UKMT Winterval 2023/24 - Zero-Tolerance Zones in Hotpot Areas

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

Hello, dear

crispix posted:

Guavanaut posted:
No scary forrin paintins with clocks and elephants melting all over the place just nice ones like with the horse cart going in the river.

lite bulbs proper paper tax discs just want me country back

WIV PERV-FRATIONS

# ? Jan 6, 2024 03:13

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# ? May 25, 2024 04:32

Rappaport: Oct 2, 2013

Bring back proper roads with squid on 'em

No, bigger! :argh:

# ? Jan 6, 2024 03:29

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

Who remembers getting the squid to work like in good days??

None of these immigrants pointing their compound bows down at you through the fossil record was it.

# ? Jan 6, 2024 03:50

Jaeluni Asjil: Apr 18, 2018; Sorry I thought you were a landlord when I gave you your old avatar!

Just want my Doggerland back. :qq:

Interestingly:

https://www.dw.com/en/doggerland-how-did-the-atlantis-of-the-north-sea-sink/a-55960379

quote:

SCIENCE
Doggerland: How did the North Sea's Atlantis sink?
Alexander Freund
12/23/2020December 23, 2020
For a long time, scientists believed that a powerful tsunami destroyed Doggerland 8,200 years ago. Sediment analysis now suggests that the land once connecting Great Britain with the rest of Europe had a later demise.

I know, I know, I know - waving hand madly in air - it was Brexit!

# ? Jan 6, 2024 03:50

Ms Adequate: Oct 30, 2011; Baby even when I'm dead and gone
You will always be my only one, my only one
When the night is calling
No matter who I become
You will always be my only one, my only one, my only one
When the night is calling

If you showed up after the Milesiasn then as far as I'm concerned you can gently caress off back home, and we're only acceptable because the Nemedians all died out. Bunch of jumped up parvenus. Celts go home, this is our Gaelic and Pictish clay :argh:

# ? Jan 6, 2024 04:39

Grey Hunter: Oct 17, 2007; Hero of the soviet union.
Accidental destroyer of planets

fuctifino posted:

This video just appeared on my feed

https://twitter.com/LBC/status/1743211091973296552

He's like a constantly deflating wet fart. He's going to be our leader soon

You forget the saddest part. He's going to be an improvement on the current PM.
(Not thats hard, to be fair.)

# ? Jan 6, 2024 06:00

Just Another Lurker: May 1, 2009

Brendan Rodgers posted:

I wanna bring back the real British culture:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Beaker_culture

That's real tradition

Foreign interlopers the lot of them, coming over here with their poncy ceramics. :argh:

# ? Jan 6, 2024 08:26

smellmycheese: Feb 1, 2016

WHO REMEMBERS PROPER FREEBORN BRITON CHRISTMAS TREE HEARTH BURNING???

# ? Jan 6, 2024 08:59

Failed Imagineer: Sep 22, 2018

Because you'll cause a chimney fire or smoke out your house? So please proceed, Mr Prime Minister

# ? Jan 6, 2024 09:07

Ms Adequate: Oct 30, 2011; Baby even when I'm dead and gone
You will always be my only one, my only one
When the night is calling
No matter who I become
You will always be my only one, my only one, my only one
When the night is calling

All freeborn Britons can, who is going to stop His Majesty? The rest of us subjects are not covered by his question.

# ? Jan 6, 2024 09:10

OwlFancier: Aug 22, 2013

I'm sure the obvious answers of "most people don't have hearths and/or wooden christmas trees" are not the reason and there is some plot by the wokes to stop people.

going to burn my plastic asda tree in the name of freedom

# ? Jan 6, 2024 09:15

Oh dear me: Aug 14, 2012; I have burned numerous saucepans, sometimes right through the metal

Grey Hunter posted:

You forget the saddest part. He's going to be an improvement on the current PM.

He's going to be worse, because he won't have significant backbench opposition causing chaos. So he will pass lots of rightwing legislation, to appeal to the Tory vote and line his backers' pockets.

# ? Jan 6, 2024 09:20

domhal: Dec 30, 2008; 0.000% of Communism has been built. Evil child-murdering billionaires still rule the world with a shit-eating grin. All he has managed to do is make himself *sad*. It has, however, made him into a very, very smart boy with something like a university degree in Truth. Instead of building Communism, he now builds a precise model of this grotesque, duplicitous world.

OwlFancier posted:

I'm sure the obvious answers of "most people don't have hearths and/or wooden christmas trees" are not the reason and there is some plot by the wokes to stop people.

going to burn my plastic asda tree in the name of freedom

Bendy banana Brussels beaurocrats banning British briquette burning!

# ? Jan 6, 2024 09:31

Bobstar: Feb 8, 2006; KartooshFace, you are not responding efficiently!

