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mrcharly-YHT

Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #775 on: 12 May, 2015, 01:28:33 pm »
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Getting a new stove the day I get back from a camping trip is just mean.

I might go pack a rucksack full of camping kit, walk up to the forest (half hour or so away), brew up, and walk back again.

And so it came to pass that the 'nanoadventure' was invented.
I'm surely not the only person here who has tried (and timed) several stoves in the back garden?
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Vince

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #776 on: 13 May, 2015, 11:01:04 am »
While camping at the weekend my coffee filters got damp, so I had to drink tea.
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PaulF

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #777 on: 13 May, 2015, 03:13:53 pm »
I have to take my Apple Watch off to let the scanner read my boarding pass as the reader is too narrow for a wrist
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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #778 on: 14 May, 2015, 12:25:18 pm »
Quote from: PaulF on 13 May, 2015, 03:13:53 pm
I have to take my Apple Watch off to let the scanner read my boarding pass as the reader is too narrow for a wrist

Outrageous!
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hatler

Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #779 on: 14 May, 2015, 12:27:19 pm »
Quote from: PaulF on 13 May, 2015, 03:13:53 pm
I have to take my Apple Watch off to let the scanner read my boarding pass as the reader is too narrow for a wrist
Wouldn't it just be easier to Chip & PIN yourself now ?

:-)
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PaulF

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #780 on: 14 May, 2015, 12:28:09 pm »
Quote from: Charlotte on 14 May, 2015, 12:25:18 pm
Quote from: PaulF on 13 May, 2015, 03:13:53 pm
I have to take my Apple Watch off to let the scanner read my boarding pass as the reader is too narrow for a wrist

Outrageous!

I know I'm really feeling quite traumatised by the whole experience

And just to rub salt in the wound there were more people waiting for priority boarding than standard boarding!
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PaulF

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #781 on: 14 May, 2015, 12:28:57 pm »
Quote from: hatler on 14 May, 2015, 12:27:19 pm
Quote from: PaulF on 13 May, 2015, 03:13:53 pm
I have to take my Apple Watch off to let the scanner read my boarding pass as the reader is too narrow for a wrist
Wouldn't it just be easier to Chip & PIN yourself now ?

:-)

I did look into that but you don't want to know where they put the chip!
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madcow

Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #782 on: 19 May, 2015, 12:42:59 am »
My employer has just upgraded my mobile phone . Out goes Blackberry in comes a sparkling Galaxy A3.
But wait on , the new phone is a good few centimetres longer than the BB.
Now it won't fit into the  waterproof wallet that I always use when out on the bike. Just how will I cope?
Can I claim a new wallet on expenses, boss?
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bumper

Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #783 on: 26 May, 2015, 09:09:19 am »
EMERGENCY

My kettle has broken  :o :o :o
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hellymedic

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #784 on: 26 May, 2015, 01:43:45 pm »
Quote from: bumper on 26 May, 2015, 09:09:19 am
EMERGENCY

My kettle has broken  :o :o :o

Kettles are now so cheap that having a spare in case of kettle death makes sense. I was glad I had one for when my cleaning lady killed my 35 year old Russell-Hobbs.
We have gas and could also use the little hob kettle I bought from Poundstretcher a decade ago...
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rafletcher

Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #785 on: 26 May, 2015, 01:56:28 pm »
[quote author=PaulF link=topic=78430.msg1861652#msg1861652 date=1431602889

And just to rub salt in the wound there were more people waiting for priority boarding than standard boarding!
[/quote]

Standard Ryanair then  :thumbsup:   
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PaulF

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #786 on: 26 May, 2015, 04:44:37 pm »
I've been stuck on the same level of Candy Crush for weeks
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bumper

Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #787 on: 26 May, 2015, 04:51:56 pm »
Quote from: hellymedic on 26 May, 2015, 01:43:45 pm
Quote from: bumper on 26 May, 2015, 09:09:19 am
EMERGENCY

My kettle has broken  :o :o :o

Kettles are now so cheap that having a spare in case of kettle death makes sense. I was glad I had one for when my cleaning lady killed my 35 year old Russell-Hobbs.
We have gas and could also use the little hob kettle I bought from Poundstretcher a decade ago...

