they really have.
And just to compund pxy's recent anniversarythis morning BaceFook reminds me that it is Katie's birthday. Fucking hell, the last few years have been a bit shit, eh?
they really have Tomorrow, aye.Epic sadface. I hope you're kicking arse somewhere, Bees.
I was going to say that it is tomorrowand then remembered that you live in the fucking future.
GMT+13 baby!Well, at least until the clocks go back
happy birthday beesWherever you might have ended up
In the SAND!I'm not helping much, am I dad?
Up to Scotland tonight, back to London Sunday night, office Monday, off to Hong Kong TuesdayI thought HK was going to be a 4 days there.
It ends up being 9. Plus the flying.
It’s like the old days.
It ends up being 9. Plus the flying.
It’s like the old days.
I do like HKthere is an off chance i'll be doing a china trip in the next year.
HK is always fun.Mainland China is fucking hard work.
this place won't keep me logged inI have deleted everything and all that.
try explicitly logging outthen deleting all cookies, doing a ctrl+F5, then logging in again
I think a few of us had this problem a little while back but can't remember how exactly we solved it, seems to be certain browsers have conniptions
I think a few of us had this problem a little while back but can't remember how exactly we solved it, seems to be certain browsers have conniptions
this is on my phoneIt's not a major problem unless people start posting loads
LOADS...
posting huge loads you say?just spurting them?
you could try using a jiffy bag I supposeI imagine a normal envelope wouldn't really work in the postal system
I believe “spaffing” may be the word you’re looking for.Possibly “up the wall”.
stillcould be worse, those astronauts went up to the ISS for eight days and only got back home eight months later
Everyone should'veworn monkey masks for when they got out.
Fair point .I’ve got it easy.
In other news…I see it’s five years today since we lost Nik…
I don't like this..
it's been a weird 5 years..
IndeedI thought it was about now, and saw Edwina post on Insta
Fucking hell. Still miss that old bastard.
Fucking hell. Still miss that old bastard.
I got a £100 prepay card for switching broadbandso I've got myself stalker 2, RoboCop rogue city, and have pre-ordered atomfall
Just need to find the time to actually play them now.
Just need to find the time to actually play them now.
good thingyou weren't planning on using Heathrow today
Yeah. Thankfully I flew out on TuesdayAnd I’m not back until Friday, by which time things should be back to normal!
Did we all forget Alistair's birthday?..
Amy rememberedwhich was lucky... as she was buying the cake
H-Al-py birthday!pints.gif
Well, in that case,we all chose her as our representative, and it is from all of us.
Yes.Sorry!
apparently so. happy birthday AlistairIt's my birthday now
happy birthday to you..
Happy birthday new_mattIf that is even your real name
I remember a new_mattbut that was 20+ years ago, this must be old_matt
happy birthday! oh that means mine's coming up
happy birthday! oh that means mine's coming up
and happy birthday to COVIDlockdowns as well
Matty birthday!clinking-glasses emoji
Thanks and Happy Birthday!...
I've been in London for weekendto see my favourite band repeatedly- Sunday at the 100 Club especially was an astonishingly good gig.
I do seem to have rather upsettingly picked up the novel coronavirus, though so far it's just hitting me like a bad cold (I've had it worse before)
I do seem to have rather upsettingly picked up the novel coronavirus, though so far it's just hitting me like a bad cold (I've had it worse before)
is the 100 club still laid out oddly?Like landscape instead of portrait? And well done celebrating the 5-year COVID revival, hope you feel better soon.
it is!they'll never fix it, because History. There's also three large pillars about 1m from the stage. And the stage is shin height. Objectively it should be a terrible venue It's fucking great
I tried to replybut got a weird 403 error, let's see what happens
[edit] ok, it works now, I was going to say 'yes, it's nice to be able to see the whites of the bands' eyes. less nice for them though I imagine'.
Then I got distracted and started virtually wandering round Soho. There's a French restaurant on Dean Street I went to loads 20-odd years ago that is amazingly still there. The duck breast with dauphinoise potatoes was top notch in 2001.
[edit] ok, it works now, I was going to say 'yes, it's nice to be able to see the whites of the bands' eyes. less nice for them though I imagine'.
Then I got distracted and started virtually wandering round Soho. There's a French restaurant on Dean Street I went to loads 20-odd years ago that is amazingly still there. The duck breast with dauphinoise potatoes was top notch in 2001.
