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Ms Adequate posted:Still, birthday tomorrow!
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Oct 1, 2019 00:57
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:Apparently Brenda wants to cut Bozo's head off or something. Or something: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-news-live-latest-brexit-today-no-deal-general-election-a9125916.html Joris Bonson news - live: PM 'will be dismissed by Queen' if he refuses to request Brexit delay after failing to get deal, as he faces groping allegations quote:The Queen would dismiss Boris Johnson if he refused to comply with a law requiring him to seek an extension to Brexit talks, according to leading Remainer Dominic Grieve. E: my gran-in-law's cat Pebbles, who is now no more 
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Oct 1, 2019 02:06
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Unfortunately the only source for this seems to be speculation from Grieve in that link:quote:Dominic Grieve has said Boris Johnson could be “dismissed” by the Queen if he fails to abide by the Benn Act and ask the EU for a Brexit extension by the date the law demands. E: I can only assume that this is some sort of early birthday present for Ms. A from her good friend and patron, Slaanesh. Bobby Deluxe fucked around with this message at 02:31 on Oct 1, 2019 |
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Oct 1, 2019 02:27
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Comrade Fakename posted:Of course, it’s just political fan fiction, it’s not going to happen. But I will say that if Labour don’t form a government after the next election, then Corbyn really has got to go.  JeremoudCorbynejad posted:*ThomasPaine sends Tweetman a DM* Gonzo McFee posted:The unpopular man is unpopular and should go even if I agree with him and he would be replaced with someone I don't personally agree with or even like but I think other people would like, Vote Joe Biden.
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Oct 1, 2019 15:11
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I want to share that on Facebook to piss off melts, do you have a twitter I can credit?
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Oct 1, 2019 18:06
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OwlFancier posted:I don't at all buy that Corbyn is bad at media. I think it's 100% the media is bad at being a thing that is capable of benefiting humanity and the whole thing should be shoveled into a big pit and set on fire. Early in his PMship he got the opportunities. I was watching the beeb and he'd be on there calmy talking about something unrelated when the entire country, remainer and leaver alike were baying for Cameroid's head, or whatever the latest Tory scandal was. There have been a ton of easy strikes that he refused to capitalise on. Corbyn got a LOT of cache from being present on the ground after Grenfell and from talking about the loss of life. He's also been letting his inner shoutyman out at PMQs, but overall he is a man who is passionate about the left but not going on the attack, and I think that's what people want. I also think the media office is failing, given the degree to which the bbc has been able to get away with question time and effectively deplatforming the opposition party. VideoGames posted:He points at you and smiles. "Nationalised." 
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Oct 2, 2019 12:18
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Rarity posted:What do you mean that no one under 40 has a landline any more? Don't think it matters, we've got a fair view of the populace
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Oct 2, 2019 13:41
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marktheando posted:Normally true but this next general election will be all about Brexit. What's hilarious is that the papers have locked themselves into a death spiral of single issue brexit, just as Labour have maneuvred themselves into the only realistic brexit position (take no deal off the table then let the people decide between their deal and remain). The only other issue being austerity, on which the Tory party's record is blisteringly toxic. The only problem is that at the moment, a lot of melts are directing that "guess we have to" energy at the lib dems because they are swallowing the Corbyn unelectability garbage hook line and sinker, and those dumb fucks are splitting the vote.
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Oct 2, 2019 18:30
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Essentially the belief that Britain is the best country in the world. Push a little until they accidentally say British people are better than other people. Keep pushing. Make them feel as uncomfortable as possible. Patriotism is a paper-thin veneer over racism. Barry Foster posted:WOAH Bobby Deluxe fucked around with this message at 20:48 on Oct 2, 2019 |
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Oct 2, 2019 20:46
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Schrodinger's prosperity: simultaneously voting for brexit because it'll make the country more prosperous, while also accepting that things will be tough and a lot of poors and disableds are going to have to die and none of the money will make its way to them, of course. Years of being shat on have ingrained the status quo in their shrivelled brains to such an extent that they're celebrating prosperity they are never going to touch.
