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An eminently relatable post indeed. It's too damned hot and i'm taking three short cold showers a day so i don't melt and become a huge greasy blob on the carpet. Norn Irn is not usually so meltable but it does bring back fond memories of 1976; the tarmac melting and me driving my Matchbox F1 cars through the sticky black goop with great delight.
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Jul 18, 2021 12:34
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Just Another Lurker posted:An eminently relatable post indeed. I dunno if this is folk superstition or what, but I think taking cold showers is the opposite of what you want, it'll convince your body the weather has cooled so it's worse when you go back into the heat.
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Jul 18, 2021 12:57
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On the other hand it literally has cooled because you got in a cold shower, and are now cold because of it, which is better than being hot. I don't think getting a hot shower is going to make your body suddenly go "oh wow ok it's hot unlike the 30 degrees I was sitting in thanks for letting me know I'll cool down now" Honestly I think some people are just automatically primed to do the least helpful thing possible because something cannot be both pleasant and helpful.
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Jul 18, 2021 13:01
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When I lived in Egypt, 3 cold showers a day in the hottest summer weather was de rigeur. Also, I learned that two desk fans blowing at me simultaneously, keeping my curtains/blinds closed during the hours of sunlight (sundown was at about 730pm - the difference between longest/shortest days that much nearer the equator is only about 3 hours or so), kept me pretty cool right up to about 38C. Also, I learned that wearing cotton vest and 'cycling shorts' (which for some reason people think lycra cycling shorts are fine and trendy but cotton bloomers which are exactly the same style are laughably grannyish hence my use of the term cycling shorts) under jeans were the best thing for absorbing sweat especially when travelling on vinyl-seat buses. (I noticed when I first used to go out there that all men wore cotton vests under their shirts and working on the basis that men, as a general rule, do not do anything en masse to inconvenience themselves, that I would try it. And it was great. Meanwhile the women are bundled up in numerous layers of polyester but I digress). Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 13:05 on Jul 18, 2021 |
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Jul 18, 2021 13:03
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Its folk lore that you could go into shock and die if you jump into a cold shower after being too hot. Like the Alien at the end of Alien 3.
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Jul 18, 2021 13:03
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OwlFancier posted:Honestly I think some people are just automatically primed to do the least helpful thing possible because something cannot be both pleasant and helpful.
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Jul 18, 2021 13:03
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Convex posted:Better get these queued up for the news tomorrow evening It's missing the best announcer quote. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV1fUwKMdAI (You got it by going into settings and putting all the display options to the highest setting.)
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Jul 18, 2021 13:14
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Loonytoad Quack posted:I loving hate these people so much. "No no, we said "Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak will now isolate after being ‘pinged’" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-57879730
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Jul 18, 2021 13:18
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Tindalos posted:"No no, we said "Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak will now isolate after being ‘pinged’" Boris: I've had a cold Journalist: So you hear Ws as Ts? Boris: Yes Journalist: I understand
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Jul 18, 2021 13:24
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Having a cold shower vs. having a hot shower is the same argument as having hot drinks on a hot day. Strangely I'm take the opposite opinion on it - prefer a hot shower but despise hot drinks. happyhippy posted:Its folk lore that you could go into shock and die if you jump into a cold shower after being too hot. I suppose it is based on fact - if you jump into cold water your body can go into shock. I doubt your shower is cold enough to cause that though and you could just... step out of it.
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Jul 18, 2021 13:24
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:I'm lost, what is "the pilot"? Ignoring pings and going to work places anyway? This seems too be the study: https://twitter.com/globalhlthtwit/status/1416687564816277509
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Jul 18, 2021 13:30
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 Suck it, airconailures.
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Jul 18, 2021 13:32
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What's this pilot study lark? I hope theyr all training to fly away
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Jul 18, 2021 13:44
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mr_jolly posted:This seems too be the study: Leaked info on it: https://twitter.com/Bfromlondon/status/1416694079249960962?s=19 e: may be deleted or be broken so: 
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Jul 18, 2021 13:57
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In positive news the trousers I asked about turned up and oh my god they are amazing like 90% pockets. I can put so much crap in them.
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Jul 18, 2021 14:07
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mr_jolly posted:This seems too be the study: 50% chance of 10 days of being tested? Being tested where because that’s top 10 of the most ableist poo poo I’ve ever seen if it’s mandatory. If it’s at home people with sensory issues can’t do the test (plus gammons will just lie and go about their day), if it’s at a walk in centre that means dragging a disabled person out the house every day for 10 days and that’s going to involve public transport for a lot of people.
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Jul 18, 2021 14:22
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OwlFancier posted:In positive news the trousers I asked about turned up and oh my god they are amazing like 90% pockets. I can put so much crap in them. I thought the aim of the game was to not poo poo your pants though.
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Jul 18, 2021 14:22
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Szmitten posted:I thought the aim of the game was to not poo poo your pants though. Only in a limited & specific way.  What brand did OwlFancier go for anyway?
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Jul 18, 2021 14:28
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Szmitten posted:I thought the aim of the game was to not poo poo your pants though. First day on SomethingAwful?
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Jul 18, 2021 14:29
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learnincurve posted:50% chance of 10 days of being tested? Being tested where because that’s top 10 of the most ableist poo poo I’ve ever seen if it’s mandatory. They send you a batch of test kits if you're in the not-isolating group. They'll be the rapid-result ones because you aren't allowed to leave the house each morning until you get a negative result. If you can't take that type of test then you don't get to participate in the trial, and you must self-isolate like everyone else.
