Even the greatest make mistakes when their mind is distracted….

He’s right. I once accidentally urinated on a friend’s leg, because a fight was going on.

I seem to remember you’ve had quite a few problems getting such basics as phone and broadband in Londonshire

Really? Blimey, you need to get a life mate. Even I don’t remember that. Mind, I don’t spose there’s that much to do, up in Walescestershire, other than follow the lives of others on tinternet..

Still convinced it’s the best place in the universe ever?

From my experience of the Universe so far, yes.

Well, I thought it was quite inertesting, but nowt I din’t already know.

It’s not the surveillance that’s the issue, but what is done with the results of that surveillance. I think the program tried to highlight the dangers of how information can be manipulated and used to suit those who are doing the watching, and how such information can ultimately all into the wrong hands.

I don’t ike being watched. If I want to look at pictures of ladies’ bottoms, on tinternet, I would like to think I am alone, in my pervertitude, and not being observed by someone else.

People generally don’t like to feel they are being watched all the time. It makes them feel uneasy, and breeds distrust, suspicion and fear.

All I get woken up by is the occasional bleating from the lambs up here in stone-aged North Wales

That’s wonderful. Don’t you have some chickens to milk, or something?

Noise don’t bother me that much. Ive lived next to railways, schools and prostitutes. I make enough racket anyway, so I don’t notice any extra.

Day One of the Mosquito trial has gone extremely well. No yutes lingered for more than a few minutes. I am going to speak to someone about having a self-contained unit made, to bung on me balcony, and operable by a remote switch. something like a 40 watt amp, and a pulse that alternates between two very high frequencies should do the job. My neighbours are very interested in the project.

The best way of dealing with troublesome neighbours, I’ve found, is through subtlety, not steaming in there all worked up. Bring things to a psychological level, where you are in control.

Typical ponce. Get yourself a proper job and do what decent folk do, ie : get yourself down to B&Q on a Sunday afternoon

Eh? Have you been B+Q on a Sunday afternoon??? I saw a fight once, over the last few packs of cheapo spesh offer laminate flooring. Between two women. 😯

And don’t go thieving off building sites.

Oh, that’s marvellous, that is. Calling me a thief now. Nice.

Anyway, you woon’t find owt of any quality on any new build sites these days. All cheap shoddy crap. I’ve had a look.

One place I lived in, we nicked some paving slabs left over from when they were doing the pavements outside, to replace the broken ones on our path. Just as well, because the blokes came along the next day, to clear up, and deliberately smashed every surplus slab. How wasteful is that?

rudeboy – you drink in the Kidd, a Smiths pub, no-one is going to take your advice on beverages now are they!

Don’t be such a ponce. Nowt wrong with Sam Smiths, unless you like warm, flat, tasteless beer. Where do you drink, then, that’s sooo much better than anywhere an urchin like me might ever be allowed into? The Fop and Dandy, Poncestershire?

Margate.

To find one as palatable as a given red, it takes quite a bit more money.

That’s what I said!

You’re just copying me, and pretending to know what your talking about. I bet that’s not even your cellar. Or your vayn. Or your wife and child, holiday, etc.

I bet you really live in a council flat in Brent, and work at Macros, sorting out boxes to go onto lorries….

Bastid…. 👿

‘Cos you’re a chippy, no?

What, you can’t knock me up a simple coffee table? Rubbish.

Can yo get us a bit of wood, then?

About 36×18″, two bits, 2 bits of 18″ twobeone and 4×18″ twobetwo.

Ta.

used to recommend the one with a bike on a lot

Cono Sur brand? I don’t know much about wines, but they do a Chilean Pinot Noir, which I’ve enjoyed a good few times.

I can drink a reasonable red wine, around the £5-8 mark (that’s probbly no good for some on here; they’d spend as much as a new stem would cost, per bottle! 😉 ), but I find the only whites I like tend to be more spensive, hence, I stick to red. Well, beer, if the truth be told. You can always rely on beer.

Mmmm….beer…..

Ernie; WTF are you wibbling on about?

Have you been sniffing that Evo Stick again?

Right. Adam meant no offence. It was an innocuous, light-hearted joke, which pokes fun at his own sexuality as much as it does anyone else’s.

Could you knock us up a coffee table? I managed to bust mine. Cheap flimsy IKEA crap.

Be’ave, Ernie. I really don’t think Adam is having a laugh at anyone’s ‘expense’. I fully support his challenging of attitudes, though. STW is a nice place, overall, because several people are willing to challenge dodgy/ignorant attitudes. Long may that continue. Most folk are sound; let’s not let a few idiots spoil it.

