UKMT Summer 2022 - The Pipes, The Pipes Are Empty

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The Question IRL: Jun 8, 2013; Only two contestants left! Here is Doom's chance for revenge...

Bobby Deluxe posted:

One of the nice things about our village is that everyone has cut little hedgehog size holes in the bottom of their gates / fences, so the little guys can get in and out of gardens easily.

There's a few times I've let the dog out to pee and he's found tiny spiky friends, but luckily he has no idea what to do with them and just sniffs them, fascinated:

My dog was initially confused by hedgehogs, thinking them some form of smelly rocks.

But now that she realizes they are living creatures (that she can't bite because they are too sparky) she has taken to barking really loudly at them in the hopes they have a heart attack.
It hasn't worked yet, but it does mean that she is very easy to locate in the garden if she finds a hedgehog.

# ? Jul 14, 2022 11:36

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# ? May 26, 2024 00:51

Nothingtoseehere: Nov 11, 2010

Boris might have called an election this year because he believed he could win one with his huge ego, but whoever wins the Tory backstabbing competition won't dare since they know no one knows who they are or why they should give a poo poo about them. They'll spend two years loving up in the hope something magical happens then get dragged into a GE.

# ? Jul 14, 2022 11:37

peanut-: Feb 17, 2004; Fun Shoe

https://twitter.com/lewis_goodall/status/1547505264076722178

Pretty interesting thread on voter attitudes. Basically:
- they do not give a poo poo about culture war issues, at all
- completely fixated on cost of living and the economy
- consider consider brexit done and do not want to even hear politicians mention it
- wildly pessimistic about the future of the country
- no sense that labour offer solutions the tories don't

Of course no mention of the fact that a Labour leader who did attempt to offer solutions to real issues was monstered as being completely unserious for years

# ? Jul 14, 2022 11:37

Sanford: Jun 30, 2007; ...and rarely post!

If we�re doing wildlife posting�

I dug a massive pond on my allotment, like you�re not meant to. Two weeks since I filled it and it�s already got dragon flies, damsel flies, water beetles, water boatman, and judging by the amount of different shits around it each morning, plenty of bird and animal visitors.

Desperate Dan, tell me I did good!

# ? Jul 14, 2022 11:52

forkboy84: Jun 13, 2012; Corgis love bread. And Puro

https://twitter.com/labour_history/status/1547507875202875393?t=T9pOfvLxabpd-gv73RX4Nw&s=19

LOL that someone dug this out

# ? Jul 14, 2022 11:52

the sex ghost: Sep 6, 2009

Liz Dems Winning Here!

# ? Jul 14, 2022 11:54

Tesseraction: Apr 5, 2009

Two years later she joined the Tories.

Perfect summation of the Lib Dems and we should have seen the signs.

# ? Jul 14, 2022 12:04

Failed Imagineer: Sep 22, 2018

peanut- posted:

Pretty interesting thread on voter attitudes. Basically:
- they do not give a poo poo about culture war issues, at all
- completely fixated on cost of living and the economy
- consider consider brexit done and do not want to even hear politicians mention it
- wildly pessimistic about the future of the country
- no sense that labour offer solutions the tories don't

Of course no mention of the fact that a Labour leader who did attempt to offer solutions to real issues was monstered as being completely unserious for years

Honestly shocked to see a bunch of random punters that are basically correct on the major issues. Obviously, there's no introspection on Corbyn, and yeah obviously Brexit has only begun to annihilate the British economy, but can't say I disagree with these people overall

# ? Jul 14, 2022 12:13

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

Ipswich tower block residents endure heatwave behind plastic

quote:

Aditya Majeti, 32, and his wife Anita, 27, have been living in St Francis Tower for three years.
Work to strip flammable cladding from the 17-storey building had started a year earlier.
The scaffolding went up first, then in May last year, the shrink-wrap followed.
Mr and Mrs Majeti say they were told the plastic wrapping would only be up for six months initially but now, more than year later, it is still there - with no signs of it coming down until late autumn or the winter.
The couple say they are "not happy" about the wrapping.
"There is not proper ventilation, no sunlight," says Mr Majeti.
He says the hot weather has made it worse.
"Especially at night, due to the temperatures, it's very hot," he says.
They cannot get any fresh air from the windows, he says, adding: "We can't see what is happening outside, it's like a jail."

quote:

The cladding was stripped from St Francis Tower in work costing �2.4m following a safety report in the wake of the Grenfell disaster.
Block Management Ltd, which manages the property, says the wrap is not its responsibility and a construction company has been appointed to carry out the work.
It says: "Residents have been regularly informed about this and Block Management, as property manager, has provided updates on progress of the works when these have been provided by the project manager and contractor."

