UKMT April 2020 - The Betacoronavirus and the Virgin Atlantic

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xtothez: Jan 4, 2004; College Slice

Guavanaut posted:

Yeah, I've got a decent (not Fluke level, but trustable) multimeter and �12 no-name moving coil one for simple stuff.

The screwdrivers with a neon tube in are also good, I always poke something that I know is live to make sure the tube's working before I trust it on anything else though.

But for 'did I turn the right thing off' you can't beat an old desklamp plugged into said thing.

The lamp thing probably saved me when I added a new bedroom spur, only to find out that one upstairs socket was on the 'downstairs' ring main. I like to think sparkies leave surprises like that as a form of Darwinism. Weed out the ones not paying attention.

My early 90's-built house has a weird mix of RCDs & fuses in the consumer unit too. It's like they quickly used up all their old spare stock before the regs changed. Had a fault with the lights a few years ago, and was overjoyed to find out that they need a size of fuse not many places carry anymore. Has to look in three stores, and the last one had a single fuse left in stock.

# ¿ Apr 1, 2020 23:16

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 15:09

xtothez: Jan 4, 2004; College Slice

Jollity Farm posted:

I don't expect it'd be "good" if Johnson died, since there's plenty of utter dipshits in the parliamentary Conservative party who will do their best to be just as rubbish as Johnson in tribute.

Most likely it'll be Hunt or Gove since the last leadership race wasn't too long ago. Probably Gove as he'll be free to campaign for as long this isn't transmissible to his species.

Jollity Farm posted:

Someone must start a "he faked his own death" rumour if he dies, that'll provide online amusement for years.

He'll be the centre of 5G conspiracy theories for years. Boris was about to ban 5G and the establishment stopped him!

# ¿ Apr 5, 2020 23:21

xtothez: Jan 4, 2004; College Slice

Azza Bamboo posted:

Organise a slow clap for Boris.

I'm sure he's had that before.

# ¿ Apr 5, 2020 23:23

xtothez: Jan 4, 2004; College Slice

Chinese Gordon posted:

The PM is not being admitted to hospital for 'tests'. He can get oxygen in place in the flat if necessary. He's getting tubed for almost definite.

Also, much as I despise the man I don't think him dying is likely to be 'good'. Not when you look at who is likely to replace him, and how much it'd deflect attention from the absolute disaster that has been the UK Rona Respose.

It would let the Tories neatly draw a line under the 'herd immunity' thing by getting to spend the next few years talking up Boris as a martyr to his own 'misjudgement'.

So long as Boris is alive, the government still own that terrible decision. How much of a deal our media make of it is another question entirely.

# ¿ Apr 5, 2020 23:31

xtothez: Jan 4, 2004; College Slice

Total Meatlove posted:

So if the Guardian knew Boris was properly ill and refusing to admit it publicly, then the rest of the lobby also knew, so what is the loving point of any of them?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results_breakdown_of_the_2019_United_Kingdom_general_election

# ¿ Apr 5, 2020 23:35

xtothez: Jan 4, 2004; College Slice

Boris needs more Likes & Shares folks! Only they can save him now!

# ¿ Apr 6, 2020 21:13

xtothez: Jan 4, 2004; College Slice

Prince John posted:

I'm also a bit worried that any replacement PM will be worse. Say what you like about Bojo, but he does want to be liked by the country, which may well translate into some cash heading towards key workers after this is over. I'd rather have BoJo as PM than Gove, or IDS.

Gove will at least be in favour of doing something to protect the environment to maximise the population offered up to the Old Ones

# ¿ Apr 6, 2020 23:45

xtothez: Jan 4, 2004; College Slice

Oh dear BBC. You could have used two sentences.

# ¿ Apr 7, 2020 17:08

xtothez: Jan 4, 2004; College Slice

Go Outdoors have rebranded slightly

# ¿ Apr 8, 2020 14:01

xtothez: Jan 4, 2004; College Slice

OwlFancier posted:

Ultimately for all the platitudes about how people didn't realise what was really essential, I don't think it's going to change. Because people don't want to grapple with actually understanding what essential work means. They don't want to think the world is maintained by people who work for basic subsistence, they certainly don't want to deal with any of the consequences of empowering or even rewarding those people appropriately.

