jono
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jono reacted to Bwash_Ram in New joke thread (trigger alert, may offend if you want it to)
I know an awful lot about bus timetables.
I've led a sheltered life
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jono reacted to Bwash_Ram in New joke thread (trigger alert, may offend if you want it to)
I’ve just accidentally swallowed my cats tablet!!
Don’t ask me-ow
When Lord Nelson died he was five feet tall. On his statue in Trafalgar Square he's 15 feet tall.
That's Horatio of 3:1.
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jono reacted to Stive Pesley in New joke thread (trigger alert, may offend if you want it to)
I was at work the other day - stacking packets of washing powder in the aisle, when a girl I once went out with came up to me and punched me square in the face...
"What was that for??" I asked
"You lied to me and told me you were a stunt pilot!"
"No - I said I was part of an Ariel display team"
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jono reacted to McRamFan in New joke thread (trigger alert, may offend if you want it to)
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jono got a reaction from Zag zig in Picture where you, and your knee are now.
Top secret one - no airport. I’m laughing because the Beaches are a dream and virtually empty at this time of year. Like stepping back 30 years.
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jono got a reaction from Grimbeard in Random stuff that people do that annoy me
BS about emissions
So the edict is that every car manufacturer has to lower the average emissions of its “fleet” to a certain level by a certain date or face fines. ... good idea. Stimulates invention and the development of more efficient engines. I’m all for it in principle.
thing is it’s diffucult to meet the objectives for one reason or another ( that’s a different story ) ... so if you are Fiat/Chrysler you do a deal with Tesla, pay them some dosh so that you can count some of their cars as part of your “fleet” thus avoiding fines.
Environmental gain = zero
cow boy statistic generators = 1
What a load of BS. Oh yes and aren’t we clever .. our emissions are falling because we are all nice green and responsible and have an environmental policy in our misssion statement. ....No we just stopped having heavy industry (which co incidentally uses a lot of energy ?) and sent all the dirty stuff to India, China and Vietnam.
Far to much of the environment industry is about statistics and how to bend them to suit the story and the public face you want to portray.
I want to be greener cleaner and less wasteful but loath being conned by spread sheet making wordsmiths who know little or nothing about science, industry and manufacturing in a practical sense.
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jono got a reaction from Comrade 86 in Random stuff that people do that annoy me
I love our dog. But I have more screwdrivers pliers and random tools with chewed handles than any man alive. Put something down for a millisecond and “knurled antislip grip” gets a whole new meaning
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jono got a reaction from Comrade 86 in Random stuff that people do that annoy me
Ipsos MORI .. the leading polling company in the UK, a major PLC .. and guess what ? It canvasses disabled old ladies by phone
( my 89 year old mum in law ) ... wait for it ... at 9.00 at night when she’s in bed.
this isn’t a dodgy double glazing firm .. this is a major corporation who should know better.
I wasn’t annoyed last night, I flipping furious.
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jono got a reaction from Coneheadjohn in Random stuff that people do that annoy me
I love our dog. But I have more screwdrivers pliers and random tools with chewed handles than any man alive. Put something down for a millisecond and “knurled antislip grip” gets a whole new meaning
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jono reacted to FindernRam in Random stuff that people do that annoy me
Have you noticed it putting on weight and clanking when it walks?
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jono reacted to BaaLocks in Random stuff that people do that annoy me
Someone needs to explain to me why my wife wants to spend all winter driving around at 23C and then as soon as the sun comes out she wants it to be 17C.
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jono reacted to BaaLocks in Random stuff that people do that annoy me
I'm sure this has been covered before but people who video moments on their phone that they should just enjoy live. Last night went to a concert and when they did their most famous song you couldn't see the stage for people holding up phones. Why not just enjoy the moment rather than losing it only so you can watch a hazy recording once (maybe never).
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jono reacted to Ghost of Clough in Random stuff that people do that annoy me
People who get angry when I use my drone to film them in their garden
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jono got a reaction from Highgate in Random stuff that people do that annoy me
BS about emissions
So the edict is that every car manufacturer has to lower the average emissions of its “fleet” to a certain level by a certain date or face fines. ... good idea. Stimulates invention and the development of more efficient engines. I’m all for it in principle.
thing is it’s diffucult to meet the objectives for one reason or another ( that’s a different story ) ... so if you are Fiat/Chrysler you do a deal with Tesla, pay them some dosh so that you can count some of their cars as part of your “fleet” thus avoiding fines.
Environmental gain = zero
cow boy statistic generators = 1
What a load of BS. Oh yes and aren’t we clever .. our emissions are falling because we are all nice green and responsible and have an environmental policy in our misssion statement. ....No we just stopped having heavy industry (which co incidentally uses a lot of energy ?) and sent all the dirty stuff to India, China and Vietnam.
Far to much of the environment industry is about statistics and how to bend them to suit the story and the public face you want to portray.
I want to be greener cleaner and less wasteful but loath being conned by spread sheet making wordsmiths who know little or nothing about science, industry and manufacturing in a practical sense.
