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justcola posted:First time I've been single in a long time and I have no idea what to do. Gave Tinder a look but thought it wasn't for me. I'm on the fence about messaging people I kind of know as with no lockdown end in sight I can see conversations just going round in circles. Usually I just chat to people out and about, but as that's not an option I'm at a bit of a loss. OkCupid/POF are better ime and all the important bits are free like messaging people Depends on how old you are though I guess
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I wonder what old Tim Martins makes of pubs having to stay closed until Christmas  Tim Martins of Gammonshire with his face like a very simple Vigo the Carpathian
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Get an Italian bike so you'll always have a trickle charger on hand. As soon as this started I washed it, put the cover on, and hooked up the tender, the two times I've used it it's started first time. No garage, no way to even run an electric cable out of the building in a sensible way.
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God, I've just been tying it back and anything in the ponytail that sticks out the end of a fist gets the scissors taken to it. I mean, until I can afford facial surgery my lovely haircut is kind of the least of my problems, in the meantime I'm just letting snapchat filters do the heavy lifting and crying into my pillow like a healthy adult.
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Guavanaut posted:Would a salamander not have been better than separate pizza oven and air fryer? Given that I had to look up what a salamander is, the answer to that is "maybe"  I guess it depends what you're cooking, I haven't experimented with all the things my air fryer claims to be able to cook (including cakes, if you get the optional pan), but it does a great job of all the chippy things I've thrown at it. And my experience of toaster ovens is limited to "oops that's all I can afford to keep my Sims fed because I spent too much on carpet" Bobstar fucked around with this message at 13:34 on Apr 20, 2020 |
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The Question IRL posted:Then researching how Sweden is doing led me to this article. Fwiw, the quoted bit that you bolded wasn't just Tegnell, it seems that the consensus in February was that this should be easy to contain.
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justcola posted:First time I've been single in a long time and I have no idea what to do. Gave Tinder a look but thought it wasn't for me. I'm on the fence about messaging people I kind of know as with no lockdown end in sight I can see conversations just going round in circles. Usually I just chat to people out and about, but as that's not an option I'm at a bit of a loss. There's probably other horny internet people in a similar position.
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justcola posted:First time I've been single in a long time and I have no idea what to do. Gave Tinder a look but thought it wasn't for me. I'm on the fence about messaging people I kind of know as with no lockdown end in sight I can see conversations just going round in circles. Usually I just chat to people out and about, but as that's not an option I'm at a bit of a loss. Wank yourself silly, no shame in giving the captain the ol' tug, especially if you're single.
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I'm not saying some consultant developers are scamming the NHS for a laugh or were unfamiliar with 2020 phones but based on these two https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/20/coronavirus-digital-contact-tracing-will-fail-unless-privacy-is-respected-experts-warn and https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/apr/16/nhs-in-standoff-with-apple-and-google-over-coronavirus-tracing it looks like the NHS was working on a contract tracing app that: -Google and Apple won't allow on their phones -would not work if the phone’s screen was turned off -wouldn't work if an app other than the contact tracer was being used at the same time -would require the screen to be active all the time so would rapidly run down battery life, and would leave users’ personal data at risk if their phone was lost or stolen while the app was in use. So basically it would be pretty badly suited to how people use smartphones in 2020?
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Have you considered clicking the links to those "you won't last 5 minutes, my lord" games and living a life of digitised romantic fulfilment?
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Josef bugman posted:I like my garlic crusher. I also hate cooking though. I loving love cooking long recipes. Bottle of wine, tub of olives, catch up on my podcasts or listen to a new album or something, just wonderful. If you're struggling with the futility of cooking for yourself, make large batches and either freeze them for future consumption or offer them to friends and family. Get some rope and lower that Tupperware out the window.
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justcola posted:First time I've been single in a long time and I have no idea what to do. Gave Tinder a look but thought it wasn't for me. I'm on the fence about messaging people I kind of know as with no lockdown end in sight I can see conversations just going round in circles. Usually I just chat to people out and about, but as that's not an option I'm at a bit of a loss. I'm not being funny or mean, but maybe learn to be by yourself for a bit? It's ok to not be with someone for awhile. Especially in a global pandemic
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Aphex- posted:I've become a true coffee snob over the last year. I was fine with instant coffee but have slowly moved over to now having freshly ground pour over coffee and holy poo poo is it night and day. I ran out of coffee beans last week and had to go back to instant for a couple of days and it loving sucks. If you can, and fair if you can't but quite a lot of the coffee places around me have been doing deliveries and I've lapped that up. Partially because good coffee but also because I really really want the locally owned coffee shop in Cardiff that I am habitually at to still be there when this ends.
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Barry Foster posted:I'm not being funny or mean, but maybe learn to be by yourself for a bit? It's ok to not be with someone for awhile. Especially in a global pandemic I would second that solitude has perks.
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OwlFancier posted:I would second that solitude has perks. Yeah you can eat digestive biscuits in bed
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Ratjaculation posted:i want some caramel digestives plain choc half coated or gtfo
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Dell_Zincht posted:Yeah you can eat digestive biscuits in bed But what if you would kick yourself out of bed for eating crackers?
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Dell_Zincht posted:plain choc half coated or gtfo gently caress yes
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Barry Foster posted:I'm not being funny or mean, but maybe learn to be by yourself for a bit? It's ok to not be with someone for awhile. Especially in a global pandemic Aye, I probably should - I just miss that early stage of getting to know someone really. Though since that last post I got chatting with one of my neighbours and she invited me round for a socially-distant brew. I have had a bit of time to reflect, I think I constantly need something to be doing as I get so restless. I'm working from home, have a couple of commissions, plenty of side projects and hobbies, live close to the countryside, so I'm very lucky - I'm also extremely bored. Waaah. I'm alright, just been struggling a bit this weekend and lack motivation. Hope others are managing.
