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Taipan wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 12:19 pm Modern a day parenting. Last night I witnessed some kid having a melt down to say the least, all because he didn't want to be shopping, he wanted to go home. That kid started his brother off too and Dad had to take one away, but returned shortly as the kid was screaming more thinking his brother was getting something he wasn't. So parents calm them with promises of getting them what they want in the most smarmy, ingratiating voices. WTF do parents reward bad behaviour when it should have consequences. No wonder we have so any unruly little shits ruining their communities.

I despair at parents sometimes, for lots of reasons (and from the high ground as I have no kids, so it's easy!! ).

Was on the resort bus yesterday and a little girl was sick. I get that as it's not always the nicest ride when it's full of people. But, parents left her standing in amongst a load of adults, so she couldn't see where she was going (think she was about 6 ish), but once she pointed out that she was feeling really sick they shoved her to the front of the bus so she could see the road (pushing everyone else out of the way) but she was sick in a couple of minutes anyway. In the puke were lumps of chocolate bar and in her hand was the remainder of a kitkat. Soo, your kid feels sick and you give her a bar of chocolate

Winter is worse cos it's a minibus with carpet not vinyl floors. Parents just shove a phone or tablet at their kids as they head up or down 21 hairpins in a vehicle. FFS! They don't have to clean up the puke!!

Noggin wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 2:57 pm Parents just shove a phone or tablet at their kids

That's what BMP.

How many times do you see families at the dinner table with both adults on their phones and all kids with their noses pressed against a screen? No conversation or interaction. Food gets served, no recognition of the waiting staff, food shoved down with a fork, as using a knife would require the device being put down.


Am I sounding like a grumpy old man?

gremlin wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 4:01 pm

Noggin wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 2:57 pm Parents just shove a phone or tablet at their kids

That's what BMP.

How many times do you see families at the dinner table with both adults on their phones and all kids with their noses pressed against a screen? No conversation or interaction. Food gets served, no recognition of the waiting staff, food shoved down with a fork, as using a knife would require the device being put down.


Am I sounding like a grumpy old man?

Nope, BMP too!

On holiday recently, nice restaurant etc - wealthy looking family with couple of kids, all on iPads / phones playing games but with the volume blaring. No need for it, selfish arseholes......

The Windsor Framework.

I've got to rewrite my data export that feeds the DPD software

Watching the boss of Southern Water trying to justify his pay and the increase in bills they want, after decades of paying dividends (up to 2017) with precious little investment and maintenance of the network.

v8-powered wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 4:06 pm

gremlin wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 4:01 pm

Noggin wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 2:57 pm Parents just shove a phone or tablet at their kids

That's what BMP.

How many times do you see families at the dinner table with both adults on their phones and all kids with their noses pressed against a screen? No conversation or interaction. Food gets served, no recognition of the waiting staff, food shoved down with a fork, as using a knife would require the device being put down.


Am I sounding like a grumpy old man?

Nope, BMP too!

On holiday recently, nice restaurant etc - wealthy looking family with couple of kids, all on iPads / phones playing games but with the volume blaring. No need for it, selfish arseholes......

There's a lovely lake near us with loads of interesting water fowl, benches in little private spots etc. Cycled past a family sat at one today - both parents staring at their phones and the kid, maybe 4, with its tablet in one of those fun-coloured rubber cases/stands. All sat in silence.

There's a thread for dead celebrities nobody has heard of but not for ordinary people. Maybe I'll start one, "Just Dead People Special To You".

I can't buy half a pizza from the takeaway.

A whole pizza is too much. I mean to say, I can eat a whole one. I would eat a whole one, but I shouldn't eat a whole one and I don't have the will power not to.

But if I could buy half a pizza, put a little salad on the side and hey presto.

Instead, I had pasta

Pizza comes in different sizes, what size can't you manage?

Pirahna wrote: i
Pizza comes in different sizes, what size can't you manage?

The ones with 12 pieces are too much. Can only handle 8 pieces.

