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https://twitter.com/MrPostsGood/status/1597722640005103616 Refers to this but he seems to have locked his account in between me copying link and posting it here! https://twitter.com/MarinaPurkiss/status/1597502714795417600 Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 01:52 on Dec 1, 2022 |
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Baileys is the thing I miss most about being teetotal. As my teetotalness of the past 17 years is because of bad reaction to alcohol (allergic reaction - tachycardia, feeling the blood thumping round my body for hours afterwards etc) not 'clean living' or religion, I was happy to discover last year that I can actually cope with the special Christmas cream with baileys in it. Brandy or cointreau cream however sets me off badly so need to avoid completely. Meanwhile: Can any of you good folk who know anything about electrics tell me: do RCDs have an 'ampage' in the way that fuses do? The water heater over the bathroom sink in the guest room of our block of flats is kaput and being replaced today. Anyway, it seems to be wired into the same circuit as the ground floor sockets and when the cleaner's tried to use it, it's been causing the RCDs to go and also blowing out the front door number keypad so muggins here gets 2000 old ladies knocking on my door when I'm trying to work complaining that their friends can't get in or whatever. My concern is that once the heater is replaced, it'll start off again if for some reason it is overloading the ampage of the RCD **if** such a thing happens!
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josh04 posted:Unless something is very wrong there will be a circuit breaker that limits ampage going out through your ground floor sockets and the ampage will be printed somewhere on the breaker, e.g. mine say "B32" for a 32-amp breaker. Take a photo of the one that's tripping? kecske posted:RCDs trip on earth fault, not overcurrent. Older domestic consumer units will have a rack of MCBs (which do trip on overcurrent) all protected by one single RCD. If its the RCD that's operating rather than the MCBs then it's not an issue with amperage, but current is escaping somewhere it shouldn't. Thanks chaps. I can't take a photo as it is too high up! But I can ask the electrician when he gets here about that. Current escaping sounds dangerous! I have a problem with the old ladies that we had an ancient fuse box in there. We changed it to RCDs earlier this year and now it has been tripping which after much experimentation and deduction I have finally tracked to the water heater (and that is definitely bust). But the old ladies are convinced that the electricians put the RCDs in wrong and I'm saying that no, the RCDs are doing their job and the old fuses weren't! What it is to be a young old lady instead of an old old lady. 
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Guavanaut posted:Breakers and RCBOs (RCD and breaker in one) have a rated current in the same way that a fuse wire does, and a curve, which is how long and by how much you have to exceed that by and for in order for it to pop. So a 32A breaker might withstand 40A for two seconds when a motor starts up, or 35A for a minute, but anything exceeding those will throw it. Earth leakage - also sounds dangerous (I guess that's the same as 'current going where it shouldn't' ) - I'll ask electrician about that too when he comes!
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My relatives are a complete mixed bag from raving loony left to raving loony right. Dad was always quite leftish on most things and on gays in the 70s he would say stuff like 'they need sympathy and understanding' (even though he thought they should stay celibate - he knew several celibate gays from people he knew in monasteries). Mum an ardent royalist and back in the 70s 'lock up gays' now she's much more ok with gays, trans, anyone really. Mum refers to Israel, my aunt - also 85 - refuses to call it Israel and refers to Palestine. My card-carrying tory party member brother is also pro-Palestinian. My sister-in-law and I agreed to a large extent on various social issues, but she veered off into racism and UKIP while I obviously didn't. One of my nans was ardent Labour always going on about 'the nobs' and headed up a strike at her factory during the general strike, but a terrible racist (perfect UKIPer had they been going back then). Grandad - her husband was a Working Class Tory - you should know your place. Meanwhile my other nan, not a racist at all, but always voted tory, my grandad on her side used to be a supporter of The Daily Worker (which morphed into the Morning Star) and she used to tell me how on weekends in her street (in a midlands town), all the women were tory and all the men were labour and they would stand at opposite sides of the street calling each other names.
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Sir Sidney Poitier posted:I took a shirt to get some alterations done by someone local. I commented that her prices were good and she could get away with charging more. Meanwhile, I don't want my money stuffing tory crony wallets.
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Bobby Deluxe posted:The most frustrating version of this is the people who'll get halfway through a rant to me about the unemployed and how they're all just lazy, laying in bed all day, never do a day's work; and then go "Oh, but not you of course." I looked at the Scum yesterday as they had an article on money saving measures, and some were aimed at those on benefits (as in helping them by advising them on what they might be entitled to). The Scum is one of the worst for going on about scroungers and strivers and claimants yet must have a readership including claimants! I think there's little point trying to refute some of these with evidence - the right seriously do not give a fig for data and evidence. Makes me laugh because a rightwing friend posted something on fb yesterday saying there was no point trying to argue with the woke left because they didn't care about evidence and 'the silent majority' all agree with her. LOL. I didn't comment. I'm ignoring her posts unless it's a cat picture or 'happy birthday' or some such.
