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A general thread for people who can't be arsed with all the needy ones

vamos [Edit] [Delete] 54 replies 13:44, 8 July '13

Hi, I don't really have much to add or say today, but the others available to me all looked tedious and it's too nice outside to be talking about dull things today.

Let's talk about something else fun instead. Like these things:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a243/mjw123/IMG_0518.jpg

They're really hard to rewire when you're up a stepladder because you have to use those moody tiny screwdrivers. However, the missus suggested I tried using a rubber glove when doing it to gain more purchase and it was a revelation. Properly made life easier. Thought I'd share that with all you practical types.

I had a swell weekend thanks guys. Got given free beer at a local festival up the park, ate some pork, inherited an Xbox360, painted the kitchen, went to a gig. Hope you all did too.

I'm now off to Sainsbury's.

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  • ahaha, you've turned into such a dad already

    STEPLADDERS. TINY SCREWDRIVERS. alright, chill out Handy Andy.

    I played tennis on Saturday and today I can barely walk.

    PickledOeuf | 8 Jul '13, 13:47 | X
    • were you in the wimbledon ladies final?

      inside-outside @PickledOeuf | 8 Jul '13, 13:53 | X
      • no, i got beaten by my friend's mum at Fort Matilda tennis club

        I had to let her win, obviously.

        PickledOeuf @inside-outside | 8 Jul '13, 13:55 | X
  • also, don't think you're getting away with

    PickledOeuf | 8 Jul '13, 13:47 | X
    • ....without me pulling you up over

      "the missus suggested I tried using a rubber glove when doing it to gain more purchase and it was a revelation".

      That's an almost PO-level of double entendre.

      PickledOeuf @PickledOeuf | 8 Jul '13, 13:48 | X
      vamos this'd this
  • bit needy to need your own thread mate..

    sharp_yet_blunt | 8 Jul '13, 13:48 | X
  • I changed a fuse in a lamp yesterday

    Put a 5 amp one in, but it had a 3 amp one in before. It works though. Is this OK? Dunno. Is it boring? Definitely.

    Chip_Batch | 8 Jul '13, 13:48 | X
    • of course it works

      might want to revise what fuses are for, though. tl;dr you're definitely going to burn to death in your sleep.

      Epimer @Chip_Batch | 8 Jul '13, 13:58 | X
      japes and TheWza this'd this
  • this thread is a bit clammy-handed if i'm honest

    colon_closed_bracket | 8 Jul '13, 13:49 | X
    • probably a side effect of the rubber gloves tbf

      PickledOeuf @colon_closed_bracket | 8 Jul '13, 13:51 | X
      • never change :D

        colon_closed_bracket @PickledOeuf | 8 Jul '13, 13:52 | X
        NickDS this'd this
  • I'm trying to find somewhere to live right now and it is not proving easy. I found two amazing sounding rooms earlier. Suspect the better of them is slightly out of my budget but I'm too dazzled by how awesome it sounds to concern myself with this.

    guntrip | 8 Jul '13, 13:50 | X
    • In the same situation

      Although I have a couple of months to find somewhere to live rather than a week like I had last time I moved. Going to have to live with people again (shudder), but I'll probably be paying less than half what I'm paying now on rent + bills so all is good in the hood.

      Steved @guntrip | 8 Jul '13, 13:54 | X
      • Going back to living with people was pretty weird

        I really miss living alone but yeah, so much cheaper, even up here.

        guntrip @Steved | 8 Jul '13, 14:02 | X
    • tell me about it

      I've found this amazing place that I really want right in the middle of glasgow,m handy for my office and also for the train to edinburgh for days that I'm working there (it has an adorable little balcony that I can just see myself sitting out on sipping wine and smoking fags) but the agent won't return my calls to set up a viewing. I'm tempted to take it without even seeing it. I did that with my manchester flat and it all turned out swimmingly. Argh, phone me back countrywide you festering cunts!

      Guntrip, can you negotiate a little on price on the awesome one?

      PickledOeuf @guntrip | 8 Jul '13, 13:54 | X
      • oh that sounds awesome

        I rag on Glasgow on here sometimes but think it'd be quite happy living in Glasgow city centre, it has a nice urban ambience to it.

        No chance to get the price down - to be honest it's super cheap for where it is (just behind George Square/Bristo Square/the main Ed Uni buildings!), it's more that it's with non students so has council tax on top.

        Also + I'm being totally schitzo about the kind of place I want to live in. Possibly also seeing another one from a married couple (said mid-30s) in Leith, because I quite like the idea of not having to be social with total strangers and just having somewhere I can read lots of books.

        guntrip @PickledOeuf | 8 Jul '13, 14:01 | X
        • Good luck with both of those

          They sound really great for different reasons.

          PickledOeuf @guntrip | 8 Jul '13, 15:16 | X
      • merchant city, yeah?

        there was never any doubt.

        might even go one further and pin it down to the Italian centre.

        odds on.

        TheWza @PickledOeuf | 8 Jul '13, 14:43 | X
        • oi mr merchant city east, shut it

          It is indeed MC, but not IC. I'd rather be in a bath st townhouse or a mews in the west end, but this MC flat has really got me interested. Oooh. They've still not called me back.

          PickledOeuf @TheWza | 8 Jul '13, 15:15 | X
          • aye you should've moved to ruchill just to get it up thewza

            fitzcarraldo @PickledOeuf | 8 Jul '13, 15:39 | X
            • I will go to almost any length for the sake of a good joke

              but I draw the line at Ruchill.

