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Re: Things you find..weird
« Reply #1520 on: December 30, 2023, 06:45:18 pm »
True they do look scruffy when you get them out but when they are stretched onto the bed the creases largely disappear justifying the decision not to iron them.

But not enough to satisfy 2 OCD naval officers mate, they'd never have got in the bed 😂

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Re: Things you find..weird
« Reply #1521 on: December 30, 2023, 10:46:02 pm »
how in God's name can anyone who looks like Luke Littler be 16 years old?

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Re: Things you find..weird
« Reply #1522 on: January 2, 2024, 01:51:16 pm »
Lady where I work has retired but still manages to come to the office every 6-8 weeks. I'd never do that ;D


Place I worked at, the Finance Director retired but would still come into the office every few weeks, say a few hellos, then sit at a desk and read the financial times for an hour or two.

Of course, in his case the company was paying him as a "consultant", so I imagine it was very much worth it for him!

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Re: Things you find..weird
« Reply #1523 on: January 2, 2024, 01:53:43 pm »

Place I worked at, the Finance Director retired but would still come into the office every few weeks, say a few hellos, then sit at a desk and read the financial times for an hour or two.

Of course, in his case the company was paying him as a "consultant", so I imagine it was very much worth it for him!

And he had an excuse to get out of the house.

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« Reply #1524 on: January 2, 2024, 04:25:42 pm »
Does she work pt, or drops by to socialize? She either needs the dosh or to be around ppl.  Nowt wrong with either.

You could end up doing it as well.  :)
I try not to see them ones I work with and work from home as much as I can ;D
She drops by to socialise.  At her age I guess it's a good thing for her.

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« Reply #1525 on: January 2, 2024, 04:27:19 pm »

Place I worked at, the Finance Director retired but would still come into the office every few weeks, say a few hellos, then sit at a desk and read the financial times for an hour or two.

Of course, in his case the company was paying him as a "consultant", so I imagine it was very much worth it for him!
Our head of operations was moved on into retirement (if felt like the decision was made for him) and they still come in. I guess if you've been there for years then it's a huge part of your life.

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Re: Things you find..weird
« Reply #1526 on: January 2, 2024, 06:06:30 pm »
People who wear shorts and flip flops in Winter. Is the idea that you’re harder than the weather? Saw a fella at the weekend who had paired it with a woolly hat, so perhaps not.

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Re: Things you find..weird
« Reply #1527 on: January 3, 2024, 09:44:29 am »
People who wear shorts and flip flops in Winter. Is the idea that you’re harder than the weather? Saw a fella at the weekend who had paired it with a woolly hat, so perhaps not.

As a shorts all year round kind of guy I would say it's a pure comfort thing. Plus it's been about 13 degrees celsius for about a month now which is hardly peak winter weather.

Can't get on board with the flip flops though.

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Re: Things you find..weird
« Reply #1528 on: January 3, 2024, 10:18:11 am »
As a shorts all year round kind of guy I would say it's a pure comfort thing. Plus it's been about 13 degrees celsius for about a month now which is hardly peak winter weather.

Can't get on board with the flip flops though.

When I used to go kayaking most of the lads wore shorts all year but always with fleeces, sometimes coats, hats and walking boots but never flipflops.

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« Reply #1529 on: January 3, 2024, 12:24:40 pm »
When I used to go kayaking most of the lads wore shorts all year but always with fleeces, sometimes coats, hats and walking boots but never flipflops.

So long as your torso is warm enough, you'll not feel it on your legs.

As a shorts all year round kind of guy I would say it's a pure comfort thing. Plus it's been about 13 degrees celsius for about a month now which is hardly peak winter weather.

Can't get on board with the flip flops though.

This is it, I just find shorts more comfortable than jeans or trousers
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Re: Things you find..weird
« Reply #1530 on: January 3, 2024, 01:05:19 pm »
So long as your torso is warm enough, you'll not feel it on your legs.