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Oct 2, 2019 20:58
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https://twitter.com/jeremycorbyn/status/1179485940265316352?s=19 Corbyn confirmed furry.
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Oct 2, 2019 21:30
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Jedit posted:Honestly, though, I'm not sure if anything saves the Lib Dems now. We have a choice between a Labour government and an insane Brexit that could potentially kill more Britons than the Second World War. There's no room for centrism in that. If you don't pick a side, you will be crushed between them. Unfortunately they've been huffing their own farts polling wise and are now deluding themselves that (a) nobody really wants Corbyn and (b) that they have any kind of chance at a majority.
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Oct 3, 2019 02:27
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OwlFancier posted:Would that necessarily be the worst outcome? It's a poo poo arrangement that everyone hates but as far as I can remember it doesn't immediately kill everyone and it takes the issue off the table while loving the tories? This lasts until 31st Dec 2020, at which point we can either extend the interrim ONCE or we leave completely. So essentially Liz Truss spends a year banging on about pork markets, de Pfeffel de Pfaffs about and does nothing until the new deadline and then immediately sells the nhs and goes turbo austerity. Not only are we still subject to most of the laws of the EU after morons think we've 'left' (so right wing brexit betrayal violence Nige can capitalise on), sectarian violence in NI also explodes and hilariously, it doesn't even solve the tax dodging issue behind Rees-Mogg et al going hard on Brexit, so all of the companies still leave and the country is too hosed for them to return by the time Joris sets up his tax havens & free ports. It wouldn't gently caress the Tories at all because they get to pretend they fixed brexit, it bolsters the party's right wing, soft leavers are happy, remainers fall in line because it's 'over.' Lib Dems either immediately forget about hard remain (or possibly keep the shitshow rolling by campaigning to rejoin the EU). Jeremy Corbyn is gulaged for being Stalinist and the entire thread dies of Irony™, or the 4th dimensional hyper syphilis Ms Adequate infected us all with at the final goonmeet. It's the stupidest possible outcome, so prepare your body. Guavanaut posted:Total number of seats - 650 Bobby Deluxe fucked around with this message at 09:16 on Oct 3, 2019 |
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Oct 3, 2019 09:11
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mehall posted:Sinn Fein don't sit and speakers don't vote, the number is normally somewhere around 317
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Oct 3, 2019 09:57
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I was reading an article the other day about sociopaths and how the absolute worst thing in the world to them is to be bored. For the most part, they don't weigh other people's safety or feelings into the equation of whether to do something or not. I read that and I immediately thought about Boris. We've all assumed that he's frantic because he's at the end of his tether. But it's possible that he's just in his element. The stakes couldn't be higher and every new step brings new chaos and new challenges. It's entirely possible that this is exactly the kind of excitement an unfit adrenaline junkie would crave. I think we've been looking at this wrong in that we can't imagine how exhausting it would be to wake up and have to deal with everything he has to. But to Boris, it's stimulation. It's something to do. The more hosed up things get, the more alive he feels.
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Oct 3, 2019 10:13
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baka kaba posted:it does feel like something's up, they keep doing this "we will not ask for an extension" and "yes of course we will act in accordance with the law [cameron-humming.mp4]
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Oct 3, 2019 13:35
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" which makes them seem like some smartass kid who's thought of some technicality to get out of doing their homework tonight. Like it doesn't just come across like bluffing until he's forced to get the extension, they're extremely bad at that kind of thing
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Sharing your home with someone who is not your romantic partner can be a major trial (and can be even if they're not). When we first inherited it (wife's mum died of cancer, we ain't rich), the sister in law was still at uni, we couldn't afford the bills on our own, and one of our uni friends needed to move out of a bad situation. The house was being administered by trustees (my in-laws) at that point (and we weren't as socially aware at the time) so we did the bad and charged her the 'going rate,' which was about £350 for a double room in the rear end end of Oxfordshire. It was completely unhelpful and unreasonable, and I'm not going to defend it. We didn't need that much and we were basically profiting off a friend. Even if they'd been a stranger, that wouldn't have made it ok. I mean I'd say what would have been fair would have been 1/3 of the bills & council tax in a 3 bedroom house, which would have been under a hundred quid. As it stands, the sad thing is we are probably going to have to be lardlords*again, since the sister in law wants to stay in this house, but in no way has her poo poo together enough to take a half mortgage or pay all of the bills. So more than likely we're going to have to move out, rent, and then offset by renting out the double & single we're currently occupying. I would love to set a fair price or just not be involved in the whole shitshow, but unfortunately neither my wife & I or my sister in law have the money or safety net to just sell & split. * Not gonna correct that. WhatEvil posted:A land value tax like Guav said seems more reasonable. You could make it progressive and apply not just on a "per house" basis but a "per person" basis, and have it also apply to 2nd homes/buy-to-let, so the more total land you own the steeper the tax gets, and then you solve landlords too.
