grobyfox1990

Blind beggar Whitechapel and carpenters arms Stratford in the east. Belishuis London Bridge. Used to be a couple of places but not sure now. Would be v surprised if you don’t find somewhere

Good man. Currently enjoying enzoball in perfect HD myself . Awaiting the five boobs three bums advert you promised

Yes ofc you’re missing the point. Lcfc like all other commercial enterprises have no interest in say ‘thank you’ to Colin for his 38 years of hard work lol, they want his money. Students and OAPs traditionally have less money, so a way to extract their money is offer them better rates. That is no longer rational for OAPs. Do you really think a KPI of commercial depts across the world is saying ‘thank you’ to old people.

Again that is missing the point. To derive wealth as a senior your house price has gone up, you’ve been granted a generous pension or economic conditions and infrastructure have been in place for you to thrive. None of which you are personally responsible for. The hardest working people in the world are probably those in third world countries working 18 hour days doing physical labour. Hard work does not equal wealth.

You’ve made your peace with sky, but my iptv provider does none of that. Rarely goes down, no porn adverts Lol. It’s like watching sky but better as I get to choose the coverage and commentary

Yeh fair enough, your opening post makes it quite clear that my ‘iptv’ post will be wasted on you. Only advice would be as per every other utility then. Call, haggle, threaten to leave, give them notice you are leaving, tell them exactly the deal you want in order to stay

Haha wtf is sky sports ‘ultra’ !!! TNT have lost a lot of champions league this year if I remember? They still have the early ko tho which is valuable imo. That’s a decent slot to watch football if you’re in during the day

Like most things in the world things change. The original premise that seniors should get a discount because they’ve been down the mines grafting for 57 years and now need to tighten their belts in retirement is not valid. These days Colin is retiring from 40 years in a public sector keyboard bashing job with a final salary pension and a house he bought for £50k worth 7 figures. Colin does not need a discount.

Shame! Insurance brokers and compliance tickbox bashers spreading north. Not good news

Jealous

Ah ok understood, I thought you meant this singular car would be worth thousands of pounds to you. Then I thought that's mad if your bog standard road car costs about £18k, the margin must be huge if you're giving the person selling it thousands of pounds!!! What must the dudes designing and building the things be on! Personally I wouldn't be too bothered about a few hours if it's worth some cash to you.

You get four figure bonuses for selling cars?!?!?! I had no idea. I thought cars only sold for low end five figures worth. Do you sell high end cars?

Ah fair enough, that is weird then. yes good luck

How do you know they need to sell before buying

Yeh defo a plus if you're staying in the country

All depends on the individual. I prefer short fixes, flexibility, allows bigger overpayments, 5 years is a long time. You’re young and may want/need to move. What you can afford today may look very different in a few years time. Then again certainty of 5 years of a guaranteed payment gives comfort

That’s arguably exactly what we’ve just done to smash the championship to bits. Can’t paint lcfc as some rule towing choir Boys. That’s proper head in clouds

No one apart from sky sports care about the league cup it seems. Midweek home games watching the reserves against lower league teams with 15k there are depressing. A few different away trips would shake up this season

Leicester are ball 14. Barrow or derby away pls https://www.efl.com/news/2024/august/14/carabao-cup-round-two-draw---ball-numbers--date-and-time/

Love Bahrain. Only place in that region I’d consider permanently working/living etc

Have lived and worked in 3 jurisdictions. We are so lucky as English speakers, can traverse the globe and pretty much be fine. If you are a male, drink beer and follow football, you're almost guaranteed to make friends in most parts of the world. Have a lot of admiration for those moving from non-English speaking jurisdictions, on their own, to work full-time. Especially hot - cold countries.

Usually used to call out jobsworths and other associated tickboxers/manual bashers who love process and cannot see the human element and nuances of life. But I understood your point

Took me two years to extend the lease on a property, 999 year extension, which has at least solved one problem. I have noticed residents are getting a lot more organised about service charges. They have always been a total scam, but now pockets aren't as deep, the pushback to the freeholder from residents is relentless. We have our local MP involved, citizens advice, and scores of residents making group/individual claims via the housing ombudsman and eventually small claims court. This has resulted in one success of a £50k reversal of historic water charges, and a few wins coming up. Would advise anyone dealing with freeholders to get organised and go through the system to reclaim costs that you think are not accurate. You have the right to see detailed invoices, procurement processes and results of work done. The allocation of costs across estates is another easy win. Eg if your freeholder owns multiple blocks, hires a contractor on a group basis and simply splits the cost per block, you can appeal. An equivalent cost between a 150 bed and 50 bed block for cleaning is obvs not correct.

Decent analysis today in the FT about 'the world's going to sh1t mate' you usually hear. If you stay within your confined cosy European bubble it certainly is, outside there are positive signs: Subscribe to read (ft.com) How should a universalist — somebody who holds that human life has equal worth irrespective of location — regard the overall trajectory of the past half century? The philosopher John Rawls suggested that questions about the just ordering of society should be considered from behind a “veil of ignorance”. If you knew nothing about your own attributes — whether you were rich or poor, male or female, Chinese or American — which society would you choose to inhabit: today’s world, or the world of 50 years ago? Given that your chances of being Chinese or Indian are roughly two-fifths, while your chances of being a westerner are about one-tenth, you would almost certainly choose the present. Trouble in Beverly Hills should not obscure the much wider progress of those who live on less elevated ground.

Europe is on fire every ‘summer’ from now onwards. Be mad as a bat to go Italy, Spain, Greece, the traditional brits abroad countries in august