Yeah I watched a show once, not sure how true it is but they stated that the three main heat sensors in the body are hands, feet and head so if you keep those warm you body temp should be ok. It would explain certain footballers wearing short sleeve tops and gloves  ;D

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Re: Things you find..weird
« Reply #1531 on: January 3, 2024, 01:11:40 pm »
So long as your torso is warm enough, you'll not feel it on your legs.

This is it, I just find shorts more comfortable than jeans or trousers

at one time in the UK ppl called trousers "pants" (or kecks of course) and in those days what is now referred to as pants were always "underpants".

when did this change?

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« Reply #1532 on: January 3, 2024, 01:21:45 pm »
So we’re all in agreement that it’s the flip flops that tips the scales into weird territory :-)

Also had that convo re: pants. I maintain that if pants means underwear (not for me, Clive), what do the underpants go under?

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« Reply #1533 on: January 3, 2024, 01:52:08 pm »
So we’re all in agreement that it’s the flip flops that tips the scales into weird territory :-)

Also had that convo re: pants. I maintain that if pants means underwear (not for me, Clive), what do the underpants go under?

Yup, sliders in summer, trainees, or boots in winter. And no wearing socks with sliders :butt

It's the idiot Americans yet again who've corrupted the names. As SamLad says, it was always pants or kecks (I've picked up trousers from being around the missus) and then undies/underpants/grundies. I'm pretty sure the only reference I've heard of underwear being called pants is the Yanks, like calling knickers panties.
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Re: Things you find..weird
« Reply #1534 on: January 3, 2024, 01:59:38 pm »
pants or kecks ... and then undies/underpants/grundies.

not to disrail the chat but it's the other way around - undies then kecks. 

although you live in Manchester so who knows how those buggers dress.

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« Reply #1535 on: January 3, 2024, 01:59:56 pm »
I've never known pants to be trousers unless it was on American TV/film.

Pants always means underpants. Just no need for the 'under' so always been pants.
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« Reply #1536 on: January 3, 2024, 02:04:55 pm »

although you live in Manchester so who knows how those buggers dress.
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« Reply #1537 on: January 3, 2024, 02:05:51 pm »
not to disrail the chat but it's the other way around - undies then kecks. 

although you live in Manchester so who knows how those buggers dress.

Superman inspired ;D

I've never known pants to be trousers unless it was on American TV/film.

Pants always means underpants. Just no need for the 'under' so always been pants.

Being Scouse, we drop half the word, so its undies, trousers is for posh people
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« Reply #1538 on: January 3, 2024, 02:13:24 pm »
Superman inspired ;D

Being Scouse, we drop half the word, so its undies, trousers is for posh people

very true.  I don't think I've said that word more than about 6 times in my life.  :)  same with "slacks" now I think about it.

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« Reply #1539 on: January 3, 2024, 08:20:17 pm »
Superman inspired ;D

Being Scouse, we drop half the word, so its undies, trousers is for posh people

Is it just me who’s going to advocate for bills..?

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« Reply #1540 on: January 3, 2024, 09:16:20 pm »
Is it just me who’s going to advocate for bills..?

Our kid called them bills
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« Reply #1541 on: January 3, 2024, 09:30:06 pm »
The way some women have drawn on eyebrows that don't follow the lines of where your brows grow and go half way up their foreheads instead
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Re: Things you find..weird
« Reply #1542 on: January 3, 2024, 10:24:00 pm »
As a shorts all year round kind of guy I would say it's a pure comfort thing. Plus it's been about 13 degrees celsius for about a month now which is hardly peak winter weather.

Can't get on board with the flip flops though.

Weird, considering you’re a cold blooded creature.
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« Reply #1543 on: January 3, 2024, 11:33:01 pm »
Is it just me who’s going to advocate for bills..?
need help here .... "bills"?