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Oct 3, 2019 18:51
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Hentai Jihadist posted:I wish there was a bit more news atm, I'm still sick as poo poo and not sleeping right so I could do with the distraction.
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Oct 3, 2019 20:20
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Hentai Jihadist posted:Hit me I am normally into playing games morally. I am a big wet child when it comes to videogames and I don't like being mean. But I watched all of that happen, and I was so caught up in feeling clever at my brilliant plan having worked, it temporarily over-rode my sense of morals. So how this relates to Shapiro is that his voice sounds like an rear end in a top hat loving goose.
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Oct 3, 2019 20:33
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I had just assumed 'on the jitty' was some kind of slang for welfare.
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Oct 4, 2019 01:56
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^^^ He's going to call in sick on the 19th. mediadave posted:I mean, George Soros is a billionaire who has made his money in a variety of damaging ways, including betting against the Pound, and now uses that money to influence the politics of countries around the world. mediadave posted:We don't like it when the Koch brothers or the Murdochs do it, and just because his politics are liberal doesn't mean we should be happy when he does it.
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Oct 4, 2019 13:03
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Necrothatcher posted:Not a good day for 'ol Tommy Watson either. If you have anything in writing or can print out texts / emails that contain the words "I'll pay you back" or use the word "borrow" these are also useful.
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Oct 4, 2019 13:12
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tim farron's russia connections unveiled in stunning court revelations
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Oct 4, 2019 18:52
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Guavanaut posted:Where is Jess Phillips? 
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Oct 5, 2019 19:33
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Are we going with Fess Jillips or the usual JessFlips?
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Oct 5, 2019 22:03
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God I just watched the Mash Report and it was Geoff loving Norcott just deliberately bullshitting about Labour's brexit position. I want to punch existence.
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Oct 5, 2019 23:00
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Idea for a very special comment or commentariat: Toby Young edition. You have to guess if it's a quote from an article by commentariat Toby Young, or if it's a frothy take in the comments of a Toby Young article.
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Oct 6, 2019 12:05
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Darth Walrus posted:A remarkable number of European mythological monsters seem to be derived from Jewish people - dwarves and goblins are as well. We do actually have a racist fictional monster that emerged quite recently, though - orcs as stand-ins for black people date back to the 1970s, although they also draw on a fair amount of inspiration from interbellum fantasy. As well as being incredibly cute, this is a good compromise, and a lot of goblin RPers have taken to the idea that it is the shininess and not the value - a goblin would happily trade a dull gold bar for a Claire's accessories tiara, for example. Games Workshop neatly sidestepped the racism / orcs thing by making them football hooligans. Sloth Life posted:I loved the Misty Mountains song, so haunting and sad. Strom Cuzewon posted:Also the assassin leaping up the side of the boat at Rick is a wonderful demonstration of Every Frame a Painting's claim that "things entering the frame is funny" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FOzD4Sfgag AceOfFlames posted:Everything that needs to be said about the Hobbit movies can be summed up in this picture: A whole bunch of Marvel actors weren't even aware they were in the Portals sequence of Endgame because they filmed it during other schedules. Gwyneth Paltrow had no goddamn idea she was in Spiderman: Homecoming because they overlapped it with other stuff to save money. Surprise surprise, Capitalism ruins loving everything.
