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Not seen the wrap scam before, maybe it's a Pret scam.
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It wasn't actually Pret when I got scammed by this, it was just the first image found on google....it was a similar deli sandwhich type shop in Leeds several years ago, I can't remember the name but it was marketed as a trendy health food type place. I've just checked on google maps and it doesn't seem to be there any more, must have shut down.Anyway..beware when buying wraps!
My Bosch washing machine lying to me. Don’t tell me there’s only 2 minutes to go when you haven’t even started the spin cycle!
Oh yes. My tumble drier said 11 minutes to go so 15 minutes later off I go to empty it... now it says 7 minutes to go.*
I mean, what is even the point of the timer? Each setting tells you the time it'll take to complete, trouble is that it's a load of rubbish because (obviously) it depends on the size of the load, how damp it is, etc.
(*Before submitting this post I took a phone call for 14 minutes. The timer now says 4 minutes to go.)
See also, the ‘wrap scam’….
I give you ASDA a few years ago:
I give you ASDA a few years ago:
The icing on the cake is the 'pizza retailer of the year' award they have very graciously given to themselves, hahah!
Porco dio!
E non si cap isce un cazzo!
Va fa Napoli!
That's easy for you to say.
Our washing machine tumble dryer is a ****ing ****. Minimum drying time is 3 hours and the clothes might still be damp. In the good old days a large load took 80 minutes.
Took me a moment; I initially thought is La Reine a special pizza where the ragu uses no stock? Then I actually read the meme as a whole
Station car park ticket machines out of action so having to pay a 10% surcharge for the convenience of paying on the app.
It's Monday morning. Just **** off.
did they not have an extensive survey done, as presumably one would if spending that sort of cash?
I read that story a few days ago, and initially I did think the same, but actually, it's a bit more nuanced (who'd have thought it!) The previous owners did try to warn them and put details in the sale, but moths aren't vermin, so legally, there's nothing saying you have to report it, and no real comeback. They tried all sorts to fix it, and the moths just keep returning - it's thought the wool insulation may have something to do with it. I do have some sympathy for them, despite the fact that laughing at the woe of millionaires is of course, objectively funny.
Threads that ask for an opinion, say about films and folks just say "It's shit" or "It bobbins" and offer no explanation as to why they think that or why they didn't enjoy it. Pointless contrarianism for the sake of it
Them - Has it got any MOT?
Me-it's in the advert
Them - What's the license plate so i can get an insurance quote?
Me- it's in the advert
Them- Has it got manual gears operated by your foot like a normal bike?
Me- it's in the advert...
@kayak23 We had a similar conversation about a washer dryer yesterday.
What's wrong with it?
Nothing it's in full working order as the ad says.
Is it a washer and a dryer?
Yes as it says in the ad.
That turned into a block him everywhere on Meta by herself.
Cougar – how many pizzas did you buy to set that up?
I swear, both of those were genuine.
Pointless contrarianism for the sake of it
No it isn't.
Our washing machine tumble dryer is a * *. Minimum drying time is 3 hours and the clothes might still be damp. In the good old days a large load took 80 minutes.
I've had several over the years due to space constraints. They're all universally crap, you've got all the worst things about a washing machine with all the worst things about a tumble dryer all in one handy unit. But at least they're expensive.
Snow, or rather, the lack of it.
I like snow. Living in Salford we regularly get forecasts of "THE WORLD IS ENDING, NECK DEEP SNOW IN WEEK LONG BLIZZARDS" for the entire surrounding area and here, if lucky, we might see a couple of flakes mixed in with the rain and drizzle while the rest of the country gets out their snow chains and has happy times building snowmen while snowed in at home.
*Mild* exaggeration perhaps, but it makes me grumpy. Oh the celebrations of the children when we have half a glorious inch that lasts for nearly a whole day! Back when I were young, darn sarf in Kent, we had it proper. My kids have seen nothing like it.
People who don't take their empty glasses back to the bar when they get a fresh pint.
The butchering of hedges by tractors but it's all the 2" bits of hawthorn thrown on to the roads and pavements, not good for cyclists and I'm guessing dogs don't love it much either
The hanging of decorations, accessories, ornaments or whatever off draw handles. Little stuffed, embroidered hearts 'n' shit tied on to drawer handles with ribbons. Now whilst these pointless fripperies are attached to drawers belonging to the perpetrator of this tat-crime, they dangle over drawers belonging to me. So that they fall into my drawer when I open it, making impossible to close it without first performing a tat-ectomy.
The same perpetrator who is biologically incapable of viewing any flat surface in our abode without thinking "every square inch of this needs to covered in chintzy tat".
The same one who requires me to spend ten minutes removing a mountain of cushions from the bed or sofa before I can use them.
Despite this rant, I do really, really like this person. But some days I do find myself perusing the Travis Perkins catalogue for patio slabs.
off draw handles
You're on notice.
Despite this rant, I do really, really like this person. But some days I do find myself perusing the Travis Perkins catalogue for patio slabs.
- insert lol emoji -
My colleague who blames traffic for them being late every day. I'm sure there's a lesson in there they could learn but choose not to.
