Vagueness and the Aftermath - A sporadic diary

[bobAlike]

This one made me lol.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/23164456

The name of the fake brand is classic.

The 'Entrapment' angle raises some interesting moral questions thought Andrew, and they say they will sue if the programme is broadcast but the news report is just as damaging.

You are of course right Tom but how the Corrie stars didn't see it coming with that name is laughable. Maybe it's because I already knew what it meant.

Puttana Aziendale

I would also like to add that so what if they accepted these gifts and then tweeted about them. I wish people would give me gifts.

I was once offered a bribe by a company to get the into the MoD to supply some video/tv solution to one of the MoDs newly built facilities somewhere just north of London. The bribe on offer was a fully expensed 2 week holiday in Vegas at the Wynn. Unfortunately poker wasn't part of the deal. As tempted as I was I turned it down as it's obviously wrong and if I was caught it would have cost me a many times the value of the gift in lost contracts. I never told anybody about it until I left the MoD. My contract manager told me I should have accepted

[bobAlike]

This one made me lol.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/23164456

The name of the fake brand is classic.

The 'Entrapment' angle raises some interesting moral questions thought Andrew, and they say they will sue if the programme is broadcast but the news report is just as damaging.

You are of course right Tom but how the Corrie stars didn't see it coming with that name is laughable. Maybe it's because I already knew what it meant.

Puttana Aziendale

I would have had no idea what it meant.

Do you speak Italian?

My Dad's best friend many years ago was Italian and I used hang about with his kids all the time and a few words, mainly swear, stuck. I've forgotten more than I remember now though.

[Laxie]

Was going to start a thread about this but, seeing as you're doing topical stuff, what do you make of the Sainsbury's mobile 'phone story?

Cliffs: checkout person refuses to serve a woman who is talking on her mobile until she ends the call. The supermarket has apologised to her since.

Checkout person was right imo.  I've seen customers get snippy with the clerk because they dared interrupt the customer's chat.  All the clerk was doing was asking questions relative to their shopping.  Wait until you're off the phone to get in the line or plan to hang up when it's your turn to check out.  Rude and ignorant not to.

[RED-DOG]

Was going to start a thread about this but, seeing as you're doing topical stuff, what do you make of the Sainsbury's mobile 'phone story?

Cliffs: checkout person refuses to serve a woman who is talking on her mobile until she ends the call. The supermarket has apologised to her since.

Ooh! That's an interesting one. I suppose it would depend on the reason for the call.

If it was a casual "so I was like, what? and she was like, yeah" type conversation, I suppose it would seem rude, but if it was a "So is the combined harvester still on top of him?" type conversation, I would let it go.

Link please Mr Tal.

[bobAlike]

I waste loads of things in life but 1 thing I always go mad about to the wife is when she fills the kettle up to make 1 cup of tea. Don't know why it gets my goat but it does.

I will now show her this.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23175220

[RED-DOG]

This one made me lol.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/23164456

The name of the fake brand is classic.

The 'Entrapment' angle raises some interesting moral questions thought Andrew, and they say they will sue if the programme is broadcast but the news report is just as damaging.

You are of course right Tom but how the Corrie stars didn't see it coming with that name is laughable. Maybe it's because I already knew what it meant.

Puttana Aziendale

I would also like to add that so what if they accepted these gifts and then tweeted about them. I wish people would give me gifts.

I was once offered a bribe by a company to get the into the MoD to supply some video/tv solution to one of the MoDs newly built facilities somewhere just north of London. The bribe on offer was a fully expensed 2 week holiday in Vegas at the Wynn. Unfortunately poker wasn't part of the deal. As tempted as I was I turned it down as it's obviously wrong and if I was caught it would have cost me a many times the value of the gift in lost contracts. I never told anybody about it until I left the MoD. My contract manager told me I should have accepted

Mrs Red's idea of a bribe is "Do it, or I'll smash your face in."

[Tal]

Link is here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23158579

[Tal]

I waste loads of things in life but 1 thing I always go mad about to the wife is when she fills the kettle up to make 1 cup of tea. Don't know why it gets my goat but it does.

I will now show her this.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23175220

It only annoys me because it takes longer to boil.

[RED-DOG]

I waste loads of things in life but 1 thing I always go mad about to the wife is when she fills the kettle up to make 1 cup of tea. Don't know why it gets my goat but it does.

I will now show her this.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23175220

I read that one too. The figures are astounding.

[bobAlike]

I waste loads of things in life but 1 thing I always go mad about to the wife is when she fills the kettle up to make 1 cup of tea. Don't know why it gets my goat but it does.

I will now show her this.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23175220

I read that one too. The figures are astounding.

Talking about figures, I start a new contract on Monday with Rolls Royce Aero engines in Derby. When I had my initial meeting with them they told me that they have $60 Billion of back orders for engines. Astounding.

[RED-DOG]

I waste loads of things in life but 1 thing I always go mad about to the wife is when she fills the kettle up to make 1 cup of tea. Don't know why it gets my goat but it does.

I will now show her this.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23175220

I read that one too. The figures are astounding.

Talking about figures, I start a new contract on Monday with Rolls Royce Aero engines in Derby. When I had my initial meeting with them they told me that they have $60 Billion of back orders for engines. Astounding.

I can't get my head around numbers like that.

Someone once told me that a billion seconds is about 30 years.

[Tal]

I waste loads of things in life but 1 thing I always go mad about to the wife is when she fills the kettle up to make 1 cup of tea. Don't know why it gets my goat but it does.

I will now show her this.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23175220

I read that one too. The figures are astounding.

Talking about figures, I start a new contract on Monday with Rolls Royce Aero engines in Derby. When I had my initial meeting with them they told me that they have $60 Billion of back orders for engines. Astounding.

I can't get my head around numbers like that.

Someone once told me that a billion seconds is about 30 years.

Yes, a touch over. Amazing.

[Jon MW]

Was going to start a thread about this but, seeing as you're doing topical stuff, what do you make of the Sainsbury's mobile 'phone story?

Cliffs: checkout person refuses to serve a woman who is talking on her mobile until she ends the call. The supermarket has apologised to her since.

Checkout person was right imo.  I've seen customers get snippy with the clerk because they dared interrupt the customer's chat.  All the clerk was doing was asking questions relative to their shopping.  Wait until you're off the phone to get in the line or plan to hang up when it's your turn to check out.  Rude and ignorant not to.

Getting annoyed with with the clerk interrupting you is clearly rude and stupid as they're almost certainly helping you - but, if you go shopping with someone do you stop talking to them when you're in the checkout queue and only re-start the conversation after you've paid? Why should the fact that the other person isn't physically present make any difference?

[Tal]

People in the gym I periodically frequent do my absolute nut in, texting on steppers, chatting on treadmills and tweeting while wandering about.

Text everyone or update your FriendFace profile as you get to the gym with "OMG Megalolz! Am at gym #pushitrealgood #sweatlikeabawse" and put the 'phone in the locker.

Seb Coe said people who jogged to music were missing the point of running and that it was important to concentrate. That's an extreme, but you can't possibly be having good exercise if you are on a treadmill and having a conversation about the latest gossip.

It's not a safety issue in a supermarket; it's just blooming rude. If the wife is about to give birth, you shouldn't be in the queue buying brocolli and Cif.

[david3103]

I waste loads of things in life but 1 thing I always go mad about to the wife is when she fills the kettle up to make 1 cup of tea. Don't know why it gets my goat but it does.

I will now show her this.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23175220

I read that one too. The figures are astounding.

Just get one of these



http://www.ecokettle.co.uk/