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Post by Admin on May 7, 2020 21:43:30 GMT
 It's Friday. |
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Post by Shenguin on May 7, 2020 23:36:43 GMT
Cool gif here.
Nox, box, whatevs.
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Post by Chumbles on May 8, 2020 1:18:04 GMT
 I think you have ShitLock on... For the record the vast majority of those celebrants in the REAL box were thinking thank fuck Hitler's defeated. And relief that they were that much less likely to die. My mother at the time of that photo was in hospital, and my father stuck in Alexandria until 1947, because he was the Royal Engineers expert on repairing and servicing Scammell diesel fuel injection engines*. It was the most destructive war in history... Russian and Eastern European civilians suffered dreadfully and are far and away the largest contributors to that blue bit, with the Chinese coming in next. You should at least respect the sacrifices of the dead.
* Engines used in tank transporters |
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Post by Shenguin on May 8, 2020 7:31:19 GMT
Hi Chumbles, I don't mean any disrespect to those, civilians or military, who died or suffered in the war. In particular, I am happy to appropriately honour those who were brave enough to give their lives in the fight against fascism. However, that absolutely does not mean that I agree with the enforced trite sentiment or the repurposing of memorials to support the current right-wing zeitgeist. |
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Post by amipal on May 8, 2020 8:08:41 GMT
Morning all.
Happy VE Day.
Apparently the Daily Mirror (curse, spit) have organised for a Spitifre to fly across the south east of England in commemoration, so I'm planning my Government-sanction exercise to coincide with both the Spit and I being near/on the clifftop at the same time.
Information is sparse, though. I'm not even sure it'll be flying near Saltdean, as it is bound for Ovingdean (a bit further down the coast).
Gamesblog: none.
TVblog: Nailed It, and then the last two episodes of Justified S2.
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Post by Chumbles on May 8, 2020 8:36:19 GMT
I understand that Shenguin , but why couldn't you have posted a more reasoned comment in the Friday thread? The implications of a separate thread and the title, besides only being appropriate in terms of BoJo's flawed impersonation of Churchill, is that VE day is about that. And it isn't. Furthermore, it's literally divisive and disrespectful to our glorious leader. If you weren't such a nice guy I'd be ramping up the rant. My response may also have been OTT, but I'm awake at that time because my legs are stopping me from going to sleep; and I also have the prospect of a visit by Nursey in a few hours to sour my mood... You've been a very naughty boy... |
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Post by Chumbles on May 8, 2020 8:44:43 GMT
Don't bother with the Other thread; just Shengers missing the appropriate hole... |
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Post by scubar on May 8, 2020 8:46:28 GMT
In honour of VE Day, I played Wolfenstein 2 last night.
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Post by Felice Landry on May 8, 2020 8:58:17 GMT
The picture at the top looks like it's from WW1, still appropriate though.
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Post by Shenguin on May 8, 2020 9:17:51 GMT
Fair enough. I hadn't actually seen most of the Friday thread when I posted, and I wasn't very sober last night. I'd probably have changed the title of the thread, but I can't work out how to.
I mean, at the very least I'd have corrected the typo.
I feel it's all Destry's fault really, that there's basically a written record of what is in essence a drunk thing I said last night.
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Post by MrTiddles on May 8, 2020 9:22:33 GMT
The picture at the top looks like it's from WW1, still appropriate though. I thought the same thing. |
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Post by crankcaller on May 8, 2020 9:24:38 GMT
"At 3pm the boars on the Clyde are honking their horns and at 9pm putting on searchlights."
Sigh. Boats. Wild pigs afaik don't have searchlights or horns. I've never met one so you never* know.
*You do
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Post by MrTiddles on May 8, 2020 9:30:11 GMT
I understand that Shenguin .. If you weren't such a nice guy..
U Wot M8? |
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Post by Faceless on May 8, 2020 10:05:04 GMT
What's shenguin said/done this time? Obviously I don't read his posts so I wouldn't know.