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Appropriately, I just had an email from Verso Books: https://www.versobooks.com/lists/5504-radicalize-your-niblings Radicalize Your Niblings! This year you call them family, next year call them comrade. 10 books for the young relatives! 
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WTF?!? https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nurses-strikes-inflation-zahawi-putin-b2238518.html quote:
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I've coughed since childhood. I kept the whole estate up for a month coughing non-stop all night when I was about 14, let alone my sister with whom I shared a bedroom wanting to brain me (she got her own back a few years later when I was doing shift work and had to get up early and she would roll in from a night out and talk non-stop at me when I needed to sleep). It's been particularly bad for the past couple of months (negative covid tests!) but for the last 10 days has been much better. I'm concluding the chronic coughing is possibly reflux as it's worse when I lie down and even more worse if lie on my right side. I have a deviated nasal septum (as have a lot of people) and think that also contributes in some way. (just read yours above - should have refreshed LOL) Maybe your baby bent your nose a bit without breaking it? (Caveat: I am not a medical doctor!) I got some cheapo cough med with guaifenesin in it that's really helped, and also omniprazole for occasional reflux (I get a box of 28 once a year from the GP and just take occasionally esp after pizza). Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 22:30 on Dec 4, 2022 |
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.nm just noticed the photoshop
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keep punching joe posted:Oxford English Dictionary has selected 'goblin mode' as it's word of the year. Word of the year? Why is this the first time I ever heard this word (phrase)?
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Dec 5, 2022 19:51
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Just Another Lurker posted:Just bought an Alto Recorder... i am currently making "NOISE" with it, the neighbours will not be amused. About 4 or 5 years ago, I went to a recorder recital and there were all sorts of weird and wonderful recorders including one that had a really big box. Can't find a picture online. I always fancied a duduk but apparently the cheapo ones aren't very good but I don't want to pay a lot of money for what is potentially a fad. Absolutely beautiful sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_58AnhnbIgI Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 21:31 on Dec 5, 2022 |
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Dec 5, 2022 21:28
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Just Another Lurker posted:The big box one is probably a Contrabass Recorder, the ones we all tried (and probably hated, like myself) in school were Soprano Recorders. It was more like this but the box at the bottom was bigger. sub-sub-great bass  Here we go - pretty similar to this one:  Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 21:43 on Dec 5, 2022 |
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keep punching joe posted:I appreciate that this forum occasionally shows me a weird musical instrument that I was previously unaware of. This forum is educative in many dimensions. I have also learned a lot (some of which I might be better off not knowing - ahem).
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Isomermaid posted:Woks and induction is funny, cos induction works on contact and woks are round. Except, most of the woks you can get in the UK are flat bottomed, for safety. Except the ones that aren't. But you do get induction hobs with a bit for a round bottomed wok, so basically it depends? Round bottom woks they make the woking world go round
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The Wicked ZOGA posted:I bought a book that's supposed to be Indian Violin Music For Amazingly White People but the more I looked into it the more I realized I would need an actual teacher because literally everything about it is completely different I shall use this as an excuse to post a Bloodywood video even though they don't play Indian violins. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iKjSCTxke8 At least I know what one of the Indian languages for 'gently caress off traitor' is now. Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 23:20 on Dec 5, 2022 |
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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/dec/05/homelessness-charity-shelter-staff-start-unprecedented-two-week-strikequote:Homelessness charity Shelter’s staff start ‘unprecedented’ two-week strike
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Waitrose has brought back the hand sanitizer station at the entrance.
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Kin posted:Thanks for the pointers regarding heating the house. I tried to google it and got some stuff about airflow and poo poo. I wouldn't worry about dates on eggs, they last for ages in the fridge. I often use them weeks after the date (though I'm always careful to crack them open into a separate dish before adding them to anything just in case!) Hope your chest gets better.
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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/06/a-mess-up-worth-billions-energy-rivals-attack-bulb-octopus-dealquote:If rivals are successful, Bulb could be left in special administration again. Lawyers for Octopus have warned that if Bulb’s customers are not transferred before 31 December, Octopus “will lose its wholesale energy supply arrangements, with the result that it will not be able to ensure continuity of supplies for customers”. ffs. I don't know if this means for everyone with Octopus or just for potentially transferred Bulb customers.
