Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up

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  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    elbowloh said:

    morstar said:

    elbowloh said:

    ballysmate said:

    The people who spunked all their money needlessly on pasta and bog roll now facing pasta dishes for breakfast, dinner and tea.

    I still can't get pasta for love nor money anywhere nearby and no online delivery slots for 3 weeks minimum. Oh, can't get butter either.

    Rice is freely available everywhere though!
    Delivery slots have replaced goods as the impossible to acquire commodity. Shops are starting to fill up gradually.
    Still no butter or pasta though!
    I purchased pasta this morning. Not enough there to last all day but probably until about lunch time.
  • Longshot
    Longshot Posts: 940
    Fresh pasta was available in my local store but no 'long life' variety.
    You can fool some of the people all of the time. Concentrate on those people.
  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    I'm busy making a pasta picture. Plenty of glue sticks available.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,320
    Pross said:

    pblakeney said:

    Off licenses being added to the list of essential shops. 😀😎🥃🍾

    That's ludicrous.

    BTW have you seen the latest on MOTs? If it's due after 30 March they're extending by 6 months.
    Yup! Got the call from the garage this afternoon.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,320
    People posting on social media how they are keeping fit at this time.
    People who never, ever do exercise normally.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    morstar said:

    elbowloh said:

    morstar said:

    elbowloh said:

    ballysmate said:

    The people who spunked all their money needlessly on pasta and bog roll now facing pasta dishes for breakfast, dinner and tea.

    I still can't get pasta for love nor money anywhere nearby and no online delivery slots for 3 weeks minimum. Oh, can't get butter either.

    Rice is freely available everywhere though!
    Delivery slots have replaced goods as the impossible to acquire commodity. Shops are starting to fill up gradually.
    Still no butter or pasta though!
    I purchased pasta this morning. Not enough there to last all day but probably until about lunch time.
    You either eat a lot of pasta or bought a tiny packet if it will only last until lunchtime.
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    I was trying to panic buy flour in Sainsbury’s yesterday and was squinting at the tiny labels on the ransacked shelves when a kind gent confirmed that was where the flour should be. He then shared his wisdom which was how hungry would you have to be to look around a house empty of food and decide to eat flour :D
  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    surrey_commuter said:

    morstar said:

    elbowloh said:

    morstar said:

    elbowloh said:

    ballysmate said:

    The people who spunked all their money needlessly on pasta and bog roll now facing pasta dishes for breakfast, dinner and tea.

    I still can't get pasta for love nor money anywhere nearby and no online delivery slots for 3 weeks minimum. Oh, can't get butter either.

    Rice is freely available everywhere though!
    Delivery slots have replaced goods as the impossible to acquire commodity. Shops are starting to fill up gradually.
    Still no butter or pasta though!
    I purchased pasta this morning. Not enough there to last all day but probably until about lunch time.
    You either eat a lot of pasta or bought a tiny packet if it will only last until lunchtime.
    I see what you did there!
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    The Repair Shop on BBC. I don't really pay attention to the background stories but as someone who is useless at anything practical I love watching craftspeople at work.
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,340
    pblakeney said:

    Pross said:

    pblakeney said:

    Off licenses being added to the list of essential shops. 😀😎🥃🍾

    That's ludicrous.

    BTW have you seen the latest on MOTs? If it's due after 30 March they're extending by 6 months.
    Yup! Got the call from the garage this afternoon.

    I've got mine booked in for a service and MOT tomorrow. Given that you'll still get prosecuted if your car is unroadworthy, I couldn't see much point in postponing it. I quite like my car not falling apart, and stopping when I ask it to, when I'm driving it.
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  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    Never understood why people wanted a fudged MOT. Surely you want your car to stop or steer in the direction that you want?
    Why would people drive a car with a fudged test? After all, people would never buy a car with a fudged test would they?
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,314
    Pross said:

    pblakeney said:

    Off licenses being added to the list of essential shops. 😀😎🥃🍾

    That's ludicrous.

    BTW have you seen the latest on MOTs? If it's due after 30 March they're extending by 6 months.
    I know. Yippee!
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,320
    edited March 2020
    briantrumpet said:

    pblakeney said:

    Pross said:

    pblakeney said:

    Off licenses being added to the list of essential shops. 😀😎🥃🍾

    That's ludicrous.

    BTW have you seen the latest on MOTs? If it's due after 30 March they're extending by 6 months.
    Yup! Got the call from the garage this afternoon.

