Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up

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  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,227
    Nah it's a story about winding up a gammon. Bring on the pineapple.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Goes to show the gullibility is still there with them - can say why he's going to Paris to a stranger but can't give his name and they haven't twigged as they are so incandescent
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,554
    Stevo_666 said:

    rjsterry said:

    This has brightened my afternoon. Silly story thread.



    I think this is very much a consolation prize story :smile:
    It's just a silly story, not making a political point. No need to defend their honour.
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,408
    rjsterry said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    rjsterry said:

    This has brightened my afternoon. Silly story thread.



    I think this is very much a consolation prize story :smile:
    It's just a silly story, not making a political point. No need to defend their honour.
    Not defending them, just pointing what I said above. There's no reading in between the lines to be done ;)
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,554
    Stevo_666 said:

    rjsterry said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    rjsterry said:

    This has brightened my afternoon. Silly story thread.



    I think this is very much a consolation prize story :smile:
    It's just a silly story, not making a political point. No need to defend their honour.
    Not defending them, just pointing what I said above. There's no reading in between the lines to be done ;)
    If I was making that sort of point I would have put it in the Brexit thread. Just enjoy the story.
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,408
    rjsterry said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    rjsterry said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    rjsterry said:

    This has brightened my afternoon. Silly story thread.



    I think this is very much a consolation prize story :smile:
    It's just a silly story, not making a political point. No need to defend their honour.
    Not defending them, just pointing what I said above. There's no reading in between the lines to be done ;)
    If I was making that sort of point I would have put it in the Brexit thread. Just enjoy the story.
    I did, but maybe for different reasons from some :smile:
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,916
    Ball boys and girls at Wimbledon will not have to be on sweaty towel duty.
  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    The campaign to free Diana has commenced...



  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    The weather turning a bit chilly during the women's tennis. ;)
  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,974
    Going to a hotel last week and finding that they still did the buffet breakfast.

    There was a prediction on here some time ago (and I thought it likely, too) that it would be a thing of the past.

    Okay, it wasn't quite 'help yourself', as such. I went to the counter and someone there put the stuff on my plate, but I was able to have what wanted (bacon, two sausages, bacon, egg, bacon, tomato, beans and bacon).


    The older I get, the better I was.

  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Did you have any of the bacon?
    _
  • pangolin
    pangolin Posts: 6,648
    capt_slog said:

    Going to a hotel last week and finding that they still did the buffet breakfast.

    There was a prediction on here some time ago (and I thought it likely, too) that it would be a thing of the past.

    Okay, it wasn't quite 'help yourself', as such. I went to the counter and someone there put the stuff on my plate, but I was able to have what wanted (bacon, two sausages, bacon, egg, bacon, tomato, beans and bacon).

    Surely helping yourself is the key thing people thought would be gone
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  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    I thought we had agreed that despising buffet eating was what separated us from the rest of the animal kingdom
  • skyblueamateur
    skyblueamateur Posts: 1,498
    morstar said:

    The campaign to free Diana has commenced...



    'Soooooo Freeeeeee Princess Diana, ooooooh I'm begging you' is now stuck in my head.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    surrey_commuter said:

    I thought we had agreed that despising buffet eating was what separated us from the rest of the animal kingdom

    Consider me one of the animals. I like being able to choose what does and doesn't go on my plate rather than wasting things someone puts on that I don't like.
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    Pross said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    I thought we had agreed that despising buffet eating was what separated us from the rest of the animal kingdom

    Consider me one of the animals. I like being able to choose what does and doesn't go on my plate rather than wasting things someone puts on that I don't like.
    I have a real hang up about hot food being hot so buffets failon that basis

    Why not tell the waiter (or person behind the counter) exactly what you want?
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,329
    surrey_commuter said:

    Pross said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    I thought we had agreed that despising buffet eating was what separated us from the rest of the animal kingdom

    Consider me one of the animals. I like being able to choose what does and doesn't go on my plate rather than wasting things someone puts on that I don't like.
    I have a real hang up about hot food being hot so buffets failon that basis

    Why not tell the waiter (or person behind the counter) exactly what you want?
    Cos we're British. We queue, we take what's given, we moan, and we say everything is fine if asked.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,916
    surrey_commuter said:

    Pross said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    I thought we had agreed that despising buffet eating was what separated us from the rest of the animal kingdom

    Consider me one of the animals. I like being able to choose what does and doesn't go on my plate rather than wasting things someone puts on that I don't like.
    I have a real hang up about hot food being hot so buffets failon that basis

    Why not tell the waiter (or person behind the counter) exactly what you want?
    Surprised you don't see the inefficiency in using waiters. The absence of them is one of the things I like about eating in pubs.
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    TheBigBean said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    Pross said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    I thought we had agreed that despising buffet eating was what separated us from the rest of the animal kingdom

    Consider me one of the animals. I like being able to choose what does and doesn't go on my plate rather than wasting things someone puts on that I don't like.
    I have a real hang up about hot food being hot so buffets failon that basis

    Why not tell the waiter (or person behind the counter) exactly what you want?
    Surprised you don't see the inefficiency in using waiters. The absence of them is one of the things I like about eating in pubs.
    That making a note of your table number and ordering at the bar is worse than a buffet.

