Nothing irrational about that whatsoever.Quote:
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Nothing irrational about that whatsoever.Quote:
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I don’t mind kids either, this was a family of 4 adults, 4 very annoying adults.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
People who just assume. I have a condition that makes me have to go to the toilet, a lot. Have no control of it so sorry if it inconvenience you. It's either that or I fish and kit myself. Even worse at the theatre, if you have to go they don't let you back in until an interval.
It’s a brutal thing - I’ve always been a nightmare for needing the toilet, I wish I didn’t have to and there are times when it’s really inconvenient but it’s just one of those things.Quote:
Originally Posted by DH1875
Who’s ‘wazza’?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
O'Hora:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by hibsbollah
I don't think anyone is going to decry someone for going to the toilet during the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by DH1875
It's the full on combination of arriving late, pissing about trying to find their seat, up to the toilet then up again for food 5 minutes later then up for drinks 10 minutes after that then leaving early but hanging about half way down the stairs instead of just ****ing off.
Maybe it's just me but if I got up to the toilet and also planned on having food and a drink I'd probably combine it into one trip rather than 3 separate journeys.
Our normal seats weren't available on sat, I think it's a cup game thing , so we moved across the steps. I think we found the worst seats in the stadium. We were bottom of the main steps (west lower) where there's another few steps down to the left then a few down to the exit. People stop on their way up and down if there's any action going on ,totally blocking our view, people leaving for the last 10 mins or so meant we were trying to peer through them to see the game. They are oblivious, as I was until I sat there. They aren't doing anything wrong, it's just rubbish seats.Quote:
Originally Posted by Northernhibee
My regular seat in the east is similar in that I'm next to a stair way, but also there are a few rows behind the accessible platform for wheelchairs etc that actually have to come up to our row before heading back down and out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jay
Virtually every game without fail folk choose to leave early (as is their right) but will stop on the stairs, not only blocking others that genuinely want to leave but restrict the sightlines for those that want to stay.
The regulars amongst us have given up saying anything as those that cause the issue know their doing so and at this point in the game the stewards are all down pitchside so can't do anything.
It's funny you say this because I was also in the West for the first time in a while and usually sit in the east and hated it as well. I had a guy behind who was just shouting non stop at the players, some of the highlights being "pass the ball", "move" and how could I forget "open it up". Not only can't the players hear you, everyone within earshot is sick of you. Other complaints were, it felt like there was less leg room, the view was more obscured,the catering was better though. I was only there as my usual seats were already taken and wanted to give it a shot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Think I’ve already put this pet peeve on here but I absolutely detest folk that like to commentate a game. So grating.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gatecrasher
There is a woman behind me at my usual ST seat who doesn’t know who any of the players are. Every week “who’s that number 2?” Folk she’s with tell her then it’s the same again next time round. And it isn’t just Miller (that was just an example). It’s half the team and well known players too like Boyle, Newell, etc. Kwon too which amuses me - we’ve got one East Asian player… take a guess who it is!
Rocky Bushiri?Quote:
Originally Posted by overdrive
Has anybody noticed the huge upsurge in small companies manufacturing low carb., sugar free., keto baked goods? Demand is high and Facebook is full of them. I believe they are excellent and are great for type 2 diabetics and folk on low carb diets etc. But the cost of everything is blindingly high. For example, one company is selling a small loaf for £5 and nearly £5 delivery. Very few of this type of food is available from major retailers and supermarkets. These small companies explain away their prices with understandable reasons….. high cost of raw materials, high overheads and artisanal baking methods. When are big boys going to see the potential of this huge market and grab a slice (pardon the pun) of the cake? Prices will still be relatively high but not nearly as prohibitive as present suppliers.
Folk complaining that they couldn’t travel this weekend, I’m going to be stuck in Glasgow and will need to book a hotel one person told an interviewer on tv.
https://youtu.be/_ECGKcl4s-kQuote:
Originally Posted by silverhibee
I'm all for complaining about being stuck in Glasgow!
