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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2019 15:53:25 GMT
Discovered Mexicana cheddar, the cheese that "BITES back" according to its marketing. OMG IN LOVE You want to put it in a toastie, Mrs C, it'll knock your SOCKS off.
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Post by MrsCondomine on Apr 25, 2019 16:05:10 GMT
Discovered Mexicana cheddar, the cheese that "BITES back" according to its marketing. OMG IN LOVE You want to put it in a toastie, Mrs C, it'll knock your SOCKS off. I'm audibly drooling. LUSCIOUS SUGGESTION
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 26, 2019 15:26:24 GMT
Extremely frustrating. On Tuesday I discovered I had accidentally got a date wrong when setting something complicated up on a system at work, meaning a handful of dates were a day earlier than they should have been. The system wouldn't allow me to change them so I contacted the IT support team. After a day and a half of not very helpful emailing & Skyping my manager got involved & told me that IT support had told us the incorrect dates couldn't be changed so the correct ones would have to be changed instead. I spent about 3 hours changing probably around three to four hundred dates. This afternoon IT support told me the small number of incorrect dates could have been changed after all. I wasn't sure whether to weep or scream. (The IT support team are based overseas so going & murdering them wasn't possible!)
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Post by CG on the loose on Apr 26, 2019 19:47:35 GMT
That last comment probably a good thing Dawnstar , for your liberty at least. My sympathies - I've had similar experiences with our in-house, in-country IT support team. In other news... has anyone ever used www.broadwayroulette.com/? Am heading across the pond for a weekend with my best mate and her daughters later in the year and she's suggested we give them a whirl (sorry).
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Post by basi1faw1ty on Apr 29, 2019 11:53:03 GMT
The other week, I visited Liverpool and entered the Beatles Museum on Mathew St. My folks got the concession price for being over 60, so I was left to pay the full adult price for myself. Cashier Man: "Are you a student?" Me: "No, I wish." CM, feeling sorry for me: "Well, say you are so that I can give you the concession price." Me: "Whu... what? Really?" CM: "I mean you look like one so..." Thanks to that charming man, I paid £7 instead of £15 because I was dressed like a college student, wearing bright red Converse and a nerdy Star Wars shirt. To be fair, I've had the "Are you a student" comment crop up quite a bit as of late when I've tried to buy certain things. Not complaining whatsoever
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Post by TallPaul on Apr 29, 2019 12:43:04 GMT
What a day to be a Blade, even if in name only. How wonderful to work in an office or factory and have bragging rights for once, at least until 10 August. I can't imagine how gutting (one for the English gripes thread) it must be to be a Wednesdayite. Perhaps my very good friend BurlyBeaR is able to help?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 29, 2019 12:49:51 GMT
What a day to be a Blade, even if in name only. How wonderful to work in an office or factory and have bragging rights for once, at least until 10 August. I can't imagine how gutting (one for the English gripes thread) it must be to be a Wednesdayite. Perhaps my very good friend BurlyBeaR is able to help? Not really, I only used to go to Hillsborough for the pies 🥧😋
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Post by TallPaul on Apr 29, 2019 12:58:08 GMT
I only used to go to Hillsborough for the pies At least we now know who ate them all, and why you are BurlyBeaR!
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Post by Backdrifter on Apr 29, 2019 21:54:40 GMT
The IT support team are based overseas so going & murdering them wasn't possible! Is that WHY they're based overseas?
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Post by Backdrifter on Apr 29, 2019 22:00:54 GMT
First off, breakfast distraction, "Sooty." Now, I was a huge fan when tiny... happened to see a few minutes of the latest incarnation yesterday. Never liked him. I hate people who whisper all the time. I remember an entry in Private Eye's old True Stories column about a police officer who'd e.g. stop a driver, explain they were speeding, then say "Let's see what Sooty says, shall we?" and reveal a Sooty on one hand, make it whisper in his ear while he nodded and said "Hmm, yes" then say to the driver "Sorry sir, Sooty says you're nicked." I believed it. It seemed entirely in character.
