UKMT January: What a fucking mess

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Do you currently have a prepaid utility meter? This poll is closed.
Yes - both gas and electric	32	4.71%
Yes - gas only	4	0.59%
Yes - electric only	33	4.85%
Yes - plus prepaid water (this exists and is terrible)	0	0%
No - Direct Debit/Standing Order	336	49.41%
No - utilities are included as part of my tenancy/cohab/basement goonery	65	9.56%
No - I'm off-grid or still get a coal man	6	0.88%
No - my house is powered by Pressurized Boiling Hot Takes	67	9.85%
Pissflaps - via some sort of treadmill arrangement	137	20.15%
Total:	680 votes

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Latitude Ocotpus: Nov 17, 2009

Happy new year from another lurker. I look forward to facing the Brexit drama with you lot l.

# ? Jan 1, 2019 11:21

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# ? May 11, 2024 08:03

DesperateDan: Dec 10, 2005; Where's my cow?

Is that my cow?

No it isn't, but it still tramples my bloody lavender.

Lurkers you should :justpost:

and not worry

Unless your opinions on crisps are wrong. Can someone write up a residency test to thin out the undesirable likers of the bad flavours?

# ? Jan 1, 2019 11:25

Renaissance Robot: Oct 10, 2010; Bite my furry metal ass

DesperateDan posted:

I want to avoid catastrophising but I sat here trying to make predictions or resolutions to get me through and I just dont see a happy path forwards here-

A small happiness: portable gas stoves can now be had for as little as £12, and instead of being terrible unstable poo poo like your dad had to use:

They now look like this:

The gas canisters are the size of a bottle of hairspray, last over an hour, and cost no more than a couple of quid each. Regardless of how things go on the 14th, I'll probably pick one up around the end of the month, seems like a handy thing to have so I don't have to take my beans cold if we lose gas/power.

# ? Jan 1, 2019 11:29

goddamnedtwisto: Dec 31, 2004; If you ask me about the mole people in the London Underground, I WILL be forced to kill you; Fun Shoe

Man 2019 seems really loud and bright, and is spinning slowly to the left.

# ? Jan 1, 2019 11:30

Not Operator: Jan 1, 2009; Not A doctor, THE Doctor!

My resolution is a more combative posting style, so happy new year you mother fuckers.

I've got a good feeling about 2019.

# ? Jan 1, 2019 11:35

Miftan: Mar 31, 2012; Terry knows what he can do with his bloody chocolate orange...

loving lurkers, man. Whenever we do a poll there's hundreds of replies but I have to see the same 30 people posting all the time. :justpost:

I love you fuckers. I hear we're getting semi automated pragmatic bi sky-high socialism this year.

# ? Jan 1, 2019 11:43

Vitamin P: Nov 19, 2013; Truth is game rigging is more difficult than it looks pls stay ded

Renaissance Robot posted:

A small happiness: portable gas stoves can now be had for as little as £12, and instead of being terrible unstable poo poo like your dad had to use:

They now look like this:

The gas canisters are the size of a bottle of hairspray, last over an hour, and cost no more than a couple of quid each. Regardless of how things go on the 14th, I'll probably pick one up around the end of the month, seems like a handy thing to have so I don't have to take my beans cold if we lose gas/power.

Remember 17 months ago when a post like this would get laughed at? It's not a punchline anymore, doing just a little bit of prepper poo poo isn't a ludicrous idea.

Saying it again, if you or your partner or your parents have complex med needs/take a lot of medication then stocking up an extra month or 2 now is just good sense and if you have the storage space, stock up a little on food too.

# ? Jan 1, 2019 11:43

Halman: Feb 10, 2007; What's the...Rush?

DesperateDan posted:

Lurkers you should and not worry

Unless your opinions on crisps are wrong. Can someone write up a residency test to thin out the undesirable likers of the bad flavours?

I like prawn cocktail, salt and vinegar, and dill.

# ? Jan 1, 2019 11:44

Pistol_Pete: Sep 15, 2007; Oven Wrangler

Vitamin P posted:

Remember 17 months ago when a post like this would get laughed at? It's not a punchline anymore, doing just a little bit of prepper poo poo isn't a ludicrous idea.

Saying it again, if you or your partner or your parents have complex med needs/take a lot of medication then stocking up an extra month or 2 now is just good sense and if you have the storage space, stock up a little on food too.

I will spend April feasting on tinned tomatoes and pasta while everyone around me starves.

Hopefully things will be back to normal by May, 'cos my food will run out by then.

# ? Jan 1, 2019 11:52

Sadsack: Mar 5, 2009; Fighting evil with cups of tea and crippling self-doubt.

Happy new year UKMT.

Im starting the new year by playing MGSV while waiting for my hungover wife to drag herself out of bed. Whiskey and pregabalin is a powerful recipe for regret and shame.

Later I'm going for a nandos. I'll let you know if I spot any MPs plotting...

