Pistonheaders and their First World Problems.

Pistonheaders and their First World Problems.

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DickyC

49,801 posts

199 months

Sunday 19th October 2014
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I can't determine from reading the box whether or not my tea bags' silk is from a sustainable source.

Don1

15,951 posts

209 months

Sunday 19th October 2014
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Blown2CV said:
What is it, Lemmy from Motorhead's home brew? I don't like champagne, it gives me heartburn and I feel enough of a tool getting the £25 stuff on offer at Tesco let alone the 'good stuff'. In a bar in Ibiza recently (a nice one) they had on the menu an ice cart containing 10 magnums of... something or other for £20k. Most expensive bottle was 6L (these have a particularly silly name which I can't be arsed to google) of something more luxurious for £68k. Champagne tends to make me think of the sorts of people that would buy those.
Overpriced tat. Or rather in keeping with this thread - something the nouveau riche drink...

Blown2CV

28,861 posts

204 months

Sunday 19th October 2014
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Don1 said:
Blown2CV said:
What is it, Lemmy from Motorhead's home brew? I don't like champagne, it gives me heartburn and I feel enough of a tool getting the £25 stuff on offer at Tesco let alone the 'good stuff'. In a bar in Ibiza recently (a nice one) they had on the menu an ice cart containing 10 magnums of... something or other for £20k. Most expensive bottle was 6L (these have a particularly silly name which I can't be arsed to google) of something more luxurious for £68k. Champagne tends to make me think of the sorts of people that would buy those.
Overpriced tat. Or rather in keeping with this thread - something the nouveau riche drink...
I don't think many people would argue with you that it's over-priced! There does seem to be a price point with all luxury goods where it ceases to be about quality, workmanship, materials/ingredients etc. and is just about the buyer and their 'image' being a . There was that guy in Hollywood who went to jail recently because he fleeced a pretty large group of A-list celebs into paying him millions of dollars for 'vintage wine' when actually it was just different types of supermarket wine mixed together and then inkjet printer labels dipped in tea and stuck on. I think he even added dust. It wasn't even that sophisticated an operation but he was pulled up for something like $30M in fraudulent sales!! Word got around about his amazing products apparently.

ChemicalChaos

10,400 posts

161 months

Saturday 20th December 2014
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Came back from Uni to find that someone has spoiled my view with a fking great barn irked


vescaegg

25,568 posts

168 months

Saturday 20th December 2014
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I got given a £400 bottle of wine this week and now I'm torn between opening and trying it and saving it because it's clearly too good for the likes of my amateur palette.

Newc

1,870 posts

183 months

Saturday 20th December 2014
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vescaegg said:
I got given a £400 bottle of wine this week and now I'm torn between opening and trying it and saving it because it's clearly too good for the likes of my amateur palette.
Perhaps you could drink it rather than paint it ?

vescaegg

25,568 posts

168 months

Saturday 20th December 2014
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Newc said:
Perhaps you could drink it rather than paint it ?
hehe proves my point I can't even spell it!

CB2152

1,555 posts

134 months

Thursday 5th February 2015
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I require a very small link taken out of the bracelet of one of my Omegas, as it is ever so slightly too loose.

This, unfortunately, means interaction with the public, as I lack the required precision tool to allow my watch-butler to perform such an operation himself.

What is the world coming to?

Negative Creep

24,989 posts

228 months

Monday 9th February 2015
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Morrisons have raised the price of their Value Salted Tortillas (taste just as nice as premium ones) from about 45p to 70p. That's like a 100% price rise or something. How am I supposed to afford to eat now?

illmonkey

18,211 posts

199 months

Monday 9th February 2015
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You've really not got the idea of this thread.

PaulD86

1,668 posts

127 months

Tuesday 10th February 2015
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Had to endure freezing temps with the roof down after taking the 911 cab to Costco and seeing a large TV I just had to buy.

illmonkey

18,211 posts

199 months

Tuesday 10th February 2015
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Better.

Silverbullet767

10,712 posts

207 months

Tuesday 10th February 2015
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PaulD86 said:
Had to endure freezing temps with the roof down after taking the 911 cab to Costco and seeing a large TV I just had to buy.
Rookie mistake, even a LWB Transit can be too small for a Costco trip.

Don1

15,951 posts

209 months

Tuesday 10th February 2015
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A double whammy of misery for me today.

Whilst on the throne, I leaned back, thus triggering the auto-flush and 'treating' myself to a 'Birmingham Bidet'.

To further compound my pain I ran out of Andrex moist toilet tissue, and have to lacerate my sheriffs badge with the tracing paper the company laughingly refer to as bum wipe.

BoRED S2upid

19,713 posts

241 months

Tuesday 10th February 2015
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PaulD86 said:
to Costco and seeing a large TV I just had to buy.
Could be posted in the 'a bit council' thread wink

PaulD86

1,668 posts

127 months

Tuesday 10th February 2015
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BoRED S2upid said:
Could be posted in the 'a bit council' thread wink
Does it still count if it was for my parents after the TV I bought them last gave up the ghost?

.:ian:.

1,939 posts

204 months

Tuesday 10th February 2015
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CB2152 said:
I require a very small link taken out of the bracelet of one of my Omegas, as it is ever so slightly too loose.

This, unfortunately, means interaction with the public, as I lack the required precision tool to allow my watch-butler to perform such an operation himself.

What is the world coming to?
Pull yourself together man, just throw it away and buy a new one!


Blown2CV

28,861 posts

204 months

Tuesday 10th February 2015
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PaulD86 said:
BoRED S2upid said:
Could be posted in the 'a bit council' thread wink
Does it still count if it was for my parents after the TV I bought them last gave up the ghost?
when you say bought do you mean stole to order?

Ilovejapcrap

3,285 posts

113 months

Tuesday 10th February 2015
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Ahh I'm not only one who uses several things at once.

The other night I was watching tv using iPad and also sort of looking at practicle sportsbike magazine.

The other half said I was taking the piss and no way I could do all at once.

Oh she really kicked of at the fact the bedroom light was on as well, she was trying to sleep.

straight dad

454 posts

158 months

Tuesday 10th February 2015
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creampuff said:
I can't decide if I should fly to Australia on BA or Qantas.

I'm told the Qantas business class seat isn't quite rigid enough so it droops a little at the foot when in the flat sleeping position although the seat is fully electric.

The BA seat doesn't suffer the foot droop, but you need to lower the Ottoman by hand.
One can only fly Emirates, Qantas has the nerve to serve peanuts from a bag in business, where as Emirates serve a quality mixed nut selection, warm on a fine china plate.

Edited by straight dad on Tuesday 10th February 22:38