Thanks for flagging, I hadn't spotted thatI have now replied
For those of you not on the bookface,'Nana is going to be in London next mon-weds and the following mon-weds. It's looking likely that there will be ales one night between 18th-20th since it appears more people can make that week than next week. Check your calendars :D
Thanks for flagging, I hadn't spotted that I don't think I've ever actually met heror indeed several of the rest of you. what I'll do is say I'm going to come then just not turn up. this is a reflection on me, not you.
Tsk.The last time we all got together outside (and then inside because wet) the Royal Festival Hall was most excellent.
I made my peace with being appallingly antisocial and unreliableseveral years ago
This is the way...
Fucking hell america.In other news, my father in law is considering moving to Wigan. There's a house for sale on our street. This would prevent us from moving to Cornwall any time soon, and if we go we'd take him with us. But then we'd have much better buying power.
Interesting times.
Interesting times.
Where does he live now?I know there are elderly communities in North Wales which need your help.
Central Bristol, a few miles away from his middle daughter.His health is declining a bit so he's thinking about coming here.
Edit: the house is in good order and is well decorated. The current owner is a few years from retirement so is moving back to Derby where she came from. Not a neighbor we'd particularly interacted with as she keeps herself to herself but she knew who we were and was very pleasant.
FIL will likely put an offer in tomorrow morning.
Edit: the house is in good order and is well decorated. The current owner is a few years from retirement so is moving back to Derby where she came from. Not a neighbor we'd particularly interacted with as she keeps herself to herself but she knew who we were and was very pleasant.
FIL will likely put an offer in tomorrow morning.
Can someone let me know what gets arranged?Thxkbai.
I'll keep thisfred updated sah. Until it drops into the spazz in which case I'll start a new one.
Ta!I’m back in Utrecht. Still lovely, just colder.
I'm in the process of getting car and fogeyscooter functionalso it's not outside the realm of possibility that I may be in a position to consider going... if everything aligns, we'll see!
I will shuffle on the posts.We are off on our big annual holiday tomorrow morning.
We are going to Heathrow, via Gatwick and Vietnam. I'm quite looking forward to it.
Nobody looks forward to two 7.5h flights, but I have been on all the 3d tours of the plane and done way too much research about Doha airport. Given that I normally jump around Europe like I'm getting busses it's quite odd.
What's everyones next journey.?
We are going to Heathrow, via Gatwick and Vietnam. I'm quite looking forward to it.
Nobody looks forward to two 7.5h flights, but I have been on all the 3d tours of the plane and done way too much research about Doha airport. Given that I normally jump around Europe like I'm getting busses it's quite odd.
What's everyones next journey.?
i'm movingto Ramsey
Is that on the isle of man?..
Someone mentioned Ramsey to me so I googled it and only found the IoM oneand now I can't remember why.
I remembered!Someone from my youth runs a church there. Still no idea where it is though.
near HuntingdonDeep dark fens
Actually I know thatWe cycle past Ramsey heights on the way to Peterborough... Always have a chuckle because the height in question is about 3 foot 6 inches.
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why?..
Came here to ask thisHe currently lives in a nice bit of Cambridge town, why the fuck would you move to the arse end of the Fens?
And I nearly said I used to cycle through therebut I realised that was Rampton, between Cottenham and Willingham. Ramsey is practically Chatteris!
Might as well be in Ely… or St Ives.
Liverpool,or Rome?
Parisor Berlin
Well, what's a parkif you can't see a linnet?
Nutbushcity linnets
In session forRiley&Coe next week, etc.
because i've been living in a below-market rate shared house with friendsand that's come to an end, and now i don't want to live in a shared how with strangers, so I'm exposed to the market rates
BuggerWell, you can join his Witchyness in the deepest darkest Fens then
could be worsecould have ended up in Chatteris
Or Liliput!Wait...
actually, I like my little village. Now that I'm practically a hermit it has everything I need.
actually, I like my little village. Now that I'm practically a hermit it has everything I need.
fair enough...
I’m off to Utah next weekTo speak at a conference and then spend a couple of days licking rocks or something.
That sounds fun.Love a bit of basalt me.
the poshest planesI've been on were Qatar air. And it was really quiet so the cabin crew kept bringing us food and booze
I also had a really good experience with QR,flying BER-DOH and DOH-HKG. Doha airport is impressive, and the business lounges are good. I had a seven hour layover and took the guided tour of Doha they do, which was kinda cool.
so far so good.. they brought be an extra beer.
That sounds likethe noises I made the last time I caught my little toe on furniture coming back downstairs at 3am while on call to get my laptop.
I might go to the shop over the road later..
I did not go to the shop over the road later.I might go now though, I fancy some crisps.
