Bits and Bobs 51

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Feb 06, 2023 21:04

Dr Zoidberg wrote:

MaliA wrote:

Commuting is still bullshit.

My employer is opening a new office in Birmingham city centre. It’s lovely, and a great location, but it’s an hour each way door to door. My old office was 10 minutes away. I might do one day a week or fortnight.

Tbf, I have a lovely view from the office floor to ceiling window, and the commute door to door is 22 mins 17 of which are in a train.

Findus Fop · **Joined:** 14th May, 2009 **Posts:** 4404

MaliA wrote:

Dr Zoidberg wrote:

MaliA wrote:

Commuting is still bullshit.

My employer is opening a new office in Birmingham city centre. It’s lovely, and a great location, but it’s an hour each way door to door. My old office was 10 minutes away. I might do one day a week or fortnight.

Tbf, I have a lovely view from the office floor to ceiling window, and the commute door to door is 22 mins 17 of which are in a train.

That sounds like bliss. 22 minutes is an ideal breakwater between work and children.

Malc · **Posted:** Mon Feb 13, 2023 13:28

I found a packet of Tesco Bakewell tarts, that had fallen down the back of a unit in my office. There are two left, and the best before date on the packet is the 11th of Jan 2023 (so they've probably been down there since before Christmas).

They are in their tray and in their wrapper, which is on the tray, but obviously open as 4 of them have been eaten. There is no obvious sign that any insects/spiders/mould has affected them, but the area behind the unit is dusty, and there were cobwebs near the box.

Who would eat them?

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nickachu · **Posted:** Mon Feb 13, 2023 13:57

They look fine to me

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5591

Just put them in the office kitchen on a plate. Someone will eat them

Malc · **Posted:** Mon Feb 13, 2023 14:03

Dr Zoidberg wrote:

Just put them in the office kitchen on a plate. Someone will eat them

I work from home, however, it's certainly true that someone will eat them if I put them back in the house.

I almost certainly will eat them, but there is a small part of me, that is just a little disturbed by the thought of it

JBR · **Joined:** 2nd Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 3345

I'd have already eaten them.

TheVision · **Posted:** Mon Feb 13, 2023 14:03

I love a cherry bakewell.

I'd eat one... Or both. Probably both.

Jem · **Posted:** Mon Feb 13, 2023 14:07

I wouldn't have even hesitated to eat both there and then.

Malc · **Posted:** Mon Feb 13, 2023 14:08

I've eaten them now, slightly odd taste, but I don't know if that was psychosomatic or not.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22425

Main issue is why there were 2 left in the first place? If I open a pack of 6 they are all getting eaten in one sitting...

Malc · **Posted:** Mon Feb 13, 2023 15:29

Trooper wrote:

Main issue is why there were 2 left in the first place? If I open a pack of 6 they are all getting eaten in one sitting...

I can easily do that (and have done that on many occasion), but I would imagine I was interrupted by having to do some work

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26521

What the heck happened to curlywurlys? When did they get so smol?

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5591

Mimi wrote:

What the heck happened to curlywurlys? When did they get so smol?

Are you sure they aren’t just far away?

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11920

You'd think they'd just make the holes bigger.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2023 22:16

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... hite-house

They are going to find two old women dead in a field on top of a hill and 502 missing seagulls.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2023 9:46

Happy Kern Day!

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38825

Happy day, Mr Kern!

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38825

Fun fact! You share your birthday with Zoe from Firefly

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2023 12:49

Happy Birthday Kern!

KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2023 14:23

Happy Birthday Kern...

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26521

Happy birthday Kern!!!!! <3

Kern · **Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2023 18:01

Thanks everyone! Having a great time in Porto!

JBR · **Joined:** 2nd Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 3345

Woo hoo! Happy Birthday!

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10244

Kern wrote:

Thanks everyone! Having a great time in Porto!

We've got a site in Porto, I've not managed to get over there but that's probably a good job with Pastel de Nata existing.

https://tasteporto.com/ultimate-guide-t ... just%20one.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2023 20:56

BikNorton wrote:

Kern wrote:

Thanks everyone! Having a great time in Porto!

