Author Topic: The moaning old git thread (Read 534554 times)

MartinW · « **Reply #2900 on:** September 21, 2021, 22:21:56 »

How do you know so much about Kermit?

Dark-Strom · « **Reply #2901 on:** October 03, 2021, 17:50:38 »

Between covid and this fuel situation, I ain't half gone off people...

kwackboy · « **Reply #2902 on:** October 03, 2021, 18:51:18 »

Quote from: Joe Rocket on September 21, 2021, 22:15:54

No problem here in France btw, must be the pandemic again.........shirley!

Who's Shirley ?

what she done now ?

Joe Rocket · « **Reply #2903 on:** October 03, 2021, 19:40:12 »

'Shirley'.... used when you've been deceived and you want to politely defuse the situation or make light of it.

A UK trend I believe.

Barbel Mick · « **Reply #2904 on:** October 04, 2021, 08:51:28 »

Fat Rat · « **Reply #2905 on:** October 04, 2021, 16:31:36 »

Cheese eating surrender monkeys.

French traits I believe.

The Doctor 46 · « **Reply #2906 on:** October 04, 2021, 17:30:43 »

Just a quick moan. I went to Tesco a couple of days ago. Big adventure, panniers, top box the full works. I walked in with my flip front helmet open and was stopped by a young man (no face mask) who told me to remove my helmet. I asked why and was told 'security, I can't see your face'. I told him that earlier this year a man at Lloyds bank had told me to go in, with my helmet and a balaclava on. He couldn't see my face. The young man told me 'This is Tesco's'. What a prick! Sorry if I'm not allowed to use the word prick but you definitely would not have liked the word I would like to have used.

Anyway, I just walked out and will never walk in there again, that's the only protest I have. Has the world gone mad?

StromGeeza · « **Reply #2907 on:** October 04, 2021, 17:54:01 »

I'd cut the fella some slack. Just a minimum wage person doing what he is paid to do... When the day comes that robbers go in without helmets on is the day I'd get upset being asked to remove my helmet.
Taking your custom elsewhere is of course your prerogative, but I doubt Tesco will notice the resulting drop in profits!

Hugo Magnus · « **Reply #2908 on:** October 04, 2021, 18:11:34 »

Strom Geeza, This is a moaning old git thread. Ordinarily I would agree with you but on this thread The Doc gets

because he was moaning about some little Hitler just following orders - and you know what happened at Nuremberg !

StromGeeza · « **Reply #2909 on:** October 04, 2021, 18:20:29 »

Apologies for not moaning!

Meanwhile, ... have you seen the price of everything these days? Bring back National Service!
Etc.

TLPower · « **Reply #2910 on:** October 04, 2021, 19:22:51 »

The new newspaper delivery person being ferried around this morning by a parent in a diesel Jaguar 4x4 thing....He doesn't walk between properties, climbs in the car and is driven to the next house.

MartinW · « **Reply #2911 on:** October 04, 2021, 19:30:37 »

A future drain on the NHS there.

Barbel Mick · « **Reply #2912 on:** October 04, 2021, 19:39:17 »

Robbing bastards down the south......it cost me 133.9p a litre for my petrol today!! Disgraceful!

Barbel Mick · « **Reply #2913 on:** October 04, 2021, 19:41:31 »

AND £4.40 for a pint of beer at the pub down the road. That's £1.20 more than I pay at my local.

Hugo Magnus · « **Reply #2914 on:** October 04, 2021, 19:45:57 »

Spare a thought for us who live here (and profit by it).

kwackboy · « **Reply #2915 on:** October 04, 2021, 20:02:37 »

Deep pocketed, short armed yorkshire folk come down south and moaning about our prices ..

mr_diver · « **Reply #2916 on:** October 04, 2021, 20:04:14 »

Don't forget retired!

welldc · « **Reply #2917 on:** October 04, 2021, 20:15:00 »

Stopped off at Wetherby Services on the A1 last week. Even busier than usual.
There was a queue on the petrol forecourt. Unleaded £1.58 a litre!

The Doctor 46 · « **Reply #2918 on:** October 04, 2021, 20:39:25 »

Diesel £1.35.9 today in Wales. Later in the day it was the same price in Devon. I didn't notice the price of petrol even though I was filling up my bike. It's strange really that (to me) the cost of petrol is not important when I fill my bike but I always know how much per Litre I'm paying in my car, even though they both do about the same mpg ?

Barbel Mick · « **Reply #2919 on:** October 04, 2021, 20:52:12 »

Quote from: kwackboy on October 04, 2021, 20:02:37

Deep pocketed, short armed yorkshire folk come down south and moaning about our prices ..

How dare you call me a Yorkshire person

......Derbyshire born and bred me.
I'll let you off the deep pockets & short arms bit though.