tonyh29 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 21 minutes ago, sidcow said: I find that in the main people are unquestionably shit. Stay away from art galleries and California and you'll find people are generally alright 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 1 hour ago, tonyh29 said: Anyone else ever found something that doesn't belong in a packet of sweets ? just take a handful of my popcorn go on pop your hand in 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 11 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: just take a handful of my popcorn go on pop your hand in I've seen arachnophobia , no way I'm putting my hand in any popcorn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 19 hours ago, dAVe80 said: Can I ask why you feel that way? Not being confrontational, just interested to know? It's been going for over a century, and started for a very good cause, of obtaining equal working rights and pay for women, as well as the right to vote. Personally, I don't see anything wrong with supporting it, as it's part of working class, and feminist history. It's a day to remember those who struggled in the past, and those that still do today. I think in the current climate, women showing solidarity around the world, isn't a bad thing, especially as some of the powers that be are actually regressing women's rights. Lots of men and women have done great things down the years - no problem with that. I think what tipped me over the edge with this one was some woman at work who fresh from coming back from a "celebrating women in business event" spent a couple of hours at work attending an "International Women's Day" thingy that was on. Don't worry about all the work that needs to be done! Won't be celebrating International Men's day either. (yes it is real!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 4 minutes ago, Brumstopdogs said: Lots of men and women have done great things down the years - no problem with that. I think what tipped me over the edge with this one was some woman at work who fresh from coming back from a "celebrating women in business event" spent a couple of hours at work attending an "International Women's Day" thingy that was on. Don't worry about all the work that needs to be done! Won't be celebrating International Men's day either. (yes it is real!) Fair enough, I get annoyed when they let people at my work put Christmas decorations up, when there's work to be done, so can understand where you're coming from. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meath_Villan Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 They get their day ........march 14th is ours ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted March 9, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted March 9, 2017 1 hour ago, tonyh29 said: I've seen arachnophobia , no way I'm putting my hand in any popcorn I've seen Diner and I use the same rule. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 20 hours ago, Xela said: Not Stormzy per se, but grime music. I have tried to listen to it but it just sounds awful I guess that is the joy of music, different strokes for different folks. I struggle with the words "grime" and "music" appearing together in the same sentence. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted March 10, 2017 Moderator Share Posted March 10, 2017 17 hours ago, Designer1 said: I've seen Diner and I use the same rule. I had an idea, which a quick googletube confirmed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TrentVilla Posted March 10, 2017 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted March 10, 2017 People who think I (or anyone else) should have to step aside/step in the road/wait etc because they want to walk side by side. F&£k that... get out the way. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 (edited) People who walk across roads whilst starring face down at their phones, it's as though there's this tacit expectation that you will move out of their way. Being in a particularly word removed mood this lunch time I decided to barge (lightly) some prat who wasn't looking where he was going. Edited March 10, 2017 by Dr_Pangloss 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 (edited) what annoyed me was in some german town they pandered to these clearings in the woods and put lights on the ground for road crossings, to save them the bother of looking up. I think I was even more angry with that that then when the americans invented the machine to get round walking. FFS. let Darwinian nature take it's course, if the morons walk inito a car, it's their own stupid fault here btw Quote CNN)Worried about people glued to their phones while they walk down the street? Two German cities were concerned enough to install traffic lights that face up at pedestrians ... on the sidewalk. The southern city of Augsburg recently installed the system at two crowded train stations after a manager saw something similar in Cologne. Cologne installed similar devices in 2011, according to the German transportation research institute STUVA. The lights cost about 10,000 euros ($11,313) each. Some have complained about the price, said Jurgen Fergg, a spokesman for the Augsburg municipal service, but the cost is "justified compared to the damage that can be prevented." "We will keep an eye on the results and see if less people will walk over the red light," Fergg said. A 19-year-old man was seriously injured March 8 in Augsburg when he walked into the path of an oncoming train while wearing headphones, according to police. Other cities in Germany have had fatal accidents involving distracted pedestrians, according to Fergg. Though the solution seems simple -- just look up, people -- distracted walking has become a dangerous problem in recent years. A 2013 study from Ohio State University found that the number of people injured while walking and using their phones more than doubled from 2005 to 2010, when more than 1,500 went to the emergency room. A professor