Random Irritations

[PJ87]

No, no no.
It'll be either 'Winter of Colour' or 'Christmas of Colour'.
In fact, the word Christmas will probably banned so we'll have to call it 'Season of Colour'!

People said that would happen, never did. Never will, just standard daily mail moaning for the sake of moaning.

 

[nickjdavis]

I've been banned from painting (and several other things). I don't have the patience to be careful enough. I'm more of a destroyer.....digging ditches etc

Me too....the wife decorates...painting, tiling, wallpapering.

I chainsaw things and build new things in place of what I've just butchered.

 

[Slime]

Dog insurers sending their renewal terms.
Up from £24.99 per month to £38.99 per month despite never having made a claim!

Erm, I don't think so.

 

[C7usk]

What works for my dog, who absolutely abhors all the noise, is Classic FM played loudly!
I know that sounds odd, but it works for my pooch.

Cheers Slime, good shout.. Yeah we do the classic fm for dogs bit on bonfire night.. Bit of a bonus for me, as thankfully I like a lot of the stuff they play.. Especially the ones that you recognise from films.... Bizarrely it's friday night and I've heard 1 firework... ... The last 2 weeks have been like Bosnia... Sometimes I love the wet Scottish weather... It's a good ned deterrent...

 

[KenL]

I’d ban fireworks if it were up to me.
No doubt there will be carnage on 5/11 with fire crews being attacked by neds.

Already happened in Edinburgh on Halloween.

 

[KenL]

Dog insurers sending their renewal terms.
Up from £24.99 per month to £38.99 per month despite never having made a claim!

Erm, I don't think so.

The insurance for our wee dog has stayed the same for 3 years.
The company is called Waggle.

 

[Mudball]

Was looking to buy couple of bar stools for the kitchen island. Last week called the guys and asked them if they have any deals coming up...

She said, pl hold back as we have Black Friday sale next week. So I held back and put a reminder to buy it on Friday. Went to order it and indeed there was 20% off across the site. The only problem is that they had increased the price of the chair by 26%... So after the black friday , it was more expensive than regular price. Well done !!

 

[GB72]

Was looking to buy couple of bar stools for the kitchen island. Last week called the guys and asked them if they have any deals coming up...

She said, pl hold back as we have Black Friday sale next week. So I held back and put a reminder to buy it on Friday. Went to order it and indeed there was 20% off across the site. The only problem is that they had increased the price of the chair by 26%... So after the black friday , it was more expensive than regular price. Well done !!

Dunelm have got a few on sale at the moment as have Jysk

 

[AmandaJR]

Was looking to buy couple of bar stools for the kitchen island. Last week called the guys and asked them if they have any deals coming up...

She said, pl hold back as we have Black Friday sale next week. So I held back and put a reminder to buy it on Friday. Went to order it and indeed there was 20% off across the site. The only problem is that they had increased the price of the chair by 26%... So after the black friday , it was more expensive than regular price. Well done !!

Thought that was illegal and the item had to have been on sale at "full" price for a certain length of time prior to being "reduced"??

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Thought that was illegal and the item had to have been on sale at "full" price for a certain length of time prior to being "reduced"??

They have to have been reduced 'somewhere '. If it's a national company it could be at price x in St Ives, nowhere else and that's enough. Smoke and mirrors.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

My Mrs - bless her cotton socks…”I can’t find my Fitbit - could you help me look for it…”

Me…cautiously…”where do you normally put it?”

BHCS…”by the bed on the bedside table”

Me…ever so very cautiously “have you checked there?”

Two minutes later BHCS appears wearing Fitbit

Me…says nuuuthing

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

No, no no.
It'll be either 'Winter of Colour' or 'Christmas of Colour'.
In fact, the word Christmas will probably banned so we'll have to call it 'Season of Colour'!

I think that those of a Christian faith might have something to say about cancelling use of the word Christmas…though quite possible that some might not make the connection

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Dog insurers sending their renewal terms.
Up from £24.99 per month to £38.99 per month despite never having made a claim!

Erm, I don't think so.

The longer it goes without you making a claim the closer you are to making one…maybe…

 

[PJ87]

The longer it goes without you making a claim the closer you are to making one…maybe…

Isn't it an age thing? I know once a dog reaches 8 the premiums shoot up

 

[Slime]

Isn't it an age thing? I know once a dog reaches 8 the premiums shoot up

She's 12 and the prices have remained pretty stable until this year.

 

[AmandaJR]

Premiums go up and settlements go down. Like all forms of insurance, it's a gamble...

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Isn't it an age thing? I know once a dog reaches 8 the premiums shoot up

Could be…

 

[IanM]

My mum in law has got Alan Carr on the TV.

Blimey. I hope that voice is put on for tv.

 

[jim8flog]

The 1st of the "Black November" emails offering discounts on golf stuff. Its gone from Black Friday > Black Friday Weekend > Black November in space of 3yrs!!

It's going to be black Martha, all black

 

[rudebhoy]

On holiday this week with Jet2, they send me an email on Friday with a code for £120 off our next booking. That’s very nice thinks me, then I notice it expires on the day we travel home (yesterday). Spent most of the day travelling, got home at 8pm knackered, last thing I want to do is plan and book next years holiday.

If they had given us a week or even a month to use the code, I would have, but I just don’t see the logic of expiring it the day we travel.