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  1. Everyones a bloody expert now. This is the danger with having a petty nag about poor grammar.
  2. Aye, but this is new age teaching...extra harsh! I actually got grief last week because I pointed out a mistake on a notice one of the bosses pinned up on the board. They used 'their' in the wrong context. Apparently I'm too picky, but that wee mistake really bugged me! I found my eyes being drawn to it every time I was in a room with it. I can live with spelling mistakes etc. but tiny little grammar errors really bug me for some reason. ps. I've checked this post a few times now, but there is probably still going to be a mistake in there somewhere.
  3. I know this is pedantic..but please sort the grammar of your signature! It makes my brain hurt every time I skim over it.
  4. My mate who I was going to the game with is now unable to make it. Still, never mind! Football is back!
  5. Thirded! Particulary married ones that try and f**k with your head with text messages.
  6. I slept in today. And then running late, I discovered my dads Harry Potter book. Consequently, I missed the Arbroath game. I feel shame. At least I read the book though, what a shite ending! Still, from my relatives in the past 2 days, Ive recieved a new computer, set of knives, random tins of food, and rather oddly, a roll of bathroom lino that my mum had spare, so its not all bad!
  7. Cool, thats good advice! What sort of ratio and quantity?
  8. Just cleaned the bathroom! Ive been here for 2 months, but I have a horrible suspicion the guys before me never cleaned the bathroom since the new one was put in a year and a half ago. Ive been in third world countries, seen all kinds of shit, but this was the dirtiest bathroom I have ever seen. Toilet - clean Sink - clean Floor - gleaming Bath - oh dear. Now, the bath was brown, big thick patches of dirt (no-one uses it as a bath, only as a shower), and when I tried to wipe it, the bath had the texture of sandpaper. Disinfectant and scrubbing reduced the damage, but its still there. Anyone recommend a supermarket product/technique that will make my bath shiny? I hate living in squalor - particulary other peoples squalor!
  9. Not weird - its crass hypocrisy. Plus, I get blinded by my admiration of George Galloway.
  10. Okay, here goes ( a quick post before my tea). Assuming she's dead, most murders are commited by people the victim knows - friends, family etc. So, I think we can discount her toddler playmates, which leaves her parents and their mysterious 'friends', who we have heard little from. In a murder investigation, those close to the victim are suspected. The parents fit the bill, what with their superficial grief and enjoyment of the perks.
  11. Shoveling continues, I can continue to type what I want, as can you! This is the wonder of hiding behind a keyboard declaring that I believe the parents did it!
  12. Bugger! After it being a gorgeous afternoon, sun, blue skies, driving home absolutely moist with sweat and with the sunroof open...and staying so for ages, I decided to mow my lawn. Within 10 minutes of mowing (its a small garden), I looked up to see massive black clouds. A minute or two later it was(and still is) teeming down with massive raindrops! Sod. This never would have happened if I had just lazed on pie and bovril instead.
  13. Ho hum, another article in the Daily Record. This time with Mr. G. McCann saying that he did nothing wrong. Even if by some chance he is not involved directly, Im pretty sure theres a lesson to be learned out of it. He doesnt seem to have got this. Btw, Im young, Im arrogant, Im hiding behind a keyboard. This allows me to post what I want!
  14. Soon to be followed by lesson 2..dont kill your daughter and lie to the police?
  15. I refer you to post 469. Who paid for this trip exactly? And how is it helping to find Maddy?
  16. Its weeks to go till my exotic holiday! Really looking forward to it, but dont want to wait the 3 weeks for it.
  17. But this is the collective fault of us. Time after time we say that we want things as cheap as possible...we want lowest price, spend less, and we always look for the cheapest offer. Therefore companies have to cut corners to keep their profits up and keep their products cheap. Yet, for all the grumbling, who makes a concerted effort to buy services/products that only use British call centres? Me personally, I refuse to use insurance that has foreign call centres, and I will quite happily pay a little extra to my company (Endsleigh) because their call centres are British based. If everyone was to make an effort to buy British rather than buy cheap, then companies would see the merit in British call centres. Next up, the attitude of call centre workers. This comes down to cheapness again. If companies treat their workers like shit (this applies to British and foreign), the callers treat workers like shit, then the workers themselves are gonna have a shit attitude! The amount of times I hear about people swearing and abusing the person at the end of the line, or then sounding proud of it is an absolute disgrace! They are just there to do a job, and in the case of Indian workers, they are being paid an absolute pittance and recieving inadequate training. It is not their fault. If you have a problem, then you should politely ask for their supervisor, and have a go at someone in charge rather than the poor folks on the end of the phone. Again, if people were willing to pay more for quality, then the staff would be better trained, better paid, and have a better attitude. Its all very fashionable to blame companies for this, but really, were just as much to blame.
  18. No I didnt. I described you as a b*****d, I never called you anything! Im civilised at the mo Ill have you know. No comment about the last part of the sentence. No point, Debbie deletes them as soon as they are created.
  19. Is that sarcasm? Assuming its not, I dont think it is. I think its just a bit of racism, unless he wants to clarify otherwise?
  20. Thats heavy shit man, sounds like you had a lucky escape - well done your mum!
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