Cutting the grass (my total garden is a quarter acre) is a necessity rather than a joy for me. I've given as much as I can to shrubs, veg plots and wildflowers while keeping bits to sit in the sun.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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21-05-2022 03:17 PM #10201There is no such thing as too much yarn, just not enough time.
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21-05-2022 05:54 PM #10202This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Why? Because it stops the passing meffs and whoppers sticking their cans, coffee cartons, pizza boxes etc in them. Remember it's two weeks per collection and if you're near a busy bus stop and carryout places your bin gets filled up in a week.
I'm sure that the bin men can handle the extra work!
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21-05-2022 09:17 PM #10203This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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21-05-2022 09:21 PM #10204This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
As for the extra work, they didn't get to my street on time this week and had to come round the following day to finish the job. Probably slowed down by all the bins they need to 180Mon the Hibs.
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22-05-2022 07:11 AM #10205This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I was in Newcastle for my stag weekend a few weeks back and a pint there was averaging about £3.80-£4.25 in your standard city cente pub. If you are used to that then I daresay 'London prices' are a shock. Compared to central Edinburgh though, there's not much in it. Of course you can still get a pint in a local in Edinburgh for £3.50ish, not sure that is the case in London.
I was also in Cambridge a couple of weeks ago. Found pints there to be noticeably expensive. £5.50 was about standard, couple of places were north of £6.50 for pretty standard stuff.
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22-05-2022 10:08 AM #10206This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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22-05-2022 10:53 AM #10207
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Been in Amsterdam and Paris in the last year. I used to find them really expensive for a pint, but not to different to Edinburgh now
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25-05-2022 02:54 PM #10209
Insurance companies!
Car insurance is due next month, got the renewal and it's a 47.5% increase, go online find the same company offering the same insurance for an increase of 13.2%
I thought this was now illegal!!!There is no such thing as too much yarn, just not enough time.
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25-05-2022 05:26 PM #10210This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
(I thought that was illegal also)
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25-05-2022 05:56 PM #10211
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The general standard of driving. Drove for about half a mile from my house tonight and in that time had 3 instances of really poor/selfish driving. First one, car coming round a blind corner doing about 30 with no regard to what could be coming the other way. Near miss. Waiting to turn left from a side street onto a main road, traffic clears and I pull out only to be met with some idiot pulling out right in front of me from the kerb on the main road without indicating ir checking his mirrors. Second Near miss. Pulling out of parking space in Tesco car park and boy racer, music blaring belting up the middle and slamming brakes on when he saw me. What is it with drivers these days, speed, impatience, and lack of concentration.
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25-05-2022 06:12 PM #10212
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It works. My AA car renewal was £64 compared to £42 last year, complained that Green Flag was £29 so got the AA down to £30.
One phone call is all it took plus a genuine quote from elsewhere. Even worked when buying the car, saving nearly £2000 by showing other garages' prices
for the same model etc.
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26-05-2022 01:30 AM #10213This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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26-05-2022 07:31 AM #10214This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteThere is no such thing as too much yarn, just not enough time.
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26-05-2022 04:37 PM #10215This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The answer : we are just brokers and the underwriters adjusted the price on a daily basis.
Sounds like a get out for the renewal being higher.
Anyways, gone with a different broker who is offering the same insurance with the same underwriters for less.There is no such thing as too much yarn, just not enough time.
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26-05-2022 07:01 PM #10217This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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26-05-2022 07:18 PM #10218This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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26-05-2022 10:50 PM #10219This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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27-05-2022 04:23 AM #10220This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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27-05-2022 06:29 AM #10221This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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27-05-2022 10:22 AM #10222This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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27-05-2022 10:28 AM #10223This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteThere is no such thing as too much yarn, just not enough time.
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27-05-2022 03:09 PM #10224
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28-05-2022 04:11 PM #10225
Bullies.
I was walking to Asda at The Jewel today. 2 girls, maybe aged 11 or 12, were doing a litter pick (much needed as the area is a tip because of the tramps who just drop their rubbish, another peeve of mine). Anyway as I got closer to them I saw there was 3 boys who looked a bit older (13/14 if I had to guess) hassling them. One poking one of the girls with a stick, another was feigning that he was going to punch one of them and the 3rd was sneering that he had 'made her cry'.
It was quite funny watching their bravado crumble when I asked them what the **** they were doing and told them to **** off and leave the girls alone. As soon as they were challenged they ran off tails between their legs. The worst kind of bullying cowards.
Almost as bad were the stream of other people who walked past, saw what was happening and ignored it.
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28-05-2022 06:06 PM #10226
Jekyll and Hyde drinkers. Was at my works Christmas party last night and one of my colleagues who is normally as timid as a mouse turned into a party animal after necking a few beers, after a few more he became aggressive and was lucky not to get his face busted.
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28-05-2022 08:52 PM #10227
Christmas parties in May! 😉
There is no such thing as too much yarn, just not enough time.
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28-05-2022 10:24 PM #10228This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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28-05-2022 10:55 PM #10229This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
P7 was fine until they extended the old Motorail bays and made them platforms 5 and 6, getting to 7 now involves a hike, platform 1 at Waverley is the real pain in the erse, especially from a train crew point of view. you can no longer just nip over tracks like the old days as thats frowned upon nowHibs.nets negative posting legend and unofficial ticket agent.
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28-05-2022 10:59 PM #10230This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
One of the best jobs I've ever had was working as a charge hand at Haymarket station, long before any platform 0 was there and when the Caley ale house was still in situ as well for a pint after work. Working with the late Jack McGee (the voice of the tannoy at Haymarket) were some of the best years of my railway career to date.Hibs.nets negative posting legend and unofficial ticket agent.
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