Pet Peeves IV

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Originally Posted by ErinGoBraghHFC

I understand that sometimes a lorry needs to overtake another lorry, but if it could avoid attempting that at 5.30pm on the M8 westbound on a Friday night that’d be great. Was stuck behind it from Bathgate until Harthill, irritating.


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Any lorry overtaking any other lorry on the bypass travelling East from Hermiston to Baberton. Only ever creates a tailback.

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One of my regulars tonight. Bad timekeeping.

I was in Glasgow at a show with the bairns today at the Armadillo. Started at 10.30, doors opened at 9.30. 10.40 and well after the show had started a fair few people still strolling in, no hurry to get seated so blocking the view of people behind them and not giving a toss.

I know people might say 'oh it takes longer with kids'. Give yourself longer then. If I have half an hour to get somewhere and I'm taking the kids you can be damn sure I'm giving myself 45 minutes. Or 'maybe it was traffic'. Funny that all of them had time to get to the food stands and were weighed down with sweets, juice, popcorn and donuts. If you are running late then don't spend 10 minutes getting food to stuff your face.

Does my ****ing head in.

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Originally Posted by O'Rourke3

Any lorry overtaking any other lorry on the bypass travelling East from Hermiston to Baberton. Only ever creates a tailback.

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Always on an uphill gradient, rarely seem to see Lorrie’s overtaking one another on a down slope

Only having one toilet in the house.

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Originally Posted by ErinGoBraghHFC

I understand that sometimes a lorry needs to overtake another lorry, but if it could avoid attempting that at 5.30pm on the M8 westbound on a Friday night that’d be great. Was stuck behind it from Bathgate until Harthill, irritating.


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The A1 can be a nightmare for that when you get your slither of dual carriageway but the front two vehicles are both big and slow so #2 uses the whole stretch of it getting passed #1 and everyone else is left at the back, following the same 2 slow vehicles in a slightly different order.

The flip side of that is just having enough time to sneak past them and then you've just got open road ahead of you. :greengrin

Folk who block up the Pet Peeves thread with gripes that belong in the Driving Pet Peeves thread. :greengrin

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Originally Posted by overdrive

This might be controversial on a hibs message board and being a hibs fan but people that try to turn Proclaimers gigs into a Hibs gig. I’m fine with folk turning up in hibs gear and stuff and the odd “Hibees” chant but when it becomes more than that, it kind of spoils the music. There were two guys in front of me in the queue for the toilet between Admiral Fallow and The Proclaimers who were moaning that it wasn’t just wall to wall Hibs chants from the crowd whilst the support acts were on. You’re there for a music concert, not a football game.

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Encountered the Everton equivalent of this at the DMAs on Saturday in Liverpool. Folk in full kit, scarves, etc. Lots of Everton chants. Difference being there was a lot of jeering from Liverpool fans when this was happening and bit of handbags not far from us that you don’t really get at a Proclaimers gig with Jambos.

Anyway, another pet peeve arising from the gig on Saturday: people that vape indoors in a public space. It seemed like my wife and I were in the minority not vaping. It was disgusting. Equally disgusting was that a lot of it was “communal vapes” where one got passed round groups of people to take a puff on.

Short people with umbrellas.

Folk who stand in the entrance of a supermarket having a conversation! .

People interrupting my conversation and barging past me with a basket just because they fancy some onions.

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People that laugh at the end of every sentence they speak. It's like they think they need their own canned laughter.

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Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg

People that laugh at the end of every sentence they speak. It's like they think they need their own canned laughter.

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I'm convinced some people do it to try and hide the fact that what they are saying is actually quite nasty.

Woman in my work does it all the time when she's having a dig at someone. She'll follow it up with this false little laugh to try and pretend it's just a joke but it's usually anything but.

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Originally Posted by Pretty Boy

Woman in my work does it all the time when she's having a dig at someone. She'll follow it up with this false little laugh to try and pretend it's just a joke but it's usually anything but.

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Forgive me for saying this, but your workplace sounds like hell.

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Originally Posted by grunt

Forgive me for saying this, but your workplace sounds like hell.

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Ach it has it's moments.

90% of the time it's fine. I've survived the best part of 10 years and I'm still one of the more recent additions so they must be doing something right. Tbh I think it's that familiarity and the longevity of relationships that causes some of the issues.

Costa Corstorphine taken over by laptop users, about 7 of them each on a table for four, this leaves just enough space for about four double buggies a couple of prams and about 12 breast feeding mothers to take over the rest. Gone are the days of a peaceful coffee.

