Vortex
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Post by Vortex on Feb 17, 2024 12:05:36 GMT
Yeah, brewdog are really off the boil brew-wise these days imo. All the new beers they have been making of late have all been very 'meh' for me.
They used to have so many more interesting brews on the go. Lockdown really stalled them i think when they restricted the range to cut costs.
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KD
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Post by KD on Feb 21, 2024 8:27:46 GMT
Torrential rain on the day I get to the dentist to find out they cancelled my appointment, could have told me.
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Post by Dougs on Feb 21, 2024 8:34:43 GMT
At least you have a dentist etc.
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KD
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Post by KD on Feb 21, 2024 8:53:16 GMT
Luckily I don't live in England heh
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Post by Bill in the rain on Feb 21, 2024 9:07:09 GMT
I have 5 dentists if anyone wants one
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cubby
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Post by cubby on Feb 21, 2024 9:16:47 GMT
Luckily I don't live in England heh You had us with the torrential rain |
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Post by Bill in the rain on Feb 21, 2024 9:30:20 GMT
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Post by cubby on Feb 21, 2024 9:30:38 GMT
Booked the day off work today as I was going to take my partner to a specialist for her leg and they've just called to cancel 45 minutes before the appointment, we were just getting in the car...
All they said is he's not available.
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Feb 21, 2024 9:34:01 GMT
Mrs Mercury rang up to see if she could her scheduled appointment with the epilepsy nurse a little sooner (she had an op the other day and they need to follow it up), turns out the nurse is now away for that period so looks like her appointment may be delayed by another few months, let alone earlier Grrr!
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Post by elstoof on Feb 28, 2024 14:43:24 GMT
8 days Iāve had a parcel ābeing assessed for import dutiesā at the Parcelforce customs hub. 8 days.
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Post by zephro on Feb 29, 2024 18:34:37 GMT
Yodel have invented a new way to fuck up a delivery today. Ring the buzzer to my flat. Tell them the floor number and buzz them in. At this point they fucking vanish, then 45 minutes later claim I wasn't in.
The local UPS guy who takes 1 look at a 70s block of council flats and just never bothers at least makes some sense. But why wait until you're physically in the fucking building to give up?
At this point I think I'm getting like 1/4 deliveries on the first time correctly. I've just given up and go to Oxford Street on the weekend now, at least I have a nice time out at the pub or going for a meal while I'm at it.
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Post by Dougs on Feb 29, 2024 18:36:01 GMT
That or an Amazon locker thing I guess!
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Post by zephro on Feb 29, 2024 18:47:37 GMT
That or an Amazon locker thing I guess! Yeah anything that gives me the option of "Drop it at the post office (or similar) and I'll pick it up later" seems best bet these days. More convenient than waiting in usually for several days in a row and making angry phone calls. Unless it's too big to carry in a shopping bag it is usually more convenient and quicker for me to just go to the shops now thugh. |
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Post by Leolian'sBro on Mar 4, 2024 13:45:40 GMT
Anyone else noticing the rise of online humblebrags which pretend to offer helpful advice but are entirely useless. They claim to offer clever savings or how to thrift etc, but they are really about how the creator got a better bargain (and has a better life) than you. Theyāre really, really irritating, and they come in several flavours:
Recommendations for home improvements, restaurants etc where the prices these people claim they got are wildly lower than reality.
āCookingā vids where itās just a superquick montage of throwing food together and them eating it while looking good. Zero useful content. The ultimate version of this seems to be Americans in European countries reviewing sandwiches.
DIY stuff which is more about showing off how lucky they were and what an amazing home they have. āLook at this beautiful parquet floor we found under our linoā and that sort of thing.
Fuck the lot of them.
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Post by Leolian'sBro on Mar 4, 2024 13:50:56 GMT
Related: we are fixing a bunch of stuff in our house at the mo. Everyone we mention this to immediately claims to have an amazing handyman who we should definitely use, really cheap, really quick, really reliable, ādid our bathroom last yearā etc.
Turns out to be slow, crap and massively more expensive than you were led to believe. We just spent a week waiting for a quote for replacement windows, itās come in literally five times what we had been led to believe it would cost.
