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As I stated elsewhere earlier this morning... And the narrative will now go along the lines of... "We hear you, this result clearly shows us our plan isn't racist and cruel enough" We are seeing the Tory version of what Labour went through in the early 80s. They are doubling down on the l...

Tichtheid wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 4:11 pm It’s a brave man that underestimates the Binface

We can use it as a basic filter for morons. you have to be Better than Binface.

Everyone remembers the anniversary of Senna's death... very few acknowledge the first death that fateful weekend, Roland Ratzenberger also lost his life at the circuit, in qualifying. https://youtu.be/Rg_5n62yAGw?si=tCEd8tjL8pPrfBtL Max Mosley, to his credit, went to Ratzenberger's funeral and said...

Saw my fourth robbery in London this year today. My fourth police report closed within 3 hours without an investigation as well We had a rare moment of competence last week. Found people using our bin area to do drugs, called plod who were there within 2 minutes. One chap arrested. The minor bad po...

The only place I have been in Germany was the Mosselle valley, on a school trip in 1992. Of course it been 30+ years but I remember it being a very nice part of the world. It’s a country I’d love to see more of having really enjoyed Hamburg and really, really enjoyed Berlin (if that’s the right wor...

Amnesia strikes again. Crozier this time. “I genuinely can’t remember,” Crozier says. Former chief executive of the Royal Mail Group Adam Crozier has said he did not have a “developed understanding” of the way in which Royal Mail carried out prosecutions. “I was not aware of that, no.” And I don’t ...

The Post Office MD Alan Cook has just claimed that he had no idea that they had the power to prosecute their own cases. Hundreds of sub postmasters prosecuted during his tenure. Incredible. It beggars belief that the senior management didn't understand what they were doing and how they did it There...

I have developed an irregular heartbeat that needs investigating. It took 19 months from being referred until the first appointment. I've just received the followup appointment - 12 months after the 1st.

Also I am not sure that many folk pushing the private sector realise that the private sector trains very few if any doctors, nurses or other professions - they depend solely on NHS staff or international staff to staff their private hospitals. Without the NHS training staff then the whole of the me...

I just saw short interview with Dr Hilary Jones, the ITV guy who was asked if he supported the Junior Doctors who are going on strike. He explained that a 35% wage rise sounds unreasonable until you realise that what they are asking for is a rise from £15/hr to £20 per hour. A quick google tells me...

I just saw short interview with Dr Hilary Jones, the ITV guy who was asked if he supported the Junior Doctors who are going on strike. He explained that a 35% wage rise sounds unreasonable until you realise that what they are asking for is a rise from £15/hr to £20 per hour. A quick google tells me...

Been forced into Elder Scrolls 5 Skyrim (Anniversary edition). Only problem is son keeps dropping in and pointing out the decision I've made that are wrong and cut off quest possibilities. Restarted three times thus far :wtf: This is one massive game folks, every time I think I've finished a quest ...

Like I said, I don't think any career goes extinct. But 1 human can oversee 5 AI conversations, only having to intervene here and there, rather than needing humans for each one etc. Programmers are saying that AI can do a huge amount of coding for them, but can't do everything, making them massivel...

Home or away, it makes no difference as to the bowel loosening insanity that is a Quins match. Never leave before the end of a 'Quins match :lolno: I was trying to think of the nearest to the end of a game where I actually thought Quins were going to win and was then proved wrong. Take a bow Ben Bo...

JM2K6 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 2:38 pm Amused by Flatman continually blowing smoke up Barbeary's arse regardless of effectiveness, leading up to that howler. Still bigging him up after.

Can't imagine anyone would guess who Flats used to play for

TBF Barbeary has had a pretty good 2nd half so far.

I dislocated an eyebrow when they passed up an easy 3 in the last few minutes to go for the line; amateur hour stuff. Three points wasn't going to change much. Quins were always going to go for a try and they won by four, which is more than three. Glasgow looked gassed at the end which was a surpri...

For years the team’s managers have been blaming the race organizers ( see this year Paris-Roubaix about the new chicane), but I also saw a lot of articles where the riders are blaming the riders for tacking too much risks. yesterday crash https://www.bicycling.com/racing/a60394830/2024-paris-roubai...

The thing I dont get is where has all the extra cash gone? It is clear the external audits didn't pick this up but that's no great surprise! There is a strong suggestion here that someone was able to syphon off money from PO accounts overnight using the external IT links and possibly deposit elsewh...

Vennels should be locked up as soonest Former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells was briefed on allegations that a “covert operations team” at Fujitsu’s Bracknell headquarters could remotely alter sub-postmasters’ accounts — two *years* before she gave evidence to MPs, according to a Channel 4 exclusiv...

There's over forty distilleries in Ireland, over a hundred and forty in Scotland, but who knew there are forty nine in England? Not me. English v Scottish in the Torygraph. A few of the guys at my old group loved Japanese whisky. I always liked it, but thought Scotch was far better value pound for ...

