Anyway, here's today's rant. When did it become ok to spit in the street? Today, in a large village/small town where I work, two blokes spat right in front of me. I'm not being soft - I've spat mud and blood out many times either playing rugby or in tough training etc but just to walk along and hock out a great egg yolk of flob as you go by is f**king disgusting! The first guy just did it and carried on walking. The next guy did it as he stopped in front of me and started texting on his phone. I told him he was a filthy bas**rd and he couldnt have been more surprised. It's just a terrible habit some blokes have. I mean, imagine eating in a beer garden or something and the waiter spits as he walks away. Nobody would expect that, so why is it any different in the street?
Even more disgusting is when a guy puts one finger on the side of his nose and blows the contents of the nose out of his nostril onto the street. I've seen that on more than one occasion. It's ten times worse than seeing someone spit.
I blame footballers on tv. They seem to do that one a lot too.
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Don't you just hate them complete **** who either park so close to the line you can't get in the space next to them, or they just park with the line going right down the middle of their car.
The only other thing as annoying is seeing a space, driving into it only to find a shopping trolley some lazy **** couldn't be bothered to return to the shop.
With you on the parking. However, cars have grown dramatically in width over the years. They need to make the spaces bigger! I've noticed a lot of cars now have rubber on both lines, and they're not the biggest cars. My wife's Mini One is close to doing that in many spaces. I'd pay more for a wider space option.
Worse than a shopping trolley in a space? I swung in a bit quickly to a space, pressed for time, both kids at 300 decibels, wife moaning... And almost took out a Smart Car that had pulled right up to the front of the space with a big vehicle on either side! Very close!
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Idiots who make sweeping statements - either for a reaction, or just to be antigonistic.
Tact and diplomacy is hugely underrated but something, when learnt and applied with skill, will get you into many more places than education and status.
She's worth whatever chaos she brings to the table and you know it. ~ Mark Anthony
lol thats nothing, my local radio has a cookery slot, all you can hear is things sizzling in a pan, pots n pans getting rattled about and then at the end the usual "mmmm, that tastes real good".
i imagine the presenter is sat in the studio with a soundboard and a pot noodle.
The Olympics is a complete con only serving to line the pockets of a select few private investors, sponsors and conglomerates who, may I add, haven't even fully funded it as was planned. 11bn of public money has been spent to bridge the deficit.
On the subject of austerity, I have always said that belts need to be tightened, that there is only so much fiat currency you can print on tick without selling off every single wealth creating asset the country has - But when 11bn is pulled from the ether, as front-line services are being buggered, I can't see how that works.
Reminds me of when Nero would host lavish games, but the people were too poor to attend or those who did, sat there starving. Keeping up appearances, eh?
If you've got something for sale on ebay, and have many of said item, list them in ONE sodding listing, don't flood the pages of results with a listing for every single nut, bolt n bloody washer you've got. I'm looking for something specific and it's a pain in the arse having to search through pages of the same crap item to find the one decent part. X-(
People's inability to have any manners.
Whatever type of communication it is, be it a text, email, private message or letter, I wish people could take a second to string their short curt words into a sentence. Instead of 'No. Sold.' how about acting like a human being and say 'thanks for your interest but that item has already sold.' I mean do these cretins actually talk how their messages read? 'hi hunny, how was your day today?' 'Ok. Hungry. Food.'
The BBC's news app.
It's great isn't it? I can press here and there and get news from down the street or around the world. Only thing is the annoy 'tickertape' headlines at the top, like today's offering;
'Man who had face eaten off tells police...." Tells police what?! Why can't I click on that? What's the point in half a headline?! If you're gonna put a headline, at least make it a total one, or better still, have an article to go with it.
That is the ABSOLUTE WORST website I have ever had the misfortune to be a member of. I have encountered some of the rudest, most shallow, horrible people on there ever. Honestly, be kind, and you are heavily insulted in return.
And the forums? They are even worse. Contaminated with such rude, rude people.
I would never recommend that site to anyone (unless you want you're confidence destroyed)!
