Loonytoons Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 11 minutes ago, jimbaxters said: What is a Blue Light discount card? I'm slightly nervous to google it. A discount card for emergency service employees. Hence "blue light". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peil Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 17 minutes ago, jimbaxters said: What is a Blue Light discount card? I'm slightly nervous to google it. Started off as people in the emergency services could get a discount at some places, 10/20% off depending on who accepted it. Didn't stop people in back office roles signing up either, but it's a commercial thing anyway. Seems to be good moaning 'why should they get it' it's not coming out of their pockets so what's the grump? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 4 minutes ago, Peil said: Seems to be good moaning 'why should they get it' it's not coming out of their pockets so what's the grump? I suppose the argument would be that if some people are getting discounts then the prices have to increase for the company to make the same profit. So say teachers are 1% of the customer base and get a 10% discount, then prices have to increase by 0.1% for the shop to still earn the same revenue (then there are the costs of implementing the scheme). So your £10 Primark hoodie is now an extortionate £10.01, just so some scrounging teachers can save a bit of money to spend on their months of holiday! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 "Small plates" and "Large plates" (or other such nonsense) on menus. Who sees that sort of nonsense and thinks it's hip? There's nothing wrong with "Starters" and "Mains". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 8 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said: "Small plates" and "Large plates" (or other such nonsense) on menus. Who sees that sort of nonsense and thinks it's hip? There's nothing wrong with "Starters" and "Mains". Padron Peppers, EVOO, Flaked Sea Salt. 11.5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 1 minute ago, Bairnardo said: Padron Peppers, EVOO, Flaked Sea Salt. 11.5 I did consider extending my rant to prices advertised in that style. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 13 hours ago, parsforlife said: Things hanging down off ceiling, in particular lights. Why the f**k is it fitted 3ft off the ceiling to create an unnecessary hazard that will inevitably be headbutted? It could be left over from the days of gas lighting- you wouldn't want a gas light close to your ceiling. Also a 100 watt filament bulb created a bit of heat so perhaps it was wise to keep them 3 feet away from the ceiling 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetterlund Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 1 hour ago, Bairnardo said: Padron Peppers, EVOO, Flaked Sea Salt. 11.5 This always reminds me of an old maths teacher I had. When doing algebra, if the answer to a question was "7x" and someone only said "7" he'd always respond with "7 what? Bananas?". Hence whenever I see this menu pricing style I automatically think they want paid in bananas. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 12 hours ago, jimbaxters said: What is a Blue Light discount card? I'm slightly nervous to google it. You’re thinking of a Red Light discount. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 21 hours ago, coprolite said: Mrs Coprolite likes to booby trap the garden so if i'm out playing "football" or "badminton" with the kids i'll almost always end up being struck behind the ear by a bird feeder and getting a load of niger seeds down my back. Funnily enough (not actually funny) I headbutted the A/C bracket in our garden last night which resulted in a fair amount of blood, a headache and a nice scar. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 13 hours ago, Peil said: Started off as people in the emergency services could get a discount at some places, 10/20% off depending on who accepted it. Didn't stop people in back office roles signing up either, but it's a commercial thing anyway. Seems to be good moaning 'why should they get it' it's not coming out of their pockets so what's the grump? I guess the point is it's an 'exclusive' scheme and not open to all so naturally those who aren't able to join feel disgruntled that others who they perceive don't really qualify can. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 13 hours ago, jimbaxters said: What is a Blue Light discount card? I'm slightly nervous to google it. ^^^ Wants a Blue Light discount card. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 16 minutes ago, hk blues said: Funnily enough (not actually funny) I headbutted the A/C bracket in our garden last night which resulted in a fair amount of blood, a headache and a nice scar. You were right the first time. That's funny. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 2 minutes ago, coprolite said: You were right the first time. That's funny. You'll be next on the headbutt list. You'll need to wait for the scar to go, though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nkomo-A-Gogo Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 22 hours ago, coprolite said: Mrs Coprolite likes to booby trap the garden so if i'm out playing "football" or "badminton" with the kids i'll almost always end up being struck behind the ear by a bird feeder and getting a load of niger seeds down my back. This reminds me of an old wooden garage my dad had. One day I found a tennis ball hanging from a string in it so of course I gave it a few whacks until it came off. I wasn't able to reach where it had been nailed so just tied it round one of the beams close by. My dad had measured it so that the ball touched the windscreen of the car when it was far enough in. Wasn't there when he crashed into the back wall of the shed but he was livid! 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 There's a song getting played on the radio just now that's utterly dreadful. No different from most of them, but this one absolutely boils my pish for a couple of reasons. It's one of these ones that's destined to be sped up and remixed and requested by morons every week on the GBX on Radio Clyde. This isn't the worst part though. It contains the line "when the camera flashy, I act so happy". Everyone involved should be shot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 25 minutes ago, Nkomo-A-Gogo said: This reminds me of an old wooden garage my dad had. One day I found a tennis ball hanging from a string in it so of course I gave it a few whacks until it came off. I wasn't able to reach where it had been nailed so just tied it round one of the beams close by. My dad had measured it so that the ball touched the windscreen of the car when it was far enough in. Wasn't there when he crashed into the back wall of the shed but he was livid! I see where you get it from now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesP_81 Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 10 hours ago, Zetterlund said: This always reminds me of an old maths teacher I had. When doing algebra, if the answer to a question was "7x" and someone only said "7" he'd always respond with "7 what? Bananas?". Hence whenever I see this menu pricing style I automatically think they want paid in bananas. My physics teacher must have been splitting his time between Lanarkshire and Fife, that is my exact thought whenever I see that and also the response I give to my kids whenever they don't specify units 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 1 hour ago, KnightswoodBear said: There's a song getting played on the radio just now that's utterly dreadful. No different from most of them, but this one absolutely boils my pish for a couple of reasons. It's one of these ones that's destined to be sped up and remixed and requested by morons every week on the GBX on Radio Clyde. This isn't the worst part though. It contains the line "when the camera flashy, I act so happy". Everyone involved should be shot. This one? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 19 minutes ago, Swarley said: This one? I'm not playing it, but I'll say yes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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