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A shiny new thread! Feels like it’s been a very long time. Reminds me that it’s advent calendar season. This year mine is a different beer every day so I probably have to break the tradition of “open the calendar in the morning and eat the chocolate before breakfast” as applied to beer.
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Jose posted:Lol I knew I recognised her for being a massive racist from the name They don’t speak English, so we’re either assuming that Helen speaks a variety of different languages to find out who they are voting for, or they’re enthusiastically just saying “Labour, yes, Labour” while giving the thumbs up like a Borat sketch. Or - and this gets a bit crazy so hear me out - she’s just making it all up. Who to know, really.
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Dec 1, 2020 12:09
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“This hasn’t been tested yet, there’s no way I’m going to take it.” Mate, you used to buy pills from a bloke beside the bins behind Tesco who went by ‘Baz’; where has this new lack of trust in pharmaceuticals come from?
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Dec 2, 2020 12:29
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My local dentist told me they weren’t doing NHS treatment “due to COVID”, but those very same dentists could treat me privately if I wanted to pay. Just as bluntly as that.
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Dec 2, 2020 13:09
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NotJustANumber99 posted:What do they think they are going to (re)gain by going back to offices? Honestly, a lot of managers are just poo poo at actual managing. Because a lot of people (most?) are never actually taught how to manage, they're just promoted because they were good at their job - so the next step is generally to be given oversight of other people doing that job. Except if you don't know what you're doing, it's very hard to do that remotely.
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Dec 2, 2020 23:00
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quote:People will not be able to pay to jump the coronavirus inoculation queue for many months, public health officials and companies insisted after the UK regulator became the first in Europe or North America to authorise a Covid-19 vaccine. Health chiefs rule out private sector jumping vaccine queue https://on.ft.com/3qk0cvo Article goes on to point out that even if private companies want the vaccine they’ll have to join the queue behind all of the countries which have preordered.
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Dec 3, 2020 10:33
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Don’t underestimate the number of people with a) extra time on their lives from not commuting or going out in the evenings and b) extra cash from not paying for travel and lunches.
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Dec 3, 2020 11:11
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Alarming amount of electricity knowledge in this thread, love it. edit: VVVVV gently caress. Red Oktober fucked around with this message at 12:53 on Dec 5, 2020 |
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Dec 5, 2020 11:57
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Niric posted:Wait, what? I had the same at Accenture - you get a certain amount of points per year and you can allocate them to other people as a ‘thank you’. I cashed mine in for Currys vouchers and bought a kenwood mixer.
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Dec 7, 2020 08:34
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Advent calendar chat: That’s an Ivo Graham joke he’s nicked - who is the only comedian I can think of who actually went to Erin.
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Dec 7, 2020 08:54
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Those LSA glasses are lovely though. They’re far too expensive to buy for yourself, but as a gift? Hell yes.
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Dec 7, 2020 14:48
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He's back, baby. In pog form.
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Dec 9, 2020 09:54
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CSM posted:Are people in this thread (and the UK in general) just resigned to brexit? Because there seems to be almost no discussion here, with you guys only days/weeks away from going off a cliff. Honestly, there's nothing I feel we can do anymore. It's rolling off a cliff and just feels totally inevitable/wanted by the people in power. It's really, really poo poo. I keep seeing twitter ads from the government saying 'Make sure your business is prepared for Brexit!', as if we actually know what'll be happening.
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Dec 10, 2020 11:27
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Have you moped about on a rooftop yet? That's next.
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Dec 10, 2020 12:40
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People keep trying to find a pattern or logic but the problem is there isn't really one with this particular group of Tories because unlike Cameron, May and their lot these ones are just not very good at their jobs. They're not smart, they're not bright, they're lazy they're just.... not very good. They're only there because they picked the unpopular side that none of the competent ones went for (Brexit) and got lucky on that. They're just a bit poo poo, it's a waste of time to look for the logic, or the long game because they're just that pretty average lazy kid at school.
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Dec 10, 2020 21:12
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Games Workshop have started down the sensible path of becoming less litigious when it comes to enforcement of their IP although there's a massive way to go from where they started when they recognised that they could gain sales by being a bit laxer. Oh, and Johnson was absolutely referring to a trade deal when he talked about the oven ready deal: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/pol...l-a4291046.html. Also London is going into T3 end of next week.
