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Biggus Dickus posted:I was told they work best on underfloor heating, which is great for me because that’s what I have downstairs. Yeah all going. A big part of it is that we want rid of the oil tank etc so we’re heat pump only from Monday hopefully.
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Jun 18, 2021 12:28
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Comrade Fakename posted:No one thinks Steve Turner is the second coming of Christ, but he won the most nominations, and he also won the backing of Unite’s internal Left faction. He has plenty of decent left-wing credentials, and was the pretty obvious option for a left unity candidate once Coyne got on the ballot. Thanks loving god Beckett has stood down. Some of the poo poo he's said should disqualify him from ever standing.
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Jun 18, 2021 12:28
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TheRat posted:Some of the poo poo he's said should disqualify him from ever standing. What did he say?
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Jun 18, 2021 12:29
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Aramoro posted:Yeah all going. A big part of it is that we want rid of the oil tank etc so we’re heat pump only from Monday hopefully. Shouldn't need your heating on for another 5 months
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Jun 18, 2021 12:33
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forkboy84 posted:Leaded petrol isn't enough to explain this much brain damage. Unwelcome guest graham must have been deepthroating old lead water pipes. for decades I clicked the account, he's a fabian Comrade Fakename posted:No one thinks Steve Turner is the second coming of Christ, but he won the most nominations, and he also won the backing of Unite’s internal Left faction. He has plenty of decent left-wing credentials, and was the pretty obvious option for a left unity candidate once Coyne got on the ballot. Thank loving god Beckett has stood down. oh no, not internal democracy! the horror! the horror!
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Jun 18, 2021 12:34
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to be fair to him he did indeed eat (some) of his hat https://twitter.com/PickardJE/status/1405796095804985344?s=20
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Jun 18, 2021 12:35
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Necrothatcher posted:What did he say? poo poo like this  Really nasty dogwhistling
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Jun 18, 2021 12:37
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Can you link the full quote and article it came from please?
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Jun 18, 2021 12:41
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-party-iran-saudi-arabia-terrorism-trump-uk-jeremy-corbyn-unite-union-a8533446.html Very classic ~address the serious concerns of the far right~
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Jun 18, 2021 12:43
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15 minutes left to order fudge for guaranteed shipping today! That is all.
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Jun 18, 2021 12:44
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Camrath posted:15 minutes left to order fudge for guaranteed shipping today! What about fatty jerky?
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Jun 18, 2021 12:46
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Nonsense posted:What about fatty jerky? Sadly the people I was buying dehydrators from ended up ghosting me on Facebook, and had no explanation when I asked them about it at the kit fair a couple of weeks ago. (Also fatty jerky seems a really bad idea with regards it going rancid as hell)
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Jun 18, 2021 12:49
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forkboy84 posted:This seems like far too many Labour members for the area? Unless I slept on the hotbed of union activity, Great Missenden? I think Chesham accounts for most, but even Amersham has a couple of council estates (well tucked away, mind).
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Jun 18, 2021 12:50
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If that 600/622 thing is right I'd love to know how many members are in the same households / extremely alone / in very bitter relationships
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Jun 18, 2021 12:54
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https://twitter.com/cav0rting/status/1405304125001240578
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Jun 18, 2021 12:58
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She's turned the planet against us
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Jun 18, 2021 13:01
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Spangly A posted:I clicked the account, he's a fabian This is internal democracy. People really aren’t considering how absolutely apocalyptic it would be for the UK left if Coyne wins.
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Jun 18, 2021 13:02
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Comrade Fakename posted:People really aren’t considering how absolutely apocalyptic it would be for the UK left if Coyne wins. how much more apocalyptic can things really get from here?
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Jun 18, 2021 13:09
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McKenzie Scott easily giving scads of her money to charities also kinda proves that Bezos could do so much more and really just doesn't want to.
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Jun 18, 2021 13:10
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Necrothatcher posted:how much more apocalyptic can things really get from here? Losing the support of the UK’s biggest union? Very.
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Jun 18, 2021 13:14
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Comrade Fakename posted:This is internal democracy. The real issue is that the Unite GS election is FPTP because of course it is. FPTP regularly destroys democratic engagement. If it has a decent voting system then you could have all 3 left candidates and actually have internal democracy instead of people having to step down. Frankly, anybody that gets elected (especially in elections like this where it's not 600+ seats at once) and doesn't immediately change the system away from FPTP is not for internal democracy. These sorts of internal 'nobody was running against them' or people dropping out is how the people at the top fix elections.
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Jun 18, 2021 13:16
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Miftan posted:The real issue is that the Unite GS election is FPTP because of course it is. FPTP regularly destroys democratic engagement. If it has a decent voting system then you could have all 3 left candidates and actually have internal democracy instead of people having to step down. Frankly, anybody that gets elected (especially in elections like this where it's not 600+ seats at once) and doesn't immediately change the system away from FPTP is not for internal democracy. These sorts of internal 'nobody was running against them' or people dropping out is how the people at the top fix elections. Yeah, obviously they shouldn’t have FPTP, and I’m not sure why this wasn’t changed in the past. But it’s not changing for this election.
