UsedToGoToCentralPark Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Treated myself to a golf GTi a couple of years back and managed to get a few £k off. Sold it at the start of this year and noticed in the garage the exact same spec/age is mine is up for sale at the same price I paid for mine brand new 2 years ago. The microchip shortage is driving up the prices as it’s hard to get new some new cars.Aye, if folks have cars in their household they don't really need any more then it's a good time to sell although prices still look to be going up so maybe not at the top yet. Lots of people getting their factory orders cancelled or equipment downgrades. Glad I replaced my wife's old car at the start of the year just before this all started to happen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Meldrew said: maybe the time away from it made them realise how overrated going out and getting smashed actually is. I think this is more than probable. After a year or so forced abstinence through illness, I just never bothered going back to drinking. I wouldn't say I'm teetotal, but I reckon in recent years I've not had more than a couple of gallons of beer per annum, and I just don't drink wine or spirits any more*. Maybe akin to that time in the 80's when industrial action took the live football off our screens, and many of us realised we weren't missing rushing home from the pub on Sunday to watch the likes of Coventry and Sunderland. You just get into new, different habits. *In fairness, this is because, post-radiotherapy, my taste buds have regenerated - wine now tastes like the bottle's been open a couple of weeks, and spirits fucking hurt. Edited September 22, 2021 by WhiteRoseKillie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 18 hours ago, keithgy said: That reminds me of an story i read online of a woman moaning about the road noise after she bought a house beside a road despite viewing the house 5 times!!! 'Why can't the Spanish go somewhere else for their holidays?': British grandmother, 81, claims her trip to Benidorm was ruined because her hotel had 'too many Spaniards in it' 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 8 minutes ago, scottsdad said: 'Why can't the Spanish go somewhere else for their holidays?': British grandmother, 81, claims her trip to Benidorm was ruined because her hotel had 'too many Spaniards in it' 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 10 minutes ago, scottsdad said: 'Why can't the Spanish go somewhere else for their holidays?': British grandmother, 81, claims her trip to Benidorm was ruined because her hotel had 'too many Spaniards in it' “Why does xenophobic British grandmother, 81, not just go to Blackpool for her holidays”, would be a far better headline. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur daley Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 5 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: “Why does xenophobic British grandmother, 81, not just go to Blackpool for her holidays”, would be a far better headline. Makes a change from going to The Gambia . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 I absolutely cannot stand it when folk refer to a drink as a "libation". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 5 hours ago, Arthur daley said: Makes a change from going to The Gambia . Aye, "81 year old goes on holiday and didn't get her hole" would have been a better headline. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 8 hours ago, Granny Danger said: “Why does xenophobic British grandmother, 81, not just go to Blackpool for her holidays”, would be a far better headline. "Why does xenophobic British grandmother, 81, not just go to Seafield, Warriston or Mortonhall for her holidays" would be my headline. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 The quality of fresh produce in my local Tesco. Potatoes: black in the middle, onions: rotting inside, ginger: turning grey.They're happy to refund the cost of the item but not for my lost time and the inconvenience. Never had any problems from Aldi. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 On 22/09/2021 at 14:15, scottsdad said: 'Why can't the Spanish go somewhere else for their holidays?': British grandmother, 81, claims her trip to Benidorm was ruined because her hotel had 'too many Spaniards in it' The Spanish government used to provide free holidays for Spanish pensioners, not sure if they still do. (And I think it was more of a winter treat.) A couple of years our hotel was split 60/40, maybe 70/30 between ageing and decrepit Brits and ageing but reasonably fit Spaniards. Never caused any issues. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur daley Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 9 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: A couple of years our hotel was split 60/40, maybe 70/30 between ageing and decrepit Brits and ageing but reasonably fit Spaniards. Never caused any issues. must have caused some issues when you spent all of the holiday ignoring “er indoors “and looking at the “ageing and reasonably fit Spaniards “ round the pool. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 44 minutes ago, Arthur daley said: must have caused some issues when you spent all of the holiday ignoring “er indoors “and looking at the “ageing and reasonably fit Spaniards “ round the pool. In general older Spaniards, male and female, certainly do look physically fitter than their U.K. counterparts. I say that as one of those counterparts. Lifestyle and diet certainly serves them well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 1 minute ago, Granny Danger said: In general older Spaniards, male and female, certainly do look physically fitter than their U.K. counterparts. I say that as one of those counterparts. Lifestyle and diet certainly serves them well. I think one of the big differences is the Scottish obsession with butter. When we were back in summer there the in-laws had two massive tubs of Lurpak in their fridge which was fired on everything. We were the same when we lived there. Although it's available in S.European countries, it's rarely used with olive oil being the substitute. Butter is hellish for you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 I think one of the big differences is the Scottish obsession with butter. When we were back in summer there the in-laws had two massive tubs of Lurpak in their fridge which was fired on everything. We were the same when we lived there. Although it's available in S.European countries, it's rarely used with olive oil being the substitute. Butter is hellish for you.That Lurpak in tubs isn't butter... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 11 minutes ago, WhiteRoseKillie said: 54 minutes ago, jimbaxters said: I think one of the big differences is the Scottish obsession with butter. When we were back in summer there the in-laws had two massive tubs of Lurpak in their fridge which was fired on everything. We were the same when we lived there. Although it's available in S.European countries, it's rarely used with olive oil being the substitute. Butter is hellish for you. That Lurpak in tubs isn't butter... Well I doubt it has many enhanced health benefits over butter so you'll take my point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 The French use more butter than we do. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 (edited) 12 hours ago, jimbaxters said: Well I doubt it has many enhanced health benefits over butter so you'll take my point. All those "low fat" spreads lose the taste of proper butter and deliver precisely no benefit health wise, simply allowing you to invest a different, less tasty oil/fat. Imho, obviously. I do indeed take your point. Edited September 24, 2021 by WhiteRoseKillie 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 The French use more butter than we do. He may be fat, but f**k me, he's happy!(Also, didn't he become Belgian a few years back?) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, WhiteRoseKillie said: He may be fat, but f**k me, he's happy! (Also, didn't he become Belgian a few years back?) Thought it was Russian? Same difference.. Edited September 23, 2021 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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