    I've got mine booked in for a service and MOT tomorrow. Given that you'll still get prosecuted if your car is unroadworthy, I couldn't see much point in postponing it. I quite like my car not falling apart, and stopping when I ask it to, when I'm driving it.
    You are assuming you will have anywhere to drive to. And you won't get prosecuted during the next 6 months. It is incumbent on the owner for it to be roadworthy though.
    MOT stations shut down this week so any appointments after that (mine) are cancelled.
    My car is hunky dory anyway, just a legal formality.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,340
    ballysmate said:

    Never understood why people wanted a fudged MOT. Surely you want your car to stop or steer in the direction that you want?
    Why would people drive a car with a fudged test? After all, people would never buy a car with a fudged test would they?


    Maybe they think it's elfin safety gone mad.

    Whenever people mention that, I point them in the direction of the statistics of how much deaths and serious injuries in workplace have decreased.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    ballysmate said:

    Never understood why people wanted a fudged MOT. Surely you want your car to stop or steer in the direction that you want?
    Why would people drive a car with a fudged test? After all, people would never buy a car with a fudged test would they?

    Wouldn't want something to pass that's unsafe. I drive nearly 30k miles a year despite working from home part of the week and commuting by train the other days when I can so make sure my car is properly maintained. I had a bit of a worry a few days ago as my MOT is due in mid May and I thought I'd struggle to do essential journeys if MOT stations were closed and I had to keep my car off the road.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,545
    Pross said:

    The Repair Shop on BBC. I don't really pay attention to the background stories but as someone who is useless at anything practical I love watching craftspeople at work.

    It's good. It is remarkable how some completely f***ed bits of furniture can be brought back into something decent without completely losing their character. My only complaint is that it can become a bit twee at times.
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,320
    Noticing that the number of posts during working hours has decreased while some aren't working. 🤣
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    pblakeney said:

    Noticing that the number of posts during working hours has decreased while some aren't working. 🤣



    Amazing eh? :)
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    On the pasta front: most pasta is manufactured in Italy so obviously there will be some shortages there...

    Would also point out, entirely unrelated to corona, there's a virus going around chickens at the moment putting eggs and chicken meat under some pressure; so don't expect to be making tonnes of fresh pasta...
    _
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    edited March 2020
    Our Italian friend makes her own pasta and did us one of her lasagnes last week which was amazing as always. She had no problem getting eggs but struggled with flour.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    edited March 2020
    Ignore this post
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  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    rick_chasey said:

    Ignore this post

    don't worry, we all do anyway ;)
  • wiznaeme
    wiznaeme Posts: 238
    Watching BBC news just now for an update on help for the self-employed...
    “Michael is a self-employed plasterer and yesterday his work all dried up”
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,320
    I saw someone wearing a facemark today. Not that unusual these days you may think.
    Except they were alone, in a car. 🤔🤣🤣🤣
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    pblakeney said:

    I saw someone wearing a facemark today. Not that unusual these days you may think.
    Except they were alone, in a car. 🤔🤣🤣🤣

    To be honest there have been times when I've been driving alone and wished I had a mask!
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,340
    pblakeney said:

    I saw someone wearing a facemark today. Not that unusual these days you may think.
    Except they were alone, in a car. 🤔🤣🤣🤣


    Yeah, me too, while I was out on my permitted exercise ride... he was all alone in a DHL lorry.
    https://www.facebook.com/unanglaisendiois
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    briantrumpet said:

    pblakeney said:

    I saw someone wearing a facemark today. Not that unusual these days you may think.
    Except they were alone, in a car. 🤔🤣🤣🤣


    Yeah, me too, while I was out on my permitted exercise ride... he was all alone in a DHL lorry.
    That makes sense to me, fit it properly and fit it once and apparently we are always inadvertently touching our mouths.
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    surrey_commuter said:

    briantrumpet said:

    pblakeney said:

    I saw someone wearing a facemark today. Not that unusual these days you may think.
    Except they were alone, in a car. 🤔🤣🤣🤣


    Yeah, me too, while I was out on my permitted exercise ride... he was all alone in a DHL lorry.
    That makes sense to me, fit it properly and fit it once and apparently we are always inadvertently touching our mouths.
    Apparently that is the sole purpose of the ordinary masks.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,320
    This years TdF replacement.

    http://cycling.today/watch-tour-de-quarantine-the-most-hilarious-race-of-the-season/?fbclid=IwAR2bxEmMOkffM77lfeB77gsu0t-3l2UJJeqHHWaOUzocXvqLY0CL-xq8gSE
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,227
    Doing a bit of an internet trawl on Jacques Brel, coming across a Nick Cave video performing 'Next' and thinking nah that Is in no way a patch on Alex Harvey's version with his Sensational Alex Harvey Band, seeking it out and reliving happy times. Alex H had a swig out of my litre bottle of Don Cortez plonk during a gig in the Bristo Sq student centre in Embra back in the day. And that gives away my age. So 'kin what.

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