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happyhippy posted:Just found out the local council in my home town in NI won't put on any christmas lights, tree or have a Santa appear in the town. We've got the full works. Lights all down the main street (but I think the County Council does those, I might be wrong), Santa is organized by the Rotary Club and there's a large decorated tree in front of the main building. We have a couple of big (as in a lot of the town participates or spectates) Christmas themed events organized by the town council but neither cost a lot to do. Main thing is closing the road for about 3 hours or so for each occasion.
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Dolores sure gets about : https://twitter.com/peterjf1966/status/1600135567676563456
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My bolding - because as we all know govt/big company reassurances are 100% reliable. Not. [quote] Ministers quietly announced in October it would begin collecting and processing personal information from people’s smart and traditional meters. Experts say it sets a ‘dangerous precedent’ and will affect smart meter customers more because their devices contain more sensitive data. When smart meters first arrived, some feared they would hold too much information on households as they track energy usage in real time. Experts warn this could leave homes vulnerable to burglars if they managed to hack the gadget and work out from readings when nobody was in. But customers were assured the data could only be viewed by their supplier. The introduction of the Energy Bills Support Scheme and Energy Price Guarantee means that information will now be shared with the Government. The first scheme gives customers £66 a month in winter to help with bills, while the guarantee, brought in by former prime minister Liz Truss, caps average energy bills at £2,500. Ministers want to use meter data to help identify fraudsters, such as those who claim energy bills support on an unused second property, for example. [quote] source: heil/money/bills/article-11508569/Privacy-row-Governments-energy-support-scheme-data-sweep.html
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On the assumption that kite flying moving BBC to all online is going to cause mega complaining once the hoipolloi get to hear about it, and working on the assumption that 'they' know that, what is the real 'phew they've done something less bad' move they really want to make? In my block of flats only about 2 of 19 flats (including me) have internet. The TV is the main companion for several of the late 80/90 year olds in the block. So if it's not happening until 2030s that still means a lot of now - 70/80 somethings will be affected. And people in these age groups tend to watch a LOT of BBC. If it's just BBC, presumably all the channels I usually watch will still be on the satellite (hoping freesat sticks around for years to come!)
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I'm weirdly warm. Monday night I couldn't get warm for trying, jacked the heating right up and my living room was 25C. Last night I had the heating on but not as much. Today/tonight warm enough with no heating at all despite it being the coldest night so far (-1C expected to get down to -5C overnight) and my living room is at 19C. Weird... or what?
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a pipe smoking dog posted:The Torygraph is running a story how it's disgraceful that soldiers who are getting paid less than ambulance crews will be forced to cover them over Christmas because of the strikes, not realising that the response was going to be "well the government should pay the soldiers more as well". Don't soldiers also get subsidized housing and meals too while they're working? Ed: quote:The Armed Forces and families are able to live in high quality subsidised accommodation both in UK and overseas, either at or close to their place of work. This recognises the fact that personnel move frequently, often to remote parts of the country. The majority of Army personnel and families live in this type of housing. https://www.army.mod.uk/people/live-well/housing/ Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 09:28 on Dec 8, 2022 |
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thebardyspoon posted:Is there a list of charities that actually do good work and which ones don't? I'm kinda looking for a big change in jobs and considering applying for some places that work with homeless folk but I'd prefer not to work with a place that's super religious and uses that to judge people or be picky or whatever, which I feel is probably a few of them. What are your parameters? A charity that works local to you, one that is very 'hands on', or one that operates nationally? Do you want to look into CEO salaries? What sort of role do you want? Admin / Finance / Fund raising / Visiting with homeless / helping sort problems with local authorities etc Top 100 CEO pay 2021: https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/charity-pay-study-2021-biggest-earners/management/article/1713966 (Top 50 in first table, scroll someway down to get next 50). If you want to avoid the baddest stuff, maybe best not to pick a charity that operates internationally because a lot of the Bad Stuff relates to US not UK branches. Charity search site here: https://www.charitychoice.co.uk/charities/housing Here's the list of homeless sector https://www.charitychoice.co.uk/charities/housing/homeless Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 01:38 on Dec 9, 2022 |
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Blasmeister posted:Has he got a book coming out too? Oh I forgot, wasn't Liz Truss' book due out about now?
