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PasturesNew wrote: »That's always been my niggle for stuff like sun cream.... how you actually can reach the whole of your back to apply it .... unless you take an adapted radiator roller to the beach
You can get spray ones now. Not perfect, you're still meant to rub, but better than nothing. Its what I use week days. 0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »Now that's an obscene Posh Alert!! Two years of a regular person's household income ... turned into wee in one night!!
I suspect my record would be £10
Yep, it was a fairly absurd night out with some 'Oilies' over a decade ago. Not quite 'Banker Bonus' absurd, but getting on for it. The main damage was the wine at dinner.
And to be fair, I'm rather glad they started with the expensive stuff as at least I remember it was extraordinarily good wine....
The memories of the rest of the night are somewhat more hazy.:ovoodoo dolls
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Best idea yet.
chewmylegoff wrote: »I reckon Hamish means 25,000 litres of Buckfast.
Quite ashamed to say I've never even tasted our 'national drink'.
I keep meaning to remedy that, but it just looks so utterly vile I can't quite work up the resolve...:o“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
No because I don't have true inside knowledge I can trade off.
Thanks for explaining. Never having had insider knowledge of anything I've never needed to know the details of what's insider trading and what isn't.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.0 -
Thanks for explaining. Never having had insider knowledge of anything I've never needed to know the details of what's insider trading and what isn't.
Any time. It's a more technical crime than people realise. It's one of the reasons why it's very hard to get a conviction.
Everyone knows that insider trading goes on as there are countless studies both academic and done by stock analysts to look at what happens to share prices in the days prior to a bid being announced (the price goes up because insiders are trading from knowledge that is not publicly available) yet these people are very rarely brought to book. In the old days at least the BoE used to be able to have a quiet word and get people to unwind the insider trade at nil profit.0 -
HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »It is very rudimentary.
Particularly late on a weekend night....:beer:
Meh.
Don't get mad, get even.
Don't get mad, get on with your life. I'm concentrating on what makes my life better.0 -
Don't get mad, get on with your life. I'm concentrating on what makes my life better.
Sounds like an excellent strategy to me. 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.0 -
HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »Yep, it was a fairly absurd night out with some 'Oilies' over a decade ago. Not quite 'Banker Bonus' absurd, but getting on for it. The main damage was the wine at dinner.
I've been out on one proper 'bankers' bonus night'. That was fun.
The funnest thing about the City though was the 'sponsored by' Friday night. We'd find someone who was angry with their boss and persuade them that the best way to get their own back was to spend £ks on getting us all drunk on their corporate Amex. We had some cracking nights out as a result.HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »Quite ashamed to say I've never even tasted our 'national drink'.
I keep meaning to remedy that, but it just looks so utterly vile I can't quite work up the resolve...:o
Our local offie/corner shop when I lived in West Norwood used to sell it and one Saturday curiosity got the better of me and I bought a small and rather expensive bottle: it probably worked out at about £20/75cl bottle in the mid-90s! (Penfolds Bin 707 was selling for £15/75cl bottle at the time, a fantastic drop).
It tasted rather like I imagine Tyxilix with very cheap vodka would taste. Vile doesn't begin to sum it up.
A mate recently brought over some very nice bottled Scottish beers for me which were fantastic for the most part. I'd stick to them if I were you. You're missing nothing by avoiding Bucky.0 -
Only time I've been in a part of the world that needed that language, it ended up the main words we all had to use were "la shukran", repeatedly..
Heh heh.
'Inshallah' (God Willing) is probably my favourite word from living out there.
It has so many meanings depending on context....:D
Q: Will my car be ready tomorrow?
A: Yes, tomorrow, Inshallah.
Meaning: (or maybe in 6 weeks, who knows?)
Q: Will this solution work?
A: Yes, Inshallah
Meaning: (we have absolutely no idea)
Q: Can you please try and get to work on time?
A: Inshallah
Meaning: (depends on traffic, whether I hear my alarm, if I can be bothered, etc, but my dad went to school with the guy who owns the business so you can't fire me anyway)
I can't think of any comparable word or phrase in english that is so readily abused.:)“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
Yorkie your home county is looking glorious this morning.
Gen, are you able to watch the Grand Depart in Aus?
ETA: that little estate road they are riding down in Harewood is really narrow, I've driven along that many times. I can't believe how many bikes abreast they have. Scary, and that's before they go fast!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.
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