Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
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Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
I'm all for Halloween. Wish we made as much as it as the yanks do. It can be a real community thing and we need more of that. We get a couple of bags of choccie bars and hand them out to the kids in their outfits. Lovely to see their outfits and each year we see more effort going into it an the houses get decorated a bit better each year too. More festivals please!
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Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Ban it!
I hate to see people having fun, especially children.
I hate to see people having fun, especially children.
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You miserable old bugger!
We get a small percentage of irksome older teens but in the main it's primary school kids with happy parents standing a couple of metres back.
I much prefer it to Christmas.
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I was brought up with Nov 5th being the important day, 'penny for the Guy's, etc. Ok, it might not be too PC now, but at least making a Guy involved some effort.
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Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
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We no longer get kids doing 'Halloween Rhyming' as it used to be know here. Mrs.Skub used to buy a load of sweets n' schitt for the callers,but the patents must be too scared of stranger danger to let them out now.
It's just another retail event these days.
It's just another retail event these days.
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Yeah, it's really been cut back here too, strangely after the year I injected all the milky ways with bleach.
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Yep, you've got a point there. I still enjoy it though!
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Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
We were old school and had 'Mischievous Night' - knocking on doors was involved but no demands for treats/money...we ran away.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mischief_Night
We did do 'penny for the guy' too but that didn't involve any bothering of people in their homes, just standard ragamuffin begging type activity.
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Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
More of less insignificant but a minor irritation is People Cutting Onions Up RONG!
And while I'm I'm on the subject, when they complain about onions causing tears whilst cutting and not understanding that a properly sharp knife greatly lessens the spray of teargas the onion chucks out.
Fuckwits are probably cutting against a glass chopping board as well.
And while I'm I'm on the subject, when they complain about onions causing tears whilst cutting and not understanding that a properly sharp knife greatly lessens the spray of teargas the onion chucks out.
Fuckwits are probably cutting against a glass chopping board as well.
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Prime Video. FFS I pay to have this and yet most films I want to see are £3.49 on top!
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Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Hint?demographic wrote: ↑Sun Oct 20, 2024 9:53 am More of less insignificant but a minor irritation is People Cutting Onions Up RONG!
I didn't know there was a right or wrong.
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Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Apparently the way I do it is wrong, and the way my wife does it is rightHorse wrote: ↑Sun Oct 20, 2024 11:36 amHint?demographic wrote: ↑Sun Oct 20, 2024 9:53 am More of less insignificant but a minor irritation is People Cutting Onions Up RONG!
I didn't know there was a right or wrong.
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I have a long list of films & series in my watchlist on Prime, nothing on regular telly last night so went to see if there was anything worth watching on Amazon, and blow me if 75% of the stuff I'd bookmarked wasn't now pay per view
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Yep. The enshitification of Amazon continues apace.MrLongbeard wrote: ↑Sun Oct 20, 2024 12:15 pmI have a long list of films & series in my watchlist on Prime, nothing on regular telly last night so went to see if there was anything worth watching on Amazon, and blow me if 75% of the stuff I'd bookmarked wasn't now pay per view
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Yeahbutt,that'll be everything you do anyway.
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Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
I have wondered why onions haven't caused my eyes to water for many years, I'm a bit fussy about keeping knives sharp.demographic wrote: ↑Sun Oct 20, 2024 9:53 am More of less insignificant but a minor irritation is People Cutting Onions Up RONG!
And while I'm I'm on the subject, when they complain about onions causing tears whilst cutting and not understanding that a properly sharp knife greatly lessens the spray of teargas the onion chucks out.
Fuckwits are probably cutting against a glass chopping board as well.
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Amazon have been told by the US courts to stop their sharp practices on subscriptions so expect them to be looking for other areas to rip people off.
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Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
They're going a bit further than just Amazon on sharp subscription practises. It's a damn fine idea - I hope we get the same legislation.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c07nlvmyl05o
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I'd love to think a lot of these comments are in jest, but sadly I don't think so