to love his Sat morn radio 4 show

@slimfern posted:

Rev Coles is great
Used to love his Sat morn radio 4 show

Yes , I listen to that too

@Baz posted:

Yes , I listen to that too

I haven't listened to radio 4 for a couple of years now ...

@slimfern posted:

I haven't listened to radio 4 for a couple of years now ...

I listen to it , and Radio 4 Extra every day .

@Baz posted:

I listen to it , and Radio 4 Extra every day .

Fill my time with listening to rubbish on you tube instead

@Saint posted:

BBC's The Great Painting  Competition - what a load of rubbish and a shameless rip off of Sky's Landscape artist of the year.

Today was a hopeless journey into discovering the feel of the paint (whatever that means). They did this by using a pair of underpants to 'paint' leaves. Beggars belief. All the results throughout the show were pathetic - truly pathetic

And to make things worse all the senior citizens the BBC have so heartlessly stolen from is being used to fund . . .you got it Blankety Bloody Blank - money for old rope with the same old faces - they should be ashamed.

The BBC provoked fury today after handing its chief Tim Davie an inflation-busting £75,000 pay rise to £525,000 after millions of over-75s lost free TV licences.

BBC rich list 2021 top ten

@slimfern posted:

Shouldn't we as the licence payers, have more say in how monies are spent.....can't imagine anyone is worth over a million pounds surely ?
Joe public average pay being £29,600.....

I know it's a cliché, but many of them could earn even more at commercial channels. GB News illustrated that: although Andrew Neil went from around £170,000 to £174,999 a year at the BBC to an estimated £700,000 at the new channel (a contract that's still valid, BTW...).

@Eugene's Lair posted:

I know it's a cliché, but many of them could earn even more at commercial channels. GB News illustrated that: although Andrew Neil went from around £170,000 to £174,999 a year at the BBC to an estimated £700,000 at the new channel (a contract that's still valid, BTW...).

That's just crazy!

I believe in credit where credit is due but honestly where is the talent that deserves such a price?
(I quite like Andrew Neil)

No proportion whatsoever today