Things that don't deserve their own thread

[Tichtheid]

House in Newport for sale. All normal...

Picture 7

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/ ... el=RES_BUY

Edit - I honestly didn't notice the earlier pictures, just seven stood out.

What goes on in Newport stays in Newport

I'm guessing there were people from further afield involved here

It's, erm, unusual that the estate agent didn't advise the seller that some of the decor might puts potential buyers off.

[Sandstorm]

It's, erm, unusual that the estate agent didn't advise the seller that some of the decor might puts potential buyers off.

Even more misleading is them describing it as MidTerrace.

[Sandstorm]

Booooo! Right Move just took down the photo.

[Slick]

Always thought Greg Wallace was a cunt since I met him at a social do some years ago
And now I see he really is!!

Only decent thing he's ever done:

The BBC / the production company have quietly done a very funny thing by replacing him as host with a middle class woman of a certain age...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr56v10v6yro

I'm very pleased about this. I love Masterchef and I love Grace!

[Slick]

Booooo! Right Move just took down the photo.

What was it?

We once literally moved next door to our previous house in London and had to store our furniture somewhere for a couple of week. A neighbour said her friend around the corner had space and he agreed to let us store there. When we went round he had 5 pit bulls running around and his house was absolutely covered in framed photos of Princess Diana and Dolly Parton - I mean covered, absolutely everywhere. And that was the normal bit.

In the cellar where he told us to put our stuff was a full SM dungeon including a bed built into a concrete block with space of about 2 foot from base to ceiling where he slept when he wanted complete darkness. It was a little unnerving.

[Sandstorm]

Booooo! Right Move just took down the photo.

What was it?

We once literally moved next door to our previous house in London and had to store our furniture somewhere for a couple of week. A neighbour said her friend around the corner had space and he agreed to let us store there. When we went round he had 5 pit bulls running around and his house was absolutely covered in framed photos of Princess Diana and Dolly Parton - I mean covered, absolutely everywhere. And that was the normal bit.

In the cellar where he told us to put our stuff was a full SM dungeon including a bed built into a concrete block with space of about 2 foot from base to ceiling where he slept when he wanted complete darkness. It was a little unnerving.

Full S&M sex room with black walls covered with whips, chains and restraints. Couple of cameras on tri-pods too.

Amazed the agent added the photos to the Rightmove listing in the first place. Some junior staff member is going to get a kicking!

[Niegs]

For the parents...

[Tichtheid]

For the parents...

[fishfoodie]

Booooo! Right Move just took down the photo.

What was it?

We once literally moved next door to our previous house in London and had to store our furniture somewhere for a couple of week. A neighbour said her friend around the corner had space and he agreed to let us store there. When we went round he had 5 pit bulls running around and his house was absolutely covered in framed photos of Princess Diana and Dolly Parton - I mean covered, absolutely everywhere. And that was the normal bit.

In the cellar where he told us to put our stuff was a full SM dungeon including a bed built into a concrete block with space of about 2 foot from base to ceiling where he slept when he wanted complete darkness. It was a little unnerving.

Full S&M sex room with black walls covered with whips, chains and restraints. Couple of cameras on tri-pods too.

Amazed the agent added the photos to the Rightmove listing in the first place. Some junior staff member is going to get a kicking!

Still left up the ones with the bed posts with interesting bolts on them, & the rope room; I guess they were too tied up to remove all the "unusual" ones

[Biffer]

TIL that Westminster Abbey and the Palace of Westminster are built on an Island next to the Thames. As with so many bits of London, the rivers (in this case bits of the Tyburn) have been paved over and now run underground.

This is why it’s particularly vulnerable to flooding. And the Thames Barrier was designed to deal with rising sea level predicted in the seventies up to 2030, its planned lifetime. It was anticipated when built that it’d have to be raised once or twice a year by 2030. It was raised 13 times last year, is now thought to be inadequate and there are no plans in place to replace or upgrade it.

[Uncle fester]

TIL that Westminster Abbey and the Palace of Westminster are built on an Island next to the Thames. As with so many bits of London, the rivers (in this case bits of the Tyburn) have been paved over and now run underground.

This is why it’s particularly vulnerable to flooding. And the Thames Barrier was designed to deal with rising sea level predicted in the seventies up to 2030, its planned lifetime. It was anticipated when built that it’d have to be raised once or twice a year by 2030. It was raised 13 times last year, is now thought to be inadequate and there are no plans in place to replace or upgrade it.

ELI5 how that works?
You put up a barrier to stop storm surge coming in from the north sea but what about the water getting out?

[Biffer]

TIL that Westminster Abbey and the Palace of Westminster are built on an Island next to the Thames. As with so many bits of London, the rivers (in this case bits of the Tyburn) have been paved over and now run underground.

This is why it’s particularly vulnerable to flooding. And the Thames Barrier was designed to deal with rising sea level predicted in the seventies up to 2030, its planned lifetime. It was anticipated when built that it’d have to be raised once or twice a year by 2030. It was raised 13 times last year, is now thought to be inadequate and there are no plans in place to replace or upgrade it.

