Bits and Bobs 51

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Two for £35. What a fab deal.

(Note the grocer's apostrophe. Class)

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markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16632

"My husband uses the heads for golf" What?

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

markg wrote:

"My husband uses the heads for golf" What?

I hope he makes them into club head covers, I really do.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16632

Those are either some absolutely massive squirrels or very tiny golf clubs.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26062

I’ve seen some pretty big Squirrells in my time.

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10173

It comes to something when it takes 5 minutes to buy a 5 year joint mortgage on your phone without having to talk to a human.

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10173

BikNorton wrote:

It comes to something when it takes 5 minutes to buy a 5 year joint mortgage on your phone without having to talk to a human.

Technically I didn't even need to talk to my wife, which is the only bit that gave me pause. Even the email they sent to her just said "congratulations your mortgage setup is complete!" not "were you expecting someone to sign you up to a mortgage today?"

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Sun Jan 16, 2022 19:00

markg wrote:

"My husband uses the heads for golf" What?

I imagine he uses the heads as balls. which he fires from his garden into the garden of his most hated neighbour.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Sun Jan 16, 2022 20:24

That’s nutty.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14517

https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/18/2288 ... -overwatch

Microsoft is to acquire Activision/Blizzard

Malc · **Posted:** Thu Jan 20, 2022 17:02

I'm on a zoom call with a colleague and a customer.

Watching this:

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whilst they have a conversation about what my colleague is going to do next.

Malc · **Posted:** Thu Jan 20, 2022 17:04

In the time taken to post that, were now on 26MB and 11 minutes remaining!

What the hell connection does he have!

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

I've just gone past Mears Family Funerals. Seems niche.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26062

Cras wrote:

I've just gone past Mears Family Funerals. Seems niche.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Thu Jan 27, 2022 16:15

I am finally embracing middle age, by labelling jars

Excuse the bad handwriting. I might have to look for printed stickers.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16632

Get fully on it with a Dymo.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Thu Jan 27, 2022 17:05

markg wrote:

Get fully on it with a Dymo.

A what?

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16632

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embossing_tape

KovacsC · **Posted:** Thu Jan 27, 2022 17:11

markg wrote:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embossing_tape

I used to have one of the old plastic ones :facepalm:

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

KovacsC wrote:

markg wrote:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embossing_tape

I used to have one of the old plastic ones :facepalm:

That one is wayyyy out of date, they use thermal printing these days.

Kern · **Posted:** Fri Jan 28, 2022 11:24

Problematic Rugby Team News now!

The Exeter Chiefs are finally ditching their Native American imagery and name, rebranding as, er, the Exeter Chiefs with Celtic imagery.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Fri Jan 28, 2022 11:38

Kern wrote:

Problematic Rugby Team News now!

The Exeter Chiefs are finally ditching their Native American imagery and name, rebranding as, er, the Exeter Chiefs with Celtic imagery.

Yes, it kinda makes sense

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Fri Jan 28, 2022 12:38

KovacsC wrote:

Kern wrote:

Problematic Rugby Team News now!

The Exeter Chiefs are finally ditching their Native American imagery and name, rebranding as, er, the Exeter Chiefs with Celtic imagery.

Yes, it kinda makes sense

The logo for Skoda cars is an Indian headdress and an arrow. No, I have no idea why a Czech car company would use that, either.

Kern · **Posted:** Fri Jan 28, 2022 12:49

DBSnappa wrote:

The logo for Skoda cars is an Indian headdress and an arrow. No, I have no idea why a Czech car company would use that, either.

I never noticed that! Just looked it up and I can see it now. And of course, won't be able to unsee it either.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38651

I always assumed it was a bird. Or maybe a ship of some sort.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26062

DavPaz wrote:

I always assumed it was a bird. Or maybe a ship of some sort.

Yeah, me too. It always made me think of Woodstock from the Peanuts strip.

Malc · **Posted:** Fri Jan 28, 2022 13:08

wiki wrote:

In 1923 two different trademarks were registered at the Office for Innovation and Model Registration in Plzeň. The first depicted a winged arrow pointing to the right with five feathers in a circle and the second was a winged arrow with three feathers. The famous winged arrow with three feathers still forms the Škoda logo today. The ŠKODA text was added to the logo in 1936. The arrow represents speed, the wings progress and freedom, the eye precision and the circle unity, completeness, world and harmony.[68][69] The story goes that, on his travels through the US, Emil Škoda had once been so taken with a Native American's feathered headdress that he had returned to Pilsen with a relief image which inspired the logo.[70]

KovacsC · **Posted:** Sun Jan 30, 2022 16:19

Just pricing up a new sofa. Bugger me they are expensive.

MaliA · **Posted:** Sun Jan 30, 2022 16:23

DFS probably have a sale on.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Sun Jan 30, 2022 16:37

MaliA wrote:

DFS probably have a sale on.

Yes I popped in yesterday and SCS.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38651

KovacsC wrote:

Just pricing up a new sofa. Bugger me they are expensive.

