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Smartcars have the keyhole hidden in a door handle too. And a special sequence of things to do to lock the car if you don't have a key with a working beeper.
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Dec 1, 2023 12:01
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Something happened just after 4pm to all these networks: I noticed my phone suddenly said it was totally offline, mergency calls only, but it came back quickly.
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Dec 1, 2023 18:28
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Bird chat: there's loads of moorhens, a flock of dabbling bills (old Suffolk name for ducks) and a grey heron that live about where my horse now lives. Also some magpies and crows who keep dropping wierd stuff in her water buckets. Can't wait to see the moorhen chicks in spring. Vote chat: Greens or spoilt ballot
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Dec 3, 2023 18:52
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The Perfect Element posted:Is 'cybersex' still a thing, nowerdays? It was all the rage 15-20 years ago, but it seems pretty quaint now. Their robe and wizard hat. Says right there in their reply.
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Dec 6, 2023 10:50
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Thank you whoever used my Octopus referral code I used one last month? I don't know how long it takes to filter through.
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Dec 6, 2023 10:59
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Endjinneer posted:Pantographs are actually mad complicated. The force has to be juuust right, and remain juuust right over the whole range of height travel of the pantograph. Too little and it bounces down off the wires, it arcs and things burn. Too much and it becomes one with the wires. IIRC when the French did their speed record with the TGV part of the preparation was re-tensioning all the overhead wires to give the pantograph the best contact it could have. Worth watching the videos if you're interested in trains at all. Angrymog fucked around with this message at 10:07 on Dec 10, 2023 |
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Dec 10, 2023 09:53
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Food chat: The smell of both bacon (and that generic fryup smell) and oranges makes me feel sick.
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Dec 21, 2023 02:56
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happyhippy posted:No 'holding pint of beer' option. Sadly, the bing image creator refused the prompt "Kier Starmer dressed in British army uniform purposefully striding towards his shorter wife, whilst pointing at something and drinking a pint". It even refused politician. I had to use 'white male' so would need to bother to photoshop Starmer's head on the results. Which is too much effort. Here's the best one. The shorter wife seems to be a cyborg though. https://www.bing.com/images/create/...DP&mode=overlay
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Dec 22, 2023 13:20
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Lord Ludikrous posted:Anyone else just not really feeling it with Christmas this year? I've never been one of those "OMG the magic of Christmas!" people but this year just feels off. Ditto. I'm not sure why, but yeah, something feels off. Vaccuum talk: We had some poo poo goblin thing in NHS housing so I bought a Henry; it's 15 years old now and still going strong. It's also got a 2kw boost mode, so more powerful than the current models. Angrymog fucked around with this message at 22:31 on Dec 23, 2023 |
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Dec 23, 2023 22:19
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Spuckuk posted:Seen a few in Liverpool but they never last long. Now sketchy nail salons... There are so many nail places, barbers, and beauty places in Sheerness. Far more than in some bigger towns in the area.
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Dec 26, 2023 09:19
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Fatty posted:Just watched an episode of Uni Challenge from last week, they had questions on snow levels and asked which games featured High Hrothgar, Cainhurst Castle and John Marston killing Dutch Van Der Linde. Fairly obscure. Are they? Skyrim, Bloodborne, and Red Dead Redemption 2 Not 100% sure on the last one as I havn't actually played it.
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Dec 28, 2023 20:07
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It gives the impression that she just posed with the same two boxes of chocolates each time rather than actually giving them out.
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Dec 29, 2023 16:57
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Tingo? That's a company name that inspires confidence. It's a weird from Easter island meaning 'to borrow items from someone until they have nothing left.'
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Dec 30, 2023 10:23
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I like Starhunter Redux on Amazon. It's amazingly low budget and has wooden acting, but somehow rises above it. Bounty hunters working out of what used to be a luxury space liner. Set just in the solar system, not particularly hard sci-fi, but it's an endearingly grubby view of the future.
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Jan 2, 2024 18:24
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Anyone good at bird identification? Saw something that I don't know what it was this morning. Longer than a dove, olive green back, golden flashes visible when it flew. Flight was low to the ground in a shallow sine wave pattern.
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Jan 9, 2024 11:22
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Sanford posted:Green woodpecker? Any sign of a red head? Nope. We're on coastal marshland if that helps at all.
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Jan 9, 2024 12:18
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Noxville posted:Could be a ring necked parakeet, they're naturalised in several places in this country, usually are green with yellow under their wings. Nope, I know what those look like - bastards used to eat all our guavas in Goa. Greenfinch is a possibility, though it would be a large one. Flew from the ground to a fence, so was probably ground feeding. Angrymog fucked around with this message at 12:26 on Jan 9, 2024 |
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Jan 9, 2024 12:19
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Lemurtron posted:Everything else points to green woodpecker: green back, yellow on the rump which you'd see when flying, low sinusoidal flight, ground feeding and a little longer than a collared dove. You might not see the red head if it's a brief view or you're seeing it with the top of the head pointing away from you. If I see it again I'll try to get a look at the head. Do both male and female birds have the red head? Looking at some videos of them, it does sound likely. Angrymog fucked around with this message at 14:30 on Jan 9, 2024 |
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Jan 9, 2024 14:23
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I got an autism diagnosis in my late thirties, and suddenly everything made sense.