So you'll get claps. And absolutely nothing else. And the clapping will serve exactly the same function as those articles do. As something for people who sit atop the labour of others, to do to make themselves feel good. It is performative appreciation as a vehicle for making the appreciator feel better about themselves, and to diffuse any responsibility they might feel to do anything meaningful. Two minutes on a couple of thursdays to clap and demonstrate your wokeness. That's what the foundation of society is worth.

Oh I'm sure they'll get something else. The Tories know the score; workers voting against their own interests is the best way to keep power. So next year the minimum wage will rise by 7% instead of the planned 6%. On the front page of the Sun we'll see "ESSENTIAL WORKERS REWARDED WITH PAY RISE FROM BORIS".

And then they'll quietly slash paid sick leave & any other worker protections the EU used to require, because we have to 'rebuild the economy' after the pandemic.

# ¿ Apr 8, 2020 22:51

xtothez: Jan 4, 2004; College Slice

ThomasPaine posted:

Wait, so let me get this straight. The police are threatening to root through people's shopping for 'unessential items'. So if they find a tub of ice cream amongst your bread and corned beef they're implying they might take it and write you up for it? I kind of understand if you're going to the shops every other day to stock up on tube after tube of pringles and nothing else but I completely fail to see the harm in picking up some sweets or whatever while you're already there anyway. This seems like it could be solved completely by just adopting the 'take paperwork when you leave the house' approach because it would dissuade people from going every other day for frivolous stuff while still allowing them to get whatever the hell they like when they do go. I guess loving everything up at every possible juncture and making things worse for everyone is very on brand for Brexit Britain.

Maybe I could get some form of easily identifiable marking on my clothes to indicate I have diabetes and therefore must be permitted wine gums, 10/10 precedent.

I think it's less about the contents of shopping baskets and more about getting people to stop making pointless trips every day. They're just poo poo at explaining it.

edit found this:

https://twitter.com/NorthantsChief/status/1248200618340241408

xtothez fucked around with this message at 15:28 on Apr 9, 2020

# ¿ Apr 9, 2020 15:25

xtothez: Jan 4, 2004; College Slice

Bardeh posted:

BJ been let out of hospital and taken to Chequers to ~~die peacefully at home~~ continue his recovery

He that was ventilated, was raised on the third day, according to the Scriptures of the Daily Mail.

# ¿ Apr 12, 2020 14:01

xtothez: Jan 4, 2004; College Slice

Prince John posted:

Is there someone out there archiving all of twitter? Feels like someone must be.

Not sure the NSA will be up for helping here.

# ¿ Apr 12, 2020 18:18

xtothez: Jan 4, 2004; College Slice

Something I haven't seen clearly answered yet is how many of these backstabbers still hold positions of power in the party, and who replaced them. I could understand people getting despondent if this lot were all still in charge, but from the names I recognise many have already stepped down and moved on (often trying to damage Corbyn while doing so). McNicol was replaced by Formby, who is clearly an ally to the left. Who else has been replaced with others who are either friendly, or are at least unwilling to undermine the party simply to prevent leftist policies?

Obviously some will still be members, but how many are still in a position to be a threat like they were in 2017?

# ¿ Apr 13, 2020 12:13

xtothez: Jan 4, 2004; College Slice

Meanwhile:

https://twitter.com/OdiliTime/status/1249602054252707840

# ¿ Apr 13, 2020 20:36

xtothez: Jan 4, 2004; College Slice

bump_fn posted:

how am i still getting you�ve been involved in a car accident scam calls it�s a global pandemic lockdown at least switch to something about covid

Give it time. The next 10 years at least will be filled with radio jingles from the same suits who annoyed the poo poo out of you with PPI adverts, only with a new script:
"Did your employer fail to provide you with sufficient PPE during the COVID-10 pandemic? You may be entitled to compensation!"