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Dec 11, 2020 01:48
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a pipe smoking dog posted:This image just always baffles me. How did anyone ever consider this an optimal way to prepare and sell sandwiches? There are still places around soho that sell sandwiches just like that. They’re behind the counter and you ask for what you want. Good for a lunch rush.
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Dec 11, 2020 12:43
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:Did someone a million threads ago recommend Over The Garden Wall? I just binged s01 and it's quite fun. I watched that when it came out - that's a perfect show to watch now. Lovely and light, nothing poo poo.
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Dec 11, 2020 18:26
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I'm still constantly surprised that the period of cowboys as we know them was only 30 years - 1865 to 1895. From the amount of media/popular culture etc I'd have assumed it was so much longer.
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Dec 12, 2020 14:36
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Convex posted:https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSFWN2IS08H Cool, cool cool cool. Man's a loving failure at everything he touches. I wish the press would just actually say 'Johnson is poo poo at his job'. It's the big lie that everyone is ignoring, the man is just not good at what he tries to do. And don't come in and say "what he wants to do is funnel money to his mates", he doesn't, he wants to be the big successful Churchill leader. He just isn't good at it. Red Oktober fucked around with this message at 20:08 on Dec 13, 2020 |
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Dec 13, 2020 20:06
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Communist Thoughts posted:I think that's naive. The ideal that parliament is about something other than corruption and patronage can't survive contact with parliament and I don't think he has any misgivings about that. I get what you're saying, but I don't think it's that the corruption etc is unexpected (to him), but it's that he's been completely useless at everything else as well. This is the guy who wrote a biography of Churchill - I think he wants his legacy to be a great leader - not a guy who was a bit of joke and failed at pretty much everything.
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Dec 13, 2020 22:10
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Jose posted:yeah this won't be a disaster Betteridge's law of newspapers comes in here. I don't even know how you'd do it? By tube station? No-one gives a poo poo about boroughs outside of the roadmen, and it's not like they'll be especially bothered about restrictions. Plus Camden is a massive Z1-6 wedge all the way down. edit: also it's a great way to ensure the spread, surely? If you're in a T3 area so everything is shut, you can just nip over to the nearest T2 and
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Dec 13, 2020 22:30
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kecske posted:what happens when my home borough is tier 2 and my workplace in a different borough which I have to travel to because key worker is tier 3? *waffles in government* Jan 1st, 1973. The UK enters the EU. technically EEC, but that became the EU
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Dec 13, 2020 22:36
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Cerv posted:Hampstead station is on border both zone 2 & 3 and that's the furthest out in Camden. which borough are you thinking of? Whoops - I'm think of constituencies - Camden and Barnet runs zones 1-5.
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Dec 13, 2020 23:14
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Cerv posted:John le Carré has died Oh, that really sucks. Off to meet his case officer for the final time. His loathing for Brexit and the people behind it was something to behold.
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Dec 13, 2020 23:26
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The Perfect Element posted:Yeah, gutted. Probably my favourite author of all time. One of those writers whose quality of work transcended beyond the genre in which he operated. I'm sure he wasn't especially Correct, but it's not like he came from Military and MP background like Fleming - wasn't his dad a literal con-man who ran with the Krays?
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Dec 13, 2020 23:34
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The BBC TV version of The Night Manager is absolutely excellent.Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, Olivia Colman, David Harewood, Tom Hollander. Also features a cameo by the man himself, so I figure it got his approval. In that version I think that Pine (as played by Hiddleston) feels like how Le Carre must have felt when joining the service - not sure what's going on, dazzled by the glamour and knowing that he doesn't really fit. Red Oktober fucked around with this message at 00:44 on Dec 14, 2020 |
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Dec 14, 2020 00:39
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therattle posted:I don’t think the romance subplot worked especially well. It was almost too polished. I don't even remember it, so.... yeah, guess it didn't work too well. I do think that night manager is the best 'jumping off' point - because some of his stuff is really, really dense.