My missus not appreciating my "quirks". Had two plugs connected to Alexa named plug one and plug two. Got another one and named it maceo.

Her reaction: "who even does that? Youre very special and not in a good way"

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Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee

Costa Corstorphine taken over by laptop users, about 7 of them each on a table for four, this leaves just enough space for about four double buggies a couple of prams and about 12 breast feeding mothers to take over the rest. Gone are the days of a peaceful coffee.

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Cafe Vigo opposite. Support the independents 👍

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Originally Posted by Hibby Bairn

My experience with my local surgery (been with them for 40 years) is good. Trying to change patient behaviour, I guess.

The front team seem to be trained to triage (or maybe use IT of some kind) so if you are an urgent case you get seen quickly and if not them they fit you in when available.

I had been experiencing headaches last year for 2 weeks (never usually get them) and I was seen within 2 hours, had bloods taken and results same day. Turned out it was nothing serious.

Having pain in my foot after breaking a toe earlier this year. Scheduled for 3 weeks after phoning. Which seems fine.

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I take it all back.

Sitting in the waiting room at 8.05 this morning for a 8.10 appointment. Doctors swan in at 8.11 and 8.17 with their takeaway coffees. Eventually seen by a locum at 8.25.

Stressful being a GP.

People who take toddlers to the theatre! All through Wicked at the playhouse tonight a girning child. Fortunately not near me, but loud enough to be heard.

My wife’s campaign to use as few kitchen items as possible even if it means doing something vile. She’ll cut a lime as a garnish for an alcoholic drink using the same knife and chopping board that’s just been used for chopping onion garlic - usually on some remnants of garlic or onion juice. Tonight she started peeling potatoes over the plates we were about to serve something on, letting the peels drop on them getting the plates all starchy.

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Originally Posted by overdrive

My wife’s campaign to use as few kitchen items as possible even if it means doing something vile. She’ll cut a lime as a garnish for an alcoholic drink using the same knife and chopping board that’s just been used for chopping onion garlic - usually on some remnants of garlic or onion juice. Tonight she started peeling potatoes over the plates we were about to serve something on, letting the peels drop on them getting the plates all starchy.

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Oh no no no.

Can’t have that, I’m the opposite. I’ll use steel bowls and pots and everything.

Don’t tell me she cuts lime then onion then goes back to lime?!

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Originally Posted by overdrive

My wife’s campaign to use as few kitchen items as possible even if it means doing something vile. She’ll cut a lime as a garnish for an alcoholic drink using the same knife and chopping board that’s just been used for chopping onion garlic - usually on some remnants of garlic or onion juice. Tonight she started peeling potatoes over the plates we were about to serve something on, letting the peels drop on them getting the plates all starchy.

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Your lucky, my Wife only ever goes into the kitchen to use the washing machine

She is the ultimate cant cook wont cook because she cant cook and I wouldnt trust her with a knife

We are looking to book next year's holiday and my wife wants to go somewhere she hasn't been before...

I suggested the kitchen.

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Originally Posted by Jones28

Oh no no no.

Can’t have that, I’m the opposite. I’ll use steel bowls and pots and everything.

Don’t tell me she cuts lime then onion then goes back to lime?!

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Pretty much. I've stopped taking garnish if she's making the drinks. I don't know if she's noticed that I do have a bit of lime in my gin or rum when I've made them. We even have a small chopping board perfect for just getting out for chopping fruit. At least she stops short of cutting the lime on a chopping board that's been used for meat.

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Originally Posted by pollution

We are looking to book next year's holiday and my wife wants to go somewhere she hasn't been before...

I suggested the kitchen.

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Originally Posted by overdrive

My wife’s campaign to use as few kitchen items as possible even if it means doing something vile. She’ll cut a lime as a garnish for an alcoholic drink using the same knife and chopping board that’s just been used for chopping onion garlic - usually on some remnants of garlic or onion juice. Tonight she started peeling potatoes over the plates we were about to serve something on, letting the peels drop on them getting the plates all starchy.

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Guess what you are getting her for Christmas

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Sellers on vinted - what's the point in selling **** if you can't be arsed posting it?

