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Vegemite spreads better but Marmite tastes better. [edit] 103 is such a fascinating number that Googling it gives me lots of facts about 104.
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OwlFancier posted:The normal use of the phrase in the UK is "carrying coals to newcastle" and indicates something that is stupid to do.
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Fudge. Fudge! FUDGE!! After our busiest month so far, we're back with some new flavours to stick in your faceholes and enjoy! New flavours for July delivery! We're back, with some new flavours to enjoy as we stagger into summer. Original Vanilla: Traditional and delicious! Dark Chocolate: By special request; the same recipe as our popular milk chocolate, but with high cocoa percentage dark chocolate swapped in! Strawberries and Cream: Wimbledon may not be happening this year, but here's its iconic flavour in fudge form! Chocolate Orange: It’s chocolate, it’s orange, it’s delicious! What’s more to say? Apple Pie: Rich spiced fudge combined with dried apple for a delicious flavour burst. Hugely popular in limited release, now available for everyone! All bags of fudge cost £3.50; get a box of five for £15! Postage costs for up to a kilogram are £3.55; for larger orders please ask. 🙂 As always, please drop us a personal message here, at fb.me/fudjit or to Fudjit.orders@gmail.com to place an order. Payment is accepted via PayPal or direct bank transfer 🙂 All orders will ship by July 23rd (due to variable post office opening times an exact date cannot be given) Goon Special! This month's special goon flavour is in honour of our beloved, wonderful Prime Minister, who I'm sure we all agree is an angel sent from the heavens who can do no wrong. It is of course, The Eton Mess! The Eton Mess: Combining dried strawberries, crushed meringue and clotted cream fudge for a truly decadent flavour and texture combination. It's also rich, thick and unhealthy. 
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Wachter posted:de Pfeffelland Bozquito We always need catte tax Why isn't he polishing a glass in the bar shot? According to my tv shows that's what barmen do when noone is ordering drinks (never see barwomen doing it). Maybe he is a girl cat. goddamnedtwisto posted:Speaking of nukes, watching a thunderstorm approaching on https://www.lightningmaps.org/ gives a very Protect and Survive vibe. Ha. I happened to see Morocco while shrinking the map and noticed a sort of 'coptic, greek, ethiopian, cyrillic' type script and just spent 10 minutes discovering the neo-Tifinagh alphabet. Who knew! (Ed: and that would be confusing because none of the letters sound like the cyrillic / greek look alikes. Don't know enough about the Coptic/Ethiopian to know about those). OwlFancier posted:It was actually the foreign office leaving confectionary at the patriotism cube and he is trying to source the correct materials to activate churchill. I was going to say something like that but you beat me to it. Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 14:48 on Jun 17, 2020 |
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I genuinely cannot imagine why anyone would want to shag boris and doubly cannot understand why they would want to be nice to him afterwards.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:I can't think of a more suitable symbol for Modern International Britain than a European project we didn't deign to join because we were going to buy something from the US to replace our Jet Age vintage tanker fleet, then when we got hosed over on that we blustered in at the very last minute demanding loads of changes at great expense (via, of course, a completely pointless PFI) but which is still useless for a big chunk of the role we bought it for because we bought a load of other shonky poo poo from the States and so we refitted at great expense to do a job that the civilian version of the plane can do at literally a tenth of the cost, with a Union Jack ostentatiously slapped all over it. I had to wait for 5 hours at Brize Norton once because the pilot pranged the Airbus into the mobile stairs. Unclear if it was a civilian pilot or a Crab.
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Jun 17, 2020 14:49
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XMNN posted:https://twitter.com/NoContextPMQ/status/1273202629032763392?s=20 This genuinely looks like something out of a mockumentary TV show. I think it's the camera being partially obscured and the focus going in and out.
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OwlFancier posted:Are all crustacean pilots military? Yeah, Benthic Treaty innit.
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knox_harrington posted:I had to wait for 5 hours at Brize Norton once because the pilot pranged the Airbus into the mobile stairs. Unclear if it was a civilian pilot or a Crab. I flew into Brize Norton once in 1974 - dad was based in Germany and I was out at school there (BFES) until family accommodation became available for mum & siblings to move over, and we had an emergency flight home in a Hercules to BN for some reason which I can't recall now - not a family death so probably one of those things that adults worry about and kids don't get to hear about. The seats faced the rear of the plane apparently for parachutists' convenience and it felt weird.
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OwlFancier posted:Are all crustacean pilots military? Yes (it is a somewhat pathetic pejorative term for RAF) There is a good story about one of the RAF Voyager/Airbus pilots who brought his camera into the cockpit. When he moved his seat forward it trapped the camera between the armrest and the control stick, sending the plane into a nosedive. Great job! https://www.theregister.com/2017/02/07/raf_voyager_zz333_flt_lt_andrew_townshend_court_martial/
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Filboid Studge posted:Yeah, Benthic Treaty innit. I don't see what utilitarianism has to do with it.