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Oct 7, 2019 01:37
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But like I said about Paltrow above, it's rarely the actors, it's the filmmakers. I doubt Cumberbatch would have refused if he had been asked to suit up. E: For example, a lot of Marvel actors have complained that everyone is working under insane nondisclosure agreements, so they turn up to a greenscreen set with only the barest instruction (its alien and they should look scared), given a page or so of script so they can't work out the plot and leak it online. Then a year, year and a half later they turn up to the premiere thinking "Wait, is that what that was?" and realising that if they'd known, they would have made completely different acting choices. Bobby Deluxe fucked around with this message at 02:59 on Oct 7, 2019 |
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Oct 7, 2019 02:48
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Rarity posted:That post was UKIP as gently caress, yes. I wanted to see the other posts as well because people had already been saying that before just now.  right wing talking points. Either he is racist for wilfully repeating these talking points, or doesn't know better in which case he's still racist for supporting it. * which are statistically so much less common than white pedophile rings I shouldn't even have to point it out Rarity posted:I too can write meaningless graphs  Doctor_Fruitbat posted:I can't parse that tweet at all, what the hell is she going on about? She is appearing in a play in that theatre, and saw Corbyn in the building's cafe. She tweeted a picture out saying how funny it was that Corbyn & Chakraborty had come to see her play, because of course there's no other reason he could be there. Also took the opportunity to slip a ton of antisemitism slurs in there. Corbynson Tommy slid into her replies and told her to gently caress off, called her a troll, pointed out that his dad is a longtime sponsor of the theatre and that she is an idiot. Probably harsher than he should have been but a fair pop considering how long she's been smarming off at Corbyn. The tweet that was quoted was her reply to Tommy's rant, basically smarming about 'conspiracy proved, see he HATES me but couldn't resist coming to my show.' I read an article about this in the Jewish Chronicle so you don't have to. E: forkboy84 posted:No, you're a lunatic for desperately grasping on to your favourite conspiracy against all evidence to the contrary by only looking at one small factor rather the entire picture. Hope that clears it. Bobby Deluxe fucked around with this message at 14:04 on Oct 7, 2019 |
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Oct 7, 2019 13:58
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OwlFancier posted:Parliament wrote the text of the request for him, he just has to officially deliver it. CyberPingu posted:When i was job hunting a few years ago, a company out in Barcelona wanted to fly me out for an inteview from Scotland last minute (literally phoned me at 7pm the night before to get on a flight). I didnt want to scramble to get a plane so just asked if we could do it over skype and they said "Hmm thats not the way we do things" Rich twats who like flying everywhere 'because it's nice' can get in the loving sea. Scikar posted:London has the lowest level of car ownership in the country. Purely by coincidence*, it also has vastly superior public transport than the rest of the country. You don't have to build a single tunnel or even anything at all in London, just put actual buses, trams and cycle lanes in every other major city and you'd already cut half the cars we need. Every few years there's a push to just turn the centre into bike lanes (which would work beautifully if they were confined to the lanes only and got them off the pavements like they are now), but the rich pricks in the council scream about their audis and nothing ever gets done. Once we eat the rich and take it over, Winchester would make a fine capital for the glorious UKMT thousand year reich.
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Oct 8, 2019 13:42
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sebzilla posted:I'd love to not be a car-owner (and have stopped driving to commute in favour of getting the train and walking a few miles each day) but I can't feasibly get away from using it for things like driving my daughter to various groups that take place out of town. It's hard to fully express the idea, but basically it's that everyone has a car, and because everyone has a car the modern world has organised everything so that you need a car. Which isn't a problem if you have a car. But if petrol prices become unaffordable post brexit, it's going to put a lot of people in the shitter, starting with people who can't drive because of a disability. I guess the other side of it is that if you had looked at living in that house and NOT had a car, would it have put you off that everything is so far away? I lived where I didn't need a car for a long time (and can't drive anyway) so maybe I just have a different perspective on the whole thing. Sorry if i'm not expressing this very well, it's kind of hard to put into words, and most of the time when I try to explain it, people nod along and then say "You need a car then."
