Room 101

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

What do you do when you have an itch.........We're heading for Venus,...Venus...😉

Lyrics

We're leavin' together
But still it's farewell
And maybe we'll come back
To Earth, who can tell?
I guess there is no one to blame
We're leaving ground (leaving ground)
Will things ever be the same again?
It's the final countdown
The final countdown
Oh
We're headin' for Venus (Venus)
And still we stand tall
'Cause maybe they've seen us
And welcome us all, yeah
With so many light years to go
And things to be found (to be found)
I'm sure that we all miss her so
It's the final countdown
The final countdown
The final countdown (final countdown)
(Oh)
Oh
The final countdown, oh
It's the final countdown
The final countdown
The final countdown (final countdown)
(Oh)
It's the final countdown
We're leavin' together
(The final countdown)
We'll all miss her so
It's the final countdown (final countdown)
(Oh)
It's the final countdown
Yeah
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Joey Tempest
The Final Countdown lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

And they say poetry is dead...

 

[Cricketbat70]

I'd like to nominate our warehouse roof for room 101. More holes then a colander. Picked a tumble dryer off the top of a double stack for delivery tomorrow and got drenched as I tipped it back, my mouth was open and everything 🤣🤣🪣🪣

 

[Angle Poise-Lamp]

Solution to the above:

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Laptops direct. Rang on the day of delivery to tell me the item was out of stock, but would be in shortly - rearranged for a week later. That date then bumped back another couple of days because still not in stock. This was never going to be met, as it takes them two days to process stock and two more for the pre-install that I wanted doing. They did at least agree to providing a higher spec machine at no extra cost, but I'm still waiting for the email with my Office 365 subscription code on it.

Rang the fools to chase it, and having got through their menus I am told that their offices are closed, even though their website says they are open.

Pathetic.

 

[Cricketbat70]

Laptops direct. Rang on the day of delivery to tell me the item was out of stock, but would be in shortly - rearranged for a week later. That date then bumped back another couple of days because still not in stock. This was never going to be met, as it takes them two days to process stock and two more for the pre-install that I wanted doing. They did at least agree to providing a higher spec machine at no extra cost, but I'm still waiting for the email with my Office 365 subscription code on it.

Rang the fools to chase it, and having got through their menus I am told that their offices are closed, even though their website says they are open.

Pathetic.

Heard/ read so many complaints about them I'm surprised they are still going.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Heard/ read so many complaints about them I'm surprised they are still going.

Said I'd hear from them within two hours - didn't do. Some spleen to vent!

 

[Al ears]

Heard/ read so many complaints about them I'm surprised they are still going.

"A fool and his money.....". : -)

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

There's a busy dual carriageway near where I live that we have to cross to do our usual non-winter walk with the dogs. It's a pain to cross, sometimes you can wait 3-5 minutes. There was a gap before a Pallex lorry, and the lights a couple of hundred metres on were red, so I ran across. Was off the road before he got there, but this didn't stop him tooting his horn and flipping the bird.

On the plus side, it's gratifyingly easy to find the email addresses for complaining about most large companies' drivers...

 

[jjbomber]

There's a busy dual carriageway near where I live that we have to cross to do our usual non-winter walk with the dogs. It's a pain to cross, sometimes you can wait 3-5 minutes. There was a gap before a Pallex lorry, and the lights a couple of hundred metres on were red, so I ran across. Was off the road before he got there, but this didn't stop him tooting his horn and flipping the bird.

On the plus side, it's gratifyingly easy to find the email addresses for complaining about most large companies' drivers...

So you were walking the dog, but too lazy to walk down to the lights to cross? I'm on the side of the lorry here, in the Pallex v Pillox debate!

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

So you were walking the dog, but too lazy to walk down to the lights to cross? I'm on the side of the lorry here, in the Pallex v Pillox debate!

