microdave Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 22 minutes ago, SlipperyP said: 1994/95 new year, I stayed in Solihull and for 4 days over new year, her sister came and stay with her boyfriend. On their arrival the presented us with a food hamper. BRILLIANT, cheese bottle of wine, steak pie the works... As I said, they stayed 4 days, they never bought anything else during their time, 4 days. Booze, food, drugs...nothing. On their last day, just before they were to head off, he handed me a receipt. It was for 50 English pounds. Asked for half, for the hamper. No they never got it and they never returned. You should've paid it, then invoiced them for their stay during a peak holiday time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 1 minute ago, microdave said: You should've paid it, then invoiced them for their stay during a peak holiday time. Oh this was very much my point before the 2 got horsed out the front door. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 20 hours ago, velo army said: I splay my left hand (palm turned upwards) and then place the first glass between thumb and forefinger, gripping it with those. The next glass rests on my ring finger while being stabilised with the middle finger. The third rests in the space between while being stabilised by my pinky. The right hand has palm downwards and I grip one glass with thumb and forefinger and the other with middle finger pressing the glass against the ring finger. If it's pints I pick up the 6th glass between the two hands. The 6th glass is only held by pressure from either side, so that goes down first. The next glasses down are the ones in my right hand which are set down simultaneously. The ones on the left are set down in reverse order to their placement. Quite the party piece. If I hadn't seen the picture on the previous page I'd have wondered what Bob Mortimer was doing on P&B. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 20 hours ago, velo army said: Can't edit out my handsome coupon, but here's me with 5 glasses of water in the one hand. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 2 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Horrible Orange c***s. Are they touring again?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 10 minutes ago, philpy said: Are they touring again?? Live at Hampden this weekend. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 1 hour ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Live at Hampden this weekend. Well, undead maybe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 4 hours ago, SlipperyP said: I stayed in Solihull 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnderooMFC Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 7 hours ago, Hedgecutter said: ETA: a key underlying principle: what would Sainsbury's have sought to do if they caught a shoplifter (putting the overstretched police thing aside)? I suspect it wouldn't be a mere slap on the wrist. It would be at least a store ban, and you need consistency. I have heard stories from Americans about some of their alleged policies. According to some their supermarkets note frequent shoplifters and the items they take and deliberately ignore it UNTIL they've stolen over a certain value, at which point it becomes a felony instead of petty theft and they can get royally shafted for it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 15 hours ago, AnderooMFC said: I have heard stories from Americans about some of their alleged policies. According to some their supermarkets note frequent shoplifters and the items they take and deliberately ignore it UNTIL they've stolen over a certain value, at which point it becomes a felony instead of petty theft and they can get royally shafted for it. It may well explain why the guy's on Trailer Park Boys are always cautious their antics are "Theft under a thousand" (Canada, but the same thing I'd imagine). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Ferguson's Hat Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Tightfistedness is an abolutely inescusable waste of the benefits of wealth. I'll regularly pay financial subordinates (which is the vast, vast, vast majority of people) to act in demeaning ways for my own amusement. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetterlund Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 17 minutes ago, Barry Ferguson's Hat said: Tightfistedness is an abolutely inescusable waste of the benefits of wealth. I'll regularly pay financial subordinates (which is the vast, vast, vast majority of people) to act in demeaning ways for my own amusement. ^^^ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 20 minutes ago, Barry Ferguson's Hat said: Tightfistedness is an abolutely inescusable waste of the benefits of wealth. I'll regularly pay financial subordinates (which is the vast, vast, vast majority of people) to act in demeaning ways for my own amusement. Wanking for coins. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt n Vinegar Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Apologies if it's been mentioned before, but there was the story of the Man U player (can't remember which one) who used to milk his fellow players (MATRON!) on the way back from away games. They would stop at a chippie, he'd collect cash from the rest of the players for their grub, go in to get the food, then pay by cheque, in the expectation that the shop owners would never cash it as it had the player's autograph on it. Tight or clever? Both? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 37 minutes ago, Barry Ferguson's Hat said: Tightfistedness is an abolutely inescusable waste of the benefits of wealth. I'll regularly pay financial subordinates (which is the vast, vast, vast majority of people) to act in demeaning ways for my own amusement. .......Hiya Craig Whyte, hiya pal...................... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 10 minutes ago, Salt n Vinegar said: Apologies if it's been mentioned before, but there was the story of the Man U player (can't remember which one) who used to milk his fellow players (MATRON!) on the way back from away games. They would stop at a chippie, he'd collect cash from the rest of the players for their grub, go in to get the food, then pay by cheque, in the expectation that the shop owners would never cash it as it had the player's autograph on it. Tight or clever? Both? The guy I've heard that one about is Jackie Charlton, who's apparently got framed cheques on the walls of half the boozers in Ireland. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 On 18/04/2024 at 07:15, Derry Alli said: I have absolutely no idea how the glass closest your body is balancing. I idiot want to know, I wa t to burn you at the stake for witchcraft. Spoiler It's resting on my pinky. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Belt Caley Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 1 hour ago, Barry Ferguson's Hat said: Tightfistedness is an abolutely inescusable waste of the benefits of wealth. I'll regularly pay financial subordinates (which is the vast, vast, vast majority of people) to act in demeaning ways for my own amusement. Big Jock^ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Mate of mine used to be the manager of a paint shop in Liverpool back when the company was sponsoring Liverpool FC. Part of the sponsorship deal was the players could get a pot of paint or two if they were doing any re-decorating. Two Scottish internationals used to turn up seperately every week accompanied by a painter with his van and they would literally fill the van. Full pallets at a time. At first my mate would phone his boss for permission but was told to shut up and not cause a fuss. You'd think these millionaire players wouldn't worry about money so much but they were absolutely shafting the sponsors. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtgilphead Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 3 hours ago, Salt n Vinegar said: Apologies if it's been mentioned before, but there was the story of the Man U player (can't remember which one) who used to milk his fellow players (MATRON!) on the way back from away games. They would stop at a chippie, he'd collect cash from the rest of the players for their grub, go in to get the food, then pay by cheque, in the expectation that the shop owners would never cash it as it had the player's autograph on it. Tight or clever? Both? Nick Faldo used to always write cheques for his green fees for exactly the same reason. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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