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Dec 14, 2020 00:50
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forkboy84 posted:Dunking on Sunny Hundal is like scoring into an empty net from 3 yards so instead I'll ask a more important question Do you know what she likes? £20 is not an issue. As mentioned Tanqueray has plummeted in price to around £16 a bottle, and it's dragged quite a few down below the £20 mark! Here are a few other options. If she likes Hendricks -> this is a good sub https://www.aldi.co.uk/harrison-gin/p/010208272026000 If she likes Bombay -> https://www.aldi.co.uk/topaz-blue-premium-gin/p/077090237381001 Apologies for amazon links, but they have good prices and if it saves you a bus fare... Opihr is spicy https://www.amazon.co.uk/Opihr-Oriental-Spiced-Gin-70/dp/B00N3VMDJY BrewDog's is a bit different, and good at £20 https://www.amazon.co.uk/LoneWolf-London-Dry-Gin-70/dp/B07RL6C466/ They also do a lovely Lemon one https://www.amazon.co.uk/LoneWolf-Cloudy-Lemon-Gin-700/dp/B07X4B9VB5 And I've not tried this one, but Old Tom is a great style of gin, so it might well be worth a go! https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/p/classic-gin/hortus-old-tom-gin/p36150 But the absolute best bargain on the market at the minute is Asda selling Brooklyn for £25. It's a great, great bottle (and the actual bottle itself is also amazing) and it's a £33-35 gin normally (and still is everywhere else, I've no idea what Asda are doing) VVV In that case you won't go wrong with Tanqueray (£16 at asda, morrisons, 18 at tesco) or Bombay Sapphire (£17 most places) Red Oktober fucked around with this message at 18:58 on Dec 14, 2020 |
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Dec 14, 2020 18:50
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Mano posted:If you want, you can also do a gin yourself based on vodka. I've tried a bit bit this fall, but am not yet happy with it: they're all a bit too flavorful and none of them are remotely white. If you’re infusing you’re generally going to end up with a yellow hue. You can filter through a Brita or chill and muslin cloth to take a bit of the colour out, but you’re not going to get near to the colourless that you get from distilling.
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Dec 14, 2020 19:33
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:For overnight pondering: I think you sister needs to own this, get her to tell you what she wants her granddaughter to know. It's not reasonable to put pressure on you to try and work it out. Then whatever she says just lie and repeat that - it's just a five year old after all.
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Dec 15, 2020 11:47
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Duck absolutely rules, turkey is so, so bland. We do beef, get a big rib of beef each year - much tastier than turkey and no more expensive.
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Dec 15, 2020 14:36
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Love it, I write one article on how to make beer in a more sustainble way (water, CO2 capture etc) and link it on a brewing forum and get this: Oh honey, you think saving water is socialism? We have such sights (sites?) to show you...
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Dec 16, 2020 10:43
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The women behind Leiho (https://www.leiho.co.uk/) are very cool, and they donate a pair of socks for each pair bought, so you could get some christmas presents at the same time as helping. Great socks too.
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Dec 17, 2020 10:30
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Lord of the Llamas posted:I'm starting a new business right now and I'm terrified to offer sales to EU countries because I don't have the faintest idea what I'm supposed to do or how to do it with Brexit. Yeah, I’m pretty pissed off at ads like this targeted to my business accounts:  Yeah, like loving what?
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Dec 17, 2020 15:04
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OwlFancier posted:Well it is, renting is for people who can't afford (the deposit for) a mortgage so they get to pay
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Dec 17, 2020 21:09
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OwlFancier posted:Even more accurate lol. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vTfGdA2xPo&t=28s
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Dec 17, 2020 21:12
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Doctor_Fruitbat posted:So did it not click in her head at some point that renting by its very nature has to be more expensive than paying a mortgage? Eh, I can see why someone might not think that if they hadn't been exposed to it. Imagine I buy a house at £1000 mortgage a month, and rent it out at £500 rent a month. I'm effectively 'buying' a house for £500/month instead of £1000, and at the end I get the house, and the renter gets to live in a house that (would cost) £1000 a month for £500, they just don't get equity. It's a decent deal all around. Unlike the current version, which is a great deal for the landlord, and a poo poo one for the renter.
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Dec 17, 2020 21:25
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Endjinneer posted:Picking fruit at a small loss is still better than letting it rot for a total loss. It is, but if the scenario you are looking at is ‘bringing in pickers will cost more than we will sell the fruit for’ then you just let it rot. The cost of the fruit is sunk, the only question is ‘will we make more money selling the fruit than it costs to pick it’, and the answer in many cases is ‘no’.
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Dec 19, 2020 12:54
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God I just can't stand Johnson's voice. He just sounds so loving 'yah yah lads' the whole time. This u-turn is up there with the top 10 anime betrayals.
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Dec 19, 2020 17:49
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