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  • disquieting_museeuws
    disquieting_museeuws Posts: 601
    The boundary rope in front of the pavilion at Lord's. In the old days the ball had to run up the little bank and hit the wall to make it for four, it was one of life's little pleasures. Plus it's not even a rope these days, it's yet another marketing opportunity.
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    Giraffoto wrote:
    Ben6899 wrote:
    People's attitudes toward tattoos. That annoys me.

    Which attitude? Is it the "Ink is great and I'll never get fed up with sleeve tats and the name of my favourite programme on my forehead" attitude, or the "anyone with any tattoos at all is either a halfwit or a criminal" attitude?

    That. And also "does (s)he realise it doesn't look very nice?" What most people fail to consider is that most people have tattoos for themselves and not anyone else.

    It's narrow-minded to have anything other than a "(s)he must like tattoos, fair play" take on it.
    Ben

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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,815
    Ben6899 wrote:
    It's narrow-minded to have anything other than a "(s)he must like tattoos, fair play" take on it.
    For the vast majority of tattoos I agree with you. Unfortunately there are some that seem to get tattoos as a way of intimidating people.
    What's irritating me at the moment is this poxy wind and rain, I really hope it's gone by 5.30.
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  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Ben6899 wrote:
    It's narrow-minded to have anything other than a "(s)he must like tattoos, fair play" take on it.
    For the vast majority of tattoos I agree with you. Unfortunately there are some that seem to get tattoos as a way of intimidating people.
    What's irritating me at the moment is this poxy wind and rain, I really hope it's gone by 5.30.

    Has it gone yet, has it gone yet?

    Or by 5.30 did you mean May 30th? :D
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  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    Veronese68 wrote:
    What's irritating me at the moment is this poxy wind and rain, I really hope it's gone by 5.30.


    I know what you mean, over here it's been intermittent showers all week. How can it possibly rain and be sunny at the same time? Usually sunny when I look out the window, then as soon as I get out on my bike it starts to rain again. Wind, why cant it just be calm for once? But then I feel like Contador on the downwind straights.
    "The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby
  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    Whats currently annoying me...

    I pay iTunes for some music using my iPhone. Can I play the said music on my phone?

    No.

    For some reason when I try to play the track, I always get that little cloud simple on the screen and thanks to the sh** phonee signal here, the phone fails to download the song. Basically the music I've paid for is unavailable if I'm away from the fastest of wifi boxes.

    Why don't they save my stuff that I have paid for on my phone? I don't want my things to be stored with someone else.

    I'd be grateful if someone could post a solution on how to get the music saved on my phone and not some stupid cloud that I never asked for or want.

    I blame the snoopers charter, the CIA are listening to my rock collection. Backwards. At 80 BPM. For hidden messages. Its a conspiracy I tell thee !
    "The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby
  • plodder73
    plodder73 Posts: 326
    Homes under the f@&£ing hammer and the way they play a ridiculous piece of music to compliment some observation they have just made. Plus the presenter is an orange t&@t.
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    Should cheer Plodder up :wink:
    http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/pro ... ty-swindle
  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,974
    When I go to a hotel or B+B and they have one of those basin plugs which works by a little lever/plunger at the back of the taps, except that it doesn't work because it's badly adjusted. I either have to take it out altogether to get the water to drain or I'm itching to get my screwdrivers out of my bag and fiddle about with some fecker else's plumbing to put it right, but usually I can't adjust it to be right either. :evil:


    The older I get, the better I was.

  • chris_bass
    chris_bass Posts: 4,913
    Capt Slog wrote:
    I'm itching to get my screwdrivers out of my bag and fiddle about with some fecker else's plumbing

    That's a euphemism, right?
    www.conjunctivitis.com - a site for sore eyes
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Ben6899 wrote:
    Unfortunately there are some that seem to get tattoos as a way of intimidating people.

    I genuinely never considered that. There may be something in it.
    Ben

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  • verylonglegs
    verylonglegs Posts: 4,023
    Ben6899 wrote:
    Giraffoto wrote:
    Ben6899 wrote:
    People's attitudes toward tattoos. That annoys me.

    Which attitude? Is it the "Ink is great and I'll never get fed up with sleeve tats and the name of my favourite programme on my forehead" attitude, or the "anyone with any tattoos at all is either a halfwit or a criminal" attitude?

    That. And also "does (s)he realise it doesn't look very nice?" What most people fail to consider is that most people have tattoos for themselves and not anyone else.

    It's narrow-minded to have anything other than a "(s)he must like tattoos, fair play" take on it.

    Is that really the case? Because I've never seen a tattoo orientated on someones torso in a way designed to be readable or appreciated by the person themselves, they are inked to be presentable to people on the outside looking at them, not the person with them. A lot of tattoos are on parts of the body where the owners can't even see them properly without mirrors and yet they are for themselves and not other people? That just doesn't make sense.
  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    verylonglegs wrote:
    Ben6899 wrote:
    Giraffoto wrote:
    Ben6899 wrote:
    People's attitudes toward tattoos. That annoys me.

    Which attitude? Is it the "Ink is great and I'll never get fed up with sleeve tats and the name of my favourite programme on my forehead" attitude, or the "anyone with any tattoos at all is either a halfwit or a criminal" attitude?

