I also got Manager's Player of the Year.
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| Author: | Kern [ Wed Nov 01, 2017 10:56 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
Kriss Akabusi is giving a motivational speech at work today. |
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| Author: | Mr Russell [ Wed Nov 01, 2017 10:58 ] |
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Kern wrote: Kriss Akabusi is giving a motivational speech at work today. He's supposed to be really, really good. Enjoy. |
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| Author: | Pundabaya [ Wed Nov 01, 2017 10:58 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
Akabusi! Awesome! |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Wed Nov 01, 2017 11:29 ] |
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I've had this email off an Amazon seller. Quote: Hello. I'm very sorry for bothering you. Judging from your product review, I would say that you didn't have a very good experience with us. We would like to offer you a compensation for your order. We can send you brand new products or issue a refund. Please consider it, and contact us back with your decision. We are going to make your experience better. I will be grateful if you could consider removing or editing your review. Thank you Manager of Printing Pleasure At first, it looked a bit odd but when I looked into it it appears that I did leave a review in October of 2016 for some cheap printer cartridges I purchased. I said... Quote: I bought these cartridges around 2 months ago and have used them very sparingly. Today I've come to print something and the black one has "failed" according to my printer. No amount of cleaning is able to save it. They were cheap but the fact that they won't last long probably explains this. and I left a 1 star review. I can't remember leaving the review but I must have been quite annoyed as it's not like me at all. So, what would you do? Would you ask for some more cartridges and take the review down? Would you ask for a refund and take the review down or would you do nothing and leave it? |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Wed Nov 01, 2017 11:45 ] |
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If they'd replied within a few days then that would suggest good customer service and I'd consider removing the review, or editing it to at least state that they dealt with you in a timely manner. A year's taking the piss a bit though. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Wed Nov 01, 2017 14:48 ] |
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School places for the kid were confirmed this morning - we'd been a bit anxious about it as only Second Born had a place two days ago - which meant it was a possibility I'd be moving out on my own and the family would be following for the next term (April start) which would have been rubbish. So now all systems go - we've got about 40 days until we go.... And a lot to do. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Wed Nov 01, 2017 14:52 ] |
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Am I right in thinking that this is a permanent move then? |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Wed Nov 01, 2017 14:54 ] |
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It's a 2 year assignment, but is inevitably going to end up being extended. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Nov 01, 2017 15:10 ] |
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I just need a bed and some cupboard space for my T-shirts. How fast is the broadband going to be? |
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| Author: | Findus Fop [ Wed Nov 01, 2017 15:31 ] |
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Grim... wrote: I just need a bed and some cupboard space for my T-shirts. How fast is the broadband going to be? When I lived there, it was rubbish. Seemed to get throttled a lot, and you really felt the U.S. come online. Things may have changed since then. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Wed Nov 01, 2017 15:44 ] |
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The free wifi I've used at hotels and whatnot has been fine. |
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| Author: | Bobbyaro [ Wed Nov 01, 2017 17:30 ] |
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Are you out on the week of the 4th December? I am in Johor for a few days. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Wed Nov 01, 2017 17:37 ] |
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I'm not, no - that's my last week in the UK! |
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| Author: | Kern [ Wed Nov 01, 2017 17:53 ] |
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Mr Russell wrote: Kern wrote: Kriss Akabusi is giving a motivational speech at work today. He's supposed to be really, really good. Enjoy. Yes, he was excellent. Really interesting speech going through his career and talking about his teammates. Can't quite believe he's almost 60 now. |
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| Author: | Pundabaya [ Wed Nov 01, 2017 19:37 ] |
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No Akabusi selfie? I'm disappointed in you! |
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| Author: | Kern [ Wed Nov 01, 2017 19:38 ] |
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Pundabaya wrote: No Akabusi selfie? I'm disappointed in you! I know. Too much of a queue. |
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| Author: | myp [ Wed Nov 01, 2017 20:31 ] |
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Pundabaya wrote: No Akabusi selfie? I'm disappointed in you! I've got one somewhere |
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| Author: | Mr Dave [ Wed Nov 01, 2017 23:32 ] |
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Lonewolves wrote: Pundabaya wrote: No Akabusi selfie? I'm disappointed in you! I've got one somewhere No Ainsley selfie? I'm disappointed in you! |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Fri Nov 03, 2017 16:39 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
There are 3,600 seconds in an hour. Thinking of an hour it seems much more than 3,600 seconds long. 3,600 doesn’t seem that many seconds at all. If I count slowly, a number per second, it feels like it would take a lot less than an hour to reach 3,600. I’m right, aren’t I? |
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| Author: | Squirt [ Fri Nov 03, 2017 16:40 ] |
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Yes. Also, it would take you over 11 days to count to a million like that. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Fri Nov 03, 2017 16:48 ] |
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A million seconds is 11 and half days. A billion seconds is 31 and a half years |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Fri Nov 03, 2017 16:55 ] |
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A trillion seconds is 31 and a half millennia |
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| Author: | Cras [ Fri Nov 03, 2017 17:01 ] |
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Eight hours is 28,800,000 milliseconds. I had to work this out earlier today. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Fri Nov 03, 2017 17:02 ] |
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Of course to make that work you have to count to a thousand every second which is trickier |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Fri Nov 03, 2017 17:07 ] |
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Cras wrote: Of course to make that work you have to count to a thousand every second which is trickier I can get to 21, but I have to drop my trousers. |
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| Author: | myp [ Sat Nov 04, 2017 19:04 ] |
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At the Misfits awards night and the stats show I had the fourth-highest men's batting average this season with .703! Really chuffed with that. |
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| Author: | myp [ Sat Nov 04, 2017 20:51 ] |
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I also got Manager's Player of the Year.
