Things that pee you off..

Started by Scrumpy, June 18, 2024, 01:14:32 PM

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GrannyMac

Its not how old you are, but how you are old. 💖

klondike

Quote from: dextrous63 on November 14, 2024, 08:33:45 AMplaces like McDonald's
Ah yes - the McPiss. Always handy when on the road but TBH I never used one in town. Mind you it isn't often I go to town and never for long. 

I can't recall where I read it but I do recall the statement that car park lifts always seem to smell of impatience. Having dragged the tone right down I shall depart.

dextrous63

Quote from: klondike on November 14, 2024, 08:43:26 AMAh yes - the McPiss. Always handy when on the road but TBH I never used one in town. Mind you it isn't often I go to town and never for long.

I can't recall where I read it but I do recall the statement that car park lifts always seem to smell of impatience. Having dragged the tone right down I shall depart.
Aye.  Urine trouble now.  Geddit??

Raven

THIS  :yell: More and more articles I want to read are doing this. OR they want you to pay.

dextrous63

Disgraceful for them to want to be paid for their work.

Alex

Can't you put article heading into Google and read it that way  ?

Raven

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Quote from: dextrous63 on November 17, 2024, 12:31:03 PMDisgraceful for them to want to be paid for their work.

No If they want paid fair enough, you sell the newspaper. You don't stick it up on google.

November 17, 2024, 12:41:21 PM
Quote from: Alex on November 17, 2024, 12:38:04 PMCan't you put article heading into Google and read it that way  ?

Alex this is from Google.

Mups

Quote from: Raven on November 17, 2024, 12:05:35 PMTHIS  :yell: More and more articles I want to read are doing this. OR they want you to pay.

I've recently noticed that too, Raven.
I won't do it. I am not paying to read just one article.
If I wanted to pay, I would buy the whole newspaper.



Alex

Quote from: Raven on November 17, 2024, 12:40:39 PMNo If they want paid fair enough, you sell the newspaper. You don't stick it up on google.

November 17, 2024, 12:41:21 PM
Alex this is from Google.

Use search engines like Google: Copy the headline of the paywalled article, paste it into Google, and click on the search result to open the article.

Sure someone mentioned this on here a few months ago.  :upvote:

klondike

Yes I've seen it mentioned. TBH I'm usually only reading stuff on the internet to pass the time rather than gather information and if a story is paywalled I just move on and read something else.

dextrous63


Raven