adman
March 4th, 2008, 06:47 PM
Banged into a couple of SFX....sorry I mean SSC lads over the weekend!
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View Full Version : Too Cool to Mention 100k? adman March 4th, 2008, 06:47 PM Banged into a couple of SFX....sorry I mean SSC lads over the weekend! Veinticinco March 4th, 2008, 07:26 PM :/ liverpolitan March 4th, 2008, 09:57 PM How baffling. What is SFX? Who or what is 100k? Is that how much money everyone else on here earns but everyone just assumes everone else earns at least as much so it's not mentioned? When you say "banged into" does that mean the same as "bumped into"? adman March 5th, 2008, 04:22 AM How baffling. What is SFX? Who or what is 100k? Is that how much money everyone else on here earns but everyone just assumes everone else earns at least as much so it's not mentioned? When you say "banged into" does that mean the same as "bumped into"? Sorry Pol, I was rambling. SFX is shorthand for St Francis Xavier's. It's a common term in Liverpool. I accidentally banged into some ex SFX college lads at The Dorchester over the weekend. The 100k is about the forthcoming 100,000th post. Artie Fufkin March 5th, 2008, 09:56 AM Sorry Pol, I was rambling. SFX is shorthand for St Francis Xavier's. It's a common term in Liverpool. I accidentally banged into some ex SFX college lads at The Dorchester over the weekend. The 100k is about the forthcoming 100,000th post. I really detest the term 100k or 30k or whatever, k means one thing only which is thousand per annum, so when someone tells you their car was 10k or their house was 200k just slap them for me, its a crusade type thing, that and front fog lights on in the daylight. sorry just felt like a quick rant. adman March 5th, 2008, 10:05 AM I really detest the term 100k or 30k or whatever, k means one thing only which is thousand per annum, so when someone tells you their car was 10k or their house was 200k just slap them for me, its a crusade type thing, that and front fog lights on in the daylight. sorry just felt like a quick rant. No probs Artie:lol: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1000_(number) http://www.thefreedictionary.com/thousand http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/THOUSAND T0M March 5th, 2008, 11:28 AM Well spotted Ads, the 100,000 posts is quite a mile stone, and it looks like we'll be the 'second city' after London to reach it.... Let's just hope that it doesn't prompt a childish race to see who can make the 100,000th post. :ohno: T0M March 5th, 2008, 11:29 AM Seriously guys, we'd just make ourselves look silly. T0M March 5th, 2008, 11:30 AM And childish. Ged March 5th, 2008, 11:32 AM Wheres accy ?:nuts: adman March 5th, 2008, 11:51 AM Wheres accy ?:nuts: LOL! Dorchester Hotel, saturday night. Boyz 11 Men Cockney style:lol: TuG6IwYbKkw PhilG March 5th, 2008, 11:57 AM And childish. I agree kung_fuzi March 5th, 2008, 02:33 PM I agree So do I.:) b4mmy March 5th, 2008, 06:37 PM Well spotted Ads, the 100,000 posts is quite a mile stone, and it looks like we'll be the 'second city' after London to reach it.... Let's just hope that it doesn't prompt a childish race to see who can make the 100,000th post. :ohno: the first Tom :) London have just over 73,000 Tony Sebo March 5th, 2008, 07:39 PM Sorry Pol, I was rambling. SFX is shorthand for St Francis Xavier's. It's a common term in Liverpool. I accidentally banged into some ex SFX college lads at The Dorchester over the weekend. The 100k is about the forthcoming 100,000th post. I went there (for a year, till I got expelled!) :ohno: Doesn't 'K' just mean thousand? Scarecrow March 5th, 2008, 08:02 PM Since we're spamming away like a Python appreciation society, I'd like to add that Badger Golden Glory is the finest ale on the face of the planet. :) PhilG March 5th, 2008, 08:11 PM Doesn't 'K' just mean thousand? Yep. :) Ged March 5th, 2008, 09:29 PM I went there (for a year, till I got expelled!) :ohno: I went there as well Tony circa 1970. Oh.. I got expelled as well..:yes: JUXTAPOL March 5th, 2008, 11:32 PM Since we're spamming away like a Python appreciation society, I'd like to add that Badger Golden Glory is the finest ale on the face of the planet. :) It is nice isn't it :cheers: I'm going to quaff a Cains Double Bock or three now...:drunk: Ged March 6th, 2008, 10:44 AM Like the vid addy mate..FFS..dont you ever go anywhere without a camera.:lol: Damon March 6th, 2008, 11:07 AM ^^ He's a wise man Ged. I'm starting to lose count of the occasions that I find myself somewhere and think "Should have brought the camera" - just because the light seems good and the view looks nice, and the efforts of you lot serve to help me realise the value of recording things; after