It's probably gone off by now though..
oh i passed thatand thought it looked interesting. Had pre-show beers in the Nellie Dean (and pizza from the place across the road because the pub kitchen had a lack-of-staff issue)
I think that used to be the place they did Popbitch pub quizzes back in the dayHaven't been to Soho for years
I shaved my sack recently. Twas easier than I expected.I finally got round to booking a vasectomy and the instructions say I have to be freshly shawn, so I thought I'd better practice.
The reason I mention it is because it reminded me of pxy, oddly enough.
The reason I mention it is because it reminded me of pxy, oddly enough.
I cut my balls twice, the first time with a cut throat razor. Also, I want to let you know that I regretted my vasectomy for about a decade. My youngest is 6 1/2, it's not a glib decision...
Nor was mine.I thought I had it all sorted out.
On the "can't have any more kids" themeor something different?
Vale pxy, obviouslyBut unfortunately, this is making me think more of Webclam
he's been on my mind'cause I did a "5 years ago" reminiscence thing on the socials. next week is 5 years of him and zinc stoat both going the same day
Kinell.:(
'kinelldoesn't even start to cover it :-(
She was ill but he really did not have any business dying.It was bollocks.
It is bollocks.
It is bollocks.
yupbig sweaty ones
To be clear, I am not saying she had business dying,but we understood comorbidities, but Pxy was just a healthy middle-aged man and it hit hard.
I lost another friend about 2 weeks later. It is why I get so angry with the anti-vax shitheels.
I lost another friend about 2 weeks later. It is why I get so angry with the anti-vax shitheels.
yeahI don't think it was ever established that 'vid was even involved in her going, she was much sicker than anyone had realised until about a week before and it was the shittiest timing imaginable
I hope you've gone through the crowd scenesframe by frame to find yourself.
You don't use the word "sheriffdom" very often.In Scotland you have to list the relevant sheriffdom when applying for probate.
What silly words did you use recently.
What silly words did you use recently.
my degree is introducing me to a lot of ridiculousness"medallionise my data lake" is my household's current euphemism of choice for taking a dump
I find myself saying things like 'A bit tachy' or 'pyrexic' a lotand honestly 'Heart beat's a bit fast' or 'has a temperature' would be absolutely fine.
I guess technically even dead people 'have a temperature'..
Everything aboveAbsolute zero does
And, indeed,at absolute zero.
Zero is a valid degree of heat.
Zero is a valid degree of heat.
as, technically,are negative temperatures Kelvin, due to the way temperature is defined
basically, pew pew lasers
basically, pew pew lasers
negative Kelvin?fucking physicists making stuff up again
the only negative kelvin I'm aware ofis the JJ Abrams Trek movies
Or MacKenzie.The cunt.
according to a dept meeting on EDI issues todaythere are two genders in our department:
male and non-male
points for trying, I guess
male and non-male
points for trying, I guess
technically accuratemore accurate than most anyway!
How’s it all going?Probate is a bit different in Scotland.
Not too bad all things consideredI need to figure out how we treat a trust thing they set up for their house a few years ago.. and then fill in some forms.
We've tracked down all the vital bits.
We've tracked down all the vital bits.
It was fun to use the word 'absquatulate' recently,and today I made up a word do describe what the orange manbaby's fans are all taking - stupidium.
that's a good one.....
stupidum surely'cause they're allergic to that extra i :D
Hehehe i do find myself using "outwith"which I'm reliably informed is not in common use outwith Scotland
I use it a lot tooAnd everyone who isn’t from Scotland finds it weird.
Some of us spent enough time in Scotlandto realise it's one of the better words in the English language
yeah I only fairly recently learned it's a Scottish thingand now I use it at every conceivable opportunity
great word
great word
It gets used in lawyeringbut otherwise, I agree.
So Office365 is dropping Publisherwhich is the only reason I use MS Office as only Publisher handles Publisher files.
Looks like I'll finally have to shift to Affinity.
Looks like I'll finally have to shift to Affinity.
i've literally never heard of itwhich seems odd.
Office 365?Publisher?
Affinity?
Affinity?
MS publisher...
You've never heard of publisher?It's desktop publishing and has felt like an unwanted child for a long time, it's development doesn't really match the rest of the office suite. It doesn't surprise me that MS are dropping it.
Only publisher will open publisher files though, so it's difficult to move away from once you start with it and because it's part of office some people latch on to it and stay with it.
