Things that don't deserve their own thread

[inactionman]

The contractors converting the old poultry and meat markets at Smithfields have found some bricked up vaults - updated plans are to incorporate these into the museum A bit surprised they remained unfound for so long given there's been work on Thameslink nearby, but interesting nonetheless.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/art ... s-builders

For those who weren't aware, they're shifting the Museum of London down from Barbican - which was always far too small - and repurposing some of the Victorian market buildings at Smithfields.

Really looking forward to going to this when it reopens.

[Sandstorm]

The contractors converting the old poultry and meat markets at Smithfields have found some bricked up vaults - updated plans are to incorporate these into the museum A bit surprised they remained unfound for so long given there's been work on Thameslink nearby, but interesting nonetheless.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/art ... s-builders

For those who weren't aware, they're shifting the Museum of London down from Barbican - which was always far too small - and repurposing some of the Victorian market buildings at Smithfields.

Really looking forward to going to this when it reopens.

[TB63]

[Sandstorm]

Fuck!! Cheers TB. Just snorted like an idiot in the office and everyone is looking at me.

[epwc]

The contractors converting the old poultry and meat markets at Smithfields have found some bricked up vaults - updated plans are to incorporate these into the museum A bit surprised they remained unfound for so long given there's been work on Thameslink nearby, but interesting nonetheless.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/art ... s-builders

For those who weren't aware, they're shifting the Museum of London down from Barbican - which was always far too small - and repurposing some of the Victorian market buildings at Smithfields.

Really looking forward to going to this when it reopens.

Can't wait, should be awesome

[inactionman]

Some pics of the redevelopment here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68256090


I'll also be interested to see what they do with the old site - there's talk of knocking it down, redeveloping, I'm not sure what's what.

https://museumsandheritage.com/advisor/ ... te-paused/

I really hope they don't change the feel of the site too much, I know Brutalism isn't for everyone but the Barbican is about the only place I've been where I get what the architects were trying to do. It's also very well built, which helps - I gather it's got a design life of 500 years (eta: the Barbican itself, not the museum)

[epwc]

The Barbican is brilliant I really hope whatever they do retains the character

[Guy Smiley]

If he goes me now, I'm gooooorn...

[MungoMan]

Aren't they awesome



I loved the Vampires more though

Vampires were neat! Also seen around Ipswich when I was in primary school.

[Uncle fester]

If he goes me now, I'm gooooorn...

Hmmm

The blue-ringed octopus, despite its small size, carries enough venom to kill 26 adult humans within minutes. Their bites are tiny and often painless, with many victims not realizing they have been envenomated until respiratory depression and paralysis begins. No blue-ringed octopus antivenom is available.

[SaintK]

That'll make a few necklaces!

A 2,492-carat raw diamond discovered in Botswana could be the second-largest gem-quality example ever unearthed.The Canadian mining company Lucara Diamond Corp said it had recovered the “exceptional” stone from its Karowe diamond mine, with a photo showing the hefty rough diamond sitting in the cupped palm of a hand.
Lucara did not say what the value of the “high quality” diamond was or if it could be cut into gems. Botswana’s government said it was the biggest diamond discovered in the country.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/arti ... gest-gem

[Guy Smiley]

I remember a few years back on the old bored, chatting with Dumbledore about the prospects for Sudanese migrants within professional sport... as both of us were followers of the AFL, we were familiar with a couple of players from that background who were raising eyebrows due to their physical development and athletic abilities...

and now comes news of a 16 year old kid running 10.2 sec in the 100m. The footage is amazing...

[Uncle fester]

Xitter thinks I should see this and it's right but not for the reasons it thinks.

[Biffer]

Xitter thinks I should see this and it's right but not for the reasons it thinks.

That's proper Father Ted stuff

[Guy Smiley]

[inactionman]

Magic mushrooms, poor mental health and airline cockpits aren't - unsurprisingly - a very good combination

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/art ... ne-engines

An Alaska Airlines pilot who attempted to shut off the engines of a passenger plane mid-flight after ingesting magic mushrooms said his actions were “unfathomable”, in some of his first public remarks after he was indicted on 83 counts of reckless endangerment..

......

After his arrest in Oregon on state counts of attempted murder, Emerson told police he believed he was having a nervous breakdown, thought he was dreaming when he pulled fire handles in the cockpit, and said he had experimented with psychedelic mushrooms recently as his mental health had worsened.

Emerson said he had taken psychedelic mushrooms two days earlier while commemorating the death of his best friend, thinking they might help with his depression.

