Three days a week I have the stress of deciding after the commute down the stairs whether I make a start on work first and have breakfast later or eat whilst watching a bit of BBC Breakfast before making a start. It's a big decision as it affects which door I go through to my office.
I am mentally mapping Bank station - their signing is insane
2 things about bank station:
1. The little known stairs if you go past the lifts near the steps down to Northern line northbound platform, which take you straight up to the Northern gate line.
2. The new (ish) Walbrook entrance/exit. Big & crowd free - ideal for access to the W&C, Northern, D&C and DLR, can also get to central, but more of a faff.
If it is good for Northern then it is good for Central. If you come up the DLR escalators and turn right for Northern once through the wall turn left and in 2 mins you are at the Central Line.
"This year will be harder than last year. But that is good news; this year will be easier than next year." President of Abyssinia's annual address to the nation.
"This year will be harder than last year. But that is good news; this year will be easier than next year." President of Abyssinia's annual address to the nation.
Almost all adverts - not whether they work or influence people's behaviour or not (spoiler - they do!) but just how terribly bad they are!
I should caveat this by saying I rarely watch TV so most adverts arrive at my via the radio and in particular Talksport/talkradio. The standard is so so bad that it is more likely to make me avoid their products than use them. Having said that, i maynot be their target audience - 90% are for builders' stockists or gambling, neither of which i have ever needed/used.There is a just eat one that almost makes me want to turn the radio off.
Are they intentionally bad to make you remember them? remember it was for just eat, for example, but it was more likely to make me want to vomit than to eat anything!
Almost all adverts - not whether they work or influence people's behaviour or not (spoiler - they do!) but just how terribly bad they are!
I should caveat this by saying I rarely watch TV so most adverts arrive at my via the radio and in particular Talksport/talkradio. The standard is so so bad that it is more likely to make me avoid their products than use them. Having said that, i maynot be their target audience - 90% are for builders' stockists or gambling, neither of which i have ever needed/used.There is a just eat one that almost makes me want to turn the radio off.
Are they intentionally bad to make you remember them? remember it was for just eat, for example, but it was more likely to make me want to vomit than to eat anything!
I think that the quality of TV ads has diminished.
"This year will be harder than last year. But that is good news; this year will be easier than next year." President of Abyssinia's annual address to the nation.
Seeing adverts recently for coffee bags, how do you get your coffee the right strength from a bag as it won't brew like tea? I assume you just buy them in the strength required.
Also, why does a company think now is the time to start pushing coffee bags when there is so much publicity around waste and there has been a resurgence in loose leaf tea? I only recently found out that most tea bags contain plastic so don't know if that's the case for coffee bags too.
filled a washing up bowl with hot water, heard a noise which didnt think much of at first, picked up the glass tumbler that was in the bowl to wash and found the base of it had literally just seperated cleanly and fallen off and I was just now holding a glass tube in my hand.
completely smooth break too, dont think the glass had been knocked or damaged previously
we've seen that happen a few times with pint glasses - when they are stored stacked in each the inner glass presses down and can create a pressure fissure within the glass - cold to hot expansion by putting it in the boiling water will cause this fissure to expand and split the glass.
bizarrely this stops affecting you when you have staff to do your washing up.
#domestics
Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
filled a washing up bowl with hot water, heard a noise which didnt think much of at first, picked up the glass tumbler that was in the bowl to wash and found the base of it had literally just seperated cleanly and fallen off and I was just now holding a glass tube in my hand.
completely smooth break too, dont think the glass had been knocked or damaged previously
turn the glass cycinder into a really cool theatre style monocular and insist on using it when driving down busy motorways as it helps you.
#moderndrivingaids
Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
Queueing to board bus after hospital eye clinic sesh back to station for train home, old fella gets in dispute with driver over how much his fare is supposed to be, prob a miscommunication over destination, but old grump is getting a proper strop on. Must have been in his 80s, didn't look the sharpest, laden with plastic bags full of stuff...coming from a hospital...?
Anyway, intrigued as to why he was arguing about his fare. Free bus passes? Poss too thick to bother applying for his, just the 15 or more years of giving away his money.
we've seen that happen a few times with pint glasses - when they are stored stacked in each the inner glass presses down and can create a pressure fissure within the glass - cold to hot expansion by putting it in the boiling water will cause this fissure to expand and split the glass.
bizarrely this stops affecting you when you have staff to do your washing up.
