Show Posts

This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.


Topics - Sorastro

Pages: [1] 2 3 ... 10
1
Politics / There's talk of a general election!
« on: March 17, 2024, 01:19:17 PM »
With rumblings about calls for a general election sooner than later you have to ask yourselves the one and only vital question:-
"Will I be better off with the other lot in power, I mean REALLY better off?" to claim you won't be any worse off may be true but that's not the answer, the Parliamentary revolving doors has gone on long enough it's just one big game to M.P.'s.

Lets face it for decades now the two main parties have been in and out of power numerous times and at the end of the day the voter has never seen any significant change [for the better} in their lives. Everyone knows that what's given with one hand is usually taken with the other, yes I think we can agree, those of us of a certain age, we are a lot better off than our parents and grandparents were but just look around, food banks, homelessness, poverty, N.H.S. crisis, rubbish roads, filthy rivers the list goes on and for one of the richest nations on earth in the 21st century these Dickensian problems are not exactly a ringing endorsement to elect any of them back into power.

As I've explained before I no longer vote, why? because I'm waiting for someone or some party worth voting for, that will break this cycle, which means a hell of a long wait as far as I'm concerned, the last time I saw the inside of a polling station voting on a general election I voted for Labour led by Harold Wilson, that's how long I've been waiting. If Labour get in next time yes you will see some improvement no doubt but just like the last lot and those before they will just end up painting over the cracks and at the end of their 5 year stint they will be in the same position the Tories are in now convincing us their doing a good job and to re elect them and the cycle will continue.

2
Rants / Bargain!
« on: March 05, 2024, 01:10:43 PM »
Once again, as I have mentioned in the dim and distant past, bargains galore to be had usually to be found on the backs of magazines.

The ones that get my goat is the Royal mint {collectable} newly minted coins. I have just come across the latest from the Charles collection once in a lifetime chance to buy coins {total face value £3:88p} yours for just £34!!!

If I owned a shop and priced my goods at 10 times their value compared to the shop next door selling the same items how long would I stay in business.

These coins won't {and never will be} worth more than their face value so shelling out for these coins is just a sheer waste of money.
My brother started his coin collection when he was a teenager, he past away last year aged 81 and he had a substantial collection, but he had already been told that his collection had in fact depreciated in value rather than increased I certainly don't think he would have got a decent return for all his efforts.

3
Entertainment / One of my all time favourite shows
« on: February 10, 2024, 07:50:32 PM »
Whilst channel hopping the other night {no cancel that...channel hopping means something entirely different nowadays!!!}

Whilst watching tv the other night I glanced through the schedules for late evening and found one of the best comedy shows ever been on tv being repeated........Up Pompeii I loved it.
I loved Frankie Howerd, I loved the saucy seaside postcard humour, yes the scripts were lame and very predictable, especially the ode's but it was good wholesome fun.
What I do find amusing is that at the beginning of the show there is a warning caption along the lines of this programme was made in a different age were customs and language differ from today, compared to what's on nowadays U.P. is tame by comparison, it's very refreshing to find a comedian, and a show, on the box that can keep you laughing without resorting to effing and blinding.

4
Entertainment / James Martin
« on: February 03, 2024, 12:06:20 PM »
James Martin has been in the news recently not just about his cancer scares but it appears he has been taking his frustrations out on the crew that film his touring shows and his Saturday morning kitchen show.
It would appear that on the Sat morn shows at one point his house became flooded, apparently this was the fault of the crew, and he "lost his rag". This is what comes of turning your home into a virtual film set, Anthony Worrall Thompson did the same thing when he did the show as apparently you get more money if you use your own house, therefore {because of greed} there is a certain amount of risk involved.

I used to look forward to J.M. cookery shows but I've gone off him as his "recipes" seem to cater for the more affluent in our community and I have it on good authority by someone who met him he's a bit of a miserable sod.
Obviously a real fine dining cook {I call them all cooks as you don't chef food you cook it}

Give me Jamie Oliver every time, plain simple recipes plain simple food, no faffing about............   

