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Josef bugman posted:Whilst we are on the subject of home decor, how much change can I make to a room that I am renting? I haven't added any studs to the wall (used a few of them though for hanging things) but would like to know what exactly the legal grounds are for repurposing stuff? In my experience landlords want you to live in a featureless beige cube with no changes at all - worth contacting your landlord if you have something in mind (being specific helps) - and I've painted walls and returned them to beige before leaving - some colours are more permeable than others. In terms of decorating without any permanent modifications: - House plants can do quite a lot, especially big cheese plants and the like. Even a wee cactus is better than nothing. - Free-standing shelving units you can put in front of a wall then put ornaments and stuff on - Framed pictures can be heavy and blu-tacking stuff can look a bit, tacky. You can make up a very light frame using a piece of bamboo, some thread and bulldog clips to hang pictures on very small nails that can easily be painted over after - Self-adhesive posters can also be a bit neater, leave no marks and can be re-used if you keep the backing. Bit pricier than other stuff but not too bad. - Lamps and lighting can make a big difference to a room, especially if any shades are coloured and translucent - Any soft furnishings you have you can put a throw on or something, looks a bit cosier. Same with buying some new curtains rather than just the ones that came with the room. Guavanaut posted:That headline is an anagram of 'Fisting Wax Tesco Info' which made me wonder what the Sunday Sport's take on covid is, but their site is subs only. Speaking of sport, what are all the sport sites and radio stations doing at the moment? Reminiscing about subbuteo and scalextric? justcola fucked around with this message at 14:12 on Apr 1, 2020 |
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 My nurse friend is on hygiene duty today and gets to brush everyone's teeth in the coronavirus ward.
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It's nice to read others felt they wasted their 20s. Between bouts of unemployment, poo poo relationships and a fuckload of drugs I think I'm just lucky to be alive. Now I'm in my 30s I'm trying not to repeat those mistakes, if you find the same thing keeps happening to you you haven't learned the lesson yet. One issue I do have is I absolutely caned films and music when I was younger and now everything seems kind of boring and done before. I've ended up at the fringe of media, watching vlogs on YouTube with less than 10 views, comedy films from Africa shot on phones, field recordings of empty buildings. Even this is getting tedious though. Is all that there is left is...anime?
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Barry Foster posted:Yeah I feel that - plus also various humanities degrees mean I can't actually enjoy media now, I just internally criticise it I feel like a poo poo zizek watching avengers films and relating them to socio-economic concepts then just skipping all the battle scenes, wondering what I'm doing with my life. Mr Phillby posted:Reject anime go Bollywood instead  Something I've been meaning to do is try and list all the films I've watched and put them on a spreadsheet. But then, how far can I be bothered in terms of detail? Lucky I have some time to kill
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ThomasPaine posted:Perhaps, but I like my takes slightly less visibly cum-stained if I'm honest How's Francis Weetman during the pandemic by the way? 
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Answers Me posted:Well isn't this loving gross. This is how it's going to be reported from now on, isn't it? Not sure how you can interpret a death toll differently, but then we live in a world where every single film needs an 'ending explained' video on youtube. I imagine it only gives a general notion of what the toll is and we won't really know til next year. The demographic changes to the census might be interesting.
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Apr 2, 2020 17:10
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Goldskull posted:Applying for UC, and what a loving shitshow that is. If you live with a partner who works they also need some account to verify your details or something. I think this is just designed to embarass people into not asking their partner for assistance as they have to sit on the phone for hours. There are no alternate methods. I found the best way was to leave my phone plugged in and have the call on speaker as you do something monotonous like organise receipts or do a jigsaw. Be glad they switched from Vivaldi to generic 'music' recently. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxH4-aoTlTw
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Pantsmaster Bill posted:Local coop still empty of loads of stuff: no pasta, rice, lentils or anything like that, and almost no veg. All the veggie protein stuff was gone too (Quorn/sausages/tofu) I've no idea but people talk about going to the shops early enough - if I go past 3 there's not much, I've taken the last tin of beans or whatever on a shelf. I don't see anyone walking round with paletts of tinned tomatoes any more so I'm wondering if the supply chain is mucked. I'm struggling to know how to get hold of non-essential but sort of useful things like lightbulbs, nail clippers, chairs, clothes - I don't really want to stress delivery services more than they're needed but I don't know where to go otherwise. e:  Next year then? justcola fucked around with this message at 18:44 on Apr 2, 2020 |
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Maybe they were just asked to do army stuff for the cameras? One of the worst jobs I had was ripping up cardboard boxes in a factory with my bare hands because the shredder was broke.