# ? Jan 1, 2019 11:53

Miftan: Mar 31, 2012; Terry knows what he can do with his bloody chocolate orange...

baka kaba why don't polls work on the app?

# ? Jan 1, 2019 11:56

Jaeluni Asjil: Apr 18, 2018; Sorry I thought you were a landlord when I gave you your old avatar!

Renaissance Robot posted:

The gas canisters are the size of a bottle of hairspray, last over an hour, and cost no more than a couple of quid each. Regardless of how things go on the 14th, I'll probably pick one up around the end of the month, seems like a handy thing to have so I don't have to take my beans cold if we lose gas/power.

I got one like this for �12.50 in Millets (sale) plus 8 bottles of butane for �10 (�8 for 4, but only �10 for 8) BUT because I had a �10 millets voucher from buying new boots, the whole lot was just �12.50. I had the same type stove for the Y2K bug but I gave it away when I moved abroad.

# ? Jan 1, 2019 12:00

Rarity: Oct 21, 2010; ~*4 LIFE*~

Oh my god, we survived 2018! :toot:

Happy New Year, you wonderful bastards. I spent mine getting drunk and high with friends and now I'm in bed on a comedown annoyed that there's no one here to go to the shops for my lunch.

# ? Jan 1, 2019 12:10

DesperateDan: Dec 10, 2005; Where's my cow?

Is that my cow?

No it isn't, but it still tramples my bloody lavender.

Renaissance Robot posted:

A small happiness: portable gas stoves can now be had for as little as £12, and instead of being terrible unstable poo poo like your dad had to use:

They now look like this:

The gas canisters are the size of a bottle of hairspray, last over an hour, and cost no more than a couple of quid each. Regardless of how things go on the 14th, I'll probably pick one up around the end of the month, seems like a handy thing to have so I don't have to take my beans cold if we lose gas/power.

The brexit situation may be grim, but I'm dealing with it by buying lots of value brand produce while alternating between denial and resigned to my fate sarcasm- I haven't actually felt too powerless or hopeless about it in awhile- The new blitz spirit?

The mini hobs are very good, I have been using one over at my little smallholding for a few years now for quick meals/brews- only just finished up my first pack of gas canisters cause they will boil a cup of water in a minute or two. Also have a double burner one that takes the bigger gas canisters but never needed it

Whatever might come, my spam and beans or spaghetti cooked in the sauce will come warmed up for a few weeks at least- after that, well I guess I have plenty of firewood and some flint and steel.

Edit

Halman posted:

I like prawn cocktail, salt and vinegar, and dill.

Someone will need to update the excel file but I think that's a passing grade

DesperateDan fucked around with this message at 12:18 on Jan 1, 2019

# ? Jan 1, 2019 12:14

Rarity: Oct 21, 2010; ~*4 LIFE*~

DesperateDan posted:

Someone will need to update the excel file but I think that's a passing grade

Done, but I still need something to put in the chocolate orange column

# ? Jan 1, 2019 12:20

Miftan: Mar 31, 2012; Terry knows what he can do with his bloody chocolate orange...

Rarity posted:

Done, but I still need something to put in the chocolate orange column

"awful"

# ? Jan 1, 2019 12:23

sebzilla: Mar 17, 2009; Kid's blasting everything in sight with that new-fangled musket.

Happy new year, goons.

I got a stove converter for my Kelly kettle for Christmas so I'm fully prepped for warming my beans post-Brexit.

# ? Jan 1, 2019 12:24

Rarity: Oct 21, 2010; ~*4 LIFE*~

Miftan posted:

"awful"

You don't even want to know what's in that column for you, mate :colbert:

# ? Jan 1, 2019 12:34

Microplastics: Jul 6, 2007; It's what's for dinner.

Getting the year off to a perfect start over here

# ? Jan 1, 2019 12:37

XMNN: Apr 26, 2008; I am incredibly stupid

just woke up and I'm definitely still drunk.
2019 is not starting well

# ? Jan 1, 2019 12:40

namesake: Jun 19, 2006; "When I was a girl, around 12 or 13, I had a fantasy that I'd grow up to marry Captain Scarlet, but he'd be busy fighting the Mysterons so I'd cuckold him with the sexiest people I could think of - Nigel Mansell, Pat Sharp and Mr. Blobby."

I'm warming my beans in the way God intended: in someones backside.

# ? Jan 1, 2019 12:40

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

JeremoudCorbynejad posted:

Getting the year off to a perfect start over here

Is that a mini bounty you monster

# ? Jan 1, 2019 12:43

Bardeh: Dec 2, 2004; Fun Shoe

JeremoudCorbynejad posted:

Getting the year off to a perfect start over here

Is that a loving bounty? Mods? I'm being trolled

# ? Jan 1, 2019 12:45

baka kaba: Jul 19, 2003; PLEASE ASK ME, THE SELF-PROFESSED NO #1 PAUL CATTERMOLE FAN IN THE SOMETHING AWFUL S-CLUB 7 MEGATHREAD, TO NAME A SINGLE SONG BY HIS EXCELLENT NU-METAL SIDE PROJECT, SKUA, AND IF I CAN'T PLEASE TELL ME TO
EAT SHIT

^^^ looks like you're seeing what you want to see, friend!