I actually quite like it. Imagine Word but you could actually put stuff where you wanted and it'd stay there.
Only publisher will open publisher files though, so it's difficult to move away from once you start with it and because it's part of office some people latch on to it and stay with it.
I actually quite like it. Imagine Word but you could actually put stuff where you wanted and it'd stay there.
yeah..i mean i must have tried itbut i'd always use powerpoint if you MUST have people on ms using it.
you've got 18 months to find a replacementAccording to this, there's at least three suggested replacements capable of opening .pub files, buried right at the bottom of the article of course. Scribus seems worth a punt, seeing as it won't cost you anything to try it
Nice, I'll give it a goThanks
Nipples &1/2 nipples in the context of pipe endsFlanges for vacuum components. Gussets on chambers and skirts etc.
Engineering is clearly populated by immature people.
Engineering is clearly populated by immature people.
I don't know whether it's sillyBut every weekend I say "cricket" a lot. Then because I am of a certain age and because that's what we did when I played, I find myself saying it in a terrible impression of the way Geoffrey Boycott used to say it. Cricket wicket.
And while Sunday morning nets does reduce my lie in/lazy Sunday breakfast opportunities, it does increase my sit-in-the-sun-at-the-farmshop opportunities.
And while Sunday morning nets does reduce my lie in/lazy Sunday breakfast opportunities, it does increase my sit-in-the-sun-at-the-farmshop opportunities.
In Newcastle you can buy a pint of beerThat is 4.3% and £9.
I went for something else, but glad they warned me
I went for something else, but glad they warned me
Which establishment was THAT inso I know to avoid it. Wish I'd known you were in the Toon, I've been in Gateshead all weekend.
the Broad ChareI was in and out in a matter of hours for a meeting, which finished early enough to let me have lunch.
Their other pints were £4.80
Their other pints were £4.80
I was going to say "Pudding Chare is where it's at"but then realised that hasn't been true for about 20 years, and so I went and had a look on google maps at the pub I spend a ridiculous amount of time in back in the day which closed down not long after I left and was just abandoned. Streetview is still of the abandoned pub but it turns out that it reopened in June and they got the old DJ back.
It did. I walked past it just after ithad opened and it was a nice surprise. Didn't go in though.
Oh that place,aye, I've never been in because it calls itself a gastropub which can get in the river.
it's very nice inside...
So it should beif weak ale is nearly a tenner :)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne? ?I remember when the price went up from 99p a pint to £1.09 and there was hell on because the drunks could only get nine pints for a tenner instead of ten.
Racinf is going rather poorly for me.I think I have won about 16p so far.
I'd forgotten that was onI will look I again tomorrow
Just attended a deathI really wish that there was a mechanism for alerting subsequent responders to the fact that I am there, as they always turn up and are confused.
Having turned up to a murder where someone had responded to a goodsam call, I would have been the same if I had not known the chap who was there.
Anyway, just feeling a bit meh and wanted you fuckers to talk at each other.
What is your favourite cheese, and also, which cheese wouild you least like to do without?
Having turned up to a murder where someone had responded to a goodsam call, I would have been the same if I had not known the chap who was there.
Anyway, just feeling a bit meh and wanted you fuckers to talk at each other.
What is your favourite cheese, and also, which cheese wouild you least like to do without?
For me it is probably Port Salut, which is not very imaginativeand then cheddar, which I suspect will feature a lot.
Not having cheddar probably would be life changing,even though it's not my favourite.
My favourite might be brillat severin. It's hard to say though.
My favourite might be brillat severin. It's hard to say though.
Is it not pronouncedexactly as it is written?
No, because it's French.I'm choosing to ignore your alleged joke.
crikey, you lead a colourful lifeI like the nettley business on a yarg, but I don't think not having access to any particular cheese would cause too many problems.
I like havarti but I haven't had it for yearsday to day, I would probably miss cheddar.
We have lost the TV remote, it is very irritating
We have lost the TV remote, it is very irritating
Chaource, love its chalky saltinesslife would be hard without cheddar, but manageable
xmas without stilton, however, is unthinkable
xmas without stilton, however, is unthinkable
I am allergic to mould in cheeses and breads.I like white stilton, but it is not the same as blue.
And I know because I ate it once by mistake.
And I know because I ate it once by mistake.