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Apr 2, 2020 21:06
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That guardian article about the queen dying was good back a few years, but will I be in a 'state of national mourning' over the queen or thousands of others? I was talking to my mum about why they haven't discovered a cure yet and I suggested untested medicines can have side effects then started wondering if everyone was made blind by a cure that was rushed through and how the world would adapt to blindness. You can come up with your own What If scenarios with your family along similar lines.
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Apr 3, 2020 00:11
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Jippa posted:I was clicking through my settings and didn't change anything. Then clicked back to home and it's all back to normal. Not a liked tweet in sight. So weird. I think this is called A/B testing where they randomly select some users of a site/service/game and force them to have a different version of their product to see how it goes. https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/1246042407973662721?s=20 Good to hear you're meant to still isolate if you have any symptoms as I've had a cough for the last week but been going to the shops. Is this new information?
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Apr 3, 2020 12:59
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ThomasPaine posted:Watching the BBC news with my parents is honestly the most infuriating thing, like watching someone wrestle with a magic eye puzzle they just can't quite get It's not politics, it's economics, bay-beeee My facebook is jammed full of 'please don't politicise this' stuff as if 'politics' only applies to the loony left and magic money trees and other infantilisation of any language outside their sphere of knowledge.
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Apr 3, 2020 14:09
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Bardeh posted:It really boils my piss how everyone on the local FB group is so performative about clapping for the NHS, putting rainbows in the window for the NHS, berating people for complaining about the fireworks getting let off for the NHS, but they will vote Tory now and forever who have loving gutted the NHS. But people liked Theresa May's shoes not like that scruff bag Corbyn. The political side of Coronavirus is getting me down more than the health impact in a way. It's depressing to see the national response to a crisis of this magnitude is so loving lame and, human I guess. England likes to see itself as all the stuff in the 2012 opening ceremony yet its more like the last ten minutes of bridge over the river kwai.
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Apr 3, 2020 16:07
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Tarnop posted:I checked the details of the upcoming changes to universal credit. When I spoke to them on the phone I asked about the extra £20 and they said they weren't sure about it - I also can't find any mention of it on the government website for it any more (I thought this was on a week or so ago but can't see it now) When payments start rolling in later this month I think a few people will be in for a shock.
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massive spider posted:My cat got spooked during the stupid clap on Thursday and ran out and I cant find him so I'm especially salty about it. Sorry to hear about your cat! If you have the space for it try hanging out a dirty bedsheet in your yard/garden so it can smell you. (dirty as in you slept on it, not covered in poo poo) Facebook can also be a good way of finding lost cats. Windows open and lights on so it could hear/see you might help - they tend to be more active at night so could be worth patrolling your block with some treats at dusk? They don't tend to be more than a couple of streets away, and if there's any empty garages or similar try poking your head in (my cat once ran away but turned out to be just hiding in the neighbours garage in the house at the back of mine) Pet Island might be able to help too - good luck justcola fucked around with this message at 16:36 on Apr 5, 2020 |
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massive spider posted:He's 6 months old and up until now has been pretty disinterested in going more than 5 metres from the house. Maybe try leaving food out and sit in your backdoor for a bit in the evening? I had another cat run away but he was just round at the neighbours all the time - especially if he's that young he'll just be eating what he can find rather than actively hunting. Hope it works out. Had a chat with my neighbour about Keir and she was upset he got in. I'll still vote for Labour (I think) but reckon I'll focus more on what I can do locally than follow Westminster politics as I have previously, can't help but feel the whole exercise is miserable.
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But if he can't put on a tie how can he lead the country? Maybe we won't have to wait 5 years for an election. Who's after Starmer?
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Apr 5, 2020 22:24
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I'm not feeling the PR stunt angle, it does him more harm than good amongst his Darwinistic pals. These are cunts who burn money in front of homeless people and do austerity so they can profit - having Boris in hospital doesn't follow that narrative (maybe chucking his dad in would have). And like all conspiracy theories, it assumes that many people are highly competent and won't talk about it. It'd be something if he did die. All those years working the media, fannying about, positioning himself closer and closer to becoming PM and then not even 6 months in dies during a big crisis he could have done something about. I don't think he will die as he probably just overdid it on booze, coke and statins - but we'll see eh.