Have any of you guys ever encounter wierd people? I was at the Apple store just killing time on facebook and some dude comes up to me and says "hey bro are you following me?" I looked at him and said "im not following you moron", right before he walked away he says "man i think you are bro."
Afterwards i was like, "i swear if this idiot tried to get me arrested for no reason he's got another thing coming"
My neighbour's cat follows me, I might get her arrested. The cat, not the neighbour.
I usually don't attract nucases to me in a way that they randomly talk to me, instead I have a knack of bumping into them, like in queues;
I'll be stood at an ATM, in a hurry, while mr nutcase at the machine tries to operate it by putting an old scratchcard in the slot. M/c goes u/s, everyone groans and walks away.
Trying to catch that train I can see at the platform over the tracks, but mrs mental is trying to book a ticket on a moon rocket and wishes to pay with an action man, a cocktail umbrella Ella Ella eh, and 17p in coppers.
In a rush to get to work buddy? Not today, old grandad sh1t for brains tried to drive the wrong side of the carriageway and now everyone within 20ft of him is going to hospital.
Well it's time to get the flight home, I'm knackered so the 9 hour flight will give me plenty of sleep time. Not today! Sat next to you is little jimmy mcnutnut and he's 6' 5", 18st and has a bib. He's 24. He's going to tell you all about mickey mouse and why he should drive a herse. For the next 8hrs and 59mins.
It's a fun day at the water park, you've been queuing for ages up the stairs to the top of the water slide. At the top you find out what the hold up is. Yes its dave, jimmys brother. They're twins. Daves decided he doesn't like water right now, but his 'friend' has convinced him it's ok. Yay. Off goes dave down the tube, leaving a suspicious yellow/brown trail behind him. You're next! Ready?
Ah that job in the supermarket. Do you remember the fun? The laughs, the pride in your work. 2hrs spent rotating all those tins so the labels faced the front. That nasty boss will be dead impressed with your presentation skills. And look its a customer! It's old mr woodbollocks the retired constantly p1ssed off farmer with the manners of mr creosote. He's in his buggy today, with the full weather cover on so it looks like a tiger tank. See the zip slowly open and mr woodbollocks hand slowly emerge. Watch as he grabs one of your tins as he slips on the accelerator, treating your display like a round of Dale's supermarket sweep. Only 56 tins of tomato soup today mr woodbollock?
Or how about picking up the car after its MOT. It's a nice day, I'll miss the bypass and take the scenic route. The countryside smells odd, like burnt lavender with a hint of liquorice. Entering into a tight corner, feel the sweat pour and heart rate rise at the realisation of having no brakes. Imagine letting the work experience kid 'adjust' your handbrake. Watch him, spanner in hand, chuckling as you drive off.
No, not the savage act of assaulting fathers, but the tiring escapade of hurling abuse time and time again at the abomination that was the 2002 release of bond fecal matter, Die Another Day.
Ya know it makes for painful reading, it really does. Sooner or later someone rocks up thinking they're Michael Parkinson or Jonafwon Woss rolled into one and decides to give us yet another critique of Lee Tamahori's crap fest. If it was 2002 I could understand it. If brosnan was still bond, it'd be slightly more tangible, but no, it's nearly ten years on, we're 2, soon to be 3 films down the line and yet someone pretty much guaranteed from one week to the next will spout another gob full of 'artistic constructive criticism'.
Now personally I couldn't give a crap if you 'hated' it or not. Hate's such a strong word, so I'll go with dislike from here on in. Ok, so DAD was crap compared to other great films. I personally don't class it as the worst, that would be MR for me. I don't hate MR, I just think it went a bit pants when it went all star wars. But back to the point, what does anyone think they're gonna bring to the table that we haven't already heard in the last ten years of doing a number on DAD's head?
From editing, script, cinematography, direction, acting, score, special effects, CGI, chases, homages, references, props, characters, even choice of weapons and costumes, even the character's names has all been debated, commented on and critiqued until my fricking ears bled.
If there's anything new to say, sure go ahead and say it. But I really think that no one could do such a staggering feat. Honestly, if anyone came up with something unique to say about it, they should win an award or something. EoN should run a competition for it.
