@Former Member posted:

Ads in the middle of a song on You tube <<<<< really REALLY annoying! (especially when listening on headphones and the volume is up)

Whoops

@Former Member posted:

It's not funny!  

@Former Member posted:

Online delivery substitutions
If I'd wanted Dairylea instead of Danish Blue then I would have ordered Dairylea instead of Danish Blue!

Stop it already!!
If my order is out of stock then it's out of bloody stock!!!

..Thank you anyway

That’s a ridiculous substitution Jewel ! I have usually been lucky with substitutions , but a couple of weeks ago the size of milk I had ordered was apparently out of stock , and there was no suitable substitute ....go figure l

@Former Member posted:

Would have thought they would send a smaller or larger size....I mean milk is a very much used product for most people..

Who do you shop with?

Exactly Jewell .....I can’t remember which of my deliveries it was in .

I don’t mind Claudia .....but can’t abide Mary Berry any more ....I don’t mind her cooking programmes , but don’t like her as a judge !

@Former Member posted:

Are we getting more fickle the older we get ....I wonder

I don't watch any of those bake off or knit off or sew off type shows.........I do like Masterchef though and am chuffed that a new series starts on March 1st.... Yayy!

Probably Jewels   Ooooo that’s great news about Masterchef . And Gogglebox is back be t Friday ....so that’s two shows for me to look forward to.TBH I’ll take any bit of normality I can get these days!

@Former Member posted:

Oh I quite like Gogglebox but my Dad won't watch it and being as I'm stopping with him atm (because of the virus) I will have to go without...I can only get BBC channels in my room as my tellybox runs off the internet   ...Not so 'SMART' after all

Awwww that’s a shame .....we have a thread for it As it’s on C4 though can you not get it on the internet ....on All 4 ? I’m sure I could still get it on my iPad when I was in hospital last year ....might be worth checking ? Nice that you can be with your dad though .

@Former Member posted:

Got it..........see I never knew All 4 existed
Awww Thanx for that Baz

Yayyyy Well feel free to join us in the thread if you want .....and there will be one for Masterchef too .....we know how to live around here .

@Former Member posted:

Claudia Winkelman...
Well, more specifically her fringe!

No....actually it's all of her

I quite like Claudia but admit my hands itch to take a pair of scissors to her fringe

@Former Member posted:

*blindfolds Yogi & hands her a pair of shears*

😂 I’d be dangerous enough without the blindfold

Forgetting passwords!

@slimfern posted:

Forgetting passwords!

Ain’t that the truth ! Hi SlimfernHow are things going ?

@Baz posted:

Ain’t that the truth ! Hi SlimfernHow are things going ?

Hey Baz!
It was also I couldn't reset because my old email was corrupted.... (bit like me)
Managed to get it sorted though *feels chuffed with self*

@slimfern posted:

Hey Baz!
It was also I couldn't reset because my old email was corrupted.... (bit like me)
Managed to get it sorted though *feels chuffed with self*

Awwww Nice to see you back to *normal*....or what counts as normal on here .

@Baz posted:

Awwww Nice to see you back to *normal*....or what counts as normal on here .

Oh I know I am re-entering the madhouse....I gave myself a stiff pep talk beforehand

@slimfern posted:

Oh I know I am re-entering the madhouse....I gave myself a stiff pep talk beforehand

Well after 11 years of chatting daily I’m as mad as they are now , so......

@Baz posted:

Well after 11 years of chatting daily I’m as mad as they are now , so......

Us mad cows must stick together....safety in numbers huh

@slimfern posted:

Us mad cows must stick together....safety in numbers huh

Exactly Not much else to do these days anyway .

Spitting.......
it's a disgusting habit and seems quite prevalent for certain groups of people.

My neighbour smokes outside on his patio and can be quite clearly heard hawking one up several times a day

@slimfern posted:

Spitting.......
it's a disgusting habit and seems quite prevalent for certain groups of people.

My neighbour smokes outside on his patio and can be quite clearly heard hawking one up several times a day

I couldn’t agree more Slimfern....disgusting habit .

The increasing habit of putting SO at the start of every sentence ....even the bbc are doing it ....drives me nuts !

@Baz posted:

The increasing habit of putting SO at the start of every sentence ....even the bbc are doing it ....drives me nuts !

So you don't like that no!
it is annoying, the same as erm every other word

@slimfern posted:

So you don't like that no!
it is annoying, the same as erm every other word

I don’t mind it when it’s used properly ....but yes, erm is annoying too .