all, experience tells us that however permanent things seem, They Won't Always Be This Way. Carrying the camera isn't a habit of mine though, and it only really gets used for family snaps; which is one reason I'm so grateful to you guys. Tony Sebo March 6th, 2008, 06:04 PM I went there as well Tony circa 1970. Oh.. I got expelled as well..:yes: 73-74 I was there. Funny tale. I actually assumed it was in Everton when I made my preferences, only found out a few days before I was due to start that it was in sunny Woolton... put a real downer on things! Blabber II March 6th, 2008, 07:54 PM Can anybody advise me as to what exactly a healthy shit should look like? That Gillian McKeith harridan from TV, the one with a Phd in Shit, claims that it should be a kind of curled up log, that is chestnut coloured. Can anybody verify this? I have serious concerns about my poo. Thanks in advance. :toilet: Tony Sebo March 6th, 2008, 08:00 PM Here we go ... if in doubt, sort it out! http://altmedicine.about.com/od/gettingdiagnosed/a/stools.htm Blabber II March 6th, 2008, 08:09 PM Tony, Thanks for this. I might print that page out and take it to work with me. I want to adopt a scientific approach to this - observe, diagnose, treat - so may take a clip board and a pen with me into the mens. A white lab jacket would also be nice, but I don't want to look weird. I'm a bit confused though. How would anybody know that their poo sinks too quickly? Do I need to quickly jump up off the loo and watch it? How long is "too quick"? I suppose I could take a stop-watch with me as well. Anyway, cheers mate. I can report back if people wish. Toadboy March 6th, 2008, 08:17 PM You need the Bristol Stool Chart. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Stool_Scale Blabber II March 6th, 2008, 08:25 PM Toad, That is very helpful, thank you. I'm tempted to have a copy laminated and mounted in my favourite cubicle. Toadboy March 6th, 2008, 08:28 PM McKeith always makes her victims cack in a tupperware container and examines the contents from there. Blabber II March 6th, 2008, 08:31 PM How disgusting of her, not to mention unnecessary. :toilet: Tony_sw March 6th, 2008, 08:50 PM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HalD12wJ2_s Blabber II March 6th, 2008, 08:54 PM So how does the Bristol Chart classify that condition? Awayo March 6th, 2008, 09:47 PM I find that, as with so many things, in poo, variety is the spice of life. Depending on what I've eaten or drank the previous day, whether I've gone for a run or the gym, sat in the office or whatever, the colour and consistancy of my poo can vary enormously every day or even from one poo to another during the same day. Gillian McKeith is a charlatan and enemy of the truth about poo. Maybe if one ate exactly the same meal every day would one's poo remain constant in all its attributes. In reality, our diets and lifestyles vary and so should our poo. So long as one is not chronically diarrhoeic or constipated, Blabs, I would not worry about your poo not corresponding every day exactly to this mythical poo that has come out of McKeith's head. Toadboy March 6th, 2008, 09:53 PM Was that poo shouting "Accy"? Too right, poos are all about the here and now - today conker coloured and torpedo like...tomorrow lumpy and smelling like a nappy. Sausage dinners make a fine stool, too much guinness makes a gruesome mess. Tony Sebo March 7th, 2008, 12:56 PM Thinking about it now, I feel being the first city to reach the 100k benchmark is a nice thing for the Liverpool sub-forum to achieve. We should have a word with the mods to see if we can mark it in some way, maybe with a banner... though Brum may get there first, they are fast coming up on the rails! thecityofgold March 7th, 2008, 01:19 PM 176 to go.. Tomorrow could be the day? Tony Sebo March 7th, 2008, 01:20 PM one thing I hope we avoid is people doing 'an accy' and posting shite just to bump the number up quicker! Damon March 7th, 2008, 01:47 PM God yes, that would be a feckin disgrace. PhilG March 7th, 2008, 01:50 PM God yes, that would be a feckin disgrace. :lol: v4vendetta March 7th, 2008, 01:51 PM We should have a word with the mods to see if we can mark it in some way, maybe with a banner... though Brum may get there first, they are fast coming up on the rails! The Brummie Johnnies are just under 2000 posts behind us. We'll win no problem, young Tony. :) Toadboy March 7th, 2008, 01:59 PM Accy could get them 2000 tonight after he's had a alcopop. v4vendetta March 7th, 2008, 02:03 PM Accy could get them 2000 tonight after he's had a alcopop. I doubt he would need any Alcopops, Toadboy!! :ohno: Blabber II March 7th, 2008, 11:19 PM It's official. I've just sh*t myself laughing. Fuck off BT, you verminous