Forum: Idle Banter
16-10-21, 02:53 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
In England I think a grass verge is rarely the home owners property, it's usually council land.
I remember a member on here having a fairly serious accident and the farmer saying something like...
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Forum: Idle Banter
16-10-21, 10:42 AM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Hope he's ok Rowdy , maybe warn the owners if he had been seriously injured they may have been culpable by intentionally altering the landscape.
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Forum: Idle Banter
04-10-21, 10:03 AM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
The GP System is geared up for pandemics/an overwhelmed setup and always has been for as long as I can remember - it doesn't really put care first, just survival. Here, you have to ring between...
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Forum: Idle Banter
30-09-21, 10:11 AM
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Forum: Idle Banter
28-09-21, 08:42 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Were the benefits clear 47 years ago? And if so, after how long?
Oops regular moaning...erm , how polarising everything in the UK/news seems to be. Brexit, Vaccines , there's probably loads...
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Forum: Idle Banter
26-09-21, 11:05 AM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Yeah I spoecifically picked on Tesla owners - feel there's more of that group that bought for bragging rights over caring about green...but it was tongue in cheek none the less.
Yep, someone cut...
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Forum: Idle Banter
25-09-21, 10:34 AM
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Forum: Idle Banter
24-09-21, 07:26 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Long week, long day ; go to supermarket later on to get some tea and do a shop - cannot even get on the street due to the idiots panic buying petrol causing gridlock so leave my car half a mile away....
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Forum: Idle Banter
20-08-21, 07:22 AM
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Forum: Idle Banter
19-08-21, 08:36 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
This might be a waste of time as I'm not too clever...but could you test by turning off that dodgy rad? If others are chained off only one flow (return) pipe further down the line they'd stay cold I...
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Forum: Idle Banter
01-08-21, 09:10 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
It's the oxidisation of the components that does it, think the sugar speeds up that process (or maybe it's the acid - coke seems to be the worst). They sell a liquid that you can douse your machine...
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Forum: Idle Banter
23-07-21, 09:27 AM
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Forum: Idle Banter
21-07-21, 03:22 PM
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Forum: Idle Banter
20-07-21, 09:45 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
My gripe of the day is the state of retail shopping/my bad luck. Currently fitting a kitchen, bought an extractor fan - ( pain in the **** to fit )eventually got it hooked up, even got an...
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Forum: Idle Banter
20-07-21, 09:39 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Firstly can someone please tell me what the cigarette trick with nail polish is? Does it melt it or something???
I agree to be honest, I get Bibio's points but even if it's not 'the worst thing'...
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Forum: Idle Banter
03-07-21, 11:00 AM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
They did that in the peak district about 10 years ago, MAG ran a report that said it lead to no reduction in KSI rates (they may have changed by now, but how do you attribute it to the speedlimit and...
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Forum: Idle Banter
03-07-21, 10:58 AM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
I had this conversation with someone, it's because she led the government at the time and the government found it a convenient solution to first nation people. Very much doubt she knew what was...
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Forum: Idle Banter
25-06-21, 05:26 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
I think the teachers judging the grades is the most ridiculous thing. No offense to them (I'm sure many don't want to do it at all) but I would not have passed a single GCSE if that was the case -...
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Forum: Idle Banter
08-06-21, 09:10 AM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
That would have been my guess. It's an absolute joke isn't it 2015-2018 (+ ?) were bad years for logic boards. We had nearly 100% failure at work, great deal when they're double the cost of a...
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Forum: Idle Banter
04-06-21, 10:22 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Macs can be a total bottom, I reckon it's one of their super worth price tag motherboards that means it goes in the bin - some models are renowned for this, we had 3 out of four fail within 16 months...
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Forum: Idle Banter
25-05-21, 09:14 AM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
I find jackets are fine , but trousers inevitably always give way (as mentioned, aside from Rukka and really expensive brands) dependent on duration and ferocity of downpour.
To be honest I...
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Forum: Idle Banter
24-05-21, 08:52 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
If it ever turns up, and is good - I'd be v. interested in what it is.
Is it data cable to the doorbell or seperate power (battery?) and WIFI?
p.s - an astounding number of people would have...
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Forum: Idle Banter
22-05-21, 08:39 PM
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Forum: Idle Banter
15-05-21, 09:34 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
I imagine our fellow forummers are covering up, it's just the mere sound of even a responsibly caught cough or sneeze causing people go on high alert... forgetting we've been coughing and sneezing...
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Forum: Idle Banter
13-05-21, 12:34 PM
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