Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little

[Sunny]

I love travelling by train.

Anyway BYP: pet insurance.
Our lovely dog has just turned ten (ish - he's a rescue, so it's all a bit ish). He now costs more to insure than the fucking Audi.

[Rockburner]

The latest mangling of the English language in an ad on the telly.

Some company selling shorts (iirc), which apparently are made "consciously".

Yes "consciously".

WTAF.

I mean, I would automatically assume that the person on low pay making the garments was awake, but it's nice to be assured of the fact.



I assume they mean "conscientiously"?

[Horse]

I assume they mean "conscientiously"?

https://diversity.social/unconscious-vs-subconscious/

A simple analogy of Unconscious and Subconscious
Our mind has different levels, kind of like a house with different floors. The top floor is where we do our thinking, like deciding what to eat for breakfast or what clothes to wear. This is called our conscious mind, because we are aware of what we’re doing and thinking.

But there are other parts of our mind that we’re not always aware of. The next floor down is called the subconscious. It’s where our brain stores things that we don’t need to think about all the time, like how to walk or ride a bike. We don’t have to think about these things consciously because our brain has already learned how to do them and stored the information in our subconscious.

Finally, the bottom floor is called the unconscious. This is where our brain stores things that we’re not aware of at all, like dreams or our deepest fears and desires. We don’t have control over our unconscious thoughts and feelings because they are hidden from our conscious mind.

So, to sum up: the conscious mind is what we’re actively thinking about, the subconscious is what we’ve learned and stored in our brain, and the unconscious is what we’re not aware of at all.

[Taipan]

The weather is really BMP! It looks like November out there, grey skies, pissing rain and cold enough that the heating has come on. FFS will summer ever start!

[Druid]

I love travelling by train

Me too. I am currently sat on a train somewhere between Settle and Carlisle, enjoying some of the most stunning scenery in the country.

[Rockburner]

The weather is really BMP! It looks like November out there, grey skies, pissing rain and cold enough that the heating has come on. FFS will summer ever start!

Bright sunshine here.


breezy as hell though, and cold with it.

[MingtheMerciless]

Trains are fine so long as I'm the only person in the carriage, commuting in and out of Brighton I get to see the dregs of society kicking off and trying everything not too buy a ticket. Southern have recently employed the "Ticket Taliban" at Brighton to stop the scrotes travelling from the East to West Coast for free and its generating a LOT of upset, shame that Southern can't employ the real Taliban to administer summery justice for the fare evading scum. Some heads on pikes outside the station would be a good start.

Also whilst I'm ranting, the parents of the little darlings that make the west coast commuters and other travellers lives a misery need stringing up, along with their spawn.

[Druid]

Trains are fine so long as I'm the only person in the carriage, commuting in and out of Brighton I get to see the dregs of society kicking off and trying everything not too buy a ticket. Southern have recently employed the "Ticket Taliban" at Brighton to stop the scrotes travelling from the East to West Coast for free and its generating a LOT of upset, shame that Southern can't employ the real Taliban to administer summery justice for the fare evading scum. Some heads on pikes outside the station would be a good start.

Also whilst I'm ranting, the parents of the little darlings that make the west coast commuters and other travellers lives a misery need stringing up, along with their spawn.

Basically, people BYP
I can't disagree with that

[Bigjawa]

I love travelling by train.

Anyway BYP: pet insurance.
Our lovely dog has just turned ten (ish - he's a rescue, so it's all a bit ish). He now costs more to insure than the fucking Audi.

Cheer up, My 2 younger Rotts are £500 odd each and my Malinois is £800. They won't touch the oldest Rott as she's 13.

[McNab]

I love travelling by train.

Anyway BYP: pet insurance.
Our lovely dog has just turned ten (ish - he's a rescue, so it's all a bit ish). He now costs more to insure than the fucking Audi.

Cheer up, My 2 younger Rotts are £500 odd each and my Malinois is £800. They won't touch the oldest Rott as she's 13.

But you've not seen how much it cost to insure his Audi

[Noggin]

Shoulders. I've dealt with a shit right shoulder for almost 7 years now. It's my normal. It's no longer actually painful, but it's regularly grumpy/uncomfortable/difficult!

BUT - yesterday afternoon for no apparent reason my left arm/shoulder became ridiculously painful. Like actually painful. With my issue that I've not found any pain meds that actually work, that was a bit of a challenge for doing stuff - cooking, sleeping etc I've mastered with one hand but when the good arm makes movement difficult, well, it's been interesting Although the hot water in the shower seems to have helped a smidge!!

