Am I the only one?

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Re: Am I the only one?

Postby The Creeping Spleen » Sat Aug 28, 2021 12:29 pm

mercury wrote:I didn't see the point in them, they'll never take off. ::):

Badum tish! :D
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Re: Am I the only one?

Postby Dot » Wed Dec 29, 2021 9:37 pm

I was doing some Christmas shopping about a week before Christmas.
I went to pay with my debit card which didn't work so I thought it was a bit odd.
Had the money in my account, hadn't forgotten or blocked my pin or anything.
Asked guy in shop if there was an ATM nearby and thankfully there was so managed to get some cash to pay for items.

Later I went to a branch of my bank and explained to guy at counter who told me to unlock my pin at cash machine.
I did all that and later in day tried to do grocery shopping using contactless.
This failed but worked when I put card in machine.

Is it the card machines causing problems?
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Re: Am I the only one?

Postby The Creeping Spleen » Thu Dec 30, 2021 9:01 am

ATMs can be weird. Especially the wee Note Machine ones you get in convenience stores.

You've got to be careful though, some of them charge you just for a balance enquiry.
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Re: Am I the only one?

Postby Dot » Thu Sep 01, 2022 8:05 pm

You know summer is well and truly over when you see Hallowe'en and Christmas decorations in the shops.
Perhaps I am being unfair and shops just trying to make money on surplus stock from last year.
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Re: Am I the only one?

Postby The Creeping Spleen » Fri Sep 02, 2022 9:41 am

Just me, or can Facebook get a bit heavy handed when it comes to dishing out bans?

I'm a week into a 30 day ban for suggesting - in a purely imaginary and hypothetical situation - that I wanted to strangle someone.

They're OK with all the MAGA-twats and rabid 2nd Amendment types and whatnot, but a humorous comment about strangulation? Nope.
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Re: Am I the only one?

Postby banjo » Sat Sep 03, 2022 6:14 am

spleen,i am not on facebook and know nothing of how they operate.dot,the pub i was in yesterday had a box covered in christmas paper asking customers to book now for christmas dinner. :x
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Re: Am I the only one?

Postby Henrysix » Sat Sep 03, 2022 11:11 am

Spleen, I suppose it is based on who it was you wanted to Strangle, I am sure if it was the ex PM or my twat of an MP you should have been given a Knighthood, regards Christmas meals might be a good idea to book now as Spuds and other consumables are gonna skyrocket!
Anyway congratulations on your ban, you can spend the time doing something better with your time!
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Re: Am I the only one?

Postby The Creeping Spleen » Sat Sep 03, 2022 1:23 pm

Facebook is a weird place for what will and won't get you a ban.

The famous/infamous photo of the wee Vietnamese lassie with half her skin burned off in a napalm attack?
Banned. "Nudity", apparently. Never mind she was like seven or eight at the time.

Believe me. If there was a viable alternative to Facebook - one that wasn't full of idiots and arseholes - I'd jump at it.
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Re: Am I the only one?

Postby Dot » Sat Sep 03, 2022 6:26 pm

Spleen, We have a neighbourhood phone app thing in our area and people seem to get banned from it quite regularly for periods of time. They usually end up posting again but sometimes they are bewildered as to why they got banned in first place.
I understand if someone makes a remark which causes offence or something but sometimes the most innocent remark seems to be taken the wrong way. I think you can be banned if you don't follow rules and try to promote a business.
I tried to answer someone's question one time and because person wasn't using their real name it ended up getting rather nasty and unpleasant. I personally have no problem re the name thing since most people on here are probably using nick names etc.
There was all sorts of remarks about somebody having something to hide but I was relieved when thread ended.

Am I the only one doesn't do Facebook?
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Re: Am I the only one?

Postby The Creeping Spleen » Sat Sep 03, 2022 6:36 pm

There's always some bellend out there, ready to take offence at the slightest thing.
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Re: Am I the only one?

Postby banjo » Mon Sep 05, 2022 6:30 am

dot,i do not do facebook but it is very infuriating the amount of things you cannot access unless you are on it.
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Re: Am I the only one?

Postby Dot » Fri Sep 30, 2022 8:35 pm

Apparently Tesco have brought out a 'Paella' sandwich which has horrified some people in Spain.
I must admit it doesn't appeal to me but am I the only one?
I do like Paella though don't like Mussels which some restaurants and supermarkets leave out.

Sounds almost as good as the 'Lasagne' sandwich they brought out some years ago.
I never did try that one either.
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Re: Am I the only one?

Postby Dot » Sun Oct 16, 2022 10:24 am

I get that shopkeepers want to start selling Christmas goods but is it not a bit early to have Christmas trees displayed in October?
Maybe I am just being a boring old fogey.
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Re: Am I the only one?

Postby The Creeping Spleen » Sun Oct 16, 2022 2:15 pm

Hands up who breathed a huge sigh of relief when Glasgow didn't get Eurovision?
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Re: Am I the only one?

Postby mercury » Sun Oct 16, 2022 9:25 pm

The Creeping Spleen wrote:There's always some bellend out there, ready to take offence at the slightest thing.


I got a row from Facebook for using that term. :D
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