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Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Originally Posted by Shirtback
(Post 12176510)
Aren't all those brands (mostly) owned by the same parent company?
I even googled Findus Faggots - I'm sure they used to do that too - but Mr Brains came up instead. :confused: |
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 12176639)
I dunno...I wiki'd Findus, having always assumed the Fin was Finland related, and there are all sorts of connections but I couldn't see any North American connection at all.
I even googled Findus Faggots - I'm sure they used to do that too - but Mr Brains came up instead. :confused: https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/findus-.../6000196382867 https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/findus-.../6000196382864 I can't remember Findus doing faggots, only these: http://cdn.pinknews.co.uk/images/2013/01/4-Faggots.jpg |
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 12176639)
I dunno...I wiki'd Findus, having always assumed the Fin was Finland related, and there are all sorts of connections but I couldn't see any North American connection at all.
I even googled Findus Faggots - I'm sure they used to do that too - but Mr Brains came up instead. :confused: |
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
I'm on strike today.
So fed up of the kitchen sink getting cluttered with dishes, pots and pans etc. Today it was impossible to get a small jug under the tap to add water to the Keurig. It's supposed to be my stepson's job but he always makes it into a major chore when 10 minutes after supper would clear the sink and draining rack and allow additional stuff to be added to the dishwasher until it's full for another run. So earlier on I said I was going on strike and not doing supper tonight. :lol: So stepson emptied the sink and stepdaughter later asked what was for supper. They thought that meant I had called off the strike. :blink: "How long are you on strike?" I said 24 hours and then tomorrow I'm working to rule. :rofl: They've been scrabbling around for what to do. There's even a pot of spud and carrots ready prepared from yesterday to make a mash. There's fish, chickenburgers, sausages, other veggies, all sorts of stuff they could use to make a meal. Even tins. Mother in law has just sent stepson out for McDonalds. :rolleyes: I'm having a salad. Hopefully I've made my point. |
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 12176675)
I'm on strike today.
So fed up of the kitchen sink getting cluttered with dishes, pots and pans etc. Today it was impossible to get a small jug under the tap to add water to the Keurig. It's supposed to be my stepson's job but he always makes it into a major chore when 10 minutes after supper would clear the sink and draining rack and allow additional stuff to be added to the dishwasher until it's full for another run. So earlier on I said I was going on strike and not doing supper tonight. :lol: So stepson emptied the sink and stepdaughter later asked what was for supper. They thought that meant I had called off the strike. :blink: "How long are you on strike?" I said 24 hours and then tomorrow I'm working to rule. :rofl: They've been scrabbling around for what to do. There's even a pot of spud and carrots ready prepared from yesterday to make a mash. There's fish, chickenburgers, sausages, other veggies, all sorts of stuff they could use to make a meal. Even tins. Mother in law has just sent stepson out for McDonalds. :rolleyes: I'm having a salad. Hopefully I've made my point. I did something similar about 5 years ago when my son and his friend (who was staying with us for 6 months) didn't lift a finger. I wrote them a note, pinned to the fridge telling them that the 'kitchen cleaning and washing up fairy' had gone on strike.. as had the 'cooking fairy' and the 'bathroom cleaning fairy'. I reserved the ONE clean plate, mug, glass and cutlery for myself and put them in my bedroom.. and left everything as it was. That continued for 3 days. They finally got the hint. :lol: |
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 12176675)
I'm on strike today.
So fed up of the kitchen sink getting cluttered with dishes, pots and pans etc. Today it was impossible to get a small jug under the tap to add water to the Keurig. It's supposed to be my stepson's job but he always makes it into a major chore when 10 minutes after supper would clear the sink and draining rack and allow additional stuff to be added to the dishwasher until it's full for another run. So earlier on I said I was going on strike and not doing supper tonight. :lol: So stepson emptied the sink and stepdaughter later asked what was for supper. They thought that meant I had called off the strike. :blink: "How long are you on strike?" I said 24 hours and then tomorrow I'm working to rule. :rofl: They've been scrabbling around for what to do. There's even a pot of spud and carrots ready prepared from yesterday to make a mash. There's fish, chickenburgers, sausages, other veggies, all sorts of stuff they could use to make a meal. Even tins. Mother in law has just sent stepson out for McDonalds. :rolleyes: I'm having a salad. Hopefully I've made my point. |
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
I was on strike last week for similar reasons..lol
1 glass per day, use it more then once, using it once to drink water doesn't make a glass dirty..lol
Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 12176675)
I'm on strike today.
So fed up of the kitchen sink getting cluttered with dishes, pots and pans etc. Today it was impossible to get a small jug under the tap to add water to the Keurig. It's supposed to be my stepson's job but he always makes it into a major chore when 10 minutes after supper would clear the sink and draining rack and allow additional stuff to be added to the dishwasher until it's full for another run. So earlier on I said I was going on strike and not doing supper tonight. :lol: So stepson emptied the sink and stepdaughter later asked what was for supper. They thought that meant I had called off the strike. :blink: "How long are you on strike?" I said 24 hours and then tomorrow I'm working to rule. :rofl: They've been scrabbling around for what to do. There's even a pot of spud and carrots ready prepared from yesterday to make a mash. There's fish, chickenburgers, sausages, other veggies, all sorts of stuff they could use to make a meal. Even tins. Mother in law has just sent stepson out for McDonalds. :rolleyes: I'm having a salad. Hopefully I've made my point. |
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Originally Posted by Siouxie
(Post 12176680)
...That continued for 3 days. They finally got the hint.