cunts! Yj2oXMdZ4sk&feature :hilarious v4vendetta March 7th, 2008, 11:47 PM ^^ Mrs Carter sounded a mite cheesed off with BT there! :lol: Smileyface March 8th, 2008, 11:29 AM Well done Liverpool on getting 100,000 posts - if I hang around here long enough I might be one who gets it?:banana: liverpolitan March 8th, 2008, 11:30 AM Well done Liverpool on getting 100,000 posts - if I hang around here long enough I might be one who gets it?:banana: :lol: Joe the red March 8th, 2008, 12:05 PM Well done Liverpool on getting 100,000 posts - if I hang around here long enough I might be one who gets it?:banana: Nice one Smiley. It's a nice landmark to reach and especially nice and somewhat surprising that Accy didn't hijack the forum overnight to make sure he was the one who reached it. I have no idea which post was the one but wouldnt it have been nice if it had been a positive post like Central Village has commenced or L1 (ex Windsor) has a new developer on site or a multinational / global company was taking a large amount of grade 1 office space. :) Tony Sebo March 8th, 2008, 12:31 PM It's official. I've just sh*t myself laughing. Fuck off BT, you verminous cunts! Yj2oXMdZ4sk&feature :hilarious so the pooquest was sorted then? :) Chris B March 8th, 2008, 01:00 PM Good news that we've hit the 100k mark. The nice part is that although we do occasionally lapse into meaningless banter, the vast majority of those posts consist of worthwhile, constructive and above all interesting opinion and debate. Tony Sebo March 8th, 2008, 01:31 PM yes, energy as well as reportage has always been the added dimension to our subforum! :) liverpolitan March 8th, 2008, 01:42 PM yes, energy as well as reportage has always been the added dimension to our subforum! :) And maturity, I think there is a better mix of ages here than in some other bits of SSC - which isn't to say that younger contributors like liverodysea and others arent great. Damon March 8th, 2008, 02:02 PM which isn't to say that younger contributors like liverodysea ...and me... aren't great. :lol: liverpolitan March 8th, 2008, 02:26 PM It's official. I've just sh*t myself laughing. Fuck off BT, you verminous cunts! Yj2oXMdZ4sk&feature :hilarious Mr Carter should be able to sue them for that call. First of all it was intrusive, unwelcome and unecessary. Second the caller failed to respond promptly or appropriately to abundantly clear messages that the call was to be terminated. The BT person needed to end the call, with the two words: "Sorry, Bye". He persists, with a gratuitous "thank you for using BT" insult at the end. Utterly disgraceful. There is a sinister "got him" comment from someone else a few seconds later. BT have caused this poor man stress and misery. They have probably shortened his life. I myself, whilst lacking his courage and candour, have had troublesome calls from and with BT and believe they are a force for evil in the world. We should be able to easily and routinely record all calls from and with such organisations, and then have an easy way of suing them for compensation when we end up distressed and damaged as a result. They harrassed him out of a sense of corporate greed, without any regard for his health, safety, welfare, wishes, wellbeing or desires. "Fuck You - We Want Your Money" is what that call was all about. Mr Carter is probably dead now, of a heart attack, killed by BT and their ilk. BT are verminous fucking scum. Chris B March 8th, 2008, 02:37 PM And maturity, I think there is a better mix of ages here than in some other bits of SSC - which isn't to say that younger contributors like liverodysea and others arent great. Just so I know, what is the age criteria for being classed as 'younger'? v4vendetta March 8th, 2008, 02:51 PM Just so I know, what is the age criteria for being classed as 'younger'? 72. Mercurius March 8th, 2008, 02:52 PM Damn it, you beat us to it!! We shall overtake you soon mark my words lol. ;) Chris B March 8th, 2008, 02:56 PM ^^ Don't bank on it. With the on-going discussions of all things related to Capital of Culture, plus the outcomes of developments that are almost guaranteed to result in page after page of discussion - King Edward Tower as a for instance, I reckon now we're out in front, others cities could have a hard job over-taking us. Tony Sebo March 8th, 2008, 03:09 PM we used to be much further in front, till strange leaps in postcounts started occuring! :lol: JUXTAPOL March 8th, 2008, 03:13 PM BT have caused this poor man stress and misery. They have probably shortened his life. I myself, whilst lacking his courage and candour, have had troublesome calls from and with BT and believe they are a force for evil in the world. ................ BT are verminous fucking scum. Why didn't Mr Carter simply put the phone down, sounds like he has an anger management issue, and it was the B.T. guy, (assuming this isn't a setup), who recieved a torrent of abuse, agreed he shouldn't have made the second offer of services.....:lol: Blabber II March 8th, 2008, 04:06 PM Mr Carter should be able to sue them for that call. First of all it was intrusive, unwelcome and unecessary. Second the caller failed to respond promptly or appropriately to abundantly clear messages that the call was to be terminated. The BT person needed to end the call, with the two words: "Sorry, Bye". He persists, with a gratuitous "thank you for using BT" insult at the end. Utterly disgraceful. There is a sinister "got him" comment from someone else a few seconds later. BT have caused this poor man stress and misery. They have probably shortened his life. I myself, whilst lacking his courage and candour, have had troublesome calls from and with BT and believe they are a force for evil in the world. We should be able to easily and routinely record all calls from and with such organisations, and then have an easy way of suing them for compensation when we end up distressed and damaged as a result. They harrassed him out of a sense of corporate greed, without any regard for his health, safety, welfare, wishes, wellbeing or desires. "Fuck You - We Want Your Money" is what that call was all about. Mr Carter is probably dead now, of a heart attack, killed by BT and their ilk. BT are verminous fucking scum. I fucking despise BT with all my soul. They are the worst company I have ever dealt with and I wake up every day happy in the knowledge that I'm no longer trapped in their rip-off of a contract. Their customer service is dire. I have been tricked into paying for repairs I was promised would be free; I have been entered into long contracts even when I've told them I didn't want to be (and was then subjected to investigations); and I've spent literally days worth of time waiting on the phone for some Indian or Geordie to pick up the fucking phone. They aren't good value for money compared to other companies, and I have been lied to and messed about on so many occassions I hope they go bust. Typical post-nationalised company - SHIT. Bravo to that man for telling them to fuck off. Frankly, I find that call slightly suspect. Those comments at the end make me wonder whether they hadn't called, and annoyed, that customer earlier on and then called him back to record him. I wonder whether he got into any trouble. Martin S March 8th, 2008, 04:07 PM Mr Carter's behaviour there can only be justified if he had been continually pestered by BT and asked them on several occasions not to ring him. Saying that, it does show the total contemptuous way that modern organisations behave. The man was absolutely furious, threatening personal violence against the caller and shouting and swearing like a maniac but he still got the 'thank you for using BT' line. It's like the 'your call is important to us' rubbish you get while you wait ten minutes for someone in India to get round to answering your call. Awayo March 8th, 2008, 04:19 PM Is it a hoax? The usual script is for telemarketers to hang up at the first instance of inappropriate language. I've had the phone put down on me when I was just in a bad mood once and sounded a bit tetchy. liverpolitan March 8th, 2008, 08:53 PM Just so I know, what is the age criteria for being classed as 'younger'? Hmmmm, well "youngsters" are teenagers; "younger" are up to mid twenties i think. woody March 8th, 2008, 09:28 PM Hmmmm, well "youngsters" are teenagers; "younger" are up to mid twenties i think. So Poli, at what age do you and I become old farts !!!:lol: A big pat on the back to all on this Liverpool forum, 100,000 posts of incisive, intelligent , educational and informative reporting on our ever changing city is just brilliant. Oh lets not forget the odd bit of drivel when accy boy :tongue: pops over from his clogg wearing buddies :baeh3: Our image producing department should also take a :bowtie: ,for posting up the best piccys on SSC. A group :grouphug: is in order Damon March 8th, 2008, 10:19 PM Just to clarify after my somewhat optimistic post on the previous page, there is no way I qualify as 'young', 'younger', 'youngish', 'mid-twenties', 'mid-thirties', or even 'late thirties'. Alas. Chris B March 8th, 2008, 11:14 PM Hmmmm, well "youngsters" are teenagers; "younger" are up to mid twenties i think. I'm 25, so does that still qualify as 'younger'. I hope so. It already irks me that I now have to tick the 25-34 age box when filling in forms, rather than the 18-24 one. liverpolitan March 8th, 2008, 11:59 PM What's so good about being young though? You have to die one day