Grumpy Old Man
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@NTA who knows...the markets in NZ and Aus are quite different...maybe its the colour of your wife's car?
Seriously though, no idea, TR Jnr (19 at end of the month) in his infinite wisdom bought himself a 'weekend' car last week, a 02 Subaru Forrester Turbo for $5k, cost him $1,650 to insure fully comp (and he had an at fault accident in December 2022)
It was with the same insurer I had approached under another brand, and was $300 a year difference.
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@taniwharugby base white!
It's ironic that it's called the sport model yet has no differences in engine or drivetrain compared to the base model. Just better trim.
I guess people just crash them more, but it's a dime a dozen Kia
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I've no doubt posted this before (someone else can get GOM about that), but what about me sitting at my desk at 8am eating toast and reading the news, screams "hey, come and talk to me and ask me stuff and then tell me all about what happened in your personal life overnight" to colleagues as they arrive?
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your open, friendly and approachable face
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@voodoo getting in at 8? they assume you are well organised and able to have a chat?
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@taniwharugby said in Grumpy Old Man:
@voodoo getting in at 8? they assume you are well organised and able to have a chat?
they are wrong and can fck off!
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well, you're eating and reading the net
would you prefer they wait until you open a spreadsheet? Or is it just the general concept of human interaction you are against? You've been out of the office too long
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@mariner4life said in Grumpy Old Man:
well, you're eating and reading the net
would you prefer they wait until you open a spreadsheet? Or is it just the general concept of human interaction you are against? You've been out of the office too long
Yes I would prefer that - because its clear that I'm now working so you can talk shop to me (there is no good time to tell me abut your personal life).
If I'm eating breakfast, it's clearly my fucking time. Same if I choose to eat lunch at my desk - don't force me to go outside and sit in the fucking park with the bin chickens
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@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
If I'm eating breakfast, it's clearly my fucking time. Same if I choose to eat lunch at my desk - don't force me to go outside and sit in the fucking park with the bin chickens
On a government gig I once worked with a bloke who would turn off his monitor, eat his lunch and refuse to acknowledge co-workers who attempted to talk about anything work related.
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@antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:
@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
If I'm eating breakfast, it's clearly my fucking time. Same if I choose to eat lunch at my desk - don't force me to go outside and sit in the fucking park with the bin chickens
On a government gig I once worked with a bloke who would turn off his monitor, eat his lunch and refuse to acknowledge co-workers who attempted to talk about anything work related.
Inspirational - but even this legend still had to to turn his monitor off which isn't fair. Sad!
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Asked for pavlova at a restaurant in Yorkshire. This is what arrived - a swan made of whipped cream, apple slices and meringue.
They can fuck right off.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:
Asked for pavlova at a restaurant in Yorkshire.
... you were kinda asking for something terrible to arrive.
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Scandalous
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When this thread was created I didn't think that "Piss poor pavlova ordered from a Yorkshire pub" would get a guernsey! The grumpy old men who went before us would weep.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Grumpy Old Man:
When this thread was created I didn't think that "Piss poor pavlova ordered from a Yorkshire pub" would get a guernsey! The grumpy old men who went before us would weep.
They might have been grumpy that it didn't arrive with a pint, or with Yorkshire Tea...
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@MajorRage said in Grumpy Old Man:
Question. Should I read much into that I preferred Celine’s Hymne à l'amour and Yseults my way, over chili’s, snoop, Dre and eilish?
Have I grown up? Or am I really just an old bastard?
Can anyone translate that for me please?
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Grumpy Old Man:
@MajorRage said in Grumpy Old Man:
Question. Should I read much into that I preferred Celine’s Hymne à l'amour and Yseults my way, over chili’s, snoop, Dre and eilish?
Have I grown up? Or am I really just an old bastard?
Can anyone translate that for me please?
@MajorRage liked Celine's olympic performance more than the hip hop hip artists and worries he's not youth adjacent any more
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@nzzp said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Grumpy Old Man:
@MajorRage said in Grumpy Old Man:
Question. Should I read much into that I preferred Celine’s Hymne à l'amour and Yseults my way, over chili’s, snoop, Dre and eilish?
Have I grown up? Or am I really just an old bastard?
Can anyone translate that for me please?
@MajorRage liked Celine's olympic performance more than the hip hop hip artists and worries he's not youth adjacent any more
To be fair I pretty much hate anything the Chillis and Snoop have done in the last 15-20 years so this post defintely has merit. Did they do old stuff or new stuff ?