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Jun 18, 2021 13:19
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Necrothatcher posted:to be fair to him he did indeed eat (some) of his hat How about some wearable hat fudge for people who have to eat their own hats? I charge a very reasonable commission of 1% LOL
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Jun 18, 2021 13:25
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Umbra Dubium posted:McKenzie Scott easily giving scads of her money to charities also kinda proves that Bezos could do so much more and really just doesn't want to. Especially bad since billionaires like Scott can 'give away' their wealth but end up with more money than they started with.
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Jun 18, 2021 13:28
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I got rid of smart meter callers by saying I was with Look After My Bills and switched my supplier regularly. This whole thing about ripping out radiators and underfloor heating in order to get a less efficient heating system is exactly what I was afraid of. As much as my cat would love underfloor heating, until he starts bringing me gold instead of dead birds, we're not getting it.
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Jun 18, 2021 13:29
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Forced air heaters like this are a good via media if you want to get the benefit of a heat pump or get more out of your condensing boiler (while actually increasing the efficiency, because the water goes back to the condenser colder) without ripping all your floorboards up.
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Jun 18, 2021 13:31
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sinky posted:Especially bad since billionaires like Scott can 'give away' their wealth but end up with more money than they started with. I’m not sure that’s how it works.
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Jun 18, 2021 13:32
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TheRat posted:https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-party-iran-saudi-arabia-terrorism-trump-uk-jeremy-corbyn-unite-union-a8533446.html Looks pretty uncontroversial?
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Jun 18, 2021 13:35
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therattle posted:I’m not sure that’s how it works. Scott was worth $36b in July last year, since then she's given away $8b, and is now worth $57b. It's really, really hard to comprehend just how quickly wealth accumulates at those levels. She literally cannot give her money away fast enough.
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Jun 18, 2021 13:35
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The only argument that seems to get pushed for smart meters is so you don't get estimated fuel bills and how it is supposed to help you reduce energy consumption. (a) I read my meter every two weeks and put it on a spreadsheet and calculate bill to date and forecast bill for next quarter using the tariff rates (and give the co an online meter reading once a month). (b) I don't use energy I don't have to, I know that anything that produces heat is expensive (kettle, heaters) so I don't use it more than I have to while staying comfortable. The most wasteful thing I do is leaving the tv, sat. box and router on 'standby' overnight. All my lightbulbs are LED so if I leave every light in my flat on 24/7 it's only as much electricity as a couple of 60W bulbs used to use. (c) Two of the flats in my block had smart meters put in, the meters interfered with their storage heating which wouldn't come on, so the co had to reinstate the old meters. I don't have storage heating but what gives? I have had a letter about radio signals being switched off but haven't looked into it.
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Jun 18, 2021 13:35
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Getting my head kicked in by my family. Am I the only person who thinks making contingency plans (even if you don't end up using them in the event of whatever the contingency is) is sensible and not 'wishing the bad thing' into existence?
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Jun 18, 2021 13:44
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therattle posted:I’m not sure that’s how it works. If you imagine how much the average landlord makes out of one house, and then imagine that scaled up to $36b with a team of dedicated cokeheads running every scam they can to increase the pool they take a cut of,, it's easy to see how it could inflate itself to $57b even after giving $8b away to good causes.
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Jun 18, 2021 13:47
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Howling laughing at the fantasy world the sensibles live in: https://twitter.com/TheProgAlliance/status/1405692420268957701 This was RT'd onto my timeline by Armando Iannucci sadly.
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Jun 18, 2021 13:48
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Wait wait wait wait. There's a party called REFUK?
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Jun 18, 2021 13:51
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It'd be a good point if any of those three had been talking about tactical alliances, and one of those parties (the lib dems) didn't still have a Swinson rule in place banning MPs from making support arrangements.
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Jun 18, 2021 13:52
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Getting my head kicked in by my family. Given that yesterday we were talking about how to survive an apocalypse yesterday, I'm guessing "no"!
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Jun 18, 2021 13:53
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Getting my head kicked in by my family. Given that 'wishing a bad thing into existence' isn't a thing that is possible, I'd say you're right. It's the opposite side of the coin from The Secret and related nonsense about willing yourself into success (ie bootstraps)
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Jun 18, 2021 13:53
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:Wait wait wait wait. Brexit Party rebranded as Reform UK. As if they hadn’t FUKed us enough already
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Jun 18, 2021 13:57
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Aramoro posted:Yeah and with that you need 1cm pipework not microbore. A lot of folk have problems because they install a heat pump on microbore pipework and it does not work. Never heard of microbore before, is it a UK thing? Most pipes here I think are between 15-22 mm most of the time.
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Noxville posted:Brexit Party rebranded as Reform UK. As if they hadn’t FUKed us enough already Red Oktober posted:She literally cannot give her money away fast enough.
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