Swarley Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 9 hours ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said: People who talk with their hands, it bares no relationship to the conversation, unless they're describing that they have massive tits. At best it's the equivalent of Dad dancing, movements having no relation to the tune. Wid...Pics or gtf...etc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 Just now, KnightswoodBear said: I tried to put a load of washing on before I left for work this morning, but couldn't because the washing machine needed to do a f**king software upgrade. What are we doing? Not a software update by the sounds of it. Get back to washing yer pants in the Clyde if its too hard for you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 On 25/08/2024 at 02:56, MEADOWXI said: Had one of those B&W portables as a kid. On a Sunday, in the days before football was everywhere, could take the portable to my aunts the other side of Irvine, and you could get Ulster as well as STV, and the big match had a live English football game. Think it was Ernie Walker that had banned it being shown on STV. Some folk would take their portable to Benidorm 'cos they didn't want to miss Eastenders or Coronation Street. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 20 hours ago, Zetterlund said: Challenge accepted. My Team: Dundee United 20 hours ago, coprolite said: I disagree My Team: Aberdeen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Belt Caley Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 In a museum or anywhere there’s large amounts of information on walls/posters and folk feel the need to stand 5cm away from the wall so no one in the close vicinity can read what they’re reading. Added into the fact they’re typically the slowest readers in the world, I’ve nearly had multiple heads gone this weekend. On a side note, the topography of terror and memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin are both excellent and I would highly recommend. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 2 hours ago, KnightswoodBear said: I tried to put a load of washing on before I left for work this morning, but couldn't because the washing machine needed to do a f**king software upgrade. What are we doing? Has the maid got a day off? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 2 hours ago, Central Belt Caley said: On a side note, the topography of terror and memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin are both excellent and I would highly recommend. As long as some old holocaust survivor doesn't get in your way. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 2 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: As long as some old holocaust survivor doesn't get in your way. Are there any left ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 1 minute ago, Florentine_Pogen said: Are there any left ? Allegedly 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 Just now, Sergeant Wilson said: Allegedly Well.....................245k or thereabouts................ https://www.claimscon.org/demographics/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 1 minute ago, Florentine_Pogen said: Well.....................245k or thereabouts................ https://www.claimscon.org/demographics/ There are several ways this pretend conversation could go. At best I'd get banned, at worst jailed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 3 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: There are several ways this pretend conversation could go. At best I'd get banned, at worst jailed. A very Throbberesque post. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 Maybe pushing the petty part to its limit but people who say "First of all...." then make their point, then say "Second of all..." It's "secondly". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 English language annoyance incoming. I’ve noticed recently that news/media types seem to be using the phrasing “an horrific event” instead of “a horrific event”. Why has it now been deemed that the article ‘an’ should be used there instead of the more logical ‘a’? It feels like this is a relatively recent phenomenon because I’ve never noticed it before, and it just sounds clumsy and awkward. You don’t hear about “an hotel” or “an hospital” so I have no idea why this is now the go-to phrasing when referring to an incident as horrific. (I did think of the word ‘honourable’ as a similar type of scenario where the article used is ‘an’ instead of ‘a’ - but that one makes sense because honour/honourable are pronounced with a silent H, whereas horrific/horrifying aren’t.) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 18 minutes ago, Nightmare said: English language annoyance incoming. I’ve noticed recently that news/media types seem to be using the phrasing “an horrific event” instead of “a horrific event”. Why has it now been deemed that the article ‘an’ should be used there instead of the more logical ‘a’? It feels like this is a relatively recent phenomenon because I’ve never noticed it before, and it just sounds clumsy and awkward. You don’t hear about “an hotel” or “an hospital” so I have no idea why this is now the go-to phrasing when referring to an incident as horrific. (I did think of the word ‘honourable’ as a similar type of scenario where the article used is ‘an’ instead of ‘a’ - but that one makes sense because honour/honourable are pronounced with a silent H, whereas horrific/horrifying aren’t.) It's been an honour to read that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 On 26/08/2024 at 09:38, KnightswoodBear said: I tried to put a load of washing on before I left for work this morning, but couldn't because the washing machine needed to do a f**king software upgrade. What are we doing? I was listening to Audible yesterday and it suddenly decided that it needed to perform an upgrade. Shut itself down and did not resume playback when it restarted. I was in a position where I couldn't access my phone for a couple of hours. Livid. How does the washing machine upgrade work? Do you have to connect it to your Wi-Fi or something? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 2 hours ago, Nightmare said: English language annoyance incoming. I’ve noticed recently that news/media types seem to be using the phrasing “an horrific event” instead of “a horrific event”. Why has it now been deemed that the article ‘an’ should be used there instead of the more logical ‘a’? It feels like this is a relatively recent phenomenon because I’ve never noticed it before, and it just sounds clumsy and awkward. You don’t hear about “an hotel” or “an hospital” so I have no idea why this is now the go-to phrasing when referring to an incident as horrific. (I did think of the word ‘honourable’ as a similar type of scenario where the article used is ‘an’ instead of ‘a’ - but that one makes sense because honour/honourable are pronounced with a silent H, whereas horrific/horrifying aren’t.) Correct. It's never an Hearts defeat. Always another Hearts defeat. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 The most infuriating thing on our holiday to Bavaria happened today. Just chilling next to the lake, I'm reading and the wife is sunbathing. Not 15 feet away some couple start playing some board game on a bench. What's the issue you ask? The sound of them rattling dice and rolling it from a cup had to the most horrible thing I've heard in ages. I wanted to ram them into their ear drums. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 44 minutes ago, Stellaboz said: The most infuriating thing on our holiday to Bavaria happened today. Just chilling next to the lake, I'm reading and the wife is sunbathing. Not 15 feet away some couple start playing some board game on a bench. What's the issue you ask? The sound of them rattling dice and rolling it from a cup had to the most horrible thing I've heard in ages. I wanted to ram them into their ear drums. That's the Risk you take. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapy FFC Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 2 hours ago, BFTD said: How does the washing machine upgrade work? Do you have to connect it to your Wi-Fi or something? Which begs the question, if it's not already connected to wi-fi or the internet, how does it know it needs a software upgrade? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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