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Easy-X wrote: | I rarely go on Facebook but what's the deal with these posts?
"Name a fish without an 'A' in it. Bet you can't "
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stinkwheel Bovine Proctologist
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Easy-X wrote: | I rarely go on Facebook but what's the deal with these posts?
"Name a fish without an 'A' in it. Bet you can't "
Dolphin
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They draw you into replying. The algorithm then shows you more of their posts. Then they ask you for things that are the answers to security questions like "75% of people who respond can't remember the name of their first primary school" or "What was your first car? No lying to make yourself look good.". ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
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I still don't find it to be the Devils Work, but I think that's cos I tend to ignore the clickbaity things.
Now and then I might do a quiz, if it amuses me, or if a friend has been shown to recently post a very stupid response to one of those questiony things.
But I don't make it my life's work to be on there and get dragged into everything lame. I'm currently getting a load of "buy a quarter of a share of a tiny box apartment in a fairly shitty London area for not much money" because I indolently clicked on one that popped up and did look quite interesting. But I'm not going to BUY one, hence I just click a couple of those "hide this post" things, and they will eventually bugger off and drop away to annoy someone else.
Its not the be-all and end-all if they attempt nefarious marketing ploys on you. We're all used to advertising anyway, and employ methods to avoid having to look at it.
Meh.
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I have mostly been having a gear-grindingly frantic day, first time I've had proper "pressure" in this new job, and it was right from the top: the PA of the CEO emailing me saying "He wants to work on the agenda so can we have the minutes you were given to type please".
And (worse) she had to ask me twice
Luckily, I'm starting to remember how to put my nose to the grindstone.
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stinkwheel Bovine Proctologist
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Well i had a day planned that should have been full and under control but not epically busy.
However, despite being Johnny on the fucking spot all day, every other fucker conspired to make me be running constantly late by variously having more things to do than they had booked in, turning up with more than one animal, arriving 25 minutes late for a 30 minute appointment, having reception staff book things in to be examined in the time set aside for me to interpret and report lab tests I'd done earlier and the icing on the cake being colleagues nicking off with the equipment I'd literaly just got together and set out to use on the next patient as I was literally calling them into the consulting room. Twice. "Oi, you! Bring that back here and get your own!" ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
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Aw Stinkers I hate days like that ____________________ Not nearly as interesting in real life. |
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hellkat wrote: | ...I just click a couple of those "hide this post" things, and they will eventually bugger off and drop away to annoy someone else. |
Conversely, I've been clicking on a few "don't recommend this channel" things on YouTube, and the buggers just seem to double down on them all ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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My ex-wife is holding me to ransom over the final divorce. She's now insisting I take out life insurance to cover her child support and other costs for the kids until they are all 18 if I die before.
She already has enough to buy a decent house from a majority share in the of the house I bought before we met , that money is in the bank 'cos she lives with new boyfriend in his large house and works rarely, preferring to swan about in her 4 x 4.
She insists it's my duty to make this provision for them all although this was never discussed at mediation. There would be enough in the sale of my house to cover all eventualities but that's not enough for her ' you could change you will' she says. The sum isn't huge probs only 30 a month on top of the CSA paymenst, but FFs it's yet more hassle and having to dance to her fucking tune still 4 years after she walked out for being 'unhappy'. Grrr! ____________________ Now: A100, GT250A, XJ598, FZ750
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A100man wrote: | My ex-wife is holding me to ransom over the final divorce. She's now insisting I take out life insurance to cover her child support and other costs for the kids until they are all 18 if I die before.
She already has enough to buy a decent house from a majority share in the of the house I bought before we met , that money is in the bank 'cos she lives with new boyfriend in his large house and works rarely, preferring to swan about in her LandRover Evoque.
She insists it's my duty to make this provision for them all although this was never discussed at mediation. There would be enough in the sale of my house to cover all eventualities but that's not enough for her ' you could change you will' she says. The sum isn't huge probs only 30 a month on top of the CSA paymenst, but FFs it's yet more hassle and having to dance to her fucking tune still 4 years after she walked out for being 'unhappy'. Grrr! |
Jesus fucking Christ.
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Easy-X wrote: | A100man wrote: | My ex-wife is holding me to ransom over the final divorce. |
What's she doing / not doing to threaten such a thing? |
Delaying the process further - hinting at a court judgement, all things that will likely cost me more money and unnecessary stress when I just want it over.
Its not like she's on the breadline either. Stacks in the bank form my house, significant CSA from me each month and living for free with boyfriend who's quite wealthy in his own right.
I'll probably suck it up to get it over with. It'll probably only add up to another 1500 over 5 years which in the scheme of things is negligible - but I resent the affront . ____________________ Now: A100, GT250A, XJ598, FZ750
Then: Fizz, RS200, KL250, XJ550, Laverda Alpina, XJ600, FZS600
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Easy-X wrote: | At what stage are you at, if you don't mind me asking, decree nisi, decree absolute? |
Getting close to absolute (I hope). Trying to get an agreeable consent order in place. ____________________ Now: A100, GT250A, XJ598, FZ750
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Can you wait it out? Normally ppl try and get stuff out of the way quickly as they have another partner lined up that's itching to get married, get a joint mortgage, etc. You might feel she's got you over a barrel but maybe it's the other way round and all the "moon on a stick" stuff is to keep you off-balance.
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Easy-X wrote: | Can you wait it out? Normally ppl try and get stuff out of the way quickly as they have another partner lined up that's itching to get married, get a joint mortgage, etc. You might feel she's got you over a barrel but maybe it's the other way round and all the "moon on a stick" stuff is to keep you off-balance.
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I'm not too displeased with the deal I landed in the end. Things will be a bit tight for the next few years but after that it should get better. I've had a lawyer -supposed to be a good one but they said go to mediation if you can which we did. This should be the last hurdle.,, I'll probably go with it, the quotes are quite low, but of course in this instance it really should be the person who benefits who takes out the policy - they have the incentive to keep up the payments after all... ____________________ Now: A100, GT250A, XJ598, FZ750
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 2 years, 107 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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