              PickledOeuf @fitzcarraldo | 8 Jul '13, 16:13 | X
              • garngad, final offer?

                fitzcarraldo @PickledOeuf | 8 Jul '13, 16:18 | X
          • mce4lyf

            until i can afford park circus

            TheWza @PickledOeuf | 8 Jul '13, 16:18 | X
            • Saw one there too which I was considering

              I just didn't think I could justify the £££. Hmm, I'm so confused about where to live. I need to ask my sister again whether I can just have her flat for a bit.

              PickledOeuf @TheWza | 8 Jul '13, 16:20 | X
              • if you have the £££ who gives a damn about justification?

                park circus is the bomb.

                TheWza @PickledOeuf | 8 Jul '13, 16:31 | X
  • might buy a paddling pool for the dog for the garden

    justanothersheeldz | 8 Jul '13, 13:57 | X
    • do this

      there's nothing not funny about a dog going apeshit in a paddling poll (or in the puppy's case, a tub of water as she's too wee for the pool.)

      PickledOeuf @justanothersheeldz | 8 Jul '13, 14:00 | X
      vamos this'd this
  • Look how creepy this picture of young Andy Murray is

    http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/68603000/jpg/_68603651_andymurray12.jpg

    Steved | 8 Jul '13, 13:51 | X
    • nah that's just the scottish

      inside-outside @Steved | 8 Jul '13, 13:54 | X
      • I used to like you

        PickledOeuf @inside-outside | 8 Jul '13, 13:58 | X
        • this was supposed to be to inside-outisde, ahaaha. AWKWARD.

          PickledOeuf @PickledOeuf | 8 Jul '13, 14:16 | X
          • i was weeping for a bit

            but now i see that there is something in my eye.

            justanothersheeldz @PickledOeuf | 8 Jul '13, 14:42 | X
            • this thread is so borked, I'm going to try to fix it now. brb.

              PickledOeuf @justanothersheeldz | 8 Jul '13, 15:17 | X
    • http://indieethos.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/richard-d-james-cover-art.jpeg

      Spicer @Steved | 8 Jul '13, 14:52 | X
  • I'm really happy at the moment.

    I'd been almost permanently miserable for a few months, and then the other day it suddenly stopped. And I'm reading loads of books and generally enjoying the summer.

    Oissin_ | 8 Jul '13, 13:53 | X
  • Had a bit of a disaster with one of them light fittings a few months back.

    I'm blaming it on Ikea's shoddy diagram.

    monpot | 8 Jul '13, 14:19 | X
  • Fans

    I went to someone's house yesterday. They are all quite short. They have a massive ceiling fan, chunky, much like an aeroplane propeller. I'm 6' and it was about 2" from my scalp. Uncomfortable. Someone is going to get fucked.

    Balonz | 8 Jul '13, 14:23 | X
    • where were you, Lilliput?

      That's outrageous, 6 foot is just on the border of Real Man, what on earth do they do when taller people go round to see them?

      PickledOeuf @Balonz | 8 Jul '13, 16:12 | X
  • We're not going to buy a flat any more.

    HO HUM.

    Have to start the whole WHERE SHALL WE RENT thing now. Can't be arsed.

    plasticniki | 8 Jul '13, 14:25 | X
    • Rubs.

      Epimer @plasticniki | 8 Jul '13, 14:35 | X
    • shitbricks

      justanothersheeldz @plasticniki | 8 Jul '13, 14:52 | X
      • It's alright though.

        Might go further into central London. But it's fucking difficult trying to arrange viewings and stuff when you can't really take / make private calls in the office. Agents are WAY more interested when you might be making a bloody purchase.

        plasticniki @justanothersheeldz | 8 Jul '13, 14:54 | X
    • :(

      vamos @plasticniki | 8 Jul '13, 14:52 | X
      japes and PickledOeuf this'd this
  • Remember when appliances used to come without a plug?

    Today's thick fucks don't know they're born.

    TheWza | 8 Jul '13, 14:45 | X
  • Also, this might be the place to point out a new opinion I came up with this weekend about punctuality

    Essentially, people who were born before mobile phones were commonplace and used to rely on meeting outside WHSmiths dead on 7 are good at it. People who were born in the late 80s onwards are generally pretty bad at it.

    vamos | 8 Jul '13, 14:49 | X
    • ^This.

      plasticniki @vamos | 8 Jul '13, 14:52 | X
    • Agreed

      The luxury of being able to tell people in advance that you're going to be late has made us an exceptionally tardy generation.

      Steved @vamos | 8 Jul '13, 14:53 | X
  • just been for lunch with Big Jules where we forgot to eat again

    aahahhaa.

    PickledOeuf | 8 Jul '13, 15:18 | X
    • but I did manage to fix the thread, having some McCoys now.

      PickledOeuf @PickledOeuf | 8 Jul '13, 15:19 | X
  • a bought doughnuts for everyone in the office.

    i am a hero.

    meths | 8 Jul '13, 16:16 | X
    • Take your neediness elsewhere.

      Before someone changes the word neediness to "smeedimeths".

      Steved @meths | 8 Jul '13, 16:19 | X
    • Tesco ones with jam in yeah?

      Not those plasticky Kripsy Kreme abhorations, I'm hoping?

      vamos @meths | 8 Jul '13, 16:20 | X
  • I just shut my finger in a door while mid-sentence with my boss

    Very narrowly avoided shouting "YOU MOTHERFUCKER!" in my boss's face.

    Epimer | 8 Jul '13, 16:35 | X
    • :D

      fitzcarraldo @Epimer | 8 Jul '13, 16:37 | X
      vamos and TheWza this'd this
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