#domestics
Cool a glass bottle in the fridge, then pour very hot oil into it up to the point where you want the split to occur.
"This year will be harder than last year. But that is good news; this year will be easier than next year." President of Abyssinia's annual address to the nation.
Right. You got big girls. You know. Big. Walking through Oxford today, is warm,is sunny. Lots of eye candy. Put it out there, get it looked at...
However. One blonde white girl walked past me, full on happy, smiled back at me, no worries, all sound. But jeez, the size of those white thighs below the skimpiest black shorts... Really?
However. One blonde white girl walked past me, full on happy, smiled back at me, no worries, all sound. But jeez, the size of those white thighs below the skimpiest black shorts... Really?
Since when did you start being fussy?!! ffs. :roll:
"This year will be harder than last year. But that is good news; this year will be easier than next year." President of Abyssinia's annual address to the nation.
Why is it that I can do a warm up for a race (running) at a really gentle pace and my legs feel tired and really not up to anything but as soon as the gun goes I can run at a pace 2 minutes per mile faster and everything feels relatively easy (for the first 2/3rds of the race anyway)?
we've seen that happen a few times with pint glasses - when they are stored stacked in each the inner glass presses down and can create a pressure fissure within the glass - cold to hot expansion by putting it in the boiling water will cause this fissure to expand and split the glass.
bizarrely this stops affecting you when you have staff to do your washing up.
#domestics
Cool a glass bottle in the fridge, then pour very hot oil into it up to the point where you want the split to occur.
Make interesting drinking vessels.
seriously? or is doing this going to make the bottle shatter and blind us all?
#notoverlyconvinced
Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
we've seen that happen a few times with pint glasses - when they are stored stacked in each the inner glass presses down and can create a pressure fissure within the glass - cold to hot expansion by putting it in the boiling water will cause this fissure to expand and split the glass.
bizarrely this stops affecting you when you have staff to do your washing up.
#domestics
Cool a glass bottle in the fridge, then pour very hot oil into it up to the point where you want the split to occur.
Make interesting drinking vessels.
seriously? or is doing this going to make the bottle shatter and blind us all?
#notoverlyconvinced
Try it. Some glass breaks clean, others don't break at all and some shatter. Wear goggles. Use a metal funnel. Do it in your shed.
"This year will be harder than last year. But that is good news; this year will be easier than next year." President of Abyssinia's annual address to the nation.
Why is it that I can do a warm up for a race (running) at a really gentle pace and my legs feel tired and really not up to anything but as soon as the gun goes I can run at a pace 2 minutes per mile faster and everything feels relatively easy (for the first 2/3rds of the race anyway)?
Similar on the bike - you feel completely knackered, get on the bike & start pedaling - still feeling censored - then get a plethora of PBs* on the way home ...
*well - not any more, because generally I'm slower than I was a few years ago - but, YPBs anyway (yearly PBs ... )
Why is it that I can do a warm up for a race (running) at a really gentle pace and my legs feel tired and really not up to anything but as soon as the gun goes I can run at a pace 2 minutes per mile faster and everything feels relatively easy (for the first 2/3rds of the race anyway)?
Similar on the bike - you feel completely knackered, get on the bike & start pedaling - still feeling censored - then get a plethora of PBs* on the way home ...
*well - not any more, because generally I'm slower than I was a few years ago - but, YPBs anyway (yearly PBs ... )
Why is it that I can do a warm up for a race (running) at a really gentle pace and my legs feel tired and really not up to anything but as soon as the gun goes I can run at a pace 2 minutes per mile faster and everything feels relatively easy (for the first 2/3rds of the race anyway)?
Similar on the bike - you feel completely knackered, get on the bike & start pedaling - still feeling censored - then get a plethora of PBs* on the way home ...
*well - not any more, because generally I'm slower than I was a few years ago - but, YPBs anyway (yearly PBs ... )
tail winds are great aren't they
yer - right ....
my summer time commute tends to be into the wind both ways - north wind on the way in, then (due to the proximity of the coast) - sea breeze on the way back .... I need to change jobs!