Originally Posted by Oink
(Post 12176683)
Brilliant, although in an industrial dispute wouldn't you be considered to be Management? You should at least start cutting benefits and maybe threaten a lockout of the kitchen area until your demands are met. :lol:
But this way I can stay grounded. Thinking about it some more, it's not really an ongoing dispute as such, more a wildcat action. :lol: |
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Originally Posted by Jsmth321
(Post 121766851)
1 glass per day, use it more then once, using it once to drink water doesn't make a glass dirty..lol
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Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Originally Posted by Siouxie
(Post 12176662)
I found cod in lemon butter with parsley sauce and cod in butter and chive herb sauce in Walmart a few months back
Didn't Mr Brains just be Brains in the past? I don't remember the Mr part at all but the packaging is instantly recognisable.
Originally Posted by Souvy
(Post 12176671)
What other search hits did you get;)
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Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 12176722)
Got any tips on how to encourage them to put the garbage in the right colour bags and, when they do get the right one, not put bigger things in the smaller container so it rapidly fills up when they could put bigger stuff in the bigger container that doesn't fill up? :frown:
Now that you mention it, as financial backer and money manager perhaps I should be management. But this way I can stay grounded. Thinking about it some more, it's not really an ongoing dispute as such, more a wildcat action. :lol: . . . . . and then put it in their bedroom. :p |
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Originally Posted by Siouxie
(Post 12176783)
...put a sticker on it saying 'sorry, wrong bin' and attatch a list of what goes into which bin.. then put it in their bedroom.
Drat it. According to the website none of those Findus products are at our stores. The flyer says NB, PEI and NS. I'm hoping the website's just not updated yet.:fingerscrossed: |
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
I wish smaller companies would get useful websites, and not rely on FB. Facebook is the most annoying way to try and buy something.
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Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 12176639)
I dunno...I wiki'd Findus, having always assumed the Fin was Finland related, and there are all sorts of connections but I couldn't see any North American connection at all.
I even googled Findus Faggots - I'm sure they used to do that too - but Mr Brains came up instead. :confused: |
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 12176788)
Drat it. According to the website none of those Findus products are at our stores. The flyer says NB, PEI and NS. I'm hoping the website's just not updated yet.:fingerscrossed:
ROTFL in sympathy at your kitchen strike & woes. BTDT. 24 hours wildcat action may not be sufficient. :( ETA: put my glasses on, looked properly, & did find Findus "filets de poisson à l'anglaise" in the WM flyer. |
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 12176675)
I'm on strike today.
So fed up of the kitchen sink getting cluttered with dishes, pots and pans etc. Today it was impossible to get a small jug under the tap to add water to the Keurig. It's supposed to be my stepson's job but he always makes it into a major chore when 10 minutes after supper would clear the sink and draining rack and allow additional stuff to be added to the dishwasher until it's full for another run. So earlier on I said I was going on strike and not doing supper tonight. :lol: So stepson emptied the sink and stepdaughter later asked what was for supper. They thought that meant I had called off the strike. :blink: "How long are you on strike?" I said 24 hours and then tomorrow I'm working to rule. :rofl: They've been scrabbling around for what to do. There's even a pot of spud and carrots ready prepared from yesterday to make a mash. There's fish, chickenburgers, sausages, other veggies, all sorts of stuff they could use to make a meal. Even tins. Mother in law has just sent stepson out for McDonalds. :rolleyes: I'm having a salad. Hopefully I've made my point. |
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Originally Posted by Oink
(Post 12176813)
In a slightly different area of industrial relations, HID went on strike once. Apparently, to avoid further conflict, it was insisted that any bargaining arrangements had to take place in the Holt Renfrew department store. :lol:
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Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 12176845)
I'm guessing I'm not the only one who needs that explaining? :o
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Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Coquihalla Highway closed again with drivers stranded | Globalnews.ca
Highway 1 Boston Bar to Yale is also closed with people stranded. Must suck to get stuck in this cold when the highways close, even with supplies there are no toilet facilities unless you luck out and get stuck near the rest areas. |
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Originally Posted by Jsmth321
(Post 12176896)
Coquihalla Highway closed again with drivers stranded | Globalnews.ca
Highway 1 Boston Bar to Yale is also closed with people stranded. Must suck to get stuck in this cold when the highways close, even with supplies there are no toilet facilities unless you luck out and get stuck near the rest areas. |
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
I got up this morning and the sink had accumulated no dishes or pans at all. :thumbup:
How long will it last? :unsure: |
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 12177293)
I got up this morning and the sink had accumulated no dishes or pans at all. :thumbup:
How long will it last? :unsure: |
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Originally Posted by Oink
(Post 12176862)
She stopped certain activities that I argued were essential services. ;)
It was the Holt Renfrew reference that threw me. I didn't know what it was until I just googled. |
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 12176359)
Browsing through the latest Walmart flyer I was astonished to see battered cod (produced proudly in Great Britain) with Findus on the box.