We have left on a jet planeand i'm totally putting th $10 for 100mb internet down as a buisness expense.
so if you reply to this please do so with as few kb as possible
so if you reply to this please do so with as few kb as possible
Amsterdam next FebuaryA short weekend in a bridge house
We are very shortly off for a long weekend in GisborneNot quite the same level of glamour, but should be a nice break away
On my way home from Utrecht.Next journey will be back to Utrecht on Wednesday…
There are worse placesHave you been to de Rat bar yet?
Not yet. A bit out of my way.Might manage it next week.
New words neededIt was pointed out to us last night by out Vietnamese host that there is a missing word in English.
"JFK was the 35th president... What {x} was Regan?"
Or " I was a first born, what {x} are you" as in where one the order do you come. My mate thinks it should be "th"
"JFK was the 35th president... What {x} was Regan?"
Or " I was a first born, what {x} are you" as in where one the order do you come. My mate thinks it should be "th"
isn't that just"number"?
It's not all about presidents though,like you don't say which number brother is the one you just named.
Also the friend suggested "whichth" rather than just "th".
Also the friend suggested "whichth" rather than just "th".
that feels like "what"?I don't know, at this point I'm a bit drunk
This is interesting.I want to know the Vietnamese word now.
We've checked it'sthứ mấy
That is just 'what number'We do have those words.
That's just how Google translates itBecause we don't have the world
mấy is 'some' or 'many' as in 'the amount'thứ is 'rank'
So how much is the rank, or how many (or 'what rank')
It is not more a word than we have.
Which I am sad about.
So how much is the rank, or how many (or 'what rank')
It is not more a word than we have.
Which I am sad about.
so they don't have a wordfor it either :)
ordinal?We don't use a word there, it's implied.
"JFK was 35th president, what was Regan?" works.
"JFK was 35th president, what was Regan?" works.
Yeah but try asking without mentioning jfkWe have to use ann example because we don't have the word.
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"which number president was Regan?"Google understands and tells you it's 40.
Yep butWhich number child are you or which number turning is it doesnt work.
Presidents are very numbered.
Presidents are very numbered.
how about "place"?first, second, etc. usually get used when placing things in an order, so "which place child"? I'm first of five, so I definitely won that one. or position? position works more readily maybe... but generally there's never been a word there because we know what it means, and when we specifically look for that number as an answer "number" is a valid term to add to the question. "which president was JFK" would get al kinds of answers, but "which number" would get 35, or 35th, either of which works as a response and gives you the information you're seeking; reversing the question to "which president was 35th" or any alternate will result in JFK
really this is the good AND bad side of English writ large, we use a multitude of words in myriad manners so we don't need specialised individual words for such concepts, but that does make it harder for those learning EFL
which turning works without needing a word in there, and it helps to avoid numbering them because someone might say "it's the third turning" with no further clarifications and then you're going down the road and you see three on each side, and not know which one is meant - third on the left, third on the right, third in total? (I admit this one is nitpicking)
really this is the good AND bad side of English writ large, we use a multitude of words in myriad manners so we don't need specialised individual words for such concepts, but that does make it harder for those learning EFL
which turning works without needing a word in there, and it helps to avoid numbering them because someone might say "it's the third turning" with no further clarifications and then you're going down the road and you see three on each side, and not know which one is meant - third on the left, third on the right, third in total? (I admit this one is nitpicking)
*which.
which witch is which?And so on
We'll copeAncient Egyptians didn't have words for "is" or "have" and they managed to build the pyramids
That would be"der/die/das wievielte" in German. Competent language, Vietnamese. No plural, though.
Bertrum Wilberforce Wooster 2007-2024Our venerable fur unit Bertie popped off today after a brief illness. which is of course massively shit but better than prolongation.
You may remember him from some of these early kittenwars.com mid-tier worthy photos
lflickr link who know that still existed
This is not the worst, but cat cancer can also fuck off.
You may remember him from some of these early kittenwars.com mid-tier worthy photos
lflickr link who know that still existed
This is not the worst, but cat cancer can also fuck off.
Sorry to hearthis
ahPoor old cat, good innings and all that though
Ah feck.Sleep well, little kitty. Hugs to you both.
I’m sorry to hear about your catI have enjoyed scrolling the photos too
That's rubbishSorry for your loss
There's an old man on the estate who litter picksand we've done some guerilla gardening together.
He keeps sending me conspiracy nonsense on WhatsApp. I kick back on some of it.
The latest was a video claiming that silent prayer has been banned, so I watched the video. Turns out a stalker has been caught stalking in area he was banned from and had managed to find people to help him spin it as religious persecution.
He keeps sending me conspiracy nonsense on WhatsApp. I kick back on some of it.