    That. And also "does (s)he realise it doesn't look very nice?" What most people fail to consider is that most people have tattoos for themselves and not anyone else.

    It's narrow-minded to have anything other than a "(s)he must like tattoos, fair play" take on it.

    Is that really the case? Because I've never seen a tattoo orientated on someones torso in a way designed to be readable or appreciated by the person themselves, they are inked to be presentable to people on the outside looking at them, not the person with them. A lot of tattoos are on parts of the body where the owners can't even see them properly without mirrors and yet they are for themselves and not other people? That just doesn't make sense.

    Quite simply there are jobs where you have to look professional to be taken seriously. If you went to hospital for an operation, would you want to be operated on by a surgeon who looked like a depressive Marilyn Manson or someone who looks like they know what they're doing? I'm sure Marilyn Manson might have a nice personality (in fact I think his appearance is a clever marketing stunt to stand out and get publicity, just like this) but unfortunately we live in a shallow world where books are judged by their cover, thats just the way it is. Thats why attractive women sell, the Prince of Darkness doesn't. Unless its for Goth memorabilia or electric guitars.
    "The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby
  • FatTed
    FatTed Posts: 1,205
    Air NZ has a policy on tattoos
    http://www.airnewzealand.co.nz/air-new- ... orm-policy
    MRI can burn you if you have large ares of black ink in your tattoo.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,405
    Lefties who whine on about how the democratic process is so unfair after losing a general election.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,318
    Tories who whine about lefties all the time.
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  • verylonglegs
    verylonglegs Posts: 4,023
    People who still think Labour is left-wing. They haven't been since the mid-nineties.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,405
    People who feel it necessary to defend whining lefties :wink:
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    ben@31 wrote:
    Quite simply there are jobs where you have to look professional to be taken seriously. If you went to hospital for an operation, would you want to be operated on by a surgeon who looked like a depressive Marilyn Manson or someone who looks like they know what they're doing? I'm sure Marilyn Manson might have a nice personality (in fact I think his appearance is a clever marketing stunt to stand out and get publicity, just like this) but unfortunately we live in a shallow world where books are judged by their cover, thats just the way it is. Thats why attractive women sell, the Prince of Darkness doesn't. Unless its for Goth memorabilia or electric guitars.

    That's a sad indictment on modern society, isn't it?

    I work in a professional environment and one of my colleagues is covered in tattoos. He is taken as seriously as anyone else in the office. In fact, some of his knowledge is nothing short of impressive.
    Ben

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  • FatTed
    FatTed Posts: 1,205
    I don't judge a person by his/her tattoos, but still think I have never seen anyone "improved" by one. Seems most people in Middle Earth have a tattoo.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,318
    Tattoos are fine. So long as they aren't OTT* and are of good quality. If you get some lardy 4rse bloke in his 40's with horribly faded Tatt's that just look like mottled grey, it looks awful. I don't know what this desire of sticking some Maori war pattern or a Chinese symbol is all about.
    *Neck, hands, face.
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  • Frank Wilson
    Frank Wilson Posts: 930
    MLOC members
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    pinarello001 wrote:
    Tattoos are fine. So long as they aren't OTT* and are of good quality. If you get some lardy 4rse bloke in his 40's with horribly faded Tatt's that just look like mottled grey, it looks awful.
    The point being that the vast majority of groovy young hipsters with tattoos are going to be exactly this in a few years' time...
  • ai_1
    ai_1 Posts: 3,060
    Work
  • jawooga
    jawooga Posts: 530
    Brands of cricket e.g. this England team are playing a different brand of cricket.

    I blame the Australians.
  • finchy
    finchy Posts: 6,686
    Constantly being told by women just how good they are at multitasking, when all the evidence shows that as soon as their f**king telephones come out they are completely oblivious to anything else that is happening in the world around them, including the fact that their children are desperate for attention.
  • jawooga
    jawooga Posts: 530
    [url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19624493#p19624493]johnfinch[/url] wrote:
    Constantly being told by women just how good they are at multitasking, when all the evidence shows that as soon as their f**king telephones come out they are completely oblivious to anything else that is happening in the world around them, including the fact that their children are desperate for attention.
    :D Brilliant!
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,405
    People still using the word 'telephone' :wink:
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,318
    [url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19624493#p19624493]johnfinch[/url] wrote:
    Constantly being told by women just how good they are at multitasking, when all the evidence shows that as soon as their f**king telephones come out they are completely oblivious to anything else that is happening in the world around them, including the fact that their children are desperate for attention.

    You'll get some sleep soon Finchy. They are not,little for long.
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  • finchy
    finchy Posts: 6,686
    pinarello001 wrote:
    [url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19624493#p19624493]johnfinch[/url] wrote:
    Constantly being told by women just how good they are at multitasking, when all the evidence shows that as soon as their f**king telephones come out they are completely oblivious to anything else that is happening in the world around them, including the fact that their children are desperate for attention.

    You'll get some sleep soon Finchy. They are not,little for long.

    The 10 week old will not sleep unless he is in my arms or mummy's,

    The 2 yo went to sleep at 10.15 tonight.

    I'm going mad. I really am going slowly mad.

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