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Apr 6, 2020 09:19
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Azza Bamboo posted:Go to war because you don't like bosses? What is the alternative? After the last recession and a decade of Conservative rule, the only alternatives seemed to have been voting - via Corbyn - or peaceful protest - such as Brexit or XR. Neither had any effect on changing the status quo, if anything its just strengthened it.
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Apr 6, 2020 12:56
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Lord_Hambrose posted:People have not rebelled or turned to socialism yet, so it remains to be seen if they will. If you don't think it can happen through elections you will have to, personally, be willing to commit violence against your fellow man to get your way. I don't condone or advocate violence, either from the state or individuals, though in the 21st century will they talk about going back in time and preventing climate change the way people talk about killing child Hitler? I am interested to see what counter-movement comes out from covid-19 and the upcoming recession, particularly how to enact change peacefully.
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He won't die. He can't die. It would be too fantastical if he died and reality is too boring. He will live and everyone who even smiled inwardly when they saw that he was sick will feel bad they even thought he might die unconscious with a pipe down his gob. There's no way he'll die. He'll be out of hospital before the weeks out. He'll be absolutely fine in a week or so, maybe somewhat humbled by the experience but glad that he survived. He'll live and live a long time.
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Apr 7, 2020 01:06
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Angepain posted:there are a lot of things you can say about reality right now, a lot of things, but I would dispute this one Nah, he can't die though, he's the Prime Minister! If he died we'd be forever cursed with making references to his death as a perfect example for hubris that future teenagers will be going 'hmm?' about then we'd have to explain HIGNFY then Brexit then this. There's also the element that everything I'd be interested in happening never seems to happen, so I hope all the thread can just lower their expectations for once and all focus on Boris Johnson's body healing to its default state and then we can all relax. Before we all go to bed tonight imagine a sort of healing light descending onto his body. Imagine him back on our televisions before the end of the week and what the alternative, a dead PM, would have on the imagination of the country.
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StarkingBarfish posted:Finally got an OK photo of the Wren. It's building a nest What lens/set-up do you use? I keep thinking I need a tripod and a lens that didn't come with the camera as half my outdoor photos are a bit off.
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Just had a catch up with my university. They're offering either for us to defer our course until next April or complete it remotely for the rest of the year. I asked about fees and they were quite insistent that they'd be paid the remaining terms money, which seems like a loving rip off as can't access the library or equipment or anything like that. Any goons point me in the direction of someone I get advice from regarding not paying thousands of pounds for badly organised Zoom meetings?
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Apr 7, 2020 18:12
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Barry Foster posted:Not advice and I'm sure you won't do this anyway but as frustrating as it all is don't take it out on the lecturers and especially the very badly paid HPTs trying to run said badly organised Zoom meetings. They're almost always as scared, annoyed and confused as to what to do as you are. A minority of students are getting pretty aggy with my partner and friends and it's not on Of course, solidarity. I feel like we're all in the same boat so could do with more transparency and working together rather than the way it has been - being told a meeting is taking place, waiting to hear what was said, react. Katty! posted:I've had like 8 days in class this semester between strike action and closing for the virus, now all I'm getting are powerpoint slides with audio recorded over them. naturally I'm still expected to pay the full fee It's ridiculous. Luckily I'm doing a post-graduate degree, but if I was an undergrad or an international student especially I'd be absolutely livid. I support strikes and understand universities have to close, but it seems like students are a low priority. I'm trying to organise something with other students but they just want to wait and see what happens than get organised.
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Some of the estimations about his chances of living have been a bit glum, not as its about him, but everybody else going through similar motions at the moment. We're at 55,200 confirmed cases and 6,100 deaths (that they've seemed to have reported less after Boris went in) Continue gloating but saying his chances at living are down to a coin flip might be poo poo for some people reading maybe.