Guy at post office counter being totally clueless about Danske bank notes, they are Sterling notes and perfectly acceptable for me to pay them into my business account. 😡

In the last few hours I’ve read and heard 5 times …. “ It was very fun.” When I was at school, ‘very’ was an adverb which qualifies a verb or adjective and fun was a noun which was qualified by an adjective. Call me a pedant, but *******ising the English language is not fun. :greengrin

The stench of bleach that hits you when you walk into some pubs at lunchtime.

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Originally Posted by Pretty Boy

Trying to get a GP appointment.

Been phoning since Monday, bang on 8am and the line is just constantly engaged for 2+ hours. Finally got to speak to someone yesterday at about 11.30 and before I'd even finished speaking was told 'there's no appointments left, call earlier tomorrow' and the call was ended. Tried again this morning, engaged for an hour then a recorded message saying 'our routine GP appointments are now full for today'.

It's not an emergency so can't/wouldn't go to A&E but it definitely needs a GP and can't just be seen by a pharmacist or similar.

My dad had similar lately with an inability to get an appointment and that did end up being fairly serious and he ended up in hospital.

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Just to balance this a bit.

Finally got a GPs appointment on Friday past. GP wasn't overly concerned but did think a hospital referral was in order just to have a second opinion and confirm her assessment. Received a letter today saying I am on the ENT waiting list and current waiting times are, on average, 13 days for urgent and 53 days for non urgent. I was told by the GP I would be the latter. I don't think being seen in under a couple of months for an issue that a GP has deemed non urgent is too bad at all when you consider the winter pressure the NHS is under.

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Originally Posted by Jim44

In the last few hours I’ve read and heard 5 times …. “ It was very fun.” When I was at school, ‘very’ was an adverb which qualifies a verb or adjective and fun was a noun which was qualified by an adjective. Call me a pedant, but *******ising the English language is not fun. :greengrin

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'Very' as an adjective (meaning 'true') is older than its use as an adverb – it still appears in phrases like 'the very end' or 'my very best'. The adverb form became more common as usage changed over time (or was *******ised as you put it).

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Originally Posted by nonshinyfinish

'Very' as an adjective (meaning 'true') is older than its use as an adverb – it still appears in phrases like 'the very end' or 'my very best'. The adverb form became more common as usage changed over time (or was *******ised as you put it).

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Is very an adverb or adjective or something else in How very dare you? :dunno:

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Originally Posted by Pretty Boy

Just to balance this a bit.

Finally got a GPs appointment on Friday past. GP wasn't overly concerned but did think a hospital referral was in order just to have a second opinion and confirm her assessment. Received a letter today saying I am on the ENT waiting list and current waiting times are, on average, 13 days for urgent and 53 days for non urgent. I was told by the GP I would be the latter. I don't think being seen in under a couple of months for an issue that a GP has deemed non urgent is too bad at all when you consider the winter pressure the NHS is under.

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Just to counter this PB, I’ve had major issues with my sinuses for about three or four years now and yet am fobbed off with penicillin and nasal sprays. I told the GP the last time that penicillin doesn’t suit me as it encourages me to violently sh*t myself at the most inopportune moments. Again, I was sent away with penicillin. I was referred to ENT about 18 months ago and aside from receiving an acknowledgment letter about six weeks ago to say they knew I was still waiting, I’ve had absolutely nothing.

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Originally Posted by Pedantic_Hibee

Just to counter this PB, I’ve had major issues with my sinuses for about three or four years now and yet am fobbed off with penicillin and nasal sprays. I told the GP the last time that penicillin doesn’t suit me as it encourages me to violently sh*t myself at the most inopportune moments. Again, I was sent away with penicillin. I was referred to ENT about 18 months ago and aside from receiving an acknowledgment letter about six weeks ago to say they knew I was still waiting, I’ve had absolutely nothing.

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Jeez that is poor. Had a sinus problem myself, docs appointment in Feb then got ENT appointment in April. Non-urgent. Have to say I was amazed.

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Originally Posted by lapsedhibee

Is very an adverb or adjective or something else in How very dare you? :dunno:

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Technically an adverb I think (because it's intensifying the verb 'dare'), but it's a non-standard construction because 'very' (as an adverb) normally only qualifies adjectives or other adverbs, not verbs.

I think it's correct to describe it as either an adverb or an intensifier, but calling it an intensifier better captures its function in that phrase.

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Originally Posted by nonshinyfinish

Technically an adverb I think (because it's intensifying the verb 'dare'), but it's a non-standard construction because 'very' (as an adverb) normally only qualifies adjectives or other adverbs, not verbs.