ELI5 how that works?
You put up a barrier to stop storm surge coming in from the north sea but what about the water getting out?

Clever engineering. But basically the problem with the Thames is when high tides come back up the river and cause flooding, rather than when water coming down the river causes flooding. So you lower it again when it’s low tide. Tides can be over seven metres in London, and more if there is a storm pushing towards the east coast.

[Uncle fester]

TIL that Westminster Abbey and the Palace of Westminster are built on an Island next to the Thames. As with so many bits of London, the rivers (in this case bits of the Tyburn) have been paved over and now run underground.

This is why it’s particularly vulnerable to flooding. And the Thames Barrier was designed to deal with rising sea level predicted in the seventies up to 2030, its planned lifetime. It was anticipated when built that it’d have to be raised once or twice a year by 2030. It was raised 13 times last year, is now thought to be inadequate and there are no plans in place to replace or upgrade it.

ELI5 how that works?
You put up a barrier to stop storm surge coming in from the north sea but what about the water getting out?

Clever engineering. But basically the problem with the Thames is when high tides come back up the river and cause flooding, rather than when water coming down the river causes flooding. So you lower it again when it’s low tide. Tides can be over seven metres in London, and more if there is a storm pushing towards the east coast.

Interesting. Presumably there's a time limit to how long you can leave them closed? Gap between tides long enough?

[Biffer]

ELI5 how that works?
You put up a barrier to stop storm surge coming in from the north sea but what about the water getting out?

Clever engineering. But basically the problem with the Thames is when high tides come back up the river and cause flooding, rather than when water coming down the river causes flooding. So you lower it again when it’s low tide. Tides can be over seven metres in London, and more if there is a storm pushing towards the east coast.

Interesting. Presumably there's a time limit to how long you can leave them closed? Gap between tides long enough?

You only need to close them at high tide, so six hours or so max, although I am not any kind of hydrologist and a severe storm effect I suppose might need a longer closure

[PornDog]

as a fellow complete ignoramous, I'd imagine they'd close them at low tide before an anticipated high tide flooding event, so that the Thames has room to flow into?

[Biffer]

as a fellow complete ignoramous, I'd imagine they'd close them at low tide before an anticipated high tide flooding event, so that the Thames has room to flow into?

I should have said they close them *for* high tides, so you might be right. Regardless, London is at risk. If another winter storm like the one in the 50s were to settle in to the North Sea and coincided with the highest tides, the barrier might not cope.

[Niegs]

Yeah, pretty much ...

[Sandstorm]

[Niegs]

Mahoney!!!

[shaggy]

as a fellow complete ignoramous, I'd imagine they'd close them at low tide before an anticipated high tide flooding event, so that the Thames has room to flow into?

I should have said they close them *for* high tides, so you might be right. Regardless, London is at risk. If another winter storm like the one in the 50s were to settle in to the North Sea and coincided with the highest tides, the barrier might not cope.

It is closed where the high tide aligns with a storm surge, so could be as little as 1 hour either side of HHW or up to 3 hours either side of HHW.

[TB63]

And on that bombshell..

[Uncle fester]

And on that bombshell..

[Niegs]

This is pretty cool technology. Rather than a PIT, which can be dangerous, or do that multi-car box in that Brits do which causes lots of damage, cops can lasso a fricken car!?

[Sandstorm]

This is pretty cool technology. Rather than a PIT, which can be dangerous, or do that multi-car box in that Brits do which causes lots of damage, cops can lasso a fricken car!?

"Fish on!!"

That's so cool!

[Sandstorm]

Meanwhile in Belgium.....

https://news.sky.com/story/dont-eat-you ... d-13285951

[inactionman]

I've great sympathy for the sentiment, but no way will airports ever agree to losing one of their cash cows:

Ryanair wants a limit of two alcoholic drinks at airports, as the airline released further details of legal action to recover €15,000 (£12,615) in costs related to a diversion it said was caused by an allegedly disruptive passenger.

The airline has called on European authorities to bring in new curbs on alcohol to stop passengers getting drunk before boarding a plane.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... -in-europe

[PornDog]

I've always wondered what the cumpulsion is to get shit faced when flying!!! Is it a coping with fear of flying thing or what?

[inactionman]

I've always wondered what the cumpulsion is to get shit faced when flying!!! Is it a coping with fear of flying thing or what?

Sometimes its just jolly holidays, or the start of a stag do.

[vball]

... or just to cope with flying Ryan Air !!

[inactionman]

... or just to cope with flying Ryan Air !!

There is that.

There's not always a great deal to do around an airport for long delays - again, something Ryanair has some expertise in.

[Blackmac]

I've great sympathy for the sentiment, but no way will airports ever agree to losing one of their cash cows:

Ryanair wants a limit of two alcoholic drinks at airports, as the airline released further details of legal action to recover €15,000 (£12,615) in costs related to a diversion it said was caused by an allegedly disruptive passenger.

