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How to say Backpfeifengesicht without actually saying Backpfeifengesicht. 
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sebzilla posted:Gotta be committed to life in the posting dojo I'm usually asleep all morning and awake all night but the last time I spent the night posting I was accused of being someone else and given a sixer lmao. I read it all, though. 
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Feb 13, 2022 19:01
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The Wicked ZOGA posted:a peerage is a pretty big handout i think you'll find it's a grave responsibility and very hard work and a great burden. you have to go all the way into town to get paid 300 quid for napping
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Feb 13, 2022 19:13
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Prole posted:I check in here daily, and there's always like 160+ posts to catch up on lol. Guys slow down! Gimme a chance!! Don't look on it as 160 posts, look on it as 4 pages. I think the most I had to catch up after a couple of days offline was over 500. So I opened two tabs in the browser, one on the where I got to page and one a refreshing page to keep up. I seem to remember there were about 3-4 pages of crisps chat included in that. (And I've still never eaten Monster Munch  Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 19:20 on Feb 13, 2022 |
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Feb 13, 2022 19:18
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:
hosed up if true
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Feb 13, 2022 19:24
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Angepain posted:i think you'll find it's a grave responsibility and very hard work and a great burden. you have to go all the way into town to get paid 300 quid for napping and if you want to claim the money back for your taxis you have to fill in a form 
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Feb 13, 2022 19:27
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His Divine Shadow posted:I'm just curious, what are kind of goals people are trying to meet nowadays? New enough cars, overseas vacations? I'm really not keeping up with what's supposed to be expected of me lately so I lost track. But cars, travel and big houses in expensive places seem timeless brags.
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Feb 13, 2022 19:47
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Bobby Deluxe posted:I think most people tend to have inverse goals now, i.e. don't starve, don't get sacked, don't miss a rent payment, don't get the car reposessed. Even the more attainable goals like savings tend to be so that you don't get absolutely hosed if the car breaks down or something happens that the insurance won't cover. Yeah, in the last 12 months I've had to pay out about £2k in unexpected replacements (notably £1600 of that on emergency essential dental work at a private dentist - only one NHS dentist round here and I've been on the waiting list about 3 years now - never mind Aneurin Bevan Health Board (Wales) saying you don't need to register just make an appointment - guess they've never tried). If I'd been on benefits of any kind with no savings I would have been well and truly hosed. As it is the first 4 months pay from the job I just got last April went on the dentist. (It's part-time - full-time jobs round here are practically non-existent.)
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Feb 13, 2022 19:54
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We've lost about £500 to dentistry over the last few months. My wife's had to go private and pay about £300, and for the work I need doing I need to find out if it's £65 for the lot or £65 per filling - if it's the latter I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to hit up the emergency fund. I don't understand how dentistry justifies being exempt from the 'free at the point of service' part of the nhs charter, either morally or historically. E: supposedly if you're on welfare dental work is covered by the stuff you get free or vouchers for like glasses, but I can't claim, so that's great. Bobby Deluxe fucked around with this message at 20:54 on Feb 13, 2022 |
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Feb 13, 2022 20:51
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Tooth fairy set an unfortunate economic precedent
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Feb 13, 2022 20:54
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Normally on the NHS you can have as much as you want done, as long as it's part of the same course of treatment, which definitely does not create the perverse incentive to let all your teeth get hosed up and then get them fixed all at once and I have definitely not done that.
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Feb 13, 2022 20:54
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OwlFancier posted:Normally on the NHS you can have as much as you want done, as long as it's part of the same course of treatment, which definitely does not create the perverse incentive to let all your teeth get hosed up and then get them fixed all at once and I have definitely not done that.
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Feb 13, 2022 20:59
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Bobby Deluxe posted:
The Labour Party decided the costs of fixing teeth & glasses was too much, so cut it. Of course once the precedent was set tories took full advantage.
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Feb 13, 2022 21:09
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When I came back to these war torn lands in 2019 after my 6 year European excursion, the vending machine at Manchester Airport had only roast beef monster munch and no other crisps. Disappointment, and then putting up with it anyway after moaning about it. It felt like home.
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Feb 13, 2022 21:14
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Bobby Deluxe posted:We've lost about £500 to dentistry over the last few months. My wife's had to go private and pay about £300, and for the work I need doing I need to find out if it's £65 for the lot or £65 per filling - if it's the latter I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to hit up the emergency fund. As long as it's one course of treatment it's 65 the lot.
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Feb 13, 2022 21:20
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Angrymog posted:As long as it's one course of treatment it's 65 the lot. E: it was all on the one piece of paper that I signed if that helps. Bobby Deluxe fucked around with this message at 21:29 on Feb 13, 2022 |
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Feb 13, 2022 21:26
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As long as it's all in your one treatment plan (and it's NHS) it should still only be the same price, even if it's on multiple days, but make sure as I also always have anxiety about how much it's going to cost.
