Grumpier Old Men

The whole of Labour is based on the politics of envy, so need I say more :shrug:

I want to lean more about the arrested bloke who phoned 999 and hour before the female farmer spotted them and also phoned 999. That does not sit right with me cos there must be more to it; what happened in that hour :shrug:

If the councils in general were not so slow in approving radical building alterations, then properties would not sit empty for as long as some do, and that is from my experience during 2014 all the way through to completion 18 effin months later, the b'stards. Now some want conversions into HMO's, w...

If that so called half-witted scheme wasn't so ridiculously undeliverable, it would be laughable When ARE this 'kin lot going to wake up and ditch the going green malarkey . . I despair, I really do

Mr Depressed wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2026 6:28 pm Andy Pandy says he's going to bring in a new social care package that everyone will contribute into.

How is he going to wring out cash from the woke work-shy benefit scroungers, eh? He can't, can he, but he can try to wring it out of us the cash-cow retired generation, the fukkwit

hindmost wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2026 7:08 pm I'm already prepped - I've got 6 cases of baked beans and my ham radio station.

... at least as we starve to death, I'll know if it's raining or not in Tokyo (.. nod to Tony Hancock).

You'll need plenty of bog roll for all those beans, so better stock up on that too

Not a single 'TV' now to be found in my house, only HDMI type monitors and a reliable Roku internet connected streaming device. The one where we mostly sit and watch is a 32" Dell with an excellent sound bar and every bit as clear as the old Philips TV it replaced. Whether we watch BBC or not, ...

Hmmmmm...retrospective legislation? Nah, not in the UK. While UK laws can possibly be changed retrospectively, such changes are exceptional and must be justified on grounds of public interest and fairness. The legal system remains cautious about altering the rules for past actions, emphasizing the n...

How far can a nation fall? Under that frikkin eejit Trump, all the way to the bottom !!

No 10 North? ... What a frikkin waste of money

@Boundah That used to me my problem too, until I spoke to my NHS doc about the poxy fiddly and miniature strip packs. She then put herself out and my monthly NHS script has been amended. Now my tablets/capsules are dispensed in clearly marked easy access daily compartments withing a weekly compartme...

Deploy two bricks just to be certain they can no longer function

If any shred of truth was in that article, Zahi Hawass would be all over the news channels boasting about the buried city.

That is indeed sad news
Keeping a mind that is fully my own is my main wish as I rapidly head towards 82. Diseases of the mind are things that I dread.

This morning I booked a hearing test with Hidden Hearing. I have since received four emails from them, are they trying to piss me off? Why Hidden Hearing? Your area NHS Audiology department could probably serve you better. I wear two NHS supplied and maintained BTE small Oticon Sage aids and TBH I ...