mikehoncho

I mean, look who's sat around him- Streep, Afleck, Damon, Hayek. And that's only the ones you can see. Mel Gibson looks like he's sat on the row behind him for fucks sake. Our Dwayne's done alright for himself.

 

Sting (w/o make-up) is top centre an' all.  Rocky's way more legit as a movie star than Hogan ever was.

I witnessed somebody ordering deep fried cheese last night. Since when was that a thing?

 

Depends on the cheese.  

OK OK!

 

So penne arabiatta then?

I doubt he's making penne. If you are Honcho, you're a legend and it belongs in the Cookery Thread.

 

 

No I'm not making penne ... it'll be tagliatelle ... penne is an artform, & I haven't got the time to get into that tonight.  However, I will be making my own pasatta for the arabiatta sauce, plus plucking my own chillis ... I won't be killing a chicken though.  Or choking one.

Tonight it's going to be a roasted chicken breast, in a spicy arabiatta sauce, sprinkled in parmesan cheese & some homemade pasta.

Why am I reminded to watch Micky Flanagan's "Chicken Children" skit ... ?

mim731 ... I can empathise with you.  FWIW my ex & I had at least 4 miscarriages (going a long way back now) & it never got easier, but the very first time felt like the end of our world right then & there.  It was a horrible, horrible time ... we got through it & ploughed on ... I hope, really & sincerely hope you have a little 'un soon enough.  The ex wanted all manner of tests, which confirmed that she was fine so I copped all the blame.  Naive me should have had tests too, I guess, but that's all water under the bridge now.

 

As a postscript, I'm now re-married & have a 2-and-a-half year old.

I've not trawled the thread, but has anyone mentioned the famous Swansea Bap you can buy in the Twin Town cafe, by the railway station?  Any 3 items from what would normally be classed as a fat cunt breakfast menu, in an oversized bap, with a large tea for £2.30 ... as they say in Swansea, cowin' lush.  Available 7 days a week!

 

For people who sign up for Tinder via Facebook, it automatically populates the pictures & even the description fields. So if someone signs up just to look at other profiles & never checks their own, you often see wedding photos, or pictures of their kids etc.

 

 

Missed that; diolch Houchen.

Why the hell would someone make a pic of their kids their online dating profile!?  What sort of messed up logic is in play there?!

£20K in PPI? I don't have a clue what PPI is other than the messages you get from the scumbags who bombard you with mail but is that compensation or refunds?

 

Yep, seriously ... £20k from 2 cards I had back in the early to mid-00's ... both written off, 'cos the "legal" bits weren't legal & both lenders knew it, so had no option but to zero my balance & I closed the accounts.  Then a year after that, I got 'em back with the PPI.  And in about 7 weeks time I'm going after every payment I ever made to them, as they were in breach of any number of regulations ... may see another £20k plus interest come back if I'm lucky, £6k - £8k plus interest if I'm unlucky.

I took PPI out with one of my credit cards a fair few years back but am unsure whether I was actually eligible for it at the time of getting it. I was working 15 hours a week at the time, though this would eventually increase to 25 and then full time.

 

I'm scraping the barrel here and don't expect anything, but is there any case for being mis-sold? Does anyone have any experience in claiming it back?

 

As it goes, I clawed back £20k PPI monies last year.  So you may say that I have experience.  Send a letter (I can send you a template if you need), & for the cost of Signed For postage, you could be in for a few quid.

For those who dig wrestling games, a new Fire Pro is in the works.

 

Will it be on XBox One?

Depends on how much you'll be getting, the term you're willing to "invest" over & what sort of yield you want.  It's a shite time for standard savings ... high yield ISA may put 90-day access conditions on the money, plus there's only so much you can put into one of those, meaning you may need multiple accounts.

 

Independent financial advisor would be the way forward, BUT beware the tax implications whatever you choose.

This kid throwing his pants out the window is really bothering me. If you saw this happening ahead of you, did you not eventually arrive at the point where the pants landed so you could've seen what the problem was?

 

I don't think it would have been appropriate to scoop up the kecks & inspect them, especially in full view of the offending kiddie.  Would have looked a little "Uncle Jimmy" ...

Double-1 finishes in darts ... two in a row last night ... talk about pissing me off!  But I played 8 matches (24 legs), so I think I was board blind at the end of the evening.  

The new Battle Beast, called "Bringer Of Pain" is pretty spectacular!  Heard it last night ... rather impressed.

The new House of Lords stuff is sounding immense.  New video online ... Harlequin ... superb.

 

No ... the only 'Nam I've been to is Chelte-nham!

Are you 47?

 

If so, you are indeed old enough to be my dad.

 

 

Close ... 45 ... 1972 vintage.

No ... the only 'Nam I've been to is Chelte-nham!

How old are you Mike? I always assumed you were about 13 so the knowledge you remember dicking about in 1990, which would make you 30 or more raises many questions.

 

WAY past 13 ....

 

If he had a games console in 1980, I'd say he's nearer 40.

 

... WAY past that an' all ...

 

Judging by his jokes he has to be as old as my dad.

 

... probably.

 

Cunts, the lot of you.

New Blaze Bayley out soon.  Anyone a fan ... ?

Just catching up with PACMAN at the moment.  Then they go & bring out MS PACMAN.  I dunno ... kids these days ....

Some whippersnappers are even young enough to drop the apostrophe off the beginning of 'phone!

 

They should be loaded onto the next 'plane out of here, what.

 

Hang on ... lemme just rest my zimmer-frame here to type this betterer ...

Oh, another negative. I realised earlier that anyone starting secondary school later this year will have never known a world without Facebook, YouTube or iPhones.

 

FFS ... some of you on here don't remember a time before mobile 'phones at all!!  My first one was a large two-tone grey Nokia brick on BT Cellnet (circa 1995).  The first mobile I actually used was a Motorola flip in 1990 (ex-GFs dad was a business man, so he had the car 'phone & a handheld while out & about, & I used to take out of hour calls for his on-call engineers to deal with).

 

And then there's the other tech; first games console was a cheapo PONG! effort in 1980.