Mundane facts about your day...

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Thehooperman

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Glam said:
Last time I bought a book of stamps from there, the young lad told me how much they were. I had him repeat it, I was only after a few stamps not the whole ruddy Post Office!
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I had to post a letter today for the first time in about 3 years and couldn't find the book of stamps that usually live in my wallet.

I trundled off to the post office to purchase a replacement book and I somehow found myself buying a book of 12 stamps.

I thought the guy behind the counter said they were £5.12 and was astounded to find out they were £9.12!! when I checked the receipt later.

What was even more frustrating was when I rearranged the cushions on my sofa and found the original book.

Still I now have enough stamps to last me for the next 25 years :)
 
BobClay

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"Today, I realised that I've been nursing the milk in the fridge for quite a while now and a review has revealed that I actually bought it three weeks ago tonight.

It still seems to be OK, but I've decided to replace it with new now."

Probably just as well. There could be one of these living deep down inside it after three weeks ..... :eek: :P

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Lucy

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Thehooperman said:
I had to post a letter today for the first time in about 3 years and couldn't find the book of stamps that usually live in my wallet.

I trundled off to the post office to purchase a replacement book and I somehow found myself buying a book of 12 stamps.

I thought the guy behind the counter said they were £5.12 and was astounded to find out they were £9.12!! when I checked the receipt later.

What was even more frustrating was when I rearranged the cushions on my sofa and found the original book.

Still I now have enough stamps to last me for the next 25 years :)
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Maybe we should drive our letters to their destination to understand how cheap stamps are...
 
kyoto49

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I went in to that derelict house on the stone rd/Eccleshall Rd oundabout today, I say in, someone has kicked out the window on this side. It's amazing inside, lovely little range and internal windows with steps to an old kitchen. I'm desperate to go in and get some photos before its demolished but am scared of the junkies I might find in there. Anyone fancy it?

I don't know how to upload pics
 
littleme

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kyoto49 said:
I went in to that derelict house on the stone rd/Eccleshall Rd oundabout today, I say in, someone has kicked out the window on this side. It's amazing inside, lovely little range and internal windows with steps to an old kitchen. I'm desperate to go in and get some photos before its demolished but am scared of the junkies I might find in there. Anyone fancy it?

I don't know how to upload pics
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I saw, a young girl/woman there not long ago, she had a sainsbury's trolly with her, and seemed to be filling it with things from the open shed/garage. Most of it seemed to be broken into again.

So sad to see, the garden used to be so pretty
 
Tilly

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kyoto49 said:
I went in to that derelict house on the stone rd/Eccleshall Rd oundabout today, I say in, someone has kicked out the window on this side. It's amazing inside, lovely little range and internal windows with steps to an old kitchen. I'm desperate to go in and get some photos before its demolished but am scared of the junkies I might find in there. Anyone fancy it?

I don't know how to upload pics
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Lovely to meet you and the Junkees earlier

Great name for a band.

I always liked the Monkees , in fact one of them stayed at my house once, so to hear a tribute act in such an original setting was amazing

You're much taller than your picture by the way


Here's the one of the drummer that you asked for

 
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littleme

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Tilly said:
Lovely to meet you and the Junkees earlier

Great name for a band.

I always liked the Monkees , in fact one of them stayed at my house once, so to hear a tribute act in such an original setting was amazing

You're much taller than your picture by the way


Here's the one of the drummer that you asked for

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There's my god-damn trolly!!!!
 
Gadget

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Assumptions!

Phone rings, it's the letting agents.

Hi I'd like to book your virtual inspection.

Uhm a what now?

Your property inspection, we'd like to do it virtually, you of course have zoom.

Err no, I really don't.

Sounding a bit taken aback,

Oh, then could you use your smartphone?

Now because my letting agents are assholes, we don't let on we have a mobile phone. They have our landline number and our e-mail addresses and naturally they know where we live. That for us is plenty of avenues for communication. So I tell them no, we don't have a smartphone. They sound extremely crest fallen now and say they'll put us on the list then for an in person viewing when they start doing them again. No problem I say.
Why would they assume we used zoom? Also not everyone has a smartphone. No harm in asking but they shouldn't just assume.
 
Glam

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Gadget said:
not everyone has a smartphone.
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I don't have a smart or iphone. Mine is so old, Noah used the upgrade on the Ark.
Get the mick ripped out of me at work all the time, but I've had it for over 10yrs now, I've dropped it, kicked it across a carpark (by accident)
And it still works! I charge it once, twice a week, tops.
 
tek-monkey

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Gadget said:
Assumptions!

Phone rings, it's the letting agents.

Hi I'd like to book your virtual inspection.

Uhm a what now?

Your property inspection, we'd like to do it virtually, you of course have zoom.

Err no, I really don't.

Sounding a bit taken aback,

Oh, then could you use your smartphone?

Now because my letting agents are assholes, we don't let on we have a mobile phone. They have our landline number and our e-mail addresses and naturally they know where we live. That for us is plenty of avenues for communication. So I tell them no, we don't have a smartphone. They sound extremely crest fallen now and say they'll put us on the list then for an in person viewing when they start doing them again. No problem I say.
Why would they assume we used zoom? Also not everyone has a smartphone. No harm in asking but they shouldn't just assume.
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Letting agents are extremely lazy for the money they demand, they'd save a lot of time by not visiting but will charge the house owner the same regardless.
 
Gramaisc

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Gadget said:
not everyone has a smartphone.
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I do actually have a 'smart' phone, but it's locked to another network and I only use it as an alarm clock and a small camera.

I rarely carry a mobile these days - I don't want people using their ability to be disorganised to disorganise my programme.

The (original) battery on my trusty Nokia 3510i is starting to fail, I think...
 
BobClay

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This morning I had a call from 'James' from British Telecomm about my internet line. I stopped him mid-speech and went 'Anglo-Saxon' on him in language the rough interpretation of which was 'Go Forth and Multiply.'

But he ploughed on regardless !!

So I went Liam Neeson and told him if he called again I'd find him and bounce a 9mm hollow point around inside his brainpan.

So far he hasn't called back. :eek:
 
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Cue

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BobClay said:
This morning I had a call from 'James' from British Telecomm about my internet line. I stopped him mid-speech and went 'Anglo-Saxon' on him in language the rough interpretation of which was 'Go Forth and Multiply.'

But he ploughed on regardless !!

So I went Liam Neeson and told him if he called again I'd find him and bounce a 9mm hollow point around inside his brainpan.

So far he hasn't called back. :eek:
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They don’t stop.

We have a leased line at the office, which is one of those “we’re not farking about” type lines. However it’s backed by a standard ADSL failover (aka your standard 70Mbps BT affair) and that apparently puts us on a list to get hassled about switching to a new provider despite having 2 years left on the contract and no intention of switching away from the bonkers deal we got on that line
 
BobClay

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I miss those camping days when Ambrosia Creamed Rice could be spooned straight out of the can and which you could live on in the darkest parts of Sherbrook.

After all ... is not AMBROSIA the "Food of the Gods ?"

(I see on Google there's another definition of Ambrosia, "A fungal product used as food by ambrosia beetles." Shit !! I hope we had the right can :eek: )

 
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