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That sounds top. Richard's sounds awful. You seem to have it sorted.
Why doesn't this surprise us?
#H3hasitsorted
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
H3 moved to London 20 years ago more like, and won't work for a company that doesn't allow some flex around family commitments.
Lost one child, dont want to miss too much time with this one and my stepson.
If it is good for Northern then it is good for Central. If you come up the DLR escalators and turn right for Northern once through the wall turn left and in 2 mins you are at the Central Line.
Good job there was a wink in that post Hoppy. I was about to piddle on yer chips.
Pity we haven't got a thread alert thread to tell us where the handbags are being swung around in the forum...
W - Wiggle Honda
"This year will be harder than last year. But that is good news; this year will be easier than next year." President of Abyssinia's annual address to the nation.
Best you stop if it gets on your nerve and it's not for me though.
I am not sure. You have no chance.
Incest.. it’s a pain in the censored with 7 brothers!
I’ll get my coat.
W - Wiggle Honda
"This year will be harder than last year. But that is good news; this year will be easier than next year." President of Abyssinia's annual address to the nation.
I should caveat this by saying I rarely watch TV so most adverts arrive at my via the radio and in particular Talksport/talkradio. The standard is so so bad that it is more likely to make me avoid their products than use them. Having said that, i maynot be their target audience - 90% are for builders' stockists or gambling, neither of which i have ever needed/used.There is a just eat one that almost makes me want to turn the radio off.
Are they intentionally bad to make you remember them? remember it was for just eat, for example, but it was more likely to make me want to vomit than to eat anything!
I think that the quality of TV ads has diminished.
W - Wiggle Honda
"This year will be harder than last year. But that is good news; this year will be easier than next year." President of Abyssinia's annual address to the nation.
Also, why does a company think now is the time to start pushing coffee bags when there is so much publicity around waste and there has been a resurgence in loose leaf tea? I only recently found out that most tea bags contain plastic so don't know if that's the case for coffee bags too.
clear blue skies
completely dry roads
utterly lovely overall
clubbie in full clubbie kit on crappy winter bike with full mudguards.
#saveitforbest.oh.
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
completely smooth break too, dont think the glass had been knocked or damaged previously
bizarrely this stops affecting you when you have staff to do your washing up.
#domestics
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
turn the glass cycinder into a really cool theatre style monocular and insist on using it when driving down busy motorways as it helps you.
#moderndrivingaids
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
Anyway, intrigued as to why he was arguing about his fare. Free bus passes? Poss too thick to bother applying for his, just the 15 or more years of giving away his money.
Cool a glass bottle in the fridge, then pour very hot oil into it up to the point where you want the split to occur.
Make interesting drinking vessels.
W - Wiggle Honda
"This year will be harder than last year. But that is good news; this year will be easier than next year." President of Abyssinia's annual address to the nation.
Right. You got big girls. You know. Big. Walking through Oxford today, is warm,is sunny. Lots of eye candy. Put it out there, get it looked at...
However. One blonde white girl walked past me, full on happy, smiled back at me, no worries, all sound. But jeez, the size of those white thighs below the skimpiest black shorts... Really?
Since when did you start being fussy?!! ffs. :roll:
Actually... are you in a position to be fussy?
W - Wiggle Honda
"This year will be harder than last year. But that is good news; this year will be easier than next year." President of Abyssinia's annual address to the nation.
seriously? or is doing this going to make the bottle shatter and blind us all?
#notoverlyconvinced
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
Try it. Some glass breaks clean, others don't break at all and some shatter. Wear goggles. Use a metal funnel. Do it in your shed.
W - Wiggle Honda
"This year will be harder than last year. But that is good news; this year will be easier than next year." President of Abyssinia's annual address to the nation.
Not necessarily intrigue-worthy surely? Hops on summer bike to head out and gear cable snaps; hurriedly digs winter bike out.
#sometimescraphappens.........
*well - not any more, because generally I'm slower than I was a few years ago - but, YPBs anyway (yearly PBs ... )
tail winds are great aren't they
my summer time commute tends to be into the wind both ways - north wind on the way in, then (due to the proximity of the coast) - sea breeze on the way back .... I need to change jobs!