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Post by Backdrifter on Apr 29, 2019 22:05:34 GMT
I have some work in London this week so am making my first visit in 2 months. I've decided the evening flight is the way to go. Took off from Inverness 7pm, walked into the flat in SW London 9.50. What will they think of next, eh?
Mark Thomas's NHS show at BAC tomorrow, dayseat for something or other Thursday.
Meanwhile, I must demolish the hill of post.
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Post by TallPaul on Apr 30, 2019 12:22:35 GMT
Today's fun fact: Harry Corbett was the nephew, on his mother's side, of Harry Ramsden the fish and chips magnate.
Even to this day, everyone in Yorkshire is called Harry...myself included. TallPaul is just an alias.
It's reyt confusing in Starbucks. "Mocha latte frappe for Harry."
I'm joking. There are no Starbucks in the grim north. 🙂
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Post by Backdrifter on Apr 30, 2019 12:35:08 GMT
police officer who'd e.g. stop a driver, explain they were speeding, then say "Let's see what Sooty says, shall we In my travel industry days, that scenario where a customs officer snaps on a rubber glove and tells the suspect to bend over, was known as giving them the "Sooty Treatment" after what Harry had to do to manipulate Sooty. Imagine if Sooty himself was used for that purpose. You wouldn't want him whispering in your ear after that.
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Post by MrsCondomine on May 2, 2019 8:42:51 GMT
Genius 2: I now know your bank account login code, account number and PIN, current balance, recent transactions (I'd cut down on the McDonalds and porn if I were you, my friend) I'm TRYING, I really am! I'm so lonely Had a "manspreading" guy gently but firmly pressing his leg against me at Six (yes, was definitely his leg). I was already sat with my ankles crossed (like a lady), in my own seat, but this dude decided he needed more room. So I deployed my Thunder Thighs(tm) and pressed back. He moved after a couple of songs.
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Post by TallPaul on May 2, 2019 11:00:01 GMT
Today is day one, of four, of the Tour de Yorkshire, so unusually for a weekday I'm not wearing a very stylish suit and tie. Instead, I'm dressed as a MAMIL, even though I'm slightly too young.
If only you knew where the north is, @ryan. All those sweaty young men wearing tight clothing, not to mention their precision equipment. 😉
Allez! Allez! 🚴♂️
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Post by david on May 2, 2019 20:20:55 GMT
Nice to see @theatremonkey . hard at work -
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Post by BoOverall on May 3, 2019 21:36:36 GMT
Just found out I am going to my 1st football match in a few weekends: brother is refereeing the cup final so I get to see him in action in a big game. Which will be a great honour. Only downer is he tells me it is not “an interval”, there will be no musical theatre act in between the halves, and bringing canapés and Prosecco is not the done thing! 😀😀
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Post by The Matthew on May 4, 2019 4:53:06 GMT
The audience behaviour is terrible at those things. No matter how much you shush them they won't stay quiet.
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Post by BoOverall on May 4, 2019 7:31:34 GMT
The audience behaviour is terrible at those things. No matter how much you shush them they won't stay quiet. Yes I gather so 😀 Well if they so much as even try to sing along with the 11o clock number or jeer during the bows once all has ended then I will throw my duck and bilberry vol au vents at the offenders.
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Post by david on May 4, 2019 12:38:41 GMT
Thanks to 2 ladies today (while we wait for a matinee show) I’ve learnt it’s world naked gardening day today. You really do learn something everyday.
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Post by dontdreamit on May 4, 2019 12:59:18 GMT
And on the gardening theme, I’ve managed to buy some verbena for £1 a plant in Poundland. I like a bargain! (Although you don’t really expect to spend more than a £1 in a pound shop...)
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Post by BoOverall on May 4, 2019 14:23:14 GMT
Thanks to 2 ladies today (while we wait for a matinee show) I’ve learnt it’s world naked gardening day today. You really do learn something everyday. Now where DID I put my dibber
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Post by MrsCondomine on May 7, 2019 8:29:39 GMT
Attended a beautiful wedding, very moving and a lovely chance to catch up with people I love. Saw someone I really like very much who is still taken (DAMN IT), we had a good chat and it was very nice.