Glasgow is a great place. The problem is that it's full of Glaswegians.Quote:
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But they’ve got the best patter dontchaknow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Americans that comment on UK originated social media posts and question the post because it isn’t in American English. Just read one on the social media account Fesshole where somebody has said something about the use of “full stops”.
The first comment is from an American who complains that they don’t understand the post as it seems to them that the post meant to say “period”.
I saw another one a few weeks ago where a woman had told her daughter to physically hand in her CV to a cafe rather than email it in, only for the cafe to tell the girl that they do not accept physical applications.
Response from an American “well that’s totally on you because not only did you tell her to go in person, you didn’t stop her using a CV irrespective of the method it is submitted. A CV isn’t appropriate for any job application, she should be handing in a resume”.
You could’ve stopped here and I’d still agree with you [emoji16]Quote:
Originally Posted by overdrive
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It's fair enough that Americans stick to their own home-grown words like résumé. They can't be Americanising curriculum - that would become crriclm, which is too hard to say.Quote:
Originally Posted by overdrive
That cycling one has made my day 😂😂😂Quote:
Originally Posted by hibsbollah
The Masked Singer.
Its rubbish, I don’t even really enjoy it but I need to know who they all are :greengrin
Sky sports football soccer Saturday panel when the scores come in and adult males shrieking every time there is a goal or other incident. Another thing about that is all the nick names, Boydy, Merse, Daws, Si, Deansy etc, ****ing grow up ffs 🤬
And the clues are so obscure you'll never guess who they are.Quote:
Originally Posted by hibee_girl
Unless you know the voice.Quote:
Originally Posted by J-C
Andrea corr was obvious and wolf is marti pellow.
It's pish tho. I'm only there to see maya jama.
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Originally Posted by Just_Jimmy
Wolf is 100% Marti Pellow, I was subjected to his music every day when I was living with my mum 😄
I was convinced Kingfisher was Harry Hill though 🤷🏻*♀️
Once you know who, you can fit the clues usually. The three umbrellas - wet wet wet. The picture of the guy from buffys eyes - angel eyes.Quote:
Originally Posted by hibee_girl
Clues are usually something like they bought a toffee crisp in 1996 or some crap.
It's just brutal telly. The standard those shows is a race to the bottom. It's grim.
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I think those shows have their place.Quote:
Originally Posted by Just_Jimmy
I wouldn't really choose to watch them if it was just me but Saturday night, just in from the football, food prepared and the run of Gladiators, Masked Singer, 1% Club is pretty safe family viewing when I have my 7 and 3 year old kicking about. Unlikely to be anything age inappropriate and certainly with the former two the bairns enjoy them.
The woman from the Ionos advert. “I scoot off now”
Aye, you do that. And don’t scoot back either. Bellend.
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People who take their kids out of school for a holiday and try to dress it up as something it's not.
Guy I know is currently in Tenerife with his bairns and is giving it 'who needs school, immersing kids in another culture is soooo much better for them than a classroom' on social media. Mate, it's an all inclusive in Tenerife and you haven't left your hotel grounds in 5 days. It's hardly the pyramids, WWI battlefields or Rome is it?
I don't care what other parents do with their kids and I'm certainly no grass about such things but just be honest. You are there now because you want a bit winter sun and it's cheaper to go now than it is at half term in a couple of weeks. 'Culture' has got **** all to do with it:faf:
I never included gladiators cos it's phenomenal and makes me nostalgic about being a bairn and...well ...Jet memories! [emoji14]Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
The 1% club is decent enough, never too taxing but enough to think about.
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Folks at work that comment on what you are eating....yeah, I'm eating. **** off and leave me alone please :agree:
Depends on what you are eating, guy that sits next to me at work once came back from Morrisons with an actual rotisserie chicken and sat and wired into it at his deskQuote:
Originally Posted by Wembley67
Hahha, reminds me of my old boss many moons ago when I was scoffing a Mars Bar at my desk, he wanders past and shouts "you'll turn intae a f****** Mars Bar!"Quote:
Originally Posted by Wembley67
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Originally Posted by Mon Dieu4
Can't beat a home made tuna and red onion sandwich at your desk !