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Feb 13, 2022 21:28
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Judoon Platoon posted:Train drivers on cover shifts don’t want to spend 8 hours crammed together in crowded mess rooms during a pandemic! This is extremely Tory behaviour! They would rather stay at home too far away to be able to effectively cover any trains when needed, or be rang up to come in and explain 'sorry I had a couple of cans while BBQing so can't drive now lol' but they are safe from those drat covid riddled messrooms while on shift, only to spend their time in busy pubs etc tagging themselves on social media with no fear of covid off shift. I've been working on the railway 15 years now, trust me the majority of train drivers voted tory last election and most think they are middle class now so fully plugged in to the conservative dream. Source: arguing with people in messrooms for over a decade.
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Feb 13, 2022 23:24
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Bacon Terrorist posted:They would rather stay at home too far away to be able to effectively cover any trains when needed, or be rang up to come in and explain 'sorry I had a couple of cans while BBQing so can't drive now lol' but they are safe from those drat covid riddled messrooms while on shift, only to spend their time in busy pubs etc tagging themselves on social media with no fear of covid off shift. Did they give any particular reasons other than 'buying in to the dream'? Was it pro-brexit, anti-Corbyn or 'Labour will tax us too much', something else?
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Feb 13, 2022 23:30
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Bacon Terrorist posted:They would rather stay at home too far away to be able to effectively cover any trains when needed, or be rang up to come in and explain 'sorry I had a couple of cans while BBQing so can't drive now lol' but they are safe from those drat covid riddled messrooms while on shift, only to spend their time in busy pubs etc tagging themselves on social media with no fear of covid off shift. always side with labour
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Feb 13, 2022 23:43
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All of them will be over the tax threshold now I think, before accounting for overtime. Also there is a lot of older hands who were traditional Labour voters but have transcended into gammonhood so are pro-Brexit and withdrew their support for Labour when Corbyn came in. Ultimately, as one driver put it to me many moons ago, I think for a lot of them they get driving and the money is a massive boost. Then before they know it they have matched their spending to their earning and don't feel aswell off. Now they're driving leased executive saloons to work from their £350k houses, their priorities have changed. Most drivers realise they are living far above the average salary thanks to the mess that is privitisation and the main fondness for the BR days is more to do with the benefits that were carried forward for those who joined in time, rather than the actual set up. The lean towards Tory is heavier at depots where train driver is one of the best paid jobs in that particular area. Disappointingly even some really intelligent drivers are too jaded by Labour (again this is pre-Corbyn). That said there are some exceptions, some drivers are in the RMT over ASLEF (a minority position outside TFL) and they tend to be the more principled and left leaning, usually former conductors. The latest proposed strike by ASLEF is being laughed at by a lot of ASLEF members I have spoken to so I wouldn't be surprised if they don't win the ballot. The RMT has always been far more left leaning and had the measure of ASLEF as very self serving for years. As a supposed sister union ASLEF were happy for their members to come in and earn overtime crossing RMT picket lines during DOO (Driver Only Operation) disputes, despite claiming they are actually opposed to DOO.
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Feb 13, 2022 23:47
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Julio Cruz posted:always side with labour I know what you're saying but I think there are examples where some unions are too corrupt in their methods and it ultimately gives the whole trade union movement a bad name. I won't side with the ASLEF rep who is on cleaning duties for 'medical reasons' flaunting his pay cheque at the other cleaners paid £35,000 a year less to do the same job, sorry.
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Feb 13, 2022 23:52
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Bacon Terrorist posted:All of them will be over the tax threshold now I think, before accounting for overtime. Also there is a lot of older hands who were traditional Labour voters but have transcended into gammonhood so are pro-Brexit and withdrew their support for Labour when Corbyn came in. Ultimately, as one driver put it to me many moons ago, I think for a lot of them they get driving and the money is a massive boost. Then before they know it they have matched their spending to their earning and don't feel aswell off. Now they're driving leased executive saloons to work from their £350k houses, their priorities have changed. I'm friends with a couple of what were formerly known as conductors/guards - not sure what they call themselves these days, still the same job! - I've known for 30 years - who are definitely left. Other rail folk I'm still friends with (I left rail 15 years ago!) including Control, Lineside - are mainly left & 1 card-carrying member of the squirrel-menacing party.
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Feb 14, 2022 00:10
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i think train conductors ought to be stout and jolly folks who believe in well-funded public services and good schemes for the children and the young people
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Feb 14, 2022 00:16
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One of my best friends became a train driver a couple of years ago and the bacon man is dead on the mark. He gets WFH days to study and is a spare driver a lot, weird thing is that due to covid so many services got cancelled which means they've ended up with an overabundance of spare drivers. I'm sure someone may have suggested using the spare drivers to man the services that have had to be cancelled, but probably got told to go play with the traffic.