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"following" leaves a lot of scope for interpretation. Couple of examples - a colleague was walking home one evening after dark (winter - so it wasn't late) and a guy followed her, came right up behind her, and when she got home the back of her coat was covered in ejaculate. Another time, I got mugged one evening. I had to come home again the same way the following evening en route from tube to my home and a guy decided it would be a good laugh to follow me - and it was deliberate. He's lucky he didn't die that night as I was so hyped (had been thrashing my leg with a rolled up newspaper for the entire tube ride I was so wound up). There's also the complete disconnect some guys have with women: had a discussion maybe it was even on here a few years ago, many guys trying to do the right thing if going the same way as a woman late evening will WALK FAST up behind her (ie 'following') and overtake because they have the weird idea that makes her feel safer when in fact she is actually petrified and if possible will start crossing the street or walking faster. Some of the guys in the discussion were amazed to find that what they felt was helping was in fact terrifying. There's 'going the same way' and 'following' and late evenings they don't feel much different to a woman (or men get followed too - a male friend with long hair was carrying a shoulder bag with LPs in it and got followed one evening - said it's the first time he had even an inkling of what it felt like). Another time, I was walking along the road a few yards behind a black guy and I had the most terrible frog in my throat (something I have suffered from on and off over the years) and had to keep clearing my throat. He turned round and glared at me obviously thinking I was following him and making noises at him, but I wasn't! Just going the same way and having to clear my throat so I could breathe!
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Spanish ad for J&B whisky. Grandad tries makeup so he can welcome his trans grand-daughter for Christmas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOVVgEtuybk Article about the ad and how they're trying to make it relevant to more rural areas, not just Madrid. https://tekdeeps.com/the-jb-ad-in-which-a-grandfather-learns-to-put-on-makeup-to-receive-his-trans-granddaughter-for-christmas/ Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 02:43 on Dec 11, 2022 |
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Voter ID card - get a PASS card (valid for voter id) for free using a code: FREEVOTERID Copied this from reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/zhwqas/citizencard_offering_free_id_cards_to_be_used_as/ quote:Citizencard offering free ID Cards to be used as Voter ID at elections. Ed: Apparently there is also something called a Voter Authority Certificate to be issued: England https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/running-electoral-registration-england/voter-authority-certificates-and-anonymous-electors-documents Wales https://www.electoralcommission.org...y-certification Scotland https://www.electoralcommission.org...ty-certificates (I understand Northern Ireland already has provision for Voter ID). What will it look like https://www.stroud.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/elections/voter-id/what-will-the-voter-authority-certificate-look-like A4 piece of paper. That's never going to get lost, worn out, accidentally put through the washing machine isn't it! Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 01:59 on Dec 12, 2022 |
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I posted about the PASS (Citizen) card for voter ID on my fb last night. One of my tory-voting friends roughly my age commented that she knew nothing about it (requirement for voter ID) and the comment was basically along the lines that I was making it up  God I hope the tories have shot themselves in the foot with this one (even if it's just old dears peddling up to the polling station without whatever photo ID they might have because they don't realize they need it).
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Convex posted:Tories are more likely to have a driving licence or passport in general though? It'll be an inconvenience but I can't see an election turning due to this, the measure is intentionally one designed to trip up people without the means to afford valid ID I can tell you that in my block of flats where most of the occupants are over 80 years old (and mostly tory voters), very few of them have passport, driving licence, bus pass etc (not living in London, public transport is so dire, they don't use it if they have a car-driving adult child living nearby). They don't need them anymore and haven't bothered renewing them for years. We've had the devil of a game getting adequate ID proofs when signing up signatories to our management bank account. And yes I do appreciate that the rules are designed to cut out those who are most likely not to vote tory but I think it's going to affect many more tory voters than the govt expects. Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 14:24 on Dec 12, 2022 |
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Just Another Lurker posted:First worthy gf to peg the prince gets the crown.... how difficult can it be? Isn't that like the original story of Cinderella? But it might just have been front slipper not back slipper. History Comes Inside! posted:Wasn’t there some big thing about Kate making it her life’s ambition to marry him before they ever even met because like all members of the upper classes she’s a power hungry nutter? Isn't that why all those girls studying History of Art went to St Andrews Uni anyway - with a view to Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 19:01 on Dec 12, 2022 |
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Dogatron posted:gently caress off- she is not middle class at all. She is posh as you get. Wikipedia describe her as living in a 1 million flat with her sister prior to marrying the inbred german bastard. Money <> class in the upper echelons. I think she is probably what we used to call 'nouveau riche' and would be looked down upon by the Upper Class.
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Tesseraction posted:Also I finally got covid I haven't succumbed yet (still wear mask in shops and on crowded pavements). I do, however, have a bad cold - first one since The Before Times. On the other hand it gave me an excuse to binge watch series 1 of Succession over the weekend.
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Just watching this 2018 (in the Before Times) documentary on PBS America about the Spanish Flu (100 years anniversary) and how we will learn lessons from it... ahem. One of the interviewees saying how weird it is seeing film from that time with everyone wearing masks. Public hygiene plans aha aha. They're most worried about Bird Flu in this doc.
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