Just save half for breakfast

MrLongbeard wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 8:21 pm Just save half for breakfast

It's what air fryers were made for.

ChrisW wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 8:22 pm

MrLongbeard wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 8:21 pm Just save half for breakfast

It's what air fryers were made for.

Nah. Have it cold for brekky with that half full can you found behind the sofa

Yorick wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 8:24 pm

ChrisW wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 8:22 pm

MrLongbeard wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 8:21 pm Just save half for breakfast

It's what air fryers were made for.

Nah. Have it cold for brekky with that half full can you found behind the sofa

Watch out for the fag butt in it.

Horse wrote: Mon Jul 08, 2024 5:02 pm Continuing scanning. Amazingly, offering £3 for one nondescript book 'Tingo'.

But the shocker, for me, is Stirling Moss, by Obert Edwards. Massive coffee table hardback, 350 pages. Not wanted by WBB.

£30 when published in 2001. £4.50 s/h

I've just parcelled up 42 books and will get the princely sum of about £33. The star of the show was 'We are Legion (We are Bob)' for £3.57 iirc. The oddest was when I scanned in the complete set of 'Mortal Engines' books they took some but not the 3rd or 4th. Got a reject stack for Oxfam now.

However, the missus cleared 4 or 5 books off the shelves. She bought them in the RHS Wisley library sale (they sell off library books and donations to do with plants/gardens). Some 1st editions (probably only editions!) on exciting things like sweet peas She'd done a Google....£50 to £70 each! I didn't scan those (I might do it for a laugh - if they actually have bar codes).

Jody wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 7:32 pm I can't buy half a pizza from the takeaway.

A whole pizza is too much. I mean to say, I can eat a whole one. I would eat a whole one, but I shouldn't eat a whole one and I don't have the will power not to.

My local pizza man will make a half pizza, he'll even just cook you a base so you can take it home and make a sandwich (It was my wife's request, she was pissed, she is very persuasive. In her defence, if it needs it, it was a bloody nice sandwich.).

I don't like to think about "half pizza" personally - if I order a whole pizza the whole fecking pizza IS MINE.

Yorick wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 8:24 pm Nah. Have it cold for brekky with that half full can you found behind the sofa

As a stoodent, my housemate used to wrap up the remnants of his post-pub-takeaway and just wedge it down the side of the sofa so that he could continue eating it in the morning. How none of us died ....

Pirahna wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 7:46 pm Pizza comes in different sizes, what size can't you manage?

It's about 9 / 10 inches. It's not that I can't manage it, it's that I don't need that much food.

MrLongbeard wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 8:21 pm Just save half for breakfast

ChrisW wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 8:22 pm
It's what air fryers were made for.

Yorick wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 8:24 pm
Nah. Have it cold for brekky with that half full can you found behind the sofa

Have you three given up on reading posts before replying ?

Jody wrote: Fri Jul 26, 2024 5:39 pm

Pirahna wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 7:46 pm Pizza comes in different sizes, what size can't you manage?

It's about 9 / 10 inches. It's not that I can't manage it, it's that I don't need that much food.

MrLongbeard wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 8:21 pm Just save half for breakfast

ChrisW wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 8:22 pm
It's what air fryers were made for.

Yorick wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 8:24 pm
Nah. Have it cold for brekky with that half full can you found behind the sofa

Have you three given up on reading posts before replying ?

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Yorick wrote: Fri Jul 26, 2024 5:40 pm

Jody wrote: Fri Jul 26, 2024 5:39 pm

Pirahna wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 7:46 pm Pizza comes in different sizes, what size can't you manage?

It's about 9 / 10 inches. It's not that I can't manage it, it's that I don't need that much food.

MrLongbeard wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 8:21 pm Just save half for breakfast

ChrisW wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 8:22 pm
It's what air fryers were made for.

Yorick wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 8:24 pm
Nah. Have it cold for brekky with that half full can you found behind the sofa

Have you three given up on reading posts before replying ?

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Tuesday, but I don't think I'll make it to the party.





Soapy £10 to anyone that can tell me the reference !