I think it's correct to describe it as either an adverb or an intensifier, but calling it an intensifier better captures its function in that phrase.

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Folk in front of me at the checkout, total cost £554, scanned £123 worth of vouchers, took forever!!! (Tesco in Perth)

Maybe I'm just a tight **** or have no understanding of my wife/women in general.

Her pals husbands sister who lives in Spain, has never met, never likely to meet just had a baby. For some reason we had to but a present for them

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Originally Posted by Fuzzywuzzy

Maybe I'm just a tight **** or have no understanding of my wife/women in general.

Her pals husbands sister who lives in Spain, has never met, never likely to meet just had a baby. For some reason we had to but a present for them

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We've had a couple of babies within the past 5 and a bit years and I'm actually bowled over by the generosity of people we have the most tenuous of tenuous links to.

I mean, we're enormously grateful but the sheer volume of stuff we have received has been almost overwhelming and the identity of some of the gifters has been truly astonishing.

The ****ing perfume adverts at this time of year. They’re so stupid.

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Originally Posted by Jones28

The ****ing perfume adverts at this time of year. They’re so stupid.

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Agreed. They stink.

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Originally Posted by WeeRussell

Agreed. They stink.

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Does anyone look at the JPG advert and think “I want to smell like a sweaty sailor?”

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Originally Posted by Jones28

Does anyone look at the JPG advert and think “I want to smell like a sweaty sailor?”

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I think you've opened a can of worms there.

:greengrin

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Originally Posted by Keith_M

I think you've opened a can of worms there.

:greengrin

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I think you’ve announced a name of a new perfume 😂

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Originally Posted by Fuzzywuzzy

Maybe I'm just a tight **** or have no understanding of my wife/women in general.

Her pals husbands sister who lives in Spain, has never met, never likely to meet just had a baby. For some reason we had to but a present for them

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I'm a woman and I can assure you I wouldn't be buying my pals husbands sister who lives in Spain a present. So I think your just tight :greengrin

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Originally Posted by Jones28

The ****ing perfume adverts at this time of year. They’re so stupid.

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Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy…

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Originally Posted by Jones28

I think you’ve announced a name of a new perfume 😂

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Originally Posted by Northernhibee

Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy…

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Marc Jacobs? 🤔☺️

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Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY

Marc Jacobs? 🤔☺️

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Aye. It’s perfect. Perfect. Perfect perfect perfect perfect perfect perfect perfect perfect perfect perfect perfect perfect perfect perfect perfect perfect

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Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy…

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The power of advertising!! I knew that was Marc Jacobs. Sadly annoying **** works

Turkey. It’s just ****. It’s a waste of oven space.

I’d sooner have chicken breast.

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Originally Posted by Jones28

Turkey. It’s just ****. It’s a waste of oven space.

I’d sooner have chicken breast.

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Chicken or Turkey, they’re both ****. It’s just a waste of oven space, I’d rather have Lamb & Duck.

Edinburgh derbies

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Originally Posted by Jones28

Turkey. It’s just ****. It’s a waste of oven space.

I’d sooner have chicken breast.

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I used to like you. Reported.

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Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee

Chicken or Turkey, they’re both ****. It’s just a waste of oven space, I’d rather have Lamb & Duck.

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You anaw.

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Originally Posted by Jones28

Turkey. It’s just ****. It’s a waste of oven space.

I’d sooner have chicken breast.

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I hate turkey as well. No idea why so many people have it at Christmas.

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Originally Posted by Keith_M

I hate turkey as well. No idea why so many people have it at Christmas.

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I sometimes buy a turkey leg during the year and make a pot roast thing with it and it's really nice.

I think the issue with a whole turkey at Christmas is that it is such a big bird it's hard to cook it evenly. If you roast it whole then you can end up with the white meat being way overcooked. Add to that a decent chunk of people are so terrified of a bit juice in poultry that they already set the oven to cremate.

I think quality of meat is an issue as well. My father in law works in chicken farming and he gets a few birds a year to raise as a perk of the job. Once he has them they are fed the best of gear and totally free range and the difference in taste between happy, slow grown birds and those cheap Frankenstein things you get in the lower priced ranges in supermarkets is night and day.

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Originally Posted by Pretty Boy

I sometimes buy a turkey leg during the year and make a pot roast thing with it and it's really nice.

