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Crankit posted:I'm gonna get a sunburn, anyone else wanna gonna join burnt club this year? Picked up a lovely sunburn on my face on Friday when the weather on Arthur’s Seat was much nicer than expected. (Thanks to everyone for your kind congratulations on the last page of previous thread!)
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:<RANT> I got this to my consultancy business as well, and you’re right, it’s totally unneeded, the thing you’ve outlined there absolutely doesn’t need a registration and fee. (My consultancy is a GDPR and data protection consultancy- that’s what I do when I’m not making beer) It’s so frustrating.
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Jun 1, 2021 13:39
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Niric posted:Viz presents, Goddamned Twisto: pornographer's assistant This was a pleasure to wake up to. 
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Jun 2, 2021 09:59
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stev posted:Anecdotal but most of the early to mid 30s I know have had it. The wait after booking is a few days at most, at least in my area. Pure anecdote too, but all of the 30-34s that I have asked have had it. As above you don’t even need to be asked - just plug your details into the NHS site. The vaccine rollout appears to be the one thing the UK are really, really bossing. because it’s nothing to do with the government
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Jun 2, 2021 18:51
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Doctor_Fruitbat posted:So if they drop the gap between shots and I've already booked my second jab, is it possible to book a different date? I’m in the same boat but there’s no way to tell without cancelling your appointment first and hoping. Which is a pain, because a site has opened in the building next door but I have an appointment booked in new cross at the end of the month. And I can’t even see slots without cancelling first. And phoning 119 is no help - they’re just going through the same screens as you and I.
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Jun 2, 2021 22:32
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Payndz posted:I was ill on the day my class first started learning about quadratic equations, so when I came to the next lesson I was dropped into all this mystifying stuff with brackets and lines arcing between different letters and numbers, and absolutely no attempt was made by the teacher to get me up to speed. Same with me and long division - I’ve never learnt how to do it.
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Jun 3, 2021 09:21
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Testro posted:I was sent this earlier about wider sharing of GP data from England; I wondered what the thread made of it? I’ve opted out (and I never do that with patient surveys, allow junior doctors to examine me or sit in on my treatment) because it’s being snuck in so quickly and quietly that I absolutely do not trust it.
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Jun 3, 2021 14:28
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The problem is you need to cancel before seeing any new dates. Best bet is probably to find someone who hasn’t booked yet and see what their options are.
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Jun 3, 2021 18:24
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Josef bugman posted:I mean most of them refuse to accept basic reality. You copuld stab them in the chest saying that the reason you are doing so is because of them not being pure and Aryan enough and most would go "I bet this is because of foreigners" And the people that insist that they were 100% informed and knew exactly what they were voting for and this is all fine actually. Like, no, you didn't, none of us did. And that's fine, why are you so keen to insist you did rather than admit otherwise?
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Jun 4, 2021 15:55
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TheRat posted:No-go zones probably have vastly better food The mother of all no-go zones: the Calzone.
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Jun 6, 2021 13:41
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Azza Bamboo posted:Do you think Britain is irredeemably evil? *those who select the third option will be arrested and thrown in jail
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Jun 7, 2021 14:21
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crispix posted:i liked the windy handle Winding down is better for expressing annoyance - but for sheer cold 'I am done talking with you' a button press is so much cooler. really you need both - a winder for putting it down, and a button for putting it up.
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Jun 8, 2021 11:42
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Miftan posted:Jaffa Cakes taste like poo poo not only because chocolate and orange is an awful flavour but their biscuit part is crap too. Ordered this for my brother's girlfriend's birthday. Looking forward to trying this weekend. 
