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Tarnop posted:This is 95% of journalism now, yes That's unfair, at least 50% of journalism is rewording press releases they get sent.
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keep punching joe posted:Do NI unionists also freak out about Gaelic road signs or is that just a they've been angry about the very affrontery of the idea  long before it was a thing in scotland, yeah
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smellmycheese posted:Lowtax has made it into the Currant Bun lol  lol
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Nov 11, 2021 16:24
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The Irish Language Act is about forcing everyone to speak Irish. All the time. They'll come into your house and change your TV with the built in DVD player to Irish and next thing they'll change all the flags.
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keep punching joe posted:Do NI unionists also freak out about Gaelic road signs or is that just a You are talking about the peeps that have delayed the Irish Language Act that the UK and Ireland agreed to back in 2006. Also I think I mentioned this here before, but when I was working for the NI govt and was up in around Stormont when the Assembly was being set up in 1998, the rumor was Ian Paisley Jr tried to get Sprite/7-UP banned from the Stormont cafeteria because they had green, white, and gold(yellow) colours on their cans. gently caress knows if its true, but it sounds like it would be natural in NI.
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Does anyone here know much about legal stuff, or where I can ask? Having some pretty severe anxiety around contracting a builder and not sure I can think straight because of it. Essentially, we're having our basement waterproofed so a couple of months ago my wife got in touch with a few places, had a few quotations and agreed work with someone about three weeks ago to start this coming Monday. He was over on Wednesday doing a final look around for stuff like where he could park his van etc. and we had a few questions for him, one of which was about payment - he wanted 75% up front and the rest on completion. That's the point where I start to panic having I guess finally considered the fact that we're going to be sending literally tens of thousands of a loan we've drawn down to a guy we've met about three times (basement conversions are expensive), and 75% seems like a very steep deposit. Looking into his company now I find all kinds of dodgy stuff - the company claims to be established in 1985, but I can find no trace of it earlier than July this year, all 6 of the reviews on Yell were created over 2 days, his other company (a plumber) has pictures on it's Facebook ostensibly of it's work that a reverse GIS reveals to be jacked from another company a year ago. So no way do I want to go forward with this work, especially since he only takes BACS for money so I have absolutely no protection. But now I'm worried about pulling out at the last minute, whether this counts as breaking a contract and whether he could take us to a small claims court? We haven't had anything resembling a real contract (and again, heard nothing of payment terms until yesterday) but does just agreeing to the work count as a contract? Kicking myself for not looking into it earlier, the anxiety feels like it's eating a hole in my stomache, it's causing tension with my wife since I think she thinks I'm blaming her for it and I have no idea what to do. 
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Nov 11, 2021 16:42
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happyhippy posted:Also I think I mentioned this here before, but when I was working for the NI govt and was up in around Stormont when the Assembly was being set up in 1998, the rumor was Ian Paisley Jr tried to get Sprite/7-UP banned from the Stormont cafeteria because they had green, white, and gold(yellow) colours on their cans. Unionist brain disease in Scotland causes the regular smashing of green traffic lights in Larkhall and forced a Subway sandwich store to change their signage to black and white.
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happyhippy posted:Also I think I mentioned this here before, but when I was working for the NI govt and was up in around Stormont when the Assembly was being set up in 1998, the rumor was Ian Paisley Jr tried to get Sprite/7-UP banned from the Stormont cafeteria because they had green, white, and gold(yellow) colours on their cans.
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keep punching joe posted:Do NI unionists also freak out about Gaelic road signs or is that just a They have that as one of the signs of the Apocalypse, they really messed up local government trying to make sure no alternate language signs appeared. So you are not alone.
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Noxville posted:Does anyone here know much about legal stuff, or where I can ask? Having some pretty severe anxiety around contracting a builder and not sure I can think straight because of it. a verbal agreement like that is worth the paper it's written on- because there's gently caress all chance he wants to be within a loving mile of a court claim financial problems are stopping you going ahead so he thinks you are no longer a good mark, bail the gently caress out and walk away
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Yeah, if you don't have a contract and you haven't agreed payment terms, there doesn't seem like much they can do. Not agreeing with their terms seems like a good reason not to go ahead. Though you could always offer something more reasonable like 20% up front and see what they say. But if you don't get a good vibe from the place then by all means walk away.