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Jul 18, 2021 14:32
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I have in my hand a home-made calippo 
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Jul 18, 2021 14:37
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So gammons will drip water or get someone they know is negative to take it then. This is one of those sentences that is even crazier in context. I don’t have the app. The app on the iPhone disconnects the Bluetooth we use for heart monitors on disabled kiddies wheelchairs. The shitheels running the app see no problem with this because they classify all heart monitors as fitness trackers.
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Jul 18, 2021 14:37
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Just Another Lurker posted:Only in a limited & specific way. Dickies Eisenhowers from screwfix as suggested, £20-some quid on clearance, might get a second pair.
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Jul 18, 2021 14:42
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if you don't mind olive green or brown, your local army surplus place will have sweat wicking t shirts that work really well from anywhere between a quid and several, depending on if you care if someone wore it before youOwlFancier posted:Dickies Eisenhowers from screwfix as suggested, £20-some quid on clearance, might get a second pair. seconding dickies for good work trou
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Jul 18, 2021 14:52
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DesperateDan posted:if you don't mind olive green or brown, your local army surplus place will have sweat wicking t shirts that work really well from anywhere between a quid and several, depending on if you care if someone wore it before you Unless it looks very distinctive from UK surplus (with a nice big Finnish/German fleg on it) i would not wear surplus here in N.I. *insert obese soldier emote here*.
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Jul 18, 2021 14:58
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https://twitter.com/DAaronovitch/status/1416763694692843523?s=20 David Aaronovitch too thick to know when he's taking a L.
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Jul 18, 2021 15:32
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forkboy84 posted:https://twitter.com/DAaronovitch/status/1416763694692843523?s=20
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Jul 18, 2021 15:40
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forkboy84 posted:https://twitter.com/DAaronovitch/status/1416763694692843523?s=20 That whole thread is moonspeak to me. Can you explain what the hell they're talking about? I also am dumb but I don't post on twitter so I assume that's ok!
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Jul 18, 2021 15:41
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I don't know if it's just the heat making me jumpy, but there seem to be an awful lot of reports of people who are double vaccinated but still getting covid. Is it just those stories are more remarkable so they get reported, or that if people think they are safe they take more risks? Obviously still better to get vaccinated than not, but it seems like a bad idea for everything to reopen if even vaccinated people are testing positive regularly.
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Jul 18, 2021 15:48
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Mebh posted:That whole thread is moonspeak to me. Can you explain what the hell they're talking about? I also am dumb but I don't post on twitter so I assume that's ok! Aaronovitch thought he was being smart by claiming that Sarkar was the left-wing equivalent of Farage and the rest of it is basically him being a spiritually-74-year-old Tory really not understanding what the younger generation is on about. Also isn't Ash taller than Owen Jones, just how short is he?
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Jul 18, 2021 15:49
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spiderbot posted:I don't know if it's just the heat making me jumpy, but there seem to be an awful lot of reports of people who are double vaccinated but still getting covid. Is it just those stories are more remarkable so they get reported, or that if people think they are safe they take more risks? Obviously still better to get vaccinated than not, but it seems like a bad idea for everything to reopen if even vaccinated people are testing positive regularly. With the numbers of infections we're posting at the moment even a 99.9999% effective vaccine would still be seeing a substantial amount of breakthroughs. Also of course the vaccinated population is still older and more ill than the unvaccinated population so more susceptible, which also skews the numbers.
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Jul 18, 2021 15:52
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Interesting: Guto Harri resigns from GB News (after having been suspended for the summer) - resignation letter: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/guto-harri-resigns-gb-news-knee-b1886127.html quote:
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Jul 18, 2021 16:14
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But also the double vaxx'd people you're hearing about are either politicians or actors or famous for reasons involving travelling internationally, meeting people, and doing group activities, so they were always going to be taking more chances per day than your average person.
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Jul 18, 2021 16:16
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Seems a bit harsh. https://mobile.twitter.com/campbellclaret/status/1416767827789459458 Actually, no. It isn't.
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Jul 18, 2021 16:24
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So......is everything still opening with restrictions removed tomorrow then?
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Jul 18, 2021 16:26
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analphabetic posted:So......is everything still opening with restrictions removed tomorrow then? Wales moving to level 1 but not 'freedom' unlike England.
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Jul 18, 2021 16:29
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Wales moving to level 1 but not 'freedom' unlike England. Well, no "freedom day" for me anyway. Currently on day 4 of 10 day isolation (tested positive). I'll be watching the results of this from home
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Jul 18, 2021 16:35
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mr_jolly posted:Seems a bit harsh. Certainly I think illustrates the order of issues that campbell takes with him though.
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Jul 18, 2021 16:38
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spiderbot posted:I don't know if it's just the heat making me jumpy, but there seem to be an awful lot of reports of people who are double vaccinated but still getting covid. Is it just those stories are more remarkable so they get reported, or that if people think they are safe they take more risks? Obviously still better to get vaccinated than not, but it seems like a bad idea for everything to reopen if even vaccinated people are testing positive regularly. These vaccines were never particularly good at stopping infection. They’re better at stopping you dying. The original plan was never to just ‘open ‘r up’ like this but the US and UK gotta do the end stage capitalism thing
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Jul 18, 2021 16:39
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analphabetic posted:Well, no "freedom day" for me anyway. Currently on day 4 of 10 day isolation (tested positive). I'll be watching the results of this from home I'm pretty sure that's why Wales is holding off for a while, to see how it goes in England first!
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