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weeksy wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 9:29 am Not sure winds me up is the correct phrase, but deffo made me go WTF !!!!

"so that perfume....."
"sure, for Xmas yeah"
"Victoria Beckham, it's £170"

SAY WHAT NOW !!!!!

At least she's not asked for Shaik like my MIL wears.

My misses is cheap on the perfume side because she won't wear any that doesn't have the leaping bunny on the box.

weeksy wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 9:29 am Not sure winds me up is the correct phrase, but deffo made me go WTF !!!!

"so that perfume....."
"sure, for Xmas yeah"
"Victoria Beckham, it's £170"

SAY WHAT NOW !!!!!

Was discussing this the other day. A bottle of half-decent perfume, in my mind, was around £60-£80. Maybe I'm just harking back to a cheaper era, but now the price for a nice bottle is £150-£200. Molton Brown is a case in point. Used to be a reasonable bottle of sniff, in men's and women's, then rebranded, went unisex, the bottle changed and it doubled in price.

As for Acqua di Parma...I love 'em, but by Christ.

gremlin wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 9:56 am

weeksy wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 9:29 am Not sure winds me up is the correct phrase, but deffo made me go WTF !!!!

"so that perfume....."
"sure, for Xmas yeah"
"Victoria Beckham, it's £170"

SAY WHAT NOW !!!!!

Was discussing this the other day. A bottle of half-decent perfume, in my mind, was around £60-£80. Maybe I'm just harking back to a cheaper era, but now the price for a nice bottle is £150-£200. Molton Brown is a case in point. Used to be a reasonable bottle of sniff, in men's and women's, then rebranded, went unisex, the bottle changed and it doubled in price.

As for Acqua di Parma...I love 'em, but by Christ.

The Molton Brown is only £80 a bottle, the bog water version is loads cheaper... It's got a leaping bunny on the box.

It doesn't last and isn't as strong as other brands so you use twice as much, apparently.

KungFooBob wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 9:58 am

gremlin wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 9:56 am

weeksy wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 9:29 am Not sure winds me up is the correct phrase, but deffo made me go WTF !!!!

"so that perfume....."
"sure, for Xmas yeah"
"Victoria Beckham, it's £170"

SAY WHAT NOW !!!!!

Was discussing this the other day. A bottle of half-decent perfume, in my mind, was around £60-£80. Maybe I'm just harking back to a cheaper era, but now the price for a nice bottle is £150-£200. Molton Brown is a case in point. Used to be a reasonable bottle of sniff, in men's and women's, then rebranded, went unisex, the bottle changed and it doubled in price.

As for Acqua di Parma...I love 'em, but by Christ.

The Molton Brown is only £80 a bottle, the bog water version is loads cheaper... It's got a leaping bunny on the box.

It doesn't last and isn't as strong as other brands so you use twice as much, apparently.

the really long lasting thing was thrown in as justification by Mrs Weeksy too. "it lasts agggggggges"....

gremlin wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 9:56 am

weeksy wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 9:29 am Not sure winds me up is the correct phrase, but deffo made me go WTF !!!!

"so that perfume....."
"sure, for Xmas yeah"
"Victoria Beckham, it's £170"

SAY WHAT NOW !!!!!

Was discussing this the other day. A bottle of half-decent perfume, in my mind, was around £60-£80. Maybe I'm just harking back to a cheaper era, but now the price for a nice bottle is £150-£200. Molton Brown is a case in point. Used to be a reasonable bottle of sniff, in men's and women's, then rebranded, went unisex, the bottle changed and it doubled in price.

As for Acqua di Parma...I love 'em, but by Christ.

It's all due to Hamas and the war in Ukraine, it's where most of the smells come from for perfume, obvs...

Greenman wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 10:15 am

gremlin wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 9:56 am

weeksy wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 9:29 am Not sure winds me up is the correct phrase, but deffo made me go WTF !!!!

"so that perfume....."
"sure, for Xmas yeah"
"Victoria Beckham, it's £170"

SAY WHAT NOW !!!!!

Was discussing this the other day. A bottle of half-decent perfume, in my mind, was around £60-£80. Maybe I'm just harking back to a cheaper era, but now the price for a nice bottle is £150-£200. Molton Brown is a case in point. Used to be a reasonable bottle of sniff, in men's and women's, then rebranded, went unisex, the bottle changed and it doubled in price.

As for Acqua di Parma...I love 'em, but by Christ.

It's all due to Hamas and the war in Ukraine, it's where most of the smells come from for perfume, obvs...

