RANT CORNER

[Realrocknrolla]

Flies

Especially when they land on your ankles, thats the worst.

I’ve invested in an electric bat

[Trader Pat]

Flies

Especially when they land on your ankles, thats the worst.

I’ve invested in an electric bat

Electric bats?!

Christ that lab in Wuhan has a lot to answer for!

[Realrocknrolla]

Flies

Especially when they land on your ankles, thats the worst.

I’ve invested in an electric bat

Electric bats?!

Christ that lab in Wuhan has a lot to answer for!

One of these bad boys.. good fun actually

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[Trader Pat]

One of these bad boys.. good fun actually

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I had to google it, I'd never heard of them

I might get one of those, insects don't really bother me but if a big bee comes along I turn into a 12 year old girl!

[Realrocknrolla]

Haha…

To be fair Paddy.. stings ain’t nice!

[Derek27]

Remembering some of the convos here re filling in mortgage forms etc how did you present your loss of earnings re jury service and did they question it?

In order for a self-employed juror to claim for loss of earnings you have to be registered for tax with HMRC and provide tax returns to confirm your earnings. As far as I can see you have two other options. Apply to be excused on financial grounds and explain your predicament or kiss goodbye to two weeks earnings.

On the plus side, as well as travel expences you get £5.71 a day for subsistence, more commonly known as food. If you don't have time to make breakfast you can get a sausage bap from the canteen (which consists of a single sausage cut in half in a roll) and a large cup of coffee-coloured hot water for £3.99. That leaves you £1.72 to spend on lunch.

I'm still glad I've been summoned though.

[greenmark]

Bee's I will catch with a glass and card, then release. Bee's are great. Wasps. Meh!!. I will still catch and release but with less enthusiasm.
Flies are a different thing. If they ignore an opportunity to exit through an open window/door (by me wafting them towards freedom), I get fed up quickly and it turns into a horror show of appalling flailing of publications and shameless violence, for which I apologise to the fly population.
Apparently there are 17 million flies per person. And we think we're the dominant species!

[Derek27]

Bee's I will catch with a glass and card, then release. Bee's are great. Wasps. Meh!!. I will still catch and release but with less enthusiasm.
Flies are a different thing. If they ignore an opportunity to exit through an open window/door (by me wafting them towards freedom), I get fed up quickly and it turns into a horror show of appalling flailing of publications and shameless violence, for which I apologise to the fly population.
Apparently there are 17 million flies per person. And we think we're the dominant species!

Not surprising with so many idiots not only wasting good food but dumping it on the streets.

[greenmark]

Bee's I will catch with a glass and card, then release. Bee's are great. Wasps. Meh!!. I will still catch and release but with less enthusiasm.
Flies are a different thing. If they ignore an opportunity to exit through an open window/door (by me wafting them towards freedom), I get fed up quickly and it turns into a horror show of appalling flailing of publications and shameless violence, for which I apologise to the fly population.
Apparently there are 17 million flies per person. And we think we're the dominant species!

Not surprising with so many idiots not only wasting good food but dumping it on the streets.

Indeed. I remember the 'Keep Britain Tidy' campaign. Why do we need a campaign?
You go to a park with 'stuff', you consume 'stuff' and leave the detritus instead of binning it, or taking it home (or binning it on the way back home or wherever you're going next).
One of my daily walks is along a semi-rural road. You would be surprised how many Mac bags etc are there. They can only have been chucked out the window of a car. It makes me so angry.

[Derek27]

Bee's I will catch with a glass and card, then release. Bee's are great. Wasps. Meh!!. I will still catch and release but with less enthusiasm.
Flies are a different thing. If they ignore an opportunity to exit through an open window/door (by me wafting them towards freedom), I get fed up quickly and it turns into a horror show of appalling flailing of publications and shameless violence, for which I apologise to the fly population.
Apparently there are 17 million flies per person. And we think we're the dominant species!

Not surprising with so many idiots not only wasting good food but dumping it on the streets.

Indeed. I remember the 'Keep Britain Tidy' campaign. Why do we need a campaign?
You go to a park with 'stuff', you consume 'stuff' and leave the detritus instead of binning it, or taking it home (or binning it on the way back home or wherever you're going next).
One of my daily walks is along a semi-rural road. You would be surprised how many Mac bags etc are there. They can only have been chucked out the window of a car. It makes me so angry.

In all honesty, I'm more ashamed of the litter I dropped as a teenager than the park benches I set on fire, disgraceful behaviour!

[greenmark]

Not surprising with so many idiots not only wasting good food but dumping it on the streets.

Indeed. I remember the 'Keep Britain Tidy' campaign. Why do we need a campaign?
You go to a park with 'stuff', you consume 'stuff' and leave the detritus instead of binning it, or taking it home (or binning it on the way back home or wherever you're going next).
One of my daily walks is along a semi-rural road. You would be surprised how many Mac bags etc are there. They can only have been chucked out the window of a car. It makes me so angry.

In all honesty, I'm more ashamed of the litter I dropped as a teenager than the park benches I set on fire, disgraceful behaviour!

Lol. Decent people do daft things. 2 of my flat mates decided, on the way back from an enjoyably drunken evening, that it would be a good idea to break into their old school. I declined the offer to join them. Some time later they were arrested in a flurry of sirens, blue lghts and shouting.
But my point is both were really good guys that had a moment of insanity that took on its own momentum.
C'est la vie!

[firlandsfarm]

In all honesty, I'm more ashamed of the litter I dropped as a teenager than the park benches I set on fire, disgraceful behaviour!

I hope you were careful to check nobody was sleeping on them at the time!

[Jukebox]

I don't have a problem with personnel considered essential being told to ignore being pinged by NHS app. But won't that just lead to everyone else getting pinged as they go to work etc.

[ged1200]

On the plus side, as well as travel expences you get £5.71 a day for subsistence, more commonly known as food. If you don't have time to make breakfast you can get a sausage bap from the canteen (which consists of a single sausage cut in half in a roll) and a large cup of coffee-coloured hot water for £3.99. That leaves you £1.72 to spend on lunch.

Greggs: Sausage bap (x3 smallish whole sausages) plus coffee (not great, but better than coffee flavoured hot water): £2.30

Or as above with bacon bap instead of sausages.

Bargain.

[Realrocknrolla]

I don't have a problem with personnel considered essential being told to ignore being pinged by NHS app. But won't that just lead to everyone else getting pinged as they go to work etc.

Madness….

I just had to get the app ready for some tests i have to get to go to a festival in a month…

Seems surreal to be honest… checking in to a festival healthy and covid free… but getting off my nut for 3 days and leaving like a zombie