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  1. Claude_Dreyfus

    Wonders when Aunt Bessie's roasties are going to start carrying Government health warnings.

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    2. SHMD

      SHMD

      Never mind burnt toast killing you slowly - I nearly had a heart attack at the price of £1.25 / slice at Manchester airport this morning!

    3. Claude_Dreyfus

      Claude_Dreyfus

      Looks like they're applying the 'sin tax' to toast already...

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      A "sin tax" error, surely?

  2. Claude_Dreyfus

    Dear HSBC, Thank you for notifying me for the third time in the last 12 months that you are reducing the interest rate on my 'savings' account. The content has been duly noted. I am sorry to report, however, that the corresponding letters notifying me of a reduction on the interest rate for my HSBC credit card seem to have gone missing in the post.

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    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Pity you can't go offshore....

    3. vitalspark

      vitalspark

      Did make me smile.

    4. Huw Griffiths

      Huw Griffiths

      Well, the banks need to get their priorities right - like paying the automatic bonuses for the guys in their "casino" divisions, for instance.

       

      Mere customers will never be "on the radar" - only existing to pay said bonuses.

       

      Don't worry about the "regulators" - like most "paper tigers", they don't seem to be there to uphold our interests …

  3. Claude_Dreyfus

    Definition of justice? How about Southern's Director of Passenger services having to stand on the packed 17:57 to Brighton because everything else has been cancelled? #luckyforhernobodyknowsherfromadam #smallscalepayback

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    2. Claude_Dreyfus

      Claude_Dreyfus

      The definition of justice for Messrs Cash and Whelan (the latter in particular) would involve something a little more than just a 35 minute stand on a busy train...

    3. PhilEakins

      PhilEakins

      :-)

    4. Huw Griffiths

      Huw Griffiths

      ... like first having to wait about 6 hours for the thing to turn up - while being required to wear a name badge - and running the gauntlet of angry commuters, complaining to their face & making sarky comments to journalists, about passengers only being there to pay the MD's wages.

  4. Claude_Dreyfus

    Happy New Year to all

  5. Claude_Dreyfus

    By sad coincidence, I happen to be watching Empire Strikes Back. "Why, you stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf herder!" RIP Leia

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    2. Ian J.

      Ian J.

      R.I.P. Carrie. Such sad news, I had hoped she would pull through :-(

    3. cal.n

      cal.n

      Not Carrie Fisher??

      Who next?

      I want 2016 over now.

      R.I.P

    4. dvdlcs

      dvdlcs

      As others have pointed out, there will only be more as the 1960s era celebs reach the end of their lives.

       

      [Noting that Carrie Fisher was more of a 1970s celebrity figure.]

  6. Claude_Dreyfus

    Dear Nuala,

    1. PhilEakins

      PhilEakins

      Get extra supplies of Valium in for the mother.

    2. rembrow

      rembrow

      Don't put the swans with the geese, it will only end in tears and many feathers. Mind you better keep the maids and lords a'leaping apart as well.

    3. Jon Fitness

      Jon Fitness

      You have scandalised my Mother, you dirty Jezebel!!

  7. Claude_Dreyfus

    Has just realised he is down to his last 3 pints of milk, 5 tins of beans, two loaves of bread, 8 bottles of wine, 10 bottles of beer, and 2 tubs of twigglets to last the Christmas weekend. Emergency trip to the supermarket may be required...

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    2. rembrow

      rembrow

      I'm afraid its the only time in the year that you can buy the reclusive Brussel sprout and parsnip

    3. Tim Hall

      Tim Hall

      Wot, no sausages :O

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Doesn't hurt to starve once in a while.

  8. Claude_Dreyfus

    About to enjoy a bit of 442 action :-)

    1. surfsup

      surfsup

      Get them in while you can, as January now looks set to be their final month in traffic on the Southern.

  9. Claude_Dreyfus

    Oh No! The ASLEF strike on Friday means I miss the office Christmas Jumper day. #silverlining #residentofficescrooge

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    2. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      It may be off if the ACAS talks go well?

       

    3. cb900f

      cb900f

      When do ACAS talks ever go well ?

    4. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      Apocryphal, my dear Watson.

  10. Claude_Dreyfus

    I am experiencing the full force of Southern shenanigans, therefore railways are not top of my favourite list; so why am I still getting excited by a box marked Vorsicht Glas from my favourite emporium?

    1. Huw Griffiths

      Huw Griffiths

      Some people might suggest a difference between full sized trains and their model equivalents.

       

      A number of the models have been known to move (allegedly).

       

      Obviously, I can't comment about how many exhibition layouts this applies to … .

    2. vaughan45

      vaughan45

      Love modelling railways, hate trying to travel on them

    3. Huw Griffiths

      Huw Griffiths

      Yup.

  11. Claude_Dreyfus

    Is going to complain to Heinz as he cannot spell his name with Alphabetti Spaghetti.

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    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Can't he just put the letter "I" on its side instead?

