snowychap Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 42 minutes ago, AVFC_Hitz said: He invites her in for a nice cup of tea and a quick delve into a tin of quality street. Coffee and a finger of fudge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 26, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 26, 2018 On 25/06/2018 at 21:10, snowychap said: 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. It's kind of funny really. They make "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." and lose absolutely shed loads of cash. Their mistake in the UK was to sell quality products instead of cheap shit, employ expensive decent staff instead of cheap deadheads, and make their stores attractive and tidy instead of piling the crap up in heaps. Foreigners just don't get our British expectations do they Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 (edited) 6 minutes ago, sidcow said: It's kind of funny really. They make "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." and lose absolutely shed loads of cash. Their mistake in the UK was to sell quality products instead of cheap shit, employ expensive decent staff instead of cheap deadheads, and make their stores attractive and tidy instead of piling the crap up in heaps. Foreigners just don't get our British expectations do they I thought that the analysis was that Homebase's niche in the marketplace was attracting women (and on top of that associated men) to the DIY area with their soft furnishings and Laura Ashley concessions and so on? And when they went straight up DIY v DIY (B&Q/Wickes and other local suppliers or trade specialists) they came a cropper? Edited June 26, 2018 by snowychap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Love Island. A show for total morons, involving total morons, created by total morons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 12 minutes ago, Dr_Pangloss said: Love Island. A show for total morons, involving total morons, created by total morons. Never seen it bar 30 second promo clips, but I'll agree. One of many reasons I never watch terrestrial TV 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 4 minutes ago, rjw63 said: Never seen it bar 30 second promo clips, but I'll agree. One of many reasons I never watch terrestrial TV They just need to fire a SCUD missile onto the set, problem solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 27, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 27, 2018 39 minutes ago, rjw63 said: Never seen it bar 30 second promo clips, but I'll agree. One of many reasons I never watch terrestrial TV Never even seen a promo clip. I don't even know what it's about (although I can hazard a guess from the title). And I watch lots of terrestrial TV. Mainly BBC2 and BBC4. The odd European drama on C4. And of course, CBeebies. No need to watch any trash at all. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 15 hours ago, Xela said: Lloyds buying HBOS Fall from Chamions League wannabees to what we are now, the Villa must be up there, not in terms of money lost but we have lost a lot more valuable things than just money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 27, 2018 Moderator Share Posted June 27, 2018 Oh Hell No! Comes with free pair of oven gloves? I shouldn't let this stuff get to me but for some reason it does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 27, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 27, 2018 2 minutes ago, bickster said: Oh Hell No! Comes with free pair of oven gloves? I shouldn't let this stuff get to me but for some reason it does OK, I don't get it. It's a boot. I wouldn't wear it, but it seems pretty unremarkable to me. What am I missing? Oven glove??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 27, 2018 Moderator Share Posted June 27, 2018 Just now, mjmooney said: OK, I don't get it. It's a boot. I wouldn't wear it, but it seems pretty unremarkable to me. What am I missing? Oven glove??? Its the cover to Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division, embossed onto a boot. The Oven Glove reference is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 27, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 27, 2018 Ah, OK. Still doesn't piss me off, but then Joy Division hold no more place in my heart than do Doc Martens (or HMHB for that matter). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted June 27, 2018 Moderator Share Posted June 27, 2018 32 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Ah, OK. Still doesn't piss me off, but then Joy Division hold no more place in my heart than do Doc Martens (or HMHB for that matter). I liked one of your other posts, but I'm gonna have to go around and unlike them all now. Grrrr. (this is the ttpyots thread, after all) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 27, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 27, 2018 3 hours ago, Dr_Pangloss said: Love Island. A show for total morons, involving total morons, created by total morons. The most surprised I've ever been at how good a show actually is It's brilliant. I mean it's **** trash, but it's brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 27, 2018 Moderator Share Posted June 27, 2018 24 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: The most surprised I've ever been at how good a show actually is It's brilliant. I mean it's **** trash, but it's brilliant. Mate of mine won't bother watching it cuz it's too high brow. He only likes proper trash like Ex on the beach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 4 hours ago, Dr_Pangloss said: They just need to fire a SCUD missile onto the set, problem solved. A tsunami or a bit of flash flooding would probably do the trick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 1 hour ago, Stevo985 said: The most surprised I've ever been at how good a show actually is It's brilliant. I mean it's **** trash, but it's brilliant. I'm guessing a big part of its popularity is being somewhat self aware at how ludicrous the whole thing is. Unfortunately the idiots that are on these types of shows are pretty much top of the list to be first against the wall. Ignorance and arrogance is one hell of personality combo, to be avoided at all costs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted June 27, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 27, 2018 People who always need to have the last word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 27, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 27, 2018 19 minutes ago, AVFCDAN said: I'm guessing a big part of its popularity is being somewhat self aware at how ludicrous the whole thing is. Unfortunately the idiots that are on these types of shows are pretty much top of the list to be first against the wall. Ignorance and arrogance is one hell of personality combo, to be avoided at all costs. I think that's pretty harsh on the people on it. Some of them are words removed. Most of them are just normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 27, 2018 Moderator Share Posted June 27, 2018 42 minutes ago, AVFCDAN said: the idiots that are on these types of shows are pretty much top of the list to be first against the wall. Oh they'd be up against the wall alright. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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