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OwlFancier posted:I am sick of loud banging noises, play something traditional like them marching bands with the big man at the end with a big drum on his belly and the man with the two big cymbals. Queues up Marseillaise in English. Not like that.
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kecske posted:what could be more traditionally british than a balding fat man banging a drum two playing out of time because they're both determined they're right and the other one is loving it up
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kecske posted:what could be more traditionally british than a balding fat man banging a drum
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kecske posted:what could be more traditionally british than a balding fat man banging a drum slapping their own stretch marked bellies
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'Tis the season! https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1603064588223893505 
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it's fine it just "became available" at the right time. please ask no further questions https://twitter.com/oolon/status/1604224162708480001
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Everyone in LGB Alliance has a story they can tell that ends "...and they just stopped talking to me, for no reason!"
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As far as anti-Tory Christmas songs go, I think this is the best one. https://twitter.com/gracepetrie/status/1603729292164210692?s=20&t=4F1ENkvQatw58U8JD2xfKw Also calls out Labour for being shite.
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OwlFancier posted:I am sick of loud banging noises, play something traditional like them marching bands with the big man at the end with a big drum on his belly and the man with the two big cymbals. And a Happy Overture Day, one and all! May all your overtures be loud and noisy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoNvCwnK1Ls&t=242s (Timed to start at the explosions). What about that then, eh? That's heavy metal!
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:And a Happy Overture Day, one and all! May all your overtures be loud and noisy! I confess I prefer his lesser known son PDQ. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQVehnkc68M
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There is no ska cover of either song on Youtube
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The Mail today is claiming there will now be rolling blackouts this winter and it’s all the fault of… wait for it.. Met Office staff working from home. They also claim Meghan killed the Queen.
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smellmycheese posted:The Mail today is claiming there will now be rolling blackouts this winter and it’s all the fault of… wait for it.. Met Office staff working from home. They also claim Meghan killed the Queen. That's ridiculous. We all know Truss became PM for the sole purpose of personally assassinating the Queen, but everyone is too afraid to say it.
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I hope she did it by dropping from the ceiling dressed as a kuroko before pipetting one drop of a rare poison into her ear and backflipping out through a window.
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smellmycheese posted:The Mail today is claiming there will now be rolling blackouts this winter and it’s all the fault of… wait for it.. Met Office staff working from home. They also claim Meghan killed the Queen. I had a glance at the article, and Jacob Rees Mog is mad at the met office for not predicting this cold snap... in October, when they presented their seasonal outlook to the government. Can't believe workshy WFH public servants can't read 2 months into the future.
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Doctor_Fruitbat posted:Of course it's Rees-Mogg, anything that can be turned into an attack on WFH is invariably him. JRM is definitely a test case for implementing the Call of Duty 'prestige' system on people with too much money. There, you get to start from £0 again but now you have a little badge! Have fun!
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Hey if you don't like reading posh white men openly fantasising about violence and humiliation towards women, I wouldn't read the Sun. More so than usual. https://twitter.com/SunApology/status/1604126273571377153?s=19 Heavy "I'm wanking as I write this" Vibes off Clarkson. Oh, and complaining about racism in the UK ruling class makes you worse than a guy who got caught being a paedophile who dealt in trafficked women. https://twitter.com/SunApology/status/1604388426974887941?s=19 The UK Press and ruling class are psychotic.
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I googled 'Daily Mail blackouts' (hoping someone had posted the article so I don't need to give them traffic) and the very first result was "Government documents reveal how blackouts will be managed" and the third was "National Grid boss warns households to prepare for blackouts". Both of these articles were published in October. The National Grid has always had an emergency plan and if anyone would like to see it it's online: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/995049/esec-guidance.pdf. Look at Appendix 1 to see when your area will have blackouts. You'll need to know your load block letter to make sense of it, and you can find that out here: https://www.powercut105.com/findoperator. Local councils will have disaster planning teams that involve various utility and charity organisations, and they will be quietly doing their jobs in the background even as the Government is claiming to be shocked and appalled at news that is several months old. Lady Demelza fucked around with this message at 14:04 on Dec 18, 2022 |
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Lady Demelza posted:I googled 'Daily Mail blackouts' (hoping someone had posted the article so I don't need to give them traffic) and the very first result was "Government documents reveal how blackouts will be managed" and the third was "National Grid boss warns households to prepare for blackouts". Both of these articles were published in October. Thanks, this is really useful. As my block of flats is over 55s and most residents are in their 80s, we just put a blanket, wind-up torch and folding chair in the lift in case there's a powercut (or other breakdown) while someone is using it. There is an emergency light in there but it is very feeble and also they run out after 3 hours anyway. There's a phone in there too. Be useful to be able to be aware of when shutdowns might occur (and when yours truly will be subject to lots of loud hammering on my door because naturally as Chair of the residents' management co and youngest by a lot of years, I'm also considered to be repairperson, handyperson, electrician, washing machine repair person, lost property office, policeperson, judge & jury, keyholder for resident with onset dementia who keeps locking herself out and claiming people are breaking in to her flat and stealing her little woolly hats, etc.) So am I reading this right, Level 18 is total blackout for the whole country? And level 1 is the lightest schedule. Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 14:20 on Dec 18, 2022 |
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Thanks, this is really useful. As my block of flats is over 55s and most residents are in their 80s, we just put a blanket, wind-up torch and folding chair in the lift in case there's a powercut (or other breakdown) while someone is using it. What, and no book? What are they supposed to do, have a wank?