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Camrath posted:Apple Pie: Rich spiced fudge combined with dried apple for a delicious flavour burst. Hugely popular in limited release, now available for everyone! Got some feedback on the recipe from the marental unit. She says "a bit too much clove and not quite enough cinnamon". Take that for what it's worth.
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Jedit posted:Got some feedback on the recipe from the marental unit. She says "a bit too much clove and not quite enough cinnamon". Take that for what it's worth. Duly noted!
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stev posted:This genuinely looks like something out of a mockumentary TV show. I think it's the camera being partially obscured and the focus going in and out. I was thinking of the one that people were were responding to starmer with where they're both sat at a computer and the lady says "well you could if you tried" and the guy says "no I can't" or something angrily unfortunately I could not find it, but when I was looking I did find Rob Delaney tweeting dril at him https://twitter.com/robdelaney/status/1269951727832313856?s=20
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:I flew into Brize Norton once in 1974 - dad was based in Germany and I was out at school there (BFES) until family accommodation became available for mum & siblings to move over, and we had an emergency flight home in a Hercules to BN for some reason which I can't recall now - not a family death so probably one of those things that adults worry about and kids don't get to hear about. The seats faced the rear of the plane apparently for parachutists' convenience and it felt weird. May have been a VC-10? They had rear facing seats. Hercules have incredibly poo poo canvas seats that face to the sides in longitudinal rows, at least when I've flown on them. It's also really loud and tbh I wouldn't put a kid in there for long. May have been different in 1974!
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XMNN posted:I was thinking of the one that people were were responding to starmer with where they're both sat at a computer and the lady says "well you could if you tried" and the guy says "no I can't" or something angrily He's a loving waste of skin and he's treating the solution as the cause. You start from the position of "Colston should have been removed years ago" and you put the blame on the people who wouldn't, not on the people who took action because of that. But of course, that would mean blaming his fellow Tories.
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"I agree with the sentiment but the method was wrong" is almost a direct quote of MLK complaining about the white moderate lol.
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knox_harrington posted:May have been a VC-10? They had rear facing seats. Hercules have incredibly poo poo canvas seats that face to the sides in longitudinal rows, at least when I've flown on them. It's also really loud and tbh I wouldn't put a kid in there for long. May have been different in 1974! Quite possibly. Dad said it was a Hercules but then he wouldn't really know, he wasn't airforce. It was an emergency flight and took place very late at night so maybe that's why.
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starmer's attitude to opposition is more like this imo https://twitter.com/dril/status/464802196060917762?s=20
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XMNN posted:I was thinking of the one that people were were responding to starmer with where they're both sat at a computer and the lady says "well you could if you tried" and the guy says "no I can't" or something angrily got you covered. it is actually starmer https://twitter.com/Sarah_Woolley/status/1271008488907509761
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That's incredible. I thought it was from one of the bad series' of The Thick of It or something.
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peanut- posted:I'm sorry but he has to be parody Julio Cruz posted:can we put Darren Grimes on thread moratorium like we did with Weetman
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I'm eating a crisp sandwich for lunch because why not and I just remembered someone itt many moons ago describing them as the quintessential British food - fatty carbs sandwiched between carbs smeared with fat.  edit: cheese and onion McCoys, for those wondering.
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a pipe smoking dog posted:lol apparently the two British people who are valiantly trying to re-infect New Zealand met some friends and didn't tell anyone about it. You may have a little faith in the country back: quote:The pair were released early from government quarantine and permitted to drive from the city of Auckland to Wellington, the capital – nearly 650km away – before being diagnosed or even tested, health officials said.
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stev posted:That's incredible. I thought it was from one of the bad series' of The Thick of It or something. its from the mclibel film
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Hey friends, I'm trying to help my partner fight back against some blatant wage theft by her employer and I'm hoping you can help me check my working. My partner was put on furlough 3 April and has been back at work since 1 June. The only communication from the employer asking her back to work was a phone call from her manager on 29 May, in which he also asked if she’d be willing to take payment in lieu of 9 days’ holiday because business business profits profits  My partner agreed because extra money is a lot more useful than extra time off right now, but she thought it sounded shady and asked for confirmation in writing (which mysteriously never arrived)Today, she got in touch with HR to ask about her paycheck and surprise surprise, it turns out that “100% pay for 9 days’ holiday” actually means “we retroactively declared 9 furlough days as holiday and topped up the pay for those days to 100%”. I’ve told her to email HR clearly stating that’s not what she was told, not what she agreed to, and to ask them to confirm those days will not be considered holiday. (And if they refuse, that she should go to an employment lawyer.) Am I right in feeling that this ‘retroactive holiday’ thing is legally bullshit and that it’s something a lawyer can take action over? Her boss is absolutely a gaslighting oval office who she’s already put in one formal complaint about (and who asked her to do some work while on furlough as well), so I have no problem believing this is a deliberate scheme to con people out of their holiday days while also getting the government to cover most of the holiday pay.