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| Author: | Goddess Jasmine [ Sat Nov 04, 2017 21:57 ] |
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Whoop! Whoop! Good work Myp! X |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 10:57 ] |
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Would somebody on a PC please be kind enough to trim this to 100x100px and under 24kb so that I can use it as an avatar? I’m on my phone and either can’t or don’t know how. Thank you x |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 11:01 ] |
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Attachment: mimi.png How's that? |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 11:05 ] |
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Great. Thank you for that x |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 11:07 ] |
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Oh, it’s distorting the aspect ratio when an avatar. It’s ok, manatees are kind of misshapen anyway, and I’d lose a bit if it were cropped anyway, so it’s fine  Thanks again! |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 11:12 ] |
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Attachment: mimi.png Try this one. A few transparent pixels on the side |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 11:14 ] |
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What a star. Thank you so very much xx |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 11:14 ] |
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Mimi wrote: What a star. Thank you so very much xx Giphy "de nada": https://media3.giphy.com/media/GEAmYMVXQPjSo/giphy-loop.mp4 |
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| Author: | JBR [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 11:21 ] |
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You are still the/a man, fair warning the cockles of my heart. And it's 32 degrees here, so my cockles are flipping boiling now. |
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| Author: | Mr Russell [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 11:25 ] |
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Aww, lovely. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 12:49 ] |
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Dark rum and Ting is amazing. |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 12:55 ] |
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What sort of ting? |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 13:00 ] |
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38p tin from Tesco. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 13:00 ] |
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote: What sort of ting? Like Lilt but without pineapple. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 13:58 ] |
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So fizzy grapefruit? |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 13:59 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
Yes |
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| Author: | markg [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 15:22 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
Really didn't know what to say to our four year old daughter the other day. She was coming up with a list of homonyms. "So there's bats that fly and there's bats that we play with" etc etc. Then she came out with "there's chicken that we eat and there's chickens that run around!". I just said "err, yeah". She adores animals and I didn't think it was a conversation that either of us were ready for. |
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| Author: | Mr Dave [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 15:25 ] |
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markg wrote: Really didn't know what to say to our four year old daughter the other day. She was coming up with a list of homonyms. "So there's bats that fly and there's bats that we play with" etc etc. Then she came out with "there's chicken that we eat and there's chickens that run around!". I just said "err, yeah". She adores animals and I didn't think it was a conversation that either of us were ready for. I remember having that conversation when I was young. Although it was ham and pigs. It only put me off the not too nice laughing cow ham cheese that led to the conversation. TV were in Normandy, on the patio. Just saying,. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 15:26 ] |
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Interesting. We've already had that conversation with our 3 and 5 year old. They're fine that beef comes from cows but I don't think they quite understand how it comes from cows. |
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| Author: | Kern [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 15:30 ] |
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TheVision wrote: I don't think they quite understand how it comes from cows. That's not something I'm particularly keen to explore in depth either, to be honest. |
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| Author: | markg [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 15:32 ] |
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Yeah she'll probably be completely unphased. I think it's more me. I eat meat but I find it to be a source of internal conflict. It's not something that I find that I can wholly justify to myself. And that makes it feel a little more awkward than it might be. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 15:34 ] |
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Why not? We're at the top of the food chain at the moment so we need to take advantage while we can. It might not always be that way. For instance, Dinosaurs could come back. |
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| Author: | Pundabaya [ Mon Nov 06, 2017 15:34 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
Could be worse, could be 'Daddy, where does cat food come from?' 'well, you know those horsies that Daddy shouts at on the telly on Saturday afternoon. Well...' |
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