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DesperateDan posted:a verbal agreement like that is worth the paper it's written on- because there's gently caress all chance he wants to be within a loving mile of a court Yeah this, just say you were relying on a loan and computer said no.
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DesperateDan posted:a verbal agreement like that is worth the paper it's written on- because there's gently caress all chance he wants to be within a loving mile of a court Not quite a verbal contract, it was in an email, but yeah before any payment terms had even been mentioned
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Noxville posted:Kicking myself for not looking into it earlier, the anxiety feels like it's eating a hole in my stomache, it's causing tension with my wife since I think she thinks I'm blaming her for it and I have no idea what to do. If you agreed to the works anywhere else other than their office or place of business, then its subject to the usual 14 days cooling off period that you can bail on at any time. If it's longer than that it's a tricky one because it would be pretty trivial for them to demonstrate that you have agreed a scope of works (and a cost?), whether a physical contract is signed or not, and that they've ordered materials for you and turned down work elsewhere. Its likely that in the absence of a deposit having been paid they'd put up a cancellation fee. Citizens Advice on building work.
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Noxville posted:Does anyone here know much about legal stuff, or where I can ask? Having some pretty severe anxiety around contracting a builder and not sure I can think straight because of it. For comparison, a few years ago we had an extension added to our house and paid nothing to the builders up front. When we did pay, the overall cost was split into three parts and paid at pre-agreed milestones. Another vote for dodgy.
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Dulce et decorum est read by proper ACTOR Chris Eccleston https://youtu.be/qB4cdRgIcB8
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How the gently caress did that moron manage to die at 45 e: please quote this when I also die in my 40s lol
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Sloth Life posted:Dulce et decorum est read by proper ACTOR Chris Eccleston Sean Bean did a good reading of another World War 1 poem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlDoon91vZk
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ThomasPaine posted:How the gently caress did that moron manage to die at 45 Who, Lowtax? Isn't the chat that he offed himself after being told by a judge that spending almost all of your money doesn't actually mean you don't have to pay child support?
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forkboy84 posted:Who, Lowtax? Isn't the chat that he offed himself after being told by a judge that spending almost all of your money doesn't actually mean you don't have to pay child support? That's directly from his ex-wife, so I'm assuming it's how it happened
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CommieGIR posted:Sean Bean did a good reading of another World War 1 poem. That's nothing, at the London Stadium on Sunday I had the pleasure of hearing Sir Trevor "10 O-Levels and no bookings" Brooking reading In Flanders Fields in the exact same dulcet Essex tones he uses to discuss that rare headed goal against Arsenal in the Cup Final. Also the applause for the reading drowned out the referee's first whistle for the start of the minute's silence, and when he blew it again to signal the start all of the players - hearing it as a second whistle - assumed the silence was finished and dashed off, starting the crowd cheering and with a strict TV-enforced kickoff time there was nothing the ref could do to get everything sorted out, meaning there was no actual silence. I believe this failure to properly HONOUR ARE BRAVE BOYS will actually cause Kaiser Willhelm to return from the dead and conquer Britain. Also Harry The Hammer didn't join the players for the silence, shamefully.
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happyhippy posted:Most of the Black and Tans were WW1 veterans. Mmm they were WW1 veterans, but almost exclusively British veterans (Black and Tans were Brit squaddies and the Auxiliaries were Brit officers with rare exception iirc). Understandable that Irish soldiers weren't really used to suppress the Irish populace or burn down Irish cities. I'm specifically talking about how the Irish WW1 soldiers all got tarred with that brush, though yeah of course multiple urban and rural guerrilla wars within a single decade obviously hosed up a country that was already shellshocked from the horror of WW1
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Noxville posted:Not quite a verbal contract, it was in an email, but yeah before any payment terms had even been mentioned Payment terms are a two way street. Say you will only pay for it on completion, nothing before, and he will likely gently caress off
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Nov 11, 2021 18:32
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:Payment terms are a two way street. Say you will only pay for it on completion, nothing before, and he will likely gently caress off Nah, just tell him to gently caress off, or as others have suggested just lie that the moneys gone. You don't want to invite a situation where this probably-dodgy oval office starts working "on spec" and just knocks a big hole in your wall and fucks off until you pay him 75%. Basically, if you ever get bad vibes from a contractor prior to starting a job, just bail immediately. Even if they're not out to defraud you, getting big work done is stressful enough that you want someone who is chill, respectful, and communicative to stop you spiralling during the process
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Failed Imagineer posted:Understandable that Irish soldiers weren't really used to suppress the Irish populace or burn down Irish cities. But also exactly like something that the British Empire would do regardless.
