Agree with everything you say - God were a miserable bunch on @sotonians 
Iâve noticed sky slipping in adverts now
They can fuck off giving how much they currently rook me for - itâs like the bbc deciding to have adverts but omitting to cancel the licence
Yes Chambers tells me weâre having a miserable time.
I canât see it myself. 
TV programme scheduling.
Since installing the new 50â smart tv several weeks ago, I now know why we didnât rush to replace the tv that stopped working.
I have been able to watch 2 episodes of Flogit, a couple of Money for Nothing, and at prime time, one episode of Vera.
Went through the programme schedule for last night, and couldnât find anything worth watching!
If youâve got a DVD player I have all 5 seasons of Breaking BadâŚyou can have them for ÂŁ15. 
The day started with the mother of all stubbed toes
Then the Ayatollah suggested that we go out and buy a load of shite and deliver it to a load of randoms
Big argument with Sky because they wonât talk to openrrach until their engineer turns up - even though the cabinet is wet because yesterdayâs open reach engineer told me it was and he had fixed the line he was called out for, and yes, some of the other connections looked wet, but no, he hadnât looked at it because it wasnât on his work order. Meanwhile one neighbour has been given a date of 17th for an engineer.
Also I managed to block the sink with beef dripping
And the ayatollah managed to take advantage of a moment of weakness and made me buy outside lights
And itâs a school night so I canât get get fucked up to forget about all of it
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I fantasize about days as interesting as thisâŚ
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People. Iâve said before and I will say it again. People.
Joined a consultation meeting on line for a new building that will be just down the road and may be my new office. Most are annoyed at itâs height of 11 stories. Short in comparison to the planned 18 stories just across the road.
They mentioned that youth offending may do some appointments in the new office. Well goodness me the judgement from the local residents was pretty appalling. Saying how it shouldnât be next to a school. If they bothered to find out where the main office is. Itâs on a residential street opposite a school. Absolute NIMBYs.
They will also have housing appointments (often when people get angry as they are being told no you cannot have a house/move/we deem you intentionally homeless) or my work where we may have someone come in for support. Sometimes we also have to say there is no role for us. Both of which could cause aggro.
They just need to look around our little area and there are issues already going on. Having a meeting here or there was a kids who has got into trouble isnât going to bring all their baggage.
Iâm more annoyed that theyâre demolishing a lovely old building and the housing isnât going to be 100% affordable.
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Right, all you clever people.
We have had to buy a new electric blanket (old one gave up the ghost). Being British, I have read the user manual, as requested by the manufacturer.
The following is one of the prime cautionary statements:
âNever leave the appliance unsupervised when in use.â
As with all instructions that are a translation from Taiwanese or Serbo-Croat, there will always be some funny peculiar things, but wtf does this mean?
Donât think I have ever supervised an electric blanket.
Actually the daftest instruction came with a large gazebo, which cautioned me not to sit on it.
The annoying part - stupid instructions that come with new stuff.
It means donât put it on to warm the bed before you get into it, simples
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I have to supervise wet blankets.
I think it may be the same thing.
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AhhhhâŚthatâs definitely a mistake on your part or a misprint on theirs.
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I missed that
Surely the manual should only be read after a failed repair and a voided warranty? 
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Ah, butâŚregulation 457 para 3f states âuse heat settings 3 to pre-heat the electric blanket 10-15 minutes before going to bedâ
So, in that 10-15 minutes I will have to supervise the electric blanket. This might include, a la Basil Fawlty, having a stick close by to give it a good thrashing if it contravenes any aspect of supervision.
There is nothing in the instructions to prohibit use of said stick, but I am not to pierce the blanket with large safety pins.
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This is the recommended stick, however itâs electric so you might have to unplug the blanket before giving it a damn good thrashingâŚ
Whatever you do, donât read any instructions until something goes badly wrong.
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This is of course the best advice for everybody - except Mrs TB, who I will now have to make sure takes on the family responsibility for reading ALL instructions and manuals, so I canât possibly get any of it wrong!
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Tbf I didnât think electric blankets were a thing anymore since Dreamland in Hythe closed down yonks ago
(Before you ask: Dreamland was the UKâs premier electric blanket factory and employer of last resort in Hythe (followed by Arnos Adhesives) - much like The Chicken Factory in Lymington - took in anyone who couldnât get into USAMFA Hythe or Fawley Refinery)
Didnt Dreamland relocate to Portugal due to cheaper labour ?
How they could pay the Portuguese less than what they were paying in Hythe is beyond me.
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I dont think it is any great secret that Poland gets cold in winter?
So why the fvck is it impossible to find a windscreen ice scraper in this place!