5
General Discussion / Part time posties!
« on: January 25, 2024, 08:42:29 PM »
Another brilliant idea thought up by the suits.......

There is talk of cutting down the number of days you will receive your mail, could be down to three days a week if the P.O. have their way.
I cannot see how that would work {let alone save money} if postmen have only 3 days to deliver six days worth of mail they will most definitely require more staff on those days which will undoubtedly cost more, granted the amount of letters posted nowadays pales in comparison to years ago {a good % of all mail is now emails and courier sent} but every address has to be covered. There has been a steady decline in the postal service as we can see as the vast majority of people now get their mail in the P.M., me included. I used to get my mail at 7 o'clock in the morning now if someone wants to send me an "urgent" before noon letter they have to pay extra and still no guarantee.
A classic example will be what will happen to those people who have prescriptions through the post?

Unless they have a plan B that I am not aware of {baring in mind I was in a very similar delivery industry for nearly 40 years} then my opinion is it's doomed to fail, that means more taxpayers money down the drain, lets see what they come up with.

6
General Discussion / Made in England
« on: January 17, 2024, 10:12:36 AM »
Most of this countries woes can be attributed to the fact we no longer have our own manufacturing base.

The troubles with cargo ships in the Suez canal...the troubles with Russia are just part of why we are struggling. We no longer manufacture goods here for our own internal market, we have to rely too much on imports and that isn't good.
Once upon a time we and our products were the envy of the world, we exported far more than we imported safe in the knowledge it was top class merchandise, and what we did import was vital, when was the last time you shopped and picked a product with the British kite mark on?
We are now relying on cheap Eastern imports, most of which {especially electrical goods} are turning out to be cheaply made and dangerous the vast percentage of our gas and electric comes from abroad especially with electric we are pumping millions into a French electric company to build nuclear power stations here and very little building work is being done, one site I believe is 15 years in the making and is still far from complete, even the solar panel farms we erect in our fields are made abroad.
Even our national bus company {Stagecoach} is German owned, same with the water companies owned by foreign companies.

We need to go back to manufacturing our own goods and start showing the world we can still be a force to be reckoned with. The British brand has been diluted so many times over the past sixty odd years it's no longer recognisable.

Start producing BRITISH cars, white goods other electrical goods etc. stop relying on foreign imports, if it could be produced here don't import it.

7
General Discussion / Losing weight
« on: January 13, 2024, 07:42:55 PM »
I have had occasion to watch adverts for a well known weight loss club on t.v. Whilst the advert is on, along the bottom of the screen is obviously examples of individual weight loss and time taken and the one that caught my eye was "2 stone in 220 months".

In English that's 28 lbs in just over 4 YEARS!!! you do the maths but I've lost more weight than that just wiping the sweat from my brow.
 
 It seems there are people out there with absolutely no willpower of their own, this is why slimming clubs pop up and people pay to be told the obvious to eat healthier and exercise more, same with gyms.

8
Politics / Mr. Bates versus the Post Office
« on: January 09, 2024, 11:05:37 AM »
Firstly that was one hell of a fine drama...and obviously true.

This drama brought to the forefront the biggest miscarriage of justice seen in modern times. This four hour drama highlighted what did,or more importantly what didn't happen, over the past twenty some years. The millions spent by the P.O. on fancy expensive lawyers to get convictions using any means at their disposal {i.e. mainly lying}.

What's going to be the outcome.......when compensation is finally paid the taxpayer will automatically foot the bill as the P.O. is owned by the Government. It looks like Fujitsu will walk away from this scot free as no one seems to be haranguing them for compensation let alone an apology, not only that since this debacle began Fujitsu has secured many more contracts with H.M.G. including the tax and pensions departments.
Trying to understand the P.O. to a degree when all this kicked off and the length of time involved, my guess is once they had started the ball rolling with all these postmasters/mistresses they were going to see this to the very end, and they had the resources to enable them to do that. I believe their aim then {and still} is to dig and dig till they can actually find someone who could possibly be seen to have been "dishonest" and that would then be the catalyst that would exonerate them, a sort of "We told you so moment".

