Mark Albrighton Posted June 23, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 23, 2018 Yes the Tony thread is fairly dispiriting at the moment. I’m having a bit of a break from on topic and football generally (or at least trying to). Hardly seen any of the World Cup, maybe about 30 minutes combined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 3 hours ago, Xela said: not think about Villa until its over. It'll be too late then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 I put a few of the more prolific on topic posters on ignore during our relegation season as their point scoring and seemingly enjoying our shitness pissed me off and they're unbearable again now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 23, 2018 Moderator Share Posted June 23, 2018 On Topic? Where is this place? I deal with reported posts and run away again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 2 hours ago, Shropshire Lad said: Yes the Tony thread is fairly dispiriting at the moment. I’m having a bit of a break from on topic and football generally (or at least trying to). Hardly seen any of the World Cup, maybe about 30 minutes combined. You're missing a treat with the world cup. It is a welcome distraction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted June 23, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 23, 2018 22 minutes ago, Xela said: You're missing a treat with the world cup. It is a welcome distraction. Funnily enough, whenever I’ve put a game on in the closing stages, there’s been a dramatic late goal. I just haven’t got caught up with the whole spectacle. I find going cold turkey on all football as an easier distraction. So if England somehow end up winning the damn thing, I’ll be taking some credit as I know my indifference will have almost certainly have played a part. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Homebase are **** shit, no wonder they're on the brink of collapse. I need 7 items from there. I would normally prefer the like of Screwfix or Wickes, but Homebase are actually cheaper on some of the items I need, and they're identical branded items so I don't have to worry about it being their shit quality ownbrand stuff. So I went online to order it for click and collect. Only one problem, you have to do it individually. There is no way I can see to just add the item to a basket, and continue shopping. Click reserve and collect and it processes that individual item. So I'm meant to rock up tomorrow with 7 different **** reference numbers. They clearly never saw the day in which someone would buy more than one thing from them, the useless **** clowns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 It gets worse. They don't have a way to pay online for click and collect. So I've entered my phone number 7 times. My email address 7 times. I've selected my store 7 times. And tomorrow, I'll recieve 7 seperate texts letting me know I can collect my order, then I'll give them 7 different reference numbers, and pay 7 different times? You know what, **** it, I'll pay a few quid more and go to Screwfix. **** me, what a bunch of morons. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 I have recently had some dealings with Homebase. They are shambolic, beyond anything I've previously experienced. Beyond random incompetence. Like, to a point where it appeared to be a deliberate act to always take the worst possible decision that cost the most money and had the least benefit. I'd be fairly sure a whole tier of management were B&Q sleeper agents that had been recently activated. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted June 25, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 25, 2018 1 hour ago, Davkaus said: Homebase are **** shit, no wonder they're on the brink of collapse. My local Homebase has just become a Bunnings. I’m sure our antipodean members will be aware. It’s like night and day. Everything neat and tidy, staff who don’t just look like they want to help but actually do help. Almost makes DIY a pleasurable experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 (edited) 56 minutes ago, choffer said: My local Homebase has just become a Bunnings. I’m sure our antipodean members will be aware. It’s like night and day. Everything neat and tidy, staff who don’t just look like they want to help but actually do help. Almost makes DIY a pleasurable experience. They took over in 2016 and have made one heck of a loss since doing so. Edit: They sold them two weeks ago. Wesfarmers' short-lived and disastrous foray into the UK home improvement sector is over as it completes the sale of Homebase. Quote Wesfarmers' short-lived and disastrous foray into the UK home improvement sector is over after the Perth-based conglomerate completed the sale of Homebase. The sale to UK-based turnaround specialist Hilco Capital, which was announced in May, will result in a loss of between GBP200 million and 230 million (between $352 million and $404 million) in Wesfarmers' full-year results. Wesfarmers bought the Homebase hardware chain for $705 million in 2016 with the idea of converting the stores into Bunnings outlets, but has pulled out having burned through almost $1.5 billion. Edited June 25, 2018 by snowychap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 They sold it in May, for a quid to Hilco. It's not really Bunnings any more, they just don't have the money to change the sign back. Possibly the biggest ever UK buy out disaster. