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Sherlock Holmes Dec 10th 2012 3:17 pm

The Rant Thread
 
As long as it is within the rules, go ahead. Let off steam here.

bakedbean Dec 10th 2012 7:17 pm

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Geez.... that flippin' Sherlock Holmes puts such daft replies in Mallet's Mallet :banghead::banghead:




Thanks, I feel much better for that :)

Sherlock Holmes Dec 10th 2012 7:19 pm

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Originally Posted by bakedbean (Post 10427055)
Geez.... that flippin' Sherlock Holmes puts such daft replies in Mallet's Mallet :banghead::banghead:




Thanks, I feel much better for that :)

Charmed, I'm sure. :D

BEVS Dec 11th 2012 7:45 am

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AArrrgghh ! Gggrrr !.

The neighbours on one side.
They breathe, I'm annoyed. :frown:

lardyl Dec 11th 2012 10:39 am

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1 Attachment(s)
Lag on my cellphone camera ----- meant I had to fake my photo of

12:12:12 WED 12/12/12

as the first one came out:

12:12:13 WED 12/12/12

my old SLR never did that!!!

MrsFychan Dec 11th 2012 8:59 pm

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just found out I have been under paid since April :frown:


now we need a thread for, "unexpected nice things."

I should be getting back pay :D

but if not I shall be back

bakedbean Dec 11th 2012 9:03 pm

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I think the Concierge pay is crap to be honest. The hours are not bad though.

BEVS Dec 12th 2012 8:07 am

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Originally Posted by MrsFychan (Post 10429071)
just found out I have been under paid since April :frown:
now we need a thread for, "unexpected nice things."
I should be getting back pay
but if not I shall be back

Will this do? :)

Sherlock Holmes Dec 12th 2012 12:17 pm

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Originally Posted by BEVS (Post 10430178)
Will this do? :)

That one is all good fun...:D

MrsFychan Dec 14th 2012 7:50 pm

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Yes Bev that will do nicely.

BUT.....

Got free international calls this weekend, been excited to surprise my mum with a call only to get, "sorry this number is temp out of service" :frown:

Checked the website for issues and it states that they have service call out for the TV today but nothing on the phone. oh well estimated fix time is 6pm UK time today so will have to try again tomorrow and :fingerscrossed:

MrsFychan Dec 17th 2012 10:48 am

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can't believe that after agreeing a final bill for the electric back in Nov and not on the gas I have had another final bill which I now agree the gas but they have upped the bloody electric. aaarrrhhhhh been going on nearly a bloody year now.

never leave your house without getting a plan in place to have a final meter reading on the day you no longer have any connection to it and take photo's, fill meter reading in on line an phone them with it

BEVS Dec 17th 2012 2:49 pm

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AArrgghh! Tried to do my usual foray for grocery shopping etc.

The blummin' place was heaving. Cars and people frantic in all sorts of directions.

That's me done for with that lark. It's only Tuesday for goodness sake.

Sherlock Holmes Dec 17th 2012 2:55 pm

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Originally Posted by BEVS (Post 10438989)
AArrgghh! Tried to do my usual foray for grocery shopping etc.

The blummin' place was heaving. Cars and people frantic in all sorts of directions.

That's me done for with that lark. It's only Tuesday for goodness sake.

You have my sympathies. Did mine yesterday and came out relatively unscathed.

lardyl Dec 17th 2012 5:15 pm

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Originally Posted by Sherlock Holmes (Post 10439001)
You have my sympathies. Did mine yesterday and came out relatively unscathed.

shopping?
is it that time already?
bugger!

BEVS Dec 17th 2012 9:26 pm

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It was hell.
People laden with $2 dollar shop stuff, farmers gift bags and bags upon bags from Push and Shove. Was like a bad moment on Crackerjack.

Sherlock Holmes Dec 17th 2012 9:51 pm

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Originally Posted by BEVS (Post 10439514)
It was hell.
People laden with $2 dollar shop stuff, farmers gift bags and bags upon bags from Push and Shove. Was like a bad moment on Crackerjack.

Crackerjack!!

bakedbean Dec 18th 2012 12:18 am

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:D

Bo-Jangles Dec 18th 2012 7:39 pm

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Who said Christmas shopping in NZ was a breeze?

Parking flippin nightmares, driving around in circles to find a space this evening. I was forced to deliver a rather unladylike message to the stupid tw@t who did a tricky manoevre to get into the one parking space that clearly had my name written all over it. :argue:!

I only went into two shops before deciding I wasn't that desperate.

BEVS Dec 18th 2012 9:23 pm

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Ermn. I thought I just did this hell on earth, not to be repeated for a month .

Crackerjack anyone?

Sherlock Holmes Dec 18th 2012 9:24 pm

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Originally Posted by BEVS (Post 10441417)
Ermn. I thought I just did this hell on earth, not to be repeated for a month .

Crackerjack anyone?

