Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 5)
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DannyScene said:
I used to do a milk round on an old fashioned electric milk float, great times and the guy still does it daily now in Leeds
So did I for two minutes. Drove it down our street missing all the parked cars on either side of the road as the milkman chatted to my mum. I was about two at the time and had to raise my hands above my head to reach the steering wheel and couldn’t see over the dash either.Apparently I thought it was great fun while my mum had heart failure and the milkman very nearly did too chasing me down the street.
Shakermaker said:
captain_cynic said:
Not sure about London... but I see a Milk and More float in Reading every 2nd or 3rd day on my commute.
Yep, same in Horsham, comes at about 1am and drops off to a couple of neighbours at the end of the cul-de-sac on Monday, Wednesday and SaturdayI've only ever had one pint wasted, and that was down to the weather. It froze one night, and expanded so much it smashed the bottle. There's also a catalogue and a website from which you can order loads of extra stuff on top of the usual dairy produce. Our local milkman also delivers between midnight and 1 am, so there's always milk in the morning and no worries about it sitting on the step all day.
Antony Moxey said:
DannyScene said:
I used to do a milk round on an old fashioned electric milk float, great times and the guy still does it daily now in Leeds
So did I for two minutes. Drove it down our street missing all the parked cars on either side of the road as the milkman chatted to my mum. I was about two at the time and had to raise my hands above my head to reach the steering wheel and couldn’t see over the dash either.Apparently I thought it was great fun while my mum had heart failure and the milkman very nearly did too chasing me down the street.
should have been run out of town on a rail!
Frank7 said:
Milk delivered fresh by the milkman every morning?
Where do you live, in the 1950s?
ETA, okay, I guess it may be done in the boonies still, but
I can’t remember the last time I saw a milk float in London.
Well if you will live in the crime capital of Britain where it's not safe to even leave a bottle of milk unsecured... Where do you live, in the 1950s?
ETA, okay, I guess it may be done in the boonies still, but
I can’t remember the last time I saw a milk float in London.
bristolbaron said:
Antony Moxey said:
OK, people who choose to have a day off specifically because it’s their birthday = council.
FFS.
To be truly ‘council’ surely you’d need a day off from being on benefits?FFS.
Pothole said:
sparks_E46 said:
Guests (my sister in law and her kids particularly) who will get themselves a can of Pepsi from the fridge, drink half of it, then an hour later get another one. When they leave there’s just half drunken drinks everywhere.
Make them use glasses. Also,
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habitually or frequently drunk.
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caused by or showing the effects of drink.
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I rest sparks_E46's case. 
sparks_E46 said:
Guests (my sister in law and her kids particularly) who will get themselves a can of Pepsi from the fridge, drink half of it, then an hour later get another one. When they leave there’s just half drunken drinks everywhere.
I'm a bugger for this, I always forget where I've put it down only to find it straight after opening a new one, so much so I've banned myself buying cans as I was wasting roughly half of the cans I boughtHalmyre said:
Canned beer is extremely council, and Carling is the very nadir. Bottled beer is acceptable if the beer in the bottle is from your own microbrewery, although it should really be in oaken casks.
Am I doing this right?
Get with the times granddad, all the proper craft beer comes in cans nowadays. Or so the bearded man in the craft beer shop at the bottom of my road told me whilst charging me nearly £5 for a bloody 330ml can! Something to do with sunlight damaging the beer. (it was good beer though)Am I doing this right?
RizzoTheRat said:
Frank7 said:
Milk delivered fresh by the milkman every morning?
Where do you live, in the 1950s?
ETA, okay, I guess it may be done in the boonies still, but
I can’t remember the last time I saw a milk float in London.
Where do you live, in the 1950s?
ETA, okay, I guess it may be done in the boonies still, but
I can’t remember the last time I saw a milk float in London.
GipsyHillClimber said:
Get with the times granddad, all the proper craft beer comes in cans nowadays. Or so the bearded man in the craft beer shop at the bottom of my road told me whilst charging me nearly £5 for a bloody 330ml can! Something to do with sunlight damaging the beer. (it was good beer though)
Sunlight damaging the beer? that's why it has always been in green or brown bottles.. yellowjack said:
Same in Farnborough. I get milk delivered on Tuesday,and milk & juice on a Thursday. Delivered milk is no different to shop-bought milk in quality, taste, and use-by dates these days, plus it's convenient, and does away with tetrapak or plastic bottles in favour of re-useable AND recyclable glass bottles.
I've only ever had one pint wasted, and that was down to the weather. It froze one night, and expanded so much it smashed the bottle. There's also a catalogue and a website from which you can order loads of extra stuff on top of the usual dairy produce. Our local milkman also delivers between midnight and 1 am, so there's always milk in the morning and no worries about it sitting on the step all day.