I think the issue with a whole turkey at Christmas is that it is such a big bird it's hard to cook it evenly. If you roast it whole then you can end up with the white meat being way overcooked. Add to that a decent chunk of people are so terrified of a bit juice in poultry that they already set the oven to cremate.

I think quality of meat is an issue as well. My father in law works in chicken farming and he gets a few birds a year to raise as a perk of the job. Once he has them they are fed the best of gear and totally free range and the difference in taste between happy, slow grown birds and those cheap Frankenstein things you get in the lower priced ranges in supermarkets is night and day.

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This year we got the butchers to butterfly turkey breast and I got a bag of bones etc to make the soup. Very easy to cook and quicker than a full bird.

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Originally Posted by Keith_M

I hate turkey as well. No idea why so many people have it at Christmas.

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Big large bird that feeds a large family.

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Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns

This year we got the butchers to butterfly turkey breast and I got a bag of bones etc to make the soup. Very easy to cook and quicker than a full bird.

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I shredded the turkey up, gave the dog some then made turkey, rice and veg soup with crusty bread, lovely

Queue jumpers in pubs.

I'm not into all this single file nonsense that seemed to take off during covid but I'm also not a total roaster who will skip in front of someone who has been there a lot longer than me. A little nod and 'he/she was here first' used to be pretty customary but it seems a thing of the past now. Admittedly a decent barperson is usually pretty aware of the order for service.

I was in the pub pre match the other night and it was rammed. I got my position at the bar and the barmaid was serving quickly and in decent order. Some guy who was more than old enough to know better just barged his way to the bar and started raising his hand every time she walked past and trying to call out his order. Tbf the barmaid studiously ignored him and kept serving those who had been their longest. A new guy jumped on the bar and when Mr pushy clocked this he was right in there calling his order out and not giving anyone else half a chance to get their order in and not giving the new barman any chance to asses who was first. He knew there was 3 or 4 people who had been waiting longer but he didn't care. Selfish ****.

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Originally Posted by Pretty Boy

Queue jumpers in pubs.

I'm not into all this single file nonsense that seemed to take off during covid but I'm also not a total roaster who will skip in front of someone who has been there a lot longer than me. A little nod and 'he/she was here first' used to be pretty customary but it seems a thing of the past now. Admittedly a decent barperson is usually pretty aware of the order for service.

I was in the pub pre match the other night and it was rammed. I got my position at the bar and the barmaid was serving quickly and in decent order. Some guy who was more than old enough to know better just barged his way to the bar and started raising his hand every time she walked past and trying to call out his order. Tbf the barmaid studiously ignored him and kept serving those who had been their longest. A new guy jumped on the bar and when Mr pushy clocked this he was right in there calling his order out and not giving anyone else half a chance to get their order in and not giving the new barman any chance to asses who was first. He knew there was 3 or 4 people who had been waiting longer but he didn't care. Selfish ****.

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Yeah that always annoyed me too. More airport related a year or so ago we jumped on a flight to Copenhagen and they called out seats from A to D or whatever to board then all of a sudden two young lassies probably mid 20s just barged through and almost knee capping me with her case in the process

Straight to the front they went with one of them saying along the lines of “**** we will get home at midnight waiting on these ditters” . I love the last laugh though, one of the lassies was checked through but when the gobby ones passport was checked she was refused because her passport was out of date, think she had 2 months or so before expiry and was refused plane boarding

She went awfy emotional and begged to fly but they flatly refused her. I did have some sympathy for her, Im not all that bad 🫢

Human pigs. Lady on the train last night eating some kind of seeds and spitting the shells out onto the floor and seats. After stuffing her face with some kind of gunge she then wiped her greasy fingers on the seats before moving to another seat leaving her **** behind her all whilst listening to loud videos on her mobile phone. Utterly minging behaviour and normally I would have said something but I thought better of starting an argument with a woman on her own on a train at night.

Fireworks! It's 10pm on Hogmanay and that's them started. Dogs now sitting themselves and won't go out later. 10pm!!! Not even close to midnight. Dicks

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Originally Posted by weecounty hibby

Fireworks! It's 10pm on Hogmanay and that's them started. Dogs now sitting themselves and won't go out later. 10pm!!! Not even close to midnight. Dicks

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I'm in England so fireworks on TV are from London.

It's pretty impressive and it's in combo with a drone show and the drones are so much better. Probably not practical for private events but for big public displays hopefully that's the future. Pretty spectacular but quiet.