# ? Jul 14, 2022 12:14

deletebeepbeepbeep: Nov 12, 2008

Convex posted:

Ipswich tower block residents endure heatwave behind plastic

Jfc everyone involved in inflicting this should be locked in one of the flats for the duration of the heatwave.

# ? Jul 14, 2022 12:17

Tesseraction: Apr 5, 2009

Failed Imagineer posted:

Honestly shocked to see a bunch of random punters that are basically correct on the major issues.

You tend to see in polling that the public massively support nationalisation, NHS spending increases, etc., but when asked which party offers those policies they say the Tories.

The public mean well but are thick as poo poo basically.

# ? Jul 14, 2022 12:18

Failed Imagineer: Sep 22, 2018

Seems like leaving a building wrapped in plastic for an indefinite period would also be quite flammable

# ? Jul 14, 2022 12:19

No Dignity: Oct 15, 2007

The public think the Tories are sensible, sober mid 20th century social democrats and Labour are spendthrift idealists who mean well but can't be trusted with money. Their ideological drift over the last 40 years has gone almost completely unnoticed by most people

# ? Jul 14, 2022 12:22

notaspy: Mar 22, 2009

The culture war stuff isn't for the average voter and certainly not for Tory ones, it is there to depress the Labour vote.

Whereas antisemitism and brexit made it hard for the liberals to vote Labour, this one is designed to make it hard for the left to vote Labour.

# ? Jul 14, 2022 12:22

DesperateDan: Dec 10, 2005; Where's my cow?

Is that my cow?

No it isn't, but it still tramples my bloody lavender.

Sanford posted:

If we’re doing wildlife posting…

I dug a massive pond on my allotment, like you’re not meant to. Two weeks since I filled it and it’s already got dragon flies, damsel flies, water beetles, water boatman, and judging by the amount of different shits around it each morning, plenty of bird and animal visitors.

Desperate Dan, tell me I did good!

You done good

I mean poo poo your pond had water and everything too, mines a lump of slowly solidifying mud at the moment

# ? Jul 14, 2022 12:24

Jedit: Dec 10, 2011; Proudly supporting vanilla legends 1994-2014

Mega Comrade posted:

Based on what? Historically this hasn't happened. May did it sure, we got one only a year after she came in. Callaghan, Major, Brown? None of them did.

At the moment the tories still have a majority, the odds of them winning MORE seats are tiny, even with an ineffective opposition. And Mays stunt is still fresh in peoples minds and cost them a huge number of seats even if she managed to scrape a win.

I could be wrong, the tories are an arrogant lot, but it would be incredibly stupid for them to do it.

It was only 16 months for Major, not much longer than May. And she expected to do better because the polls favoured her and she'd just triggered Brexit. Losing her majority was a surprise, not a lesson to be learned. The result was also purely down to the personal popularity of Corbyn, so it's not likely to repeat with Starmer. Plus, they now have a much larger majority to absorb losses than in 2017. It should be expected that a GE now would lead to a reduced Tory majority, but still a majority.

The other consideration is that we've reached the point where the poo poo is about to completely hit the fan. The Tories do not want to be at ground zero for that and have another decade and a half out of office. When they do lose, as they know they will eventually, they want to be out for as little time as possible. Even with the polls as they are, a victorious Starmer would probably be leading a minority government and facing a host of Tory-caused problems that he has no intention of fixing. I very much doubt that such a government could survive for more than a year or two. So the worst case for the Tories with a 2022 election is to lose and be back in office in 2024, whereas if they try to cling on they'll lose in 2024 and could potentially be done until the mid-2030s.

