New Rant Thread

Mark12

Mark12

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Paper Plane said:
Well, it is Friday 13th…

1. Ages ago I bought a very nice Valentine card for Mrs P and congratulated myself on my forethought. Put it away on a safe place and, you’ve guessed it. I now can’t find the wretched thing. Had to panic buy an inferior replacement.

2. The collection days for our variously coloured bins have been changed. The brown one was emptied correctly yesterday but today, green bin day, nothing. Nix. Nowt. All 20 houses in our development missed. Eventually got through to the Council to report. Told to leave them out. I knew this reorganisation was a bad idea. Never had a problem with our old crew. Changes to a new ne and everything goes bosoms vertical.

Bah!

steve
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Don’t worry I’m sure you’ll find it Steve…

on Sunday… 😊😉
 
Zorro

Zorro

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Try living in Trafford and having the combined sh*t show of Amey and Trafford MBC.

We have experienced quite a few scheduled Bin collections that are "missed" for no apparent reason. Trafford have a dedicated page for reporting missed collections. Occasionally they will give an excuse. like "Staff Sickness"
 
Twelvefret

Twelvefret

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We were discussing measles the other day. It is not just for children anymore,
" More than 40 measles cases have been reported at Ave Maria University in southwest Florida, the largest outbreak on a college campus in recent history.

The outbreak at the private Catholic college has raised concerns among university leaders and public health experts that measles, which has largely been considered a childhood illness, may present a growing threat to college students who aren’t vaccinated."

Measles Outbreak Hits Ave Maria University in Florida - The New York Times
 
SpeedyPC

SpeedyPC

The Dark Lord of Wet Shaving
Twelvefret said:
We were discussing measles the other day. It is not just for children anymore,
" More than 40 measles cases have been reported at Ave Maria University in southwest Florida, the largest outbreak on a college campus in recent history.

The outbreak at the private Catholic college has raised concerns among university leaders and public health experts that measles, which has largely been considered a childhood illness, may present a growing threat to college students who aren’t vaccinated."

Measles Outbreak Hits Ave Maria University in Florida - The New York Times
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Twelvefret

Twelvefret

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Just for argument's sake, let's say England and Canada started the war resulting in prices escalating. Would it still be the right thing and time to do what has been done? I think not. No, what is necessary is to support the unsupportable regardless of the cost of human life or human harm. This is necessary to somehow convince yourself that you are still correct in whom you chose to support.
Paper Plane said:
My rant is being gouged by the prices for heating oil.

Last week it was £300> for 500 litres. Yesterday this comes £600> for the same amount. Suddenly the distributors get a new a new delivery during Trump’s war and price doubled overnight???

We are being Ripped. Off.

steve 😡
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I am truly sorry. There is an idea that I think about often and that is of doing the right thing the wrong way which, in turn, never turns out the way you planned, or in this case, never planned at all. Even the idea of unintended consequences does not fit, because there was no intent. However, Edward Deming's process philosophy certainly is applicable, "your processes are perfectly designed to give you the results you got".
 
Zorro

Zorro

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Twelvefret said:
Just for argument's sake, let's say England and Canada started the war resulting in prices escalating. Would it still be the right thing and time to do what has been done? I think not. No, what is necessary is to support the unsupportable regardless of the cost of human life or human harm. This is necessary to somehow convince yourself that you are still correct in whom you chose to support.

I am truly sorry. There is an idea that I think about often and that is of doing the right thing the wrong way which, in turn, never turns out the way you planned, or in this case, never planned at all. Even the idea of unintended consequences does not fit, because there was no intent. However, Edward Deming's process philosophy certainly is applicable, "your processes are perfectly designed to give you the results you got".
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Errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ...... What ?

You sound like Donald Rumsfeld :o_o: 🤣
 
Vacumatic

Vacumatic

Testy
We are straying into the area of Politics, which is not good, especially when this corner of this thread was all about the rising cost of heating oil and not the justification of a war.

Steve could quite easily have been making the point that his supplier was profiteering on existing stock and taking advantage on what may be a short term spike in global prices.
 
chazt

chazt

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Paper Plane said:
My rant is being gouged by the prices for heating oil.

Last week it was £300> for 500 litres. Yesterday this comes £600> for the same amount. Suddenly the distributors get a new a new delivery during Trump’s war and price doubled overnight???

We are being Ripped. Off.

steve 😡
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The heating oil you were billed for yesterday was in all likelihood processed, bought and paid for by your supplier weeks or months earlier. It’s a sleazy business practice. I believe it’s called price gouging.
 
Twelvefret

Twelvefret

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chazt said:
The heating oil you were billed for yesterday was in all likelihood processed, bought and paid for by your supplier weeks or months earlier. It’s a sleazy business practice. I believe it’s called price gouging.
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True, but why would the supplier do just a thing?
 
Twelvefret

Twelvefret

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Vacumatic said:
We are straying into the area of Politics, which is not good, especially when this corner of this thread was all about the rising cost of heating oil and not the justification of a war.

Steve could quite easily have been making the point that his supplier was profiteering on existing stock and taking advantage on what may be a short term spike in global prices.
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Sorry Vac, I misunderstood the context.
 
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