As ever we shall have to wait and see.......still safe in the knowledge that Fujitsu is looking after our pensions!!!!!!

9
General Discussion / Travelling home for Xmas
« on: December 30, 2023, 01:41:24 PM »
I don't know if this is fake news or what but.......

According to a presenter on G.B. news they have found out from a reliable source in border security that quite a few so called asylum seekers claiming asylum who are hoping to be allowed to stay here {having fled war or persecution, or both, in their own country} were caught at airports trying to fly home to visit their families over Christmas.......EH!!!!!!



10
Chesterfield Discussion / The green green grass of home
« on: December 30, 2023, 12:57:32 PM »
Read in this weeks D.T. Chesterfield Borough Council are considering putting forward a proposal to charge an annual fee to people for their green bin collections {garden waste}.

Whether this will spill over to include N.E.D.D.C. or not {of which I am a tenant} remains to be seen but, if it does, I and others like me shouldn't have to pay mainly because the bin collections are already calculated in the yearly Council tax and I shouldn't have to pay twice.

This could cause a few problems, basically if I HAVE to pay I { and others} will just stop using the service which means I will stop tending my garden by not mowing the grass or cutting back the hedges, this in turn will lead to the Council getting on to me for not looking after the property as per tenancy agreement, so the only alternative, apart from fly tipping, is to sneak the garden waste into the black bin.   

11
Politics / Suella Braverman sacked
« on: November 13, 2023, 10:05:34 AM »
She's gone, now enter the villain........David Cameron {of all people} looks like he's trying to making a comeback, he's obviously down to his last million in his bank account, I'll say one thing about him he's got some brass neck after dropping us in it the day after Brexit.

Still it could be worse we could have seen Bojo walking back into Downing street.

Deckchairs and Titanic spring to mind. 

12
Techie Or Suggestions / search bar
« on: October 31, 2023, 11:47:21 AM »
Not being a computer whizz...........

Over the past few days I have noticed stuff on my search bar that I know I didn't look up, mainly for iron tablets and foundation and beauty products {which I am totally uninterested in anyway} so they don't appear random they are specific products, I certainly didn't look them up or click on their specific sites so I'm just wondering how they got there.
Is there a possibility that someone close by is using my wi fi signal and if so how and how do I prevent it?

13
Politics / Question time
« on: October 27, 2023, 12:12:33 PM »
I watched last nights question time on the beeb. On the panel was the local Tory candidate Lee Rowley and as the questions, among others,  ranged from Gaza to renting/buying property he basically had the cr*p kicked out of him as regards the parties line, his responses were weak to say the least and it got to the point where you could tell he wished he hadn't gone on.

You could tell he had been wheeled out to promote the Tory party and their policies possibly because no one else wanted to do it.
That's the trouble with q/t nowadays, your only getting the Z listers on there now instead of some of the "top brass" in politics.

14
Chesterfield Discussion / DON'T mention the weather!!!
« on: October 24, 2023, 11:38:17 AM »
O.K. I won't.......

It's been very quiet on here these past few days, no doubt some of you have possibly had more pressing things on your mind lately, but every now and again it's nice to hear from folk and know your still out there.

15
Entertainment / Netflix
« on: October 19, 2023, 08:25:44 PM »
We have been watching Netflix for about a year now, until about 12 weeks ago!
We piggybacked on the back of my daughters contract so got it free till Netflix sussed out what was happening and blocked us and as it turns out we were not alone, they obviously found out this "loophole" was costing them money.

According to the news today since Netflix started closing this loophole they have signed up over 8 million "new" customers and if that wasn't enough to satisfy them they are putting their monthly premiums up by at least £2 obviously to teach us all a lesson.

Thankfully it won't bother me........ what I never had I'll never miss.

Pages: [1] 2 3 ... 10
SMF spam blocked by CleanTalk