S-Works; I think Big Dummy had it right, tbh, regarding your ‘letter’.

You’d fall down, when challenged to prove who was actually ‘driving’ the vehicle, and besides, unless your car is registered and insured as a hire/3rd party use vehicle, I’m pretty sure you’d be liable for any fines.

Hora’s been a numpty,and does not in any way have a leg to stand on, legally. He should just pay up, and address his numptitude.

Blimey. You weren’t expecting that one, were you, Ernie?

What, you mean AdamW might be being heterophobic, Ernie?

How on Earth are we gong to deal with that? Can the STW collective consciousness possibly cope with such a concept? 😯

Personally, I thought it was quite funny, actually… 😀

Wunundred!

Most of us presumably didn’t wear helmets when we were small

I know at least two people who suffered pretty serious head injuries as kids; they weren’t wearing helmets.

Following a recent heavy crash, which left me with concussion, memory loss and a mash-up helmet, I wear one even when just popping down to the shop, or swimming, or anywhere. And especially down the pub… 😯

LOL!

Is that the first ever STW ‘Emoticon Pwning’?

What did you invent

Gravity.
Steam Power.
Computers.
Photography.
Railways.

Just a couple. There are lots more.

(Sits back with cup of tea and choccy biccies, waits…)

Very fluent in the Scottish language but who’s to say this is actually not a Scottish only MTB forum being hi-jacked by the English??

Because it’s not.

Now stop digging…

Inventions:

Telephone: Actually developed over the Pond, with the help of American scientists, so could be considered an Amercian invention…

Television: A development of a nineteenth-century German discovery.

Tarmac: A development of a process using tar which dates back to Mesopotamia…

Golf: WGAF?

When your oil runs out, in about 5 years, what you gonna sell? Haggis?

Run along now…

Genius!

Ok so, I’ll attempt some ‘constructive’ advice…

Fighting fire with fire will only negate any claim you could make against them. And possibly heap more misery on your other neighbours.

If talking to them does not in any way work, then find out who the landlord is. Complaints against a property are recorded, and disputes can be recalled, if the property were to go onto the market. Landlords have to be responsible for their tenants’ behaviour, so have to act, if there is a serious problem. Anything that might potentially affect the value/potential sale of the property will be taken seriously, for sure.

You could of course have fun with psychological torture. I cannot reveal any details of possible actions you might try, as this might be a bit illegal. I’ll leave that to your imagination…

The trick is, not to be intimidated by anyone. Even if they appear threatening. Only yer proper nutters will actually do owt bad, in retaliation.

How old are you, and how old are they? I am currently experimenting with a ‘mosquito’ yute-repellent system; very high-frequency sound, played at very high volume, through loudspeakers. I’ve chosen a pulsed tone that I cannot hear, but youngsters can. So far, any groups of yutes making noise outside, have moved on within 5 minutes of me turning it on. Result! You could use such a system, really late at night, and it will drive them mad. It has the advantage that most people woon’t be able to hear it, so woon’t be able to back up any claims of harassment from them. You will risk upsetting any neighbours’ kids and pets, mind. A localised targetted system would be preferable; any communal ventilation systems?

Problem neighbours? Come to RudeBoy. I will make all their nightmares come true…

(BTW; I actually get on really well with all my neighbours, even miserable old Johnny (he’s not well). Some even give me plants)

LOL!

BTW, despite some people’s endless suspicions, I have bugger-all to do with that pseudo-working-class clown RudeBoy. If you don’t mind.

This is true. EL/GG is from Sarf London, and can only dream to be as divine as myself. He is bitter and jealous of my loveliness.

Problem solved……..i’m Scottish, so f8ck yer English language

Ah, I take it you’re fluent in Scottish, and will be buggering off to a Scottish-language only mtb forum, then? And never using English again?

Teetosugars – Member

Rudeboy in “being a cock” shocker…

Tittysugars in ‘feeling brave enough to insult someone from behind a keyboard non-shocker’…

To the OP; come and live here for a week. When you get back home, it will seem like a haven of peace…

Knickers…

Are these your neighbours?

Grow a pair.

Eh? Whassat?

I blame Fatcha…

Ooh stop; all this fame and attention is going to my head!

RudeBoy = The RudeBoy of STW.

And don’t forget it, plebs…

Bernie with some 16-year old lass. ‘Nothing in it’, apparently…

Is this reasonable grounds to appeal on?

Yeah, go on. I’m sure the car park people would like a good laugh…

That’s a very good ad, imo. Subtle and sly, but without resorting to vulgarity. It explains what it does, without needing to explain what it does! I imagine sales of this product will be boosted no end, by this ad. Is it on at all times of the day?