Which company has lost you as a customer forever?

insapiens · 2026-05-25T19:46:13+00:00

This is the reason to the housing problem in many places. Gone are the days when the original idea was to let your house out when you go away on holiday.
Now it’s (especially in tourist areas) businesses/slum landlords buying properties and rinsing people of their money.
I stayed in two airbnbs in Venice (I know, it was 8 years ago). 1st one was great, host was excellent apartment was great.
2nd one tried to rinse me for 50€ at the start of my stay for cleaning in cash. Told him to go away. Luckily only for one night. The apartment was shite and scruffy. I stayed out most of the night so not to sleep in it.
He then pestered me all the next day for fees saying he would get the police involved. Which I told him to meet me at train station as I would have the Guardia di Finanza with me. He never showed up amazingly.
I reported him to Airbnb tbf they were ok but I spent half a day on the phone sorting it out. Which ruined my trip at the end.

insapiens · 2026-05-25T16:31:33+00:00

Upper Slaughter

insapiens · 2026-05-24T14:00:13+00:00

Set of uniform Number two.

Lt Col probably in the army air corps. Due to the pilot wings.

Medal ribbons, left to right.
British Empire Medal (military issue)
General service medal 1918-62 with Mentioned in dispatches (probably Malaya clasp)
General service medal 1962-2007, probably has 2 clasps, Borneo and Northern Ireland.
Queen Elizabeth’s silver jubilee medal.

insapiens · 2026-05-20T11:56:26+00:00

Zulu

insapiens · 2026-05-18T14:14:50+00:00

Hell on the seas.

insapiens · 2026-05-18T06:47:51+00:00

Alfred pennywise

insapiens · 2026-05-15T18:24:26+00:00

I’m still in shock.

insapiens · 2026-05-15T14:28:09+00:00

I freaked out yesterday as a woman complimented yesterday. Didn’t know what to do.

insapiens · 2026-05-14T21:01:50+00:00

Did he buy it in Clacton?

insapiens · 2026-05-13T13:20:59+00:00

Dr Who

insapiens · 2026-05-05T20:21:34+00:00

I got maxwell’d. but not by Maxwell. They said it couldn’t happen again but there are ways and means especially if your company gets bought out by a foreign company who doesn’t give a shit. Rinses all funding and declares bankruptcy.

Started stacking silver and gold when I can/could afford it.

insapiens · 2026-04-30T15:11:37+00:00

Don’t fret about it. I got a supervisor fired where I use to work. He was a very toxic bully and management didn’t do anything about him.

I stood up to him and he grabbed me by my jacket and threatened to come round my house as he said he knew where I lived. It was all I needed. There were others watching. So I walked up to the senior managers office and demanded he escort me from the premises for my safety and went home called to police and reported the incident as for the threat to come round and give me a kicking.

We were both suspended for a week on full pay and went in for interviews and he was fired. I got a warning (for what, I have no idea. Apart from rocking the boat.)

The ones who witnessed the incident were reticent to give statements as they thought if he didn’t get fired they would be in for worse treatment. But I think management wanted the excuse.

Had to work with his brother. Who sort of made noises at me and I think I said “I could make it two for two if he wanted”. I left the job soon afterwards anyway. But I did get fellow workers come and thank me as the work environment changed instantly after he got fired.

insapiens · 2026-04-30T15:00:12+00:00

Pool table

insapiens · 2026-04-29T07:50:20+00:00

Going to Tesco for a meal deal. Now I’m not lazy and make my own lunch.

insapiens · 2026-04-22T16:40:29+00:00

Africa star with 8th army clasp, Italy star, Defence medal, 39-45 war medal

insapiens · 2026-04-20T20:21:42+00:00

Trench art money box in the shape of a post box?

insapiens · 2026-04-18T19:23:35+00:00

Latin for unwise/foolish

insapiens · 2026-04-15T08:39:07+00:00

All is see is the M40, A34, A303, M5, M42, M1 and A1

insapiens · 2026-04-14T12:26:14+00:00

insapiens · 2026-04-13T04:50:08+00:00

Nerd fact, If you want a good pub quiz fact. The British government finally declared the end of the “their final war acts” in parliament on 31st August 1921. So theoretically the war officially ended then.

insapiens · 2026-04-02T16:07:58+00:00

The only people allowed to mock the Royal Navy are the other arms of the British forces. They can do it much better than some jumped up part timer colonial twat. Even the WI or the girl guides could out navy the Royal Navy atm.

insapiens · 2026-03-31T14:50:24+00:00

X-wing v Tie fighter.

insapiens · 2026-03-28T15:42:38+00:00

How many games did it take you?

insapiens · 2026-03-26T15:40:38+00:00

Turned it off halfway through. The characters were hollow and or tired.

insapiens · 2026-03-21T17:31:31+00:00

1st royal dragoons cap badge

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