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Al ears · Mar 21, 2025

Friesiansam said:
The ridiculously OTT reporting of the Heathrow power cut. I could understand if there was major disaster there but, it’s just a large number of people inconvenienced and, a substation in need of repair. There has been no suggestion, so far, of any terrorist action so, not even that excuse for the excessive reporting.

Anything that, in itself, can disable one of the busiest airports in the world is bound to attract attention.
I find it difficult to believe their "back up" isn't able to power the whole airport
And they want another runway??

GSV Ethics Gradient · Apr 1, 2025

'Loyalty' schemes. I'm a member of a few, and they all seem to have taken turns for the worse in their terms.

Shell's money off seems scarcely worth having, and expires far more quickly than it used to.

Tesco's clubcard points used to arrive by post (then email), now you have to check for them periodically, convert points into vouchers, make an electronic copy to get the reference numbers and then apply them individually. They used to just sit there waiting for you to check out and tick the boxes. Making it a pain to access your 'rewards' says a lot, I think. Hadn't been arsed to look at this for ages, and it amounted to £85 quid. So just let me have it without the faff. I know you'd rather I forgot about it and you didn't have to give me money off...

GSV Ethics Gradient · Apr 8, 2025

'Never, in the field of human finance, has so much been lost by so many because of so few.'

Friesiansam · Apr 8, 2025

GSV Ethics Gradient said:
Deleted because of humourlessness

I thought I was a grumpy old git...

DCarmi · Apr 8, 2025

Spammers and bots! I'm sure they are already here in 101, but you have to feel sorry for the poor Mods who will be busy for a while.

Friesiansam · Apr 8, 2025

DCarmi said:
Spammers and bots! I'm sure they are already here in 101, but you have to feel sorry for the poor Mods who will be busy for a while.

They need something to keep them busy, when nobody is arguing about cables... 😀

Cricketbat70 · Apr 9, 2025

DCarmi said:
Spammers and bots! I'm sure they are already here in 101, but you have to feel sorry for the poor Mods who will be busy for a while.

Especially this morning 45 I woke up to on here.

GSV Ethics Gradient · Apr 9, 2025

Friesiansam said:
I thought I was a grumpy old git...

Not on my part, I hasten to add.

GSV Ethics Gradient · Apr 13, 2025

You can buy air from Lake Como for €11. I quote:

Take a piece of Lake Como with you, a luxurious souvenir, perfect for those who wish to rediscover the peace and elegance of this heavenly corner, sealed in a tin.

Open it whenever you need a moment of escape, tranquility, or simply beauty.

Escape from sanity, possibly...

Lake Como Air – The first canned Air of Lake Como

lakecomoair.it

One born every minute etc.

Friesiansam · Apr 13, 2025

GSV Ethics Gradient said:
You can buy air from Lake Como for €11. I quote:

Take a piece of Lake Como with you, a luxurious souvenir, perfect for those who wish to rediscover the peace and elegance of this heavenly corner, sealed in a tin.

Open it whenever you need a moment of escape, tranquility, or simply beauty.

Escape from sanity, possibly...

Lake Como Air – The first canned Air of Lake Como

lakecomoair.it

One born every minute etc.

With so many people now, having more money than they know what to do with, there are going to be people/businesses ready to exploit them…

BTW, you can still buy a fart in a jar, there are even unboxing videos on YouTube…

BTW2, I have NOT watched any of the above videos, in fact I never watch any unboxing videos, they are among the most pointless rubbish on YouTube etc.

davidf · Apr 14, 2025

Friesiansam said:
BTW2, I have NOT watched any of the above videos, in fact I never watch any unboxing videos, they are among the most pointless rubbish on YouTube etc.

Totally agree. They seem to flick some people's switches though.

JDl · Apr 14, 2025

davidf said:
Totally agree. They seem to flick some people's switches though.

Watching unboxing videos is as boring as watching paint dry.

GSV Ethics Gradient · Tuesday at 10:54 AM

Call centres. Just spend three quarters of an hour on hold (repeatedly being told they'd be with me ASAP) by the Teachers' Pensions Agency. At which point, my landline battery started beeping, and placing it back on the charger ends the call.

Still got the hold music as a horrible earworm!

Cricketbat70 · Wednesday at 3:55 PM

Don't know if it's already been mentioned this has become a very long thread. I want to put Amazon's algorithm that makes suggestions for you into room 101. For instance last week " we thought you might like some new earphones" No #### Sherlock, that's why I was looking for two days.

Dave_ · Wednesday at 4:55 PM

GSV Ethics Gradient said:
Call centres. Just spend three quarters of an hour on hold (repeatedly being told they'd be with me ASAP) by the Teachers' Pensions Agency. At which point, my landline battery started beeping, and placing it back on the charger ends the call.

Still got the hold music as a horrible earworm!

I always use online chat when possible, saves wasting time sitting on hold, plus you get a transcript of the conversation.

GSV Ethics Gradient · Thursday at 7:51 AM

Dave_ said:
I always use online chat when possible, saves wasting time sitting on hold, plus you get a transcript of the conversation.

I can't register to use the site alas - it's about my late father.

JDl · Thursday at 10:25 AM

GSV Ethics Gradient said:
Call centres. Just spend three quarters of an hour on hold (repeatedly being told they'd be with me ASAP) by the Teachers' Pensions Agency. At which point, my landline battery started beeping, and placing it back on the charger ends the call.

Still got the hold music as a horrible earworm!

Yeah, it's real BS, being kept on hold for what feels like an eternity.
If you have a plug in charger, you can plug your phone in mid-call, and it won't knock you off.
I guess you know that though, yeah?

Al ears · Thursday at 12:27 PM

JDl said:
Yeah, it's real BS, being kept on hold for what feels like an eternity.
If you have a plug in charger, you can plug your phone in mid-call, and it won't knock you off.
I guess you know that though, yeah?

Landlines like that don't charge unless back on the cradle.....

Jasonovich · Thursday at 1:03 PM

Al ears said:
Landlines like that don't charge unless back on the cradle.....

I haven't used landline for yonks. The one's I have at home have been switched to internet telephony.

Al ears · Thursday at 1:06 PM

Jasonovich said:
I haven't used landline for yonks. The one's I have at home have been switched to internet telephony.

Mine only went out last year when cable to the door eventually arrived in our road.....

JDl · Saturday at 11:27 AM

Al ears said:
Landlines like that don't charge unless back on the cradle.....

Of course, I was thinking cell phone. (Slaps forehead!)

Al ears · Saturday at 6:06 PM

JDl said:
Of course, I was thinking cell phone. (Slaps forehead!)

No problem.
I have days like that.... 🙂

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