You'll have to wait longer than you did for your car

Kern · **Posted:** Sun Jan 30, 2022 16:51

He wouldn't want them to clash.

GazChap · **Posted:** Sun Jan 30, 2022 16:56

KovacsC wrote:

Just pricing up a new sofa. Bugger me they are expensive.

Why dispense with tradition? You can buy ours if you want

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26062

KovacsC wrote:

Just pricing up a new sofa. Bugger me they are expensive.

Lime green cows are expensive to raise, and you need several of them to make a three seater sofa.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Sun Jan 30, 2022 19:22

Mimi wrote:

KovacsC wrote:

Just pricing up a new sofa. Bugger me they are expensive.

Lime green cows are expensive to raise, and you need several of them to make a three seater sofa.

One of the options for the sofa is lime green

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26062

Never change x

KovacsC · **Posted:** Sun Jan 30, 2022 22:29

Mimi wrote:

:D Never change x

I did look. But they have a nice wine or scarlet red.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Mon Jan 31, 2022 12:57

Isn't credit ratings funny. last year when mine was buggered I could not get a good credit card. A year on, all is great. I got an offer of a Santander card, that gives cash back on purchases, with a £13000 limit. That is mental...

JBR · **Joined:** 2nd Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 3304

You're back, baby! Back in the world, and the world runs on credit.

Not that I'm disagreeing, just that last year was the unusual one, not this one.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Mon Jan 31, 2022 16:12

Yes, I won't be getting a £13k limit, that is mental.

Lessons learned from an IVA etc

Kern · **Posted:** Wed Feb 02, 2022 10:43

I'm not a philatelist but for years I've been buying interesting stamps from the Royal Mail so when I post something there's a bit of colour and interest on the envelope rather than a just a dull picture of Big Liz.

Just read that I've got until the end of January next year to either use up my supplies or replace them for super barcoded stamps.

Might get some green ink and start writing to my MP in the old fashioned way to help run down the stock.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26062

Kern wrote:

I'm not a philatelist but for years I've been buying interesting stamps from the Royal Mail so when I post something there's a bit of colour and interest on the envelope rather than a just a dull picture of Big Liz.

Just read that I've got until the end of January next year to either use up my supplies or replace them for super barcoded stamps.

Might get some green ink and start writing to my MP in the old fashioned way to help run down the stock.

Really? Will they cease to be usable then? I ALWAYS notice your stamps and keep them in a little pile because Darwin is a collector of stuff and I thought he’d like them. That’s a shame!

Kern · **Posted:** Wed Feb 02, 2022 10:50

Mimi wrote:

Really? Will they cease to be usable then?

Looks that way, reading the press release. We'll have to wait until the swap-out scheme is launched for full detalis.

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I ALWAYS notice your stamps and keep them in a little pile because Darwin is a collector of stuff and I thought he’d like them. That’s a shame!

The best set the Royal Mail ever did was the dinosaur one. The stamps weren't even the usual rectangle but cut to match the dino.

Kern · **Posted:** Wed Feb 02, 2022 11:02

Hmmm... scrolled down a little and found this in the FAQ (that I didn't notice earlier):

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All Definitive stamps are being barcoded — including Christmas stamps. Definitive stamps are the regular ‘everyday’ stamps featuring the profile of HM The Queen created by the sculptor Arnold Machin. We aren't barcoding special issue stamps — which are printed as a one off to commemorate a person/event and to celebrate the best of the UK’s contribution to the world

So perhaps my non-boring stock will last.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26062

Kern wrote:

Hmmm... scrolled down a little and found this in the FAQ (that I didn't notice earlier):

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All Definitive stamps are being barcoded — including Christmas stamps. Definitive stamps are the regular ‘everyday’ stamps featuring the profile of HM The Queen created by the sculptor Arnold Machin. We aren't barcoding special issue stamps — which are printed as a one off to commemorate a person/event and to celebrate the best of the UK’s contribution to the world

So perhaps my non-boring stock will last.

Fingers crossed! I have no problem with them reinventing the stamp, thoigh I question how many people are going to be scanning in their stamps after the novelty of the initial one or two wears off, but as they clearly aren’t needed to drive it sort the mail and special editions can work without, I don’t know why they have to put a stop date to our current stamps (other than to drive panic usage before possible price increases).

I bought some Christmas cards from John Lewis at the start of December, to use next year, but they got lost in transit (lol), so I wondered if this year I’d stop sending Christmas cards. Looks like I’ll have to find some elsewhere now to use all my stamps!

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22391

I've got a store of 1st class stamps i've been using for years, i'll be pissed if suddenly I can't use them anymore.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Feb 08, 2022 9:26

Happy Mr Russell day!

Kern · **Posted:** Tue Feb 08, 2022 10:05

Happy Birthday Russ!
Giphy "russ birthday":
https://media0.giphy.com/media/1cUyeJNKERjwvrS4Yc/giphy-loop.mp4

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12334

Thank you, guys ❤️

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Feb 08, 2022 11:23

Happy birthday!

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