Xela

4 days of taking it easy! Much needed 

14 hours ago, sidcow said:

Johnny come lately. 

St Paul's club is the only proper club in Birmingham, though they have also bowed down to the ladies. 

I don't play golf but a few years ago I was at a Golf day at Edgbaston Golf Club and I saw 2 what I assume were members stare at and tut a lady golfer on her way past. 

I don't think there is anything wrong with a few men or women only clubs as long as there are plenty of others that admit both.

The lack of decent batsmen in England is very worrying. 

5 hours ago, lapal_fan said:

How politically divided and obvious everyone is. 

Can't do anything online now without seeing "far left", "far right". 

I guarantee that without the anonymity of the internet, no one would know, or give a **** about anyone else politically beliefs. 

It's so tedious and boring. 

Facebook, twitter.. covered in it.  

There is your problem right there! Ignore shit that berks post online (apart from me of course )

3 hours ago, Paddywhack said:

My wife was getting a car delivered (delivered? do you get a car delivered?) once between 10am-1pm, when she was at work and I was off.

 

Yes as each car will have a delivery charge as part of the cost (even if its not delivered)

10 minutes ago, sidcow said:

Yep same happened to me on Tuesday. Someone within KFC has probably cost them literally millions of pounds. 

This is one of the problems with the constant drive to cut costs year after year. Eventually some chancer will spin them a yarn about new tech (which was the case here) and they will take a short term view to save a few quid under enormous pressure from above to do so and it goes wrong and costs tons more than they ever would have saved. 

They moved away from a specialist food distribution company who they dealt with for years to a jack of all trades one. Like you say, initially they thought they could cut costs and save money but will ultimately cost them far more now. 

3 hours ago, Paddywhack said:

It's easy really.

Us lefties are the good, caring, angelic ones whilst the right are the evil, selfish baddies. 

Nah, easier way to remember nowadays

Righties - hate Muslims

Lefties - hate Jews

AMIRITE?!

#BoliticsBantz

The Sturridge loan has worked out well hasn't it?! 

Just now, snowychap said:

How long you been waiting to use that emoji for Snowy? 

6 minutes ago, TheAuthority said:

Going to the Yale Club in Manhattan for dinner next with my best mate. He just joined and although woman are allowed in some areas there are still 'men only' parts of the club.

https://www.yaleclubnyc.org/

 

There is a place in Brum (http://www.colmoreclub.co.uk/) which is open to men and women but i'd wager its 100% male membership

2 minutes ago, Rob182 said:

I think this privates/members club you went to may have been a gay bar..

Errrm, are you suggesting the 'Rear Admiral Sailors Club' is a gay bar? How dare you! 

Private members clubs are way forward. No kids, no women and no mobile phone usage. 

50 minutes ago, sidcow said:

What a very British attitude. It never ceases to amaze me how hostile us brits are to children in restaurants when they are so welcomed everywhere else in the world. It's almost Victorian 

 

As Mike says, its down to the fact that there is so much shitty parenting in this country now. Kids are just left to run riot while their parents stare at their phones. This breeds resentment. 

4 hours ago, mottaloo said:

In a desperate attempt to tidy up my house in advance of entertaining a young lady tonight, I decided that I'd "do the shake n vac" and give my front room a fresh, citrussy aroma.

Problem is my vacuum sucks (or doesn't, that's the point) and despite it's best efforts, my front room now looks like I have a serious coke problem, no matter how much sweeping i do 

She'll be here in a couple of hours. What do I do ?!?! (Apart from DHUTWU ?!) 

Why on earth is she going in your front room? Escort her straight up the stairs and DHUTWU! 

14 minutes ago, mikeyp102 said:

Lingard really has a punchable face 

Him or Dele Alli - not sure who i'd want to hit first 

6 hours ago, Rob182 said:

Apparently the Polish midfielder from PSG is on £120k a week.

Morrison and Barry on £80k per week. So between the three of them that is nearly £15m per year. Insane

Football is basically propped up by TV money now. 

Kids make me cry as well... tears of frustration when they start wailing and balling in coffee shops and pubs!

6 minutes ago, mikeyp102 said:

Became the owner of my first house last week. Happy days. 

Nice one!

Whereabouts?

It'll take off more when there people can invest into crypto ETFs or mutual funds

How did the 1-to-1 go @Stevo985?!

7 hours ago, Stevo985 said:

Had a work night out on Friday. Well, not an official organised work thing, but a night out with people I know from work.

Anyway, turned out to be a massive night. Rolled in at 7am.

Nothing wrong with that. But... early on in the night, about 9:30, my boss text me and asked if we were out in Brum and he'd come meet us. I said yeah. He didn't turn up for about 2 hours, by which point I was hammered, and barely remember him being there.
I sobered up a bit later but he'd gone by then and I can't really remember anything I said to him.

 

Get in to work this morning and he's put a 1 to 1 meeting in with me, which is unusual for him.

I'm a bit nervous!

5 hours ago, Lichfield Dean said:

Just looked at house prices in the centre of Sutton. What on Earth has happened in the last couple of years? A nice but unexceptional three-bed semi detached can be anything upwards of £360,000!!! Crazy!

Schools. 

That's what drives prices up. There is a 3 bed semi by my folks for sale (a lot bigger than my folks 3 bed semi) and its £500k. Absolutely insane!

Started on Elementary again. Got halfway through series 3 on my last watch so picked it up from there again. 

Easy watching.