Petty Things That Get On Your Nerves...

[HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows]

3 hours ago, Mr. Alli said:

BLACK FRIDAY DEALS

UPGRADE YOUR RIG

Here's 14p off an xBox controller. 

Amazing value. Buy 392 of them and get 1 for free

[Stellaboz]

1 minute ago, deej said:

Skybets "Double Up" Offers giving odds of (e.g.) 9/1 instead of 9/2. Seems fine, but £10 at 9/2 returns £55, and at 9/1 returns £100. 

Which isn't double.

You're not supposed to include your initial stake. 

[19QOS19]

Skybets "Double Up" Offers giving odds of (e.g.) 9/1 instead of 9/2. Seems fine, but £10 at 9/2 returns £55, and at 9/1 returns £100. 
Which isn't double.

It is if you deduct your stake.

[deej]

32 minutes ago, Stellaboz said:

You're not supposed to include your initial stake. 

 

30 minutes ago, 19QOS19 said:

It is if you deduct your stake.

 

That's why it's petty, I look at it in terms of returns, not profit

Edited November 18, 2020 by deej

[King Kebab]

19 hours ago, Stellaboz said:

@King Kebab where you residing currently? 

 

[Jacksgranda]

23 hours ago, welshbairn said:

Why don't they sell them ready shelled  like peanuts and cashew nuts?

Because the operatives kept ripping their finger nails off.

[Jacksgranda]

22 hours ago, The Moonster said:

Where does this thought process come from?

I've genuinely never heard anyone pine for living in Edinburgh in my life. I've got a friend who lives there for work and even he doesn't want to live there. I reckon I'd rather live absolutely anywhere else in Scotland.

I like Edinburgh. Don't know if I'd want to live there, mind you.

[Granny Danger]

23 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said:

I like Edinburgh. Don't know if I'd want to live there, mind you.

I like Edinburgh and think it would be a good place to live.

[Jacksgranda]

4 minutes ago, Granny Danger said:

I like Edinburgh and think it would be a good place to live.

It's just that I'm used to living in a very wee place now, and wouldn't fancy living in a largish town, never mind a vast metropolis.

[GordonD]

13 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said:

It's just that I'm used to living in a very wee place now, and wouldn't fancy living in a largish town, never mind a vast metropolis.

Even with Superman guarding the place?

[vikingTON]

Bought a Moka pot to make coffee just last week: the first three/four brews worked fine but it is no longer producing anything other than steam and a tiny dribble of hot water in the top chamber. I've tried using a coarser grind, the valves are all completely clear and, most importantly, I've tried shouting at it as well. Nothing has worked and unless it solves itself I'm going to have to go through the no doubt wonderful experience of trying to punt it back through Amazon returns. 

<<< Incandescent with rage

[101]

2 minutes ago, virginton said:

Bought a Moka pot to make coffee just last week: the first three/four brews worked fine but it is no longer producing anything other than steam and a tiny dribble of hot water in the top chamber. I've tried using a coarser grind, the valves are all completely clear and, most importantly, I've tried shouting at it as well. Nothing has worked and unless it solves itself I'm going to have to go through the no doubt wonderful experience of trying to punt it back through Amazon returns. 

<<< Incandescent with rage

Is the seal round the bottom to the top chamber still in good nick? If that's faulty you would only get steam as the pressure won't be enough to make coffee

[D.A.F.C]

Bought a Moka pot to make coffee just last week: the first three/four brews worked fine but it is no longer producing anything other than steam and a tiny dribble of hot water in the top chamber. I've tried using a coarser grind, the valves are all completely clear and, most importantly, I've tried shouting at it as well. Nothing has worked and unless it solves itself I'm going to have to go through the no doubt wonderful experience of trying to punt it back through Amazon returns. 

..

[weirdcal]

Bought a Moka pot to make coffee just last week: the first three/four brews worked fine but it is no longer producing anything other than steam and a tiny dribble of hot water in the top chamber. I've tried using a coarser grind, the valves are all completely clear and, most importantly, I've tried shouting at it as well. Nothing has worked and unless it solves itself I'm going to have to go through the no doubt wonderful experience of trying to punt it back through Amazon returns. 

Percussive maintenance required imo

[DiegoDiego]

Skybets "Double Up" Offers giving odds of (e.g.) 9/1 instead of 9/2. Seems fine, but £10 at 9/2 returns £55, and at 9/1 returns £100. 
Which isn't double.

Fractional odds are for Victorians.

[deej]

55 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said:

4 hours ago, deej said:

Skybets "Double Up" Offers giving odds of (e.g.) 9/1 instead of 9/2. Seems fine, but £10 at 9/2 returns £55, and at 9/1 returns £100. 
Which isn't double.

Fractional odds are for Victorians.

They dont work as decimal odds though. i.e todays "Double Up Offer" is doubled from 3.00 to 5.00

[19QOS19]

Fraction odds >>> decimal odds.

[Derry Alli]

Decimal odds are for adults who still buy advent calendars. 

[spud131]

Moving house next week so listed a few things we no longer need on Facebook Marketplace and gumtree.
The amount of folk that message asking if an item is still for sale then never get back to you when you tell them it is.
Can only assume they are considering selling a similar item and are wanting to find out if it sold at the price you've listed it for.

[welshbairn]

2 hours ago, 19QOS19 said:

Fraction odds >>> decimal odds.

Only time they're handy is if you're trying to work out arbing, which I'm too thick to do anyway.