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Metro_Nome Dec 2022 10:13pm, 20 Dec 2022 6,871 posts	Quote Pin Metro_Nome The ladbaby promotion was an odd one
Ocelot Spleens Dec 2022 10:45pm, 20 Dec 2022 35,855 posts	Quote Pin Ocelot Spleens Brian Cox is an arse. He might well be an expert but he's an arse too.
Hark the heRAEld angels sing Dec 2022 8:55am, 21 Dec 2022 9,923 posts	Quote Pin Hark the heRAEld angels sing The keyboard player, OS?
cackleberry Dec 2022 11:01am, 21 Dec 2022 2,781 posts	Quote Pin cackleberry I am lucky that I can bring my dog to work and walk her on site - a rural business park. There is also a nursery on site which caters for tiny babies to pre-school children. It goes without saying that I clean up after my dog. The nursery NEVER clear away after themselves. There are still halloween decorations, all weather beaten and tatty hanging about the place. My dog tried snatching the tinsel off one of the trees they have decorated. We find all sorts while out our walks, what happens if my dog decides to eat something and has to go to the vets?? Eh?
GordonG Dec 2022 1:26pm, 21 Dec 2022 9,537 posts	Quote Pin GordonG That my work colleague is loudly playing Christmas songs on his portable CD player. That in itself is OK, but they're cover versions of pop Xmas songs. The singers have tried to sing the songs in exactly the same way as the originals (even imitating the specific voices) and it's really, really awful.
Eynsham the Red Knows Rain Dear Dec 2022 1:55pm, 21 Dec 2022 9,344 posts	Quote Pin Eynsham the Red Knows Rain Dear That ^^^ brings back memories of the MFP, K-Tel and Top Of The Pops compilation LPs with hits by some quite poor “soundalikes” 🙁
macca 53 Dec 2022 4:36pm, 21 Dec 2022 30,824 posts	Quote Pin macca 53 [ Music for Pleasure LPs for those of us if a certain age]
Eynsham the Red Knows Rain Dear Dec 2022 5:44pm, 21 Dec 2022 9,347 posts	Quote Pin Eynsham the Red Knows Rain Dear […and all with young ladies on the cover dressed to appeal to young teenage lads]
Little Nemo Dec 2022 12:49pm, 22 Dec 2022 13,259 posts	Quote Pin Little Nemo Deciding to plead illness/tiredness to not go to an event. Event gets cancelled and now I'm actually ill with a chesty cough - GRRRRR!
Eynsham the Red Knows Rain Dear Dec 2022 4:42pm, 22 Dec 2022 9,351 posts	Quote Pin Eynsham the Red Knows Rain Dear Notification from HMRC of underpayment of income tax. This will be recovered over the next tax year. The reason for the underpayment is because the Department of Works and Pensions did not advise HMRC that I had started receiving my state pension in May until December 6th! Seven months! I know that I will be paying what I would have paid anyway but when I’m trying to budget carefully I don’t really need this reduction in income out of the blue. It’s not just me though. The chap I spoke to at HMRC said that many people who started their state pension this year are in a similar situation because of this communication delay between Government departments. My MP and Secretary of State for Works and Pensions have received emails! (FWIW 🤷‍♂️)