In defence of Winston Churchill, although he did unnecessarily personalise things by naming toffee, 90 plus per cent of the threads in general discussion are nothing more than fatuous waffle so one shouldn't be too offended when this is pointed out. Most areas of diy have already been covered even though the sites search facility is at best dodgy. Therefore admin have to justify the bandwidth and appeal to advertisers by enrolling as many new members as possible. Hence general discussion. Which incidentally is not an original feature of the site. And there's nothing wrong with a little vacuous nonsense after all, just don't get too high and mighty about it!
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Brightness said:In the meantime I am still waiting to hear what Gary is going to cook for me and also if he's going to buy the pink champagne to go with it
Suppose I'd best stick some chicken in the oven and open a bag of salad before I starve to death waiting
Well, tonight I am making chilli con carne, with garlic bread. Ok, it's hardly 'Master Chef of the Year', but it smells great (just got a waft of it).......but need to leave it another hour before it is ready When you come I'll do something special - like dolphin test*cles lightly sauteed and served on a bed of weevil infested rice
PS Bring your own pink champagne - I don't drink alcohol
joe-90 said:
If a girl bought me a Marples 32mm chisel as a thank-you for cooking a meal I would probably propose marriage.
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Point taken keyplayer.
My purpose for coming to this site was for diy advice and I got it.
I am not an expert and so am unable to give advice here on any of the specific 'trades' forums.
It is one way on those forums for me... I rely on getting advice from those who are knowledgable and want to help.
The general discussion forum does not have a distinct subject like the others. So any subject (unless deemed contrary to rules....?) can be posted.
For example, I have no interest in football.
I would not read posts on football here as it wouldnt interest me and I am not knowledgeable on the subject.
It holds no significance for me.
I would not however be so selfish or insensitive to post saying that the person responsible for the post spouted rubbish on that basis.
I often see posts that do not interest me but they may interest others..
No one forces people to reply to posts... and whilst I know that my posts do not appeal to all... they obviously appeal to some judging by replies to most times I have started topics.
It angered me that Wc chose to name me as posting yet more insignificant rubbish..... yet the reality proves different (or people wouldnt reply)
Also, I urge the complainers to stop complaining about how they find everything rubbish and instead.. start topics THEMSELVES that are of interest to them.
My purpose for coming to this site was for diy advice and I got it.
I am not an expert and so am unable to give advice here on any of the specific 'trades' forums.
It is one way on those forums for me... I rely on getting advice from those who are knowledgable and want to help.
The general discussion forum does not have a distinct subject like the others. So any subject (unless deemed contrary to rules....?) can be posted.
For example, I have no interest in football.
I would not read posts on football here as it wouldnt interest me and I am not knowledgeable on the subject.
It holds no significance for me.
I would not however be so selfish or insensitive to post saying that the person responsible for the post spouted rubbish on that basis.
I often see posts that do not interest me but they may interest others..
No one forces people to reply to posts... and whilst I know that my posts do not appeal to all... they obviously appeal to some judging by replies to most times I have started topics.
It angered me that Wc chose to name me as posting yet more insignificant rubbish..... yet the reality proves different (or people wouldnt reply)
Also, I urge the complainers to stop complaining about how they find everything rubbish and instead.. start topics THEMSELVES that are of interest to them.
I've read loads of your posts Toffee and generally they're interesting so don't take WC's comments to heart
PS..Marple chisel is the best so far . One down side (or maybe not)...he'll invite you round every week until he's got the full set
PS..Marple chisel is the best so far
. One down side (or maybe not)...he'll invite you round every week until he's got the full set 
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If you know the geezer, buy a small bottle of decent whisky or whatever he likes. I never complain at a small bottle of single malt....
keyplayer said:
I wouldn't say 90% Keyplayer, but I do know where you are coming from!
Mostly, the threads quickly vere away from their original topic areas and end up not resembling the original topic in any way..........which can be frustrating
especially if you have read several pages of a subject area you find particularly interesting...................and end up with as Keyplayer says 'Fatuous Waffle'Perhaps all posters (me included) should make a conscious effort to commence another thread when they want to take the conversation away from the original subject..........then people can avoid those threads like the plague if they choose
securespark said:If you know the geezer, buy a small bottle of decent whisky or whatever he likes. I never complain at a small bottle of single malt....
Blimey Simon, you're not cheap are you.......!
Personally, if someone came to dinner at my house and brought anything other than a bottle of wine..........I would be extremely embarrasssed and take offence.
If I invite you to eat and drink at my house.........then thats what happens............you eat like a horse and drink yourself silly on me............and leave around 4 - 5am
I would say anything more than a bottle of wine may be seen as a it OTT Toffee........you're only going to eat some food after all!
securespark said:
I've noticed that most sparks who like a short tend to like scotch, most plasterers & bricklayers I've met drink vodka..not sure about plumbers, I know some used to drink meths
Has anyone else noticed that the same trades tend to drink the same shorts?
That settles it then - definitely a bottle of wine!JulieL/B said:Perhaps all posters (me included) should make a conscious effort to commence another thread when they want to take the conversation away from the original subject..........then people can avoid those threads like the plague if they choose
Or have I got lost and this was a thread about part P?
There you go then Toffee, £9.99 bottle of wine, set of Marples chisels and a single malt. I would like to invite you for dinner, are you free next week?
Gary_M said:When you come I'll do something special - like dolphin test*cles lightly sauteed and served on a bed of weevil infested rice
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm sounds ermmmmm delicious.... I'm not keen on fish or seafood or anything else that lives in the sea though. Don't like weevils and rice isn't one of my faves either - can't we have porridge or something?
Gary_M said:PS Bring your own pink champagne - I don't drink alcohol
More like you don't want to splash out, ya tightwad
I will bring some Morrisons Diet Raspberry Rippleade & we will pretend If you do that sort of thing, cook something you can leave for him to enjoy later, (I find homemade bread a real winner), otherwise I'd agree with dg123, just take yourself, if he wants more he should stop deluding himself. If I invited someone, I'd be so pleased they said yes and turned up, I wouldn't want anything else, when are you next free?
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