involved in the study, Jack Nasar, said he "wouldn't be surprised if the number of injuries to pedestrians caused by cell phones doubles again between 2010 and 2015." Man falls off cliff, apparently distracted by device Edited March 10, 2017 by Rodders to add link 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mottaloo Posted March 10, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted March 10, 2017 Just finished a first aid course which was enjoyable and informative BUT....there was one old biddie on there who'd been on one before, knew all the answers (or thought she did !) and had a personal story for EVERY injury/illness scenario we covered, frequently interrupting the excellent trainer giving the course. Even stuff off topic we spoke about at breaktime (such as grammar schools were "only for posh people to send their kids to" made me growl back at her that I'd been to one and my old man came to England from Cork in the 60s and made tyres ! She didn't bat an eyelid !) In the end I just went in to the classroom to get away from her. The final straw was when she tried to correct a young Ukrainian bloke sat next to me about Chernobyl and what REALLY happened there and how life was for the survivors !!! And she had a proper whiny voice too ! F right off !!! 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 I hate the fact that pedestrian crossings nowadays don't have the red and green man on the opposite side of the road, but down to your right and always seem to be pointing at an angle slightly away from where you're standing. Also they don't seem to bleep any more, how do the blind people know when to cross? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 41 minutes ago, mottaloo said: Just finished a first aid course which was enjoyable and informative BUT....there was one old biddie on there who'd been on one before, knew all the answers (or thought she did !) and had a personal story for EVERY injury/illness scenario we covered, frequently interrupting the excellent trainer giving the course. Even stuff off topic we spoke about at breaktime (such as grammar schools were "only for posh people to send their kids to" made me growl back at her that I'd been to one and my old man came to England from Cork in the 60s and made tyres ! She didn't bat an eyelid !) In the end I just went in to the classroom to get away from her. The final straw was when she tried to correct a young Ukrainian bloke sat next to me about Chernobyl and what REALLY happened there and how life was for the survivors !!! And she had a proper whiny voice too ! F right off !!! Out of curiosity, what actually happened at Chernobyl according to this woman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted March 10, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted March 10, 2017 Caning a podcast to catch up so you're not listening to out of date stuff then realising that, having caught up, you've no more to listen to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 10, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted March 10, 2017 33 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: I hate the fact that pedestrian crossings nowadays don't have the red and green man on the opposite side of the road, but down to your right and always seem to be pointing at an angle slightly away from where you're standing. Also they don't seem to bleep any more, how do the blind people know when to cross? The yellow box has a little knurled widget underneath that you touch, and it spins around when the green man is lit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 (edited) 44 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: I hate the fact that pedestrian crossings nowadays don't have the red and green man on the opposite side of the road, but down to your right and always seem to be pointing at an angle slightly away from where you're standing. Also they don't seem to bleep any more, how do the blind people know when to cross? The secret button of course! edit: Beaten by Mike! Edited March 10, 2017 by Xela 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottaloo Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 (edited) 38 minutes ago, KHV said: Out of curiosity, what actually happened at Chernobyl according to this woman? Something along the lines of a deliberate inside job by the foundry owners (if she'd have said "to claim on the insurance" I would've laughed my head off.....i mean, wasn't it government owned ?) But for her to imply she knew better about the fall out afterwards than a bloke who actually came from that country beggared belief ! Edited March 10, 2017 by mottaloo Spelling mistakes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tonyh29 Posted March 10, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted March 10, 2017 2 hours ago, mottaloo said: Something along the lines of a deliberate inside job by the foundry owners (if she'd have said "to claim on the insurance" I would've laughed my head off.....i mean, wasn't it government owned ?) But for her to imply she knew better about the fall out afterwards than a bloke who actually came from that country beggared belief ! I've been to Chernobyl ... it's actually criminal that we and everyone else in Europe doesn't know the names of every single miner that died there as they literally saved Europe ... in the first instance the Russians started pouring water on the flames not knowing that they were close to causing a second reaction that would have meant that the entire continent of Europe would have had to been evacuated ... mind blowing when you think of it the miners had to dig in underneath the reactor before this water could reach the core ... they couldn't work in the protective suits they were given so ultimately sacrificed themselves and worked without protection ... humbling and heroic stuff . its a surreal place ,an amazing snapshot of time stood still 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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