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state funded schools in birmingham calling children to islamic prayer over the playground speakers, eschewing music lessons music, segregation... and the bbc doing a 'what are british values 'phone in this morning. cunnys.
evening standard , who seem to be phasing out their female genital mutilation wall to wall coverage , for a 'say no to rape in war' campaign. to be published in depth every night,, along with pictures of skinny london supermodels falling out of night clubson cocaine and articles on womens shoes and hanbags which cost £15,000 each.
and articles on 'suuuper property dahrling' that cost £25 million for a studio flat in barnes .tedious double page spreads on walthamstow village , sandwiches that are made by freegans for £50...and avante garde homosexual dance troops from slovienia .this paper says nothing at all to the average londoner.
musicals , and the cast's of musicals, especially amateur ones in church halls,romford, last saturday night.
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" I guess in four or five years, the new generation's music will be .. electronics, tapes. I can kind of envision .. maybe one person .. with a lot of machines, tapes, and electronics setups, singin or speaking .. and using machines " James Douglas Morrison | 1969
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Random irritations.. on 13:08 - Jan 30 with 4085 views
I have a bit of of a needle phobia, not necessarily having a jab, but watching someone , or worse still watching me getting jabbed, although it has never stopped me having a jab when I've needed one.
You can't switch the TV on now without seeing someone getting jabbed every 30 seconds. They put warnings on about flashing lights, sex, violence, language etc but nothing about imminent jabbing, so I can look the other way
I bet you really hate Jabba the Hutt.
'What do we want? We don't know! When do we want it? Now!'
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Random irritations.. on 20:36 - Jan 30 with 4000 views
Bought a new speaker today. Quite good as it happens, an Audio Pro C3.
It came with 3 power leads. One with an American Plug, one with a European Plug and finally tucked away at the bottom I found a proper one with a proper British plug top. Each one wrapped up in cellophane.
Thank you for your Order. 1 minute later. Your Order's in the Kitchen. 1 minute later. Carlo will be your rider (they always have cool names.) 1 minute later. Carlo is on the way to your restaurant. 1 minute later. Carlo is waiting at the restaurant. 1 minute later. Carlo is on his way. We'll be in touch. (No $hit, like.) 10 minutes later. Carlo is nearby. 1 minute later. I can't find you. (You have my address and postcode) 1 minute later. Carlo can't find you. Please look for him as this is a no-contact delivery. (no contact? we're practically married at this stage!) 1 minute later. Hi I'm outside, can you come and meet me? 1 second later. Phone rings 1 second later. You have a missed call from Carlo.
I've had multi-year relationships with less texts than a Deliveroo delivery. Wars have started and ended with less logistical oversight than this. Civilisations have come and gone with less chat.
And where's my starter, Carlo? I ordered a starter.
"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
That's like our IT dept. I send in a request for a small technical glitch to be sorted and I get a billion emails back with each nano-second update. I DON'T CARE. Just email to say it's been resolved.
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Random irritations.. on 19:29 - Feb 26 with 3664 views
Guilt edged chances. Ok, I accept the culprit who missed a good chance may well experience a sense of regret leading to guilt for letting down his teammates, his manager, the fans and most importantly, himself, but nonetheless it’s gilt edged, as in golden opportunity.
Random irritations.. on 19:29 - Feb 26 by kensalriser
Guilt edged chances. Ok, I accept the culprit who missed a good chance may well experience a sense of regret leading to guilt for letting down his teammates, his manager, the fans and most importantly, himself, but nonetheless it’s gilt edged, as in golden opportunity.
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"Guilt edged chances" is a brilliant Freudian thingymabob.
"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
People calling you up and trying to scam you on the phone. I have for quite a long time virtually stopped answering calls on my landline at all because the vast majority were hoax or scam calls but the scumbags now seem to be increasingly switching to trying it on your mobile number. I had one a few days ago where some a-hole was trying to convince me my National Insurance number was about to be cancelled and I needed to press one to speak to an advisor to avoid this happening. Then my wife had a really unpleasant one a few minutes ago where the voice on the other end of the line was telling her “a warrant would be issued for her arrest” if she didn’t press one immediately. We are both aware, as I am sure everyone on here is, that these things are scams and you don’t communicate with the perpetrators of them at all. But what if it had been someone really old and frail as the targets often are, who could have been made seriously ill by the shock and stress of such a call. I really think Government agencies at an international level need to treat this problem a lot more seriously. At the moment It just seems to be treated as a minor irritation that people just have to live with.
