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by Jobbo
Wed Mar 20, 2024 12:12 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Greggs closed!
Replies: 11
Views: 234

Re: Greggs closed!

I bet they don't use internet-enabled ovens. So hopefully you could buy a warm sausage roll with cash.
by Jobbo
Wed Mar 20, 2024 12:09 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Full Fibre
Replies: 57
Views: 1030

Re: Full Fibre

Was on Vodafone (City Fibre) at the last house - 120Mb up and down (fibre is synchronous bandwidth) Openreach's FTTP offering is not the same up and down, even though it is apparently proper FTTP: https://www.ispreview.co.uk/talk/threads/why-not-symetrical.38719/#:~:text=Simply%20put%2C%20Openreach...
by Jobbo
Tue Mar 19, 2024 11:18 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Full Fibre
Replies: 57
Views: 1030

Re: Full Fibre

70Mb through Plusnet. There’s generally only me in the house day to day but it’s fine/fast. I just assumed that any broadband deal over 50Mb would be sufficient for anyone, is that not the case? As soon as you have multiple teenagers wanting to download updates at the same time, it’s not enough. Bu...
by Jobbo
Tue Mar 19, 2024 4:50 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Full Fibre
Replies: 57
Views: 1030

Re: Full Fibre

I had Virgin fibre (which is to the box in the street, not all the way to your house, so not quite FTTP but still good) for many years. Then moved to the sticks and got Gigaclear FTTP which was solid and fast up and down. Now I’ve gone for Plusnet Full Fibre which seems to be FTTP; it’s fine and low...
by Jobbo
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:16 am
Forum: Moaning
Topic: I used to be with "it"
Replies: 24
Views: 526

Re: I used to be with "it"

I believe tea is the truth or gossip and stems from drag race where they “spill the tea” However I’m as out of touch as the rest of you lot so fuck knows it's always good when the explanation includes a word or phrase that you don't understand! "Drag race", is that some sort of rhyming sl...
by Jobbo
Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:20 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Randomness
Replies: 7993
Views: 960991

Re: Randomness

by Jobbo
Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:15 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Today’s want
Replies: 2395
Views: 306131

Re: Today’s want

The Roland Garros was a very cool 205. I’d rather have a hard top, and 134k miles is well over double the point at which they used to fall apart like a clown car (according to buying guides in the early 90s) but the green paint, white leather and XS spec otherwise is just brilliant.
by Jobbo
Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:01 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 20050
Views: 2287571

Re: Your fleet running reports

Love those alloys on an XJ - I’ve never seen them on an XF. Got any pictures?
by Jobbo
Sun Mar 17, 2024 1:33 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 20050
Views: 2287571

Re: Your fleet running reports

I've never understood that. Every car I've worked on, the earth lead is quite short and goes directly from battery to chassis. I don't understand what difference it makes. I've always jump started directly battery-to-battery, because that's the equivalent to having a charged battery ? You must have...
by Jobbo
Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:32 am
Forum: Moaning
Topic: I used to be with "it"
Replies: 24
Views: 526

Re: I used to be with "it"

I think Tea is tattle - probably started off being an abbreviation spoken as ‘T’ but as usual people online can’t spell. tattle being gossip? Yes indeed. Though having googled it, I think the etymology goes back way further because it’s long been used in the US (‘spill the tea’ rather than ‘spill t...
by Jobbo
Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:30 am
Forum: Gaming + Tech
Topic: VOIP Phones
Replies: 20
Views: 530

Re: VOIP Phones

I shouldn't really say it as I provide them, but what's the point in a landline in a house these days? If phones had been invented now rather than in the 19th century, it would have been the mobile phone rather than the landline. Why would anyone want to call a building? Calling a person is inevita...
by Jobbo
Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:03 pm
Forum: Moaning
Topic: I used to be with "it"
Replies: 24
Views: 526

Re: I used to be with "it"

I think Tea is tattle - probably started off being an abbreviation spoken as ‘T’ but as usual people online can’t spell.
by Jobbo
Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:29 am
Forum: Moaning
Topic: The Paperboy
Replies: 7
Views: 182

Re: The Paperboy

I bet the newspapers aren’t as heavy as they used to be, too. I remember the Sunday Times 25-30 years ago being reading matter for the whole week.
by Jobbo
Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:28 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: Today’s want
Replies: 2395
Views: 306131

Re: Today’s want

I just spotted a Facebook ad for a new Audi e-Tron GT. £28,000 dealer contribution. Though I’m sure I’ve seen a Taycan ad with £48k dealer contribution.
by Jobbo
Fri Mar 15, 2024 10:03 pm
Forum: General
Topic: The House Projects Thread
Replies: 2212
Views: 357791

Re: The House Projects Thread

I’m not trying to take sides Ian - my view is the reality of this type of court application. The courts are always very reluctant to take away someone’s property. Gav is unusual in that he is not just the landlord, he is also the neighbour who has had to live with this behaviour for years. Most neig...
by Jobbo
Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:11 pm
Forum: General
Topic: The ebay thread
Replies: 2930
Views: 377805

Re: The ebay thread

I’ve always wondered if Beany has ever been in a Sierra…
by Jobbo
Fri Mar 15, 2024 6:47 pm
Forum: General
Topic: The House Projects Thread
Replies: 2212
Views: 357791

Re: The House Projects Thread

It feels like the judge lost his nerve when he realised he was going to have to make a possession order. That is exactly what I’d always have in mind with this - they don’t just become homeless, they lose all of the value in their property. They may have brought it on themselves but by failing to e...
by Jobbo
Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:30 pm
Forum: General
Topic: The House Projects Thread
Replies: 2212
Views: 357791

Re: The House Projects Thread

Yeah, c'mon Gavster - nip out from the court if it's still going on and update us!
by Jobbo
Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:01 am
Forum: General
Topic: Euromillions immediate purchase
Replies: 147
Views: 2377

Re: Euromillions immediate purchase

That's why I like the pop-up pool - when I get bored in a few years I can take it to the tip and it's as if it was never there.
by Jobbo
Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:38 am
Forum: General
Topic: The House Projects Thread
Replies: 2212
Views: 357791

Re: The House Projects Thread

That's an interesting time to start - I guess it had to be squeezed in after the unplanned adjournment but the judge clearly does not expect it to take too long.