Granny Danger Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 I’m not sure if there’s a more appropriate thread, but here goes. We were looking to rent short term after selling our house. The private rental market seems brutal with demand vastly outstripping supply. We looked at one house in Dundee that seemed good on the website. When we went to view it we realised it was filthy; beyond just a clean up filthy. The carpets were minging as was the wallpaper; the house needed recarpeting and redecorating and a thorough clean. They were wanting £1,100 a month which we would have paid if it had been in decent nick but it’s a joke asking that for such a place. Now staying with our younger son for a few months, fortunately he has the space. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 30 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: She's maybe onto something - I was wearing a roughly similarly coloured one this afternoon, when I went to collect grandson nr 5 from a birthday party. "Caleb, your daddy's here." Right enough, she was only about 9 years old, but still. (I'm sure her mother wondered what she was talking about whenever she came to the door herself.) OK Jephunneh. (Had to look that up). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 Sympathy for the parents, but who the f**k takes a two-year-old on a fox hunt? Girl, 2, dies after falling from pony at Bedale Hunt meet - BBC News 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 20 minutes ago, GordonD said: Sympathy for the parents, but who the f**k takes a two-year-old on a fox hunt? Girl, 2, dies after falling from pony at Bedale Hunt meet - BBC News Anyone who would go fox hunting is capable of most things. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 23 minutes ago, GordonD said: Sympathy for the parents, but who the f**k takes a two-year-old on a fox hunt? Girl, 2, dies after falling from pony at Bedale Hunt meet - BBC News A two year old can barely pedal a trike never mind chasing after a fox on horseback. Neglectful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 3 hours ago, Granny Danger said: I’m not sure if there’s a more appropriate thread, but here goes. We were looking to rent short term after selling our house. The private rental market seems brutal with demand vastly outstripping supply. We looked at one house in Dundee that seemed good on the website. When we went to view it we realised it was filthy; beyond just a clean up filthy. The carpets were minging as was the wallpaper; the house needed recarpeting and redecorating and a thorough clean. They were wanting £1,100 a month which we would have paid if it had been in decent nick but it’s a joke asking that for such a place. Now staying with our younger son for a few months, fortunately he has the space. But has he the patience? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 24 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: But has he the patience? Time will tell. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 11 hours ago, GNU_Linux said: The open source image editor (think photoshop) called the GNU Image Manipulation Program aka GIMP. Why are you manipulating images of gnus? Is it a sideline to comparing meerkats or a wildebeest blackmail scam? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 Who doesn't take a rpg on swan boat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 29 minutes ago, bennett said: Who doesn't take a rpg on swan boat. That looks like GTA in real life. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 7 hours ago, bennett said: Who doesn't take a rpg on swan boat. They've got a navy, send a carrier to the region. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 10 hours ago, tamthebam said: Why are you manipulating images of gnus? Where do you think Fake Gnus comes from? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 Empty shelves? Just line up the products, that'll be fine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 19 minutes ago, The Skelpit Lug said: Empty shelves? Just line up the products, that'll be fine. Our local Scotmid's has had no tonic water for weeks now, and Tesco's only got that overpriced Fever Tree stuff. What a weird thing to run out of.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 11 minutes ago, The Skelpit Lug said: Empty shelves? Just line up the products, that'll be fine. That's the kind of shit that retail managers are taught as encouraging sales. Labels all nicely lined up facing forwards too, you'll notice. A lot of retail theory seems to revolve around the assumption that their customers are thick. All of these empty shelves demonstrate that the shortages are much worse than you might imagine, as leaving empty spaces is a faux pas almost as bad as telling a customer to f**k off. They're all taught to fill spaces up with something, anything, to give the illusion of a bumper selection. That's why you sometimes see random piles of Coke multipacks (or similar) brought through from the back room and dumped into the whole foods section until the latest pallets of flour arrive. If the shelves are bare, then the back room is just as bad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 Just now, welshbairn said: Our local Scotmid's has had no tonic water for weeks now, and Tesco's only got that overpriced Fever Tree stuff. What a weird thing to run out of.. Presumably they're having to prioritise what gets delivered. So, shitey tonic water that nobody likes gets bumped for trays of beans (that nobody likes but buy anyway). Even shit like Pepsi has been appearing and disappearing from Tesco's inventory, and you can't imagine they'd be too pleased that people might try a cheaper competitor and find there's not much difference. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 I have noticed Summer's biscuits reappearing in Aldis and Sainsbury's in South Edinburgh and I haven't seen them for years. As they're baked in the Peffermill Road factory there's no distribution problems either. Nice biscuits too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 3 minutes ago, BFTD said: So, shitey tonic water that nobody likes It might have passed you by but Britain has gone insane over gin for the last few years. Everyone with a lockup has a still and bottling plant. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 4 minutes ago, welshbairn said: It might have passed you by but Britain has gone insane over gin for the last few years. Everyone with a lockup has a still and bottling plant. I just assumed they were all knocking it back neat, like the alcoholic mothers of yesteryear. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 FWIW, I went into a Spar solely for tonic water last night. Came out with a bottle of the Mediterranean Fevertree stuff (and ended up having a Cairngorm Wildcat/Gold, Highland Park & Monkey Shoulder). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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