Jumping in without knowing the facts again, eh? The lights are at a busy three-lane roundabout with multiple junctions and no pedestrian crossings - it's like the sort of thing you find at the end of a motorway slip road. The road is (sort of) safer, and intended to be used for crossing - gaps in armco and footpaths at either end. And lazy? Back from six miles, which is a typical walk...

And I'll ignore the personal comment at the end as you seem to have managed to invert it!

 

[Cricketbat70]

Jumping in without knowing the facts again, eh? The lights are at a busy three-lane roundabout with multiple junctions and no pedestrian crossings - it's like the sort of thing you find at the end of a motorway slip road. The road is (sort of) safer, and intended to be used for crossing - gaps in armco and footpaths at either end. And lazy? Back from six miles, which is a typical walk...

And I'll ignore the personal comment at the end as you seem to have managed to invert it!

I've seen plenty of dual carriage ways with crossing points like that up and down the country. In an ideal world there would be a footbridge over a dual carriage way but how much would that cost to build one for every crossing point. Up to drivers and pedestrians to be safe near these. There are signs to warn drivers about crossing points.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

There was a '50 best restaurants in the world' list launched in June (apparently). The most expensive set menu is a Danish one called Alchemist, which weighs in at £1,900. There must be some individuals who can feed themselves perfectly adequately for a year on that...

 

[Angle Poise-Lamp]

There was a '50 best restaurants in the world' list launched in June (apparently). The most expensive set menu is a Danish one called Alchemist, which weighs in at £1,900. There must be some individuals who can feed themselves perfectly adequately for a year on that...

Can’t blame them for charging so much, if people are rich enough and daft enough to pay. It’s no wonder companies can get away with selling cables at £1000s per meter…

 

[Cricketbat70]

There was a '50 best restaurants in the world' list launched in June (apparently). The most expensive set menu is a Danish one called Alchemist, which weighs in at £1,900. There must be some individuals who can feed themselves perfectly adequately for a year on that...

Like a restaurant a few miles from where I live ( The Fence Gate) there used to be a SKY TV informertial about it. The most expensive steak pie in the world.
The world's most expensive steak pie at the Fence Gate Inn was £8,195, or £1,024 per slice for the group of eight who ordered it. This 2005 record-breaking pie was made with luxury ingredients like Japanese wagyu beef, Chinese matsutake mushrooms, and vintage 1982 Chateau Mouton Rothschild wine.

• Total cost: £8,195
• Cost per slice: £1,024 (for a group of eight)
• Key ingredients:
  • Japanese wagyu beef fillet
  • Chinese matsutake mushrooms
  • Winter black truffles
  • French Bluefoot mushrooms
  • Gravy made from two bottles of 1982 Chateau Mouton Rothschild wine
  • Edible gold leaf topping

Ridiculous. That's 20 years ago. I'd hate to see what the price would be now if the ingredients are still available.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Edible gold leaf topping

That says it all, doesn't it? I doubt gold has much flavour.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Heard/ read so many complaints about them I'm surprised they are still going.

They agreed to refund the 365 subscription as I've had to sign up for it anyway, but it staggers me how long companies can take to get funds back to you. They will have taken it with startling haste, and the same should apply in reverse.

 

[Cricketbat70]

They agreed to refund the 365 subscription as I've had to sign up for it anyway, but it staggers me how long companies can take to get funds back to you. They will have taken it with startling haste, and the same should apply in reverse.

Oh yeah we often whine about that at home "quick to take your money but reluctant to actually give it back"

 

[Angle Poise-Lamp]

That says it all, doesn't it? I doubt gold has much flavour.

But, as it’s inert, you can recover the gold after it has pased through and reuse it, again and again…💩

 

[Cricketbat70]

But, as it’s inert, you can recover the gold after it has pased through and reuse it, again and again…💩

I think I'm going to be sick at that thought 🤣

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

I think I'm going to be sick at that thought 🤣

Not as sick as you'd feel if you'd bought the pie in question!