LATEST MOAN FROM YOU AND ME - 2022

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  1. Jiffy

    Jiffy The Match is on Fire

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    O dear what have i started :whistle:
     
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      I know I mentioned New Orleans was kinda stinky but their washrooms are immaculate. I never saw one that wasn't fully stocked with loo rolls and hand towels. They must have an unspoken rule down there that if your establishment doesn't keep it clean, you get fed to the alligators!

      The filthiest I have seen was a restroom that started off pristine and landed up a total mess. It was at a hall where someone had talked me into going to see Dickie Rock. (spelling?)
       
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        pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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        I got a letter from Virgin Media last week stating my Virgin bill was "changing", why not just say they are putting up their prices.
        Anyway, I see on the TV tonight that they are offering " sale" prices for new customers.

        Its about time the government stepped in and stopped this kind of sharp practice.
        Offering lower prices to new customers should be outlawed.
        In fact I thought I heard it was?
         
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          I'm also thinking of ditching Virgin media, they are offering deals around £34/month for broadband, telephone and tv for new customers only. We are currently paying £62/month. We don't use the phone and only watch the freeview channels on tv so feel we are being ripped off.
           
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            pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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            I'm paying £40 a month for broadband and phone, I use my mobile all the time and I'm informed you can dump the landline, but I bet they wouldn't drop my bill by much if I did so.

            I only keep the landline because it still works during power cuts and emergencies, unlike the dodgy mobile signals.

            My neighbour has changed to Sky, but has had to get a dish put up and get the telecome phoneline sorted out, not sure how much that cost.
             
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            They have started working on these 'new customer only' prices. It is now illegal for insurance companies to only offer new customers lower prices. I don't know when they will get around to broadening the rules.
             
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              pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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              I thought I had heard something along those lines @shiney , but why only insurance companies, it should apply to all the robbing b*****ds.
               
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                shiney President, Grumpy Old Men's Club Staff Member

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                I'm paying £18.97 per month for landline (500 free calls per month limit) and broadband. I only manage to get that price because I will talk the hind leg off a donkey until they get so fed up that they give me a good deal! :roflol:
                 
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                  There are very few public toilets nowadays. In the old days :old: they used to be kept spotless as they had full time attendants. Even in the East End of London they had attendants and they would always offer to use a clothes brush on your jacket (if you were wearing one) before you went out.

                  I still have a copy of The Good Loo Guide by Jonathan Routh (who remembers him? :heehee:).

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                  • pete

                    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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                    Obviously your Indian is better than mine.
                    I find myself keep saying, can you say that again?, and then apologising because I dont understand them.:biggrin:
                     
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                    • pete

                      pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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                      Johnathan Routh of Candid Camera fame.:blue thumb:

                      Victorian under ground toilets were worth a visit, but all gone now I should think.
                       
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                        BT now say that all their call centres are in the UK or Ireland. :blue thumb:

                        Yes, my Indian is better than yours. I can get by a little bit in Bengali and Mrs Shiney has O Levels in Bengali and Hindi. :heehee:
                         
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                            pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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                            My Irish isn't great either.
                            And they often say UK, and then you end up with a Geordie or a Glaswegian.:roflol:
                             
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