Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up

rick_chasey

TheBigBean said:

rick_chasey said:

Dunno what everyone has against snooker

No talented kids.

We talking about Just Stop Oil or snooker here?

I swear just stop oil are some big oil psyops effort to discredit the anti oil movement.

TheBigBean

rick_chasey said:

TheBigBean said:

rick_chasey said:

Dunno what everyone has against snooker

No talented kids.

We talking about Just Stop Oil or snooker here?

I swear just stop oil are some big oil psyops effort to discredit the anti oil movement.

Snooker

Stevo_666

rick_chasey said:

TheBigBean said:

rick_chasey said:

Dunno what everyone has against snooker

No talented kids.

I swear just stop oil are some big oil psyops effort to discredit the anti oil movement.

That's such a novel view it cheered me up

I'm hoping that they hold their next protest at a Milwall home game; now that would really cheer me up.

orraloon

Will we see a face off ( or more) between Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil cult members at Parliament Sq on Sunday when the marathon runners pass by?
I wonder what I'd do if I was 25 miles in then some muppet tries to stop me by glueing themselves to the road in front of me.

monkimark

Go around them?

pblakeney

Hurdle them but with not quite enough elevation.

Stevo_666

orraloon said:

Will we see a face off ( or more) between Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil cult members at Parliament Sq on Sunday when the marathon runners pass by?
I wonder what I'd do if I was 25 miles in then some muppet tries to stop me by glueing themselves to the road in front of me.

I would leave them there, as at some point they will need to take a dump - so before too long they'll be very keen to be unglued. The Germans got it right:
https://metro.co.uk/2022/10/20/protestors-who-glued-themselves-to-volkswagens-floor-left-in-the-dark-17601987/

"A group of nine scientists have glued themselves to the floor of Volkswagen’s Autostadt facility in Germany to protest climate change.

Unfortunately for members of the ‘Scientific Rebellion’ activist group when it came time to close up for the night, VW locked the doors and switched off the lights and heating.

According to the protesters, the carmaker supported their right to protest but neglected to give them ‘a bowl to urinate and defecate in a decent manner while we are glued.’"

surrey_commuter

rick_chasey said:

Stevo_666 said:

rick_chasey said:

Finally found somewhere in Mayfair that isn't either seriously grubby or the generic overpriced sh!t that tastes exactly the same, regardless of where you go.

Still full of w*nker men, but you can't leave the location.

Where's that then?

Maison Francois on Duke Street

Franco’s on Jermyn St used to be decent

rick_chasey

surrey_commuter said:

rick_chasey said:

Stevo_666 said:

rick_chasey said:

Finally found somewhere in Mayfair that isn't either seriously grubby or the generic overpriced sh!t that tastes exactly the same, regardless of where you go.

Still full of w*nker men, but you can't leave the location.

Where's that then?

Maison Francois on Duke Street

Franco’s on Jermyn St used to be decent

Prefer 45 Jermyn street to Franco‘s, though the staff can be very chippy

Pross

orraloon said:

Will we see a face off ( or more) between Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil cult members at Parliament Sq on Sunday when the marathon runners pass by?
I wonder what I'd do if I was 25 miles in then some muppet tries to stop me by glueing themselves to the road in front of me.

Leading with the forearm - red card but who cares

rjsterry

rick_chasey said:

Dunno what everyone has against snooker

What, the more tedious indoor version of golf?

focuszing723

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rick_chasey

rjsterry said:

rick_chasey said:

Dunno what everyone has against snooker

What, the more tedious indoor version of golf?