OwlFancier posted:

I'm sure the obvious answers of "most people don't have hearths and/or wooden christmas trees" are not the reason and there is some plot by the wokes to stop people.

going to burn my plastic asda tree in the name of freedom

Feeding my plastic tree into the gas...jet? I guess? of my combi boiler, one plastic needle at a time, to own the wokes

# ? Jan 6, 2024 09:46

Pistol_Pete: Sep 15, 2007; Oven Wrangler

Failed Imagineer posted:

Because you'll cause a chimney fire or smoke out your house? So please proceed, Mr Prime Minister

I read a (possibly bullshit) story about a family in America who tried to get rid of their Xmas tree simply by putting the pointy end into the fire, figuring that they could gradually feed the rest in as it burned away and burned their house down instead.

# ? Jan 6, 2024 10:17

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

Somehow this is the immigrants staying in that old hotel down the roads fault.

# ? Jan 6, 2024 10:18

Pistol_Pete: Sep 15, 2007; Oven Wrangler

A dry Xmas tree, due to it's structure of many small branches and needles, burns incredibly fast and incredibly hot. I saw a fire safety video and it's quite a thing.

# ? Jan 6, 2024 10:19

OwlFancier: Aug 22, 2013

Also pine resin is flammable I think.

# ? Jan 6, 2024 10:24

mrpwase: Apr 21, 2010; I HAVE GREAT AVATAR IDEAS
For the Many, Not the Few

Long ago we replaced clipping candles to the branches with electric tree lights, to reduce the considerable fire risk. I think this is nanny state oppression. Furthermore baubles should be explosive

# ? Jan 6, 2024 10:26

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

The UK truly has the dumbest leaders alive.

# ? Jan 6, 2024 10:27

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

Is that my cow?

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

pine resin can be very flammable and prone to spitting out gobs of burning stuff, fatwood from pine (wood with loads of sap, normally from where a branch joins or a healed scar etc) is a prized firelighter for bushcrafting/survival stuff as it will take off with a hint of a spark and burn hot

it also produces a thick acrid smoke that clogs chimneys with flammable tar worra leggend tho

# ? Jan 6, 2024 11:06

Wachter: Mar 23, 2007; You and whose knees?

quote:

If you are worried about a conflagration in the chimney, can’t you feed the remains of your tree slowly — and lovingly — to the flames?

My man is just horny for his Christmas tree. Leave him alone

# ? Jan 6, 2024 11:16

M_P_R: Apr 8, 2016

smellmycheese posted:

What's foreign Car Insurance??

# ? Jan 6, 2024 11:35

escapegoat: Aug 18, 2013

The LFB have specifically warned against burning Christmas trees in the past.

https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/news/2020-news/december/recycle-your-christmas-tree-don-t-burn-it-warns-brigade/

Worra legend indeed.

# ? Jan 6, 2024 11:36

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

One year you are living it large at xmas, partying drinking Prosecco , feeling the arses of the secretary totty, PPE contracts already handed out to all your chums.
Then the next, you're posing as a Mall Santa, desperate for 1000 words while setting the fire alarm off.

# ? Jan 6, 2024 12:17

stev: Jan 22, 2013; Please be excited.

M_P_R posted:

What's foreign Car Insurance??

A lot of insurers are based in Europe I guess. :shrug:

It's more common for travel, health and more niche insurance than it is for cars though.

stev fucked around with this message at 12:22 on Jan 6, 2024

# ? Jan 6, 2024 12:19

Nenonen: Oct 22, 2009; Mulla on aina kolkyt donaa taskussa

Or foreign cars driven by migrant workers and dual citizens? Not sure what the point is though. Like if you go on a road trip to Spain across France, I don't think that Johnny English is going to buy separate French and Spanish insurances to his car, his own insurance company will handle the paperwork.

# ? Jan 6, 2024 12:39

josh04: Oct 19, 2008; "THE FLASH IS THE REASON
TO RACE TO THE THEATRES"
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I assume Johnny English has insurance through work.

# ? Jan 6, 2024 12:48

Nenonen: Oct 22, 2009; Mulla on aina kolkyt donaa taskussa

josh04 posted:

I assume Johnny English has insurance through work.

For his private car?

# ? Jan 6, 2024 12:49

josh04: Oct 19, 2008; "THE FLASH IS THE REASON
TO RACE TO THE THEATRES"
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Yes, apparently:

# ? Jan 6, 2024 12:53

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

OwlFancier posted:

I'm sure the obvious answers of "most people don't have hearths and/or wooden christmas trees" are not the reason and there is some plot by the wokes to stop people.

going to burn my plastic asda tree in the name of freedom

Yes, it's more stupid poo poo in the natural freeborn wood fire vs heat pump 'debate'.

M_P_R posted:

What's foreign Car Insurance??

I'd like to think it's the third party insurance mandate they're against and they'd prefer a national road accident fund instead, but it's probably that some insurance companies have foreign names like Ageas and they prefer the one with the nodding dog who goes "oh yes" and "I burned down Cork" and so on.