I think I've only ever seen Blue Water, Hi-Liner or store brand fish like that. Certainly never Findus.
Originally Posted by Shirtback
(Post 12176510)
Aren't all those brands (mostly) owned by the same parent company?
(Scuttles off to reread Walmart flyer)... ;) Bluewater box says its a Subsidiary of Gorton's of Gloucester, MA which in turn is a subsidiary of Nippon Suisan Kaisha of Japan. Highliner appears to be an independent company based in Nova Scotia. |
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Well this is good news..hopefully they won't do it again! :fingerscrossed:
Fantastically dedicated people :thumbup: New Zealand whales: Hundreds refloat on high tide at Farewell Spit - BBC News |
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
A dam in California (Oroville) has spilled over its emergency spillway, first time this has ever happened, dam was completed in 1968.
Oroville Dam energency spillway in use for first time in dam history | The Sacramento Bee Northern California is on track to having its wettest winter on record. |
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Originally Posted by Stinkypup
(Post 12177444)
Well this is good news..hopefully they won't do it again! :fingerscrossed:
Fantastically dedicated people :thumbup: New Zealand whales: Hundreds refloat on high tide at Farewell Spit - BBC News |
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Originally Posted by Jsmth321
(Post 12177441)
I was amused with the directions. "Ensure product is piping hot before serving."
Never seen anything say piping hot before.
Originally Posted by Shard
(Post 12177805)
...Sad that so many whales died...
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Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Not what you want your pilot to do on a flight your own, luckily she was prevented from actually flying anywhere and removed from the flight. (Its more then just calling 2 politicians liars.)
United Airlines pilot replaced after intercom rant calling Trump, Clinton liars - National | Globalnews.ca |
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 12177293)
I got up this morning and the sink had accumulated no dishes or pans at all. :thumbup:
How long will it last? :unsure:
Originally Posted by Pica
(Post 12177294)
For as long as you're on strike or about to :)
Or alternatively, the "culprits" got takeout? ;) ;) ;) |
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Originally Posted by Jsmth321
(Post 12178157)
Not what you want your pilot to do on a flight your own, luckily she was prevented from actually flying anywhere and removed from the flight. (Its more then just calling 2 politicians liars.)
United Airlines pilot replaced after intercom rant calling Trump, Clinton liars - National | Globalnews.ca The man she's divorcing is lucky. :rofl: |
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
My MIL has died this evening. I liked her, she's had dementia for a few years and so her children lost her a while ago but now she's gone physically too. It's a blessing really as her dementia wasn't a happy one but it's still overwhelmingly sad.
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Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Originally Posted by bats
(Post 12178329)
My MIL has died this evening. I liked her, she's had dementia for a few years and so her children lost her a while ago but now she's gone physically too. It's a blessing really as her dementia wasn't a happy one but it's still overwhelmingly sad.
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Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Originally Posted by bats
(Post 12178329)
My MIL has died this evening. I liked her, she's had dementia for a few years and so her children lost her a while ago but now she's gone physically too. It's a blessing really as her dementia wasn't a happy one but it's still overwhelmingly sad.
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Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Sorry to read that, bats. I can understand the mix of sadness/relief.
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Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Originally Posted by bats
(Post 12178329)
My MIL has died this evening. I liked her, she's had dementia for a few years and so her children lost her a while ago but now she's gone physically too. It's a blessing really as her dementia wasn't a happy one but it's still overwhelmingly sad.
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Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Originally Posted by Jsmth321
(Post 12177482)
A dam in California (Oroville) has spilled over its emergency spillway, first time this has ever happened, dam was completed in 1968.
Oroville Dam energency spillway in use for first time in dam history | The Sacramento Bee Northern California is on track to having its wettest winter on record. Immediate evacuations ordered below damaged California dam | Reuters |
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Originally Posted by Stinkypup
(Post 12178357)
I grew up downstream from a dam. That particular dam failed in 1916 causing a massive flood, luckily in 1916 the population was small so loss of life was only 8. That dam has been deemed unsafe by state authorities, but currently the organization in charge of that dam has chosen not to spend money on necessary repairs. If that dam failed today, the loss of life would be high. State official says Bonita dam is unsafe, nearby residents in jeopardy - 10News.com KGTV ABC10 San Diego I often wonder how safe these old dams are around the US and Canada. |
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
It's always fun watching snow coming down when it 'falls' sideways, especially when through one window it goes right to left while the other window you see left to right. But it's even more fun when every now and then loads of it flies upwards.
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Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Originally Posted by Jsmth321
(Post 12178367)
I often wonder how safe these old dams are around the US and Canada.
Okanagan dam breach prompts evacuation alert - British Columbia - CBC News but what's going on in California is in another league. I'm trying to imagine an evacuation of that magnitude, and it's like the entire city of Regina having to pack a bag and run. |
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