Tell us something really trivial about your life Volume 40
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Mr Magooagain said:
POIDH said:
The Stihl strimmer was a pain to get started today after a winter off. Time for a service I think.
Heat the spark plug with a lighter first.
You’re welcome.
Also:
Carb cleaner. Good stuff. Although to be honest brake cleaner seems to work just as well.
A bit counterintuitive I suppose.
Byker28i said:
IOTN - why do some people bother with the internet full stop? There is a thread in GG about the new Tesla Model 3 Performance and one poster in particular is doing nothing but arguing with just about every single person in the thread. If he hates EV's hat much, why did he come into the thread? And if he hates the way the internet is going so much, why does he have access to it then?
People....not a massive fan.
Gude moaneve and merhaba my Trivial wurlingder fishes! 
I slept like a big log in a sawmill, a sleep cut into several short sections to answer the urgent calls of nature, thereby avoiding getting seriously overbladdered!
But here I am, my elbows have detected no wood, so I have made myself a celebratory cuppa to wash down a fresh batch of assorted Haribo Starmix prior to attacking the day head on!
What's on the agenda today, chaps?
I suspect there will be a heap of intensive procrastination to start the week, some perambulatory expedition or two, few meetings but plenty of emails in the jolly old inbox of spam.
Interestingly, my egg-based energy provider has informed me that I could save a lot of money per annum if I opt to pay by direct debit.
I have always paid them by direct debit.
Should I now switch to direct direct debit debit?
It's a comfort to know that I have my own personal zero carbon living adviser who I can call upon during working hours ( yeah, right! ) and if I download the app, I can go to Bournemouth or the Bahamas and still submit my "metre" readings at any time in just a few seconds.
Amazing then, that it took me 19 months of dogged persistence to get them to rectify their grossly over-exaggerated demand for £7.5k after I was involuntarily switched to their useless (dis)organisation in Feb 2022.
Absolutely appalling customer service.
How should I rate my level if satisfaction?
....and breathe...
I slept like a big log in a sawmill, a sleep cut into several short sections to answer the urgent calls of nature, thereby avoiding getting seriously overbladdered!
But here I am, my elbows have detected no wood, so I have made myself a celebratory cuppa to wash down a fresh batch of assorted Haribo Starmix prior to attacking the day head on!
What's on the agenda today, chaps?
I suspect there will be a heap of intensive procrastination to start the week, some perambulatory expedition or two, few meetings but plenty of emails in the jolly old inbox of spam.
Interestingly, my egg-based energy provider has informed me that I could save a lot of money per annum if I opt to pay by direct debit.
I have always paid them by direct debit.
Should I now switch to direct direct debit debit?
It's a comfort to know that I have my own personal zero carbon living adviser who I can call upon during working hours ( yeah, right! ) and if I download the app, I can go to Bournemouth or the Bahamas and still submit my "metre" readings at any time in just a few seconds.
Amazing then, that it took me 19 months of dogged persistence to get them to rectify their grossly over-exaggerated demand for £7.5k after I was involuntarily switched to their useless (dis)organisation in Feb 2022.
Absolutely appalling customer service.
How should I rate my level if satisfaction?
....and breathe...
paua said:
How should I rate my level of satisfaction?
GR, tell'em t go shaft theirselves sideways wiff th ruff ende of a pineapple. HTH
Quite, paua! GR, tell'em t go shaft theirselves sideways wiff th ruff ende of a pineapple. HTH
Alternatively I think they would benefit enormously from a reverse pull-through with a large rotating cactus shrub.
Pity there's no box for either option.
They can f
k right off with their woke faux over-familiar disingenuous pally-pally buddy buddy crap tropes. It's downright disrespectful.Strange how they allocate a completely different personal dedicated customer care advisor every single time...
I'd change my energy provider if they weren't all as bad as each other.
glenrobbo said:
IOTN, The Bykers' car stinks of weed...
"It's the tulip bulbs we brought back with us..."
Yeah, right!
We always get drug wiped on the way out, apparently it's the quiet unusual ones that are the couriers, but why would I be taking it to Belgium, rather than the other way around."It's the tulip bulbs we brought back with us..."