So please, before you go ahead and start yet another thread dedicated to the age old tradition of bashing DAD, think to yourself 'has anyone said this before?'. Then slowly back away from the keyboard.
No, not the savage act of assaulting fathers, but the tiring escapade of hurling abuse time and time again at the abomination that was the 2002 release of bond fecal matter, Die Another Day.
Ya know it makes for painful reading, it really does. Sooner or later someone rocks up thinking they're Michael Parkinson or Jonafwon Woss rolled into one and decides to give us yet another critique of Lee Tamahori's crap fest. If it was 2002 I could understand it. If brosnan was still bond, it'd be slightly more tangible, but no, it's nearly ten years on, we're 2, soon to be 3 films down the line and yet someone pretty much guaranteed from one week to the next will spout another gob full of 'artistic constructive criticism'.
Now personally I couldn't give a crap if you 'hated' it or not. Hate's such a strong word, so I'll go with dislike from here on in. Ok, so DAD was crap compared to other great films. I personally don't class it as the worst, that would be MR for me. I don't hate MR, I just think it went a bit pants when it went all star wars. But back to the point, what does anyone think they're gonna bring to the table that we haven't already heard in the last ten years of doing a number on DAD's head?
From editing, script, cinematography, direction, acting, score, special effects, CGI, chases, homages, references, props, characters, even choice of weapons and costumes, even the character's names has all been debated, commented on and critiqued until my fricking ears bled.
If there's anything new to say, sure go ahead and say it. But I really think that no one could do such a staggering feat. Honestly, if anyone came up with something unique to say about it, they should win an award or something. EoN should run a competition for it.
So please, before you go ahead and start yet another thread dedicated to the age old tradition of bashing DAD, think to yourself 'has anyone said this before?'. Then slowly back away from the keyboard.
Right, rant over, back on your heads.
MG -{
Yeah - people discussing Bond on a Bond website ! How dare they 8-)
Can't do anything about it, but my rant today is this summer. It's been abysmal. The winter months won't be any better as a result - I mean, it might be dryer, or milder but I won't be in shorts heading down to the beach in December. For the record, my daughter kept a chart when she broke up from school at the end of June. Fourteen sunny days over 23c. Not together, just fourteen sunny days with no rain. And this is Cornwall - pretty much the no 1 domestic holiday destination I would imagine. In march we had a hot week, then two whole months of rain and cloud. My business has been a thousand pounds a week down during the school holidays thanks to the weather. So, as I sit inside with my son and the rain hammers on my window this summers day, I say - bollocks.
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As i'm walking through town for din dins, some total dick comes round the corner on a motorbike, he's having to slow right up as its a tight street, so for some reason which totally illudes me, he revs the nuts off it to the point its bouncing on the limiter, makes me jump, the woman in front of me screamed, her little girl bursts into tears and i think the drunken bum sitting across the road shart himself. or maybe he'd already done that.
but what's the point in being such a dick? i coulda given his bike my heel n kicked him off the **** thing.
and while i'm on the subject, why is it that every car that cuts me up, pulls out in front of me or can't use a roundabout properly has a 'think bike' sticker in the back window?
People who violate the BEAUTY that is the "Izabella Stuff" thread by posting pictures of those who are hideously ugly, morbidly obese, hairy as gorillas. . .and double my damnation if the picture is of a MAN. I like a joke as much as anyone, but, really, that's too much. . .
People who violate the BEAUTY that is the "Izabella Stuff" thread by posting pictures of those who are hideously ugly, morbidly obese, hairy as gorillas. . .and double my damnation if the picture is of a MAN. I like a joke as much as anyone, but, really, that's too much. . .
You have the banning power, HB, let's get rid of him now and for always
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People who violate the BEAUTY that is the "Izabella Stuff" thread...
you mean that family friendly thread with all the scantily clad ladies in it, showing off their boobs n arses? :v (jokes HB, JOKES!!)