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Post by dfunked on Mar 4, 2024 13:56:17 GMT
Leolian'sBroYou should see the windows we got installed recently. They're absolute perfection. We've got several magazine shoots lined up, and it sounds like we'll even make the cover of amazing windows quarterly. The guy was done in maybe an hour and ended up paying me for the privilege of installing the windows in my fantastic house.
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Lizard
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Post by Lizard on Mar 4, 2024 20:11:08 GMT
Doesn't everyone have parquet floors under their lino?
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Post by askew on Mar 4, 2024 21:39:35 GMT
8 days Iāve had a parcel ābeing assessed for import dutiesā at the Parcelforce customs hub. 8 days. Took about two weeks before I got a letter from them and a dodgy looking website to put my details in. Would much rather pay extra charges to the retailer than have PF charge VAT on top. |
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Post by elstoof on Mar 4, 2024 22:47:00 GMT
I phoned them and they said itās just going through the normal process, then an hour later they emailed asking for an invoice from the sender. I am still waiting for the customs request, tomorrow will make it 2 weeks
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Post by cubby on Mar 4, 2024 22:54:02 GMT
Those customs guys are pretty thorough with any realdoll delivery.
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Post by elstoof on Mar 4, 2024 23:00:46 GMT
Probably for the best as I do need to rubber pre stretched in to accommodate my enourmous willy
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Post by rhaegyr on Mar 7, 2024 16:01:38 GMT
Everyone's got something to say when it comes to wedding invites.
"Don't sit me next to them"
"Why can't my kids come?"
"I've told your aunt she's invited already!
Doing my fucking head in. If it was up to me we'd go to the registry office and spend the wedding fund on the best holiday ever.
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Post by Ulythium on Mar 7, 2024 16:04:28 GMT
Playing Jeremy Vine's radio show in your small-town gift shop is one way of ensuring that everyone grabs the nearest Mother's Day card, throws money at the till, and gets the fuck out of there ASAP, I suppose.
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Post by Nanocrystal on Mar 12, 2024 4:24:22 GMT
People here use "invoice" and "receipt" interchangeably and it pisses me off, they are not the same fucking thing.
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Mar 14, 2024 10:15:55 GMT
So I just searched a wheelie bin for a pair of my youngest's (spare) glasses, we've been having a bit of a spring clean this last week and it's full to the brim with scum, I vaguely remember seeing the distinct green specsavers case during that period and it's bin day tomorrow so thought I've no choice but do it now as rain was due later. About two minutes in and the heavens opened, committed now so carried on but with no joy, then searched both recycling boxes without success. Came in from the rain to see the bloody things on the coffee table in the living room. I smell like the wheelie bin.
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Post by mikeck on Mar 14, 2024 11:55:59 GMT
Find anything nice for dinner?
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Mar 14, 2024 13:46:45 GMT
Find anything nice for dinner? Yep, 5 minutes in the air fryer and it'll be super tasty. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2024 21:16:17 GMT
So next month would have potentially marked the third year in a row I forgot to compare car insurance and just allow an auto renew.
Determined not to, and have bagged better cover, with an RAC cover that matches what I pay Barclays Ā£14.50 (this does include travel insurance I can just buy for the family one-off/ad hoc) and the saving I will make across both the new insurance and cancelling my bank extra is just shy of Ā£45 per month.
Current lot appear to think that charging me Ā£15 per month more each renewal is an acceptable way to treat a longstanding customer that has never contacted them, let alone made a claim. They can get f*cked.
Itās like they know though - as I now canāt load the renewal policy on my existing account. Doubtless Iāll have to have the hard sell on retentions whereby they will try to suggest itād be great for me to have to faff with the new provider and try to claim my deposit back.
Itās a protection racket IMO.
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Post by peacemaker on Mar 17, 2024 3:28:11 GMT
You must have a nice bank account to just let your insurance auto renew. Last year admiral tried to double my car insurance for no reason. I called to get them to drop it and they knocked Ā£200 off but it still wasnāt as good as the best numbers off compare the market.
They just hope old people and you donāt bother to check.
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Post by Dougs on Mar 17, 2024 7:34:26 GMT
I've been waiting for Currys to get PS Portals back in stock, so I can use some gift cards towards it. Finally did last night but the purchase didn't go through. So i removed the item to try again but the gift card balance had been used apparently. Contacted them and they said the balance will be reset in 24-72 hours. By which time it'll be out of stock again. Grrrrr
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