SlipperyP Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 (edited) 9 minutes ago, hk blues said: They didn't own the local petrol station by any chance? I know what you mean though, exactly the same here when you ask directions whether on foot or by car. They never, ever admit they don't know anything so you have to acquire a bullshit detector or you're fucked. When we take a taxi we always fix the price as I can't be arsed with the games they play to increase the fare by ten-bob. No I grabbed the owner on one occasion as he tried to grope my sons penis, A THAI THING HAHAA. no on my watch. so have to go elsewhere yes, scared to say they don't know, took me 7 hours first time to Hua Hin on the wifes direction, thats with me stopping 3 time to ask...no got a clue. I don't use taxies unless in BKK, fucking hate it. As you say fixed price can be good. I take a photo of their ID on the dashboard and then say let's go, no fucking about M8. eta Hua Hin is 5 hours with 3 food breaks. 4 hours for me Edited March 3 by SlipperyP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Just remembered... First time my mother in law got in the car, I asked her to put the seat belt on her words 'why, are you going to drive like a mad man' give me strength 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 16 minutes ago, SlipperyP said: Just remembered... First time my mother in law got in the car, I asked her to put the seat belt on her words 'why, are you going to drive like a mad man' give me strength When I was a kid, my mum would drive me and my pal to nursery. We sat in the boot of the Cortina Estate, no seatbelts, and had great fun rolling about as the car went round corners. Kids these days have booster seats and seatbelts, and a joyless outlook for the future. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 3 minutes ago, scottsdad said: When I was a kid, my mum would drive me and my pal to nursery. We sat in the boot of the Cortina Estate, no seatbelts, and had great fun rolling about as the car went round corners. Kids these days have booster seats and seatbelts, and a joyless outlook for the future. 11 folk in a mini clubman from Stratheden Hospital to KIrkcaldy, Pathhead, don;t think we had seat belts on. All I know was my Dad was a whisky botttle down. Got to about 1 mile then ditched the car, we all walked the rest, while my Dad waited for the police to tow him out the ditch and escorted him back home, handshakes all round. The world gone mad woke. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 4 hours ago, scottsdad said: When I was a kid, my mum would drive me and my pal to nursery. We sat in the boot of the Cortina Estate, no seatbelts, and had great fun rolling about as the car went round corners. Kids these days have booster seats and seatbelts, and a joyless outlook for the future. 3 hours ago, SlipperyP said: 11 folk in a mini clubman from Stratheden Hospital to KIrkcaldy, Pathhead, don;t think we had seat belts on. All I know was my Dad was a whisky botttle down. Got to about 1 mile then ditched the car, we all walked the rest, while my Dad waited for the police to tow him out the ditch and escorted him back home, handshakes all round. The world gone mad woke. I was saying to my kids the other day about being U11 and playing for the BB football team on Saturday mornings. Sometimes we had the luxury of 3 cars to an away game, but mostly the entire 13 players were squished into 2 motors, and transported to wherever in the G82/83/84 postcodes we happened to be playing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 5 hours ago, hk blues said: When we take a taxi we always fix the price as I can't be arsed with the games they play to increase the fare by ten-bob. Is this a South East Asia thing? Taxi drivers being c***s? I lived in Singapore, when I first arrived they would always take the scenic route round Changi airport to get to the house, cost about 30% more than it should. Boy I worked with, who had been living there a while, came back to my house after a night out, called a taxi driver out on his antics when he started to take the long way round, aye proper raging with him and told him to stop the meter because that's all he was getting. After that they were just told from me that I knew the shortest route and don't go any other way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 12 hours ago, Boghead ranter said: I was saying to my kids the other day about being U11 and playing for the BB football team on Saturday mornings. Sometimes we had the luxury of 3 cars to an away game, but mostly the entire 13 players were squished into 2 motors, and transported to wherever in the G82/83/84 postcodes we happened to be playing. Cars, you had cars? It was Alexander buses for us! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 11 hours ago, johnnydun said: Is this a South East Asia thing? Taxi drivers being c***s? I lived in Singapore, when I first arrived they would always take the scenic route round Changi airport to get to the house, cost about 30% more than it should. Boy I worked with, who had been living there a while, came back to my house after a night out, called a taxi driver out on his antics when he started to take the long way round, aye proper raging with him and told him to stop the meter because that's all he was getting. After that they were just told from me that I knew the shortest route and don't go any other way. Not just SE Asia, but definitely including. Same happened in Hong Kong frequently but once we'd gotten acclimatised we knew the script was to let the driver take whatever scenic route they liked but only pay the going rate and ignore the meter - never really an issue as the Police were in abundance and took a dim view of such practices by taxi drivers. Here in the Philippines it's not really an issue as we always fix the price and we also don't have a lot of tourists so the practice isn't widespread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 See Tickets. Wanks or Good Guys? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 48 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: See Tickets. Wanks or Good Guys? No better no worse than Ticketmaster tbh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 In Paper-Scissors-Stone, do you show your hand on three, or as a 'shoot' following the one-two-three count? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 24 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: In Paper-Scissors-Stone, do you show your hand on three, or as a 'shoot' following the one-two-three count? The latter. Anyone using the former was immediately identified by the Operation Yewtree officers as "one for the watching". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 (edited) Not really sure where to write this and I fully understand any backlash. I've a mates funeral tomorrow who felt as though this world wasn't for him anymore. I've never attended a funeral of someone who has taken that road - mainly because I hate how they felt they couldn't speak to me. This guy was great to me and one of the few (apart from here) who I did confide in and he listened. I feel more awful for going to this one if I never the others. What is the consensus? I'll still be at the wake - as I was the others, mostly. Edited March 14 by Derry Alli 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematics Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Your feelings, your choice, @Derry Alli. Funerals aren’t for the departed, they’re for the mourners. If you have your own system, and it works for you, stick to it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 2 minutes ago, Derry Alli said: Not really sure where to write this and I fully understand any backlash. I've a mates funeral tomorrow who felt as though this world wasn't for him anymore. I've never attended a funeral of someone who has taken that road - mainly because I hate how they felt they couldn't speak to me. This guy was great to me and one of the few (apart from here) who I did confide in and he listened. I feel more awful for going to this one if I never the others. What is the consensus? I'll still be at the wake - as I was the others, mostly. I think I'd try to treat it as if he'd died from any other illness, it's not really that much different when you think about it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 3 hours ago, Derry Alli said: Not really sure where to write this and I fully understand any backlash. I've a mates funeral tomorrow who felt as though this world wasn't for him anymore. I've never attended a funeral of someone who has taken that road - mainly because I hate how they felt they couldn't speak to me. This guy was great to me and one of the few (apart from here) who I did confide in and he listened. I feel more awful for going to this one if I never the others. What is the consensus? I'll still be at the wake - as I was the others, mostly. Just to add to my last reply, I spent at least a year or so having to get up multiple times a night to pish a tiny dribble, and never got that satisfying feeling of emptying my bladder, and developed a dull pain in my groin, but just thought it was just getting old so no point in bothering anyone about it. When I finally went to the doctor and he stuck his finger up my arse to find my prostate gland he more or less said Jesus f**k, that's huge, and sent me to the hospital. My point is not talking to someone when your depressed is pretty much the same as me thinking I was just getting old, he probably thought there was no point in talking about the way he was feeling because it he was just seeing the world as it was, instead of being a symptom of an illness. (Still feeling top notch by the way, 3 years and a bit later...) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 4 hours ago, Derry Alli said: Not really sure where to write this and I fully understand any backlash. I've a mates funeral tomorrow who felt as though this world wasn't for him anymore. I've never attended a funeral of someone who has taken that road - mainly because I hate how they felt they couldn't speak to me. This guy was great to me and one of the few (apart from here) who I did confide in and he listened. I feel more awful for going to this one if I never the others. What is the consensus? I'll still be at the wake - as I was the others, mostly. It is totally your choice, however a few thoughts: 1) The funeral isn’t a place where the means of a departure from life is judged, but instead a service for others processing the loss of the individual. 2) The loved ones of the departed gain support from others coming to show their feeling of loss and support. 3) He was taken by illness, a terrible illness that can strike anyone, any age and any situation. Mental illness is something that society is finally coming to grips with, and this is certainly a case of that. 4) You can go and remember the great mate he was. It wasn’t that he didn’t feel he could speak to you, it was that he wasn’t able to talk to anyone. Sometimes there simply isn’t anything that can be done, become some people never reach out. You cannot blame yourself for any of this. 5) Ask yourself if you might regret not going later. If you go to the wake before the funeral, you can judge if the funeral is for you based upon your reaction. I had a co-worker die shortly after I retired, so I went to the wake/visitation and found myself so overcome that I knew I should not attend the funeral.. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 17 hours ago, welshbairn said: Just to add to my last reply, I spent at least a year or so having to get up multiple times a night to pish a tiny dribble, and never got that satisfying feeling of emptying my bladder, and developed a dull pain in my groin, but just thought it was just getting old so no point in bothering anyone about it. When I finally went to the doctor and he stuck his finger up my arse to find my prostate gland he more or less said Jesus f**k, that's huge, and sent me to the hospital. My point is not talking to someone when your depressed is pretty much the same as me thinking I was just getting old, he probably thought there was no point in talking about the way he was feeling because it he was just seeing the world as it was, instead of being a symptom of an illness. (Still feeling top notch by the way, 3 years and a bit later...) In 2019 my doctor checked my prostate too. I was 39 and went in with a pain in my knee. Not sure how I ended up on my side hugging my knees. I dare not go back to him with any ailment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Yesterday was brilliant. Really not sure how ill get away with how pished I still am. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 3 hours ago, Derry Alli said: Yesterday was brilliant. Really not sure how ill get away with how pished I still am. ^^^^^ Chancellor of the Exchequer found 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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