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  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    I can think of ruder words than those but better not print them on here!

    Card has now been blocked of course, new one will be issued - what a pain but at least it will stop me buying anything else online out of sheer boredom. Took 30 mins on the phone while I lost the will to live. Good job I ordered more bird feed yesterday, it's costing me a fortune to keep the goldfinches happy.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • Chris-P-BaconChris-P-Bacon Posts: 943
    raisingirl said:
    I work with planners all the time. They are usually nice enough when you're familiar with the rules they work to and help them to help you. They tend not to be creative thinkers, in the main, so they don't problem solve. If you ask the wrong question, you always get a 'computer says no' response. If you ask the right question, their relief at being able to answer is palpable. The exception is generally heritage officers.

    Much like the Environment Agency...although they still make your life a misery even if you stick to the rules. They're very cute at not actually giving any advice rather they'll point you to the relevent guidance and consider there work is done.
    They're the epitome of wasteful pointless bureaucracy. They waste so much of the public purse its obscene. 
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505

    This child looks just the same as my daughter at that age - even down to the stance. Poor little mite. It's heart breaking
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    @Uff. I can't take the credit. Flanders and Swann - roughly
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Can anyone fill in the blanks on this sherd of pottery I found today? Someone could probably make a good poem out of this.

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    Golly, you're clever @pansyface, I didn't have a clue!
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Gold star to Pansyface. Maybe the word above 'Wagon' is 'Slang'? And there was me wondering what Polio had to do with it :#
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Copper Slang? The only police wagon idiom I can find is Paddy Wagon though.
    Most stuff I find there is Victorian era pub crockery so this could have been an old whisky jug or similar.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • steveTusteveTu Posts: 3,219
    edited April 2022
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    UK - South Coast Retirement Campus (East)
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Very insightful, @steveTu
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
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