# ¿ Apr 15, 2020 11:36

xtothez: Jan 4, 2004; College Slice

Dabir posted:

There's one very good reason a Corbyn won't happen again and it's that he only happened last time because a load of idiots in the PLP who didn't actually want him to win nominated him "to broaden the debate". They'll remember what happens when you do that now.

There are more pro-socialism Labour MPs in the PLP now than there were in 2015, largely thanks to Corbyn. That's how RLB ended up on the leadership ballot this time.

Look up the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs

# ¿ Apr 15, 2020 15:23

xtothez: Jan 4, 2004; College Slice

Coohoolin posted:

That's Ian Blackford and Nicola Sturgeon now both calling for UBI.

gently caress. It's a pity the Tory party mantra is 'do the opposite of what Scotland wants'.

# ¿ Apr 15, 2020 18:41

xtothez: Jan 4, 2004; College Slice

Darth Walrus posted:

https://twitter.com/breeallegretti/status/1251103002703925248?s=21

JLM doing great work promoting their anti-racist bona fides.

Laffo, there's no restriction on discussing the report other than the existing COVID rules on meeting in person. Formby's statement literally said that "Executive Committees may organise informal meetings with members via telephone or video conferencing".

# ¿ Apr 17, 2020 13:22

xtothez: Jan 4, 2004; College Slice

Filboid Studge posted:

For all that the Tories should never be in charge, Corbyn as PM during the triple-tap of Covid, the worst global recession in 150 years and Brexit would probably have scuppered the project. The crises would have been handled infinitely better but the media wouldn�t allow that to be widely held.

I reckon the first thing to happen during a Corbyn lockdown (started 1-2 weeks earlier) would be the media openly telling the public to ignore it. They'd accuse Labour of overreaction & wanting to destroy Britain's economy, and we'd see far more people violating rules.

That will of course be Corbyn's fault. As the mortalities increase the narrative would shift to him being a 'weak leader' who failed to impose his own rules despite him being actively undermined every step of the way.

I'm struggling to see any positive alternative scenario that doesn't begin with Fleet Street being ground zero for the outbreak.

# ¿ Apr 19, 2020 12:00

xtothez: Jan 4, 2004; College Slice

Isomermaid posted:

This "Not Sure" sounds electable as gently caress and you can't beat the name recognition.

He could definitely become President like in that documentary

# ¿ Apr 20, 2020 16:02

xtothez: Jan 4, 2004; College Slice

Maugrim posted:

This place has been let continuously for probably 25 years now and lol if you think our landlord has done any renovations he didn't absolutely have to in that time.

E: you will notice the sink overflow has been blocked with sealant. We did this ourselves a few years ago, after discovering that it was not overflowing to anywhere; the water was pouring straight into the cupboard under the sink. This has been a typical experience in our house

Block the sink with the landlord imo

# ¿ Apr 20, 2020 22:10

xtothez: Jan 4, 2004; College Slice

OwlFancier posted:

That's not a parody headline what the gently caress.

I will never not believe that political columnists are just fanfic writers who grifted their way into getting paid for their hobby

# ¿ Apr 29, 2020 23:20

xtothez: Jan 4, 2004; College Slice

Jedit posted:

Maybe someone should ask them why Britain isn't producing people like that any more.

I think we all know what their answer will be.

# ¿ Apr 30, 2020 09:42

xtothez: Jan 4, 2004; College Slice

Guavanaut posted:

Nuclear merchant navy is a great idea. Nuclear cruise liners pretty good too. Nuclear zeppelins probably bad, unless we get fusion down well enough that they could replenish their own helium.

# ¿ Apr 30, 2020 15:55

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 15:09

xtothez: Jan 4, 2004; College Slice

I feel the need to buy a hammer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWl7kQZHZE0

edit: 243 hammers I guess

# ¿ Apr 30, 2020 17:08

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