no matter what, and the older you are the more days of life you have "banked". When you are 20, you don't know if you will live until you are 21, indeed, some 20 year olds, sadly, will not make it to 21. But when you are 22, you've had 21, so you are better off than a 20 year old. That is, if the length of life matters, which some people don't seem to agree with. I've never personally liked the "life is a span" thing trotted out a funerals for people who die young, but I suppose it's true. I feel I belong to the age group that does worst of any age group ever: - we didn't benefit from the vast increases in property prices where you bought a house for Three Shilling and Six Pence - we didn't get the early retirement bonanza of older people and now have to work until we drop - we didn't have all the wealth and opportunities that young people have, with nearly full unemployment and the ease of travel and having fun (oh no, fun was FAR TOO EXPENSIVE in the old days) - all these so-called breakthroughs that will cure illnesses and delay ageing will not come about until it's too late for us, so we still face diabetes, heart disease and cancer in our 60s if we are lucky. - whinge, whingey whinge whinge etc And we have to tick boxes that go up to age 75. Except Woody, who has to tick the 75+ box. woody March 9th, 2008, 12:24 AM And we have to tick boxes that go up to age 75. Except Woody, who has to tick the 75+ box. What boxes, I don`t see any boxes, :dunno: only the one I have just been measured for:ancient::goodnight Cheers Poli, you have really cheered me up this evening :okay: It must be ages since you last jumped on your :soapbox: and treated us to a mega ::rant::rant::rant::rant: Toadboy March 9th, 2008, 04:15 PM Jesus Christ Diane. Babaloo March 10th, 2008, 01:17 PM Damn it, you beat us to it!! We shall overtake you soon mark my words lol. ;) :| I'm sure you will - the threads in your 'skybar' seem to be designed to up your post count: St. Patrick's Day 2008! The "Why be bothered about.." thread Who do you share your Birthday with? Where in the West Midlands area have you NEVER been? Eclectic photographs Sports Photos How old are you? 3000 and growing!! The "Buy Feltip A Life" Appeal Poll: Are you Ginger? If you had 200 Million to spend, what would you spend it on? etc :nono: liverpolitan April 13th, 2008, 04:09 PM http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=19620357#post19620357 The Birminghamers are cheating! They are posting incessant shite to try to become the biggest forum. Many of the posts are accy-esque in their shortness and banality. B4mmy should have a fight with woodhausen, in a car park in Stoke on Trent, to sort this out. Tony Sebo April 13th, 2008, 04:12 PM :lol: Ged April 13th, 2008, 04:14 PM http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=19620357#post19620357 The Birminghamers are cheating! They are posting incessant shite to try to become the biggest forum. Many of the posts are accy-esque in their shortness and banality. B4mmy should have a fight with woodhausen, in a car park in Stoke on Trent, to sort this out. Can you make it Runcorn pol..:lol: Chris B April 13th, 2008, 04:19 PM While we're noting pointless achievements, has anyone else noticed that we're a mere 2 new threads away from having the largest number of threads on the UK & Ireland sub-forums? Manchester has 1130 to our 1129, meaning we need just two more. v4vendetta May 10th, 2008, 02:30 AM The Brum Johnnies have overtaken Liverpool. :ohno: Tony Sebo May 10th, 2008, 03:43 AM quality, not quantity is what counts. Our Brummie mates have been going hell for leather for about a month putting up gormless threads and posts to knock the numbers up! v4vendetta May 10th, 2008, 04:15 AM quality, not quantity is what counts. Indeed! That's what I keep telling my better half. :lol: Joe the red May 10th, 2008, 08:54 AM I never look at the other cities as I have little or no interest, but I just looked a Brum and there's a Doctor Who thread, a How old are you? thread..... I think I'll start a what size shoe do you take? thread or favourite flavour crisp thread so we can retake our crown. Telfordboy May 10th, 2008, 10:28 AM Its not as bad as some of you might think, ok so some of the thread names are rather damning but if you actually look at the number of posts in the skybar section most are pretty small. Additionally we have the lowest number of threads so the odd mess around one isn't that unfair. We do get a lot of photo updates in the construction forum and this is where the majority of growth has been imo. Besides, you lot are not without your frivolous threads as well :) Babaloo May 10th, 2008, 11:00 AM :lol: It's every bit as bad as described and you know it. For some reason