What grinds my gears...

[SpacedX]

[Torquay Gunner]

12 hours ago, SpacedX said:

Mmm , did n’t the guy on the left die in a pointless car crash?

Edited 30 November 2024 by Torquay Gunner

[ozleicester]

3 minutes ago, Torquay Gunner said:

Mmm , did n’t the guy on the left die in a pointless car crash?

shhhh    all those mega cool old men are busy judging

[SpacedX]

3 hours ago, ozleicester said:

shhhh    all those mega cool old men are busy judging

[Nalis]

On 28/11/2024 at 09:32, Footballwipe said:

Podcast related - but the new EMR advert that's plastered all over the pods I listen to is so insanely patronising it's unreal.

 

"SMASH A HIGH TEA AT THE SHARD" "SHOP TILL YOU DROP ON OXFORD STREET." I tell you what'd lure me to take a train to London - the guarantee of on time trains and cheap fares. I'd focus on that than generic nonsense.

 

Also on pods but the latest Football Cliches pod was absolute guff. Rubbish MHD fascinations and irritations and the listeners voice notes were even more insufferable than usual. Think I listened to about half of it after skipping.

What a disappointment, having listened to it yet.

 

Listeners MHD are often shite filler with the voicenotes going on way longer than they should by listeners who love the sound of their own voice. Guest ones are mostly decent, adjudication panel is where it's at.

[FoxyPV]

Ireland returning yet ANOTHER FF/FG govt.

 

Wholly depressing.

[Stuntman_Mike]

People who can't keep secret santa a secret.

[Daggers]

Train ticket prices.

 

Wife fancies the car on Saturday while I go away to the Banbury. Sixty eight quid to travel somewhere I can get to in just over an hour in the car for around twenty quid? Why do we even bother with rail services anymore? It's a nonsense.

[Wymsey]

9 minutes ago, Daggers said:

Train ticket prices.

 

Wife fancies the car on Saturday while I go away to the Banbury. Sixty eight quid to travel somewhere I can get to in just over an hour in the car for around twenty quid? Why do we even bother with rail services anymore? It's a nonsense.

To pay for the drivers' ever-increasing wages.

[Unabomber]

56 minutes ago, Wymsey said:

To pay for the drivers' ever-increasing wages.

I thought most of the wage rises were for other staff not drivers? 

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

2 hours ago, Wymsey said:

To pay for the drivers' ever-increasing wages.

 

Nope

[Daggers]

3 hours ago, Wymsey said:

To pay for the drivers' ever-increasing wages.

A swing and a miss

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/feb/18/profits-of-uks-private-train-leasing-firms-treble-in-a-year

 

https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/trains-firms-pay-2billion-dividends-34207783

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/14/porterbrook-rolling-stock-firm-dividend-uk-rail-nationalisation-calls

 

 

[Tuna]

Gregg Wallace media mass hysteria. Is this really the biggest story in the UK? Nonsense.

Edited 2 December 2024 by Tuna

[FoyleFox]

4 hours ago, Daggers said:

Train ticket prices.

 

Wife fancies the car on Saturday while I go away to the Banbury. Sixty eight quid to travel somewhere I can get to in just over an hour in the car for around twenty quid? Why do we even bother with rail services anymore? It's a nonsense.

I looked into getting the train to Southampton in Jan. With a taxi to and from the station, for 2 of us it was going to cost about £250 with a journey time of 6/7 hours. 

In the car it's 3 1/2 hours and will cost about £30.

Not to mention that it'll be far less hassle in the car given we'll have luggage. 

[Foxdiamond]

On 30/11/2024 at 10:34, Torquay Gunner said:

Mmm , did n’t the guy on the left die in a pointless car crash?

Did you see the Parkinson show when Alec Guinness recalled he told James Dean not to drive the car that he was killed in

[Torquay Gunner]

9 hours ago, Foxdiamond said:

Did you see the Parkinson show when Alec Guinness recalled he told James Dean not to drive the car that he was killed in

No and surprised they knew each other at all. 

[Foxdiamond]

16 minutes ago, Torquay Gunner said:

No and surprised they knew each other at all. 

Apparently they met at a Hollywood restaurant. If you can find the clip it is a interesting and spooky recollection 

[Durnerz]

11 hours ago, Tuna said:

Gregg Wallace media mass hysteria. Is this really the biggest story in the UK? Nonsense.

Not a fan of Wallace and would gladly see him leave Masterchef but this is getting silly. The guy made a few dodgy jokes.

[Wymsey]

2 minutes ago, Durnerz said:

Not a fan of Wallace and would gladly see him leave Masterchef but this is getting silly. The guy made a few dodgy jokes.

Wouldn't it affect you in anyway, if you were an alleged victim?

[Trav Le Bleu]

Having twice as much work as normal to do in exactly the same time as normal and your boss acting surprised that you can't do it.

[Nalis]

15 hours ago, Wymsey said:

To pay for the drivers' ever-increasing wages.

More likely shareholder dividends to bolster state pension pots of another country

[FoxyPV]

On 02/12/2024 at 19:25, Wymsey said:

To pay for the drivers' ever-increasing wages.

Form on these posts

 

LLLLLLLLLLLLLL

[Wymsey]

Social media influencers at sporting events.

[Facecloth]

34 minutes ago, Wymsey said:

Social media influencers

FIFY

[UniFox21]

On 02/12/2024 at 19:15, Daggers said:

Train ticket prices.

 

Wife fancies the car on Saturday while I go away to the Banbury. Sixty eight quid to travel somewhere I can get to in just over an hour in the car for around twenty quid? Why do we even bother with rail services anymore? It's a nonsense.

There is constant hassle for people to use public transport. But so many routes are stupidly priced, poorly timetabled or inconvenient and double the time.