... by posting pictures of those who are hideously ugly, morbidly obese, hairy as gorillas. . .and double my damnation if the picture is of a MAN. I like a joke as much as anyone, but, really, that's too much. . .
you mean that family friendly thread with all the scantily clad ladies in it, showing off their boobs n arses? :v (jokes HB, JOKES!!)
No that thread is all about respectable and intelligent ladies who are (sometimes) accidentally caught with not much clothing on by camera
see i've been trying to explain to my mrs that it's art, a celebration of the female form, it gives women the power to express their inner beauty and radiance.
she just says its porn for blokes to knock one out to.
My girlfriend and I are (fingers crossed) moving into a new house this week which we are renting. I say fingers crossed because last we heard they were doing background and credit checks and we haven't heard from them since! Anyway we have obviously been looking around houses which are available to rent, and my rant is this:
Why do so many landlords seem to have absolutely no care for the state of the houses they are letting? I would never let a house to anyone which I wouldn't be happy to live in myself, and I don't believe the people who own some of the properties we've looked round would even consider spending the night there! Aside from the generally poor upkeep, dirtiness and shoddy DIY jobs, here is a list of things which I would expect a rented house to come with:
A fridge.
A freezer.
A washing machine.
An oven and hob.
Central bl**dy heating!!!
Suffice to say some landlords seem to think that all of these things are optional extras...
Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice and everyone dies.
My girlfriend and I are (fingers crossed) moving into a new house this week which we are renting. I say fingers crossed because last we heard they were doing background and credit checks and we haven't heard from them since! Anyway we have obviously been looking around houses which are available to rent, and my rant is this:
Why do so many landlords seem to have absolutely no care for the state of the houses they are letting? I would never let a house to anyone which I wouldn't be happy to live in myself, and I don't believe the people who own some of the properties we've looked round would even consider spending the night there! Aside from the generally poor upkeep, dirtiness and shoddy DIY jobs, here is a list of things which I would expect a rented house to come with:
A fridge.
A freezer.
A washing machine.
An oven and hob.
Central bl**dy heating!!!
Suffice to say some landlords seem to think that all of these things are optional extras...
Ha! Well I moved into a rental over 3 years ago, and even though it was a fairly new build (2008 I think) my rental did NOT have fridge/freezer, washing machine or central heating (storage heaters, if you can believe that... and electric heaters in the bedrooms...) I mean, in 2008 REALLY???
It did however have an oven and hob.
I guess it's a question of Landlords get away with what they can. I pay more for the place I'm in, as I like it, and it is modern (apart from the heating...) but the other places I looked at, some didn't even have double glazing
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I blame footballers on tv. They seem to do that one a lot too.
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With you on the parking. However, cars have grown dramatically in width over the years. They need to make the spaces bigger! I've noticed a lot of cars now have rubber on both lines, and they're not the biggest cars. My wife's Mini One is close to doing that in many spaces. I'd pay more for a wider space option.
Worse than a shopping trolley in a space? I swung in a bit quickly to a space, pressed for time, both kids at 300 decibels, wife moaning... And almost took out a Smart Car that had pulled right up to the front of the space with a big vehicle on either side! Very close!
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Tact and diplomacy is hugely underrated but something, when learnt and applied with skill, will get you into many more places than education and status.
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What the hell happened to the funny ads, like the smash robots, the hamlet cigar ads, the castlemaine xxxx ads etc.
These days it all 'because I'm worth it', 'maybe she's bloody born with it' and 'go compare..'
The only thing that's made me chuckle is the specsavers ad with the monkies.
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Just heard a fly-past by the red arrows on the Radio.
why not just play a sound effect, How would we Know.
i imagine the presenter is sat in the studio with a soundboard and a pot noodle.
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Sanchez : "It's nothing personal......just business"
Multiple ebay listings.
If you've got something for sale on ebay, and have many of said item, list them in ONE sodding listing, don't flood the pages of results with a listing for every single nut, bolt n bloody washer you've got. I'm looking for something specific and it's a pain in the arse having to search through pages of the same crap item to find the one decent part. X-(
People's inability to have any manners.