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josh04 posted:I am half-asleep today because I just said I'd take a smint in case of a nut reaction, which is, uh, not the case. Good god. I take cetirizine daily in summer when I'm out and about, I'll probably do the same if this persists. A friend of mine once found a bag of coke in his wallet he'd forgotten about so thought he'd have a big line of it, though it turned out to be ketamine. Good to identify your drugs for sure. goddamnedtwisto posted:Sorry, crap pun that probably makes no sense to you - "tabs" is slang for cigarettes Oop North, or at least so Viz tells me. Tabs are fags, aye. Not heard pills being referred to as tabs - eckys, dids, mitsis. Oop North is a funny one as no Northerner would say 'oop nawf', more like the 'u' in 'cup' or 'skull' (maybe southerners would say CAAAP or SKAAAL though?) Jippa posted:I know I have already asked this but has anyone bought clippers for shaving their head? Any recommendations? Can you get away with spending £20-30? Wahl hair clippers are more or less indestructible and come with a bunch of attachments. Though I'd also say now is the perfect time to learn to cut your hair with scissors. justcola fucked around with this message at 14:59 on Apr 8, 2020 |
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Doctor_Fruitbat posted:What is my best option for cooling an attic room with skylight windows, for up to let's say a couple hundred pounds? It is already starting to get summery as hell up there, so I should probably actually invest in something this year, and do it early. I'd say go the opposite way and just make it hot as gently caress. I used to have an attic room that would get up to 40 degrees some days, it was like a sweat lodge.
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Aye, we're overdue the slab putting his thumbs up and grinning with a wee tube in his nose. Instead he'll be unconcious on his front with a tube down like everyone else. If he were faking it I can't imagine the biggest NDA's in the world would stop that leaking. We're at 7000 deaths as of yesterday. For perspective: - 56 died in 7/7 bombings - 96 died in Hillsborough - 255 died in the Falklands - 1500 died in the Titanic - 2900 died in 9/11 - 3000 died in the Great Fire of London - 5700 die a year by murder or suicide - 23000 die a year from injuries, poisoning and accidents
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Oscar Romeo Romeo posted:I started doing this two months ago and how the hell do you do the back properly? If you want to shave your neck, the space between your thumb and forefinger also makes for a sort of straight line that is sort of the width of your neck. Here is a diagram I spent ages on:  If you want to shave the back and sides of your head, that requires a bit more practice. I'd say start off with finding your crown and then try and clip the hair you don't want to cut away from what you do. If you do it badly you end up with some bits longer than others and end up with a feathered effect, so make sure to go in both directions to get an even length. Also, get some scissors to cut round your ears and get any stray bits after.
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Gonzo McFee posted:They'd have shared a picture of him if he was in any shape to have one taken. I bet someone in marketing at No. 10 is constantly asking if he's okay for his photo yet. Don't know why they'd be worried, here's one of Boris taken yesterday  Gonzo McFee posted:https://twitter.com/Keir_Starmer/status/1248148683822071809 That loving voice man. Sounds like he's drowning in his tonsils.
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Is https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eTKeK9vRxgw0KhvKxPCaDrfaHnxQP-n9TsLzsEymviY/edit#gid=0 still the gold standard of Covid-19 2020 UK or is there a fresher, more UI driven pandemic stat shooter about?
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Hope is good. I remember the day before the election how optimistic and vital everything felt, I'd allowed myself to believe we might win. If you don't think you're right, then that's not what you think. And gently caress, I've spent most my life listening to what people have said on the streets, thats why I like it here. It's a kernel of hope and knowing that other people want a better world rather than just compromising before you've even started negotiating.
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forkboy84 posted:Really glad now for the big hedge around our garden meaning no one can see me sat at the bottom of the garden reading Hate the way they speak so patronisingly to him. As I've had it I'm now more worried about some over-eager police officer fining me for going outside for a cig (I have no garden or yard so have to go out back?)
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Surely the lockdown rules are so poo poo in order to make people blame each other for when the lockdown gets more severe, divide and conquer just like the good ol' days. It's less about stopping the virus than encouraging more division and hatefulness for your fellow citizen for the upcoming corona recession special event.big scary monsters posted:Is it too late for Johnson to relapse and die? I've changed my mind about seeing him survive to stand trial. I know I posted the other day about not highlighting the medical risks of coronavirus, but there's more than a few reports of people recovering from coronavirus and having a heart attack less than a week later. He's not out of the woods yet.
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He's thick as pig poo poo. SpitefulHammer posted:I moved from Wales to England to be with my partner back in January, and was living off savings while looking for work. You can, but their earnings are taken into consideration. Previously my partner was on 24k so I ended up getting about thruppence, though I read somewhere that earnings aren't taken into consideration during the quarantine so you might be alright? Could also be worth giving your former employer a ring to see if there's anything you can do remotely to support the people you worked with previously - either way, good luck
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SpitefulHammer posted:I'll give it a go then. I'd start your application today as the mechanics of it begins from when you first register. Don't know where you live but get in touch local charities and support organisations, some have funding for the year so need to spend it on this and that.
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