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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Electrics sorted, الحمد لله Glad to hear it got sorted quickly, these situations always stress me the gently caress out. OwlFancier posted:Hello thread please have this video from my lunch break. 10/10 content gently caress's sake. On this day in 1902 (yeah gently caress you I'm doing on this day, not numbers) Edward VII was crowned king of the UK. I've not done any research, but I think it's fair to assume he was a dickhead. Miftan fucked around with this message at 15:39 on Aug 9, 2021 |
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Miftan posted:Glad to hear it got sorted quickly, these situations always stress me the gently caress out. On this day is the right way to do it I know two things about Bertie. Well, 3 I guess coz I know his nickname was Bertie. After a tour in India he said the frankly remarkable for a British nobleat the height of Empire: "Because a man has a black face and a different religion from our own, there is no reason why he should be treated as a brute." And he was a bit of a lush who took part in illegal card games & was even called as a witness in court coz of one of those games. Still a royal so still a poo poo forkboy84 fucked around with this message at 15:47 on Aug 9, 2021 |
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Just Another Lurker posted:If you see anyone putting stars on their hands it's to cover up syphilis marks. If it's me it's whitlows. Why do I have to get loving cold sores on my loving hands? Story of my life.
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forkboy84 posted:On this day is the right way to do it
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Had a weird visit just now at my house. 2 people visited, a man and a woman with 2 young children in tow. They said they needed a picture of the woman in front of my house with both inner and outer doors open to "prove they used to live there for some sort of benefit claim". They said another person (who they named) was currently abroad but had lived in the house with someone else a long time ago and they needed to prove that somehow. We bought the house 9 years off a couple who had been here 40 years which I told them but they said the person must have lived with them for a bit. I was quite sceptical (but it's not impossible!) but they caught me off guard and at the time I couldn't think of any possible harm they could do with a picture of some random woman in front of my house with both doors open (which doesn't even look the same as it did 9 years ago, we've had the front painted! It could be any house on any road in this area, to be honest!) so I stupidly said yes whatever without really thinking. I questioned the guy as to how on earth this picture proves anything regarding previous residency and he said he though it was odd and stupid too but that's what they were asking for to process the claim. But after they'd left of course I was left worrying that now I'm going to be scammed somehow, although not sure what they can do with the picture anyway... if it's to claim falsely they resided at my address, I don't think the picture proves that, like I said there is nothing distinctive about the front of our house, it could be a different house somewhere else. If it's to scope out the house to burgle it then I don't see why they needed me to open the doors, you can see the inner locks perfectly fine through the glass porch door. Plus the woman is sort of blocking the locks in the picture anyway. I have googled phrases like "picture in front of house open doors scam" and "picture in front of house open doors benefit claim" and found nothing. Does anyone have any idea wtf?
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Aug 9, 2021 16:17
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I want to tell you that is absolutely daft but also my job literally involves taking the most idiotic photos of poo poo to try and prove things to people, so that actually sounds very normal to me.
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We finally hit 89% first dose, taking 16 days to creep up one percent. We might hit 90% but September (by comparison, second dose is achieving +1% in 3 days)
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Aug 9, 2021 16:28
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forkboy84 posted:After a tour in India he said the frankly remarkable for a British nobleat the height of Empire:
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Aug 9, 2021 16:44
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I think it's because if you imagine a barn full of various sheep and calves and such disagreeing with eachother in the distance it sounds identical to a collection of aristocrats. "Waughwaughwaughwaugh" My brain:  nobleats
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NoblEats is my new disruptive delivery app: we deliver the rich to your home to eat them from the comfort of your own home
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buffeh posted:Had a weird visit just now at my house. 2 people visited, a man and a woman with 2 young children in tow. They said they needed a picture of the woman in front of my house with both inner and outer doors open to "prove they used to live there for some sort of benefit claim". They said another person (who they named) was currently abroad but had lived in the house with someone else a long time ago and they needed to prove that somehow. it definitely sounds like some kind of scam, my guess is they're trying to work out what kind of locks you have and also other security measures like deadbolts, alarms etc also if they can see anything valuable in the photo that would mean your house was a better target than others
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buffeh posted:I have googled phrases like "picture in front of house open doors scam" and "picture in front of house open doors benefit claim" and found nothing. That couple now legally owns your house. Move out or start paying them rent, unfortunately that's how the law works nowadays!
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Aug 9, 2021 17:21
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The scam was purely to find out how gullible you are, someone will be back in a couple of weeks to try and sell you a timeshare/book club membership.
