efaardvark Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 On 8/15/2022 at 2:32 PM, Animedragon said: * Only Yesterday, hmm a good title for a film. Dang.. someone beat me to it. Omoide Poroporo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animedragon Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 OK, so while walking round the supermarket this morning doing my weekly shopping I saw a sign which said "Anitipasti", which made me wonder, is antipasti the opposite of pasti like antimatter is the opposite of matter? If antipasti and pasti come into contact with each other are both annihilated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lelouch Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Hello hope everyone is doing well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animedragon Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Lelouch said: Hello hope everyone is doing well I'm OK, if you count being roasted one day and drowned the next thanks to our weird British weather as being OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebulous Posted August 29, 2022 Author Share Posted August 29, 2022 Looks like the weekend is over and a brand new week is upon us. I hope you all have a great week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animedragon Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 4 hours ago, Nebulous said: Looks like the weekend is over and a brand new week is upon us. I hope you all have a great week! The weekend is not quite over here in the UK, Monday is a Bank Holiday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animedragon Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 So, have you ever started something and then after a short time wished you hadn't? I have! This morning I opened one of the kitchen draws and thought "what is all this stuff?", so I promptly started taking everything out. Then I looked at the huge pile of "stuff" on the worktop and thought "why did I do this?". It took a long time to sort through it all and most of it went in the bin, but it was worth it in the long run as I now have a tidy draw and I know what's in it. Perhaps I'll do the other draws... Perhaps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viruxx Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 4 hours ago, Animedragon said: So, have you ever started something and then after a short time wished you hadn't? Oh yes.. I went into the restaurant business. Been wanting to get out of it ever since. It pays the bills, but it has been a life-consuming venture for the most part. I’m definitely thinking of an exit strategy. Don’t really know what I want to get into after I do leave it though. Not yet anyway. Another tale for another day, perhaps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animedragon Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 1 hour ago, viruxx said: Oh yes.. I went into the restaurant business. Been wanting to get out of it ever since. It pays the bills, but it has been a life-consuming venture for the most part. I’m definitely thinking of an exit strategy. Don’t really know what I want to get into after I do leave it though. Not yet anyway. Another tale for another day, perhaps. Before the dreaded covid19 struck my church ran a community lunch once a week we were a small team and I was one of volunteers in the kitchen. We had around 30 customers each week but because of the way it ran they all came in at the same time and had to be served as quick as possible. With the preparation before serving time and clearing up afterwards we were all shattered when it was all done. And that was only for about half a day so you have my admiration, and sympathy, for doing it all day every day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebulous Posted September 19, 2022 Author Share Posted September 19, 2022 hi everyone! How are we doing today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animedragon Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 10 minutes ago, Nebulous said: hi everyone! How are we doing today? Today I'm a bit sad because the state funeral for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is today. I'll watch the event on TV because I'll see much more of the service and the processions than I would if I went to London or Windsor and I'll also avoid the huge crowds and packed trains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animedragon Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 13 hours ago, Animedragon said: Today I'm a bit sad because the state funeral for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is today. I'll watch the event on TV because I'll see much more of the service and the processions than I would if I went to London or Windsor and I'll also avoid the huge crowds and packed trains. I started watching the funeral on TV at 10:30am until it finished around 5:00pm. I'm used to seeing royal and state processions but today's funeral for Queen Elizabeth II was on a scale I had never seen before. There were 4,000 members of the armed services many like the Household Cavalry in their traditional historic uniforms. The Queen's coffin was carried on the state gun-carriage and pulled by 142 sailors. The main procession stretched for a mile and a quarter. The marching bands played a sombre but stirring march which was punctuated by the regular firing of gun salutes in one the parks. It was certainly a day I'm never going to forget. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animedragon Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 While I was out shopping today I looked in the local jeweller's window out of idle curiosity. They had a wristwatch on display with a price tag of £6500, Six Thousand Five Hundred pounds for something to wear on your wrist to tell you the time!!? Some people clearly have more money than sense!! Actually, I don't think there's anyone in my town wealthy enough to buy it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efaardvark Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 4 hours ago, Animedragon said: Some people clearly have more money than sense!! This is definitely a thing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebulous Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 Hi all, happy Friday! Glad the weekend is finally here. Time to relax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Spirit Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 7 hours ago, Nebulous said: Hi all, happy Friday! Glad the weekend is finally here. Time to relax. Same here. Weekend time~ always the best part of the week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebulous Posted November 6, 2022 Author Share Posted November 6, 2022 Hey all, hope all is well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Spirit Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 8 hours ago, Nebulous said: Hey all, hope all is well! Same! All's ok with me so far, just kind of trying to stay awake because I'm bored. lol Otherwise though, I'm doing ok. How about you? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebulous Posted November 26, 2022 Author Share Posted November 26, 2022 Hello all! Hows it going? I hope all the Americans out there had a fantastic Thanksgiving holiday. Did anyone get any good black Friday deals? Cyber monday is coming up too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efaardvark Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 5 hours ago, Nebulous said: Did anyone get any good black Friday deals? Nothing here. Prices are ridiculous for everything I looked for. How come inflation is always only on the goods side? I need some of that inflation in my paycheck! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Do they still do Black friday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metro Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Honestly the "sales" worldwide just made things as cheap as they were when people could barely afford them in the first place. Ireland quickly became one of Europe's most expensive country and nobody can afford anything. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animedragon Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 I think the whole "Black Friday" thing is just a gimmick invented by shops to persuade people to spend money they don't have on things they don't need. Although I think shops have 'dialled back' a bit on the Black Friday advertising, probably as a result of events a few years ago when a near riot broke out in a shop as customers fought with each other to get the best bargains and even resorted to taking things out of other peoples trolleys. I seem to recall that it got so bad that the store shut its doors and called the police, when order was restored the shop looked like an earthquake had hit it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efaardvark Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 11 hours ago, Animedragon said: I think the whole "Black Friday" thing is just a gimmick invented by shops to persuade people to spend money they don't have on things they don't need. Although I think shops have 'dialled back' a bit on the Black Friday advertising, probably as a result of events a few years ago when a near riot broke out in a shop as customers fought with each other to get the best bargains and even resorted to taking things out of other peoples trolleys. I seem to recall that it got so bad that the store shut its doors and called the police, when order was restored the shop looked like an earthquake had hit it. I agree. There's not a lot of things that people actually need. The whole consumer thing especially is insane when you think about it. It is extremely wasteful of resources and money. "Keeping up with the Joneses" is a suckers game too. (And/or simple ego gratification.) Advertising is about brainwashing people into thinking they need a new gadget or item of clothing just because the old one is a different color than what's on sale this week. And of course credit benefits nobody but the banksters. You would be far better off in the long run saving up for your purchases instead of paying an extra 10%, or more, for the instant gratification. Unfortunately there's hardly any constituency for doing it otherwise. It is all about keeping the money flowing. The government gets a cut every time money changes hands. Banks want to keep you in debt indefinitely, at least as long as you can make the payments. Advertisement-driven social pressures make it almost mandatory to have the latest-and-greatest gadget or wardrobe. They don't even teach home economics in schools anymore. Anything that keeps the spice from flowing is removed, bypassed, or outlawed. It's a racket. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebulous Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 On 11/26/2022 at 12:41 PM, efaardvark said: Nothing here. Prices are ridiculous for everything I looked for. How come inflation is always only on the goods side? I need some of that inflation in my paycheck! I can relate to that! Although I did just get a raise at work. hope you all had a good weekend and I hope the week ahead will be great! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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