I’m selling a radiator guard on marketplace and get asked “whats your best cash price”.
What what else am i going to accept .... a bankers draft, 1/3400th of a bitcoin, some beans, maybe a goat..... of course i want cash, doesn’t mean I'm going to want less for it.
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Random irritations.. on 17:56 - Feb 27 with 3473 views
Random irritations.. on 14:06 - Feb 27 by johnhoop
People calling you up and trying to scam you on the phone. I have for quite a long time virtually stopped answering calls on my landline at all because the vast majority were hoax or scam calls but the scumbags now seem to be increasingly switching to trying it on your mobile number. I had one a few days ago where some a-hole was trying to convince me my National Insurance number was about to be cancelled and I needed to press one to speak to an advisor to avoid this happening. Then my wife had a really unpleasant one a few minutes ago where the voice on the other end of the line was telling her “a warrant would be issued for her arrest” if she didn’t press one immediately. We are both aware, as I am sure everyone on here is, that these things are scams and you don’t communicate with the perpetrators of them at all. But what if it had been someone really old and frail as the targets often are, who could have been made seriously ill by the shock and stress of such a call. I really think Government agencies at an international level need to treat this problem a lot more seriously. At the moment It just seems to be treated as a minor irritation that people just have to live with.
I had that one twice in an hour, do not be tempted to press 1 just to have a go at them as often it will trigger a reversed charge call at extortionate rates, the telecom companies need hauling over the coals for allowing this.
favourite cheese mature Cheddar. FFS there is no such thing as the EPL
Random irritations.. on 14:06 - Feb 27 by johnhoop
People calling you up and trying to scam you on the phone. I have for quite a long time virtually stopped answering calls on my landline at all because the vast majority were hoax or scam calls but the scumbags now seem to be increasingly switching to trying it on your mobile number. I had one a few days ago where some a-hole was trying to convince me my National Insurance number was about to be cancelled and I needed to press one to speak to an advisor to avoid this happening. Then my wife had a really unpleasant one a few minutes ago where the voice on the other end of the line was telling her “a warrant would be issued for her arrest” if she didn’t press one immediately. We are both aware, as I am sure everyone on here is, that these things are scams and you don’t communicate with the perpetrators of them at all. But what if it had been someone really old and frail as the targets often are, who could have been made seriously ill by the shock and stress of such a call. I really think Government agencies at an international level need to treat this problem a lot more seriously. At the moment It just seems to be treated as a minor irritation that people just have to live with.
Yeah I’m the same just basically don’t pick up the landline at home.
At work I get endless calls about reducing business rates etc. I’ve not had any of the ones that you and Loftboy are describing yet thankfully.
It’s not just the elderly at risk but vulnerable people in general.
I know this is generally a light-hearted jokey thread but really good post. Something seriously needs to be done about it.
Random irritations.. on 14:06 - Feb 27 by johnhoop
People calling you up and trying to scam you on the phone. I have for quite a long time virtually stopped answering calls on my landline at all because the vast majority were hoax or scam calls but the scumbags now seem to be increasingly switching to trying it on your mobile number. I had one a few days ago where some a-hole was trying to convince me my National Insurance number was about to be cancelled and I needed to press one to speak to an advisor to avoid this happening. Then my wife had a really unpleasant one a few minutes ago where the voice on the other end of the line was telling her “a warrant would be issued for her arrest” if she didn’t press one immediately. We are both aware, as I am sure everyone on here is, that these things are scams and you don’t communicate with the perpetrators of them at all. But what if it had been someone really old and frail as the targets often are, who could have been made seriously ill by the shock and stress of such a call. I really think Government agencies at an international level need to treat this problem a lot more seriously. At the moment It just seems to be treated as a minor irritation that people just have to live with.
I had the same one 3 day’s ago ( go to prison threat)
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Random irritations.. on 22:33 - Feb 27 with 3337 views
Everyone I know I have in my contacts list. If a number comes up that is unknown I don’t answer. I check the number online afterwards and 99% are scams so I block it. If it is a genuine call the person can leave a message and I’ll call back. If it’s genuine and they don’t leave a message it can’t be that important. We’re too often slaves to our phone and feel obliged to answer. The phone is there for my convenience not others.