@Baz posted:

I don’t mind it when it’s used properly ....but yes, erm is annoying too .

If we're not careful we will be turning into grammar police next

@slimfern posted:

If we're not careful we will be turning into grammar police next

Not with my grammar and sentence structures these days !

Ticket machines that don't bloody work!

@slimfern posted:

Ticket machines that don't bloody work!

Been a while since I had to use a ticket machine Slimfern , but I agree in principle .

@Baz posted:

Been a while since I had to use a ticket machine Slimfern , but I agree in principle .

Had to hop on the local train earlier....damn machine was not having it....is as well I'm not of a violent nature
Hope your afternoon is going better than your morning did

@slimfern posted:

Had to hop on the local train earlier....damn machine was not having it....is as well I'm not of a violent nature
Hope your afternoon is going better than your morning did

Whoops Yes, my morning was quite *eventful*.

When modern technology takes a hissy fit

@slimfern posted:

When modern technology takes a hissy fit

Yes

@Baz posted:

Yes

Ginge & Whinge being on every form of media no matter which way I turn

Shut up already I don't care! There are more important things out there than you two spoilt brats!

@slimfern posted:

Ginge & Whinge being on every form of media no matter which way I turn

Shut up already I don't care! There are more important things out there than you two spoilt brats!

I couldn’t agree more Slim .....

@slimfern posted:

Ginge & Whinge being on every form of media no matter which way I turn

Shut up already I don't care! There are more important things out there than you two spoilt brats!

Meanwhile Wills and Kate being reported daily doing zoom calls and all that's perceived as good. The Royal Family is one big stage-managed con. And the press and sections of the media have free licence to do what they like.

Harry was useful when he was the army pin-up boy.

The country's effed everywhere you look.

@velvet donkey posted:

Meanwhile Wills and Kate being reported daily doing zoom calls and all that's perceived as good. The Royal Family is one big stage-managed con. And the press and sections of the media have free licence to do what they like.

The country's effed everywhere you look.

Sorry Velvet , but I’ll take Kate and Wills over Ginge and Whinge any day.   Tbh I also respect the Queen .....and when you look across the Atlantic at what last 5 years of being a democratic republic issued forth over there I  think I’ll take the stays quo any day .

Kate was on the make right from the start. The gap year, St Andrews, the catwalk.

She's too cocky/confident for me now she's been assimilated. Bottom line, if you wanna do good and think you are doing good (questionable ) because all you are is a recognised face and Royalty drop the self-promotion whilst doing it in the media. That would be the humble option. That shows the two way generally press relationship with the Royal "A" listers      

@velvet donkey posted:

Kate was on the make right from the start. The gap year, St Andrews, the catwalk.

She's too cocky/confident for me now she's been assimilated. Bottom line, if you wanna do good and think you are doing good (questionable ) because all you are is a recognised face and Royalty drop the self-promotion whilst doing it in the media. That would be the humble option. That shows the two way generally press relationship with the Royal "A" listers      

Personally I'm indifferent re William & Kate, but the fact that they are seen to be caring by doing zoom calls is giving a great many people a sense of unity in a time of isolation. Whether it's staged or not imo doesn't matter...not on the topics they talk about anyway.

I tend to agree with Baz ...I'd rather what we have here than what they have over the ocean...in any direction. Our Royal family for the most do us proud & are loved & respected by many around the world. How or if that will change when the Queen dies is yet to be seen..

What has a member of the Royal Family done for you?

General question         All their wealth is ringfenced. And then some.

Hope and inspiration are out. So are hijacked charities to be seeing to do something.

If people at the other end of zoom calls and handshakes wanna be fooled go right ahead. It's a promotion exercise.

@velvet donkey posted:

What has a member of the Royal Family done for you?

General question         All their wealth is ringfenced. And then some.

Hope and inspiration are out. So are hijacked charities to be seeing to do something.

If people at the other end of zoom calls and handshakes wanna be fooled go right ahead. It's a promotion exercise.

Well I remember being quite excited by a visit of the Queen Mother when I was about 5...even have the newspaper clipping somewhere in a box

The cost of the Royals is high when you take protection into account, but when you look at how much they bring to this country via tourism & historical matters etc then I think we're pretty much quids in. though maybe not this past 12 months.

I would have thought that those charities that have Royals as patrons would do quite well? or at least no worse than those who are patroned by celebrities...but then I have quite negative feelings re charities.......especially where the funding they get is spent