PJ87
Journeyman Pro
One should be presented with toilet paper. One should not have to go searching for it.
Random Irritations
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One should be presented with toilet paper. One should not have to go searching for it.
Robster59
Tour Rookie
My missus who insists her local knowledge shortcuts are better than the route suggested by the Sat Nav, so to avoid argument I take them, and we always get there later than the Sat NAV ETA.
the new GOT series starting tonight and it clashing with the footie
GB72
Money List Winner
It was on at 2.00 this morning so should be able to find it. Should already be recorded on my planner
Blue in Munich
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Slime
Tour Winner
My wife is the same, but is invariably wrong.
It got so bad the other day that, after a huge row, she just packed her bags and right.
Mudball
Assistant Pro
Hopefully you watched the match rather than GOT.. has United still GoT it or will Glazer still run around naked
Mudball
Assistant Pro
How the world has changed.. nowadays it is not uncommon for our India based tech team to ask me how are things in the U.K., our hardships and we are managing etc. one of them send me a story from one of India’s broadsheets today. India is the 5th largest economy while U.K.is 6th. Unfortunately we are headed to become the 7th as we continue to shrink ..
Crazyface
Tour Winner
Great idea. Now where exactly is my "cruise control" on my 2009 Mazda? You see some solutions aren't as good as you think when you look in to them.
Newtonuti
Active member
The mrs and her daughter using the dryer during a 35 degree heatwave to dry clothes and towels, as they can't be bothered to hang them inside. £98674949474 a month electricity bill incoming!
Crazyface
Tour Winner
Whirlpool/Hotpoint. The oven we bought in December is rubbish(put your own stronger word in) and there is no customer service to complain to. You can only have an engineer out to check it. If they say, on inspection, there is nothing wrong with it it is just a rubbish(replace with stronger word) oven, then they charge you £60! So we are stuck with a rubbish(you know what to do) oven.
Crazyface
Tour Winner
Is this a problem for us at the bottom of the pile? Job availability still outstrips work force. It's back to the sixtys. Walk out of one job straight into another, as the company my wife works for are finding out. They are loosing long serving staff on a daily basis.How the world has changed.. nowadays it is not uncommon for our India based tech team to ask me how are things in the U.K., our hardships and we are managing etc. one of them send me a story from one of India’s broadsheets today. India is the 5th largest economy while U.K.is 6th. Unfortunately we are headed to become the 7th as we continue to shrink ..
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It’s attached to the end of your right leg!
Mudball
Assistant Pro
it is not really a problem, provided people have work and can pay/afford/have access to the services they need. the challenge is if the economy keeps contracting and inflation keeps rising, where do they meet and make it unaffordable. We are constantly looking for people, but we also find that people are now being 'forced' to change jobs because they need a pay hike to pay for the winter. The resulting wage inflation will cause an even worse scenario. We are contemplating a 'one-off' living allowance to all our junior staff. So we can get into a spiral of inflation. But if at the same time, the economy does not grow, where do we go from here?
the only other flip side of being bottom of the pile is that generally we still perceive UK economy as a 'strong first world/G7 country', while in reality it has been on a slippery slope down for a while. So it is a bit of a ego issue and a reality check that we need to reset our view of our importance in the world.
Fromtherough
Assistant Pro
You could always learn to drive to the speed of the road.
Bunkermagnet
Journeyman Pro
Experience tells me kicking off at those you deal with on something like this, won’t get you what you want, and likewise would also push the engineer into a corner so you are charged if there is nothing wrong with it.
Bunkermagnet
Journeyman Pro
At least we don’t stone women who have been raped….How the world has changed.. nowadays it is not uncommon for our India based tech team to ask me how are things in the U.K., our hardships and we are managing etc. one of them send me a story from one of India’s broadsheets today. India is the 5th largest economy while U.K.is 6th. Unfortunately we are headed to become the 7th as we continue to shrink ..
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A company have contacted me for a quote. They have advised a volume of product that their end user has requested. The figure is nonsense, hugely over inflated in order to get a lower price. I know it, the company that rang me should know it and questioned the figure at the beginning. We are now going to have to go through a ridiculous dance before we reach the actual figure that is required.