Whatever type of communication it is, be it a text, email, private message or letter, I wish people could take a second to string their short curt words into a sentence. Instead of 'No. Sold.' how about acting like a human being and say 'thanks for your interest but that item has already sold.' I mean do these cretins actually talk how their messages read? 'hi hunny, how was your day today?' 'Ok. Hungry. Food.'
The BBC's news app.
It's great isn't it? I can press here and there and get news from down the street or around the world. Only thing is the annoy 'tickertape' headlines at the top, like today's offering;
'Man who had face eaten off tells police...." Tells police what?! Why can't I click on that? What's the point in half a headline?! If you're gonna put a headline, at least make it a total one, or better still, have an article to go with it.
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Plenty of fish dating site!
That is the ABSOLUTE WORST website I have ever had the misfortune to be a member of. I have encountered some of the rudest, most shallow, horrible people on there ever. Honestly, be kind, and you are heavily insulted in return.
And the forums? They are even worse. Contaminated with such rude, rude people.
I would never recommend that site to anyone (unless you want you're confidence destroyed)!
1 - Moore, 2 - Dalton, 3 - Craig, 4 - Connery, 5 - Brosnan, 6 - Lazenby
Afterwards i was like, "i swear if this idiot tried to get me arrested for no reason he's got another thing coming"
I usually don't attract nucases to me in a way that they randomly talk to me, instead I have a knack of bumping into them, like in queues;
I'll be stood at an ATM, in a hurry, while mr nutcase at the machine tries to operate it by putting an old scratchcard in the slot. M/c goes u/s, everyone groans and walks away.
Trying to catch that train I can see at the platform over the tracks, but mrs mental is trying to book a ticket on a moon rocket and wishes to pay with an action man, a cocktail umbrella Ella Ella eh, and 17p in coppers.
In a rush to get to work buddy? Not today, old grandad sh1t for brains tried to drive the wrong side of the carriageway and now everyone within 20ft of him is going to hospital.
Well it's time to get the flight home, I'm knackered so the 9 hour flight will give me plenty of sleep time. Not today! Sat next to you is little jimmy mcnutnut and he's 6' 5", 18st and has a bib. He's 24. He's going to tell you all about mickey mouse and why he should drive a herse. For the next 8hrs and 59mins.
It's a fun day at the water park, you've been queuing for ages up the stairs to the top of the water slide. At the top you find out what the hold up is. Yes its dave, jimmys brother. They're twins. Daves decided he doesn't like water right now, but his 'friend' has convinced him it's ok. Yay. Off goes dave down the tube, leaving a suspicious yellow/brown trail behind him. You're next! Ready?
Ah that job in the supermarket. Do you remember the fun? The laughs, the pride in your work. 2hrs spent rotating all those tins so the labels faced the front. That nasty boss will be dead impressed with your presentation skills. And look its a customer! It's old mr woodbollocks the retired constantly p1ssed off farmer with the manners of mr creosote. He's in his buggy today, with the full weather cover on so it looks like a tiger tank. See the zip slowly open and mr woodbollocks hand slowly emerge. Watch as he grabs one of your tins as he slips on the accelerator, treating your display like a round of Dale's supermarket sweep. Only 56 tins of tomato soup today mr woodbollock?
Or how about picking up the car after its MOT. It's a nice day, I'll miss the bypass and take the scenic route. The countryside smells odd, like burnt lavender with a hint of liquorice. Entering into a tight corner, feel the sweat pour and heart rate rise at the realisation of having no brakes. Imagine letting the work experience kid 'adjust' your handbrake. Watch him, spanner in hand, chuckling as you drive off.
Vive le droit à la libre expression! Je suis Charlie!
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I work with the public.
No, not the savage act of assaulting fathers, but the tiring escapade of hurling abuse time and time again at the abomination that was the 2002 release of bond fecal matter, Die Another Day.
Ya know it makes for painful reading, it really does. Sooner or later someone rocks up thinking they're Michael Parkinson or Jonafwon Woss rolled into one and decides to give us yet another critique of Lee Tamahori's crap fest. If it was 2002 I could understand it. If brosnan was still bond, it'd be slightly more tangible, but no, it's nearly ten years on, we're 2, soon to be 3 films down the line and yet someone pretty much guaranteed from one week to the next will spout another gob full of 'artistic constructive criticism'.