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Julio Cruz posted:it definitely sounds like some kind of scam, my guess is they're trying to work out what kind of locks you have and also other security measures like deadbolts, alarms etc I guess so but it was very specific that they wanted the woman standing in the doorway with the doors open as a requirement. She didn't seem to take the time to get a better look at the locks and honestly was sort of in the way when the photo was taken. Bringing her along and getting a photo didn't reveal anything more to the guy than if he'd just knocked and asked me for directions or something, it seems like an unnecessary way of scoping a place out. And like many houses nothing visibly valuable lies directly through the front door, it's just a mostly empty hallway and stairs. I'd have thought the big TV in the front room (which you can see through the front windows! No need to knock to see that!) was much more interesting, although good luck carrying that off!
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buffeh posted:Had a weird visit just now at my house. 2 people visited, a man and a woman with 2 young children in tow. They said they needed a picture of the woman in front of my house with both inner and outer doors open to "prove they used to live there for some sort of benefit claim". They said another person (who they named) was currently abroad but had lived in the house with someone else a long time ago and they needed to prove that somehow. Sounds most unlikely. I feel like it could be sussing it out for a potential burglary or some kind of scam either related to identity theft or to immigration or an insurance claim of some sort. Mind you, if they had said something like "We used to live here do you mind if we look round", members of my family have actually done that to people AND been shown all round their homes as a consequence to see what they look like now! Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 17:33 on Aug 9, 2021 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8C8eXaR2WM crispix fucked around with this message at 17:35 on Aug 9, 2021 |
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Aug 9, 2021 17:33
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Perhaps it is the modern equivalent of taking a photo of yourself kneeling next to a sports car to post on instagram claiming it's yours. Or of yourself sitting in the furniture showroom claiming it's your living room. I did see once upon a time someone doing that as part of a MLM thing to fake how much money they were making.
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Aug 9, 2021 17:34
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OwlFancier posted:Perhaps it is the modern equivalent of taking a photo of yourself kneeling next to a sports car to post on instagram claiming it's yours. Or of yourself sitting in the furniture showroom claiming it's your living room. This week I learned about the existence of a fake private jet photography set in LA that instragram influencers can hire by the hour to do aspirational photoshots.
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Aug 9, 2021 17:35
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Pablo Bluth posted:We finally hit 89% first dose, taking 16 days to creep up one percent. We might hit 90% but September (by comparison, second dose is achieving +1% in 3 days) That checks out. A small number of people will refuse the vaccine or cannot have it, and if the number is counting the whole population instead of just adults, under-16s won't be offered it. It's much more important at this point to push up the number of fully vaccinated people.
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Mm, essentially what they now have is a photo that sort of suggests that this person might own a house inasmuch as a photo can do that. So while I doubt it's for the benefits office and it is extremely weird to actually ask you to participate, there are conceivably reasons in this world why someone might want to have a photo of themselves implying ownership of a nice thing.
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Aug 9, 2021 17:38
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Julio Cruz posted:it definitely sounds like some kind of scam, my guess is they're trying to work out what kind of locks you have and also other security measures like deadbolts, alarms etc No one actually puts that much effort into house burglaries, because they are risky, high profile and don't even get you much. Something like 90% of all burglaries are by addicts off their head and desperate for cash for their fix, most people carry their most valueable possession (a smartphone ) around with them. I doubt their story is true, but I think it's just an excuse for something more embarrassing or wierd than nefarious.
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OwlFancier posted:Mm, essentially what they now have is a photo that sort of suggests that this person might own a house inasmuch as a photo can do that. So while I doubt it's for the benefits office and it is extremely weird to actually ask you to participate, there are conceivably reasons in this world why someone might want to have a photo of themselves implying ownership of a nice thing. It's not even that nice a porch! It's one of the few bits of the house we haven't done up since we moved in! It's just white plastic really.... Hopefully this won't come back to haunt me somehow. Feeling a bit stupid and gullible. Oh well. Obviously I stupidly gave them permission to do it this time but there would have been many many occasions in the past where I would have been in the back garden and not noticed that someone had quickly opened my house doors and grabbed a picture then closed them again, so it's not like it can't also happen without my involvement 
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I don't really think it's gullibility, like you say it's hard to really imagine what harm it could do and if I was planning to burgle someone I definitely wouldn't have the extremely werid conversation they had with you shortly before taking a picture of the outside of the house, because that would definitely do what it has done to you and make you think someone is going to burgle you. I would also put more money on the idea that they were lying about some part of it but they probably want the photo for some very mundane but personally embarassing reason, like arguing with someone on the internet or something. And that the worst you have likely done is make them look cooler than they are. You're already suspicious so just keep an eye out but try not to worry, IMO. OwlFancier fucked around with this message at 17:51 on Aug 9, 2021 |
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Got an electrician here to change shower isolator switch as cord broken inside. He shorted something and now the electric meter (non smart) is dead as a dodo. He changed the big fuse before the meter (involving a 1 hr trip to get the new fuse) and it's still not working. If he hosed it hes paying for it, not you.
