Small pleasures?

[Anny Road]

Mushrooms fried in butter and garlic.

[Carvalho Diablo]

Scotch eggs.  I've just had one and I wish I had another 25 or so in the fridge.

 

Always love brown sauce on my Scotch eggs.

[Stouffer]

Scotch egg pasties are what dreams are made of.

[General Dryness]

The Scotch egg pastie...

 

 

 From the oven of Zeus himself. Or some other goddy type figure. Take your pick.

 

That is fucking awesome though.

[RJ Fan club]

Scotch egg pasties are what dreams are made of.

Take it up a notch, have you still got the pie magic?

 

You still got the recipe for cheeseburger and chips pies?

[Champ]

Going into a shop where the staff are genuinely keen to help. One satified customer.

 

My name's Champ and I'm an Apple convert

[Section_31]

Going into a shop where the staff are genuinely keen to help. One satified customer.

 

My name's Champ and I'm an Apple convert

 

They're happy to help the way scientologists are happy to help. 

[Champ]

They're happy to help the way scientologists are happy to help.

They made my day. That and discovering that the car's MOT isn't due for another 3 months

[Total Longo]

Going into a shop where the staff are genuinely keen to help. One satified customer.

 

My name's Champ and I'm an Apple convert

 

That's because they are programmed to help. They're evil robots that are pretending they enjoy "helping" humans but soon enough, mark my words, they will burst out of shop windows (like those plastic shop dummies in Doctor Who) and destroy anyone with an iPhone.

[Carvalho Diablo]

Just walked home from our kid's via the corner shop. Sat here listening to Fishbone, just knocked back an icy cold pint of milk, currently stuffing my face with McCoys Flame Grilled crisps and a Yorkie.

[Stouffer]

Just walked home from our kid's via the corner shop. Sat here listening to Fishbone, just knocked back an icy cold pint of milk, currently stuffing my face with McCoys Flame Grilled crisps and a Yorkie.

I haven't the first clue who Fishbone are but milk and crisps; beautiful.

[lifetime fan]

Finding out your plumber has managed to 'bodge' the boiler for long enough so I can sort out boiler insurance. Hell then fit the new boiler for me and up his costs a bit to the insurance company to cover what he's done so far.

 

Cost to me? A case of thatchers when I come home in 3 months. So that's about £15 from Costco. Result.

[rubble-rouser]

Finding a a fiver AND a tenner in my jacket pocket

[Champ]

That's because they are programmed to help. They're evil robots that are pretending they enjoy "helping" humans but soon enough, mark my words, they will burst out of shop windows (like those plastic shop dummies in Doctor Who) and destroy anyone with an iPhone.

If only they'd break out and re-programme the assistants in most of the other shops I visit

[Total Longo]

If only they'd break out and re-programme the assistants in most of the other shops I visit

 

But then when they turn, they turn on everybody, not just iPhone owners.

 

I don't like this prospect.

[Champ]

But then when they turn, they turn on everybody, not just iPhone owners.

 

I don't like this prospect.

You're not a fan, are you?

 

I know that they massively exploit their customers and all that but as well as making my feelings known when people get things wrong I like to recognise the good stuff and the customer service inthe Apple store here has been brilliant

[Ezekiel 25:17]

An empty lift that takes you to the floor you want without stopping.

[Total Longo]

You're not a fan, are you?

 

I know that they massively exploit their customers and all that but as well as making my feelings known when people get things wrong I like to recognise the good stuff and the customer service inthe Apple store here has been brilliant

 

I just find the whole Apple ubiquitousness irritating, they may well be great products but everything about Apple kind of puts me off.

 

I'm not really sure why. Someone said on here (i think) that you have to make an appointment to be seen in Apple stores, is this true? 

[Champ]

I just find the whole Apple ubiquitousness irritating, they may well be great products but everything about Apple kind of puts me off.

 

I'm not really sure why. Someone said on here (i think) that you have to make an appointment to be seen in Apple stores, is this true?

 

Not at all. At the one here if its just simple advice you can just walk in on the main shop floor and someone will sort you out straight away. For more complex things they do operate a booking system but that can be within the hour and they text you when your turn's coming up. They also run workshops on a range of topics. I've not been to one yet but have got myself booked on to one at the end of the month offering advice about managing the information you hold on your phone/ipad

[RedKnight]

I just find the whole Apple ubiquitousness irritating, they may well be great products but everything about Apple kind of puts me off.

 

I'm not really sure why. Someone said on here (i think) that you have to make an appointment to be seen in Apple stores, is this true? 

 

If you see a 'genius' then you'll need an appointment, like if your phone's fucked. It's all bollocks.

[stringvest]

If you see a 'genius' then you'll need an appointment, like if your phone's fucked. It's all bollocks.

it's actually quite efficient.  Otherwise you'll be standing there for hours like you are at Carphone Warehouse.  

 

I get all the apple hate, but if you want something that just works and doesn't need fucking about with, then there isn't anything better.  There's less hassle setting up an iPhone than anything else this side of a nokia 3310.  It's the same with their computers.  

 

 

Sent from my iMac. 

[Total Longo]

Again, probably showing my ignorance again here but aren't Mac's way more expensive than other PC's with the same spec's? Is it a case of paying more for the name than anything else?

 

I remember when i got my M8 last year and it was £25 a month cheaper than the iPhone 6. This is for a top end Android phone (at the time). Nearly double the price a month (and an upfront fee) for what, exactly? For something that just works? The M8 was the easiest phone i've ever had to set up.

[RedKnight]

it's actually quite efficient.  Otherwise you'll be standing there for hours like you are at Carphone Warehouse.  

 

I get all the apple hate, but if you want something that just works and doesn't need fucking about with, then there isn't anything better.  There's less hassle setting up an iPhone than anything else this side of a nokia 3310.  It's the same with their computers.  

 

 

Sent from my iMac. 

 

I've never queued at a Carphone Warehouse but then I've only been in one twice in three years.

[Lucky Pierre]

On holiday and some Welsh fella had half a litre of whiskey left that he wasn't able to take with him. I'll have that, thank you very much.

[Remmie]

3 Litre bottle of Jim Beam for 38 euros from Ukrainian duty free (even though Ukraine does not use Euros). Tripled my personal allowance for spirits but I never get checked when back in the UK.