Got me thinking about my own pretend wedding - Game of Thrones themed tables around the Five Kings! The Balon Greyjoy table is served squid, only squid. The Joffrey table is expected to drink wine and lots of it. The Stannis table get their own regrets served cold.
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Post by clair on May 7, 2019 11:24:40 GMT
Recovering from the most emotional weekend in Liverpool for the Fame Reunion. Such an incredible event and the most amazing fans who were all so friendly and fun - we were all back to being kids again for the entire time. The cast were fabulous not only giving great performances but also giving so much time to fans at various meet and greet events - they all signed anything wanted, had tons of photos taken and took time to talk to people. All this despite most of them being down with bronchial problems and having spent an entire week rehearsing, doing interviews etc. On top of all that they didn't get paid a penny as it was all for charity - Claire's House Hospice in Liverpool.
What a wonderful group of people - now hoping they can do it all again sometime, I'd be there like a shot
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Post by TallPaul on May 7, 2019 17:21:41 GMT
As I'm going to the theatre tonight, I thought I'd do it in style and eat out too. 🍽 I decided against ordering the BurlyBeaR size portion, and opted instead for just the 15oz gammon steak, with chips, fried egg, garden peas, pineapple slice and half a grilled tomato, all washed down with a pint of real ale, obvs. 🍺 And for the first time ever, I ordered using an app, which I feel slightly guilty about, but at least I didn't have the usual conundrum of either using my coat 🧥 to reserve my table, or take it with me to the bar at the risk of returning to find someone sitting where I had been. So along with binge-watching the final three episodes of a TV series 🖥, I'm slowly but surely joining the 21st century. Shame I'll be travelling home on a train that dates from the 1950s. 🚂
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 7, 2019 19:32:22 GMT
As I'm going to the theatre tonight, I thought I'd do it in style and eat out too. 🍽 I decided against ordering the BurlyBeaR size portion, and opted instead for just the 15oz gammon steak, with chips, fried egg, garden peas, pineapple slice and half a grilled tomato, all washed down with a pint of real ale, obvs. 🍺 And what did you have for your main course? 🙂👍
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Post by anita on May 10, 2019 9:23:42 GMT
Really annoyed. - Had to turn down a ticket for "The Best of Rock Musicals" on Sunday as no tubes & no mainline train also. Two replacement bus services in each direction is more than I can tolerate.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2019 21:37:03 GMT
Spent the last 3 months fighting hurdles and roadblocks trying to build up attention and help out an event I really believe in, in an area that persistently moans about nothing ever happening, for people to flake out and suddenly bail or just become unresponsive. Feeling deflated and despondent.
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Post by MrsCondomine on May 13, 2019 13:58:57 GMT
^I know those feelings only too well, @serial Shusher
Used to help out a lot with something similar sounding, but eventually it just gets to you. You can only get so far on your own enthusiasm if people don't step up to help when they say they will. People find it easier to moan about something staying the same that helping to get it changed.
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Post by MrsCondomine on May 13, 2019 14:02:51 GMT
Watched the trailer for HBO's Chernobyl on Friday and freaked myself out (mostly due to that shot of the guy I have christened, "Meltedy Spoon" a la Emma Donoghue's Room).* So what did I do on Friday night? Went and watched the first episode. That was sensible. In case you watched it and were like, "hmmm who's that guy who just got his face toasted, he seems FAMILIAR," I am here to tell you that it's Jory from Game of Thrones. I love him and his big sad eyes Also starring Paul Ritter as Angry Soviet Shift Boss Dyatlov, and Donald Sumpter as Stoic Party Man. It's haunting. And it's going to get a lot worse (and apparently includes straight-up pet murder in episode four, because, y'know, that's what happened). Anyone else scarred themselves by watching? *ETA to say trailer is absolutely NSFW unless your colleagues also enjoy graphic injury and Russian loudspeaker announcements. Also first episode is worth avoiding if you are an emetophobe!
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