    Waiters can be annoying but most can be managed
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,816
    The issue with buffet food is that it has all been sat there getting overcooked for goodness knows how long. Food is best when cooked fresh to order. Buffet scrambled eggs for example are always totally rubbery.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Cannot see the attraction of buffets.
    _
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,349
    TheBigBean said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    Pross said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    I thought we had agreed that despising buffet eating was what separated us from the rest of the animal kingdom

    Consider me one of the animals. I like being able to choose what does and doesn't go on my plate rather than wasting things someone puts on that I don't like.
    I have a real hang up about hot food being hot so buffets failon that basis

    Why not tell the waiter (or person behind the counter) exactly what you want?
    Surprised you don't see the inefficiency in using waiters. The absence of them is one of the things I like about eating in pubs.

    In the days when I used to go regularly to the local theatre, they used to have a good supper buffet counter - you queued up, pointed at things, they filled your plate, you paid, you ate. Judging whether you could scoff it down in time was easy, and if you were tight, you could just leave the queue and go hungry. Then they changed the system to queuing to choose, but table service to get it. Nightmare - slower, and a lottery as to whether your food came on time. Only did it once.
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,916
    rick_chasey said:

    Cannot see the attraction of buffets.

    The two obvious ones are that you get to eat a lot of what you want and that you can let kids try lots of different types of food without ordering something they don't like. They're also quick and let you choose when the food arrives.


  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,974
    pangolin said:

    capt_slog said:

    Going to a hotel last week and finding that they still did the buffet breakfast.

    There was a prediction on here some time ago (and I thought it likely, too) that it would be a thing of the past.

    Okay, it wasn't quite 'help yourself', as such. I went to the counter and someone there put the stuff on my plate, but I was able to have what wanted (bacon, two sausages, bacon, egg, bacon, tomato, beans and bacon).

    Surely helping yourself is the key thing people thought would be gone
    I can't recall what was the outcome of the earlier mention of this.

    But for me the main difference between the buffet style and having it brought to you on a plate was that I could choose the amount. Mrs Slog could ask for the crispier bacon (not that there was much left of it :smile: )

    I stayed in a hotel around August 2020, and although the breakfast was nice, it was whatever they put on a plate for you in the kitchen.


    The older I get, the better I was.

  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,322
    Passed the Google camera car today whilst in the van. I guess it's time to update some of the very out dated street view.
    So, I might be on it - in my van.
    I wonder how long it will be before they update their imagery.
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  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,495
    pinno said:

    Passed the Google camera car today whilst in the van. I guess it's time to update some of the very out dated street view.
    So, I might be on it - in my van.
    I wonder how long it will be before they update their imagery.

    I hope they never update mine, It has me helping build what is now our bedroom on the extension. no-one would believe I'd been involved without the evidence :)
  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,974
    pinno said:

    Passed the Google camera car today whilst in the van. I guess it's time to update some of the very out dated street view.
    So, I might be on it - in my van.
    I wonder how long it will be before they update their imagery.

    I saw one too, yesterday. I'm hoping to see me sitting outside the pub :smiley:


    The older I get, the better I was.

  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    Tashman said:

    pinno said:

    Passed the Google camera car today whilst in the van. I guess it's time to update some of the very out dated street view.
    So, I might be on it - in my van.
    I wonder how long it will be before they update their imagery.

    I hope they never update mine, It has me helping build what is now our bedroom on the extension. no-one would believe I'd been involved without the evidence :)
    Tashman said:

    pinno said:

    Passed the Google camera car today whilst in the van. I guess it's time to update some of the very out dated street view.
    So, I might be on it - in my van.
    I wonder how long it will be before they update their imagery.

    I hope they never update mine, It has me helping build what is now our bedroom on the extension. no-one would believe I'd been involved without the evidence :)
    I am told that you can look at past iterations but I have no idea how
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    edited July 2021
    surrey_commuter said:

    Tashman said:

    pinno said:

    Passed the Google camera car today whilst in the van. I guess it's time to update some of the very out dated street view.
    So, I might be on it - in my van.
    I wonder how long it will be before they update their imagery.

    I hope they never update mine, It has me helping build what is now our bedroom on the extension. no-one would believe I'd been involved without the evidence :)
    Tashman said:

    pinno said:

    Passed the Google camera car today whilst in the van. I guess it's time to update some of the very out dated street view.
    So, I might be on it - in my van.
    I wonder how long it will be before they update their imagery.

    I hope they never update mine, It has me helping build what is now our bedroom on the extension. no-one would believe I'd been involved without the evidence :)
    I am told that you can look at past iterations but I have no idea how
    In Streetview in the top left corner it says the location and there is a clock symbol. Click on that and there is a slider that lets you move back in time for every image at the location.

    On the first iteration, before they started pixellating faces, I was standing at a cash point in Clifton looking back talking to a colleague but from the image it looks like I was sneaking a look at a passing woman.

    Edit - just checked and that one is no longer on there luckily

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