    3. Claude_Dreyfus

      Claude_Dreyfus

      I don't want any of this lateral thinking malarkey. I want it on a plate; I don't want to use my imagination, or apply logic. And if it doesn't do exactly what I want, I want to moan about it on social media.

    4. Jon Fitness

      Jon Fitness

      Just buy the normal spag. and do it in joined up writing

  12. Claude_Dreyfus

    PEBKAC

  13. Claude_Dreyfus

    Note to self. Don't go to a Turkish restaurant with a Turk and agree to try the resident firewater. #lasttrainhome #Bognorregisisyourdestinationifyoufallasleep

    1. Welchester

      Welchester

      Don't do what I did and go to a Turkish restaurant with a friend who asks for Greek coffee.

    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      You're not a Young Turk anymore!

  14. Claude_Dreyfus

    Wonders if that 49% of Eric Schmidt's hyperthetical crew become Internet Pirates?

    1. Andy Y

      Andy Y

      The answer is Google got all the gold.

    2. Claude_Dreyfus

      Claude_Dreyfus

      Kept safely at the end of the rainbow?

  15. Claude_Dreyfus

    Is wondering whether or not to use the crisp new five pound note in his wallet to purchase this packet of veggie sausages...

    1. thaddeus

      thaddeus

      will one be enough?

    2. JDW

      JDW

      A far better idea would be to use it for proper sausages.

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      If it has "AA01" in the serial number, you could flog it for quite a lot on eBay, and buy loads and loads more sausages....

  16. Claude_Dreyfus

    There was a chap on the train playing his music at such a volume, I thought I would try and 'shazam' him. Amazingly (or not, perhaps), it worked and I know we have been serenaded through New Cross Gate by Diamond District's "I Mean Business '. Lucky us!!

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    2. Jinty3f

      Jinty3f

      Am I the only old fart who remembers that Billy Batson turned into Captain Marvel every time he shouted Shazam?

    3. Free At Last

      Free At Last

      Ah, the touching of each others rings was "Shazzan".

    4. Boris

      Boris

      I still prefer the whack in the sack meaning of shazam....

  17. Claude_Dreyfus

    Nureek, Retut, Hanunga, Squrlookal. That's my hotel room tonight...

    1. Grampus

      Grampus

      Sounds like you need to get the pipes sorted out though! :-)

    2. DougN

      DougN

      As long as it does it in order....

  18. Claude_Dreyfus

    This latest Internet 'sensation' has put me in a quandary. Am I going white, or am I going bald?!

    1. Ian J.

      Ian J.

      Paint Your Wagon

    2. newbryford

      newbryford

      How about white AND bald...?

    3. The Stationmaster

      The Stationmaster

      White is right - a sign of maturity (spme say of other things).

  19. Claude_Dreyfus

    Has just been described as a 'bundle of Scrooge' by a colleague for showing a marked indifference to our team's Christmas lunch plans...

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    2. DonB

      DonB

      Is it compulsory? No?

      Then you have a choice....

    3. bgman

      bgman

      Baked beans on toast

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Hang on, if you're a "bundle of Scrooge", does that make the rest of your team an "achieve of pants"?

  20. Claude_Dreyfus

    Dolphins flipping other sea life? They do it on porpoise.

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    2. Claude_Dreyfus

      Claude_Dreyfus

      There's a time and a plaice for this sort of thing...

    3. MarkC

      MarkC

      Somebody's a dab hand...

    4. Kylestrome

      Kylestrome

      I think they're a ruddy nuisance.

  21. Claude_Dreyfus

    Is disappointed that the scrabble score for V isn't 5 and X isn't 10. I is 1, so they're not complete Philistines.

    1. BoD

      BoD

      So dim would be a good word to play.

    2. Claude_Dreyfus

      Claude_Dreyfus

      You'd nuke it...

  22. Claude_Dreyfus

    Go Goeido!

    1. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      Banzai!

  23. Claude_Dreyfus

    Aaagh. first Brad and Angelina, then Mary Berry quitting! Will fate not spare us the tragedy? *Shakes fist at 2016*

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Don't worry: there's still Jeremy Corbyn. He'll never quit! :-D

    2. Paul.Uni

      Paul.Uni

      No SVR Autumn Steam Gala... Flying Scotnado instead

  24. Claude_Dreyfus

    A nice bit of ELR class 40 thrash!

    1. SHMD

      SHMD

      How many? - 2 or 3?

    2. Claude_Dreyfus

      Claude_Dreyfus

      Only the 1. But a nice sound-track nonetheless.

  25. Claude_Dreyfus

    Enjoying watching some reassembling on BBC4

    1. DonB

      DonB

      Done with humour too.

      That "split blade" screwdriver should be in every modelmakers toolkit. Might deny the carpet monster some of it's potential captures!

      Never seen one for sale.

    2. The Blue Streak

      The Blue Streak

      If thats the James May series. I Just saw the first of them the other day here in Oz. It's brilliant

    3. DonB

      DonB

      Don't think that there will be a follow-on series.

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