[fishfoodie]

Magic mushrooms, poor mental health and airline cockpits aren't - unsurprisingly - a very good combination

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/art ... ne-engines

An Alaska Airlines pilot who attempted to shut off the engines of a passenger plane mid-flight after ingesting magic mushrooms said his actions were “unfathomable”, in some of his first public remarks after he was indicted on 83 counts of reckless endangerment..

......

After his arrest in Oregon on state counts of attempted murder, Emerson told police he believed he was having a nervous breakdown, thought he was dreaming when he pulled fire handles in the cockpit, and said he had experimented with psychedelic mushrooms recently as his mental health had worsened.

Emerson said he had taken psychedelic mushrooms two days earlier while commemorating the death of his best friend, thinking they might help with his depression.

I saw, "Alaska Airlines", and all of a sudden everything became less shocking.

I would ask how his Co-Pilot failed to notice his Pilot was off his face & kept trying to eat his own foot, but he was probably sniffing glue at the time & had his own hallucinations to worry about.

[TB63]

Pure scum..

[mat the expat]

Pure scum..

He really has no chin

[ASMO]

[Kiwias]

[Slick]

Notting Hill looked fun again

[epwc]

Notting Hill looked fun again

My daughter went yesterday, she said she'd never go again. I've never been, never remotely been tempted to

[Sandstorm]

Notting Hill looked fun again

My daughter went yesterday, she said she'd never go again. I've never been, never remotely been tempted to

Every woman I know who went there says she felt threatened at least once an hour.

[Openside]

Notting Hill looked fun again

My daughter went yesterday, she said she'd never go again. I've never been, never remotely been tempted to

I went once, what's to like? It's a zoo and a dangerous one at that.

[inactionman]

Oopsie



I shouldn't laugh, but that fella's face

[tabascoboy]

Oopsie



I shouldn't laugh, but that fella's face

"Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing...."

[sockwithaticket]

Is that James May?

[Sandstorm]

Is that James May?

[Niegs]

[Uncle fester]

Is that James May?

Thought it was BoJo actually.

[tabascoboy]

Well now, here's a thing

Man with fetish for listening to women urinate caught in Herne Bay public loos

A pensioner with a fetish for listening to women urinate claimed he was “desperate” from a stomach upset when caught using ladies’ cubicles. Perverted Michael Goodwin was spotted "shuffling" into the female lavatories at Herons Leisure Centre in Herne Bay on June 21 this year.

The 67-year-old was subject to a court order at the time banning him from not only entering female and unisex toilets but also from "lingering, waiting and standing" outside public loos. But Canterbury Crown Court heard that having followed two women into the William Street facilities on two separate occasions, he chose cubicles next to ones they had occupied.

During one toilet visit, he emerged with his joggers lowered and his hands in his groin area before heading into the cubicle which had just been used. His warped behaviour was reported to police and despite denying he had followed women into the lavatories for sexual gratification, he subsequently revealed he has a fetish for listening to women urinate.

As well as his previous convictions for two offences of voyeurism and one of attempted voyeurism, the pensioner was cautioned in 2021 for outraging public decency.

Jailing Goodwin for a total of two years and 10 months, Recorder Sarah Counsell rejected his explanation of feeling unwell and said he had "deliberately targeted" women for sexual pleasure.

[TB63]

I'm going to Hell...

[Sandstorm]

I'm going to Hell...

It's posted by the guy who fell over, so it's fine to laugh.

[TB63]

Oh I know that..

[Sandstorm]

The goalie with no arms.

[TB63]

[Niegs]

A simple graphic representation of wealth. I started scrolling the Bezos number and started laughing to myself "Jeeeeezus!" ... because otherwise I'd cry.

https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/

[Slick]

A simple graphic representation of wealth. I started scrolling the Bezos number and started laughing to myself "Jeeeeezus!" ... because otherwise I'd cry.

https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/

I was thinking about this the other day. In the U.K. we are talking about a “black hole” of £22billion in the economy of a wealthy country, and some people have that in their bank accounts. It’s pretty mad

[inactionman]

Feck's sake

We've got a Land Rover Discovery Sport, and Land Rover as a brand are prone to being nicked by people who use radio amplification gear to fool the keyless entry and start system.

To mitigate this, Land Rover have posted me one (one) faraday pouch for my two keys, and offered to send me a pair of batteries for the remote that have a sleep mode, such that they won't activate the keyless entry unless moved.

I've completed the battery request form, entering the printed 16 digit VIN and 10 digit code with only 4 corrections needed, and they have thanked me for my response and will send me the batteries direct - expect delivery within the next 6 months.


They're not really taking this seriously