Keeps people away, I guarantee it.
Granted there are exceptions! Used to work with a guy that used to eat garlic salami or something every lunchtime. It's a large office and the whole floor absolutely stunk of it...he ended up getting sacked, I'm guessing it wasn't for that but good riddance :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Mon Dieu4
Office 'banter' is just hilarious isn't it :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hiber-nation
What's wrong with that like?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mon Dieu4
Getting zero feedback from interviews.
Bad PR for organisations and recruiters.
1) who sits and rips apart and entire cooked chicken at their deskQuote:
Originally Posted by DH1875
2) we have a canteen and seating areas for lunch
3) it reeks
4) Chicken grease all over our joint desk
5) it's weird as ****
You shouldnt be rolling or smoking joints at your desk anyway, its bad.Quote:
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Originally Posted by Viva_Palmeiras
I understand they can't provide feedback to every single applicant but when it gets to interview stage you are talking about a handful of people. Common courtesy to provide a bit feedback if requested.
Happened to my wife lately. Applied, interviewed, email saying her interview was unsuccessful, she replied asking for feedback for future reference and then radio silence. Just rude; even an email saying 'we can't provide individual feedback' would be basic decency.
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Originally Posted by Bridge hibs
Folk that make a cuppa Tea and don't strain the bag , My mrs does this and walks nonchalantly over to put it in the bucket with drips all over my kitchen flair ! ffs strain it in the cup and put one hand under the spoon as you head to the bucket , Nae mess
Some sort of teabag receptical in the vicinity of the kettle will soon see an end to this haphazard behaviour, said receptical can then be emptied into the bin at your leisure whilst avoiding those tea drops on your kitchen floor.Quote:
Originally Posted by HibbyAndy
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Originally Posted by HibbyAndy
Your wife makes her OWN tea?
I feel so jealous!
Yip got a wee tupperwear hing that it now goes in THEN into the bucketQuote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
:greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
Young peoples habit of starting every sentence with the word "SO".
Not sure if this is a peeve buts it’s certainly getting on my nerves at the moment.
House stuff.
We bought our house with my son - who is 4 today - on the way and we were skint at the time, with the prospect of my wife going on maternity leave and the drop in income that would come with it, so we compromised on a lot of stuff at the time.
Just little things like buying second hand furniture and doing things we could ourselves. Now these things are all going wrong, the cheap bed we moved from the old house is falling apart, my bedside table was second hand is now falling to bits, some of the DIY stuff we did like fitting a cheap laminate floor is tired and knackered already.
We bought a cheap oven to go in the kitchen which has always been a bit crap is now on the blink.
Not to mention the 20 plus years old kitchen which was scruffy when we moved in is starting to really fall apart.
We love the house but it’s such a project and lots of these jobs which were ones for the future are now needing done. Things like the driveway which is probably original tarmac is now less tarmac, more under layer, we need to renew the fascia, soffits and guttering.
Feels very overwhelming.
Here's how I'd do it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jones28
Go round the place, room by room, inside and outside and make a list. List everything, no matter how small.
Then sit with your list and rank each space in terms of use - use the kitchen, livingroom, bedroom and bathroom most probably so rank everything in each of those rooms in order of importance, but also consider easy wins.
Then go room by room and tick it off.
People make the mistake of jumping around and taking on too much and it becomes over whelming.
Do what you can yourself, what you can't, pay someone to do it properly - it's value in the long run. Also consider how much easier it makes your life if someone just does it well.
When it comes to kitchens, bathrooms - spend the money on things you touch (hoi... stop s******ing at the back)... taps, switches etc.
Importantly, on your list, take a few easy tasks and do them so you feel like you've started. Tidying really helps too, it's easy to mistake clutter or untidiness as much more work when actually you'll clear your mind by clearly the floor or counter etc.