Sorry about the dead people, that sucksI would say my favourite cheese changes with the day.
Can't beat some nice grilled halloumi though
Can't beat some nice grilled halloumi though
You need a better whip.
why are there subsequent responders?don't dispatch keep track of who's going where anymore?
if he's working soloand it wasn't clear from the call that the casualty is very much dead then there will be a full crew dispatched as well, and it's likely he won' have had the opportunity to radio in to say that:
A: he's there
B: ain't nobody resuscitating this guy
would be my understanding
A: he's there
B: ain't nobody resuscitating this guy
would be my understanding
Fairly accurate.But if I attend solo on a GoodSam call I can Role, but someone else needs to come and do the paperwork, because I am off duty.
I am also not licensed to declare someone dead, only to make a recognition of life extinct, so someone has to turn up and stick an ECG on the poor bugger.
I am also not licensed to declare someone dead, only to make a recognition of life extinct, so someone has to turn up and stick an ECG on the poor bugger.
I can put the ECG onbut I do not have one in my jeans' pocket, and I cannot interpret it and declare death.
I like crumbly white mild cheeses,Wensleydale, Caerphilly, Lancashire. They all taste the same to me.
My FIL now owned a house on my streetso we're spending lots* of money in charity shops on his behalf. About to raid the British heart Foundation furniture store.
*relatively speaking.
*relatively speaking.
Manchegoor something goaty.
I make much use of Halloumi, i would be sad without it
I make much use of Halloumi, i would be sad without it
My favourite cheese is EpoisseAnd a cheese I have had only once called Pierre Robert. Oooh and a Boursault, Delice de Bourgogne and totes Brillat Saverin. Mmmmm cheese.
Probably would have a hard time without cheddar or a lump of good parmesan. They are both always in the fridge.
But also sorry about the shite day and general meh-ery.
Probably would have a hard time without cheddar or a lump of good parmesan. They are both always in the fridge.
But also sorry about the shite day and general meh-ery.
I was waiting for you to turn up...
Really dislike parmesan.It is the anchovy of cheeses.
I love anchoviesso there is that.
I do not mind them pickledbut the salty fuckers can get in the sea.
Odd context for that.
Odd context for that.
you're missing outTremendous oily salty little buggers, whizz one of them up in the tomato sauce for your pizza, or in your Bolognese sauce you'll never go back.
I have eaten them.I dislike the flavour.
they're nature's MSG*in that they bring out other flavours in a manner completely different to what they taste like on their own
see also celery
(*I fully acknowledge MSG is also naturally-occurring)
see also celery
(*I fully acknowledge MSG is also naturally-occurring)
referring back a bitI mentioned starting reading The Expanse. I've enjoyed the first 4 books, 5th started to wear, and 6th has me stalling out. I get why US writers have had a lot of interest and success in terrorism plots since a certain event in 2001, but it's not something I feel like digging through any more. probably going to skip the rest of the books, might look ove the short stories that fit in with what I've read just for the fluff
I managed to watch the first three seasons before the cutoffand about one and a half episodes of season 4. I'll get back to it eventually but binging the first three was quite enough for now.
from the descriptions in the bookand from talking to others, I know I'd not have enjoyed the show version, ticks too many of my "nope" boxes
I read the first two of the short stories last night, that was a refreshing change from the slog of the main book.
I read the first two of the short stories last night, that was a refreshing change from the slog of the main book.
I love most cheeseAnd anchovies.
And all the other good umami stuff.
Sorry … dropped off the Bo for a couple of days there, just as one of my favourite subjects came up.
Mmmm. Cheese.
And all the other good umami stuff.
Sorry … dropped off the Bo for a couple of days there, just as one of my favourite subjects came up.
Mmmm. Cheese.
CHEESE!Tasty.
Do you like cheese?Do you like peas?
I understood that referenceif you, or anyone else are fan of the old computer games, "Thank Goodness You're Here" is a tremendous jaunt round a cartoon northern town, where they sell peans. Peans! Not quite peas, not quite beans, but something special in betweens.
'tis a champion gameI got all the way to the end credits thinking "that VA is doing a great Matt Berry impression" only to learn from the credits that it was actually him
I appreciate I am old and youth slang is not for mebut apparently my daughter's Year 6 (11 year old) classes use the phrase "capiche?" in the style of a mafia don, when they're explaining things to their friends.
tsk. kids eh.
tsk. kids eh.