Salt n Vinegar

We were on Mull last month. On the road to Tobermory we were impressed when a campervan ahead of us actually pulled over into a passing place to let us pass. The illusion of cooperation was shattered when I saw the occupants jump out of the campervan to take photos.

If this is now a thread whose contents bear no resemblance to title, I'd just like to say that I like cheese and tomato sandwiches. Thanks.

Aye, and I'm going to "negotiate" free food and drink at the pub. The UK HAD a great deal as members of the EU. The Tories pissed it up against a wall. The EU will tell Starmer to eff off unless he is discussing rejoining the EU or at least the customs union. The gammonati won't stand for that, so he is urinating in a hurricane.

Not up to standard then, Donny boy... https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thescottishsun.co.uk/money/11242573/donald-trump-aberdeenshire-hotel-fail-food-certificate/amp/ Manky! Quote from article "Despite the kitchen being closed for two days before the announced officials visit, inspectors found dirty cooking equipment, including a chopping board, a raw meat vacuum packer and lids on the floor. Other chopping boards were badly damaged and scored from knives that they could not be cleaned effectively. Sausage meat dated 83 days before the inspection was found in the freezer with the label "keep refrigerated" and vacuum food with a shelf life of five days was in circulation for ten."

Tones of "yes, I voted for the face-eating leopard party, but I didn't think my neighbours' faces would be eaten" in some of the reaction to this long overdue public safety measure. Eejits.

Coz c***s are useful? (Ressurected from 1970s schoolboy banter.)

Maybe it's becoming a bit like saying "Voldemort". We know Tories exist, but it's socially unacceptable to refer to them in public. Maybe we should say "they who must not be named" instead?

I know. The depressing thing is that so many Cupid Stunts actually believe that the Tories have any interest in running the country for anyone's benefit but their own. Over 21% of the votes in constituencies and over 23% in the regional lists for the Tories in 2021 just demonstrates that a depressingly high proportion of our fellow countrymen (and women) vote for these lizards. They won't be happy until they pay no tax at all.

Aye, but when he eventually gets in, he's often out again before the other guys using the pissers are finished.

Pal of mine suffers from that. He is not embarrassed by it as he's been aware of it for years. It's probably more common than people think. He does find it annoying when he goes for a pee in a busy pub but the traps are occupied... he waves folk in past him to use the urinals - some are a bit confused.

@Soapy FFC agree with you. If there is any budget flexibility it should not be used for tax cuts until the public services and facilities are in a helluva better state than they are at the moment. Anything else would demonstrate beyond reasonable doubt that in the government's view the less well off and those who depend on public services can go and eff themselves.

Folk who have been through a difficult time saying "it's been a journey". No, it really hasn't.

Dunno about that. Although I have no time for religion, some of the buildings are quite nice to look at. Same as I can admire the Parthenon without believing in Athena. Better use would be accommodation for the homeless or use as community facilities.

I lived in Fife for a while. Some of my neighbours thought much the same about electricity.

The slight difference being, as I understand it, that the intention is still to have ferries.

Oops... from the Independent... "Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt are in discussions about scrapping the second stage of the HS2 rail project as costs spiral amid severe delays. A cost estimate, seen by The Independent, reveals that the government has already spent £2.3bn on stage two of the high-speed railway from Birmingham to Manchester but shelving the northern phase would save up to £34bn." From https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/hs2-manchester-costs-rishi-sunak-jeremy-hunt-b2411191.html Be interesting to hear the spin on that one.

If it was to happen these days the debs would be getting tanked up on prosecco first then nipping outside to shag a waiter before the first waltz was over.

If someone chucked a couple of these four legged sharks into the room where the 1922 Committee were meeting, the survivors would force emergency legislation through Parliament by teatime.

We're on an island in a town with 2 pubs. Neither have Viaplay. I'm surprised they have colour telly tbh. Also listening to Radio Scotland.

That's a Hell of a price for some kindling.

As long as the UK is doing serious stuff... none of this Europe getting fusion research, the UK getting to see how many fruit pastilles it takes to choke a squirrel*. (* I think the squirrel bit was from Frankie Boyle.)

Nope. Dentist is a bloke. I wouldn't mind, but the dude whose appointment was before mine DID get a badge. I mean, yeah, ok so he was about five, but it's the principle of the thing.

Huh! Last time I was a brave boy I didn't even get a sticky badge.

I recently had a crown fitted. (No, a tooth, not royal.) The dentist said that they don't do the plasticine in the gob bit any more, he'd be using a scanner. Wow, how Star Trek I thought. Turns out the bloody thing was the size of a Sky remote control and he was pushing it against my gums, tongue and roof of my mouth. New doesn't equal better IMO.

In the olden days someone would probably have said "imagine taking an opened pay packet home to that!"