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Author:  “Fun”Sally [ Sat May 22, 2021 10:32 ]
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Thanks guy, Myppy Moo did spoil me, he even made me a cake!

The day was slightly spoiled at about 5:30pm by finding out I’d not got a job I’d applied for - would have basically been a promotion - not from my manager but from the colleague who’d got it texting me... The whole thing has been a farce and has been drawn out for 2 weeks with loads of dodgy/unprofessional stuff going on around it. Think it’s time to look for a new job.
Happy 30th Birthday to me!

Author:  Mimi [ Sat May 22, 2021 18:54 ]
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Sorry to hear about the job, but it sounds like it’s not been run in the best way. Hopefully there is something even better for you on the horizon. Cake looks surprisingly lush for a Myp-job :D

Author:  Mimi [ Sun May 23, 2021 16:48 ]
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Found this frankly chilling Post It note stuck to the door earlier. Thought it looked a bit like Zardoz :DD

Author:  Cras [ Sun May 23, 2021 18:56 ]
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Well obviously, it's a photo of Zardoz.

Author:  Zardoz [ Sun May 23, 2021 19:48 ]
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Nothing like me!

I have a hairy face now.

Author:  KovacsC [ Sun May 23, 2021 20:41 ]
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Has anyone used manomano.com? There seems to be some good bargains on there.

Yes I am still hunting garden furniture.

Author:  Cras [ Sun May 23, 2021 21:03 ]
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Hit and miss. It's mostly made by the lowest bidder stuff, especially where it's cheap, but if you're looking for something where build quality isn't super important (I've used them fine for garden storage boxes) they do have good prices

Author:  KovacsC [ Sun May 23, 2021 21:15 ]
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Cras wrote:
Hit and miss. It's mostly made by the lowest bidder stuff, especially where it's cheap, but if you're looking for something where build quality isn't super important (I've used them fine for garden storage boxes) they do have good prices


Cheers. I was looking at this

https://www.manomano.co.uk/p/fully-equi ... d=29093561

Author:  Mimi [ Sun May 23, 2021 21:46 ]
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IKEA do similar sets to that for a similar price, which doesn’t feel quite so much like pot luck on build quality:

https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/solleroen- ... s29303643/

Author:  JBR [ Sun May 23, 2021 22:17 ]
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Sport Pursuit happen to (oddly, given they are mostly a sports stuff discounter) have a garden furniture sale. They usually have little known brands from overseas, sometimes good, sometimes not. These Greenhurst ones, though, seem to be sold in Robert Dyas and Wilko, but are a bit cheaper. More expensive than Ikea and Manomano.

https://www.sportpursuit.com/sales/greenhurst-may21

Author:  KovacsC [ Sun May 23, 2021 22:18 ]
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Mimi wrote:
IKEA do similar sets to that for a similar price, which doesn’t feel quite so much like pot luck on build quality:

https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/solleroen- ... s29303643/


I had not thought of IKEA. Thanks

Author:  Mimi [ Mon May 24, 2021 8:07 ]
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We bought our garden furniture from IKEA (a different style) and it is fantastical solid and the build quality is excellent.

Author:  KovacsC [ Mon May 24, 2021 10:10 ]
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I will have try and get to the store.. cheers.

Author:  GazChap [ Mon May 24, 2021 11:36 ]
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lol if only you'd known someone who'd rented a van for the day and didn't know what to do with it ;)

Author:  KovacsC [ Mon May 24, 2021 11:41 ]
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GazChap wrote:
lol if only you'd known someone who'd rented a van for the day and didn't know what to do with it ;)


They are out of stock :(

Author:  Mimi [ Mon May 24, 2021 12:03 ]
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Just keep an eye out for it, Kov. Ours was out of stock then the table came in a couple of days later and the chairs a day or two after that as well.

Author:  Warhead [ Tue May 25, 2021 13:01 ]
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A catalogue of errors at work today.

I had a call from dispatch late yesterday afternoon, asking if I could cover some calls for another engineer who's going to be working in a distribution centre all day today.

This involved collecting parts assigned to him in Stoke, with calls in Bebington and Macclesfield. Quite a lot of driving. I had four other calls in Cheshire as well. When I went to pick up my own parts in Salford one of the other guys on my team was ranting about being called in on his rest days to cover for another engineer on leave and then not getting any calls. He didn't get any yesterday either. So, I got the Cheshire calls transferred to him to ease the load on me.

Now I've driven 114 miles to Bebington via Stoke ...... and there is NO call here. There'd been one earlier, but yet another engineer had already been and fixed the problem.

Author:  DavPaz [ Tue May 25, 2021 13:18 ]
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Hey! You're a few miles from me.

If that makes your day any better

Author:  MaliA [ Tue May 25, 2021 13:32 ]
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Pick davpaz up and come and marvel at my toilet.

Author:  DavPaz [ Tue May 25, 2021 13:38 ]
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Now that's an invitiation!

Author:  Mimi [ Tue May 25, 2021 19:04 ]
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Zardoz’s avatar cheered me up no end today :D

Author:  Warhead [ Wed May 26, 2021 6:33 ]
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MaliA wrote:
Pick davpaz up and come and marvel at my toilet.

Sounds appealing, but there are issues with doing that:

1. I don’t know where he is.

2. I don’t know where you are.

3. I’m not allowed any private mileage in my van.

4. I am constantly on the clock, so am usually heading straight from one job to another.

Author:  Mimi [ Wed May 26, 2021 16:22 ]
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I thought my eye was hurting a little this morning. Then, whilst I was on the phone, suddenly I couldn’t see properly and I had a sizeable stye appear in what must have been seconds.

I phoned my Ma to ask her if she had any ideas how best to treat it, and she told me to rub my wedding ring on it. Thanks, Ma.

