Random Irritations

[PJ87]

Yeah, I got on the Gmail wagon early so I managed to register my name without any silly numbers after it. Like you said before, I have a second account (that I registered first actually) that I still use for websites and whatnot, so if the spam content ever gets too high I can just shut it down.

Silly numbers are amazing. How else would people know how many pairs of pyjamas you own.

 

[BrianM]

Back to the 04:30 alarm clock tomorrow

 

[Alan Clifford]

I have a gmail account which I use for testing my own server. The inbox is mainly filled with spam but I get a suprising number of messages to people who think my email address is theirs.

Long time ago, I had a .f9.co.uk address, which I think was taken over by BT. But my server still polls it every day, 24 years later! Just sent it a message from gmail and it still works!

My freeserve (fsnet.co.uk) died a long time ago I think.

Used to be a point on fidonet. As the internet came into being, I had an email address on that

 

[williamalex1]

Log onto your hotmail via a web browser and have a good old clear out, get rid of junk / Spam and empty the deleted items folder

Then have a look at sent items and have a good prune

Then revisit the deleted items folder as all the stuff you delete will go there.

That should give you a chunk of space

Cheers Phil, sorted, I managed to clear out files going back to 2017

 

[ColchesterFC]

Cheers Phil, sorted, I managed to clear out files going back to 2017

I've just had a look at mine. My sent folder has emails from 2016. I then checked the folder for emails from my mum and I've got email in there going back to my grandfather's funeral. In 2008. Then checked in the folder from my dad and have got an email about his change of address. In 2006. Might be time for a clear out.

 

[bobmac]

The screaming and hooting and hollering on US talk shows. (canned screaming)
I know they tend to be a rowdy crowd but for goodness sake sit down and shut up.
Jimmy Kimmel, a prime example

 

[Pants]

People who actually watch US talk shows - and then complain about them

 

[Bazz]

Paid £149 2 weeks ago to get a car moved down to my nearest Motorpoint and they still haven't managed to do it.

 

[nickjdavis]

Getting a BigMac and chips at the drive thru and then parking up to eat, only to find there's no salt on the chips.

 

[oleinone]

Do not transit Charles de Gaulle ,Paris, on a golf trip if your bags aren't checked through. To get from one terminal to the other involves, a bus, a train and a very, very long schlep. Dragging along your golf bag and other luggage. The staff are singularly unhelpful and the signage is crap. Avoid like the plague.

 

[Dando]

More train strikes

 

[Voyager EMH]

Getting a BigMac and chips at the drive thru and then parking up to eat, only to find there's no salt on the chips.

But nearly 50% of your salt requirement for the day in the Big Mac. Which is good.

 

[Captainron]

More train strikes

Oh wow. Not shocked. They are almost French in the way th the behave. Terrible

 

[Orikoru]

More train strikes

This would be in gladden the heart for me, every time there's a tube strike I get an extra day of working from home.

 

[Robster59]

If you had watched any of the interviews Kate Garraway has done this week publicising the documentary, you will have seen/heard that she has not pleaded poverty and has said that she is, in fact, lucky that she was able to pay for the care herself. It is the press that is saying she will have to sell her 2nd home, not Kate herself.

But let's not let facts get in the way of internet outrage.

I've just seen the programme. Very moving and she obviously loved him very much. Irrespective of the financial arguments, and there are undoubtedly people worse off financially, but what you saw on that programme was the effects of a debilitating illness on not just the person, but also on the whole family. The care and love was obvious throughout the programme and so the loss for her was immense. That loss is felt throughout the UK for people who have to do this on their own, and the support is not there from the care system. What this programme has done has highlighted the issues that many people face. And for most, those issues are far worse financially.

 

[Red devil]

Oh wow. Not shocked. They are almost French in the way th the behave. Terrible

I'll not get into a debate about this fear it will get carried away politically.
But there are two sides to this argument not just the one that the press are spoon fed by the DoT

 

[PJ87]

I'll not get into a debate about this fear it will get carried away politically.
But there are two sides to this argument not just the one that the press are spoon fed by the DoT

That's the problem tho, everyone gets angry at the little guy and ignores the actual problem and where the anger should be directed.

 

[Dando]

That's the problem tho, everyone gets angry at the little guy and ignores the actual problem and where the anger should be directed.

why shouldn't people get angry at workers striking because they want more money?

 

[PJ87]

why shouldn't people get angry at workers striking because they want more money?

Because it shouldn't be a race to the bottom. The fact that we all look at others and think they don't deserve more rather than support each other to achieve more is sad.

 

[Dando]

Because it shouldn't be a race to the bottom. The fact that we all look at others and think they don't deserve more rather than support each other to achieve more is sad.

why should we support the strikers because they want more money and are more than happy to disrupt people's lives