Netflix & Amazon TV apps that have to be rebooted telling me that there is a fault either with the app itself or the HDMI cable, when my cat sits on the sound bar (either changing the mode or turning the power off) to draw my attention to play or treat or feeding times. Youtube & Iplayer don't have that degree of neediness.
People who don’t take their empty glasses back to the bar when they get a fresh pint.
My approach here is wholly dependent on their pricing. If they're going to charge me seven quid a pint they can come get their own ****ing glasses.
Living in Salford we regularly get forecasts of “THE WORLD IS ENDING, NECK DEEP SNOW IN WEEK LONG BLIZZARDS” for the entire surrounding area and here, if lucky, we might see a couple of flakes
I have a friend in Canada. She thinks our approach to snow is utterly hilarious. As you say, 2mm of snow and the world is ending. Over where she lives, it's considered a light dusting if it's only halfway up the moose.
2mm of snow is far more slippery than 2m on many surfaces.
The hanging of decorations, accessories, ornaments or whatever off draw handles.
Obligatory "argh" aside,
"Dangling shit on other shit" seems to be the new sport here. Tea towels threaded through the handle of every drawer which means that aside from being permanently soggy because they're screwed up, they're in the way of the cupboard below. I shove it aside to then have the cupboard door snatched out of my hand by a $%^&ing child lock which serves no actual purpose beyond a box-ticking exercise as the kids are never in the kitchen unsupervised or indeed at all. So I yeet the stupid damp pointless irritating bastarding thing across the room and then get told off because it's a "fire risk" as it landed somewhere vaguely in the same time zone as the toaster which I can only assume is expected to spontaneously switch itself on and combust a wet towel via pyrokinesis.
I'd go out for a bit of sanity, but getting to my shoes is like running the Krypton Factor assault course. My coat is currently hanging over the back of my office chair because there's no sodding way I'm getting anywhere near a coat hook without oxygen and a Sherpa, so she's got me ****ing dangling shit in places they don't belong now too for gods' sake.
Reckon we'll get a group discount on these patios?
My boss, who is a software developer and should know better, emailing me links like
instead of:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/315473950035
I have a friend in Canada. She thinks our approach to snow is utterly hilarious.
It is quite funny... People in the UK tend to think that cars for example, should always drive at the speed limit with no consideration to environmental conditions... And then wonder why they crash or thier RWD car suddenly becomes useless.
People just don't know how to drive, and I suspect that also applies to a lot of other areas of their lives!
I have to say I am guilty of putting cloths on drawer handles as it's so convenient *
*but I'm not silly with it, only one at a time, and that one hangs on the oven door handle unless the oven is on... In which case it hangs on the drawer handleabove the dog food cupboard so it never realy causes an obstruction.
It's all about having a sound logistical operation.
emailing me links like
When I had the keys to STW I used to manually tidy up links like that in posts. There's no need!
People in the UK tend to think that cars for example, should always drive at the speed limit with no consideration to environmental conditions…
Do they?
It’s all about having a sound logistical operation.
It’s all about not having a bloody hook somewhere.
Smelly exercise gear in shared drying cabinet. Absolutely horrible, not talking a bit of BO, but towels that haven't been near a washing machine in a long time, enough to singe your nostrils. Also when putting your gear on a shelf, don't drape it down the cabinet, completely blocking the other two shelves below. And to the selfish person who has put a shelf on the top rung, only enough for your smelly towel. This facility is shared.
LED headlights. Unlike good old fashioned halogen they've taken the 1.5 hour drive to work to melt the frost blocking them.
Having heard yet another of their atonal shouted dirges on 6Music this morning: Sports Team, and all the ****less half-wit "music influencers" who for some reason given them any kind of airtime whatsoever.
They were the ones who released the shouty atonal dirge "here's the thing" several years back. And no, it apparently wasn't a one-off novelty record
Talking of 6Music... their penchant for playing jazz. For some reason the sound of it just winds me up. I know I should follow the hipster crowd and pretend to like it, but it all sounds shite, especially the new stuff.
"Please may you..."
No, may should only ever be followed by I in a question.
Programmer Schoolboy Error Of The Day:
I just closed the development tool, it went "do you want to save changes?" so I said "yes."
Then I thought "hang on, I haven't made any changes."
The bloody cat's been sat on the keyboard. My code is absolutely bolloxed.
“Please may you…”
Yeah, this is oddly common, heard it from enough supposedly educated people to question whether I learned writing right. I think it means "I'd really like you to do something but realise we both know I'm effectively powerless to insist upon it."
"the cat", my eye...:D
Been there, done that (not the cat)
Clicked yes, hang on? What changes? Arse....:(
Took bloody ages to unpick.
Losing friends to online conspiracy wormholes they're never climbing out of
People who are allegedly trying to sell a bike who put up a few pictures, taken in the dark, 3 of which show the same bit of the bike, and don't show any of the drivetrain, and the description doesn't mention what any of the components are. I've had a search for a Fat CAAD for years now, one finally came up and the listing is as described above.
My disproportionate crossness is only slightly reduced by the picture being good enough to see that it doesn't have a Lefty, so I'm not interested anyway.