En Passant

Restrict crems posts to the Jimmy Carter thread no matter what he's actually commenting on. Two birds one stone. Efficient. You're only left with the problem of Carter actually dying and those posts going unread, still, chin up, that's an event unlikely to slip under mainstream media radar, even The Grauniad. Could start a whole new thread then.

You can't fool me that's a sausage maker not a calculator. Anyway assuming that one can use a calculator or even google in the workplace, what exactly are they testing in these exams? An ability to remember specifics that in practice you'll never actually need to remember? They really need to to be testing whether you can ask the right question in the appropriate situation surely? More, this is a situation where a differential equation or trig would provide the way forward than any ability to do the hard maths without assistance. Of course, this is much harder to test and is a whole other argument.

You've got to love this website - where else could you go to read about the health of a well respected british actress and end up perusing a number of posts about cock sizes and it wasn't just a troll?

Never argue with an idiot. They'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. I'll give you this much Crem. you consistently remain polite whilst concurrently forcing me to be anything but. It's a talent.

Jesus H Christ on a bike. You just don't see it do you?

There's another user hereabouts who would just love to have your support in this matter and perhaps the chance to share the facepalms the rest of us dole out regarding it. Mind I've not been on a lot for some of that time so maybe you guys are already corresponding.

You made a funny? Nah.....

Use a different browser with no login (or a different account if it won't let you view with no account). I do for viewing some subject that I don't want to be inundated with forever, i.e. recently looking at cars as I was thinking of replacing mine. You could do this on the one browser but it requires all that tedious logging in and out. I just use chrome/firefox (or even Edge) on a pc, pretty sure you can do the same on a phone. Then it's just a click.

Definitely in the 60 ballpark. He's posted it somewhere. I have a grudging respect for him, I think he's one of those keyboard warriors who knows exactly what he's stirring up. Amuses me. Then again my sense of humour is warped.

Oh yes.

Oh it was deliberately cryptic, a poor habit of mine, my apologies. I've now also watched Election. My view? Don't rush, The Holdovers is the best of them by a margin and the only one I'd rewatch at some point.

That's a massive opportunity missed.

Fuck me, that's rapid.

There's a lot of commentary now kicking around that it's a pity it takes a docudrama to get this much attention and the message over to people. However I was the same i.e. not really sufficiently shocked until I watched this. Maybe part of the issue is the directive to be factual and provide 'balance' that news is beholden to and drama is not? I'm unsure. Vennels managed to hand her gong back but, shock, not the 2.2M in bonuses she received over her period in charge. https://www.theguardian.com/business/nils-pratley-on-finance/2024/jan/10/now-claw-back-vennellss-bonuses-from-the-post-office-the-rules-allow-it.

Abhor it, for the same reasons, so.. ..Never going to happen. I'll spend the money on increasingly bigger TV sets at increasing definition, let others do the plane thing and view the results. Also, greener (not sure exactly how big a tv over what period produces the same carbon as one seat on a plane for 24k miles but suspect it'd be Wembley Stadium replay sized 24/7 for a year before it outpaces the jet. If then).

My money is on some kind of contact lens. No way anybody is acting that. Not that I could actually see it even though I was looking quite hard for it. Enjoyed the film though and even went back and found a few previous Alexander Payne films since I'd not heard of him. Sadly I thought less of Downsizing as an opportunity largely missed and found Sideways too formulaic and embarrassing*, still nevermind I've got Election yet to go. Saltburn I'm undecided on whether to invest the time yet or not. *I must be one of the few people on planet earth that doesn't find other people's embarrassing situations uproariously amusing, I'm afraid I just cringe which isn't something I want to pay to do. Shrug. Not yet.... Or indeed it appears - ever will.

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Yes. They can write it up however they like. I'm sticking with my call. And if it turns out I'm wrong, that doesn't matter a jot. I don't believe she keeled over without influence even if it's just a guess.

Well, who has?

No earthly idea where to put this, so load up your wrong-thread shotguns if you like. @maryportfuncity Long have I wondered. No more.

Or in fact have been wearing a seatbelt which you'd have thought as a race driver she'd be pretty used to and aware of the reasons for doing so. Then she'd not have been 'ejected from the vehicle' - It doesn't of course say she wasn't wearing one - but it takes a pretty weird set of circumstances to be thrown out if you are.

Ah well, you should've done the magic resist thing. Breton 25%.....Some quest from Riften priestess all about love 10%, Alchemy enhanced enchanted garb and so on and you're hitting the 85% magic resist cap before you meet an ancient level dragon or have ebony anything pretty much. Stand there and laugh at them then. I've even done it without doing the watchtower thing out of Whiterun in the first place because that prevents all those annoying random dragon attacks completely until you want them (I didn't care about dying, but the townsfolk kept getting slaughtered and some with quests aren't marked essential) Still, the whole thing is NOT to fall foul of the meme that a stealthy archer is overpowered and credit for that Anyway, heh, you can tell I played a bit of that game.

Sneaky Archer.....