# ? Jul 14, 2022 12:26

Tesseraction: Apr 5, 2009

notaspy posted:

Whereas antisemitism and brexit made it easy for the liberals to justify not voting for moderate socialist Labour

fixed that for ya

# ? Jul 14, 2022 12:27

fuctifino: Jun 11, 2001

I had a surprise Rishi payment sitting in my bank account, so I was able to clear the final vet's bill and order some more legal meds that I'm nearly running out of, as well as being able to troll tweet this to him:

https://twitter.com/stuwyatt/status/1547544296248807426

# ? Jul 14, 2022 12:35

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

fuctifino posted:

I had a surprise Rishi payment sitting in my bank account, so I was able to clear the final vet's bill and order some more legal meds that I'm nearly running out of, as well as being able to troll tweet this to him:

https://twitter.com/stuwyatt/status/1547544296248807426

tomorrow's daily mail posted:

FURY AT BENEFIT CLAIMANT'S DEPRAVED 'STONED FOR RISHI' HATE CAMPAIGN

edit: also I hear the 'green gelato' is decent

# ? Jul 14, 2022 12:40

fuctifino: Jun 11, 2001

Convex posted:

edit: also I hear the 'green gelato' is decent

I had my followup consultation yesterday, and it was suggested. I'm only looking for additional sativa dominant strains (even though I hate using such terms). I currently use Red2 from Spectrum Therapeutics which is a fantastic Lemon Skunk. A dose of that in the mornings with a strong coffee really helps to clear away the morning brain fog. There's currently nothing else quite like it, which is a shame, as Red2 is �13.75/g

It's still worth it though, but only in small cherished doses. Thanks Rishi :420:

# ? Jul 14, 2022 12:51

Barry Foster: Dec 24, 2007; What is going wrong with that one (face is longer than it should be)

Tesseraction posted:

fixed that for ya

Yeah, seriously

# ? Jul 14, 2022 12:56

Bacon Terrorist: May 7, 2010; to ride eternal, shiny and chrome

THUNDERDOME LOSER 2022

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62166276

ASLEF join in the strikes.

# ? Jul 14, 2022 13:26

crispix: Mar 28, 2015; Grand-Maman m'a raconté
_{(Les éditions des amitiés franco-québécoises)}

Hello, dear

keep punching joe posted:

Already there my friend

a shiver just went down mrs norman's spine :catstare:

# ? Jul 14, 2022 14:25

crispix: Mar 28, 2015; Grand-Maman m'a raconté
_{(Les éditions des amitiés franco-québécoises)}

Hello, dear

peanut- posted:

https://twitter.com/lewis_goodall/status/1547505264076722178

Pretty interesting thread on voter attitudes. Basically:
- they do not give a poo poo about culture war issues, at all
- completely fixated on cost of living and the economy
- consider consider brexit done and do not want to even hear politicians mention it
- wildly pessimistic about the future of the country
- no sense that labour offer solutions the tories don't

Of course no mention of the fact that a Labour leader who did attempt to offer solutions to real issues was monstered as being completely unserious for years

i've heard a lot of tories laying the ground for another round of austerity with a new leader - exactly the same talk pre-2010 budget

# ? Jul 14, 2022 14:27

Tesseraction: Apr 5, 2009

Bacon Terrorist posted:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62166276

ASLEF join in the strikes.

Keep initially reading it as ASLAN, and am like, The Union, The Rich and the... Classwardrobe

it started off better than it ended, shut up

# ? Jul 14, 2022 14:29

Guavanaut: Nov 27, 2009; Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998; Toilet Rascal

crispix posted:

a shiver just went down mrs norman's spine

And on top of the lawn and the fence they have gone and painted the gay gender flag on their shed Norman.

# ? Jul 14, 2022 14:29

Jippa: Feb 13, 2009

It's coming to that time of year when I look at AC units and realise how expensive they are and don't buy one. Did someone post a cheap one here a few days ago or did I imagine it?

# ? Jul 14, 2022 14:51

Miftan: Mar 31, 2012; Terry knows what he can do with his bloody chocolate orange...

Guavanaut posted:

And on top of the lawn and the fence they have gone and painted the gay gender flag on their shed Norman.

