What's mildly amusing you today?

[Lamplighter]

Originally Posted by glatt

We were a Nielsen family for a week about 20 years ago, and they only gave us $1 then.

It's funny that they upped it. $1 was a laughable amount back then for everything they wanted us to fill out.
It was just the token gesture so we would feel obligated to do the work.
I wonder if they did studies that people today won't feel obligated
if you pay the $1 but they will if you pay them $2.

That was just a fore-runner business practice that the social media have jumped upon.
The $ gave the Nielsen company ownership of your responses.

FaceBook, Google, etc., have since done the same thing,
but they just declared their ownship, and skipped the $ part.

[Spexxvet]

We did it just last year. All we had to do was wear a monitor when we were awake. IIRC, it paid like $10 for signing up, $20 after 1 month, and $30(?) at the end of 3 months for each of us.

[Gravdigr]

Day before yesterday Popdigr received a recall notice from Chrysler regarding 1993-98 Grand Cherokees, and the possibility of a fuel leak in certain types of rear end collisions. They're gonna install a different kind of trailer hitch for free.

I can't wait to see the guy's face when we bring in a 20 year-old Jeep w/225,000 miles on it for free shop work.

By the by: When it got down deep into the single digits here a couple weeks ago, I just knew I was in for a new battery and alternator. See, the battery in GrandCherokeeOne is seven years old, and the alternator, yeah, that's Original Equipment right there, son. 20 yrs old, 225,000 miles!

And she cranked right the fuck up in that 4 degrees.

[DanaC]

From back when cars were built to last.

[Clodfobble]

In the grocery store this afternoon...

Wife: "You're buying Yoplait?"
Husband: "I have a coupon."
Wife: "Do you like Yoplait?"
Husband: "I like coupons."
Kid: "I didn't know you even liked yogurt."
Husband: "I like coupons."
Wife: "Okay, well, you may not serve that at the party tomorrow..."

[Gravdigr]

Coupons.

[Sundae]

I think I shocked Mum just now, by reciting some dirty limericks during an advert break.
Well one of the questions was which verse form has four lines, quatrain, limerick or sonnet. We both knew the answer of course, but I can't help wanting to show off and say how many lines the others were, and then give examples. Luckily I don't have any sonnets fully committed to memory.

But it was a little odd, because she's got an earthy sense of humour, and has heard far worse from my mouth!

Aside for that, we laughed like silly schoolgirls this afternoon. Chap came to assess the house for energy ratings or some such standard needed to sell it.
He was here for ages, taking photos and using a red light pointer and stuff.
After a while we just got giggly about it, in the living room while he was upstairs, imagining him taking selfies with my knickers on his head, or chasing his red light around her bedroom like a cat.

[glatt]

Tapatalk doesn't want to load anything this morning on my phone. So instead of sitting in bed browsing through the Cellar while sipping a mug of coffee, I needed to go into the old home office and sit in the uncomfortable chair to see what's going on in the world on the desktop.

Stupid flaky tapatalk.

[/First world problems.]

[Clodfobble]

Here's today's thing I'm supposed to read with a straight face:


"Suppose you've been assigned to work on the team for CATxil, the new feline antidepressant laced with catnip that was just launched."

[monster]

A pussy perker!


....now you can blame your inability to keep a straight face on me!

[Aliantha]

Well everyone likes a perky pussy.

[xoxoxoBruce]

This was the first post at the top of the page. I was forced to back up to see what that was about. I had to.

[Carruthers]

The responsible party would no doubt qualify as IOTD and for inclusion in that thread, but I suspect that he or she has suffered enough, so it's here instead.

A proposal to build a further 80 new homes was put before residents of Weston Turville this week – but developers scored an own goal by spelling the village’s name wrong.

The Pegasus Group held a community consultation on Monday to outline the development on four hectares of agricultural land behind the Holiday Inn and Calibre Audio Library on New Road, Weston Turville. But the promotional literature, pictured above, didn’t impress visitors.

Gillian McCree, who lives in the village, said: “On all the handouts asking for comments, and on all the boards showing maps, it was shown as ‘Weston Turnvile’.

“I was amazed to stand in front of a board with such bad mistakes. It doesn’t fill one with a lot of confidence. It shows complete lack of commitment and no attention to detail. If they get the name of the place wrong, what else will they get wrong?”

Residents have until March 31 to submit their comments.

Mrs McCree is concerned about the volume of traffic during the construction period and the lack of infrastructure (schools, doctor’s surgery) to support the development.

Literature seen by the Bucks Herald shows the village also named as Weston Turnville

Pegasus director Mervin Dobson, who is meeting with Weston Turville parish councillors tomorrow (Thursday) said: “It was a typographical and human error, it won’t be a reflection on the planning application.”

He said following the consultation process the plans would be reviewed and a planning application submitted within two to three months.

The Bucks Herald.

[limey]

My dad used to live there. Church Cottage.


Sent by thought transference

[Carruthers]

Originally Posted by limey

My dad used to live there. Church Cottage.

Sent by thought transference

Tis a small world!

Presumably somewhere along Church Walk or Church Lane then?
Used to take the dog for a walk down there. I understand that property values have recovered since Noel Edmonds moved out.

Church Walk, Weston Turville.