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Jun 8, 2021 15:18
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Noxville posted:It’s basically TechBro ‘disrupter’ culture but applied to a craft beer company and it should come as no surprise to anyone who sees all their marketing guff. Gets better. They're 'inviting' staff to sign an open rebuttal letter by 10:30am. Which is exactly as cringe as you'd expect. https://twitter.com/FairHospitality/status/1402918707043749888?s=20 But it's alright, it didn't come from James, it came from "our people team". https://twitter.com/BrewDogJames/status/1402920717637804033?s=20 There's a huge rebellion going on in the Brewdog shareholders forum. Red Oktober fucked around with this message at 11:29 on Jun 10, 2021 |
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Jun 10, 2021 11:26
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Azza Bamboo posted:Is that a Wetherspoons? Great shout - it is! It's the The Raven, Liverpool. Each Spoons has a unique carpet, and that one belongs to The Raven. https://wetherspoonscarpets.tumblr.com/post/145049744289/the-raven-72-74-walton-vale-liverpool Red Oktober fucked around with this message at 12:21 on Jun 10, 2021 |
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Jun 10, 2021 12:18
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Jedit posted:Isn't that the same pub where people posted the fight video the other week where gammon anti-maskers were kicking off?  Different carpet. Which makes it the Blue Bell, Scunthorpe. https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/pubs/all-pubs/england/north-lincolnshire/the-blue-bell-inn-scunthorpe
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Jun 10, 2021 12:26
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Jun 10, 2021 12:45
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Someone's dug out their old 'Business for Punks' book, and it's making some interesting reading.quote:I love ignoring advice as much as every stupid muppet loves giving it to me. My advice, to those seeking advice, is don’t even bother. Advice is for freaks and clowns. The thing about being driven is you need to know your own way. quote:Be a selfish bastard. Seriously, you have to be. If you’re not 110% up for it, no one else is going to give a drat. quote:The biggest mistake you can make is actually caring what people think. To hell with opinions, conventions and consequences. It is all just a game. quote:Put your conscience and morals in a drawer, lock it, throw away the key and join the revolution. Because at a certain point you’ll have to do things you know you shouldn’t. quote:To grow a business you have to forget all about being reasonable. You need to thrive on being unreasonable and then have the skills to hammer your position home. You need to look after the interests of your team and business and only those interests. On many occasions you are going to have to be ruthless, brutal, cold-blooded and cynical. This is OK. As long as it is done for the long-term good of what you are trying to achieve. Think of it as a lioness eating one of her cubs to ensure the others survive. Sometimes you will have to murder your darlings.
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Jun 10, 2021 13:26
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feedmegin posted:I mean, my understanding is that it is in the sense that if we wanted to glass Washington DC tomorrow we could do that. The lack of independence is more that we rely on the US for warhead maintenance, so if we wanted to glass DC 5 years from now that might be more difficult - but if it came down to it and we did ever go full Juche I suspect we could develop the ability. My understanding is that coordinates in the USA can't even be programmed into the system.
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Jun 10, 2021 13:33
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Guavanaut posted:Let me guess, mid 2010s, around the peak of all that "Enjoy the Decline" and "Curse of the High IQ" poo poo where being an abrasive rear end in a top hat went from being a Tucker Max/Maddox style gimmick to actual career advice by people who bought into the surface uncritically, before the world saw that that just gets you Donald Trump? Very good, published 2015! I don't know who would actually have bought a copy given the amount of times Matt tweeted out a link to a free PDF with "I hope my publisher doesn't see this!  " attached.
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Jun 10, 2021 13:40
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I used to climb trees all the time as a kid, never did me any harm. other than the time I grabbed a branch and it broke, leaving me with a broken arm, obviously.
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Jun 11, 2021 08:37
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Gender stuff: It's risking a violation of GDPR Article 5(1)(d). PM me if you want a proper response you can send over to them.
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Jun 11, 2021 14:07
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Failed Imagineer posted:I thought GDPR didn't apply in the UK after the Big Day of Freedom? Or did it just get adopted in its entirety and renamed Her Majesty's Data Decrees or something? Eerily close. The Data Protection Act 1998 was updated to 2018, and 'works in tandem' with the UK-GDPR. Just more people seem to have heard of 'GDPR' so it's handy shorthand. Red Oktober fucked around with this message at 15:11 on Jun 11, 2021 |
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Jun 11, 2021 15:09
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Starting to really wish I had waited a few weeks for Pfizer over AZ now, especially as they're not giving AZ to my age-group anymore. I wasn't concerned about clotting etc, but a 20% gap in effectiveness is not good.
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Jun 14, 2021 16:41
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kingturnip posted:I'd be surprised if there isn't a wave of staff leaving the NHS once Covid is 'done'; the Govt's treated NHS staff with contempt throughout and no-one gets paid enough for the poo poo they've had to deal with in the last year. This. Future sis-in-law (Dr) has been happily giving up every single Saturday to do vaccinations at various sites in exchange for I think 1/4 of a day in lieu each time (which can’t be taken on a Monday or Friday because no extending the weekend for you). If the end isn’t actually in sight then I don’t know how long that goodwill can last.
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Jun 15, 2021 08:36
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therattle posted:I’m not sure that’s how it works. Scott was worth $36b in July last year, since then she's given away $8b, and is now worth $57b. It's really, really hard to comprehend just how quickly wealth accumulates at those levels. She literally cannot give her money away fast enough.
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Jun 18, 2021 13:35
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That's brilliant, and also horrifying.