That picture has inspired me to also paint my shed this summer. It will be funky. Up yours Mrs Norman!

# ? Jul 14, 2022 14:52

Trickjaw: Jun 23, 2005; Nadie puede dar lo que no tiene

Jippa posted:

It's coming to that time of year when I look at AC units and realise how expensive they are and don't buy one. Did someone post a cheap one here a few days ago or did I imagine it?

Imagine tye running costs.

# ? Jul 14, 2022 14:59

happyhippy: Feb 21, 2005; Playing games, watching movies, owning goons. 'sup; Pillbug

keep punching joe posted:

Already there my friend

That's the kind of shed that has had many a copy of Razzle and Escort hidden in its time.
Prob still has.

# ? Jul 14, 2022 15:04

crispix: Mar 28, 2015; Grand-Maman m'a raconté
_{(Les éditions des amitiés franco-québécoises)}

Hello, dear

# ? Jul 14, 2022 15:06

Angepain: Jul 13, 2012; what keeps happening to my clothes

Guardian liveblog posted:

Braverman out of contest as Sunak maintains lead - second ballot results

Sir Graham Brady, the chair of the 1922 Committee, is announcing the results now.

Rishi Sunak - 101 (up 13)
Penny Mordaunt - 83 (up 16)
Liz Truss - 64 (up 14)
Kemi Badenoch - 49 (up 9)
Tom Tugendhat - 32 (down 5)
Suella Braverman - 27 (down 5)

That means Braverman is out.

# ? Jul 14, 2022 15:07

Jedit: Dec 10, 2011; Proudly supporting vanilla legends 1994-2014

So where do we think Badenoch's supporters will fall? Truss or Mordaunt?

# ? Jul 14, 2022 15:11

Guavanaut: Nov 27, 2009; Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998; Toilet Rascal

Trickjaw posted:

Imagine tye running costs.

Not too bad for the new high efficiency ones, and if you get one that can run in reverse during winter that's already cheaper than gas and could well be "cheaper than gas by enough to pay for itself in a couple of years" by next year.

# ? Jul 14, 2022 15:12

Spangly A: May 14, 2009; God help you if ever you're caught on these shores

A man's ambition must indeed be small
To write his name upon a shithouse wall

Jedit posted:

So where do we think Badenoch's supporters will fall? Truss or Mordaunt?

Badenoch's austerity-before-tax-cuts thing is only shared by Sunak so far

# ? Jul 14, 2022 15:14

deletebeepbeepbeep: Nov 12, 2008

Must be pretty disappointing for TiT to lose 5 backers despite there being 1 fewer in the contest.

# ? Jul 14, 2022 15:16

Darth Walrus: Feb 13, 2012

Jedit posted:

So where do we think Badenoch's supporters will fall? Truss or Mordaunt?

Truss has been placing herself as the far-right unity candidate. Apparently, she, Braverman, and Badenoch were in talks about merging their campaigns, so there's a chance Braverman will now endorse her.

# ? Jul 14, 2022 15:21

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

Jippa posted:

It's coming to that time of year when I look at AC units and realise how expensive they are and don't buy one. Did someone post a cheap one here a few days ago or did I imagine it?

I recall some deals being posted last year, don�t remember having seen any this year. But the general advice is if you do get one, a dual-hose system is a vastly superior to a single hose, and it�s probably worth getting one of those fabric window seals to prevent all the cold air just pouring right back out again.

# ? Jul 14, 2022 15:25

The Question IRL: Jun 8, 2013; Only two contestants left! Here is Doom's chance for revenge...

The Tory membership are that meme of the guy with two buttons in front of him only the buttons say
"Support foriegn Man"
And
"Support White woman"

And they are always sweating.

# ? Jul 14, 2022 15:25

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# ? May 26, 2024 00:51

Darth Walrus: Feb 13, 2012

The Question IRL posted:

The Tory membership are that meme of the guy with two buttons in front of him only the buttons say
"Support foriegn Man"
And
"Support White woman"

And they are always sweating.

Eh, after May and Thatcher, being a white woman isn't too insurmountable as an obstacle in a Tory leadership race.

# ? Jul 14, 2022 15:27

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