Do I get a pencil? ^^^^

BEVS Dec 18th 2012 9:25 pm

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Originally Posted by Sherlock Holmes (Post 10441420)
Do I get a pencil? ^^^^

Cauliflower

Sherlock Holmes Dec 18th 2012 9:26 pm

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Originally Posted by BEVS (Post 10441423)
Cauliflower

or was it a cabbage?

BEVS Dec 18th 2012 9:28 pm

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Originally Posted by Sherlock Holmes (Post 10441424)
or was it a cabbage?

No. It was a cauliflower.

Sherlock Holmes Dec 18th 2012 9:31 pm

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Originally Posted by BEVS (Post 10441430)
No. It was a cauliflower.

The wonders in education of B.E.!:D

j19fmm Dec 18th 2012 9:37 pm

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Originally Posted by BEVS (Post 10441430)
No. It was a cauliflower.

Totally not...it was a cabbage...my step-dad was on it (he's a very young step-dad!!!) :rofl:

Sherlock Holmes Dec 18th 2012 9:39 pm

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Originally Posted by j19fmm (Post 10441445)
Totally not...it was a cabbage...my step-dad was on it (he's a very young step-dad!!!) :rofl:

I'm going to start a poll. Cabbage or Cauliflower. They were very large vegetables as I remeber. Were they real?

Bo-Jangles Dec 18th 2012 9:43 pm

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Originally Posted by Sherlock Holmes (Post 10441424)
or was it a cabbage?

Double or drop? I never noticed what a pile of old crap they actually got.


Sherlock Holmes Dec 18th 2012 9:46 pm

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Originally Posted by Bo-Jangles (Post 10441453)
Double or drop? I never noticed what a pile of old crap they actually got.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GktZgeOQWUk

LOL....cabbages it is then and pretty poor false ones as well. :)

BEVS Dec 18th 2012 9:53 pm

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Originally Posted by j19fmm (Post 10441445)
Totally not...it was a cabbage...my step-dad was on it (he's a very young step-dad!!!) :rofl:


I find this really weird in an 'of no consequence' way.

I'd have been pretty darn sure that it was a cauli in the 60's but hey I was just a kid & can't find any images to support this, yet I watched this prog when allowed and my memory is of caulis.

Sherlock Holmes Dec 18th 2012 9:55 pm

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Originally Posted by BEVS (Post 10441464)
I find this really weird in an 'of no consequence' way.

I'd have been pretty darn sure that it was a cauli in the 60's but hey I was just a kid & can't find any images to support this, yet I watched this prog when allowed and my memory is of caulis.

The clip above was a very modern one :D

It was black and white when I watched it. Did Eamon Andrews do it early on?

Bo-Jangles Dec 18th 2012 9:58 pm

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I am pretty sure they did have Caulis as well Bevs, I can picture them in my mind.

BEVS Dec 18th 2012 10:00 pm

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Originally Posted by Sherlock Holmes (Post 10441456)
LOL....cabbages it is then and pretty poor false ones as well. :)

1979 Sherlock. We'd have been 25?

I think caulis :nod: Cabbages later.?

Bo-Jangles Dec 18th 2012 10:00 pm

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Originally Posted by Sherlock Holmes (Post 10441469)
The clip above was a very modern one :D

It was black and white when I watched it. Did Eamon Andrews do it early on?


Yes there is a long list of hosts from 1955 to 1984 :blink:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crackerjack_(TV_series)

Sherlock Holmes Dec 18th 2012 10:04 pm

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Originally Posted by BEVS (Post 10441477)
1979 Sherlock. We'd have been 25?

I think caulis :nod: Cabbages later.?

I was 12 in 1979....:rofl:

Yep 25 indeed and yes, I reckon it must have been both.

BEVS Dec 18th 2012 10:25 pm

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Originally Posted by Sherlock Holmes (Post 10441482)
I was 12 in 1979....

.

That would make you a fire horse. Not a wood horse.

Sherlock Holmes Dec 18th 2012 11:58 pm

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Originally Posted by BEVS (Post 10441516)
That would make you a fire horse. Not a wood horse.

Every time I look at that I see fire hose. Just can't get it out of my head now. :)

bakedbean Dec 19th 2012 12:11 am

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Wasn't it Leslie Crowther? I remember the pencils. Don't remember caulis. Yep definitely black n white.

Sherlock Holmes Dec 19th 2012 12:14 am

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Originally Posted by bakedbean (Post 10441685)
Wasn't it Leslie Crowther? I remember the pencils. Don't remember caulis. Yep definitely black n white.

Leslie Crowther was defo in it but I think Eammon Andrews was the first possibly.

Don't you just love threads that go off topic? :D

(but I'm lucky at the moment that I have nothing to rant about)

bakedbean Dec 19th 2012 12:20 am

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Yes what to rant about? That rib-eye I never had :lol: Might pour a glug of wine in a minute :nod:

BEVS Dec 19th 2012 12:50 pm

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Originally Posted by Sherlock Holmes (Post 10441660)
Every time I look at that I see fire hose. Just can't get it out of my head now.

:lol:


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