people on the Brum thread have been determined to overtake the post count of first Manchester and then Liverpool - just for the sake of doing it. It's a bit sad really. BTW what colour are your eyes? Great title for a thread (if you haven't already used it). Telfordboy May 10th, 2008, 11:13 AM Good idea, they're brown btw ;) v4vendetta May 10th, 2008, 11:47 AM Well done to Birmingham, but pray remind me who got to 100,000 posts first. Later good people and Telfordboy. :) Tony Sebo May 10th, 2008, 12:45 PM my favourite crisps are the old smokey bacon... yummy! Babaloo May 10th, 2008, 01:37 PM I go to bed every night and wake up every morning. When do you go to bed and when do you wake up? Welcome to Brumworld. Joe the red May 10th, 2008, 03:10 PM I go to bed every night and wake up every morning. When do you go to bed and when do you wake up? Welcome to Brumworld. :lol: Jaffa Cakes! Biscuit or cake? Ged May 10th, 2008, 03:13 PM Ooops Tony Sebo May 10th, 2008, 06:03 PM :lol: Jaffa Cakes! Biscuit or cake? It has been proven at both the scientific level, and for purposes of VAT and international trade that Jaffa Cakes are indeed biscuits... or was it cakes? b4mmy May 10th, 2008, 06:06 PM cakes Joe the red May 10th, 2008, 06:07 PM Cake. Cakes go hard when stale and biscuits soft or something like that. JUXTAPOL May 10th, 2008, 10:36 PM What is a teacake, a buiscuit or a cake robinsonky1 May 11th, 2008, 06:21 PM What is a teacake, a buiscuit or a cake in some places it's the generic name for an eccles cake Tony Sebo May 11th, 2008, 11:23 PM probably just in Yorkshire, where they simply can't bring themselves to mention, never mind stomache, something 'Lanky'! Smileyface May 12th, 2008, 01:54 AM :lol: It's every bit as bad as described and you know it. For some reason people on the Brum thread have been determined to overtake the post count of first Manchester and then Liverpool - just for the sake of doing it. It's a bit sad really. BTW what colour are your eyes? Great title for a thread (if you haven't already used it). Sorry for bursting your bubble but isn't the whole idea of a skybar on a site like this is, but, to get away from the mundane issues of stating fact after fact of what goes on in this big urban world of ours? Maybe Birmingham posters are more sociable than any others on this forum and like to start threads (similar to the UK Skybar and every other skybars on ssc) which endear folk to be more friendly and approachable rather than just a name on the other end of a post. I remember when Liverpool overtook manchester's count and the amount of spam posts created in that attempt will never be equaled. I should know I was the one - much to most many's disgust - who's post overtook them. As Telfordboy says too, most of our catch up work has been through quality photographs by Feltip and many more not by what goes on on our Skybar Toadboy May 12th, 2008, 12:24 PM Accy will come on here on one of his drunken binge nights and wack ours up by about 10,000. Chris B May 12th, 2008, 12:33 PM What is a teacake, a buiscuit or a cake Ask Marks & Spencer - Teacake set to cost taxman £3.5m The UK Treasury is facing a £3.5m bill, because of VAT wrongly imposed on a Marks and Spencer teacake, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled. Customers paid VAT for 20 years before the authorities accepted the product was a cake, which does not command VAT. UK tax officials acknowledged that chocolate teacakes had been wrongly classed as biscuits in 1994, prompting M&S to launch a legal battle to have the wrongly-paid VAT returned. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7340101.stm Tony Sebo May 12th, 2008, 12:57 PM Sorry for bursting your bubble but isn't the whole idea of a skybar on a site like this is, but, to get away from the mundane issues of stating fact after fact of what goes on in this big urban world of ours? Maybe Birmingham posters are more sociable than any others on this forum and like to start threads (similar to the UK Skybar and every other skybars on ssc) which endear folk to be more friendly and approachable rather than just a name on the other end of a post. I remember when Liverpool overtook manchester's count and the amount of spam posts created in that attempt will never be equaled. I should know I was the one - much to most many's disgust - who's post overtook them. As Telfordboy says too, most of our catch up work has been through quality photographs by Feltip and many more not by what goes on on our Skybar I think that you're wrong there! I agree about the more social stuff, one of the reasons why the Liverpool forum gets lots of posts is the nature of debates we seem to have here that do not go on in other city's forums... but then there