The airline has called on European authorities to bring in new curbs on alcohol to stop passengers getting drunk before boarding a plane.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... -in-europe

I notice that they aren't calling for restriction on the amount of alcohol they serve on planes. A couple of years ago I sat across from a couple who ordered 3 bottles of gin each on the first serving and 3 more on the second. 12 bloody nips each on a two and a half hour flight. Not a bleep of protest from the staff and the pair could hardly walk at the end of the flight.

[Guy Smiley]

The African Superplume.... who knew?



quick summary, possibility of a large volcanic eruption along a line between two existing volcanoes in Ethiopa where there's been a 40cm uplift since the second half of December. Interesting info regarding Helium isotopes present that suggest deep mantle movement which has only been recorded in 7 locations globally. Basically, this activity is part of a larger movement that will eventually see the Horn of Africa split off from the main continent and form an island.

[Biffer]

The African Superplume.... who knew?



quick summary, possibility of a large volcanic eruption along a line between two existing volcanoes in Ethiopa where there's been a 40cm uplift since the second half of December. Interesting info regarding Helium isotopes present that suggest deep mantle movement which has only been recorded in 7 locations globally. Basically, this activity is part of a larger movement that will eventually see the Horn of Africa split off from the main continent and form an island.

Well, I knew that East Africa will at some point split out from the rest of the continent, along the East African Rift Valley. I know that the theory around how plate tectonics and mantle plumes interact and how those affect plates breaking up isn't well understood.

The rift valley has been there for more than 20 million years and it's existence is critical to human evolution. Homo Sapiens and several precursors to us evolved there. It's fascinating in so many ways.

[Openside]

Currently sat in T2 at Heathrow on our way to Vietnam via Singapore - both the Men’s and Ladies sevens teams are on our plane on their way to Perth for the HSBC Sevens leg. They look very small and very young

[inactionman]

There is something marvelously Italian* about this

Lazio fired the far-right sympathiser who handles their eagle mascot on Monday after he posted a series of videos and pictures of his erect penis online.

Falconer Juan Bernabe, who has been present at Lazio home matches with Olympia the eagle since the 2010-11 season, posted the footage on social media after having surgery on Saturday to implant a penile prosthesis to improve his sexual performance.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... enis-posts


* meant in a friendly way, not that they all need help with their todgers.

[Tichtheid]

I think this is quite cool, and something I hadn't seen before. I checked it with 712 x 18 and it worked, though it's not as quick as doing it in your head

The guy's face on the right is quite funny too

[inactionman]

Thought I'd post a good news story, given all the usual miseryguts

Warhammer (eta: sorry, Games Workshop - Warhammer is one of their ranges) are opening a 4th UK factory to keep up with demand.

In Nottingham, an army of tiny warriors is on the advance. Space Marines, Weirdboyz, Chaos Knights – and very small paint pots – are grabbing more territory as Games Workshop confirms plans for its fourth factory and buys land for two more to meet demand for its fantasy figurines.

It is the latest win for the designer and maker of miniature wargames – including the hit Warhammer franchise – which joined the FTSE 100 list of the UK’s leading companies shortly before Christmas. Its valuation has more than tripled in the past four years to just over £4.2bn – making it worth more than the airline EasyJet, the property firm British Land and the B&Q owner Kingfisher.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... nottingham

I love that they've made something that so many people really enjoy, and that we're exporting geekdom to the world.

[Biffer]

Thought I'd post a good news story, given all the usual miseryguts

Warhammer (eta: sorry, Games Workshop - Warhammer is one of their ranges) are opening a 4th UK factory to keep up with demand.

In Nottingham, an army of tiny warriors is on the advance. Space Marines, Weirdboyz, Chaos Knights – and very small paint pots – are grabbing more territory as Games Workshop confirms plans for its fourth factory and buys land for two more to meet demand for its fantasy figurines.

It is the latest win for the designer and maker of miniature wargames – including the hit Warhammer franchise – which joined the FTSE 100 list of the UK’s leading companies shortly before Christmas. Its valuation has more than tripled in the past four years to just over £4.2bn – making it worth more than the airline EasyJet, the property firm British Land and the B&Q owner Kingfisher.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... nottingham

I love that they've made something that so many people really enjoy, and that we're exporting geekdom to the world.

Yeah, it's a phenomenal success story in the creative sector. A sector repeatedly shaved and cut by every colour of government at every level, over and over again.

[sockwithaticket]

What's even more remarkable is that they do so well as possibly the biggest wargame in town with such high prices. You'd think they'd have to be the cheapest to have such market domination. They don't even really have a rival (in the sci-fi and fantasy sphere at least, historicals are a diffrerent ballgame) since Privateer Press stagnated and regressed.

I do a little model painting here and there, but they priced me out a while ago. Every now and then I look in on some new releases and wince. Clearly, though, there's a market and they keep managing to go from strength to strength.

[Enzedder]

I have trust issues

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