Nick R Thomas

@asfarasiknow (3340)

Bournemouth, England

Joined myLot 9 years ago

Comedy writer, public speaker and presentation skills coach.

www.nickrthomas.co.uk

Discussions (35)

Nick R Thomas's Discussions

A Memorable TV Ad from the 70s

Nick R Thomas @asfarasiknow (3340) • Bournemouth, England 14 Apr 19

I sometimes think about an advert that appeared on TV and billboards here in the UK when I was about eleven (1971). It showed a small boy reaching up to a table to put butter on a loaf of bread while his parents looked proudly...

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Something drank my beer bait and it wasn't slugs or snails...

Nick R Thomas @asfarasiknow (3340) • Bournemouth, England 28 Aug 18

As an organic gardener I avoid using chemical pest control. This can be a real challenge, especially with the huge numbers of slugs and snails that emerge to eat my young vegetables after it has rained. Two methods I use are...

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Yikes and yucks: it's the green bean invading theeng!!!

Nick R Thomas @asfarasiknow (3340) • Bournemouth, England 11 Apr 18

I think I need to wash the dishes more often... This isn't some alien creature, it's what happens when you cook a can of French beans and then leave the leftovers in the saucepan for a few days. I blame it on ereaders. When I...

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My old school: they now start their day at 08.15!

Nick R Thomas @asfarasiknow (3340) • Bournemouth, England 10 Apr 18

I don't have too many fond memories of my old senior school. I walked out of its doors in 1976 and never wish to return, despite them having an active 'old boys' ' association, but I do find myself looking at their website just to...

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Food for thought

Nick R Thomas @asfarasiknow (3340) • Bournemouth, England 14 Aug 17

I was in my local Lidl supermarket recently (I'm not proud of that but I needed some shopping). Three police officers came in, well, actually it was two police officers and a PCSO. For anyone outside the UK, this stands for...

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Do people still get paid for police identity parades?

Nick R Thomas @asfarasiknow (3340) • Bournemouth, England 24 Jul 17

At one time my local newspaper used to print appeals, seemingly on a weekly basis, for people (nearly always men) to take part in identity parades. There would be a description of the type of guy they were looking for (a bit like...

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Chrome snaps, Firefox deletes and I can't log in!

Nick R Thomas @asfarasiknow (3340) • Bournemouth, England 20 Jul 17

I am only able to post this thanks to a borrowed laptop. I mentioned last time that I have been experiencing a problem trying to log in with Chrome due to the annoying 'Aw, snap!' message and page crash. This can probably be...

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Comedy, coughing, a bug and a bit of boredom kept me away from myLot

Nick R Thomas @asfarasiknow (3340) • Bournemouth, England 4 Jul 17

I've been on here very little since early April. There were a number of reasons for this. Firstly, I recently made a return to stand-up comedy and had my first spot for a very long time booked for 10 April. I spent time writing,...

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28 - yes, 28 - pages of animal selfies?!

Nick R Thomas @asfarasiknow (3340) • Bournemouth, England 21 Apr 17

That's what was in my local paper one day this past week. How did the pets hold the cameras? And wouldn''t a dog think a selfie stick is something that's thrown for them to fetch? Seriously, it's some sort of competition. And 28...

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Yes, but what about that other 0.1% of yuck?

Nick R Thomas @asfarasiknow (3340) • Bournemouth, England 26 Mar 17

You must have seen them: those disinfectant sprays and wipes or washing up liquids with TV ads and labels claiming that the product 'kills 99.9% of bacteria'. OK....but it's the surviving bit that scares me. Why can't somebody...

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Paid when the clocks went forward: result!

Nick R Thomas @asfarasiknow (3340) • Bournemouth, England 26 Mar 17

At 2am today the clocks went forward an hour for British Summer Time. I put one fob watch forward, along with six clocks, which include one of my girlfriend's which is basically Elvis Presley's torso as the face of the clock and...

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Even by the standards of phone spam scams this one is nasty

Nick R Thomas @asfarasiknow (3340) • Bournemouth, England 10 Mar 17

When I see a call on the landline display that begins '0203' there is a fair chance that it will be from some sad overseas scammer diverting through a UK number. I like to answer these, just for the entertainment of wasting the...

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Don't let me loose in a lift...

Nick R Thomas @asfarasiknow (3340) • Bournemouth, England 8 Mar 17

Rock band Aerosmith sang about Love In An Elevator. All I found in one last week was embarrassment and recrimination. Here's what happened... Last Thursday I had a speaking gig. Before I left my home town I decided to get a...

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I never knew there was so much in it!

Nick R Thomas @asfarasiknow (3340) • Bournemouth, England 4 Mar 17

Years ago that was the advertising slogan for one of the UK's most popular TV listings magazines. It referred to the additional content, such as articles, competitions, etc. But nowadays the same phrase could be used to describe...

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Rudely expecting free help

Nick R Thomas @asfarasiknow (3340) • Bournemouth, England 4 Mar 17

I teach public speaking. Companies, councils, charities and individuals pay me to teach presentation skills. I am also sometimes paid by people starting out as speakers to give them advice on marketing themselves, passing...

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Toilet paper with illustrated instructions?!

Nick R Thomas @asfarasiknow (3340) • Bournemouth, England 27 Jan 17

Don't worry, I'm not going to make this too graphic... I went shopping last night. Among the items I had to buy were, as we often call them in my country, loo rolls. I noticed that our best-known brand was on offer (it's normally...

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MyLot: a source of breaking news?

Nick R Thomas @asfarasiknow (3340) • Bournemouth, England 19 Jan 17

Perhaps it says something about how much time we can spend on here, or about how quick some members can be in posting topical discussions, but I often find that this site is where I first read about some big news stories. They...

mylot

breaking news

topical discussions

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He stacked up but what he said didn't

Nick R Thomas @asfarasiknow (3340) • Bournemouth, England 18 Jan 17

I love those wonderful snippets of conversion I sometimes overhear, little gems from people who may not always realise quite what they have just said. Yesterday I passed two young workers in a supermarket. They were talking about...

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A scammer's cold call...at 7.19...on a Saturday morning!

Nick R Thomas @asfarasiknow (3340) • Bournemouth, England 15 Jan 17

My girlfriend answered the phone at 7.19 yesterday morning. Because of the time of the call she was worried that it might be some bad family news. But no, it was a scammer in another country, diverting through a UK-looking phone...

phone scams

cold calling

conmen

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My most-repeated myLot phrase...

Nick R Thomas @asfarasiknow (3340) • Bournemouth, England 2 Jan 17

Are there some words you find yourself typing over and over again here in discussions, responses and comments? In my case, "here in the UK" seems to be the most-commonly repeated expression. Those words save confusion and also...

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