So, no heading far by bike, but the sun is out so I'll see if I can get to town for coffee, and the sun is out so it's totally worth a go! No hairpins from cat sit house and only a bit less than 10 minutes to town. I can change my mind and come back for the car!




But FFS WTF did this happen, what did I do???

[ChrisW]

Just cycled back from a pub - pint of cooking lager, a small lemonade and a packet of crisps. £10.50!

[Pirahna]

Just cycled back from a pub - pint of cooking lager, a small lemonade and a packet of crisps. £10.50!

That's 4 bottles of half decent red from the local bodega. Mercadona own brand beer is as good as the mainstream stuff at €0.37 a can. A pint in the English bar is €3.

[Yorick]

Just cycled back from a pub - pint of cooking lager, a small lemonade and a packet of crisps. £10.50!

Pint here at my local is 1.80€

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[ChrisW]

Wasn't even a great pub....good to be out in the sunshine though

[Sunny]

Anyway BYP: pet insurance.
Our lovely dog has just turned ten (ish - he's a rescue, so it's all a bit ish). He now costs more to insure than the fucking Audi.

Cheer up, My 2 younger Rotts are £500 odd each and my Malinois is £800. They won't touch the oldest Rott as she's 13.

But you've not seen how much it cost to insure his Audi

Yep > £1000

£1043.35 to be precise. He's a big lump rescue mix from Croatia, so who knows what he is, but the vet reckons there's Irish Wolfhound and German Shepherd in there somewhere. I assume the turning 10 (ish!), has caused the bump up.

[Taipan]

Only had jack Russells for over 30 years and they are like the Hondas of the dog world, they just keep going. So we'd never insured a dog or had booster jabs. Now we also have a French Bulldog which are notorious for health issues, i thought i'd look into insuring her. PetPlan quoted over £200 a month , so that idea got binned!

[Noggin]

Only had jack Russells for over 30 years and they are like the Hondas of the dog world, they just keep going. So we'd never insured a dog or had booster jabs. Now we also have a French Bulldog which are notorious for health issues, i thought i'd look into insuring her. PetPlan quoted over £200 a month , so that idea got binned!

Years and years ago a friend told me that she never insured her dogs (German Shepherds IIRC) - she would put an amount a month in a savings account so that if the dog/s needed anything, she had a reasonable amount saved. This is 20+ years ago, so pet insurance wasn't as costly as now, but I remember her putting what I thought was a big amount away - maybe 50-100£ - so quite a bit more than the insurance would have cost back then, but no excess, no increase if she claimed and I'm pretty sure in the 5 years I knew her, she didn't need any of the money. But knowing her, I suspect that once the dog passed, the money would stay in the savings account for the next dog, just in case

No idea if that's feasible now? No idea what vets cost, except LOTS!!

[cheb]

I've never insured any of my cats, they get regular tick and flea treatments and that's about it. Whether or not they make a one way trip the vets has depended on their age and what's wrong with them. One had its leg pinned, it was young enough to be worth it. The last one had a brain problem that was likely to impossible to cure so that was that.

I miss them when they die but it's only a cat to me, there's plenty more. The current one is a twice rehomed cat that came from a neighbour, very affectionate, very happy to see me but it's still only a cat.

I'm not fussed how people spend their money but it boggles me how much can be spent on pets. Neither do I get the breed thing unless it's a working animal.

[Count Steer]

There were moves afoot to look at/break up some of the big company monopolies on veterinary services. At the moment all the independents keep getting mopped up and the big outfits, in a cosy (incestuous) relationship with the insurance companies (and the drug companies) are cleaning up.

Vets put their bills up, insurance companies put the premiums up, kerrrching! They're all happy...because the actual costs haven't gone up that much. Then they manufacture demand by doing treatments that probably aren't necessary as well just to keep the cash flow going and make people think they're fortunate that they insured.

Ends up with those that can, paying through the nose. Those that can't with pets that need treatment not getting it or being euthanased unnecessarily or being abandoned. The only other resort being charities like the PDSA.

It whiffs rather a lot. Same thing with dentists etc. As soon as the insurance companies get a grip prices rocket.

Self insurance is obvs the way but people aren't very financially disciplined. (That and don't go for breeds with known issues...get a Heinz 57 mutt ).