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Lady Demelza posted:I googled 'Daily Mail blackouts' (hoping someone had posted the article so I don't need to give them traffic) and the very first result was "Government documents reveal how blackouts will be managed" and the third was "National Grid boss warns households to prepare for blackouts". Both of these articles were published in October. Thanks for this, really helpful.
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Bit unfair to chuck all my area's power cuts at the weekend when A-H get all theirs during work time 
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Microplastics posted:What, and no book? What are they supposed to do, have a wank? Sit in the dark and think of better times.
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Guavanaut posted:I hope she did it by dropping from the ceiling dressed as a kuroko before pipetting one drop of a rare poison into her ear and backflipping out through a window. Guavanaut. I want you to look deep into your heart of hearts. Do you think Liz Truss is capable of doing anything complicated as required in that scenerio? I mean, I could see her managing to fall out a window on her own. Unless you think Jo Swinson found Ricardo Montalbán's sonic device for turning people into assassins and used it on Truss.
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Not so, I'm block D and I'd lose my Sunday evening, how dare they
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Microplastics posted:What, and no book? What are they supposed to do, have a wank? There isn't enough light to read by though I had thought of putting a couple of magazines in there "Woman's Weekly" or "Peoples' Friend" rather than Razzle or Fiesta Reader's Wives. Actually just thought - most of them will have lived through WW2 so sitting in a dark lift might remind them of being in the Anderson shelters.
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Yes, level 18 is complete power outage for weeks at a time for the whole country. The distribution and incremental increases for blackouts is very fair and the way the load blocks are distributed means you may not be too far from places with power (for the early levels). For example I looked up my house, workplace, and the pizza takeaway on some junk mail, and for lower levels there's no overlap. Toilets don't flush forever in power cuts but you can pee in a bucket of kitty litter and save flushes for solid waste. Lady Demelza fucked around with this message at 20:23 on Dec 18, 2022 |
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Lady Demelza posted:Yes, level 18 is complete power outage for weeks at a time for the whole country. The distribution and incremental increases for blackouts is very fair and the way the load blocks are distributed means you may not be too far from places with power (for the early levels). For example I looked up my house, workplace, and the pizza takeaway on some junk mail, and for lower levels there's no overlap. Level 18 is worse than what Ukraine's going through right now so if it happens to us without the assistance of Russian cruise missiles it would truly be a feat for the ages.
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So at what point do we start to use the words 'failed state?' 2017
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Bobby Deluxe posted:So at what point do we start to use the words 'failed state?' Don’t worry. Only a couple of years to endure before Keith and Wes step in to fix things
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Brexit: we will see sunlit uplands Brexit: there will be adequate food Brexit: you can pee in a bucket of litter and save flushes for solid waste The Question IRL posted:Guavanaut. I want you to look deep into your heart of hearts. Do you think Liz Truss is capable of doing anything complicated as required in that scenerio? Liz Truss is the one who walks in carrying a teapot just after Meghan has left, trips over a corgi, and starts a chain of events that end in a dozen bowling balls of varying colours rolling off of a shelf onto the queen's head.
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Brexit: pee into a flowerpot and use the flowerpot to heat your home
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I only have an electric radiator, no central heating. I've just been living in my bedroom the last couple of weeks - the living room has most of my books/DVDs/etc, it's not damp in there but it's like walking through really cold air whenever I go in. Will this eventually damage my books and things I have in there? Should I move the most meaningful stuff into my bedroom?
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The Hausu Usher posted:I only have an electric radiator, no central heating. I've just been living in my bedroom the last couple of weeks - the living room has most of my books/DVDs/etc, it's not damp in there but it's like walking through really cold air whenever I go in. Will this eventually damage my books and things I have in there? Should I move the most meaningful stuff into my bedroom? It might damage the books and the paper on the DVDs, if the room gets humid enough. Depends on your specific circumstance but if you're concerned enough to make a post like this you should probably move your meaningful stuff so long as you're not putting yourself out. I have some comics that are signed and I've moved them to a place that is cool and dry, just to be safe.
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Just buy a giant sack of silica gel and shove it next to the important stuff.
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