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Jun 18, 2021 14:14
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I feel nervous about this because it feels like promotion, but I know it's a cause a number of people here are interested in so - in a break from the drudgery of news recently - the brewery is going live! Now raising our actual equity investment so we can launch and offer some real, meaningful, employment opportunities to people with convictions, and helping to break the cycle of reoffending. We have a few UKMT members already on board (p.s. PM me if you took part in the Crowdfunder and I'll convert you to some actual equity - no one gets left behind here!) If you're interested in amazing beer and social good take a look at the pitch on crowdcube and PM me with any questions. We've hit a massive 15k in just a couple of days, but need some more small (£10) investments before we can open the round to the world - we want lots of owners rather than a few big shots! And it's SEIS eligible...
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Jun 19, 2021 14:10
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Aramoro posted:This is a much better idea than starting an actual brewery. There are a lot of cuckoo brewers out there. The brew studio at my local brewery does a good trade in folk brewing a beer for their wedding or whatever. ( it's what we did, was fun). I 100% think so, there's a lot of breweries out there, but I view this as something like a gym for homebrewers - you don't need to own the kit, you don't need to maintain and clean it, and you don't need a massive amount of space which is in short supply in London (no gardens, sheds, garages etc). Plus you can meet other people and learn from them / help each other out. The wedding one is a perfect example - I used to brew with a guy and we made a beer for his wedding, which I was best man at. One idea I want to explore is people coming to the brewery for a stag do, make the beer during the do, and then serve it at the wedding.
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Jun 19, 2021 15:56
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Aramoro posted:The craft beer kitchen near me does this. You send in your label art on your brew day and then you get to stick them on during the bottling day. My wife really knew what she wanted to make so it was easy but they have really great brewers on hand to help. They also help with the local Unis Brewing course. That's brilliant - there's definitely space for 'experiences' like that, especially as we come out of lockdown and people are itching to get out and about again.
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Jun 19, 2021 16:32
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Even so, by the time I left, there was *still* a good solid thousand-person queue, and (through the magic of back-of-the-envelope guessing on our part, not anything like an official number) there'd been at least 10k people through. Holy poo poo. That is a hell of a number, kind of thing that (even if it's just a bit of a one-off as you think it might be) does give me hope that we can crush this before too long. Thanks for volunteering! I put my name down months ago but never heard back, I should see if they've reopened it again.
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Jun 19, 2021 23:54
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ThomasPaine posted:I'm getting inexplicably frustrated at the constant use of the word jab/jabbed/jabbing in the news for people being vaccinated, it feels too much like your weird 'tots/boffins' tabloid language and it rubs me up the wrong way I like Jag as the original anyway.
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Jun 22, 2021 11:15
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Jel Shaker posted:brexit is done so just another non-job Yeah, how does this work - who is she shadowing? There isn't a minister for brexit. https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers Also Johnson is the only one without a picture - it's just a door?
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Jun 22, 2021 12:11
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I'd like a new anthem - I don't think singing the praises of an individual is very 'this millennium', I'd much rather have singing to an ideal like les marseillais (although that verse for the children to sing is.... creepy). But this isn't it. It really, really isn't.
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Jun 23, 2021 12:15
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Looke posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBi-KXc0CRk Now there's a Eurovision entry.
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Jun 23, 2021 12:24
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Looke posted:https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1408406180347719684?s=20 He does, but he should really know the matter is closed when the press decide it is, and considering most didn't even have a chance to print a story on it today, it is far from that.
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Jun 25, 2021 13:48
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Strom Cuzewon posted:Am I going insane here? Who the gently caress cares about the breach of social distancing? Is that really the key issue? Not in the slightest. He's trying to frame the issue in a way the general public - many of who are sick of social distancing, not being allowed to hug grandkids - etc will hear and agree that, yes they also hate social distancing, and really it shouldn't be a thing and and and...
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Jun 25, 2021 15:38
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Jakabite posted:I’m convinced he’s got some kompromat because he’s the single least funny person on tv including non comedians and the people on songs of praise. He’s aggressively dislikeable and unfunny. He's repped by Off The Kerb though (https://offthekerb.com/artists/) who have a big stable of comedians. I understand that they often come as 'bundles' for quiz shows etc - you want an Alan Carr, Jo Brand, Romesh, Dara on your show? Sure, but you also have to take an Andy Parsons, Phil Jerrod, etc.
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Jun 29, 2021 12:06
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josh04 posted:You have to take a Tom Allen. The British public will continue to receive Tom Allen until morale improves. I was going to use him as an example originally! But then figured that as he hosts his own things then he can't count.
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stev posted:
There’s not much. looks sideways at Frost pulling up in the car in SotD.
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