The spare kettle has been in service today  :thumbsup:
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LEE

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #788 on: 26 May, 2015, 04:56:19 pm »
Quote from: hellymedic on 26 May, 2015, 01:43:45 pm
Quote from: bumper on 26 May, 2015, 09:09:19 am
EMERGENCY

My kettle has broken  :o :o :o

Kettles are now so cheap that having a spare in case of kettle death makes sense. I was glad I had one for when my cleaning lady killed my 35 year old Russell-Hobbs.
We have gas and could also use the little hob kettle I bought from Poundstretcher a decade ago...

Keeping 2 spare kettles in case your working one breaks (after 35 years) seems extreme. 

If nothing else the warranty on your backup may be 34 years out of date.

I live 2 minutes from CURRYS and next-day delivery is rife.  A pan will suffice for a day.



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bumper

Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #789 on: 26 May, 2015, 05:06:28 pm »
The jetboil is my back up-back up.

If i didnt have my tea/coffee, I would go on strike ;D
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hellymedic

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #790 on: 26 May, 2015, 07:10:34 pm »
Quote from: LEE on 26 May, 2015, 04:56:19 pm
Quote from: hellymedic on 26 May, 2015, 01:43:45 pm
Quote from: bumper on 26 May, 2015, 09:09:19 am
EMERGENCY

My kettle has broken  :o :o :o

Kettles are now so cheap that having a spare in case of kettle death makes sense. I was glad I had one for when my cleaning lady killed my 35 year old Russell-Hobbs.
We have gas and could also use the little hob kettle I bought from Poundstretcher a decade ago...

Keeping 2 spare kettles in case your working one breaks (after 35 years) seems extreme. 

If nothing else the warranty on your backup may be 34 years out of date.

I live 2 minutes from CURRYS and next-day delivery is rife.  A pan will suffice for a day.

Bought spare kettle after new kettle, bought when I was running two homes, sprung a leak and I didn't fancy mixing water and electricity.
Downsized to single home and resumed use of my old Student kettle.
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pumpkin

Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #791 on: 29 May, 2015, 03:42:33 pm »
My 5 yr. old daughter wants her towels 'fluffy' ie dried in a dryer (££) as opposed to air dried on the line.
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Mrs Pingu

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #792 on: 29 May, 2015, 04:47:23 pm »
^ tell her a puppy/kitten gets it everytime the tumble drier is run....
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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #793 on: 29 May, 2015, 04:57:58 pm »
Hook the drier up to a bicycle generator and tell her to start pedalling.
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PaulF

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #794 on: 10 June, 2015, 11:16:27 am »
I couldn't get into the gym at my hotel this morning.
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Pickled Onion

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #795 on: 15 June, 2015, 08:17:53 am »
Quote from: pumpkin on 29 May, 2015, 03:42:33 pm
My 5 yr. old daughter wants her towels 'fluffy' ie dried in a dryer (££) as opposed to air dried on the line.

Me too. I dry on the line and then fluff up with 5 mins in the dryer (pp).
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Eccentrica Gallumbits

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #796 on: 18 June, 2015, 12:43:28 pm »
These grapes are tarter than I really like.
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ian

Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #797 on: 18 June, 2015, 03:43:18 pm »
I like mangoes put peeling them and removing the middle is such a trial.
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CrinklyLion

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #798 on: 18 June, 2015, 04:53:57 pm »
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ian

Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #799 on: 18 June, 2015, 06:23:34 pm »
Most excellent. I have adapted the method by using my lower teeth instead of the glass. I don't many dinner invites for some reason.

You can buy pre-prepared mangoes in packets, which is very first world. But don't, because the people that sell these do not understand mango. It's horrid, underripe mango. Proper mangoes should be bought and forgotten about in the bottom of the fridge for several weeks until the teeter on the edge of collapse. Oh, juicy succulent tropicalness. It puts the Umbongo in the Congo.

Apropos of nothing, but I have to figure out how to get some Umbongo to the Congo, since the people of the DRC are unacquainted with their attachment to the sweet beveridge. The same two people mocked the stuffed lion (toy, not a real one) I was carrying around OR Tambo at the weekend. Not a scary lion, apparently. I don't think they have lions in the Congo either.
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