We've got a site in Porto, I've not managed to get over there but that's probably a good job with Pastel de Nata existing.

https://tasteporto.com/ultimate-guide-t ... just%20one.

My god that sounds incredible

Kern · **Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2023 21:32

MaliA wrote:

BikNorton wrote:

Kern wrote:

Thanks everyone! Having a great time in Porto!

We've got a site in Porto, I've not managed to get over there but that's probably a good job with Pastel de Nata existing.

https://tasteporto.com/ultimate-guide-t ... just%20one.

My god that sounds incredible

Can confirm.

They are gorgeous.

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10244

Next you'll be telling me you had a Francesinha first.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances ... er%20sauce.

Happy birthday!

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49253

Holy shit

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12372

Hope today has been as wonderful as you are, Kern!

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2023 22:41

BikNorton wrote:

Next you'll be telling me you had a Francesinha first.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances ... er%20sauce.

Happy birthday!

Jesus fucking Christ.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Happy Birthday Kern.

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Feb 16, 2023 8:49

BikNorton wrote:

Next you'll be telling me you had a Francesinha first.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances ... er%20sauce.

I felt the egg was a bit excessive.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38825

BikNorton wrote:

Next you'll be telling me you had a Francesinha first.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances ... er%20sauce.

Happy birthday!

I don't know why British food is so mocked when european food is like that. It's a fucking meat sandwich drowned in gravy, served with chips.

Not that I wouldn't love it, of course.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38825

Croque monsieur? Ham sandwich with cheese on top.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26521

I think I’ve worked out how the dodos were made extinct, and I’ve narrowed it down to being all DHL’s fault.

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My poor lamp! :’(

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38825

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12372

DavPaz wrote:

Doh!

Doh Doh!

MaliA · **Posted:** Sat Feb 18, 2023 18:42

23 year later, I am back. Now to win that pokemon on the Kentucky Derby, and right an historical wrong!

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16726

Sorry for being a fuck-up and not being able to get out for a pint mate. Good luck for tomorrow. Be good to catch up irl soon. You should come camping with Zardoz, me and a hopefully a couple of Beex alumni on our next trip.

MaliA · **Posted:** Sun Feb 19, 2023 9:12

No worries! All fine!

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26521

A little thing, but I’ve finally got a firm ID on the big bird of prey that keeps circling above my garden. I thought it was a buzzard with my very amateur sight ID, but wasn’t at all certain because it’s always circling above me, at a distance. Once it swooped low overhead sling the canal and the sheer size of it surprised me. Today I could hear it and managed to get a clear recording and it is definitely a common buzzard, so I can tick that off my list.

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10244

We get multiple breeding pairs of buzzards living by us every year and let me tell you, they never stop being surprisingly enormous.

Squirt · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6656

My idiot dog managed to accidentally leap off the harbour wall and 10 foot down into the sea yesterday, at about 10pm when it was freezing cold. Luckily I managed to drag her out, but the poor hound must have given herself one helll of a shock and she's spent today feeling very sorry for herself.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11920

I think I might hate those GIFs.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26521

Squirt wrote:

My idiot dog managed to accidentally leap off the harbour wall and 10 foot down into the sea yesterday, at about 10pm when it was freezing cold. Luckily I managed to drag her out, but the poor hound must have given herself one helll of a shock and she's spent today feeling very sorry for herself.

Cor. Did you have to jump in to get her out or were you able to reach her dry?

Squirt · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6656

Luckily there were ladders down so I was able to go get her and fish her out of the water. She managed to hurt herself doing it so she's been zonked out of her brain on tramadol all week.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26521

Oh gosh. That must have been terrifying. I hope you didn’t take a great risk of there is deep water there, but I’m glad she’s safe and hope the injuries heal quickly (probably quicker than the scare).

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

I think this pilot may be lost. Flew to Manchester area from Wittering, appears to have landed at Barton Aerodrome, maybe to refuel or go for a wee, then flew back and seemed to land in a field not far from RAF Wittering.

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BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10244

I'll bet he was disappointed when he went to look up his masterpiece and show his mates in the pub.

He very nearly flew over the house we had in Sale.

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