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belchingmatt
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri May 15, 2009 3:16 am
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Location: Middle Earth
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You should ask him to increase the bid to 2p so you can give 50% to charity.
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If one is diving so close to the limits that +/- 1% will make a difference then the error has already been made.
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| Tue Feb 21, 2012 5:36 pm |
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leeds_manc
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:19 pm
Posts: 5071
Location: Manchester
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It would be excruciating and incredibly difficult to stop the blood travelling to a limb, pins and needles is caused by nerve compression, not any affect on the blood flow. 
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| Tue Feb 21, 2012 5:44 pm |
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brataccas
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:14 pm
Posts: 5664
Location: Scotland
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alright mr knowitall  I actually got badly slated and "told off" forgot who it was for calling it "pins and needles" said it was childish and stupid of me too, wish I could remember, and wish I punched him _________________
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| Tue Feb 21, 2012 5:56 pm |
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leeds_manc
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:19 pm
Posts: 5071
Location: Manchester
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He was/is an idiot; that's what it's called. Was he 14 at the time by any chance?
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| Tue Feb 21, 2012 6:02 pm |
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davrosG5
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:37 am
Posts: 6954
Location: Peebo
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Gah, how I despise the wonderful people at CityLink.
They apparently tried to deliver an Amazon order yesterday. I only know this because I checked my Amazon account.
I was out at the time so they left a card. Did they bollocks! Either their driver couldn't be bothered or they went to the wrong house. Either way it's a big pile of crap.
So, now I've got to go and collect at the depot. With 2 forms of ID.
CityLink - making Home Delivery Network look like a model of efficiency and good customer service.
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Spreadie
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:06 pm
Posts: 6355
Location: IoW
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Yep, that sounds like City Link. I've spent a whole day waiting for a delivery. No show, so I ring them up and get told that nobody was in and they left a card. Lazy-arsed drivers, running behind schedule, decide to miss out deliveries to make up time and blag it when they get back to the depot.
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bobbdobbs
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:10 pm
Posts: 5490
Location: just behind you!
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Thats why if possible I get things delivered to work, As it has 24 hour security they cannot say no one was in.  _________________Finally joined Flickr
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| Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:07 pm |
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HeatherKay
Moderator
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:13 pm
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Location: Here, but not all there.
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 Cold callers.
We're on the TPS list. Why do they keep calling?
We have a policy here that if a number is withheld it doesn't get answered. Surprisingly, such callers don't take us up on our offer to leave a voicemail message. We've been plagued by some company calling from 0800 9878240. The first few times, they got the voicemail treatment. When they kept calling, twice or three times a day, I decided to answer. The first time, I told them to go away and mentioned TPS. The second time, I got snotty...
*picks up phone and keeps silent*
Caller: Hello?
*silence*
Caller: Hello?
Me: Who are you and what do you want?
Caller: Can I speak to <name> please?
Me: Who's calling please?
Caller: I'm calling from XYZ Services. We're able to help you with claims for missold PPI on mortg...
Me: Let me stop you there. Your lot has been plagueing this number for several days now. I spoke to someone earlier and told them we weren't interested in any of the [LIFTED] you're selling, we don't have any loans or debts, and we're on the Telephone Preference Service. Why the hell are we being called? Please, just bugger off, stop calling me and wasting my time, and make sure this number is removed from your database. Understand?
Caller: ...
Me: Goodbye!
*hangs up*
They've not called back since.
I'm also working out ways to string them along in future. Perhaps using silly voices.
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| Thu Feb 23, 2012 1:36 pm |
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finlay666
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:40 pm
Posts: 4876
Location: Newcastle
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Just play them a monologue  _________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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| Thu Feb 23, 2012 2:15 pm |
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saspro
Site Admin
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:53 pm
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Location: location, location
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We get those calls at work. We've invented an array of false characters who have loans with loansharks or million pound loans with random banks. They don't like that. My favourite character so far is Grzegorz Brzeczyszczykiewicz. Once you've spelled their name to them you have to get them to repeat it a couple of times then hang up and when they phone back put the on hold and transfer them around for a bit
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| Thu Feb 23, 2012 2:21 pm |
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steve74
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:43 pm
Posts: 1798
Location: Manchester
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According to the (very useful) www.whocallsme.com site, that number belongs to... and Do your worst. Report them? But to whom? 
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| Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:03 pm |
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HeatherKay
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:13 pm
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Location: Here, but not all there.
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We're actually coming up with some Goon Show inspired lunacy. Things like clumping footsteps disappearing into the distance, lots of bolts and chains being undone from a door, footsteps again, setting off in a car... We could have an awful lot of fun, but the rotters would probably hang up before it really got going properly.  _________________My Flickr | Snaptophobic BloggageHeather Kay: modelling details that matter. "Let my windows be open to receive new ideas but let me also be strong enough not to be blown away by them." - Mahatma Gandhi.
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leeds_manc
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:19 pm
Posts: 5071
Location: Manchester
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My brother interjects with a line from Superman 3.
Caller:
Hello, Mr Lee, I wonder if you know that your PC-
My brother (loudly at first, fading to a whisper)
I ASK YOU TO KILL SUPERMAN... and you tell me you can't do that one, simple, thing. *hangs up*
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| Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:28 pm |
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finlay666
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:40 pm
Posts: 4876
Location: Newcastle
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P0 bugfix needed investigating.
Only person that can grab the live system for testing is in a meeting indefinitely and it needs to be fixed by tomorrow morning....
_________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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rustybucket
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:10 pm
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