# ? Jan 6, 2024 13:34

serious gaylord: Sep 16, 2007; what.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67899189

quote:

Post Office scandal: Met Police investigate 'potential fraud offences'

It sounds like the Met are interviewing people who prosecuted and recovered money from the postmasters under caution for fraud offences as they potentially knew the software was dodgy.

No idea if this will stick but given theres been zero consequences for this so far its better than nothing.

# ? Jan 6, 2024 14:05

Kin: Nov 4, 2003; Sometimes, in a city this dirty, you need a real hero.

Z the IVth posted:

You can get ready to go bottled milk. Some even come ready with teats. It's a lifesaver when the baby is screaming, mom's exhausted and the little monkey refuses to latch on.

Also despite all the benefits of breast feeding its ok to mix in some formula at the beginning especially when mom's isn't producing much and/or is too exhausted. Some midwives verge on guilt-tripping new mom's into breast feeding exclusively (and they feel like poo poo when it doesn't work out perfectly) which is a bit iffy IMO.

We had a bottle warmer but barely used it (son didn't like formula past the first few weeks) - it was generally easier to blast the milk for short bursts in the microwave. 5-10s at a time and keep testing it.

Also was always leery of the automatic milk machines because of all the uncleanable innards. Too much like a coffee or milkshake machine for my liking. There were some odd reports of food poisoning from them which is not something you want a newborn to have.

Yeah those are a great option too and you should always keep a bottle or two of that in your changing bag for emergencies, but they come in super handy vs the powder (though they're a tad pricier).

The bottle prep machine we got was the tommee tippee one and it's basically a glorified hot water maker (kind of like the nespressos). You put the powder in the bottle itself and then just add water to the tank of the machine. That goes through a water filter thing like the Britta ones i guess and when you make a bottle it passes that water through a heating element so that it comes out at 70 degrees or whatever to help dissolve the formula in the bottle. The rest of the bottle is then topped up with the remaining cooler filtered water that was in the tank to bring it to feeding temperature.

We've not had any problem with it, but we cycle through the water fairly regularly to make sure it's relatively fresh and use the cleaning/descaling cycles regularly too.

Another thing popped into my mind with being a new parent too and it's about just how much your lifestyle changes. We were very comfy in our routine of work -> commute -> evening relaxing -> sleep/wake repeat that it was a bit of a huge system shock when the first kid came along.

It sounds extreme, but if you've still got most of the pregnancy to go, I'd almost recommend trying to preemptively dial back any free/relaxing time you've got just now so that it's less of a change. Maybe do some volunteering or something (if you don't already).

For example, right now both of my kids are having their midday nap and I'm trying to decide whether i use the next hour and a half to get some chores done or watch a TV show or something. Free "grown-up" time becomes a big luxury in the early years.

# ? Jan 6, 2024 14:13

serious gaylord: Sep 16, 2007; what.

I'm 4 weeks in to a new baby and yes the shock to the routine has probably been the worst thing for me. That and the sleep loss.

The days of having 3-4 hours to do 'whatever' no longer exist. I came home from work last night and just took the baby until we went to bed, and then i got up at 4am and had the baby until 9.

# ? Jan 6, 2024 14:32

kecske: Feb 28, 2011; it's round, like always

we were fortunate that my wife was able to breastfeed both our kids, the stuff is basically magic. Mostly thanks to the nearby clinic support group for new mothers, i cant imagine how much tougher it would be without access to a resource like that. It's also perfect for the lazy dads of the world since there's no faffing about with powder and bottles and sterilising

e: my pro tip for new parents is to get familiar with medicines and dosing now while youre a functional human, before you need to use them. there is nothing worse than trying to figure out how much of X to give a shrieking baby at 3am when you're running on fumes yourself

kecske fucked around with this message at 14:41 on Jan 6, 2024

# ? Jan 6, 2024 14:37

The Perfect Element: Dec 5, 2005; "This is a bit of a... a poof song"

Congratulations and good luck to the new goon parents out there. It's an absolute headfuck at first, but mine are 2 and 4 now, and generally speaking it's just loads of fun and joy (and, of course, immeasurable stress).

# ? Jan 6, 2024 14:52

Bobby Deluxe: May 9, 2004

Do not give babies x, you don't want a libertarian racist.

# ? Jan 6, 2024 14:53

SixFigureSandwich: Oct 30, 2004; Exciting Lemon

Our second was born just under a month ago, happy to do a bit of an effortpost with our experiences later on when I have a proper keyboard available. Generally the second one was much less stressful since you now know how a baby works generally, but the downside is that you also have a toddler to take care of at the same time. Baby 2 is spitting up milk at least once a day though which we aren't used to, as our oldest rarely spit up anything at all. Both were/are exclusively breastfed

# ? Jan 6, 2024 15:23