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Jan 10, 2024 07:55
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Guavanaut posted:Shocked and appalled to find out that the sort of people who go on fox hunts are also half cut on brandy all day long, lol. There's a hilarious video posted by some sabs of a redcoat trying to get back on his horse and failing. After a few minutes the horse just starts wandering off.
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Jan 11, 2024 18:06
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Pistol_Pete posted:To expand on this: the Houthis (or Ansar Allah, as they prefer to be called) are one of the very few entities that are standing up, taking real, effective action to defend the Palestinians and stop the Israeli genocide and are putting themselves in huge danger by doing so. I'm sure some people would prefer it if they were writing strongly-worded letters to the authorities instead, but whatever. On the other hand their treatment of women is up there with the Taliban's. Let's not pretend that they're happiness and flowers.
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Jan 12, 2024 11:07
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This is what my riding instructor's XL Bully puppy looks like. (She didn't want an XL bully, but her now Ex-boyfriend said to her, "I'd like a large dog", and she said yes, expecting a labrador or a spaniel - something potentially useful that could happily exist in a farm/riding school environment where there will be kids running about (like her existing dog, a little terrier cross thing that's an amazing ratter) - boyfriend of the year comes back with Bruce and promptly expects her to do all the dog maintenance and training. The ban was already on the horizon when he decided to get the dog.) Poor thing can't even be let loose in the arena because it would need stock fencing added to its existing fencing to stop him getting out. Angrymog fucked around with this message at 08:54 on Jan 15, 2024 |
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Jan 15, 2024 08:51
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I'm sure I've said this before, but if I can I'll vote Green, otherwise it's time for a spoilt ballot.
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Jan 16, 2024 14:47
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Zalakwe posted:What's very amusing is when you get a very tight election, and you get a group of people sitting at a count arguing about which knobs should count for which people. At four in the morning. So do they generally base it on where the tip is or where the balls are?
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Jan 16, 2024 15:00
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Our Tescos has these in (in their actually Indian/Eastern European/Jamaican food aisle) and they're really lush. https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/313860073 The one star review is plainly written by a moron who doesn't know what a poppadom is.
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Jan 20, 2024 10:22
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Maugrim posted:Also, we've been making noises for years now about applying to become a real charity, which would allow us to get a proper bank account sorted, reinstate the Paypal donation option, and accept Gift Aided donations - all good things and long overdue! For reasons I won't go into here our previous application attempt fell through, but I'm committed to making it happen this year. On that note if anyone happens to be knowledgeable about the process of drawing up the articles for a charity and dealing with the Charity Commission, I would love to chat. I might be able to get some advice from work and pass it on, especially if you have any specific questions.
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Jan 21, 2024 01:37
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I slept so badly because of the wind howling around the roof.
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Jan 22, 2024 07:49
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There's a Crab museum in Margate, and their social media game is on point. https://www.crabmuseum.org/ Post of theirs from the 5th of December
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Jan 22, 2024 13:18
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big scary monsters posted:I thought I owned the normal number of swords, none, but based on responses here I'm starting to think maybe I'm the weird one. I don't have a sword, but I do have a pretty vicious looking spear thing.
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Jan 24, 2024 22:31
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Bird chat. I saw the bird again, and was able to get a better look at it. Green woodpecker.
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Jan 26, 2024 12:47
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Is anyone with Benenden? My parents are getting at me to have some sort of alternative health provider available, and they're non-profit (plus I think work might have a deal with them)
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Jan 29, 2024 13:19
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If we go to war with Keith at the helm, I presume we'll be changing sides every few weeks. With missile tests are they just testing that it launches, or do they explode them too?
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Feb 2, 2024 06:19
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Funeral chat - aren't Muslim funerals supposed to be done pretty quickly? Is there a way to get a non-Muslim buried by them? We should have Towers of Silence.
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Feb 6, 2024 19:29
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Lobster God posted:Lizz Truss strikes again: Poor thing, 13 is young for a horse.
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Feb 8, 2024 13:01
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re: Crisps I currently like the plain Laila mini-poppadoms.
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Feb 17, 2024 22:15
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The sandwich man who used to come to our office pre-pandemic had Levi Roots coconut curry flavour crisps and they were lush.
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Feb 18, 2024 07:58
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Starbucks posted:I thought you had to punch them in the nose That's cobras.
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Feb 18, 2024 20:27
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Pantsmaster Bill posted:Wait until you read about rentcharges, although the government did at least ban new ones in 1977. My friend has one on his house and it’s a nightmare. A friend of mine has extra insurance in case the local parish ever tries to invoke it's right to make people pay for church repairs.
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Feb 19, 2024 08:47
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