A bit council (Vol 5)
Discussion
Dog Star said:
Winds me up no end - I used to work in my local Job Centre (proper good laugh to be honest) and the s
te people would come up with to avoid work beggared belief. As far as I’m concerned if you can pick up the phone then you can work.
The “looking ancient” thing is very common with long term unemployed, it ages people at a phenomenal rate. I saw people in their 30s who’d never worked a day in their lives but looked over 60.
I’d take draconian measures to make these people earn their money and free house - make em pick up litter etc but you can’t - lefties go fking apest, and to be fair the doleys would just do worse than nothing anyway.
Similarly all these dole pole types - lefties up in arms about “evil Tories” demeaning the disabled by making them do assessments. How the hell else are you meant to weed out the idlers, and believe me there’s a lot of them. The stuff I saw…
The single most council thing you saw?...te people would come up with to avoid work beggared belief. As far as I’m concerned if you can pick up the phone then you can work. The “looking ancient” thing is very common with long term unemployed, it ages people at a phenomenal rate. I saw people in their 30s who’d never worked a day in their lives but looked over 60.
I’d take draconian measures to make these people earn their money and free house - make em pick up litter etc but you can’t - lefties go f
king apest, and to be fair the doleys would just do worse than nothing anyway. Similarly all these dole pole types - lefties up in arms about “evil Tories” demeaning the disabled by making them do assessments. How the hell else are you meant to weed out the idlers, and believe me there’s a lot of them. The stuff I saw…
hotukdeals - council?
Surely one knows what one requires, regardless of the price.
To be lured in to purchasing some tat, simply because its RRP has been artificially raised, before being reduced, all seems rather silly what!
The same must also be true of any kind of coupon scheme, via electronic methods or not?
Surely one knows what one requires, regardless of the price.
To be lured in to purchasing some tat, simply because its RRP has been artificially raised, before being reduced, all seems rather silly what!
The same must also be true of any kind of coupon scheme, via electronic methods or not?
dundarach said:
hotukdeals - council?
Surely one knows what one requires, regardless of the price.
To be lured in to purchasing some tat, simply because its RRP has been artificially raised, before being reduced, all seems rather silly what!
The same must also be true of any kind of coupon scheme, via electronic methods or not?
Buying tat might be council (I won't be putting that to my wife), looking for the best price surely isn't.Surely one knows what one requires, regardless of the price.
To be lured in to purchasing some tat, simply because its RRP has been artificially raised, before being reduced, all seems rather silly what!
The same must also be true of any kind of coupon scheme, via electronic methods or not?
There is plenty of tat on HUKD.
dundarach said:
hotukdeals - council?
Surely one knows what one requires, regardless of the price.
To be lured in to purchasing some tat, simply because its RRP has been artificially raised, before being reduced, all seems rather silly what!
The same must also be true of any kind of coupon scheme, via electronic methods or not?
I must be council then. If someone is offering a discount, I'll take it. Don't use any of these voucher websites though.Surely one knows what one requires, regardless of the price.
To be lured in to purchasing some tat, simply because its RRP has been artificially raised, before being reduced, all seems rather silly what!
The same must also be true of any kind of coupon scheme, via electronic methods or not?
dundarach said:
hotukdeals - council?
Surely one knows what one requires, regardless of the price.
To be lured in to purchasing some tat, simply because its RRP has been artificially raised, before being reduced, all seems rather silly what!
The same must also be true of any kind of coupon scheme, via electronic methods or not?
The same way that people are lured into PCP deals when a car has a ridiculously high rrp £50k but you can have it for just £400 per month which makes them think they are getting a bargain smoke and mirrors with the inflated rrp price.Surely one knows what one requires, regardless of the price.
To be lured in to purchasing some tat, simply because its RRP has been artificially raised, before being reduced, all seems rather silly what!
The same must also be true of any kind of coupon scheme, via electronic methods or not?
Spare tyre said:
Timothy Bucktu said:
Regarding washing lines.
A straight washing line spanning the length of the garden (usually a dog poo infested, old sofa, kids pool and fridge dumping ground in this example) but with the pegs left on all year round = council.
Our rotary, we have to leave erect so to speak, it you leave it in the hole but folded small children like to put their heads in the cords and spin until dead A straight washing line spanning the length of the garden (usually a dog poo infested, old sofa, kids pool and fridge dumping ground in this example) but with the pegs left on all year round = council.
John Pye Auctions. Auctions returned items / stolen and recovered etc.
