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Ravel posted:My apartment flooded and my neighbours were so sweet and helpful, turning on my dehumidifiers and opening/closing windows when I had to temporarily move back into my parents' house. What do you think would be an appropriate gift here? A bottle of wine? My other neighbours suggested a gift card but I feel like that makes the help feel more like a transaction and robs it of some sentiment. some form of hamper (ie they might not drink)
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Speaking of, I've finally got round to getting Red Dead Redemption 2 (I absolutely refuse to pay >£30 for a video game and I realise how ridiculous a position that is). It's been exactly the escape from the 21st century and all it's... stuff that I was looking for, sometimes I was just going for long rides on my horse to drink in the scenery. Hell yes, what a game It likewise got me through all the horrible poo poo of November-March 2020-2021, it's the perfect non-21st century hell simulator
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Mr Cuddles posted:If you're the guy I used to work with at dircon years ago then yes it is your schtick, and yes it's great and memorable. If this is doxxing or I am just misremembering then please reply quickly so I can edit away my embarassment. Nah, I've mentioned working there in the past so it's not doxing (you realised it when I went on a long rant about the company that bought them) but it's *extremely* strange you should remember and mention this because I've just found out my nephew now goes to school in a building right next to the old Dircon offices which made me dig out a load of old pics from there, including one where I look basically identical to how I look almost 20 years later apart from grey hair.
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Red Oktober posted:If this is the one that has a heavy stone on one half and a metal plate on the other (and coloured buttons on each of the little pans) then I've been using the same for about 7 years now and it's absolutely amazing. (Bought in LIDL in France) Thats the one!!
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Mebh posted:Thats the one!! Try and use it - it's an absolute trooper considering the price. You can use the trays to do more than just cheese too - eggs fry nicely in them, you can warm gherkins etc. Cook bits of meat and ham on the stone bit too. Man, I want a raclette now.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Speaking of, I've finally got round to getting Red Dead Redemption 2 (I absolutely refuse to pay >£30 for a video game and I realise how ridiculous a position that is). Inflation is a loving killer https://twitter.com/OldUKCatalogues/status/1362069359221497859?s=20 £115 for Space Invaders
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Total Meatlove posted:Inflation is a loving killer Frankly my brain broke when Mastertronic upped their prices from £1.99 to £2.99. That's a 50% price rise overnight!
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By the Freddo index (taking the price of a freddo and looking at how that has changed) I worked out that even at £70 a game, games are slightly cheaper than they were when I was buying them in the early 2000s. I'm sure I put my working on this forum somewhere.
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Total Meatlove posted:Inflation is a loving killer And when ingersoll made things other than air motors. Red Oktober posted:eggs fry nicely in them, you can warm gherkins etc. Cook bits of meat and ham on the stone bit too. Man, I want a raclette now.
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Total Meatlove posted:Inflation is a loving killer But also wages rise with inflation too, so it's not as significant when it's not a short sharp shock.
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that scene from Spaced where Tyres the clubber just starts raving to the beep beep sounds of the lift and office electronics
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Private Speech posted:But also wages rise with inflation too 
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Yes they do, on average more than inflation in fact. Otherwise we'd all be getting £1 an hour and be happy for it. You might not be getting a raise right now but your next job etc., will, on average, pay more. Now keep in mind that's RPI rather than rent or house price inflation. Private Speech fucked around with this message at 11:29 on Jan 10, 2022 |
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stev posted:At this point I'd happily join and support a Corybn led left wing party. Yeah it'll almost certainly go the way of CUKTIG but it's better than the gently caress all we have now. Yeah i think it’d be an outlet for some if the frustration to just be able to say i have a party to vote for I guess being in Wales there is plaid but they are… not good. They mean well, i think, but they could use some political tips from the snp.
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Private Speech posted:Yes they do, on average more than inflation in fact. My next job, that's a laugh.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Nah, I've mentioned working there in the past so it's not doxing (you realised it when I went on a long rant about the company that bought them) but it's *extremely* strange you should remember and mention this because I've just found out my nephew now goes to school in a building right next to the old Dircon offices which made me dig out a load of old pics from there, including one where I look basically identical to how I look almost 20 years later apart from grey hair. That's me. I haven't been on these forums for a long time and wasn't sure if I remembered you correctly. Glad you're alright.