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« Reply #1544 on: January 4, 2024, 01:23:31 am »
need help here .... "bills"?
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Re: Things you find..weird
« Reply #1545 on: January 4, 2024, 02:15:17 am »
That the majority of people are more interested in being 'right' than in finding out where they're wrong so they can improve themselves.
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« Reply #1546 on: January 4, 2024, 09:48:50 am »
People paying £1k to £1500 or more for a mongrel. When I was a kid, a crossbreed was worthless ;D
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« Reply #1547 on: January 4, 2024, 10:33:29 am »
People paying £1k to £1500 or more for a mongrel. When I was a kid, a crossbreed was worthless ;D

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« Reply #1548 on: January 4, 2024, 12:39:51 pm »
Don't be too hard on yerself mate, some of us love you

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« Reply #1549 on: January 4, 2024, 01:47:17 pm »
Rhyming slang. Bill Grundys = Undies. Shortened to "Bills".
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« Reply #1550 on: January 4, 2024, 02:38:13 pm »
People paying £1k to £1500 or more for a mongrel. When I was a kid, a crossbreed was worthless ;D
I paid 200 for our Roxy.
She is half Staffy, half Frenchie, so technically a mongrel.
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« Reply #1551 on: January 4, 2024, 03:29:41 pm »
When I was a kid, mongrels had curly tails and lived on the roof of pubs.
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« Reply #1552 on: January 4, 2024, 03:40:08 pm »
When I was a kid, mongrels had curly tails and lived on the roof of pubs.
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« Reply #1553 on: January 4, 2024, 03:55:53 pm »
So long as your torso is warm enough, you'll not feel it on your legs.



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« Reply #1554 on: January 4, 2024, 04:51:54 pm »


.... until they're hit with a plastic football from the 80's



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« Reply #1555 on: January 4, 2024, 04:52:46 pm »
When I was a kid, mongrels had curly tails and lived on the roof of pubs.

When I was a kid very dog was a mongrel except for the posh Cocker Spaniels you’d see in Caldies.

In our street all the dogs were put out the same time as the kids and they had their own happy little pack that’d go running around and chasing the odd car that drove by.

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« Reply #1556 on: January 25, 2024, 10:51:47 pm »
The staunch defence of the BBC licence fee by some people. Genuinely find it weird. Who gives a fuck whether some people pay it or some people don't?
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« Reply #1557 on: February 5, 2024, 08:33:03 am »
My consultant seems to be trying to put me off surgery to repair my ACL. I'm lucky enough to have got the advice from a few ortho's that I know through others, or work along side and they all were confused as to why I wouldn't get it repaired in my situation, but every time I see my consultant he seems to want to push back committing and actively talk me out of it.

Seeing him today, might just have to say I want it done.
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« Reply #1558 on: February 5, 2024, 08:57:11 am »
My consultant seems to be trying to put me off surgery to repair my ACL. I'm lucky enough to have got the advice from a few ortho's that I know through others, or work along side and they all were confused as to why I wouldn't get it repaired in my situation, but every time I see my consultant he seems to want to push back committing and actively talk me out of it.

Seeing him today, might just have to say I want it done.

It could be down to what will happen in later life? I tore my meniscus last summer and reading up on it, if they operate,the likelyhood of getting arthritis in the knee within 10 years rises by 60%, so maybe he thinks yours will heal on its own and thus remove the chance of getting arthritis in the next 5 to 10 years? Just ask his reasoning.
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Re: Things you find..weird
« Reply #1559 on: February 5, 2024, 09:53:21 am »
It could be down to what will happen in later life? I tore my meniscus last summer and reading up on it, if they operate,the likelyhood of getting arthritis in the knee within 10 years rises by 60%, so maybe he thinks yours will heal on its own and thus remove the chance of getting arthritis in the next 5 to 10 years? Just ask his reasoning.

My understanding is without reconstruction it will would cause OA quicker, so that's interesting! I didn't damage my meniscus though luckily. 

He did explain the long term effects of both, but basically was saying I'm in my early 30s so may not need it as I can strengthen my knee to stability. Where as most of the others I have had advise from said no recon would just cause long term damage across the whole leg and always carry that risk of collapse, especially when I'm playing sport and out on hikes across uneven terrain.

Going to try get more out of him today, but think the surgery just puts my mind at ease longer term.
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