The “ I’ve got something to say, but it doesn’t warrant its own thread “ thread.

[Daggers]

Wrong all men are not on the spectrum

 

All men are in Spectrum

 

 

[Daggers]

[bovril]

1 hour ago, Voll Blau said:

Mentioned it to a mate on the train down to the Arsenal game last week. He approved.

Sounds fun. I do a similar one where my girlfriend will give me two very obscure stops off the tube map and I'll try and work out the best route between them. 

[leicsmac]

Mine tends to be flights, most common/ likely route between any two airports.

[grobyfox1990]

4 hours ago, Voll Blau said:

If I'm at home on a Saturday afternoon, I like to play a game of watching the results shows and then guessing which way the away fans travelling by rail will go home from each game, where they change etc.

 

I then check on the National Rail app to check whether I was right. Great fun.

That’s mental. Sounds like you’d like the soccer Saturday game. Park in the Euston flyer from 3pm onwards, and the last team to score in the 4 English leagues, you get a train to for a night out. Obvs well covered with being walking distance to St Pancras and Euston  

[Voll Blau]

4 minutes ago, grobyfox1990 said:

That’s mental. Sounds like you’d like the soccer Saturday game. Park in the Euston flyer from 3pm onwards, and the last team to score in the 4 English leagues, you get a train to for a night out. Obvs well covered with being walking distance to St Pancras and Euston  

Have mates down south who do that every year. They rated Shrewsbury highly. Know they ended up in Exeter one year too.

 

When they got Rotherham they asked at the hotel reception where was good on a Saturday night. "Sheffield", was the reply. 

[CosbehFox]

Recommend going out outside tonight - Jupiter and Mars really bright to thr naked eye 

[BenTheFox]

I keep seeing an advert on my YouTube videos for The Times/Sunday Times which opens with the statement 'The Perils of earning £100,000' and it goes onto to talk about the financial 'struggles' that people earning £100,000 plus may face. Cry me a ****ing river. I'd saw my own balls off to earn that much. 

[Jon the Hat]

4 hours ago, BenTheFox said:

I keep seeing an advert on my YouTube videos for The Times/Sunday Times which opens with the statement 'The Perils of earning £100,000' and it goes onto to talk about the financial 'struggles' that people earning £100,000 plus may face. Cry me a ****ing river. I'd saw my own balls off to earn that much. 

I've had a look for you - the article is about the fact that if you get a pay rise from say 98k to 102k you can actually be worse off due to stupid tax rules which all kick in at the same point.  Which is nuts when average pay rises are 4% or so.

Edited 26 February by Jon the Hat

[CosbehFox]

On 25/02/2025 at 21:30, CosbehFox said:

Recommend going out outside tonight - Jupiter and Mars really bright to thr naked eye 

Some planets out again. Saw Venus last night and if caught the right time you would have saw the rest as well in the last fifteen minutes 

[String fellow]

Anyone watch the spectacular air display over this evening over Syston? A about 6 o'clock, thousands upon thousands of starlings flew silently overhead, producing some amazing formations, which went on for at least 20 minutes. The only downside was that my car need a wash as a result!    

[bovril]

I think one or two posters use quite a bit of A.I. in their posts 

[jgtuk]

2 minutes ago, String fellow said:

Anyone watch the spectacular air display over this evening over Syston? A about 6 o'clock, thousands upon thousands of starlings flew silently overhead, producing some amazing formations, which went on for at least 20 minutes. The only downside was that my car need a wash as a result!    

Murmuration

[jonthefox]

3 broadband is terrible. I'd get more life out of a potato. 

[Stuntman_Mike]

Southampton's manager is still in his 40's. 

  

[CosbehFox]

I have an irrational dislike of ‘extreme day tripping’ whereby folk go abroad for essentially 16 hours at best 

[westernpark]

1 minute ago, CosbehFox said:

I have an irrational dislike of ‘extreme day tripping’ whereby folk go abroad for essentially 16 hours at best 

Cool as Leicester?

[CosbehFox]

4 minutes ago, westernpark said:

Cool as Leicester?

Hatred existed before that, I just got triggered by that. 

 

To aside, she does superb work for the city but I didn’t really get the need for the post other than to push socials engagement 

[grobyfox1990]

1 hour ago, CosbehFox said:

I have an irrational dislike of ‘extreme day tripping’ whereby folk go abroad for essentially 16 hours at best 

I guess this is triggered from the cool Leicester story.
What triggers you. The concept or the wording. The concept is great, we live on a tiny and interconnected continent, it’s a perk of living here to go on a day trip.

 The wording is stupid, it’s not extreme, Barcelona is a very short flight away. In my first job I went to work in Barcelona multiple times. I woke up at 430am in London worked a full day in Barca and was back in bed for 1030pm. That’s not extreme. 

[CosbehFox]

2 hours ago, grobyfox1990 said:

I guess this is triggered from the cool Leicester story.
What triggers you. The concept or the wording. The concept is great, we live on a tiny and interconnected continent, it’s a perk of living here to go on a day trip.

 The wording is stupid, it’s not extreme, Barcelona is a very short flight away. In my first job I went to work in Barcelona multiple times. I woke up at 430am in London worked a full day in Barca and was back in bed for 1030pm. That’s not extreme. 

Just isn’t my type of tourism. It’s a break. Take your time. Try to learn a bit about the place. 

[Parafox]

10 hours ago, CosbehFox said:

I have an irrational dislike of ‘extreme day tripping’ whereby folk go abroad for essentially 16 hours at best 

 

It's not irrational but I agree. Why do it? It seems almost disrespectful.

 

If I go to somewhere like Barcelona or Rome or whatever interesting city in mainland Europe, I'd want to have time to explore and experience the place. Not just rock up, have a few beers and a meal and go home.

[tom27111]

My Mrs dragged me to a garden centre last week and I discovered something incredible...

 

You can buy a peacock. An actual fvcking peacock. 

 

How did I not know this? I'm 45 years old and thought you had to be like an Earl or a Baron to own one.

 

Anyway, I'm trying to talk my Mrs in to letting me buy a peacock. 

Edited 9 March by tom27111

[Grebfromgrebland]

10 minutes ago, tom27111 said:

My Mrs dragged me to a garden centre last week and I discovered something incredible...

 

You can buy a peacock. An actual fvcking peacock. 

 

How did I not know this? I'm 45 years old and thought you had to be like an Earl or a Baron to own one.

 

Anyway, I'm trying to talk my Mrs in to letting me buy a peacock. 

What's the recommended garden size for a peacock?

[grobyfox1990]

1 hour ago, Parafox said:

 

It's not irrational but I agree. Why do it? It seems almost disrespectful.

 

If I go to somewhere like Barcelona or Rome or whatever interesting city in mainland Europe, I'd want to have time to explore and experience the place. Not just rock up, have a few beers and a meal and go home.

I guess that’s the point, these places aren’t far away/one-off places to visit anymore. Few hours or so flight and a £20 Ryanair means you can go as many times as you like to explore. You’re not gonna experience the true Catalan vibe with 5 days in Barcelona speaking English and following a trip advisor tour itinerary anyway 

[tom27111]

14 minutes ago, Grebfromgrebland said:

What's the recommended garden size for a peacock?

 

I have no idea, but I think mine is big enough. We've got a huge garden and I hate it, way too big and we hate gardening. 

 

However, that could be about to change if we have a peacock roaming.

 

Imagine inviting people over for a BBQ, they come over and there's just this magnificent bird strutting about with its feathers up