is the terrible 'Beebo' sort of childish 'social' threads that have gone onto the brum forum over the last couple of months! Debate, craic and outright bargies are one thing... Dr Who threads is quite another? T0M May 12th, 2008, 01:42 PM I think that you're wrong there! I agree about the more social stuff, one of the reasons why the Liverpool forum gets lots of posts is the nature of debates we seem to have here that do not go on in other city's forums... but then there is the terrible 'Beebo' sort of childish 'social' threads that have gone onto the brum forum over the last couple of months! Debate, craic and outright bargies are one thing... Dr Who threads is quite another? Fair points Tony, but it does beg the question... who was the best doctor? :dunno: yoshef May 12th, 2008, 05:07 PM Fair points Tony, but it does beg the question... who was the best doctor? :dunno: Scottie Road's finest, Tom Baker, by a mile. He has even appeared in The Simpsons! http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Simpsons_Doctor_Who.jpg/180px-Simpsons_Doctor_Who.jpg :cheers: Tony Sebo May 13th, 2008, 12:33 AM :lol: I'd go with Tom Baker too.. though I did like worzel pertwee as well! Joe the red May 15th, 2008, 11:08 PM If proof were needed - The opening post of the Favourite City thread :ohno: To get the post count up I am going to start making lots of threads, ok so for the first one what is your favourite city, and plaese actually say ones you have visited and not just seen pictures of. :bash: Then the excitement of "Ice cream" thread "What time do you go to bed and what time dou you get up", "How old are you?". FFS. Chris B May 15th, 2008, 11:26 PM I wouldn't worry about it Joe. I just view it as different strokes for different folks. We prefer to have the majority of the topics in the Skybar to still have a link to Liverpool. The Birmingham forumers prefer to use their Skybar for more general topics. If that works for them then fine, I prefer the more focused attitude towards the Skybar we have on our forum, but that's no slight against the Birmingham Skybar or it's users. I don't care if the Birmingham sub-forum has exceeded the number of posts we have (which it has by around 500 or so currently). I'm a firm believer in quality of posts (not to infer that the Birmingham sub-forum doesn't have quality posts). To rack up as many posts as we have, with surprisingly few off-topic threads, for me just highlights how much there is to discuss in Liverpool, and how varied, interesting and engaing the discussion is on our forum, and that's what's important to me in a forum, not who has the most posts. Tony Sebo May 15th, 2008, 11:33 PM oh, the diplomacy is just oooozing out there Chris :lol: Most of the Brum forumers are great. Still, it IS silly to try to bump up the forum's position by resorting to 'how many times do you fart in a day' type threads! Damon May 15th, 2008, 11:33 PM And the Liverpool forum opened way after Brum and Manchester of course! Tony Sebo May 15th, 2008, 11:36 PM That is true, but I think the post count now only goes from after the great...er, I can't think of the word..anyway, some twats destroyed the site by making it crash and it lost everything. So, well done to the brumbs for being the biggest thread. Chris B May 15th, 2008, 11:40 PM oh, the diplomacy is just oooozing out there Chris :lol! I'm afraid I just can't get worked up about something as wholly insignificant as who has the most posts. There are much more important, and interesting things to concern ourselves with. I'll defend Liverpool's honour as much as the next person, but not over trivial things like this. Damon May 15th, 2008, 11:45 PM That is true, but I think the post count now only goes from after the great...er, I can't think of the word..anyway, some twats destroyed the site by making it crash and it lost everything. Oh aye, I'd forgotten about that. Tony Sebo May 16th, 2008, 12:34 AM I'm afraid I just can't get worked up about something as wholly insignificant as who has the most posts. There are much more important, and interesting things to concern ourselves with. I'll defend Liverpool's honour as much as the next person, but not over trivial things like this. wasn't being sarcastic mate, just having a chuckle. :) Joe the red May 16th, 2008, 09:49 AM I wouldn't worry about it Joe. I just view it as different strokes for different folks. Not worried at all mate. I know some Brum forummers make decent contributions here and doubtless on their own bit. I find it sad that to artificially bump up their post total, they talk about shite. Must have even sadder lives than me. :lol: Chris B May 16th, 2008, 11:09 AM wasn't being sarcastic mate, just having a chuckle. :) No probs Tony. :) |