Now personally I couldn't give a crap if you 'hated' it or not. Hate's such a strong word, so I'll go with dislike from here on in. Ok, so DAD was crap compared to other great films. I personally don't class it as the worst, that would be MR for me. I don't hate MR, I just think it went a bit pants when it went all star wars. But back to the point, what does anyone think they're gonna bring to the table that we haven't already heard in the last ten years of doing a number on DAD's head?
From editing, script, cinematography, direction, acting, score, special effects, CGI, chases, homages, references, props, characters, even choice of weapons and costumes, even the character's names has all been debated, commented on and critiqued until my fricking ears bled.
If there's anything new to say, sure go ahead and say it. But I really think that no one could do such a staggering feat. Honestly, if anyone came up with something unique to say about it, they should win an award or something. EoN should run a competition for it.
So please, before you go ahead and start yet another thread dedicated to the age old tradition of bashing DAD, think to yourself 'has anyone said this before?'. Then slowly back away from the keyboard.
Right, rant over, back on your heads.
MG -{
Vive le droit à la libre expression! Je suis Charlie!
www.helpforheroes.org.uk
www.cancerresearchuk.org
Yeah - people discussing Bond on a Bond website ! How dare they 8-)
It's obviously not the bond related discussion I dislike, it's the same old rehashed cack, that's all.
Oh and it's a forum, not a website, so go blow up your pants
(love you really ;% )
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I understand what you mean about the 'same old points'....but as new people join, they want to have their NEW same old points heard.....
Is this NOT a website ?:) I know we post on the forum...but still...
And consider my pants well and truly blown !
Better stick the washer on now then :007)
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Roger Moore 1927-2017
As i'm walking through town for din dins, some total dick comes round the corner on a motorbike, he's having to slow right up as its a tight street, so for some reason which totally illudes me, he revs the nuts off it to the point its bouncing on the limiter, makes me jump, the woman in front of me screamed, her little girl bursts into tears and i think the drunken bum sitting across the road shart himself. or maybe he'd already done that.
but what's the point in being such a dick? i coulda given his bike my heel n kicked him off the **** thing.
and while i'm on the subject, why is it that every car that cuts me up, pulls out in front of me or can't use a roundabout properly has a 'think bike' sticker in the back window?
Vive le droit à la libre expression! Je suis Charlie!
www.helpforheroes.org.uk
www.cancerresearchuk.org
Roger Moore 1927-2017
You have the banning power, HB, let's get rid of him now and for always
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
ah now come on, be honest, you'd miss me ;%
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Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
No that thread is all about respectable and intelligent ladies who are (sometimes) accidentally caught with not much clothing on by camera
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
see i've been trying to explain to my mrs that it's art, a celebration of the female form, it gives women the power to express their inner beauty and radiance.
she just says its porn for blokes to knock one out to.
classy lady my mrs.
Vive le droit à la libre expression! Je suis Charlie!
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Why do so many landlords seem to have absolutely no care for the state of the houses they are letting? I would never let a house to anyone which I wouldn't be happy to live in myself, and I don't believe the people who own some of the properties we've looked round would even consider spending the night there! Aside from the generally poor upkeep, dirtiness and shoddy DIY jobs, here is a list of things which I would expect a rented house to come with:
A fridge.
A freezer.
A washing machine.
An oven and hob.
Central bl**dy heating!!!
Suffice to say some landlords seem to think that all of these things are optional extras...
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
Ha! Well I moved into a rental over 3 years ago, and even though it was a fairly new build (2008 I think) my rental did NOT have fridge/freezer, washing machine or central heating (storage heaters, if you can believe that... and electric heaters in the bedrooms...) I mean, in 2008 REALLY???
It did however have an oven and hob.
I guess it's a question of Landlords get away with what they can. I pay more for the place I'm in, as I like it, and it is modern (apart from the heating...) but the other places I looked at, some didn't even have double glazing