Don't underestimate how much relaying a cheapish floor, or a fresh paint job can make a whole room feel fresh.
I'm sure there's plenty trades on here that can give you proper advice about specific tasks. I'm just a diy person, the only thing I don't do is anything past basic electrics or basic plumbing.
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well…Quote:
Originally Posted by J-C
Those clickbait hooks that promise stuff and it doesn’t even display what he bait was promising to reveal.
Also the articles with ads on the Scotsman, EEN and EmbraLive that initiate popups and refreshes/ shuffling of items on the screen than makes it unreadable.
Hyped up fights usually involving McGregor or some aged boxer making a return to fight a YouTuber with phoney, staged “fights” at the weigh ins.
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What a terrific and positive post :aok:
I don’t know the guy who sits next to you at work but he’s my hero and I want to be his mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mon Dieu4
Did he finish the whole chicken?
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Thanks Jimmy that’s a really helpful post.Quote:
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Check in if you need encouragement, advice or just a moan. It's not easy but its worth the effort.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jones28
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Cheers mate I appreciate that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Just_Jimmy
How far down the DIY rabbit hole have you gone?
I’m seriously considering doing my guttering, fascia boards and soffits after seeing quotes for £10-12k. It looks doable if I can get the help and do it sections so we aren’t fighting too hard against time and weather.
My driveway too, that was quoted £6k, and we are looking at resin bound driveways and you can buy kits to do it yourself.
“Wait, what?!”Quote:
Originally Posted by Viva_Palmeiras
Never done a driveway. I've laid patios etc as most people have. Reckon it would be easy enough if you plan it and prepare it well. Time consuming probably.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jones28
Your guttering and facia should be okay. I'm very much of the opinion if you read up and watch you tube you can tackle most things. Make sure you've got a good ladder and someone holding it. Is that price 3 quotes? I've not idea what it would cost tbh.
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Resin driveways should be banned along with artificial 'turf' :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Jones28
The footprint in manufacturing this stuff is disgusting and does more harm than good!
Builders pimping themselves out for work will no doubt tell you resin driveways are 'good for the environment', it's utter codswallop - but if you must then prepare a place in hell for yourself :wink:
ps Resin jobs are very expensive and it's very very easy to screw it up, some jobs are worth paying folk to do and in experience this is one of them.
One of the neighbours was doing his own driveway last year. Not resin but monoblock. Seemed to take him months. Not sure if it was lack of available time to do, weather, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Just_Jimmy
My wife's constant reorganising of the kitchen cupboards and the lack of consultation about it. I wouldn't mind if she either consulted (told) me first or if the kitchen was her domain. It isn't. I probably do more of the cooking. You go to get something and it isn't there. Appreciate this isn't directly a cooking thing given my last comment but I came in from the gym last night and went to get a glass of water. Opened the cupboard where the glasses are and they weren't there. She had moved them which means that cooking implements have probably moved too.
Transfer windows. Some folk really lose their **** during them
Artificial turf is the work of satan, no doubt about that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wembley67
Is an artificial driveway worse than, say, tarmac or concrete? I don't fancy mono-block with the upkeep etc.
I did think about doing pavers with spaces for grass to grow through but again it's just another thing to upkeep and I want something that is going to be low maintenance.
What is it about resin driveways that make them so bad? AFAIK the material is aggregate but I haven't looked in to that side of it.
Are their any eco-friendly options?
It's just me with my eco-head on. Masses of chemicals get used to produce them generally and also once down there isn't anywhere for wee beasties etc to live 😁Quote:
Originally Posted by Jones28
If monoblock is done properly all you vae to is put in kiln sand once a year (maybe an hour's job on a sunny day) and the upkeep is minimal.
It's all about weighing up what you want and if you have any morals 🤣 If you want zero upkeep then yeah go for resin, any other option will require slight maintenance but like anything keep on top of it and you'll be grand.