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Oct 8, 2019 14:04
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Love to know where - as in what departments - you've worked. I set up a database and a basic front end to enter new addresses into it, and a mailmerge document with a macro that automated everything you needed to print off a sheet on the other printer, which was capable of handling label printing, and set it up to use label sheets that had 3 columns. I put links to both on the desktop of the one PC that contained it. My manager (who has carpal tunnel) loved it. Everyone else got mad at it and then refused to use it. Eventually one of them smarmed about having 'accidentally' deleted it. So I restored it from backup and showed my manager how to do that as well. They still refused. The amount of offices I've worked in where middle aged people are blocking modernisation because they don't want to learn new tech is astounding, it's almost everywhere I've worked or temped. And yes, I get it when it's fear of downsizing. But in the case of refusing to learn how to videoconference rather than fly all over the world, it's actively damaging the climate for future generations. But like with the car thing, the old way has become so entrenched that you need to overhaul the entire system to improve it, and people are resistant to systemic change when the system is currently working for them.
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Oct 8, 2019 14:26
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sebzilla posted:My partner doesn't drive and it ruled out a lot of potential houses for us. If I couldn't drive either we'd get by with the bus and walking but have to stop doing some of the things we currently do. And being in a band would be almost impossible. A lot of local hospitals, police stations, ambulance stations and fire services have closed down so that they can centralise in cities. That makes sense on a budget sheet, and makes sense to people with a car or money for a taxi. But to me, what would make more sense is in any location where you have more than say 10k people, you have one building that houses a police officer or two, a paramedic and triage nurse, a fire officer and maybe with the spare cash a counsellor or a CAB. Scale up the staff and resources depending on the size of the local population until you hit a certain cap (otherwise you're just repeating centralisation), and then build a second one. Again though, this comes back to how late stage capitalism fucks everything up by being terrified of letting anyone work together lest the insidious hand of communism harm the bottom line. * And I'm not criticising you for that, everyone I talk to does this which makes me feel like I'm the weird one.
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Oct 8, 2019 14:41
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Junior G-man posted:An Irish journalist called Chris Cook wrote up a six piece long read on the inside-no. 10-baseball on Brexit during May's time, and how that played out during the negotiations. It's superb and you should all read it:
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Oct 8, 2019 14:47
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Yes I have this thought too regarding a local 'services' location. I think it should be a little flexible on size of population when you have a very spread out geographical area with a town possibly smaller than 10k as a logical centre. I guess my motivation is this - I have a health issue at the moment which needs investigating. Where I used to live (Winchester), I could have gone to the GP, gotten a health referral, and then on the day of the appointment, walked to the nearest hospital, and depending on how my health declines, gotten a bus or taxi there for less than a fiver both ways for any subsequent appointments. That's a convenience that I think every single person in the country should have. Where I live now (rural Oxfordshire) i can walk to my GP, but if I need hospital treatment or investigation, they are going to send me to Oxford, which is a train and two buses away at a fiver each, which I can't afford (or at least resent paying) and am unlikely to make it to if it's an early appointment. But everyone around here treats it like it's perfectly normal. They're all used to it. They've never known any different and they've never needed to because they all have cars or access to cars. Junior G-man posted:Links still work for me? Bobby Deluxe fucked around with this message at 15:14 on Oct 8, 2019 |
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Oct 8, 2019 15:09
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feedmegin posted:Yes. There are tanks on the streets of Milton, Cambridgeshire as I speak. Oh God the Farageshirt militia are knocking on my door right now save me Marx
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Oct 8, 2019 18:53
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While one world cup made summer shirtlessness quite the des rigeur statement.
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Jedit posted:Then we put you up against the wall and shot you, because Blizzard just banned a Hearthstone pro for supporting the Hong Kong democracy movement.  seriously though i am in danger now send
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