"Frozen sausages delivered straight to your lawn daily". I've only ever had one pint wasted, and that was down to the weather. It froze one night, and expanded so much it smashed the bottle. There's also a catalogue and a website from which you can order loads of extra stuff on top of the usual dairy produce. Our local milkman also delivers between midnight and 1 am, so there's always milk in the morning and no worries about it sitting on the step all day.
Shakermaker said:
GipsyHillClimber said:
Get with the times granddad, all the proper craft beer comes in cans nowadays. Or so the bearded man in the craft beer shop at the bottom of my road told me whilst charging me nearly £5 for a bloody 330ml can! Something to do with sunlight damaging the beer. (it was good beer though)
Sunlight damaging the beer? that's why it has always been in green or brown bottles.. 
Canned beer does seem to be becoming increasing common, mainly from American breweries I think. I always find they taste a bit funny compared to bottled or draft. Luckily none of my favourite Dutch and Belgian breweries have started doing it yet though.
Shakermaker said:
GipsyHillClimber said:
Get with the times granddad, all the proper craft beer comes in cans nowadays. Or so the bearded man in the craft beer shop at the bottom of my road told me whilst charging me nearly £5 for a bloody 330ml can! Something to do with sunlight damaging the beer. (it was good beer though)
Sunlight damaging the beer? that's why it has always been in green or brown bottles.. glenrobbo said:
yellowjack said:
Same in Farnborough. I get milk delivered on Tuesday,and milk & juice on a Thursday. Delivered milk is no different to shop-bought milk in quality, taste, and use-by dates these days, plus it's convenient, and does away with tetrapak or plastic bottles in favour of re-useable AND recyclable glass bottles.
I've only ever had one pint wasted, and that was down to the weather. It froze one night, and expanded so much it smashed the bottle. There's also a catalogue and a website from which you can order loads of extra stuff on top of the usual dairy produce. Our local milkman also delivers between midnight and 1 am, so there's always milk in the morning and no worries about it sitting on the step all day.
"Frozen sausages delivered straight to your lawn daily". I've only ever had one pint wasted, and that was down to the weather. It froze one night, and expanded so much it smashed the bottle. There's also a catalogue and a website from which you can order loads of extra stuff on top of the usual dairy produce. Our local milkman also delivers between midnight and 1 am, so there's always milk in the morning and no worries about it sitting on the step all day.
https://www.milkandmore.co.uk/
ElectricSoup said:
Shakermaker said:
GipsyHillClimber said:
Get with the times granddad, all the proper craft beer comes in cans nowadays. Or so the bearded man in the craft beer shop at the bottom of my road told me whilst charging me nearly £5 for a bloody 330ml can! Something to do with sunlight damaging the beer. (it was good beer though)
Sunlight damaging the beer? that's why it has always been in green or brown bottles.. I'd happily drink a Brewdog 5AM Saint from a can... but it only comes in a bottle.
captain_cynic said:
ElectricSoup said:
Shakermaker said:
GipsyHillClimber said:
Get with the times granddad, all the proper craft beer comes in cans nowadays. Or so the bearded man in the craft beer shop at the bottom of my road told me whilst charging me nearly £5 for a bloody 330ml can! Something to do with sunlight damaging the beer. (it was good beer though)
Sunlight damaging the beer? that's why it has always been in green or brown bottles.. I'd happily drink a Brewdog 5AM Saint from a can... but it only comes in a bottle.
(I'll have a Black Sheep or a Harviestoun Bitter and Twisted (yes I am) please!)
ElectricSoup said:
Quite. These hipster millennial "craft" breweries just want more "real estate" to splash their illegible, multi-coloured cartoon attempts at branding across so they can hawk more of their undrinkable, flowery fruit juice to their fashion-victim generational cohort.
If you're not already a journalist you should have a bash, that is a wonderful paragraph. Johnspex said:
Sorry Monk, it's probably me but this is obviously a joke because nobody could be so stupid that they would say keeping soft drinks in a fridge is council but I just don't see the humour in this.
You are joking , of course. Aren't you?
According to PH, everything is council,even breathing!You are joking , of course. Aren't you?
Im sure the 1st organism to evolve in the primordial soup looked at the 2nd one and thought "Oh f
k, thats the area ruined now, bloody council scum"
OpulentBob said:
.... I am not going to change my job just to work BHs... so I stand by my point, I (in the course of my life, in my profession) will not/can not work on my birthday - ever! 
But then you miss out on the staff cakes and everyone singing "Happy Birthday" to you at your desk!........ Errr, actually, I can see your point Bob!
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