blandy Posted March 15, 2017 Moderator Share Posted March 15, 2017 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 On 14/03/2017 at 09:56, choffer said: My best friends wife always stashes whatever I bring over. I'd never turn up empty handed when invited for dinner but the unwritten rule is that you bring a drink or a box of chocolates and they get consumed while you're there. Every single time, they go in the cupboard. whenever i visit friends with wine/chocolates, i never expect them to be served back to us. That would just be wrong. and they never are. and when friends visit us, they always bring wine/chocolates etc and again we never serve those back out to them. that would be weird. You serve the food and drink that you pre-decided to serve (drinks would need to be pre-chilled), food will have been cooked or will be prepped at least. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 15, 2017 Author VT Supporter Share Posted March 15, 2017 10 minutes ago, ender4 said: whenever i visit friends with wine/chocolates, i never expect them to be served back to us. That would just be wrong. and they never are. and when friends visit us, they always bring wine/chocolates etc and again we never serve those back out to them. that would be weird. You serve the food and drink that you pre-decided to serve (drinks would need to be pre-chilled), food will have been cooked or will be prepped at least. This. And if my friends turned up with nothing i wouldn't give two shiny shits. I always take chocolates to a friend's house, but only because my gf gets them free from work so I don't really have any excuse If I didn't I probably wouldn't take stuff unless I felt obliged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 15, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted March 15, 2017 13 minutes ago, ender4 said: whenever i visit friends with wine/chocolates, i never expect them to be served back to us. That would just be wrong. and they never are. and when friends visit us, they always bring wine/chocolates etc and again we never serve those back out to them. that would be weird. You serve the food and drink that you pre-decided to serve (drinks would need to be pre-chilled), food will have been cooked or will be prepped at least. Decided. Chilled. I do hate an unnecessary "pre-". 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 8 hours ago, Dante_Lockhart said: Polished my ball last night (make your own jokes) in preparation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 16, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted March 16, 2017 This ad was on the Facebook page for our local area. Does it reflect badly on me that I didn't immediately think 'hairdresser'? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 16 hours ago, mjmooney said: Decided. Chilled. I do hate an unnecessary "pre-". i wrote "pre-chilled" but i agree with you that normally it should just be "chilled". But in this case, i was trying to say that the drinks should be chilled beforehand, rather than chilled at the time, so pre-chilled was my shortcut to indicate this. "chilled" was too ambiguous as to when the chilling was taking place. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: This ad was on the Facebook page for our local area. Does it reflect badly on me that I didn't immediately think 'hairdresser'? I've stared at the pic for over a minute and still am not getting any indication it could be for hairdressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
This Could Be Rotterdam Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/17/uproar-as-bomb-detection-dog-grizz-shot-dead-on-tarmac-at-auckland-airport?CMP=soc_567 Quote Debate has raged in New Zealand as to whether staff at Auckland airport were justified in shooting a bomb-detection dog that escaped onto the airfield, delaying 16 international and domestic flights. At what point does kill the dog become the best solution? Shockingly bad decision making. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted March 17, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted March 17, 2017 Seems a little excessive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 48 minutes ago, This Could Be Rotterdam said: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/17/uproar-as-bomb-detection-dog-grizz-shot-dead-on-tarmac-at-auckland-airport?CMP=soc_567 At what point does kill the dog become the best solution? Shockingly bad decision making. Utter words removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 3 hours ago, This Could Be Rotterdam said: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/17/uproar-as-bomb-detection-dog-grizz-shot-dead-on-tarmac-at-auckland-airport?CMP=soc_567 At what point does kill the dog become the best solution? Shockingly bad decision making. It was costing them money, so from a purely financial POV (which is what they've gone with) for the airport, it makes sense. Delaying further (to find a dart gun to tranquilize etc) could have taken a long time (several hours) during which many more planes would have been delayed. Not that I agree with the end solution, but they've done it as it was costing them money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 50 minutes ago, Jon said: It was costing them money, so from a purely financial POV (which is what they've gone with) for the airport, it makes sense. Delaying further (to find a dart gun to tranquilize etc) could have taken a long time (several hours) during which many more planes would have been delayed. Not that I agree with the end solution, but they've done it as it was costing them money. Or they could have gone into the dogs vacinity on one of those awesome, weird vehicles that seem to drive around planes, 1 guy hanging off the side with a dog noose. I would have had that problem sorted in 5 minutes. Maybe the emergency was one of the planes wanting to land was in danger of running out of fuel? Even so, I doubt you'd notice running a dog over in a car, never mind a **** 747 Shame obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) Hungarians. Not really Germanic, not Latin, not really Slavic..WTF are they? Edited March 17, 2017 by maqroll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 17, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted March 17, 2017 3 minutes ago, maqroll said: Hungarians. Not really Germanic, not Latin, not really Slavic..WTF are they? Finno-Turkic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 5 minutes ago, maqroll said: Hungarians. Not really Germanic, not Latin, not really Slavic..WTF are they? Pick a controversial one why don't you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 53 minutes ago, maqroll said: Hungarians. Not really Germanic, not Latin, not really Slavic..WTF are they? very dodgy taste in men as well @tonyh29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 14 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: very dodgy taste in men as well @tonyh29 There's nothing wrong with my taste in men ... oh hang on erm yeah that's not what you meant is it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 I wonder how many of the people outraged over a single dog being killed will be tucking in to a bacon sarnie or a burger over the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 2 hours ago, Davkaus said: I wonder how many of the people outraged over a single dog being killed will be tucking in to a bacon sarnie or a burger over the weekend. I think it's more the purpose of death if someone kills to eat, then fine. I'd be equally pissed off if a pig got lose and was causing a disturbance and rather than catch it they just felt it easier to kill it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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