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Random irritations.. on 22:37 - Feb 27 with 3328 views
I'm struggling with soft scoop Ice cream lately, it's not really soft scoop like it used to be It's virtually rock hard, I tried to get some out of my Waitrose Essential Raspberry Ripple Soft Scoop Ice Cream tub earlier tonight at about 19.50 hundred hours and it was bloody solid, so bloody solid that it bent one of our more expensive dessert spoons almost double causing Mrs Ted to shout at me "get out of my kitchen you bloody pratt, those spoons don't grow on trees".
What with losing today from a winning position and a disaster with my ice cream pudding It's been quite a shit day.
My Father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic.
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Random irritations.. on 22:40 - Feb 27 with 3322 views
Everyone I know I have in my contacts list. If a number comes up that is unknown I don’t answer. I check the number online afterwards and 99% are scams so I block it. If it is a genuine call the person can leave a message and I’ll call back. If it’s genuine and they don’t leave a message it can’t be that important. We’re too often slaves to our phone and feel obliged to answer. The phone is there for my convenience not others.
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That’s good advice Juzzie but we’re all vulnerable to this sort of thing. All of us.
That’s good advice Juzzie but we’re all vulnerable to this sort of thing. All of us.
Indeed. I’ve learnt the hard way. Not lost any money or anything like that, just dealing with too many a-hole phone calls so just decided to adopt this approach.
Unfortunately scammers persist because there are plenty of vulnerable people, for one reason or another, that are likely to get caught out.
When numbers are sold so easily and cheaply there’s no deterrent for the scammers so they just keep using new numbers all time, either because previous ones have been blocked by people or the authorities or to just keep one step ahead all the time.
My 77 year old mum got a very convincing call recently but thankfully had the wherefore all to think ‘hang on, no, that doesn’t sound right’ and hung up. They were very smooth and plausible in trying to get her to call a number (saying it was her bank branch) but she said ‘no, I’ll call my branch directly myself’. Sadly many others just go along (as they possibly see a bank as a position of authority) and that’s what these b’stards play on.
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Random irritations.. on 11:07 - Feb 28 with 3234 views
During lockdown I've been watching Horse Racing on TV. Don't usually bet on horses, but then I saw this horse's name and thought that's worth a pound each way.
'Brian The Snail' A fine looking Grey...............Or so I thought. Turned out that 'Brian The Snail' might as well have been a Snail.
And don't start me on the Horse called 'Hooves Like Jagger' I reckon Mick Jagger could beat it over five furlongs.
Horse Racing Tip number 1. Never bet on a Horse that holds it's head on one side when it runs. It looks as if the Horse is half simple. They never win.............probably because they are half simple.
Unwanted Phone Calls.......Tip number 1. Let the caller talk for a while, then gently interrupt and say...... 'You do realise that this is a Police Station?'
Anyway........
What's going on?
We should be toid
Sort it out I
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Random irritations.. on 07:28 - Mar 2 with 3117 views
Everyone I know I have in my contacts list. If a number comes up that is unknown I don’t answer. I check the number online afterwards and 99% are scams so I block it. If it is a genuine call the person can leave a message and I’ll call back. If it’s genuine and they don’t leave a message it can’t be that important. We’re too often slaves to our phone and feel obliged to answer. The phone is there for my convenience not others.
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Give it 5 years phones will almost be obselete. Young people rarely talk on them. I rarely answer mine due to the above reasons.
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Random irritations.. on 09:50 - Mar 2 with 3088 views
Random irritations.. on 09:50 - Mar 2 by ted_hendrix
Bloody Meghan and bleeding Harry, I know you've fcked off but FFS f uck off a bit further and take that piss flap Joe pox ridden Wicks with you.
Everyday day--everyday bloody day.
Get to f uck
yeah, it does make me 'laugh' how they seem to be spending so much time in the media despite telling everyone they don't want to be in the media. Make your mind up ffs, preferably the latter.
Probably the usual thing where they want it to suit themselves without the added hassle but it doesn't work like that.
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Random irritations.. on 16:02 - Mar 3 with 2879 views
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