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justcola posted:Aye, I probably should - I just miss that early stage of getting to know someone really. Though since that last post I got chatting with one of my neighbours and she invited me round for a socially-distant brew. If you're always that restless then I might respectfully suggest that adding another spinning plate isn't going to ease your boredom. Gotta make peace with doing nothing sometimes. Distractions are fine and all, but if you can't just sit still for a bit and chill then you might be running from something you need to deal with (speaking from experience...)
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UnquietDream posted:If you can, and fair if you can't but quite a lot of the coffee places around me have been doing deliveries and I've lapped that up. Partially because good coffee but also because I really really want the locally owned coffee shop in Cardiff that I am habitually at to still be there when this ends. I've got one of those online coffee subscription things and it's been great. I just had to up the frequency of it since working from home! Saves me having to go out and get it for sure.
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Bobstar posted:Given that I had to look up what a salamander is, the answer to that is "maybe"  where the bottom oven is a normal sized fan oven and the top one is a small toaster oven with a grill element as the only heat source, so it works like a toaster oven with the door shut or a small salamander with the door open. If the reviews like this one are right, there's basically no point me getting one.
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Dell_Zincht posted:Wank yourself silly, no shame in giving the captain the ol' tug, especially if you're single.
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Josef bugman posted:I like my garlic crusher. I also hate cooking though. I hate cooking too. My formula is along the lines of 'it shouldn't take longer to prepare (as in active preparation, not including time in the microwave or whatever) than to eat" so for me, 5 mins. If I had a family of 6 (which was our family when I was growing up), 30 mins.
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I've just noticed the forum change to Dungeon's & Dragon's - is there some underlying reason for the market traders' style apostrophes that I have missed?
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OwlFancier posted:Probably just for fun, or alternatively signifying that the forum belongs to the dungeon and the dragon. Good point. The dungeon and the dragon. I like that. Guavanaut posted:Because this subforum is full of the types of people that would be irked by that. Am I the irked one?  (not really irked just thought I must have missed something).
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Josef bugman posted:I like my garlic crusher. I also hate cooking though. It's good podcast time and if you cook in bulk it lasts for days not minutes. Most of my recipes do take too long though, but most of that time isn't active so you can go do something else. I dunno its real nice to be able to cook what you want, especially since 99% of supermarket food and takeaway is tasteless trash where I live... I miss Brighton. Grubbs burgers and bhindis Indian... sassassin posted:Have you considered clicking the links to those "you won't last 5 minutes, my lord" games and living a life of digitised romantic fulfilment? Lol Also solidarity with Jaeluni, all the women in my family have giant feet
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crispix posted:I wonder what old Tim Martins makes of pubs having to stay closed until Christmas I suspect he'll be alright when he realises there are a lot of pubs which will go bust during that timeframe and be ready to be hoovered up.
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Isomermaid posted:b) I shaped, side on b for preference, but it must be the kind with a swivelly blade. I want to hold the peeler like a knife*, but have it adapt to contours for me. If it won't do that I'll just use a knife. * ie with my fingers pulling the blade towards my thumb Oh dear me fucked around with this message at 14:36 on Apr 20, 2020 |
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I wonder if super chefs can still eat ordinary food for mere mortals like you or I might cook, or if everything not prepared in the subtlest manner with the finest ingredients tastes like garbage to their ultra-refined tastebuds and makes them want to hurl. Could Anthony Bourdain have stomached a frozen pizza? e: A frozen pizza that had subsequently been prepared according to the appropriate instructions, for the inevitable pedant.
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Red Oktober posted:I suspect he'll be alright when he realises there are a lot of pubs which will go bust during that timeframe and be ready to be hoovered up. I may be 30 years out of date on this, but wasn't there some law about big pub monopolies, and the breaking up of them so a chain could only own a certain maximum which number now escapes me? I have some vague memory of writing an essay on the topic when I was training to be a - ahem - Chartered Surveyor back in my distant past.
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big scary monsters posted:I wonder if super chefs can still eat ordinary food for mere mortals like you or I might cook, or if everything not prepared in the subtlest manner with the finest ingredients tastes like garbage to their ultra-refined tastebuds and makes them want to hurl. Could Anthony Bourdain have stomached a frozen pizza? the handful of chefs I know eat instant crap at home. after spending all day balancing sprigs of parsley on flambé pork loin ziggurats or whatever they cant be arsed to cook for themselves
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Am just reading that Sunday Times article on DePfeffels failings during the start of corvid 19. Over the weekend I was talking with a friend and as far back as January, she chucked in a job in east London in anticipation of what was about to happen (she shares a home with 3 extremely vulnerable adults) and I was asking whether the course I attended in London in March was going to be cancelled. So there really was no excuse for the govt - presumably with considerably more information than available to my friend and I - not to know what was coming. I saw that film Flood on the weekend (2009 - David Suchet, Robert Carlyle) about a huge flood breaking through the Thames Barrier so I know what the COBRA room looks like (maybe it really does, but I doubt it) and the Deputy PM (Suchet) having to make decisions while the PM was on a jolly in Australia.
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Josef bugman posted:I like my garlic crusher. I also hate cooking though. Personally, the creation of a good dish is extremely psychologically rewarding. I receive more satisfaction from making and eating dinner with my missus and kids than I do from making all forms of art except tattoos.
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