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GordonG Aug 2023 2:40pm, 7 Aug 2023 9,922 posts	Quote Pin GordonG (I really shouldn't say it, but no: church camp 'talent' show. I know, I'm a terrible person, let alone a terrible Christian)Talent shows, whether church camp or otherwise are probably best avoided. And no, you’re not a terrible person or Christian just because you can discern what is talent and what is talentless. As the Sister says in "Derry Girls" after the Assembly performance: it's performances like that that make me realise how talented... professionals are"
GordonG Aug 2023 10:08am, 8 Aug 2023 9,925 posts	Quote Pin GordonG The malaise that seems to have infected so many companies - NHS, council, utilities, banks and private - that means you're constantly having to chase them for replies to simple questions. Between my work and personal things I'm dealing with, I'm currently waiting for 7 different companies/departments to get back to me with simple Yes or No answers, but many of these have now gone on for weeks.
LazyDaisy Aug 2023 4:33pm, 8 Aug 2023 38,632 posts	Quote Pin LazyDaisy It's the excuse they use about experiencing 'high call volumes' or whatever that annoys me. What they mean is 'we don't employ enough people to deal with the business we generate.'
XB Aug 2023 7:02pm, 8 Aug 2023 16,528 posts	Quote Pin XB Every time I pick up a shovel full of garden mess a gust of wind whips up and scatters the mess back to where I'd swept it up from.
Ally-C Aug 2023 1:39pm, 9 Aug 2023 3,916 posts	Quote Pin Ally-C Delivery drives that park half on the pavement and half on the road. Blocking two avenues instead of one.
3M Aug 2023 1:52pm, 9 Aug 2023 21,843 posts	Quote Pin 3M Ally-C - "Pavement parking ban Having been proposed since 2019, the ban on pavement parking is expected to be made law as of this month. Drivers found breaking this law could face a £70 fixed penalty notice for leaving their car on the pavement, YorkshireLive reports." bristolpost.co.uk
Ally-C Aug 2023 1:58pm, 9 Aug 2023 3,917 posts	Quote Pin Ally-C Unless there’s a determination to prosecute it’s pointless imho. I find that here, Scotland, in a lot of nicer areas parking wardens are about, but in less well off areas it’s like the Wild West, the East End of Glasgow is unbelievable. Cars abandoned on pavements everywhere & red lights don’t mean much either.
Ally-C Aug 2023 9:06am, 11 Aug 2023 3,927 posts	Quote Pin Ally-C Auto correct.
ChrisHB Aug 2023 8:16pm, 11 Aug 2023 22,599 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB My new phone, rather than telling me that the battery so many % full, presumes to work out that I'll empty the battery at some time of day, such as 3 am. It is much more infuriating than a sign telling me it'll take 18 minutes to cycle somewhere where it ought to say "2 miles".
ChrisHB Aug 2023 9:08pm, 11 Aug 2023 22,600 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB having had a supposedly secure discussion on Signal and WhatsApp about hiring a whole youth hostel, I was shown an advert for hiring a whole youth hostel. The only leakage point I can see is that I sent a screenshot of one of the conversations by gmail.