The latest was a video claiming that silent prayer has been banned, so I watched the video. Turns out a stalker has been caught stalking in area he was banned from and had managed to find people to help him spin it as religious persecution.
Is Snopes still running?I haven't had to use it in quite a while.
It does.This isn't snopes-level stuff though, it's just standard incitement to racial hatred most of the time that needs a response of "but how many muslims do you actually know? How many people do you know who have actually been replaced by an immigrant? Have you spoken to any muslims about sharia law? We've got a mosque down the road, have they caused any problems on the estate or is that always white people who come from families who have always lived here?"
Birds aren't real..
OrAustralia.
I've been to AustraliaAnd seen birds there
But then again, I would say that, wouldn't I?
But then again, I would say that, wouldn't I?
I HAD TWO THINGS IN MY HANDS AND THEN I WENT UPSTAIRS AND NOW THERE'S ONLY ONE.I don't understand where it's gone. I can't find it. Perhaps I ate it?
Are youbleeding?
No?.
The bad joke beingthat I misinterpreted what you said as you had lost one hand while going upstairs.
I’m good at jokes.
I’m good at jokes.
Have you looked in the fridge?Have you checked the bathroom?
I found it.It would appear that I dropped it and it slid underneath something on the stairs.
Mind boggling that I can drop something without noticing when I'm only holding two things.
Mind boggling that I can drop something without noticing when I'm only holding two things.
Age mate.Last year I went up to Mrs Witchy's with a carload of tools to do some DIY for her, rehang the kitchen door, that sort of thing. I had some hand clamps which I subsequently 'lost'. She didn't have them, they weren't in my toolboxes or the car. No idea. Bought some new ones and the VERY NEXT DAY I moved a box on a shelf in my kitchen and the old ones were underneath it. I now have 6 hand clamps, though you can never have too many.
I do that kind of thing all the time,but there's usually at least the opportunity to reasonably forget where I put it. Not losing something in the process of going upstairs.
Anyway, I got some new goggles and they're polarised, and they come with a little bit of card with a man fishing, and you can only see the fish when you put the goggles on. It's pretty neat so I wanted to show the kids. And I lost the pouch the googles were in.
Anyway, I got some new goggles and they're polarised, and they come with a little bit of card with a man fishing, and you can only see the fish when you put the goggles on. It's pretty neat so I wanted to show the kids. And I lost the pouch the googles were in.
We should henceforthcall you Webclamps
Oi, I knowI live close to Norfolk, but not THAT close.
(ok, 4 miles)
(ok, 4 miles)
Sounds dangerously closeif you ask me!
NFN, and all that
NFN, and all that
The other day I was working on the motorbike and I could not find my screwdriver.It was all the way down the other end of the garage - over 30 feet away.
I was under the bike - how did I manage to wriggle out, wander the length of the building and put it down without even remembering leaving the spot?
I was under the bike - how did I manage to wriggle out, wander the length of the building and put it down without even remembering leaving the spot?
Infuriating, isn't it?I've just got nearly £1k in pay arrears. Hurray for labour and striking nurses!
they pay your ears?what about the rest of your body?
My ears are the only thing worth paying...
£554 for meThat is minimum wage for you.
I've recently went up a pay point because I've been in post two yearsand with the pay rise I'm now on just shy of £40k, which seems a lot of money for an unqualified geek.
I get 22kwhich ids ridiculous - I do not know how the young ones survive on it.
How come it's so low, are you till in training?Or are you not on the Agenda for Change pay scale? Cos that starts at band 2 on £23,615, and I started on band 3 with no training or experience.
I am band 3. Not in training.(obviously i am not doing this for money).
I just checked£22,816
That's not right. Hmm, perhaps that is the old number and it had gone up to thatpay scale you shared, as part of this month's extra pay?
https://www.swasft-joinus.co.uk/emergency-care-assistant
I am not fussed about £2k a year, but I would like it to be 'right'.
https://www.swasft-joinus.co.uk/emergency-care-assistant
I am not fussed about £2k a year, but I would like it to be 'right'.
October's pay slip should have the right annual salary..
I love that it's still called agenda for change like it's brand new20-odd years after it was introduced
The question is,will this government change the agenda for change, and do they have an agenda for making that change?
The agenda is that it changes anualy.The previous government's agenda for change was to not really bother and then give us a backdated pay rise half way through the year.
I'm not sure which agenda I prefer but they'd better not have an agenda for the agenda for change for change.
I'm not sure which agenda I prefer but they'd better not have an agenda for the agenda for change for change.
Fucked if I can work out where payslips live!ESR?
Found it.Yup - £24,071.00
Cachiiing!. Milky bars are on you
Poor Bertie…
Poor old BertieA good run, but it's always hard to say goodbye.
a sad lossone can only hope a feline jeeves was waiting with a plateful of tuna wherever cats end up
We all know the Jeeves would be human,cats wouldn't put up with that shit.
plus the whole thumbs / can thing.Maybe in kitty heaven he finally realises we just left his food on top of the kitchen counter open and available all day.