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Originally Posted by weecounty hibby

Fireworks! It's 10pm on Hogmanay and that's them started. Dogs now sitting themselves and won't go out later. 10pm!!! Not even close to midnight. Dicks

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It's been three days solid in Berlin, now it sounds like the Russians are at the door again. Luckily my mutt seems unphased by them, in fact he looks up at the sky and watches the fireworks explode with a look of curiosity on his face.

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Originally Posted by weecounty hibby

Fireworks! It's 10pm on Hogmanay and that's them started. Dogs now sitting themselves and won't go out later. 10pm!!! Not even close to midnight. Dicks

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Back of 9 it started here, total ********s, no need at all

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Originally Posted by WeeRussell

I used to like you. Reported.

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It’s a hill I will die on, anything but Turkey!

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Originally Posted by J-C

Big large bird that feeds a large family.

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There’s an in law related cracker joke somewhere in there.

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Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee

Chicken or Turkey, they’re both ****. It’s just a waste of oven space, I’d rather have Lamb & Duck.

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Chicken I can do well, Turkey is just *****. The one I had was inedible.

I did not cook it however!

Like you Scouse, I’d have either of your suggestions with a ham or beef on the side.

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Queue jumpers in pubs.

I'm not into all this single file nonsense that seemed to take off during covid but I'm also not a total roaster who will skip in front of someone who has been there a lot longer than me. A little nod and 'he/she was here first' used to be pretty customary but it seems a thing of the past now. Admittedly a decent barperson is usually pretty aware of the order for service.

I was in the pub pre match the other night and it was rammed. I got my position at the bar and the barmaid was serving quickly and in decent order. Some guy who was more than old enough to know better just barged his way to the bar and started raising his hand every time she walked past and trying to call out his order. Tbf the barmaid studiously ignored him and kept serving those who had been their longest. A new guy jumped on the bar and when Mr pushy clocked this he was right in there calling his order out and not giving anyone else half a chance to get their order in and not giving the new barman any chance to asses who was first. He knew there was 3 or 4 people who had been waiting longer but he didn't care. Selfish ****.

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Happened to me at the Montford, got hemmed into a corner at the bar, couldn't move and Everyman and their dog got served before me

The music Sky play in the intervals in the darts. Horrible cheesy dancey pish. And these dancers...why?

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Originally Posted by Pretty Boy

Worst of the lot is Julian Clary. Maybe making innuendos and suggestive comments to straight men and simialr jokes to the above was hillarious and edgy in the lates 80s or whenever he appeared on the scene but the world has moved on and it's just tired and ridiculous now.

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This is odd as I accidentally stumbled across old posts on here, but he was brilliant on Taskmaster. When off the cuff he was hilarious and one of my favourite contestants that’s been on the show, and wouldn’t normally enjoy his stand up.

Lee Mack was the opposite way round.

People who get upset about something they have clearly not understood or are wilfully ignorant about.

The number of people losing their minds on social media about this 'new' tax on Vinted, eBay, Etsy etc is madness. It's not a new tax, anyone making more than £1K income has always been required to declare it as income and potentially file a self assesment tax return. Even then there is a higher allowance (£6K rings a bell) if you are selling personal belongings that were never intended for resale and there's even further caveats on that.

The most common gripe is 'oh so I'm going to be taxed twice. Once when I buy my baby clothes and again when I sell it 2nd hand as a loss'. Firstly children's clothes are VAT exempt so you haven't already been taxed at point of purchase. Secondly you would have to be running a commercial scale operation to have to worry about breaching the threshold on a site like Vinted where kids clothes sell for about £2 a t shirt.

I'm more concerned that so many people don't seem to realise they potentially have legal obligations on secondary income. I used to sell on Etsy and was always aware there was potential for my sales figures to be shared with HMRC (the threshold was and continues to be very high). I think the most I ever paid in tax after completing a return with my figures and other incomes was just under £2. It's panic over nothing being whipped up by a social media frenzy exploiting ignorance.

People who sing Auld Lang Zyne, even Scottish people Ive heard singing it and using Zyne, its ****ing Syne !! (Old Long Since)

Although Ive probably said zyne a few times too 🫣

My wife's employer's restrictive annual leave policies that get progressively worse. She gets the minimum legal annual leave allowance - 28 days. It started off that they couldn't take leave in late July as it is their busy period (fair enough) and had to use some of it (2 weeks' worth) while they were closed over Christmas (she doesn't mind this that much - plenty of places do it, including my employer).

