Seemingly trivial things that annoy you
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Not too tricky in Scotland where they pay you when you buy a house.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
I paid off the mortgage on my first house in my late thirties and only mortgaged up again gor the current house as it made financial sense to do so rather than liquidating long term investments.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Sunday league level property buying pissing contests.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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Narky late night replies to threads 😉
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Sssshhh, but the Telegraph is suggesting that the Trilpe Lock isn't sustainable. Nor all the other 'perks' for pensioners.
"Former pensions minister Baroness Ros Altmann says the fix should not be raising the state pension age, but increasing the number of years a person must pay National Insurance before they qualify for the full payment. “That will mean more people will have a reason to keep working,” she says.
Currently, to get a full state pension, a person needs to have made 35 years of National Insurance payments. “The idea that 35 years is a full working life is totally out of date. If someone works for 50 years, they should get more state pension,” says Baroness Altmann.
The Government should also scrap a fleet of extra benefits for pensioners such as winter fuel payments and the Christmas bonus. Many are simply “political gimmicks” which cost the taxpayer far more than they are worth to pensioners, she adds.
There is also a question mark over the viability of the triple lock, which means state pension is raised each year by the largest of wage growth, inflation, or 2.5pc.
“We need to think about the triple lock and how sustainable it really is,” warns Phil Parkinson, head of investment and retirement at Mercer.
But any kind of reform is a political minefield. “There is a lot of fear of doing something that won’t be popular, a fear of being seen to do something against pensioners,” says Baroness Altmann."
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Young people should simply buy a house 30 years ago like we did.
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It's only £10. Goes to people on a whole range of benefits, including pension.
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The burden of changes to to pensions must always be carried by future pensioners
“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
Turkeys voting for Xmas vibe.
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I mean, if you just paid cash in your thirties ...
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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The latest madness about ultra-processed food.
Article in the Times suggesting that the way everyone can be healthier is by swapping a normal loaf for San Francisco sourdough from Gail's or paying £7 a jar for curry paste.
I mean seriously. If you know that little about food, just f*** off and write about celebrities or something.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
Part of the anti-growth coalition0 -
I read the book, and the stuff about everything (including bread) containing emulsifiers particularly makes changing that seem a good idea.
The article is generally terrible though. Ready meals are not ultra processed if they don't contain ingredients that are not food.
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A colleague was surprised to learn that a macroni cheese ready meal only contained items he had in his kitchen.
If you've read the book do you have any expert guidance to offer or is it something that needs legislation?
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Slow moving people.
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There's a load about classifying food as upf because of the environmental etc impacts which I think is a distraction.
The main message is that we have suddenly started eating a load of stuff that isn't really food. This is cheaper to produce and especially to transport and store.
The impact on the microbiome is probably not good, and I was especially convinced by the arguments around the gut impacts of emulsifiers, modified starch etc being in SO much food.
Whether you can legislate or not, I don't know. But about 60% of calories in the UK diet comes from upf.
Basically eat food.
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It is incredible how slowly most people walk. If I get stuck behind people on the pavement or in the supermarket I find it almost painful to shuffle along like that.
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Aye but. If you have a size 72 lardyarse, you ain't gonna sprint.
This oldie keeps getting surprised by just how fat the younger generations are becoming. As well as the Boomers of course.
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We can extend this to people who drive too slowly.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
The really annoying drivers are those that drive at 40mph irrespective of the circumstances or speed limits
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Why do herbs come all jumbled up now rather than in a nice bunch? You have to spend 10 minutes picking all the stalks out.
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This. They seem to be getting slower year-on-year.
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Yep, them as well.
There is also a special place in hell for people who go too slowly and won't move out of the outside lane on dual carriageways and motorways.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Yeah, 40 in a 60 then 40 in a 30. Fecking annoying.
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Those that dawdle along, obviously distracted, then accelerate through a changing traffic light irritate me. If they'd been paid attention and moved with the traffic 2 or 3 more cars would have got through when the light was still green.
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Too busy on their phones? I wonder how much time collectively the nation wastes per year waiting for people on phones in their cars to notice the lights have changed?
Sometimes. Maybe. Possibly.
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So f!*king annoying. On a par with mobility scooters 'jack-knifed' in supermarket aisles. 🤬
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I think it's been done before but, people who leave trollies on one side of the isle while they peruse the other side, and their partner in the middle contemplating the meaning of life.
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.4