Yeah, right!
The French on the other hand don't care "Just go, leave my country. Take in whatever you want, and be thankful I even looked at your filthy English passport - Pah" - or something like that.
I didn’t even notice the 5k but how good is it that it happened on a daily Snoopy post.
Right now I’ve joined the race I need to put my skates on and catch the rest of you chaps up.
I’m celebrating by providing residents with bottles of still and sparkling spring water in the closet on the second floor next to the ballroom. Go help yourselves, mind you I think the lift is out of order so you may have to use the stairs along the back passage.
Right now I’ve joined the race I need to put my skates on and catch the rest of you chaps up.
I’m celebrating by providing residents with bottles of still and sparkling spring water in the closet on the second floor next to the ballroom. Go help yourselves, mind you I think the lift is out of order so you may have to use the stairs along the back passage.
Byker28i said:
We always get drug wiped on the way out, apparently it's the quiet unusual ones that are the couriers, but why would I be taking it to Belgium, rather than the other way around.
The French on the other hand don't care "Just go, leave my country. Take in whatever you want, and be thankful I even looked at your feelthy Eenglish passeport - Pah" - or something like that.
The French on the other hand don't care "Just go, leave my country. Take in whatever you want, and be thankful I even looked at your feelthy Eenglish passeport - Pah" - or something like that.
I think that's a pretty accurate description. 
Possibly more emphasis on the level of contempt and disdain common to all French petty officials? . I presume he was wearing a pair of blue gloves?glenrobbo said:
Byker28i said:
We always get drug wiped on the way out, apparently it's the quiet unusual ones that are the couriers, but why would I be taking it to Belgium, rather than the other way around.
The French on the other hand don't care "Just go, leave my country. Take in whatever you want, and be thankful I even looked at your feelthy Eenglish passeport - Pah" - or something like that.
The French on the other hand don't care "Just go, leave my country. Take in whatever you want, and be thankful I even looked at your feelthy Eenglish passeport - Pah" - or something like that.
I think that's a pretty accurate description. Possibly more emphasis on the level of contempt and disdain common to all French petty officials? . I presume he was wearing a pair of blue gloves?hammo19 said:
glenrobbo said:
Byker28i said:
We always get drug wiped on the way out, apparently it's the quiet unusual ones that are the couriers, but why would I be taking it to Belgium, rather than the other way around.
The French on the other hand don't care "Just go, leave my country. Take in whatever you want, and be thankful I even looked at your feelthy Eenglish passeport - Pah" - or something like that.
The French on the other hand don't care "Just go, leave my country. Take in whatever you want, and be thankful I even looked at your feelthy Eenglish passeport - Pah" - or something like that.
I think that's a pretty accurate description. Possibly more emphasis on the level of contempt and disdain common to all French petty officials? . I presume he was wearing a pair of blue gloves?
glenrobbo said:
Byker28i said:
We always get drug wiped on the way out, apparently it's the quiet unusual ones that are the couriers, but why would I be taking it to Belgium, rather than the other way around.
The French on the other hand don't care "Just go, leave my country. Take in whatever you want, and be thankful I even looked at your feelthy Eenglish passeport - Pah" - or something like that.
The French on the other hand don't care "Just go, leave my country. Take in whatever you want, and be thankful I even looked at your feelthy Eenglish passeport - Pah" - or something like that.
I think that's a pretty accurate description. Possibly more emphasis on the level of contempt and disdain common to all French petty officials? . I presume he was wearing a pair of blue gloves?The french response was to put one person on passport control at the tunnel and to take 5 mins per passport check, lots of walking away and speaking to a colleague smoking a Gauloises or drinking a coffee etc, swapping turns each vehicle...
Huge tailbacks onto the dual carriageway.
Me attempting small talk, asked if there was a problem (meaning with my passport as he was intensely studying it)
"Well it's all your fault for leaving the EU"
I think they must exclusively stock Channel ports with Parisians. Thats the only two places in France I've ever found extremely rude people, even when I'm murdering their language
Mon Dieu! Sacré Bleu! 
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