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goddamnedtwisto posted:Assuming this isn't a reaction to my porn-free-porn post, Screwfix have got that portable air conditioner I've been telling you all about back in stock: https://www.screwfix.com/p/goodhome-takoma-mobile-air-conditioner/551hv#_=p although the price has gone up since last year. I remember thinking the other day that you are the only person in the UK who has A/C in your home but I see you're now trying to spread this nefarious idea via UKMT of all places
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quote:“Caustic,” I said, before I could stop myself. “Garlic is caustic.” Lol
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Jun 4, 2021 09:13
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A good first step but the devil is in the details, as they say. There will be all sorts of loopholes by the time the taxes come into effect. If it can make companies start paying some tax it's better than nothing I guess.
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Jun 7, 2021 10:21
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Not sure if you can use it without signing in to your personal tax account to use it for which you will either need to set up a 'verify' or get a government gateway ID. (I use Post Office verify. I have so many government gateways over the years I have lost the plot with those). Aagh I was just complaining about this Verify poo poo. I want to check my NHS pension to make sure it still exists, and the Verify systems that are now required won't Verify me because I don't have a UK credit record. Why the gently caress do I need a credit check to look at my pension? Why is this privatised?
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Jun 15, 2021 12:48
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crispix posted:just eating a big bowl of
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Jun 16, 2021 13:06
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Guavanaut posted:My big worry with those is that they work less well the colder that it is outside, to the point where (with the current UK National Grid) you're burning more gas than you would with a condensing boiler to get low grade background heat. The insulation and construction will be an issue, but if that is sorted a heat pump should be fine. Mine claims 2.7x coefficient of power at -7°C so generation and transmission would need to be pretty bad for a gas boiler to be more efficient. It has an immersion heater in case it gets too cold for the heat pump, and the hours it's on for get recorded, still at zero despite getting down to -15ish a few times. So a UK winter should be no problem.
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Jun 18, 2021 18:23
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In Other Sports news the end of yesterday's tour de France stage was amazing.
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Jun 30, 2021 14:43
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It's cool to like whatever kind of music, apart from opera which objectively sucks.
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Jun 30, 2021 15:19
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Mega Comrade posted:Some dude with a greasy ponytail just pushed this through my door. Pricks
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Jun 30, 2021 18:44
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stev posted:I've always found town houses ugly and off putting. Most of them just look like the posh equivalent of cramming loads of people into a small space. I don't believe for a second that you can't spot which the nice one is
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Jul 2, 2021 19:21
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I can't remember if I already posted about it (apols if so) but I was invited to a party this summer with the dress stated as "Planter's Orders" which seems problematic. e: not unrelated a colleague originally from India was telling me on a team call how her school was set up by Scottish people and still makes them all sing British hymns and so all sorts of weird boarding school poo poo. All I could say was "I'm so, so sorry" knox_harrington fucked around with this message at 16:38 on Jul 3, 2021 |
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Jul 3, 2021 16:35
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Bobby Deluxe posted:The thing that amazes me is that the entire generation above us has internalised that 'you have to pay your way, it's only fair' mentality to such a degree that selling their house to pay for care seems about right to them. "paying their way" through house price inflation and paid for by the subsequent generation.
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Jul 5, 2021 13:01
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Nothingtoseehere posted:It is, just some people are paranoid about tradesmen cheating them. That's not paranoia, it's a real problem. I've had several people try to mess me about in the UK.
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Jul 5, 2021 15:10
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Jakabite posted:Is there any reliable single source for more numbers on long covid? It’d be good to see a breakdown of how many people get it but also what exactly it entails for what proportion of those people too - as I understand it the term covers everything from not being able to smell for a couple months after to dying of organ failure after a year in intensive care. I don't know about the numbers. But these are a couple of interesting editorial articles I read recently on long covid. Marshall M. The four most urgent questions about long COVID. Nature. 2021 Jun;594(7862):168-170 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01511-z Marx, V. Scientists set out to connect the dots on long COVID. Nat Methods 18, 449–453 (2021) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-021-01145-z
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Jul 5, 2021 16:03
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My garden doesn't have a fence round it either. Someone cut down one of my trees last summer! Presumably a neighbour but I have no idea who, when, or how I could do anything about it.
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Jul 5, 2021 18:24
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No one's coming out of an undergrad degree or really any degree as an expert in anything (shut up PhDs that applies to you as well) but extra lols at how thinly you'd have to spread 3 subjects.
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Jul 6, 2021 11:18
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His Divine Shadow posted:I bought 2x4s to frame the walls of my shed, but I got it for a pretty good price, given the current situation. Holding off on the rest for now though. 1.7€ per meter for 2x4s of the type where one edge is live, cheaper and good enough for framing a shed. How long do you expect to get out of wooden decking where you are? I ultimately decided it would get trashed pretty quickly and went with stone which is obviously $ but hopefully permanent.