Then it was "you must use some of it in this specific week in August whilst the office closes down after a busy period". So that's a week of her leave which clashes with my busy period at work.

Then it was "you can't take any leave between January and June as it is busy planning for the busy period in July. You might get the odd single day approved". So there's a chunk of my, admittedly, way more generous leave entitlement that I have to take where we can't go away together.

Now it is "everyone must take leave at the same time - so make that week in August two weeks and since there is one member of staff with a school aged child, you also need to take whichever week the school October holiday is." Great, another week we can't actually go away anywhere together and the one week we can go away together, it will be expensive.

The remaining 3 days or whatever it is she has remaining can be taken as she pleases but if she adds that onto the week in October, to make a slightly longer holiday, I can see the next argument will be "oh but there's a bit of activity planned in November so you need to be in for the rest of October. Oh, and she has to tell her boss which dates she's taking those 3 days on by the end of this week (she was told today). She's really hacked off. I am too.

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People who get upset about something they have clearly not understood or are wilfully ignorant about.

The number of people losing their minds on social media about this 'new' tax on Vinted, eBay, Etsy etc is madness. It's not a new tax, anyone making more than £1K income has always been required to declare it as income and potentially file a self assesment tax return. Even then there is a higher allowance (£6K rings a bell) if you are selling personal belongings that were never intended for resale and there's even further caveats on that.

The most common gripe is 'oh so I'm going to be taxed twice. Once when I buy my baby clothes and again when I sell it 2nd hand as a loss'. Firstly children's clothes are VAT exempt so you haven't already been taxed at point of purchase. Secondly you would have to be running a commercial scale operation to have to worry about breaching the threshold on a site like Vinted where kids clothes sell for about £2 a t shirt.

I'm more concerned that so many people don't seem to realise they potentially have legal obligations on secondary income. I used to sell on Etsy and was always aware there was potential for my sales figures to be shared with HMRC (the threshold was and continues to be very high). I think the most I ever paid in tax after completing a return with my figures and other incomes was just under £2. It's panic over nothing being whipped up by a social media frenzy exploiting ignorance.

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6k is either the capital gains tax annual exemption or the Chattel rules you are thinking of.

But yeh, you're correct. This isn't a new tax, anyone trading should be completing self-assessment.

Anyone selling their old stuff on vinted / ebay whatever has nothing to worry about. It seems to have been pretty poor messaging from HMRC / Ebay / Vinted etc...

Neighbourhood gatherings. Been living here for 35 years and this became a 'thing' about 20 years ago when someone new arrived.

Don’t get me started on the "you've lived here the longest" Aye and we aren't sociable. Get over it!!

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Neighbourhood gatherings. Been living here for 35 years and this became a 'thing' about 20 years ago when someone new arrived.

Don’t get me started on the "you've lived here the longest" Aye and we aren't sociable. Get over it!!

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That would drive me nuts, my Brother in law and his Wife bought a new house just up from the Gyle shopping centre a few years ago and it was a constant, next door would just traipse in early in the morning with rolls etc and just help himself to a coffee 🤣

I experienced it a few times after wakening up on their couch after a session in the Carricknowe pub 🤢

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That would drive me nuts, my Brother in law and his Wife bought a new house just up from the Gyle shopping centre a few years ago and it was a constant, next door would just traipse in early in the morning with rolls etc and just help himself to a coffee [emoji1787]

I experienced it a few times after wakening up on their couch after a session in the Carricknowe pub [emoji1785]

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Sounds like an episode of Two Doors Down!
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Sounds like an episode of Two Doors Down!
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That was just one neighbour, there were others, I think they were just being over friendly, they werent swingers

That I know off 🫢

Watching some doughnut now on STV defending XL Bully dogs. She can barely string a sentence together. There isn't a stupider group of people in life that those who can't see how dangerous these dogs are.

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Watching some doughnut now on STV defending XL Bully dogs. She can barely string a sentence together. There isn't a stupider group of people in life that those who can't see how dangerous these dogs are.

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Is she not the one that is saying that people shouldn’t be taking them in if they don’t know anything about handling them?

Personally I don’t think anyone can handle them.

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Is she not the one that is saying that people shouldn’t be taking them in if they don’t know anything about handling them?

Personally I don’t think anyone can handle them.

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She headed up an XL Bully rescue group. Claiming Jack Russells were just as dangerous. The stats for attacks on people and other dogs by XL Bullys are horrendous given how few of the dogs there actually are.

