I hate

How are you meant to chug your meals if they're not diluted though?

Why is it that whenever you drop something small, it always rolls away and comes to rest so it is hidden from view? Quite often these things are a totally un-rolly shape too. You could be stood at the back of a newly swept, empty, flood-lit garage and that errant 5mm bottle cage bolt will prescribe an invisible trajectory that no degree of speculation or algorithm could ever predict and come to rest under the single dried-up leaf that has just blown under the door 20ft behind you.

The day before yesterday I dropped a playmobil piece on a relatively uncluttered floor. It just disappeared. I looked absolutely everywhere it could have gone, but unfortunately I don’t have access to limbo or whichever hidden dimension it’s ended up in.

Took apart a Mac mini to install a second SSD, heard a ‘clink ... (roll)’ but I can’t actually see what’s missing and can’t find anything on the floor. I can’t put it back together until I know for sure : /

Take tip from a wannabe watch repairer.

Never disassemble something unless you're wearing an apron that is literally attached to the table in front of you and have a 50cm magnetic wand to hand.

I work on equipment with small parts and tiny screws. Easy to spot on my black bench, not so much on the grey/blue lino the entire floor is covered in. Guess where the bits always fall..
I moved a cabinet a few weeks ago and there was enough small screws to restock our spares cabinet.

Today, I hate a 105 derailleur with a slipped p-spring (just as I was about to head out).
This was after wrestling a Marathon Racer off and onto a Halo clincher.
Geared bike = jinxed.

Gambling companies advertising to the max on TV and online during lockdown.

And they always start their ads with some crap about responsible gambling.

Government saying we should really do something about this. We must stop gambling addiction.

There's only two winners at gambling. The gambling companies and the government, both splitting your money equally.

I bet I'd win.

Everyone always wins on the adverts too.
I think they should only be able to show winners at the same rate of actual payouts.

If fags have to have pictures of cancerous lungs, then the negatives of gambling addiction, loss of relationships, homes, jobs, etc. should be readily depicted.

IDEA FOR CAMPAIGN:
Gambling: It’s a gamble.

I’m trying to remember that joke about elephants/peanuts/bed. Anyone?

That's a really good idea. Hmmm.

What annoys me is the government saying that, especially during the lockdown, while we are all stuck at home, they will do their best to ban those ads.

They've not done anything about it and even if they did, I am sure all TV channels would backdate ad contracts to say that it was approved before said date so it has to run for the next year etc...

I have personally never gambled (online that is) as my grandfather used to always say that's it's a tax for the poor and you'd never seen anyone successful gambling.

I am revved up everytime I see a gambling ad on TV. The fun has stopped a long time ago..m

Gambling. Have a go. What have you got to lose...
Maybe. Too strong?

Agree 100%. The normalisation of gambling in the internet era is a tragedy.

I've had recruiters call me about jobs with online gambling companies. Always shut the conversation down right away.

never seen anyone successful gambling

Other than with other people’s moneys

Took a jumper off at some lights without unclipping and PREDICTABLE THUD. Hi Stockwell, that was me.

never seen anyone successful gambling

I have. I worked on one offshore trip with a guy who played poker, who'd bought some land in Spain and was building a house, paid cash, at 18. There was some genetic thing in his family, no males reached beyond age of 30. They were all massively overweight, he must have been getting on for 25 stone aged 22

He also ran a follow me bet page on Facebook which a few people on the vessel were a member of and everyone was significantly up on their initial stake

you'd never seen anyone successful gambling

I know a few people who made a living from it. It was actually a full time job though and for the amount of effort they were putting in they could probably have earnt more just doing a normal job.

You will also notice that anyone who gambles that you may know will always tell you when they win "big" but never tell you when they lose, which is a daily occurrence.

Anyway, I hate being force fed the TV / Online advertising related to gambling.

After that, people can do whatever they want, just like alcohol, cigarettes and junk food.

I used to know a chap, Crackhead Steve we called him, who made all of his money from online poker. He seemed to live pretty comfortably in a pretty nice flat with sea views, was never afraid to buy you a pint and even had enough disposable income for the occasional bit of crack. Lovely bloke.

and you'd never seen anyone successful gambling

Tell that to my former investor Ed Moncada. Think he made about $3m from poker before he diversified.

I don't miss the insane amount of gambling ads in the UK.
The guy who created MONA in Tassie funded it by gambling though
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Old_and_New_Art