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Post by RollingEscargot on May 8, 2020 10:16:49 GMT
I'm pretty sure that's a photo of the Rangers board dropping off their dossier of SPFL misdeeds to the SPFL offices yesterday. Fair play to them for keeping Scottish football fans entertained during the absence of actual football.
Ottm: totally forgot about the weekly clap last night, and yet again I was sitting right next to the window facing the street munching snacks in my dressing gown while the neighbours glared at me.
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Post by Felice Landry on May 8, 2020 10:20:21 GMT
Ottm: totally forgot about the weekly clap last night, and yet again I was sitting right next to the window facing the street munching snacks in my dressing gown while the neighbours glared at me. Like some really strange part of the Amsterdam red light district. |
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Post by stxdpr on May 8, 2020 10:21:51 GMT
I know people have added gfp to certain animals and in the us you can buy glowing zebra fish. Boars would be an interesting progression, making it easier to hunt possibly and then making a very strange wall ornament.
I guess I have found the next crispr project to try and get funded.
Anyone do the Xbox game pass for pc or the free stadia thing? How is the geforce now thing from whoever on here had it?
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Post by Chumbles on May 8, 2020 10:24:16 GMT
According to my father (who transferred from the TAs to the regular army before the war), the enlisted troops trained with the Home Guard. The regulars grew to be terrified of these exercises as the Dad's Army part-timers made up for lack of weapons with booby traps, like collapsing a wall on a file of soldiers seeking cover. Some of the Home Guard were formed into top secret units of guerrilla fighters and they were never released from the Official Secrets Act (just in case), so only a little is known of them, but I heard a programme about them and they were very nasty... |
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Post by crankcaller on May 8, 2020 11:20:39 GMT
Anyone do the Xbox game pass for pc or the free stadia thing? How is the geforce now thing from whoever on here had it? Yes, yes, yes. Gamepass. good value at the moment while in beta. £3.99. Make sure you know what games are being taken off every couple of Months though. I started Tomb Raider a week ago and coming off on Fri. Xbox streaming thingy being added to it at some point. Stadia. Doing the free demo. Only played GRID from the free games. Expensive as you have to buy games from them. Works well on iPad & Nvidia shield. Geforce Now. Was using in Beta for years. Loads of games have been pulled but it works very well. As you play steam games you can obviously get them cheaper. Both stadia/Geforce now you can try for free. |
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Post by Felice Landry on May 8, 2020 11:53:28 GMT
Well I tried the Cloud eggs, got all the way through to the part where you put the egg yolk onto the cooked white and it stuck to the ramekin and broke, I also did the same with the second one. So after a major sulk dished it up to pref.mam. who said it was very nice and offered several helpful suggestions on how to avoid the broken eggs. A couple of thoughts, use an electric whisk and smaller bowl* for the egg yolks, I will try again in a few days. *maybe buttered |
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on May 8, 2020 11:53:29 GMT
"At 3pm the boars on the Clyde are honking their horns and at 9pm putting on searchlights." Sigh. Boats. Wild pigs don't have searchlights or horns. I've never met one so you never* know. *You do ftfy I wouldn't want to meet one personally, they can be very boarish! |
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on May 8, 2020 11:57:47 GMT
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Post by scubar on May 8, 2020 12:50:39 GMT
I’ve heard rumours of a streetwide round of applause and singalong to “We’ll meet again”
Yeah, I’m not doing it. My street can fuck right off, I want to move anyway.
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Post by tenthenemy on May 8, 2020 12:53:01 GMT
"At 3pm the boars on the Clyde are honking their horns and at 9pm putting on searchlights." Sigh. Boats. Wild pigs don't have searchlights or horns. I've never met one so you never* know. *You do ftfy I wouldn't want to meet one personally, they can be very boarish! The swines. |
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on May 8, 2020 12:55:36 GMT
ftfy I wouldn't want to meet one personally, they can be very boarish! The swines. Yup, acting like a pig can be very boaring and they are always hogging the limelight! |
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