It’s also entirely harmless.

mrb123

Indigo Rumbelow got to be a wind up.

briantrumpet

The course of antibiotics that my dentist gave me 'in case' toothache I had 18 months ago didn't go away (and indeed it did, so I didn't use them) working a treat on toothache (in the same tooth) that started rumbling a couple of weeks ago. At least my visit to the dentist isn't quite as urgent now...

rick_chasey

I made myself a mexican tomatillo salsa verde over the weekend, and it's just so tasty. I love it so much.

briantrumpet

Haha.

https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1650943280559865856

surrey_commuter

My Virgin bill hit £163 a month

Having phoned them up I have even more TV channels, two shiny new boxes and the t'internet has been turned up to an eye bleeding gigabyte (11 on the dial)

and my bill is now £120 a month

Munsford0

I got our Virgin bill down to £52 a month

kingstongraham

surrey_commuter said:

My Virgin bill hit £163 a month

Having phoned them up I have even more TV channels, two shiny new boxes and the t'internet has been turned up to an eye bleeding gigabyte (11 on the dial)

and my bill is now £120 a month

I had similar last year, and to get what I wanted I ended up paying less but including all the movie channels I never watch plus Netflix and an unlimited data sim and a second box that I never unpacked. It's a strange pricing structure.

The new boxes are pretty good though, even the voice search actually seems to mostly work.

TheBigBean

kingstongraham said:

surrey_commuter said:

My Virgin bill hit £163 a month

Having phoned them up I have even more TV channels, two shiny new boxes and the t'internet has been turned up to an eye bleeding gigabyte (11 on the dial)

and my bill is now £120 a month

I had similar last year, and to get what I wanted I ended up paying less but including all the movie channels I never watch plus Netflix and an unlimited data sim and a second box that I never unpacked. It's a strange pricing structure.

The new boxes are pretty good though, even the voice search actually seems to mostly work.

If the sim is an O2 one, then you can cancel it immediately afterwards. That's what I did to bring my bill down to £64 for the works.

surrey_commuter

TheBigBean said:

kingstongraham said:

surrey_commuter said:

My Virgin bill hit £163 a month

Having phoned them up I have even more TV channels, two shiny new boxes and the t'internet has been turned up to an eye bleeding gigabyte (11 on the dial)

and my bill is now £120 a month

I had similar last year, and to get what I wanted I ended up paying less but including all the movie channels I never watch plus Netflix and an unlimited data sim and a second box that I never unpacked. It's a strange pricing structure.

The new boxes are pretty good though, even the voice search actually seems to mostly work.

If the sim is an O2 one, then you can cancel it immediately afterwards. That's what I did to bring my bill down to £64 for the works.

now I am feeling mugged off

TheBigBean

surrey_commuter said:

TheBigBean said:

kingstongraham said:

surrey_commuter said:

My Virgin bill hit £163 a month

Having phoned them up I have even more TV channels, two shiny new boxes and the t'internet has been turned up to an eye bleeding gigabyte (11 on the dial)

and my bill is now £120 a month

I had similar last year, and to get what I wanted I ended up paying less but including all the movie channels I never watch plus Netflix and an unlimited data sim and a second box that I never unpacked. It's a strange pricing structure.

The new boxes are pretty good though, even the voice search actually seems to mostly work.

If the sim is an O2 one, then you can cancel it immediately afterwards. That's what I did to bring my bill down to £64 for the works.

now I am feeling mugged off

Far less mugged off than you were.

kingstongraham

Mine is £80 plus the o2 sim, but that was last July.

TheBigBean

Mine is from last year too.

kingstongraham

Also cheered up by realising my o2 deal includes all calls and data in the USA ahead of a trip.

TheBigBean

This thread is useful when it comes to renewal time

https://www.avforums.com/threads/virgin-media-retentions-discussion-part-3.1500883/page-108

briantrumpet

Seeing Ben Bradshaw, the sitting MP for Exeter, doing leaflets as part of a team around Topsham for the upcoming local elections. No rosettes, no canvassing, just putting info into letterboxes. It would cheer me up no end if Topsham's second city councillor went Labour too, in one of the weathiest wards in Exeter. Well, apart from me.

ddraver

Pt 2 of the Escape Plan is on, and in a place I'm rather happy to be.

Taken a lot of work!