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Merry Lip Gloss Dec 2023 7:36pm, 17 Dec 2023 72,825 posts	Quote Pin Merry Lip Gloss I had a woman practically walk into me on Friday as she never lifted her eyes from her phone. I coughed just at the right time because I sure wasn’t moving out her way.
Night-owl Dec 2023 8:57pm, 17 Dec 2023 44,498 posts	Quote Pin Night-owl The saying "If you know, you know." See slso: "it is what it is". As we are talking of sayings "We can smash it"
Diogenes Dec 2023 10:43pm, 17 Dec 2023 83,358 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes Teamwork makes the dream work
KimCanRun Dec 2023 10:49pm, 17 Dec 2023 7,226 posts	Quote Pin KimCanRun [M_N - WD40 works a treat getting the remnants of sticky labels off of most surfaces]
um Dec 2023 8:48am, 18 Dec 2023 8,032 posts	Quote Pin um Nail varnish remover for me - for non porous surfaces. (glue/label remover, and also sticking plaster on my skin)
fraggle Dec 2023 10:39am, 18 Dec 2023 3,794 posts	Quote Pin fraggle ^ be careful on some plastic type things though as it might etch the surface
I saw 3Ms come sailing in Dec 2023 10:45am, 18 Dec 2023 22,871 posts	Quote Pin I saw 3Ms come sailing in [Also alcohol hand sanitiser.... (I've got a giant 5 litre bottle in the garage. Currently used about 500 ml since March 2020....) Good on glasses for cleaning, too!]
Little Nemo Dec 2023 5:54pm, 18 Dec 2023 14,172 posts	Quote Pin Little Nemo My brother joking about cutting the Christmas lights while trimming off part of the tree - and promptly cutting through the lights!!! FFS!!! Apart from anything else they take fucking ages to arrange and they need to go on before everything else [He thinks he can repair them as he deals with LED lighting stuff for work, just needs to get some equipment from work tomorrow]
Hills of Death (HOD) Dec 2023 6:01pm, 18 Dec 2023 36,912 posts	Quote Pin Hills of Death (HOD) People who claim to know things and then start talking shit
I saw 3Ms come sailing in Dec 2023 12:37pm, 19 Dec 2023 22,894 posts	Quote Pin I saw 3Ms come sailing in My brother joking about cutting the Christmas lights while trimming off part of the tree - and promptly cutting through the lights!!! FFS!!! Apart from anything else they take fucking ages to arrange and they need to go on before everything else [He thinks he can repair them as he deals with LED lighting stuff for work, just needs to get some equipment from work tomorrow] I find a touch of the soldering iron and a bit of (dark green!) insulating tape does the job, until January at least! And can be done in situ.