17 years and he never figured it out.
17 years and he never figured it out.
I found a picture of him sitting next to an open tray of cured meatlooking at your plate. Definitely not the sharpest spoon.
I have been enstabbed.Covid in one arm, flu in the other. If I don't make tomorrow won't someone think of frogs trapped in car doors this one last time.
Mrs T got this last Saturday.For some reason both in the same arm. Aside from a dead arm for a couple of days she was fine.
I changed it up,I got tetanus with flu a few weeks ago, and COVID this week*
*All vaccinations, for the comedians
*All vaccinations, for the comedians
Splendid.Now you're not allowed to be ill for the next 6 months, I don't make the rules.
Unless I get dengueAgain
Moo Dengue?Bloody mozzies.
I need to sort that shit outblooming NHS changed the rules as soon as I hit 50 so I don't get a free one any more
Current status,I feel like someone gave me a dead arm on the left, right is fine so that's plenty of Wan
NO CARRIER
NO CARRIER
Hmm. Your 5G upgradestill hasn’t kicked in I guess.
No,but I can smell purple.
Off to Spain for a cheeky weekend this evening.The Spaniard has to be in Guadalajara early next week, so I’m tagging along for the weekend.
Should be pleasant. Not scorchio.
Should be pleasant. Not scorchio.
Delightful not been to spain in ages, i'm due a trip in the new year.Speaking of which, I'm off to Berlin for work for the first time in 7 years...Any of the Berlinners around, can anyone recommend somewhere to eat near Hackescher Markt / Alexanderplatz?
My tastes are simple Pork, Potatoes and Beer... preferably served by someone with a fullsome moustache.
My tastes are simple Pork, Potatoes and Beer... preferably served by someone with a fullsome moustache.
It's very touristy around there,as you might expect, but if you're looking for traditional "German" style foods like Schnitzel/Pork Knuckle/etc, there's a few options which are ok...
Near Hackescher Markt: 1840 Restaurant, Brauhaus Lemke, Weihenstephaner
Near Alexanderplatz: Zur Letzten Instanz, Zum Nussbaum, Hofbräu Wirtshaus (very touristy but the food's ok)
Of those, I'd recommend Zur Letzen Instanz mostly. If you're willing to go a bit further, Erdinger am Gendarmenmarkt is pretty nice and only four U-Bahn stops away.
Near Hackescher Markt: 1840 Restaurant, Brauhaus Lemke, Weihenstephaner
Near Alexanderplatz: Zur Letzten Instanz, Zum Nussbaum, Hofbräu Wirtshaus (very touristy but the food's ok)
Of those, I'd recommend Zur Letzen Instanz mostly. If you're willing to go a bit further, Erdinger am Gendarmenmarkt is pretty nice and only four U-Bahn stops away.
excellent work, nicely ordered and organised response.. it's like a national sterotype!I've no idea if i'll get a chance to escape the client but i want to have my options lined up... and half a chance of a swine haxe is all i need.
I'll get that citizenshipby any means necessary! Even if I have to start being organised.
You'll be pleased to hear I just ate a pork knuckleThe size of my head.
But the nicest part was the mikkeler bar and kaschk craft beer place.
I might need a bit of a walk before I have a lie down.
But the nicest part was the mikkeler bar and kaschk craft beer place.
I might need a bit of a walk before I have a lie down.
Herzlichen Glückwunsch! And yeah,those are good bars.
I'm staying right next to the 1840So i might get the german cliches out of the way on day one and hope and pray they leave me alone on day 2 to try the zur litzen on erginger one.
Or a massive bust and a no-messing disposition?Possibly moustache too.
long blonde braidsand steins balanced delicately on each... hand
I'll just add that half the planet seems to be in spain this week...
I hope not!Sounds a bit crowded.
If it helps,I'm not there.
Though I wish I was. Having said that, I was sat outside in the sun for lunch yesterday and it was Bloody Warm(tm)
Though I wish I was. Having said that, I was sat outside in the sun for lunch yesterday and it was Bloody Warm(tm)
We are in full spring modeSo can be bloody lovely during the day (up to about 20°), but also we had frost yesterday morning
I actually had to googlethe Guadalajara in Spain, as the one I'm more familiar with is the one in Mexico. Not that I've been to either
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
It’s nice.Notvery big, a lot of mid-late C20th housing sprawl,But the middle of town is lovely.
Visited the biggest mausoleum in Europe which is bonkers. Now time for a beer and tapas.
Visited the biggest mausoleum in Europe which is bonkers. Now time for a beer and tapas.