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Got my car back from the garage. Off to sell a kidney on the dark web now.
And you'll need to sell the other one to get a full tank of fuel...
I am not busy. How much will you pay me to wait in line with your car? I will fly economy from Helsinki and bring some sandwiches.And you'll need to sell the other one to get a full tank of fuel...
Don’t be ridiculous! No petrol station has THAT much fuel!And you'll need to sell the other one to get a full tank of fuel...
You’ll need a boat. There isn’t any jet fuel either!
Don’t be ridiculous! No petrol station has THAT much fuel!
It’s back to normal in Wales north of the M4. Don’t mean to rub it in
To be fair it is around here as well. I have half a tank. Keep me going for a week or so.It’s back to normal in Wales north of the M4. Don’t mean to rub it in
Yes, so I’ve heard - I think we’ll start buying all the toilet rolls to even things up a bit…
You can tell the age of the people in that one thread in the MR News Discussion section right now...
Time is on my mind. Started work at 8 am. Finished at 5:30 pm. Started again at 7:30 pm. Finishing at who knows when. Sat here trying to decide which of the 20 things I have to do I should do next…..
I am given to understand from the gutter press that the UK is considering going back to Imperial weights and measures and Pounds, shillings and pence.
This is a brilliant idea. Making primary school children do calculations in base 12, 16, 20 is excellent for encouraging mental acuity in the young. If you buy 8 1/2 gallons of petrol for £23, 18s how much is it per pint?. This metric stuff just encourages mental laziness.
If you are too young to know what this means, try dividing £18, 12s and 3p by 7, by hand. You have to perform long division first in base 10, then base 20, finally base 12. I learnt to do this in grade 3 primary. Now do the petrol price calculation. No calculators, please. Don't forget to do it in pen, with no crossings out.
I still have perfectly good brain cells tied up with this knowledge. No wonder I can't use Twitter.
This is a brilliant idea. Making primary school children do calculations in base 12, 16, 20 is excellent for encouraging mental acuity in the young. If you buy 8 1/2 gallons of petrol for £23, 18s how much is it per pint?. This metric stuff just encourages mental laziness.
If you are too young to know what this means, try dividing £18, 12s and 3p by 7, by hand. You have to perform long division first in base 10, then base 20, finally base 12. I learnt to do this in grade 3 primary. Now do the petrol price calculation. No calculators, please. Don't forget to do it in pen, with no crossings out.
I still have perfectly good brain cells tied up with this knowledge. No wonder I can't use Twitter.
Rubbish. It’s not being considered at all. Please don’t repost these made up stories. It’s just lazy journalists trying to create a story where there isn’t one.
Decided to participate in a 10 days long Vipassana silent retreat beginning soon.
I have done a lot of meditation and silence practice over the years. So I am not worried that I'm not capable of it, I am certain of it.
But this is pretty intense with more hours meditating/day then I have done before. Just meditate. Eat a little, and sleep. Will be fun 🙃
Most people from what I have heard have profound experiences of it.
I have done a lot of meditation and silence practice over the years. So I am not worried that I'm not capable of it, I am certain of it.
But this is pretty intense with more hours meditating/day then I have done before. Just meditate. Eat a little, and sleep. Will be fun 🙃
Most people from what I have heard have profound experiences of it.
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I can’t tell whether he’s being satirical or not. No one can seriously, unironically be that pretentious right?
To answer the last non-comparative part of the question:
Crumpet - Wikipedia
So, invent a non-circular crumpet ring[1], get it adopted widely, and only old-fashioned crumpets will be round. The new, rad, whiz-bang, blockchain crumpets will be another shape.
[1]Gotta come up with a better name than "ring", too. Maybe "fence", "corral", or something else.
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You mean like these crumpets?
They go in the square toaster quite nicely.
Especially with
In more serious news, the WHO has recommended the use of the world's first malaria vaccine.
See here
Hundreds of thousands of people, mostly children, die around the world each year of this. As well millions suffer, as my wife and I have multiple times, and it can cause lifelong debilitating effects.
This is not a perfect vaccine, but it is a start, and better vaccines are in the pipeline.
See here
Hundreds of thousands of people, mostly children, die around the world each year of this. As well millions suffer, as my wife and I have multiple times, and it can cause lifelong debilitating effects.
This is not a perfect vaccine, but it is a start, and better vaccines are in the pipeline.
I wouldn't put them in the toaster WITH the honeyYou mean like these crumpets?
They go in the square toaster quite nicely.
Especially with
That’s better! Now if only they did those over here.You mean like these crumpets?
They go in the square toaster quite nicely.
Especially with
You mean like these crumpets?
They go in the square toaster quite nicely.
Especially with
Or - perhaps - a good quality maple syrup.
Please, after you're done with it don't forget to let me know how it was.
I, too, am interested in hearing how this goes for you. It does sound like fun!
The ability to freeze time. That way I could catch up on all my work, get some sleep and maybe some chores at home done.