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Guavanaut posted:Ah the days when you could just make up battery sizes. I think we're getting back there again.  https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-model-s-battery-lawsuit-capacity-settlement-claims-2021-7 Now you can just adjust battery capacity as a DLC
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Jedit posted:My next job, that's a laugh. Even if you're getting paid min wage, it was only £3.60 for adults over 22 in 1999 when introduced. e: adjusted for inflation that is £6.65 today. Private Speech fucked around with this message at 11:38 on Jan 10, 2022 |
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sinky posted:Weird how the article mentions court cases related to Does anyone know the status of this case? I haven't seen a mention of it for ages, or for that the matter the ICO investigation into the leaked report. Lungboy fucked around with this message at 11:41 on Jan 10, 2022 |
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Ravel posted:My apartment flooded and my neighbours were so sweet and helpful, turning on my dehumidifiers and opening/closing windows when I had to temporarily move back into my parents' house. What do you think would be an appropriate gift here? A bottle of wine? My other neighbours suggested a gift card but I feel like that makes the help feel more like a transaction and robs it of some sentiment. Do you know whether they drink alcohol? Nobody in my family drinks much - 2 of us are completely tee-total - and we are always getting gifts of alcohol which we end up giving away because we just don't drink it so it's not much of a gift really (though obviously we always thank the giver!). My sister gets really annoyed by endless bottles of wine that people bring round! Maybe some flowers instead? serious gaylord posted:You're meant to put them back in your trolley and then bag the stuff up at the shelf after the tills! Yeah that's what I do in almost any shop - put the stuff back in the basket and move out the way to pack my stuff slowly - unless it's only a couple of things. I'm such a slow packer and get really conscious of holding the queue up if I try to pack at the checkout. I like to organize my shopping properly as I'm inevitably carrying it home in a backpack and maybe additional carrier. Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 11:51 on Jan 10, 2022 |
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Actually looking it up earnings have grown slightly less than inflation in the recent years, but it's still more or less the same as inflation and as I've mentioned earlier min wage has grown faster. The problem with seeing inflation as evil is that a lot of redistributive and pro-growth policies increase inflation; unless you want to be a fiscal hawk it's not easy to tame.
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Giving up on calling my doctors over a double ear infection after all day Friday and this morning, and calling 111 instead to be told that I would get a callback from the same workshy CUNTS at the surgery who won’t answer their phones, which is a new level of “because of coronavirus” gatekeeping bollocks I did not need.
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"On the throne" doesn't necessarily imply also being alive, I suppose E: posted while I'm on the throne
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Failed Imagineer posted:"On the throne" doesn't necessarily imply also being alive, I suppose 
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The desert thing will absolutely own when a million lady gammons and their dull variations on a “Elizabeth sponge” get beaten by a British Asian mother of 6 who invents and wins with something simple yet spectacular.
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Maybe they're just promising vastly expensive, lavish ceremonies, safe in the knowledge she'll be dust by Junestev posted:At this point I'd happily join and support a Corybn led left wing party. Yeah it'll almost certainly go the way of CUKTIG but it's better than the gently caress all we have now. Likewise. It's pretty depressing looking at the parties in the UK and realising none of them represent me. I guess Greens somewhat, but there's a lot of anti-nuclear and pro-homeopathy poo poo in there which is hard to choke down.
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Tiramasu but the sponge is soaked in chai
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NotJustANumber99 posted:im going to win the competition with my platinum encrusted pudding with all the platinum i'm going to scrape up off the roads Leave it in your boot and eventually it'll all get smelted again as well.
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Do they skim the platinum out when they recycle the tarmac or are the roads just getting steadily more platinumized?
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learnincurve posted:Giving up on calling my doctors over a double ear infection after all day Friday and this morning, and calling 111 instead to be told that I would get a callback from the same workshy CUNTS at the surgery who won’t answer their phones, which is a new level of “because of coronavirus” gatekeeping bollocks I did not need. My partner is long overdue for bloodwork for a thyroid issue which is more urgent but similarly can’t get through to her surgery at all. As far as I can tell there is effectively no access whatsoever to non-emergency healthcare at the moment and for the foreseeable future?
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TACD posted:Yea I don’t know how it is for anybody else but my GP’s online access portal (which I realise is a rare luxury in itself) hasn’t had any availability even for phone appointments for several months now – I haven’t tried calling as my thing isn’t that urgent but I assume if I did they’d just tell me the same thing. There may also be no access to emergency healthcare either, depending on where you are in the country, at least for the next few weeks.
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Guess it depends where you live, I called this morning and got an in person appt on thursday (didn't say it was urgent). I do live in the middle of nowhere though.
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I have managed to get one a week from now and have been able to get urgent treatment on the same day twice in the last couple of weeks, so that's OK I guess, but I am not hopeful about how long/if I will be able to be referred for investigative work at the hospital which I think I will need.
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