philpy Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Shut up dave. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I'm on holiday,but somehow despite switching my alarm off, i've woken up at my normal time for work. Anyone else had this problem?? I always wake up when ever the sun comes up, I'm like a hen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeboy Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I've sometimes imagined Throbber to be a bit like old Elton. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mon Dieu Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Escalators have got the wrong name – well half of them do. I have no problem with the ones that go up. To escalate means to go up, so that is fine. That is the correct use of the language. Bur what exactly is a down escalator? One that escalates you downwards? Sorry, no, that makes no sense – it is a contradiction, an oxymoron. .. and you can’t just call it a de-escalator, since de-escalate means to stop going up. Oh, and don’t get me on to when they stop working and you have to try using them like ordinary steps – that really is really, really , really annoying – worse than stubbing your toe, hitting your thumb with a hammer or a paper cut – aargh. Anyway, a down escalator should really be called something like a descentator. Similarly the up escalators should be called ascentators. In fact, if you really insisted on these terms, pokes people in the ribs, slapped them in the face and forced them to use these new words, they would be so annoyed with you, they would stop being annoyed about anything else and this whole thread could be simplified. What do you think? I think that if you had known 'escalate' does not mean 'to go up', you could have saved us from this post. Petty Things That Get On My Nerves: Rants about something that the ranter knows nothing about. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I think that if you had known 'escalate' does not mean 'to go up', you could have saved us from this post. .. but it does mean to go up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WILLIEA Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Got new £200 prescription sunglasses on Monday. It's been snow, sleet, rain and hail every day since At least you won't get snow blindness! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I always wake up when ever the sun comes up, I'm like a hen. Your more like a cock 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Your more like a cock Yeah i am a bit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Don't know where to start with this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smpar Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Using the app, you can never get to the end of a quoted post if it's a long one. Shiter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortar Bored Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 (edited) I always wake up when ever the sun comes up, I'm like a cock.FTFYETA- beaten to it! Edited April 30, 2016 by Mortar Bored 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Why is everyone so ina hurry, slow the f**k down. Buddha said, every person in a hurry (chasing this or that), is only rushing to the end. The end. The fucking end. Slow down accept what is happening and enjoy. Stop chansing the end. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fae_the_'briggs Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Escalators have got the wrong name – well half of them do. I have no problem with the ones that go up. To escalate means to go up, so that is fine. That is the correct use of the language. Bur what exactly is a down escalator? One that escalates you downwards? Sorry, no, that makes no sense – it is a contradiction, an oxymoron. .. and you can’t just call it a de-escalator, since de-escalate means to stop going up. Oh, and don’t get me on to when they stop working and you have to try using them like ordinary steps – that really is really, really , really annoying – worse than stubbing your toe, hitting your thumb with a hammer or a paper cut – aargh. Anyway, a down escalator should really be called something like a descentator. Similarly the up escalators should be called ascentators. In fact, if you really insisted on these terms, pokes people in the ribs, slapped them in the face and forced them to use these new words, they would be so annoyed with you, they would stop being annoyed about anything else and this whole thread could be simplified. What do you think? Something similar was being discussed on here about 2 months ago about people walking up and down escalators. If they are the stair-shaped escalators then I don't see the point in also walking up or down just to gain a few seconds, and it could cause an accident, but if they are the flat conveyor ramp style then walking up (or down as appropriate) is ok. I think I termed them up-scalators and down-scalators to differentiate the direction of travel. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Walking up escalators causes accidents? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhead81 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Channel hopping there and QVC was on - how can anyone get so excited selling handwash?! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Walking up escalators causes accidents? Was also wondering how this could happen? Seems to me that only a total moron could get injured by walking up an escalator. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregor147 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 People who walk up escalators are running away from other things in their lives, probably BEAST charges from the law. Weirdos. You want to walk on stair like contraptions? GO USE THE FUCKING STAIRS THEN. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Channel hopping there and QVC was on - how can anyone get so excited selling handwash?! There must be people who actually watch QVC. Just how depressing a thought is that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Skidmarks Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 My daughter is going through a phase of pressing random buttons on the remote control and we ended up on a shopping channel, I don't think it was QVC but one of the other ones. The presenter was 90s "Run the Risk" presenter Peter Simon. He was trying to sell some golf trousers and hadn't aged well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhead81 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 There must be people who actually watch QVC. Just how depressing a thought is that. Not guilty was going through the channels to see if there was anything on worth watching (there isn't!) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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