I’ve put a warm compress on instead.

Author:  KovacsC [ Thu May 27, 2021 14:36 ]
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The Neighbours behind me have put spiked strips on top of the fence to stop next doors cats going in their garden.

The cats are now using my shed to jump in their garden. Cats are awesome...

One now he can runs down my fence to say hello....

Author:  Jem [ Thu May 27, 2021 16:14 ]
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KovacsC wrote:
The Neighbours behind me have put spiked strips on top of the fence to stop next doors cats going in their garden.

The cats are now using my shed to jump in their garden. Cats are awesome...

One now he can runs down my fence to say hello....


One of our neighbours has got one of those sonic cat repellent things on their fence, and I have more than one photo of one of ours sat next to it. :DD

Author:  Mimi [ Thu May 27, 2021 17:29 ]
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What is this? It looks like something from a serial killer’s ‘nice to haves’ kit.

Author:  JBR [ Thu May 27, 2021 18:09 ]
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Is that just so you don't have to clean the bath? Charitably, maybe for parents with babies who always poo in the bath? Otherwise, it seems like a plastic 'solution' to work (and, as you say, let's hope authorities keep a watch list for buyers).

Author:  Zardoz [ Thu May 27, 2021 18:56 ]
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Dissolving bodies with acid in enamel baths.

Author:  Zardoz [ Thu May 27, 2021 18:57 ]
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But you knew that when you searched, didn’t you Mimi.

Author:  Mimi [ Thu May 27, 2021 19:03 ]
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I don’t know what you’re insinuating, Zardoz. I’d ask Russell, but nobody has seen him for a while...

Author:  KovacsC [ Thu May 27, 2021 19:39 ]
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Mimi wrote:
What is this? It looks like something from a serial killer’s ‘nice to haves’ kit.


what is is the point?

Author:  DavPaz [ Thu May 27, 2021 21:15 ]
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probably for some beauty treatment that's bad for enamel baths.

Author:  JBR [ Thu May 27, 2021 21:20 ]
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DavPaz wrote:
probably for some beauty treatment that's bad for enamel baths.


Hmm. I've thought about it and my answer is still "No, Davpaz, I will not get in the bath. Now please unlock the door."

Author:  DavPaz [ Thu May 27, 2021 21:30 ]
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Fine, but you're not getting your clothes back

Author:  Mimi [ Thu May 27, 2021 22:03 ]
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From what I can tell in my searches it’s for people who want to use a hotel bath but don’t want to use the hotel bath. It’s the bath equivalent of people lining loo seats with strips of loo roll in the 80s and is sold as something to stop you getting germs from the bath.

Author:  MaliA [ Thu May 27, 2021 22:40 ]
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Mimi wrote:
lining loo seats with strips of loo roll


This is normal.

Author:  JBR [ Thu May 27, 2021 22:53 ]
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ZOMG.

Author:  Mimi [ Fri May 28, 2021 8:03 ]
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MaliA wrote:
Mimi wrote:
lining loo seats with strips of loo roll


This is normal.

Loads of older people used to do it in the 80s in public bathrooms because of the mistaken belief (and one that was widely reported) that you could catch HIV from toilet seats. You used to be able to buy loo seat liners as well, which existed long beyond the belief that you could catch HIV from loo seats. I’ve spoken to women my age before snd we all had a mum/aunt/grandmother/older sister as a young kid that would put down strips of loo roll before taking us to a public bathroom when we were very young. Probably different for boys who stand up.

Author:  Zardoz [ Fri May 28, 2021 8:10 ]
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Tough guys shit stood up.

Author:  DavPaz [ Fri May 28, 2021 8:14 ]
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Zardoz wrote:
Tough guys shit stood up.

With their jeans buttoned

Author:  Mimi [ Fri May 28, 2021 8:49 ]
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I didn’t think about pooing, but I think most people do that at home.

Author:  DavPaz [ Fri May 28, 2021 8:53 ]
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The Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime, that's why I poop on company time

Author:  Zardoz [ Fri May 28, 2021 9:19 ]
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:this: :this: :this:

Author:  Jem [ Fri May 28, 2021 9:29 ]
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Mimi wrote:
MaliA wrote:
Mimi wrote:
lining loo seats with strips of loo roll


This is normal.

Loads of older people used to do it in the 80s in public bathrooms because of the mistaken belief (and one that was widely reported) that you could catch HIV from toilet seats. You used to be able to buy loo seat liners as well, which existed long beyond the belief that you could catch HIV from loo seats. I’ve spoken to women my age before snd we all had a mum/aunt/grandmother/older sister as a young kid that would put down strips of loo roll before taking us to a public bathroom when we were very young. Probably different for boys who stand up.

When we went to Vegas all the loos had a dispenser for seat liners.

Author:  BikNorton [ Fri May 28, 2021 16:42 ]
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Yeah, our office in Massachusetts has them too. Very weird.

Author:  Dr Zoidberg [ Fri May 28, 2021 17:06 ]
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BikNorton wrote:
Yeah, our office in Massachusetts has them too. Very weird.


Given how badly some men aim, it’s not all that daft if you need to sit down.

Author:  BikNorton [ Fri May 28, 2021 20:04 ]
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There are urinals as well! The seat is also one of those weird ones with a cutout at the front.

Author:  Malc [ Mon May 31, 2021 11:52 ]
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Eggspectation

Author:  Warhead [ Mon May 31, 2021 12:52 ]
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A bit OTT, using a steak knife.

Author:  MaliA [ Mon May 31, 2021 16:13 ]
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"I feel a bit funny, today" said MrsA and cleared her throat "In fact, a bit Norse and Thor". So we went here:

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