You're forgetting Brexit.

And the birth of Christ. Bloody nicking all that frankincense and creating a shortage.

Effing Clerical and Medical Insurance!

Long story short. In 1995 I retired from BT and got a lump sum. I invested some of it in a Distribution Bond with Clerical and Medical. It has performed reasonably well, but recently it’s performance has not been so good, so time to switch it elsewhere.

In March I withdrew some of it, carefully staying under any CGT limit. Then in October I withdrew the rest. Clerical Medical issues TWO Chargeable Event Certificates, both a pile of poo, with dates wrong, and amounts wrong. Even got one of the events in the wrong tax year! So I rang up to ask them WTF.

I was told that the error had been noticed and that there was a note on the file to that effect, and to expect revised certificates in about 10 days. Fair enuffski. After 2 weeks I rang again, file consulted, same note on file, now with chasing from the first person I spoke to. Much apologies, offered to chase again, but warned that it would take 6 working days. Slightly sceptical now, but OK.

6 working days elapsed, nothing received so a snotogram launched, giving them 5 working days to get their shit together. 3 days in and an auto-acknowledgement and nothing else.

Watch this space.

People that seem to not want to use the outside lane on the motorway. They'd rather potter along at 60mph, stuck behind the bellend that won't use the inside lane.



Foot note. I can't use the outside lane myself as I have a trailer!

Jody wrote: Sat Dec 02, 2023 8:13 am People that seem to not want to use the outside lane on the motorway. They'd rather potter along at 60mph, stuck behind the bellend that won't use the inside lane.

This may become more common as adaptive cruise control gets more widespread.

Jody wrote: Sat Dec 02, 2023 8:13 am Foot note. I can't use the outside lane myself as I have a trailer!

You also can't drive at more than 60mph, so what's the problem?

Additional footnote. Isn't CLODing worthy of points now or did I imagine that?

But relies on police being there.

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/new ... ed-police/

MrLongbeard wrote: Thu Nov 23, 2023 1:53 pm

MrLongbeard wrote: Wed Nov 22, 2023 10:43 am

MrLongbeard wrote: Wed Nov 22, 2023 9:55 am Finding 3 dodgy transactions on my debit card totals £100+ and all for Apple store / apps

FFS, apparently I've got dodgy charges going back to November last year, all say Apple but Apple deny any knowledge, will have to wait and see what gets refunded for a total.

£400 back in my account where it belongs.
I'm pissed that I didn't notice, yet happy I had enough kicking around to not notice and happier that it's back

FFS, another Apple transaction has appeared, need to let it go through so I can see what card it came off and then have a rant at the bank.
I'd not mind but the bloody bank have had me approving every single transaction since the first lot were reported, but they let this one go through unapproved

That I can't find an amusing what three words address for the new house.

There's someone on here with a near perfect one for them. I'm mildly envious.

I'm not sure if this should be here or in the stupid work sayings thread.

I was having software problems today so had to get on to IT.
I was told there was a global outage but when I said "Oh, so other people are having problems?" I got the reply "No, just you."

So, a global outage only affecting me

McNab wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2023 6:22 pm I'm not sure if this should be here or in the stupid work sayings thread.

I was having software problems today so had to get on to IT.
I was told there was a global outage but when I said "Oh, so other people are having problems?" I got the reply "No, just you."

So, a global outage only affecting me

It'd affect you wherever you are in the world.

McNab wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2023 6:22 pm I'm not sure if this should be here or in the stupid work sayings thread.

I was having software problems today so had to get on to IT.
I was told there was a global outage but when I said "Oh, so other people are having problems?" I got the reply "No, just you."

So, a global outage only affecting me

Now you know what the IT department think of you.

I work in IT. I've made up so much shite just to get people off the phone so I can get back to posting shit on motorcycle forums, you wouldn't believe.

Pirahna wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2023 8:54 pm

McNab wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2023 6:22 pm I'm not sure if this should be here or in the stupid work sayings thread.

I was having software problems today so had to get on to IT.
I was told there was a global outage but when I said "Oh, so other people are having problems?" I got the reply "No, just you."

So, a global outage only affecting me

Now you know what the IT department think of you.

At least he never had to write down the id-10-t code.

KungFooBob wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2023 8:59 pm I work in IT.

90% of the people on here work in IT.

Pirahna wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2023 9:55 pm

KungFooBob wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2023 8:59 pm I work in IT.

90% of the people on here work in IT.

We're all work shy losers, who seek validation on the internets that we can't achieve in real life, or something.