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Feb 14, 2022 00:23
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crispix posted:i think train conductors ought to be stout and jolly folks who believe in well-funded public services and good schemes for the children and the young people
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Feb 14, 2022 00:26
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crispix posted:i think train conductors ought to be stout and jolly folks who believe in well-funded public services and good schemes for the children and the young people 
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Feb 14, 2022 00:30
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ASLEF shouldn't exist and drivers should be in the RMT because there should be one union for all railway workers. Really the idea of a union for one grade alone is about 120 years or more out of date and only really sustainable for drivers because they're in a powerful position compared to other railway staff. However, as a former driver the idea that they're generally right wing is pretty sketchy. I think you can only think that's the case by ignoring how those lovely opinions you're describing are actually more common in society in general than we would like. ASLEF is generally dominated by cookie cutter leftist views and despite what the right wing press may have you believe that doesn't happen due to a left wing cabal out of control from the members.
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Feb 14, 2022 00:34
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https://twitter.com/MarkAmesExiled/status/1493016664354533376?t=6UWFdWJOHZJtMVdnkIOu8w&s=19 I think it's incredibly funny that in its desperate need to show a strong arm against the pervasive force they claim is responsible for every bad thing to happen in Britain over the last ten years - from Corbyn's rise to Brexit to Indy Ref and beyond - the British establishment is openly allying itself with actual and unabashed Nazis, because "Russia Bad!!!" As usual, liberalism will be the handmaiden of fascism... Prole fucked around with this message at 09:20 on Feb 14, 2022 |
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Feb 14, 2022 09:12
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Picard was right
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Feb 14, 2022 11:08
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Dabir posted:Sounds like they're afraid of the consequences of their own actions, then. The military actions. The ones they're doing to their neighbours. The neighbours who are suddenly very keen to join a military defense pact. Yes and reducing Russia to a poo poo tier power that can't strongarm them into being its henchmen/buffer zone would be loving amazing for many of its neighbours, but that didn't happen in 1991, and now it's obvious Russia disagrees and Russia is the one with the nukes. When the guy with the nukes starts making demands and commits moderate outrages against international law, the guy with the nukes gets away with it.
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Feb 14, 2022 11:41
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I CANNOT EJACULATE WITHOUT SEEING NATIVE AMERICANS BRUTALISED!
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suck my woke dick posted:When the guy with the nukes starts making demands and commits moderate outrages against international law, the guy with the nukes gets away with it. But enough about Brexit.
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Feb 14, 2022 11:44
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suck my woke dick posted:Yes and reducing Russia to a poo poo tier power that can't strongarm them into being its henchmen/buffer zone would be loving amazing for many of its neighbours I mean, the neolib 'economists' the US sent over there in the early 90s sure had a go. But ultimately, Russia had nukes in 1991 too, there's a limit to how far anyone could have done to 'reduce' them.
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Feb 14, 2022 12:16
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https://twitter.com/hepcatsector/status/1493155244951302146 Kind of obsessed with this potential play. Can those (fictional) Momentum thugs stoop any lower than wanting to deselect a noble MP for the minor infraction of *checks notes* murdering a homeless person while drink-driving?!
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Feb 14, 2022 12:17
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wurrance telephene strikes again
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Feb 14, 2022 12:22
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feedmegin posted:I mean, the neolib 'economists' the US sent over there in the early 90s sure had a go. But ultimately, Russia had nukes in 1991 too, there's a limit to how far anyone could have done to 'reduce' them. The main brain behind the dissolution of the USSR was Yegor Gaidar, anyway. He sought help from the West, but he set policy himself.
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Feb 14, 2022 12:23
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Comrade Fakename posted:https://twitter.com/hepcatsector/status/1493155244951302146 She wasn't an MP but the point still stands. Jose posted:honestly the public really should get to see what complete psychos the labour party MPs are more often keep punching joe fucked around with this message at 12:27 on Feb 14, 2022 |
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Feb 14, 2022 12:25
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feedmegin posted:I mean, the neolib 'economists' the US sent over there in the early 90s sure had a go. But ultimately, Russia had nukes in 1991 too, there's a limit to how far anyone could have done to 'reduce' them. Remember the time the US supported Yeltsin when he overthrew the legisture & constitution of Russia because people were upset at the massive human cost of his liberalisation of the economy, most notably with life expectancy falling dramatically. Good Times.
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Feb 14, 2022 12:29
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Prole posted:https://twitter.com/MarkAmesExiled/status/1493016664354533376?t=6UWFdWJOHZJtMVdnkIOu8w&s=19 https://twitter.com/MuradGazdiev/status/1491860343160721408
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Comrade Fakename posted:https://twitter.com/hepcatsector/status/1493155244951302146 The drunk driving bit doesn't actually appear on the gofundme page, so unless there's an edit, it looks like the actual play will be more tame and boring, without even the bloodsucking momentum leader.
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