Someone in work mentioned it yesterday and a few in the office had a look and got excited by all of the apparent bargains. £200 coffee machines going for £50 etc.
What they failed to appreciate was that the auction amount had a 25% fee added on the end, plus VAT and delivery charges so in most cases, the bidding price was basically half of the end price, all for items that may, or may not work and are generally broken with no warranty or come back at all. Total false economy.
Someone in work mentioned it yesterday and a few in the office had a look and got excited by all of the apparent bargains. £200 coffee machines going for £50 etc.
What they failed to appreciate was that the auction amount had a 25% fee added on the end, plus VAT and delivery charges so in most cases, the bidding price was basically half of the end price, all for items that may, or may not work and are generally broken with no warranty or come back at all. Total false economy.
mikey_b said:
austinsmirk said:
Isn’t the rotary dryer literally the only Australian invention of note ??
I refuse to Google it !
I believe the dual-flush toilet cistern is also an Aussie invention. But I can’t think of any others off-hand.I refuse to Google it !
Refrigerator
Mechanical clippers (for shearing sheep)
Electric drill
The notepad
The Feature Film (first film over 1 hour long)
Tank (as in army)
Self propelled Rotary hoe
Car radio
Pacemaker
Coupe utility aka the ute
Hills hoist (rotary drier)
Solar hot water
Black box flight recorder
Medical ultrasound
Latex glove
Inflatable escape slide
Wine cask
Microwave landing system
Power board
Bionic ear
Dual flush toilet
Polymer banknote
Wi-fi
The Ashes
Jader1973 said:
mikey_b said:
austinsmirk said:
Isn’t the rotary dryer literally the only Australian invention of note ??
I refuse to Google it !
I believe the dual-flush toilet cistern is also an Aussie invention. But I can’t think of any others off-hand.I refuse to Google it !
Refrigerator
Mechanical clippers (for shearing sheep)
Electric drill
The notepad
The Feature Film (first film over 1 hour long)
Tank (as in army)
Self propelled Rotary hoe
Car radio
Pacemaker
Coupe utility aka the ute
Hills hoist (rotary drier)
Solar hot water
Black box flight recorder
Medical ultrasound
Latex glove
Inflatable escape slide
Wine cask
Microwave landing system
Power board
Bionic ear
Dual flush toilet
Polymer banknote
Wi-fi
The Ashes
Muppet007 said:
Jader1973 said:
mikey_b said:
austinsmirk said:
Isn’t the rotary dryer literally the only Australian invention of note ??
I refuse to Google it !
I believe the dual-flush toilet cistern is also an Aussie invention. But I can’t think of any others off-hand.I refuse to Google it !
Refrigerator
Mechanical clippers (for shearing sheep)
Electric drill
The notepad
The Feature Film (first film over 1 hour long)
Tank (as in army)
Self propelled Rotary hoe
Car radio
Pacemaker
Coupe utility aka the ute
Hills hoist (rotary drier)
Solar hot water
Black box flight recorder
Medical ultrasound
Latex glove
Inflatable escape slide
Wine cask
Microwave landing system
Power board
Bionic ear
Dual flush toilet
Polymer banknote
Wi-fi
The Ashes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank#History
Jader1973 said:
The list may surprise you.
...
Tank (as in army)
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well there's a thing. I normally consider myself reasonably well acquainted with most things tank related, this was completely new to me....
Tank (as in army)
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His prototype model looks much closer to designs from WWII (especially the Churchill) than WWI, clearly a man ahead of his time.
Edited by deadtom on Thursday 23 June 12:04
Jader1973 said:
mikey_b said:
austinsmirk said:
Isn’t the rotary dryer literally the only Australian invention of note ??
I refuse to Google it !
I believe the dual-flush toilet cistern is also an Aussie invention. But I can’t think of any others off-hand.I refuse to Google it !
Refrigerator
Mechanical clippers (for shearing sheep)
Electric drill
The notepad
The Feature Film (first film over 1 hour long)
Tank (as in army)
Self propelled Rotary hoe
Car radio
Pacemaker
Coupe utility aka the ute
Hills hoist (rotary drier)
Solar hot water
Black box flight recorder
Medical ultrasound
Latex glove
Inflatable escape slide
Wine cask
Microwave landing system
Power board
Bionic ear
Dual flush toilet
Polymer banknote
Wi-fi
The Ashes
The smoko
The mullet
The bogan
Warefare with Ostriches
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