Rant of the Day v2.

[Rwy in Sight]

You can fail to unlock with a fingerprint and you are back to the PIN. It is very convenient and in themid future I see no interactions with the US authorities other than passing in front of the local US embassy.

[OFSO]

Agree. Even the banking apps demand a fingerprint. Excellent idea. A chip implanted under the skin would be even better.

[ian16th]

A chip implanted under the skin would be even better.

Our cat has that, but she doesn't have a phone!

[OFSO]

Cats don't need phones, silly. We all take care of their every want without being asked.

[Hydromet]

Cats don't need phones, silly. We all take care of their every want without being asked.

...but sometimes, not without being told. A cat never just asked for anything.

[ExSp33db1rd]

Always the same with Superglue, our $2.00 shops tend to sell cards of half a dozen very small tubes as one "packet" for $2.00, then I just use each once and throw it away. ( don't tell the Save the Planet lot )

Discovered a new type of dispenser in the USA last year. A "pen" that needs a bit of a squeeze to force a drop of glue out, then once spread in the required area the other end of the pen produces a Laser beam that "cures" the stuff instantly and stronger then previously used Superglues of my experience. Excellent, but hard to find the right store, and quite expensive, but I've used a whole penful without waste or problem with stuck caps.

[Slasher]

Why are cats always called “she”? Aren’t there any boy cats left?

If there aren’t why is there such a proliferation of prego pussies lately here in N Thailand? Our close friends here told us that their tabby is preggers but the father is unknown and no toms are around that they know of. Said tab is only 7 months old! Bloody underaged moll.

Thais prefer girl cats but culturally they don’t like neutering them. Buggered if I know how they put up with all that feline bitching and moaning when they enter slut mode every so often.

[Magnus]

MtMM* stares at SWMBO if he wants to jump up on her lap for a heat/cuddle. He stares at me if he wants out or fed. His new trick is to stare at me until I get up to open door/catfood as required, then nicks my seat. Well trained, I am.

*Milo the Mental Mog for new readers.

[ExSp33db1rd]

A NZ TV "personality" recently talking about a mixed breed dog, the Labradoodle, suggested that he was going to produce a Catbrador, a cross between a cat and a Labrador. Then, he said, you may get a cat that actually likes you !

[Capetonian]

I don't think you are allowed to use the term 'mixed breed', it's not politically correct, the animal rights wankivists will complain.

[ExSp33db1rd]

How about Mongrel then ? Which to me is as unacceptable to the Doggie World as N****r is to African Americans ? ( and others )

[barkingmad]

CAT, noun, definition;

A wild untrained sometimes feral animal housed, fed and medically treated, at considerable cost, by homo sapiens but which patrols and craps in gardens not owned by their carers and which slaughter millions of songbirds every year in direct contravention of the Wildlife & Countryside Act.

Tin hat on and await incoming.....!

[OFSO]

Peacefully sitting at table last night digesting my supper, doorphone rings, I get up to answer it, woman's voice says our neighbours are taking advantage of her food delivery service, are we interested, are we vegetarians ? I told her we never eat anything but live on air and water, now go away. Put phone down and said "now go away" in somewhat different wording. Sat down, resumed digestion.

[Pontius Navigator]

OFSO, Mrs PN allowed two personable young men (I would have suggested they b******d off) into the house. They convinced her to sign up for a weekly meals delivery service. I think it was enough food for 3 meals at £40, with the main selling point being a price comparison with meals out. The sales pitch was half price for 3 deliveries. We got one and it was OK and pro enough for 5 meals or so.

Fortunately their order system on her IPad was crap and she doesn't have a smart phone. We cancelled!

[ribrash]

Just been to Aldi to do the weekly shop.I watched a woman pick up and inspect every chicken on the shelf ( cook in the bag and foil tray jobbies ) WTF I thought.When she moved away I went and had a look.Every one had the same date code and they were all the same weight. The mind boggles.

[Capetonian]

I saw a woman in a supermarket pick up a jar of mustard, open it, stick her finger, lick it, double dip, and then close it and put it back on the shelf. I took it and followed her to the checkout and handed it to her in front of other people saying that I was sure she had put it back on the shelf by accident after sticking her finger into it.

I am not sure whether that shamed her into buying it.

[Smeagol]

I saw a woman in a supermarket pick up a jar of mustard, open it, stick her finger, lick it, double dip, and then close it and put it back on the shelf. I took it and followed her to the checkout and handed it to her in front of other people saying that I was sure she had put it back on the shelf by accident after sticking her finger into it.

I am not sure whether that shamed her into buying it.

Nice one! I really like that. Style!

[Rwy in Sight]

I saw a woman in a supermarket pick up a jar of mustard, open it, stick her finger, lick it, double dip, and then close it and put it back on the shelf. I took it and followed her to the checkout and handed it to her in front of other people saying that I was sure she had put it back on the shelf by accident after sticking her finger into it.

I am not sure whether that shamed her into buying it.

Nice one! I really like that. Style!

There was a lass in the States who did that with some ice cream jars laughed and put it back in the freezer. Fortunately the authorities took an interesting in her.
Actually it is more common than I thought - more here

[Pontius Navigator]

UK obviously got there first. Our ice cream has tamper proof lids or seals under the top.

[ian16th]

UK obviously got there first. Our ice cream has tamper proof lids or seals under the top.

Didn't the UK authorities invent the term 'tamper evident'?