Miftan posted:

baka kaba why don't polls work on the app?

Nobody's added it!

I was thinking about it though...

# ? Jan 1, 2019 12:46

Media Bloodbath: Mar 1, 2018; PIVOT TO ETERNAL SUFFERING

namesake posted:

I'm warming my beans in the way God intended: in someones backside.

*farts a high C*

They're ready!

# ? Jan 1, 2019 12:46

deano: Sep 6, 2000

XMNN posted:

just woke up and I'm definitely still drunk.
2019 is not starting well

1. Find Bacon
2. Cook Bacon
3. Eat Bacon
4. (Optional but highly recomended) Resume Drinking

# ? Jan 1, 2019 12:47

Rarity: Oct 21, 2010; ~*4 LIFE*~

XMNN posted:

just woke up and I'm definitely still drunk.
2019 is not starting well

Sounds like 2019 is starting great, personally

JeremoudCorbynejad posted:

Getting the year off to a perfect start over here

You loving monster

# ? Jan 1, 2019 12:49

Spectral Elvis: Jul 23, 2007

DesperateDan posted:

Unless your opinions on crisps are wrong. Can someone write up a residency test to thin out the undesirable likers of the bad flavours?

Was originally going to post this christmas day (christmas lunch!), but I was pretty shonky by the time and, well, that's day drinking for you.

(note: no derail intended - this is the only flavour the pub sells, and may or may not reflect the poster's views on the matter)

bonus dog in sea mist

# ? Jan 1, 2019 12:49

Mousepractice: Jan 30, 2005; A pint of plain is your only man

JeremoudCorbynejad posted:

Getting the year off to a perfect start over here

Bacon - perfect. Bounty - inspired. Egg - undercooked, complete disaster, might as well not have bothered

# ? Jan 1, 2019 12:50

Not So Fast: Dec 27, 2007

JeremoudCorbynejad posted:

Getting the year off to a perfect start over here

No black pudding? Phaw.

# ? Jan 1, 2019 12:58

Barry Foster: Dec 24, 2007; What is going wrong with that one (face is longer than it should be)

Hola muchachos/muchachas/muchachx, happy making GBS threads new year. I'm a bit late because I was forced into a loving murder mystery night. I wasn't the murderer but I was cross enough that I could have done a real one.

Anyway, here's to this year. Ride, goons, ride for ruin, and the world's ending

# ? Jan 1, 2019 13:01

Dead Goon: Dec 13, 2002; No Obvious Flaws

Not So Fast posted:

No black pudding? Phaw.

# ? Jan 1, 2019 13:01

NotJustANumber99: Feb 15, 2012; somehow that last av was even worse than your posting

JeremoudCorbynejad posted:

Getting the year off to a perfect start over here

The plain sight smuggled bounty with the whiff of wrapper clue is a masterclass in trolling.

# ? Jan 1, 2019 13:04

baka kaba: Jul 19, 2003; PLEASE ASK ME, THE SELF-PROFESSED NO #1 PAUL CATTERMOLE FAN IN THE SOMETHING AWFUL S-CLUB 7 MEGATHREAD, TO NAME A SINGLE SONG BY HIS EXCELLENT NU-METAL SIDE PROJECT, SKUA, AND IF I CAN'T PLEASE TELL ME TO
EAT SHIT

Dip the bounty in the egg

# ? Jan 1, 2019 13:09

Ronnie: May 13, 2009; Just in case.

Perhaps the stupid amount of chocolate that I've hoarded for the Christmas period will get me through the Brexipocalypse? Oh who am I kidding? It'll all be eaten by February.

# ? Jan 1, 2019 13:13

Barry Foster: Dec 24, 2007; What is going wrong with that one (face is longer than it should be)

baka kaba posted:

Dip the bounty in the egg

# ? Jan 1, 2019 13:17

OwlFancier: Aug 22, 2013

I have a cup of hot chocolate with four cocoas, four sugars, and seven marshmallows in it.

# ? Jan 1, 2019 13:18

Barry Foster: Dec 24, 2007; What is going wrong with that one (face is longer than it should be)

OwlFancier posted:

I have a cup of hot chocolate with four cocoas, four sugars, and seven marshmallows in it.

Crack an egg in it

# ? Jan 1, 2019 13:23

ShaneMacGowansTeeth: May 22, 2007; I think this is it... I think this is how it ends

OwlFancier posted:

I have a cup of hot chocolate with four cocoas, four sugars, and seven marshmallows in it.

needs beans

# ? Jan 1, 2019 13:25

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# ? May 11, 2024 08:03

Microplastics: Jul 6, 2007; It's what's for dinner.

Barry Foster posted:

Crack an egg in it

And serve it with a sausage roll?

# ? Jan 1, 2019 13:25

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