BFTD Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Just now, Melanius Mullarkey said: FFS sake. This could go on for some time IMO. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WFAANW Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Now that they are back in the premiership Hibernian FC Club are doing my tits in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 4 minutes ago, WFAANW said: Now that they are back in the premiership Hibernian FC Club are doing my tits in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 I bought my 15 yo her first pair of 6-hole Doc Marten's yesterday and we made said purchase from Livingston's favourite shoe-retailer - Schuh. We'd never shopped there before but two things stood out: 1. In asking if they had said boots in a size 7 the young chap serving us scanned the bar code on the display boot which then brought up a stock list for each size. This not only said what was in stock but also the re-order time for each size. Good use of technology. 2. The PTTGOYN bit...when I paid for said boots (on the same device used to scan for stock) he said, "Pop in your email address and we'll forward your receipt". When I gave him a look he declared, "We won't spam you". Just FO. Give me the receipt, please. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 2 minutes ago, The_Kincardine said: The PTTGOYN bit...when I paid for said boots (on the same device used to scan for stock) he said, "Pop in your email address and we'll forward your receipt". When I gave him a look he declared, "We won't spam you". They do that at Argos these days too. Seems to have caught on from the States, where some retailers used to ask for your address before giving you a receipt. Not being very bright, it took me ages to notice that everyone else just made something up with a zip code of '00000'. Never got spammed, so I did wonder what that was all about. Something nefarious, no doubt. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 9 minutes ago, BigFatTabbyDave said: They do that at Argos these days too. Seems to have caught on from the States, where some retailers used to ask for your address before giving you a receipt. Not being very bright, it took me ages to notice that everyone else just made something up with a zip code of '00000'. Never got spammed, so I did wonder what that was all about. Something nefarious, no doubt. They can use it for marketing and sell it to a data miner. On principle I always tell them to GTF, also at airports when they ask for your boarding card without offering duty free/ zero vat prices. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 54 minutes ago, welshbairn said: What happened to soap-on-a-rope? Brilliant invention that has fallen by the wayside, like the moon landings. Soap on a rope was real. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 12 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: Soap on a rope was real. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 The only soap on a rope I ever remember seeing was the kind with a hole in the middle for the rope that was far larger than it needed to be; normally about the width of two fingers. You'd see them in hotels for businessmen who were away from home on their own. Not sure what that was all about. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Pikey Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Graduations... no the ones where you' ve split the atom and got yer masters degree fom Strathy Uni. The ones where you leave nursery and you graduate even though you can't pull yer own pants on. Put all that crap in a bin along with having a prom when you leave primary school Just GTF with that tripe 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Graduations... no the ones where you' ve split the atom and got yer masters degree fom Strathy Uni. The ones where you leave nursery and you graduate even though you can't pull yer own pants on. Put all that crap in a bin along with having a prom when you leave primary school Just GTF with that tripe The evil genius of this is that it's very difficult to stop. If someone organises it you'd have to be the cruelest parent ever to refuse. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 The concept of proms in general, never mind at primary school. The strongest argument for North Korea-style controls over mass media is that those fucking things have caught on with youngsters here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDuffman Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Black Sabbath - After Forever 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 The concept of proms in general, never mind at primary school. The strongest argument for North Korea-style controls over mass media is that those fucking things have caught on with youngsters here. I don't mind the sixth year dance routine. There's a clear 'coming of age' thing happening there. (Although like anything arseholes take it too far sometimes in terms of the money spent on outfits/transport etc.)But the weans ones can f**k right off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Just call it a party and drop the whole Americanized Shite. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 26 minutes ago, pandarilla said: The evil genius of this is that it's very difficult to stop. If someone organises it you'd have to be the cruelest parent ever to refuse. I am (well I was) and said 'no' to any notion of 'Primary Proms' and was happy to take all of the tears and snotters. The upside? My big girl had her Year 13 prom in May just before they sat A-Levels and I was very happy to splurge for a 'party frock' and to chip in for transport and champagne etc. That's the right time to do it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 It just doesn't seem like an idea that translates here. Half of them will be chugging Buckie and ching every weekend, and getting fingerblasted on the swings in the park* - doesn't really gel with the presentation of the prom as where Americans get pished for the first time and lose their virginities before the college orgies begin. *not Kinky's girl, obviously. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 It just doesn't seem like an idea that translates here. Half of them will be chugging Buckie and ching every weekend, and getting fingerblasted on the swings in the park* - doesn't really gel with the presentation of the prom as where Americans get pished for the first time and lose their virginities before the college orgies begin. *not Kinky's girl, obviously. Most of the roasters don't make it to the end of s6. I'm sure there's plenty of finger-blasting going on (not kincy's lass obviously) but generally it's a good night, and a nice way to end their time at school. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 How does Nick Grimshaw keep getting gigs on the tv and radio? He's a man of 0 talent who nobody likes. I can't exactly say I particularly liked Chris Moyles personally but at least he had personality so I could see why folk liked him, but Grimshaw has the personality of a peg bag. Radio one was a regular until I realised how stupid everything he says is, it's the same routine with every guest he invites on. Asks a question, interrupts the answer to make it about himself, asks another, then another, fake laugh followed by playing a song.Rinse and repeat. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Just now, pandarilla said: Most of the roasters don't make it to the end of s6. I'm sure there's plenty of finger-blasting going on (not kincy's lass obviously) but generally it's a good night, and a nice way to end their time at school. Fair enough; it probably just bugs me that it's caught on purely because of kids watching American films, like Country & Western and deviant sexual practices. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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