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  • Irregardless, anybody? Or perhaps "purposefully" instead of "purposely"?

    Sorry if I've risked raising the blood-pressure Lemonjelly. I'm sure there are millions of these
  • vivatifosi
    vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite
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    I really dislike road signs that say 'liable to flooding' and 'liable to icing'. Why can't they just say 'likely to flood' or 'prone to flooding'?
    Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
  • Tigsteroonie
    Tigsteroonie Posts: 24,954 Forumite
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    I noticed today that our Asda store sells books that don't move.

    The aisle was headed "Stationary Books".

    I guess it means I don't have to catch them and keep them under control when leaving the store.
    :heartpuls Mrs Marleyboy :heartpuls

    MSE: many of the benefits of a helpful family, without disadvantages like having to compete for the tv remote

    :) Proud Parents to an Aut-some son :)
  • vivatifosi
    vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite
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    I noticed today that our Asda store sells books that don't move.

    The aisle was headed "Stationary Books".

    I guess it means I don't have to catch them and keep them under control when leaving the store.

    That's a pet hate of mine too. Along with when the people in charge of companies are called 'principles'.
    Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
  • LydiaJ
    LydiaJ Posts: 8,083 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    When my dad was admissions tutor for a degree course, he was amused by a reference that said of a prospective student that she had "a good grasp of the principals of the subject".
    Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
    Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
    Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.
    :)
  • Disabled Toilets. Or even Male or Females ones, come to that. It makes my blood boil and I KNOW I need to get a life but I just can't help myself
  • lemonjelly
    lemonjelly Posts: 8,014 Forumite
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    vivatifosi wrote: »
    I really dislike road signs that say 'liable to flooding' and 'liable to icing'. Why can't they just say 'likely to flood' or 'prone to flooding'?

    :eek:As in a covering of cake decorators?:eek:
    It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.
  • vivatifosi
    vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite
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    lemonjelly wrote: »
    :eek:As in a covering of cake decorators?:eek:

    I guess that's one way of dealing with the pothole problem.
    Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
  • lemonjelly
    lemonjelly Posts: 8,014 Forumite
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    The above also makes me think of nail technician.

    NAIL TECHNICIAN!!!!!

    Ladies, are nails such complex entities that they require TECHNICIANS?

    Aircraft require technicians. Race cars require technicians.

    Nails, do blummin not require technicians.
    It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.
  • hugheskevi
    hugheskevi Posts: 4,746 Forumite
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    Disabled Toilets. Or even Male or Females ones, come to that. It makes my blood boil and I KNOW I need to get a life but I just can't help myself

    They are called "Accessible Toilets" where I work...so much better than the old, inaccessible ones :D
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