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Jul 6, 2021 11:41
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Economics is also a lot of handwaving masquerading as science so it's not like they have a lot of choice
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Jul 6, 2021 13:15
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:OMG the trouble I had forcing wretched LaTex to put the chapter headings I wanted, not the ones it wanted to put or not to push all the figures onto fresh pages just when I added a full stop or something. It's $5 off eBay or SA Mart for a legit Office key
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Jul 6, 2021 14:10
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Munin posted:I have seen quite a few cases where engaging with your family more was definitely not the answer. Yeah, I'm just coming up to 2 years of zero contact with my Dad. It's been a huge improvement to my life just not having to deal with his nonsense.
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Jul 7, 2021 07:38
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Altruism doesn't exist anyway, just enjoy the serotonin.
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Jul 7, 2021 13:41
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Alcohol free beer has got way better in the past couple of years and as Jakabite says cracking open a cold tin at the end of the day seems to scratch that itch. Having a drink is a very nice delineation between work time / me time, but it turns out I don't actually need the EtOH for that to happen.
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Jul 7, 2021 14:54
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Jakabite posted:Becks Blue is decent for replicating swill, Moretti weirdly has quite an ipa vibe to it, and nanny state is well regarded. Not tried to Stella one. You can get alcohol free wine now too tho I don’t know how good it is, and alcohol free gin is real nice. The one I like best is Erdinger Alkoholfrei which it looks like you can get in Tescos https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/263042455
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Jul 7, 2021 15:03
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I really think they should keep the shots of people in the crowd zoomed out a bit further
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Jul 7, 2021 22:40
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crispix posted:if corona virus wasn't a thing i would go on a week long holiday to london and i would get a minicab every day to drive me past starmer at say 17-19mph, just long enough for me to shout out the window WWWUUUUUT UUUUUUUG CUUUUUUUhhhhn..... at him Are you No Salad Barry?
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Jul 8, 2021 16:51
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Lol that's American uniform and weaponry. No it isn't! That's a L129 and the body is wearing a 3 Para DZ flash.
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Jul 9, 2021 14:23
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A colleague let her 6yr old daughter sit on her lap and have a go at steering the car in a deserted supermarket car park. Three different dickheads reported her to the cops. (not UK. Cuuuuuunts though)
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Jul 9, 2021 15:38
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Julio Cruz posted:calling the cops is going too far but, uh, letting a small child control a moving vehicle is incredibly irresponsible 
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Jul 9, 2021 16:51
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crispix posted:UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH 
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Jul 10, 2021 08:28
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https://www.carhartt.com/gb/en-gb/category/carhartt-men-trousers-jeans
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Jul 10, 2021 11:33
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Jul 11, 2021 20:04
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No way are Inghilterra winning on penalties
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Jul 11, 2021 22:41
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Jul 12, 2021 12:52
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jiggerypokery posted:It's not a sliding scale, that's a super common misconception. I thought the same thing till I had this explained to me by someone who works in pharmacology. You are wrong I'm afraid, that's not what vaccine efficacy means. It's risk of disease in vaccinated vs unvaccinated. Have a look here. https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson3/section6.html
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Jul 17, 2021 13:50
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The Question IRL posted:Man this mRNA stuff sounds like it could do lots of good in the future? It was a bit niche but covid accelerated it into prime time. This is imo a really exciting application of it: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-19486-2
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Jul 17, 2021 18:43
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jiggerypokery posted:Good post. What you are saying is exactly what I thought too. I was speaking with a retired VP at Pfizer who may know or may not know what they are talking about (I strongly suspect they do but... Was the retired Pfizer VP Michael Yeadon?
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Jul 17, 2021 21:49
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) they were super clear anyway. An immune person isn't going to have cells producing tonnes of virus and the reduction in severe symptoms is expected statistically.
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Pantsmaster Bill posted:Stick a big rock in the middle of the space I agree with this approach. £50 should get an absolutely massive boulder.
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Jul 20, 2021 17:58
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A Chinese or more realistically Vietnamese takeaway here is about 80 CHF (£60) for two people. Really not worth it. Pizza is a bit better at about 40 bucks but I just make my own nowadays. Groceries are also ridiculously expensive but not quite as disproportionately so as restaurants / takeaways.
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Jul 24, 2021 12:39
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Failed Imagineer posted:(Say hi to Rosie for good luck) Is Rosie short for Rosemary? 
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forkboy84 posted:My favourite moment of the tournament so far was catching the end of the women's cycling road race yesterday over breakfast. Austrian woman won it from the breakaway and as she crossed the line the commentator explains that's Austria's first summer games gold since Athens. Then he pauses a bit before saying "in 1896". She also (according to my bike racer girlfriend) isn't in a team that does major races and is a physicist who did loads of analysis to work out for herself how best to train for that race. The Dutch riders who are pre-eminent* in women's road racing thought they had caught the brakeaway group and were going to control the victory. They had miscounted and the Austrian had got away. * lol
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