There's over forty distilleries in Ireland, over a hundred and forty in Scotland, but who knew there are forty nine in England? Not me. English v Scottish in the Torygraph. A few of the guys at my old group loved Japanese whisky. I always liked it, but thought Scotch was far better value pound for ...

I nearly put this in the 'Things that don't deserve their own thread' but decided it did deserve its own thread. Glasgow vet Jasmin Paris becomes the first woman ever to complete the Barklay Marathon. A race so hard that there were no finishers at all from 2017 to 2023. In 2019 she was the first wo...

In a previous life I was interested in tools to capture and represent engineering information, and I remember looking into the tools Autonomy were putting together. These always seemed to promise a lot but actually do very little, in the rare cases I saw it used. It turns out that it probably alway...

Re: The Entertaining Pictures Thread Niegs wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 5:33 am

Niegs wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 5:33 am

Who the fuck is Rose Hanbury? To paraphrase Twitter, "a hills-have-eyes version of Kate Middleton" She's married to some guy many years her senior who spends his entire time living in France with his confirmed bachelor friend No doubt he's also a lover of musical theatre. I thought the ge...

Sky Italia reporting some very good TV numbers, plus a lot of news coverage. Small but important steps! I was in Rome a few weeks back on a non rugby weekend. A couple of bars in the centre - one Irish, one Italian - said they were expecting good attendance. I could definitely see myself making a t...

Complete all 27 steam achievements in No Man's Sky. I picked up 7900XT for a very good price recently. Very happy with it so far. ASUS RTX 2080ti needs a home if anyone wants it? (Gratis, paying it forward as I was gifted it a few years ago) That would be an upgrade on my 2060. Interested. That's a...

How many years of a gap does that give you between upgrades? We got 10 years out of our PowerColor R9 280X. :grin: About 5 years max. I'm patient so don't need to pay a premium for the latest and greatest. Not fully up to speed on these things but does upgrading graphics mean upgrading motherboard ...

Uncle fester wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:40 am How many years of a gap does that give you between upgrades?
We got 10 years out of our PowerColor R9 280X.

About 5 years max.

I'm patient so don't need to pay a premium for the latest and greatest.

So what are folks picking up in the Steam sales? I'm a big fan of old games so Mass Effect legendary edition is one of the ones I bagged. Some really good discounts on older EA Games. New PC is currently being built. 4070 graphics card. Mount & Blade II Bannerlord is 40% off. That might be a go...

C'mon! Horner's PA knows everyone in the paddock. She's worked with them all for years. She released the messages from the anon email account. This is a Red Bull/Horner/employee issue, no other team is trying to derail their season like this with scandal. Pointless really because the Red Bull is ap...

What. The. Actual. Fuck..... $100 to the person who can tell me what this means: "I could tell you about aircraft carriers, where they use electric catapults. They couldn’t go to the steam, which works better for about 1/100th the price, you know? The electric catapult, you know that story? I ...

Yup, all of this. Seemed like genuinely nice people in industries where that isn't always the case A chap I see from time to time works on the show. He said one of them is really nice. Still really nice? Or used to be. It's been a few years since I saw him. He said you should be able to tell from t...

Always enjoyed the Hairy Bikers series. A bit twee at times but they obviously enjoyed each others company and relished the subject. RIP indeed Yup, all of this. Seemed like genuinely nice people in industries where that isn't always the case A chap I see from time to time works on the show. He sai...

sturginho wrote: ↑Sun Feb 25, 2024 3:32 pm
PCPhil wrote: ↑Sun Feb 25, 2024 3:28 pm Why do Italy always follow something good with something stupid.
Different players, different coach, the same brain dead mistakes

England are the same.

Without the 'doing something good' bit obviously.

Italy's line speed and defence is pretty good. Not having much trouble keeping the French at bay until there's broken play.

This game is going to introduce the concept of Christoph Ridley’s refereeing to a non-Premiership audience. Never a try Looked fine to me, I thought it was one of the first correct decisions Ridley made. As usual the commentary is awful. Apart from the knock on, the offside and the double movement ...

Paddington Bear wrote: ↑Sun Feb 25, 2024 3:14 pm This game is going to introduce the concept of Christoph Ridley’s refereeing to a non-Premiership audience. Never a try

Looked fine to me, I thought it was one of the first correct decisions Ridley made.

As usual the commentary is awful.

Wembley is a nice stadium in a shit part of town. Twickenham is a shit stadium in a nice part of town.

It's easier to fix the stadium than the neighbourhood.

With car insurance it's also impacted by theft as well as increasing repair costs. A friend with a Land Rover can't get ANY insurance for his vehicle parked on the street (London) This has only become an issue in the last 6 months. I have also been unable to get insurance for my VW van parked on the...

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