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With the death of Richard Kyanka / Queen Elizabeth II, the long-time leader of a community often times seen as a home to a surprising amount of pedophiles / remnants of an empire struggling to find relevance, it is time to understand the past is gone and focus on the future, and what role, if any, an antiquated system of rules and regulations / disgraced comedians should play in it. (Cross out as appropriate.)
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Failed Imagineer posted:Mmm they were WW1 veterans, but almost exclusively British veterans (Black and Tans were Brit squaddies and the Auxiliaries were Brit officers with rare exception iirc). Understandable that Irish soldiers weren't really used to suppress the Irish populace or burn down Irish cities. I'm specifically talking about how the Irish WW1 soldiers all got tarred with that brush, though yeah of course multiple urban and rural guerrilla wars within a single decade obviously hosed up a country that was already shellshocked from the horror of WW1 Yes but there's no poppy just for WW1 Irish vets to bum.
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forkboy84 posted:Who, Lowtax? Isn't the chat that he offed himself after being told by a judge that spending almost all of your money doesn't actually mean you don't have to pay child support? Oh right, I'd only seen a lot of 'we don't know any specifics.' Kinda checks out I guess. Guy might have done bad things and been an rear end, but I'm not going to gloat about someone being so mentally unwell that they commit suicide and leave behind a grieving family.
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endlessmonotony posted:With the death of Richard Kyanka / Queen Elizabeth II, the long-time leader of a community often times seen as a home to a surprising amount of pedophiles / remnants of an empire struggling to find relevance, it is time to understand the past is gone and focus on the future, and what role, if any, an antiquated system of rules and regulations / disgraced comedians should play in it. (Cross out as appropriate.) Private Speech posted:Yes but there's no poppy just for WW1 Irish vets to bum.  *5 seconds later* We regret to inform you that the Irish poppy is based on a terror symbol 
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-59242195quote:No school dinners if child's debt is 2p, Gwynedd head says Am reading comments from some to this article posted on FB - some people are finding the online payment system very complicated (eg you have to book each meal separately and can't pay for half a term in advance for example).
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Look it's simple, the online payment system has to be per meal to correlate with the accounts database, which then cross references with the third party app provider to link the facial recognition scanner to the pupil databases, so that we can feed children, a task that has not previously been achievable by humanity.
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Guavanaut posted:Look it's simple, the online payment system has to be per meal to correlate with the accounts database, which then cross references with the third party app provider to link the facial recognition scanner to the pupil databases, so that we can feed children, a task that has not previously been achievable by humanity. That sounds like the kind of Third Party App Provider with Failing Grayling and Di Doh Harding as the directors.
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Noxville posted:Not quite a verbal contract, it was in an email, but yeah before any payment terms had even been mentioned “We’ve decided not to proceed with the work at the minute - thanks for your time.” That’s it - if (as seems possible) he’s a bit of a conman then anything else is just going to open conversation which he’s probably a lot better at than you. Even if he starts work without a deposit you could find yourself in a world of pain if he does a poo poo job or just decides after a few days and half a demo job that he actually needs money for x y z. You don’t owe anything, just knock it on the head.
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ThomasPaine posted:Oh right, I'd only seen a lot of 'we don't know any specifics.' Kinda checks out I guess. Guy might have done bad things and been an rear end, but I'm not going to gloat about someone being so mentally unwell that they commit suicide and leave behind a grieving family. Probably more sighing in relief than grieving (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Red Oktober posted:“We’ve decided not to proceed with the work at the minute - thanks for your time.” This this this. Just get out ASAP. And make sure to check back in here. if he's a dick about it.
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The Perfect Element posted:This this this. Just get out ASAP. https://twitter.com/dasharez0ne/status/979810839749210112
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Guavanaut posted:Look it's simple, the online payment system has to be per meal to correlate with the accounts database, which then cross references with the third party app provider to link the facial recognition scanner to the pupil databases, so that we can feed children, a task that has not previously been achievable by humanity.
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ThomasPaine posted:How the gently caress did that moron manage to die at 45 For anyone else wondering - it's fairly grim, so I'll spoiler it: LadyAmbien posted:I have been sitting for hours debating whether or not to disclose this, and I feel like it's something I do need to get off of my chest.
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