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted June 25, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 25, 2018 Ah. Who knew? I mean, apart from snowy and crispy, obviously. Shame as the Bunnings rebrand seemed to revitalise the store and it was mobbed when I was there. Guess there’s a big hole in the market now. DIY will probably come back into favour in a few years though, once all our Eastern European painters, plumbers and handymen have gone home and we’re stuck to find someone to paint the bathroom or put together our Ikea flat packs again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottaloo Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Out yesterday with the other half, sipping a few cold ones by the canal in gas st basin....along comes a charity collector practically shaming those sat outside to donate, tin rattling under their noses. I can see him approaching, gets to our table and I grunt "no thanks" as I'm annoyed by his style (which i thought wasn't allowed now anyway ?). He walks away joking that it's ok cos he's already got one Ferrari and didn't need any more ! I get up to go after him to point out his cocky attitude won't serve him well but got dragged back by my other half. What really wound me up was the fact that he was wearing a go pro camera around his chest area, presumably to protect him against any aggression yet he thinks it's ok to be a smart arse when turned away ! For the record, I DO give to charity esp big issue sellers (Yeah, he WOULD say that !) yet it didn't bother me if he thought I was tight fisted. The fact that i could've been a total nutter who could've dumped him in the canal or worse....well, he didn't know that but felt he could backchat me......my point being you just don't know who you're dealing with on first contact; like the specky nerd who gives you road rage....yeah, he looks like a trainspotter but he could be a trainspotter with a blade in his glove box. Best to shrug it all off I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuart_75 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 14 hours ago, chrisp65 said: Possibly the biggest ever UK buy out disaster. ITV buying Friendsreunited? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 7 hours ago, mottaloo said: Out yesterday with the other half, sipping a few cold ones by the canal in gas st basin....along comes a charity collector practically shaming those sat outside to donate, tin rattling under their noses. I can see him approaching, gets to our table and I grunt "no thanks" as I'm annoyed by his style (which i thought wasn't allowed now anyway ?). He walks away joking that it's ok cos he's already got one Ferrari and didn't need any more ! I get up to go after him to point out his cocky attitude won't serve him well but got dragged back by my other half. What really wound me up was the fact that he was wearing a go pro camera around his chest area, presumably to protect him against any aggression yet he thinks it's ok to be a smart arse when turned away ! For the record, I DO give to charity esp big issue sellers (Yeah, he WOULD say that !) yet it didn't bother me if he thought I was tight fisted. The fact that i could've been a total nutter who could've dumped him in the canal or worse....well, he didn't know that but felt he could backchat me......my point being you just don't know who you're dealing with on first contact; like the specky nerd who gives you road rage....yeah, he looks like a trainspotter but he could be a trainspotter with a blade in his glove box. Best to shrug it all off I reckon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 26, 2018 Moderator Share Posted June 26, 2018 7 hours ago, mottaloo said: Out yesterday with the other half, sipping a few cold ones by the canal in gas st basin....along comes a charity collector practically shaming those sat outside to donate, tin rattling under their noses. I can see him approaching, gets to our table and I grunt "no thanks" as I'm annoyed by his style (which i thought wasn't allowed now anyway ?). He walks away joking that it's ok cos he's already got one Ferrari and didn't need any more ! I get up to go after him to point out his cocky attitude won't serve him well but got dragged back by my other half. What really wound me up was the fact that he was wearing a go pro camera around his chest area, presumably to protect him against any aggression yet he thinks it's ok to be a smart arse when turned away ! For the record, I DO give to charity esp big issue sellers (Yeah, he WOULD say that !) yet it didn't bother me if he thought I was tight fisted. The fact that i could've been a total nutter who could've dumped him in the canal or worse....well, he didn't know that but felt he could backchat me......my point being you just don't know who you're dealing with on first contact; like the specky nerd who gives you road rage....yeah, he looks like a trainspotter but he could be a trainspotter with a blade in his glove box. Best to shrug it all off I reckon. You wanna see what's going to happen to the woman that collects the Christian Aid envelopes round our way next time she knocks on the door after her comment to me last time she knocked 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 7 hours ago, stuart_75 said: ITV buying Friendsreunited? Lloyds buying HBOS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted June 26, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 26, 2018 1 hour ago, Xela said: Lloyds buying HBOS Us buying Lloyds and RBS? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 1 hour ago, bickster said: You wanna see what's going to happen to the woman that collects the Christian Aid envelopes round our way next time she knocks on the door after her comment to me last time she knocked He invites her in for a nice cup of tea and a quick delve into a tin of quality street. #stopclickbait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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