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Jedit posted:That checks out. A small number of people will refuse the vaccine or cannot have it, and if the number is counting the whole population instead of just adults, under-16s won't be offered it. It's much more important at this point to push up the number of fully vaccinated people. I was volunteering at the Emirates for vaccinations this morning and the place was almost comedically underbooked - 15 vaccinators and support staff for a grand total of 250 booked appointments all day (for context I've worked sites where *two* vaccinators have done more than that), almost all second doses. There was a steady trickle of walkins for first doses and the general consensus was the only thing that was making people get round to doing it was the threat of never being able to leave the country if they didn't get it. 89% is the over-18s number (and slightly skewed in that they also count the relatively small number of vulnerable under-18s who've had it in the "vaccinated" population so the real number is actually lower, the real number - i.e. proportion of total population - is 70ish percent, and it seems like that's not enough to stop Delta, which leaves us in the rather invidious position of probably having to do at least 16-18, but probably 12-18 and maybe even younger in order to get to herd immunity, and without a lot more detail on the frequency and severity of side-effects in that population that's gonna be what bioethicists call "a bit loving dodgy".
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Anti-vax protesters attempt to storm studio at BBC Television Centrequote:Demonstrators gather outside west London complex, which corporation ceased broadcasts from in 2013
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serious gaylord posted:If he hosed it hes paying for it, not you. As others have pointed out everything upstream of the meter is not to be touched by anyone but the supplier.
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Aug 9, 2021 18:00
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keep punching joe posted:This week I learned about the existence of a fake private jet photography set in LA that instragram influencers can hire by the hour to do aspirational photoshots.
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Aug 9, 2021 18:01
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I deleted the Twitter app because it's too horrible, so I've been filling my phone-grab habit with the Apple News app, and both sides of the Atlantic seem to be going all-in on the "I didn't get the vaccine and now I'm dead, don't be like me" articles. No idea if it works, but there seem to be several new ones each day.
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Aug 9, 2021 18:02
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That's slightly oddly phrased, because while I suppose yes they no longer "broadcast" from there in the sense that the phrase is used in the trade, it *is* still in use as TV studios, including for live broadcasts, and it's entirely possible that they were actually looking to disrupt one of them. e: Wiki sez Loose Women is still filmed there, so that was probably what they were after. ee: and as I have just discovered the revolutionary research tool known as "scrolling down a bit more", both Good Morning Britain and This Morning are *also* filmed there, all in all a pretty juicy target for people wanting to scare the poo poo out of loving idiots. goddamnedtwisto fucked around with this message at 18:08 on Aug 9, 2021 |
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Aug 9, 2021 18:03
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Bobstar posted:I deleted the Twitter app because it's too horrible, so I've been filling my phone-grab habit with the Apple News app, and both sides of the Atlantic seem to be going all-in on the "I didn't get the vaccine and now I'm dead, don't be like me" articles. No idea if it works, but there seem to be several new ones each day. It doesn't, IMO, because people never believe it will happen to them - you need to offer a carrot instead of a stick.
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Aug 9, 2021 18:04
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Or beat them to death with the stick, which also renders them non infectious.
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OwlFancier posted:Or beat them to death with the stick, which also renders them non infectious. You want a variant that can survive being beaten with a stick? Because that's how you get a variant that can survive being beaten with a stick.
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Aug 9, 2021 18:06
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I wish I could delete twitter, it's awful. I don't just mean from my phone.
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Aug 9, 2021 18:07
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Beat them with the stick and then pickle them in the vaccine. What's the worst that can happen? The plot of reanimator with vaccine zombies?
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OwlFancier posted:Mm, essentially what they now have is a photo that sort of suggests that this person might own a house inasmuch as a photo can do that. So while I doubt it's for the benefits office and it is extremely weird to actually ask you to participate, there are conceivably reasons in this world why someone might want to have a photo of themselves implying ownership of a nice thing. It's got to be something unofficial, as 3 pounds and a visit to the website of the UK Land Registry immediately tells you who actually owns that house.
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Man I really need to dry out for a few days, I can feel my liver pushing against my ribs lol, but the news is not helping And tomorrow it's my dad's gender reveal party except that instead of gender it's cancer and instead of party it's an appointment with a consultant That's not helping either
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Insurers often ask for photos as proof of ownership. Not ever heard of one doing that for the house itself though I'm sure that's happened at some point. They were probably just scoping for obvious valuables.
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In Cosmic Weirdness news I ordered one of those miniature house kits that HopperUK has posted in here, and the UK importer for this particular one had an extremely familiar address, which turns out to be the block my ex-girlfriend lived in when we were going out.
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