My grandad always said to me if you see a weed just pull it out of its unsightly and that way big jobs never get on top of you 😁
Depends how you define eco-friendly. If you're concerned about good water management and encouraging pollinating insects, consider planting wildflower meadow around the pavers you'll drive up. It will grow on any rubbish soil, and the only maintenance you'll need to do is a cut back and remove in late autumn. And rainwater will have somewhere to run off to when theres heavy rainfall. Crushed concrete is recycled and its also permeable so it drains, so thats a decent option.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jones28
The most eco-friendly option is not to have a driveway at all, although thats not an option for everyone.
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Originally Posted by Wembley67
Fair do's guys, we are both environmentally conscious and like doing things to encourage wildlife in the garden - we've planted a heap of hedging this year along the front to replace a fence that probably only has 3 or 4 good storms left before it gives up on us.Quote:
Originally Posted by hibsbollah
I'd prefer to avoid something that is going to need continuous upkeep throughout the year but something made from recycled materials like the recycled concrete could be a good shout.
Thanks Jim, I had a quote a few years ago for soffits etc for £6k which will no doubt have increased, we are asking them for a new price.Quote:
Originally Posted by Just_Jimmy
I had one guy working across the street who came over and wandered about for 5 minutes, he came back with £12k, having seen the amount of work my in-laws had done on their much bigger, higher and dormer windowed house a few miles away I have confirmed he was an absolute rip off merchant as they paid £12k for theirs.
I have looked at a few Youtube videos and it looks fairly straightforward. Material prices I reckon would be around the £1500 mark from some fag packet calculations, so there's a hellish difference between £1500 and my own time vs anything from £6-10k - no disrespect intended whatsoever to any roofers reading this, if I had the money I'd get someone in to do it.
If you can do it, safely! (Remember, good ladder, and someone footing the ladder) then crack on. The money you save can be spent somewhere else in time. It's all about balance, budget and work load.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jones28
Keep us updated.
Ps maybe start a diy thread?
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Tidying up. "Putting things away".Quote:
Originally Posted by overdrive
Nothing guarantees that I'll be ****ing scratching my head having to ask her "where's the....." even more than usual than the phrase "I've sorted the place out a bit" which means "I've put loads of stuff in different cupboards and drawers and you'll only find out when you have to ask me in 3 weeks"
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Originally Posted by lyonhibs
Been married for 13 years, together for 16, and have said the same thing for the whole time. She’s tidier, I’m more organised. I know where everything in the house is, until she tidies, then no one knows where it is until it’s stumbled across months later when no one needs it
Unsustainable businesses blaming having to pay their staff a better wage for their woes.
I saw a social media post from a 'wacky' southside cafe/bakery in Glasgow, one of those places that only exist in the southside of Glasgow or nouveau Leith or the like. At first I felt a bit bad for them but then they dropped the line 'and the rise in minimum wage is the final straw'.
A bit digging suggests this places has a USP of selling cookies shaped like a *****. That's their business, they sell cookies hilariously shaped like male sexual organs with swear words on them. They also sell coffee and like everywhere that sells coffee that isn't Costa or Starbucks there is a big story about how it's the best coffee and a whole load of other hyperbole that Trump would be proud of. Then I found out they charge £9 for one cookie. And they don't open until 10am thus missing that period between 7 and 9 when people might grab a coffee on the way to work. And sometimes they don't open at all because of 'other commitments'. And their cookies are totally inappropriate for kids, you know the demographic most likely to want to buy sickly sweet cookies.
So basically they open when they fancy. Produce a product that they can't sell at a price people are willing to pay day to day. Have a product that is pretty niche to start with and is most likely a one time purchase for most people. A quick glance on Google suggests they have at least 2 competitors within about 5 doors either who are cheaper, have a wider product range and open for longer. One is a donut place that seems to be able to sell donuts for about the half the price of a willy cookie. Amazing.
