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minor things that make you fume

Tommy Chong said:
Had to look that up... A bit before my time. 😜

Medicated toilet paper?! Surely that would burn your hoop? 😂

Just give me good old fashion baby wet wipes to finish the job... ;)
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It wasn't the medication that was the issue. It had the texture of 2000 wet-and-dry or tracing paper and was waxed and utterly unabsorbant. It was ALL that was available to most of us in the 60s and 70s. When modern generations harp on about how we oldies had it so good it's because they never had to scrape their hoops with the equivalent of scrunched up razor blades.
 
chrismpw said:
It wasn't the medication that was the issue. It had the texture of 2000 wet-and-dry or tracing paper and was waxed and utterly unabsorbant. It was ALL that was available to most of us in the 60s and 70s. When modern generations harp on about how we oldies had it so good it's because they never had to scrape their hoops with the equivalent of scrunched up razor blades.
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Well, if I were a billionaire, I'd only wipe my hoop with £100 notes.

That way, every time I went to the loo, I can say: 'I'm 'bout to go drop a grand, yo!'
 
chrismpw said:
It wasn't the medication that was the issue. It had the texture of 2000 wet-and-dry or tracing paper and was waxed and utterly unabsorbant. It was ALL that was available to most of us in the 60s and 70s. When modern generations harp on about how we oldies had it so good it's because they never had to scrape their hoops with the equivalent of scrunched up razor blades.
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It was standard government issue in the bogs when I first went to work for the GPO.
 

Getting ID’d. This has happened a few times now so prepare for a rant.

Go to buy a single bottle of beer at the supermarket. Stood there as a man in his 30’s with a beard and tattoos.

“You guys are in your 30’s right?”

“yes”

“Can I see some ID”

Hand my ID over, girlfriend only has her UK driving licence

“I can’t accept this have you got your passport”

“No I don’t have my passport” (UK passport which is apparently unforgable unlike a UK licence)

“I can’t serve you then”

“ok but my ID’s valid and the beers for me and I’m paying”

“Yeah but she’s here”

“Ok but if she was my 6 year old child this wouldn’t be a problem so why does her being an adult change that”

“They’re really strict, we’d get in trouble”

It’s really cool being an adult and having to get one of you to wait outside so you can go back in, find a different checkout person, avoid the manager and buy a single bottle of 4.2% beer to enjoy in the sun.
 

KaiserEFC said:
Getting ID’d. This has happened a few times now so prepare for a rant.

Go to buy a single bottle of beer at the supermarket. Stood there as a man in his 30’s with a beard and tattoos.

“You guys are in your 30’s right?”

“yes”

“Can I see some ID”

Hand my ID over, girlfriend only has her UK driving licence

“I can’t accept this have you got your passport”

“No I don’t have my passport” (UK passport which is apparently unforgable unlike a UK licence)

“I can’t serve you then”

“ok but my ID’s valid and the beers for me and I’m paying”

“Yeah but she’s here”

“Ok but if she was my 6 year old child this wouldn’t be a problem so why does her being an adult change that”

“They’re really strict, we’d get in trouble”

It’s really cool being an adult and having to get one of you to wait outside so you can go back in, find a different checkout person, avoid the manager and buy a single bottle of 4.2% beer to enjoy in the sun.
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Where did this happen?
 
chrismpw said:
It wasn't the medication that was the issue. It had the texture of 2000 wet-and-dry or tracing paper and was waxed and utterly unabsorbant. It was ALL that was available to most of us in the 60s and 70s. When modern generations harp on about how we oldies had it so good it's because they never had to scrape their hoops with the equivalent of scrunched up razor blades.
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RufusCat said:
Standard school issue until the early 1970's View attachment 280234
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Ours had the words, now wash your hands printed on it. The toilets had partial wooden seats screwed down to the porcelain and that coupled with the razor sharp paper meant I must’ve only done 1 or 2 dumps in my entire school life!
 
Why is it so hard to butter a slice of toast these days? Scrape the knife across the butter in the tub, and it then slides off the knife. Need to try multiple times, and between the tub and the toast there’s a trail of butter over the worktop, the plate, hardly any on the toast. Doing my fkn nut in! Is it because they’ve now removed all the additives that are bad for us, but great for sticking butter to knives??
Started happening with jam and marmalade now. Is it me? Do I need a special type of knife?
 
Lao said:
Why is it so hard to butter a slice of toast these days? Scrape the knife across the butter in the tub, and it then slides off the knife. Need to try multiple times, and between the tub and the toast there’s a trail of butter over the worktop, the plate, hardly any on the toast. Doing my fkn nut in! Is it because they’ve now removed all the additives that are bad for us, but great for sticking butter to knives??
Started happening with jam and marmalade now. Is it me? Do I need a special type of knife?
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I would use a spoon, at least for the jam and marmalade!
 

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