Your point is spot on. The dogs could snap at any point. Suddenly thats a bad owners fault? And if it hasnt snapped yet then the owners are handling them right? Sooner they are banned the better.

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Watching some doughnut now on STV defending XL Bully dogs. She can barely string a sentence together. There isn't a stupider group of people in life that those who can't see how dangerous these dogs are.

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Scotland will be a dumping ground for these things until the Scottish government gets it's finger out and bans them here too.

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Scotland will be a dumping ground for these things until the Scottish government gets it's finger out and bans them here too.

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They are banning them now.

I had a dream/nightmare last night about getting attacked by two XL bullies. Got my face ripped apart in it :greengrin. Strange in that despite having an extreme phobia of dogs since childhood after being attacked more than once, that's the first time I've actually had a nightmare about a dog attack.

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They are banning them now.

I had a dream/nightmare last night about getting attacked by two XL bullies. Got my face ripped apart in it :greengrin. Strange in that despite having an extreme phobia of dogs since childhood after being attacked more than once, that's the first time I've actually had a nightmare about a dog attack.

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All dogs should be banned and somewhere like Ireland expatriated for all dogs to be sent and live feral. Long live the cat!

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All dogs should be banned and somewhere like Ireland expatriated for all dogs to be sent and live feral. Long live the cat!

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What about a Scottish Island? Many seen to thunk they're the answer to some things :greengrin

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What about a Scottish Island? Many seen to thunk they're the answer to some things :greengrin

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They'd just need to get St Patrick back in, new job for him.

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Scotland will be a dumping ground for these things until the Scottish government gets it's finger out and bans them here too.

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Think it was those stories in the press that hurried their decision today....

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All dogs should be banned and somewhere like Ireland expatriated for all dogs to be sent and live feral. Long live the cat!

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Good idea. I envisage a boatload of them leaving harbour and a crowd of cats on the dockside giving them the cheerio cheerio cheerio treatment.

Delivery drivers leaving packages on doorsteps. Pricks

Old folk that have the ability to take up a 10ft wide pavement - how the **** do they manage it????

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Old folk that have the ability to take up a 10ft wide pavement - how the **** do they manage it????

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We've earned it you young whippersnapper 🤣

Feeling guilty when I've no change for the delivery guy despite already paying £4 delivery. How much of that does a guy delivering for just eat get?

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Delivery drivers leaving packages on doorsteps. Pricks

Old folk that have the ability to take up a 10ft wide pavement - how the **** do they manage it????

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Rips my knitting but what really pisses me off is zig zaggers, mostly folk on their phones and walking slow as ****, I go into overtake mode and they start ****ing zig zagging, just walk in a straight ****ing line 😡

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Rips my knitting but what really pisses me off is zig zaggers, mostly folk on their phones and walking slow as ****, I go into overtake mode and they start ****ing zig zagging, just walk in a straight ****ing line 😡

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I usually just push them out the way, zig-zaggers or annoying oldies

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Feeling guilty when I've no change for the delivery guy despite already paying £4 delivery. How much of that does a guy delivering for just eat get?

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That does me in as well ... prices seem so much more than before covid, makes the 'tip' over and above make the whole thing more expensive by a significant amount.

We used to be happy for a 'just eat' every week, with the odd extra one chucked in the mix depending on work... its getting to the stage its really difficult to justify the cost even week. (2 Mains and a special rice to share = £24 !!! Was the latest )

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That does me in as well ... prices seem so much more than before covid, makes the 'tip' over and above make the whole thing more expensive by a significant amount.

We used to be happy for a 'just eat' every week, with the odd extra one chucked in the mix depending on work... its getting to the stage its really difficult to justify the cost even week. (2 Mains and a special rice to share = £24 !!! Was the latest )

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Phone the take away direct or use their own website if they have one, cheaper than using the Just Eat platform in most cases. Takeaways charge more on the delivery platforms to cover the commission they have to pay.

Think I’ve moaned about it before but anyway, twitter links. I’ve never had twitter but whenever someone posts a link on here generally always been able to view it unless it tells me I’m not a subscriber of that poster. Why is it now that I open links it’s a 50% chance it opens ok and 50% it says “sorry something went wrong” and I’ll never know what the tweet was.

Similarly, never been on instagram, but more often than not when opening a link from here it opens but I can’t accept the cookies message that covers the whole page and accepting or declining doesn’t do anything so have to give up.

Yours, a dinosaur.