But in spite of all it's the staffs fault for not being willing to work for £3 and hour. That is basically what it boils down to: if we could pay less then we would. Not that they have created a totally unsustainable business. Also how many people do they think will be able to pay £9 for a wacky cookie if wages don't go up? The answer is even less than now. I make it a point to avoid any business that actively complains publicly about having to pay a fair wage (that isn't really a fair wage but it's what we have).
Rant over.
They pay £3 an hour ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
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Originally Posted by pollution
No, more that if they could (get away with paying that), they would
If you are referring to Rude Cookies then this is their post from 4 days ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
https://www.instagram.com/p/DFtMHVNq_2I/?igsh=MW5iN2E3ODE3dG16Zw==
Customers bringing coffee from other shops into their shop!!
That's them and that bit isn't on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns
But then neither is dropping a complaint about having to pay an increased minimum wage to the staff they supposedly '****ing love' into their rant. Running a business is hard graft and if your opening hours are inconsistent and limited then you can't blame that on minimum wage, even partially.
Their business is in a saturated market, everywhere is doing '****ing badass coffee bitches' that is better than the big boys and a cookie telling someone to 'make me squirt' or other vulgarities doesn't change that. It's a niche online business that was doing well, apparently still is in that capacity, that is totally unsuited to a high street presence. Accept that and go back to what was successful rather than apportioning any blame to minimum wage because you have made a bad business move.
Thing is - I’ve bought a cookie from there for my partner. A novelty, silly gift and yes, there was a cafe in there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns
I didn’t buy my coffee from there as its purpose to me was a gift shop. Ended up spending about £23 on assorted things, and to read that I should have been buying a coffee from them too and I’m using their shop wrong isn’t exactly wonderful.
Allegedly false accusations.Quote:
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https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1GzCUZrvc1/
The way plastic bottles/cartons now have the lid attached. I appreciate it's an environmental thing but it can be fiddly. Mind you, I remember when ring pulls started being attached to cans and I got used to that.
Yes. But they're impractical on a bottle. The lid is in the way when you're trying to drink from it. I rip them off anyway. You lose a bit of your drink but at least the lid is off. Pointless.Quote:
Originally Posted by He's here!
Perhaps it would have been better just to do away with plastic bottles and have us get used to the idea of that!
Unsure what you're reading as being false.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns
In their original rant about how the cafe is struggling they briefly mention minimum wage, in their follow up apology/explanation they mention that they've always paid minimum wage, in fact they pay above minimum wage but they still cite the increases across the board as being difficult for them especially when they have a product that (they admit) is priced at the upper end of the market so have little room to move.
They clearly acknowledge they have a problem, they are even trialing opening for weekday mornings just as PB suggested.
Just push it back further. It's designed to open fully, let you drink and keep the recycling together.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wilson
Anyone else find the big bottles (plastic 2 ltr) of Irn Bru are harder to open?
Is that because the caps are smaller in height (to save plastic) so less grip to unscrew?Quote:
Originally Posted by DH1875
I'm not a fan either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wilson
I don't really want to be the sort of person who says things like this but when you see/consider the widescale use of un-environmentally friendly products here and in other countries I do wonder just how much benefit a marginal increase in recycling rate for bottle tops is going to have...
See when people say the stuck on bottle tops are impractical what is it that is happening to them? I see memes of people with the bottle jammed against their nose or their chin resting on the lid but that seems like being deliberately obtuse.
I just rotate the bottle slightly so the lid is to the side and put a finger on top of it and the lid is nowhere near my face. Tbh I don't even need the finger and the lid seems to miss my face. Maybe I just have really emaciated cheeks but I don't think so. Still easy enough to hold the bottle safely and I don't notice any obvious obstruction to being able to drink it compared to totally removing the lid.
It's more the pouring of, say, a glass of orange juice by kids that can get messy due to the attached lid. Milk's not a problem as we switched to glass bottles years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Perhaps there is variance between brands / types of bottles? I find them to be in the way. Pressing where they shouldn't be. I remove them rather than tolerate them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
The lid is kept with the bottle when I screw it back on when I'm finished.