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If she has an email from her boss asking her to work while on furlough then HMRC might be quite interested in that  If she needs something to twist their arm a bit.
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TACD posted:Hey friends, I'm trying to help my partner fight back against some blatant wage theft by her employer and I'm hoping you can help me check my working. Yes this sounds extremely suspect and probably illegal.
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Prince John posted:You may have a little faith in the country back: That was yesterday, this morning (or I suppose yesterday evening in NZ) it emerged they had broken with the agreed plan and popped in on some friends on the way.
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communism bitch posted:I'm eating a crisp sandwich for lunch because why not and I just remembered someone itt many moons ago describing them as the quintessential British food - fatty carbs sandwiched between carbs smeared with fat. Crisps belong in basically every sandwich, this is the key to fine dining. Butter, pickle, cheese, sandwich meat of choice + crisps of choice *chefs kiss*
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a pipe smoking dog posted:That was yesterday, this morning (or I suppose yesterday evening in NZ) it emerged they had broken with the agreed plan and popped in on some friends on the way. Ah sheeit. We're still terrrible then.  quote:In a news release on Wednesday night, the health ministry said “additional information” had revealed the women got lost driving out of Auckland and met briefly with the friends who had loaned them their car, to get directions. The women and their friends had “limited physical contact” for about five minutes. Hopefully the damage is somewhat limited.
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Jedit posted:Got some feedback on the recipe from the marental unit. She says "a bit too much clove and not quite enough cinnamon". Take that for what it's worth. Since my feedback was "holy poo poo that's a lot of cinnamon" they might cancel each other out... But OTOH I didn't realise half of that flavour was clove so my palate is presumably inferior. Mind you, I would happily scarf a kg of the stuff exactly as it was.
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communism bitch posted:I'm eating a crisp sandwich for lunch because why not and I just remembered someone itt many moons ago describing them as the quintessential British food - fatty carbs sandwiched between carbs smeared with fat. I wonder if you could deep fry that?
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knox_harrington posted:May have been a VC-10? They had rear facing seats. Hercules have incredibly poo poo canvas seats that face to the sides in longitudinal rows, at least when I've flown on them. It's also really loud and tbh I wouldn't put a kid in there for long. May have been different in 1974! The Hercules did have a long-range passenger transport configuration that was basically old Dehavilland Comet seats welded to the standard sized pallets NATO use for air transport. I'd guess they could install them any old way they wanted. Presumably also if the squaddies got too rambunctious in the back they had the option to open the rear door and just push them out, altitude optional.
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TACD posted:Hey friends, I'm trying to help my partner fight back against some blatant wage theft by her employer and I'm hoping you can help me check my working. Workers could be required to take holiday while on furlough but they had to be notified of this in advance so yes there's no retroactive holidays while furloughed.
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Prince John posted:Ah sheeit. We're still terrrible then. If you wanna quarantine people you keep them locked up - in a five star hotel with room service if need be. No exceptions because people can't be trusted and they will lie. If the UK govt had treated quarantine with the same enthusiasm as it treats "benefit scroungers" and immigrants we would be disease free by now.
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TACD posted:Hey friends, I'm trying to help my partner fight back against some blatant wage theft by her employer and I'm hoping you can help me check my working. This all sounds super fishy IMO. Firstly, and putting furloughing completely to one side, it's not legally possible for her to consent to give up days of holiday for pay in lieu, unless she has a generous holiday allocation over and above the statutory minimum, or she's leaving the job. link quote:Getting paid instead of taking holidays So if she's received money in lieu of statutory holiday, they're already breaking the law. It's not entirely clear to me whether the retroactive 9 days of furlough are before 1 June or you mean 9 days starting when she went back to work? If it's the latter, it's not permitted for them to ask her to work while receiving furlough money, so fairly clear cut I think. If it's the former, there are a couple of things going wrong here. Firstly, she should be accruing her normal holiday entitlement during the furlough period, maybe just check they're not screwing her over on that front also. link. quote:Workers who have been placed on furlough continue to accrue statutory holiday entitlements, and any additional holiday provided for under their employment contract. Secondly, your partner is entitled to take holiday as normal during the furlough period without issue for the company claiming furlough so there's nothing controversial in itself about arranging to take designated holiday days. quote:Workers on furlough can take holiday without disrupting their furlough. The real problem here though is that companies can't retroactively declare that you've been on holiday when you weren't. quote:Employers can: require workers to take holiday and the guidance for taking holiday during furlough specifically says quote:The notice requirements for their employer requiring a worker to take leave or to refuse a request for leave continue to apply. Employers should engage with their workforce and explain reasons for wanting them to take leave before requiring them to do so. So given the notice periods still apply, and it's clear your partner didn't consent to this retroactive taking of holiday for that 9 day period, it looks like they'd be breaking the law under this scenario too. (Obligatory IANAL disclaimer  )
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