Or put the lid bit under your chin and drink it and it’s not a problem, strangely enough the last few times I have bought multi pack water it has been the old tops.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wilson
I've just noticed that with the water I've got. Perhaps they haven't got round to it. Lid off. Drink water. Lid on. No grand 'solution' required.Quote:
Originally Posted by silverhibee
Probably a bit serious for this board but my current Pet Peeve is politics: the number of countries moving to the right wing, extremism, totalitarianism...
I find prior to the new tops that I needed to keep the old ones as I...
a) didn't want to spill my fizzy juice
b) didn't want to let it go flat.
So keeping the bottle tops with the bottles was never a real problem.
Turn off the news. Delete twitter. But google maps will still tell you its called ‘Gulf of America’ now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
The world has gone batsheet crazy.
Somewhat related because it stems from the nasty politics:Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
The normalisation of calling people '******s', 'mongos' or '*******s' again. It was a dying 'art' when I was at school 20 something years ago but seems to be back with a vengeance and challenging it gets the predictable 'don't be so woke'. Sadly it seems particularly prevalent in my generation who really should know better.
Edit: Thankfully the swear filter doesn't seem to like most of these words but you get the idea.
It may depend what brand it is. From what I recall, this is an EU initiative and isn't actually required in the UK. The problem is the manufacturers can't afford to make a UK-only version so for most brands it's more economical for everybody just to get the attached lids.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wilson
Their cookies are magic right enough… but their rant was a bit “Rude” wasn’t it[emoji16] **** them tbh, if you choose to set up shop in a place like Leith or Shawlands and don’t have the turnover to turn a profit that’s your fault, should’ve chose somewhere with lower rents. I’m sure the target audience for a £9 cookie can afford to commute.Quote:
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This barely qualifies as a peeve, but I'd like to be able to bet on the correct score at the rugby.
I like the idea, and presumably the odds, of betting on a game to end 39-28 and then watching the scores tick up. I'd be sitting there thinking "right it's 26-23, 10 mins to go so I just want them to get 2 3"s here, then a converted try and concede a try which isn't converted - could happen!".
Not so much going crazy as the issues which matter to so many voters these days playing into the hands of the right. Trump's victory was more comprehensive than even he could probably have imagined. Couple that with a UK perspective of Starmer and Swinney being so utterly uninspiring/hapless and you can understand why Reform are surging in the polls.Quote:
Originally Posted by hibsbollah
Reform have been given a massive boost by media and social media companies pushing their agenda.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibspur
Farage should have had nowhere near the air time he had over the last decade or so but he’s been platformed at every opportunity and that’s given legitimacy to right wing views.
You look on social media - Twitter in particular - and it’s all aimed at that narrative and folk see enough of it and think it’s the popular view, so eventually go along with it.
It feels like we’re regressing massively towards a much more racist, sexiest and intolerant society. You see things in America like rolling back abortion rights etc and it’s depressing and hugely worrying.
Farage doesn't get the air time he does simply because the media facilitates it. He does so because, like it or not, he's arguably the most influential figure in British politics of the last decade, ever since the days when he transformed UKIP from a fringe act to a significant political force.Quote:
Originally Posted by matty_f
As I said in my previous post, the shift in what has ticked the boxes of so many voters during that time is what's played into the hands of more right-wing governments. It's not just the big beasts like immigration, but cultural issues like gender ideology where the centre/left have dropped the ball. In Scotland, for example, Nicola Sturgeon's obsession with such issues has exacerbated situations like the extraordinary court case currently playing out in Dundee where a qualified doctor expects to be taken seriously when claiming biology is an opinion rather than a science and that a biological man is woman just because he says he is. Extraordinarily, when you consider some of his past comments about (and behaviour around) women, Donald Trump has arguably achieved more for women's rights since taking office by signing a directive against biological males taking part in women's sport than 'feminist to my fingertips' Sturgeon did during her whole time as first minister.