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dick_turpin, to random
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Currently Playing: 🔊
Computer Love
-- Kraftwerk

xvilo,
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@dick_turpin Good music!

dick_turpin, to random
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Swapped out my crusty keyboard for this Diddy replacement.

penguin42,
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@dick_turpin So that works when you spill the sauce on it?

dick_turpin,
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@penguin42 And cake, hopefully. 🙂

dick_turpin, to random
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This looks sooo sexy, and yet all it is is a power block.
https://sharge.com/products/shargeek-170/

penguin42,
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@stsquad @dick_turpin It looks plausible; it's fairly high output, and a nice charge display/power measure - and you can see where the smoke is coming from.
(Good luck on an EMC test)

dick_turpin,
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@penguin42 @stsquad Now that made me laugh out loud, you BarSteward.

".......see where the smoke is coming from."

dick_turpin, to random
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Fuck me! David Cameron is running around telling everyone how the UK is beefing up its defences and strengthening ties we have with our allies, and now we are being warned to keep three days of supplies somewhere safe, just in case!

There's definitely something they're not telling us.

Are the Tories taking a leaf out of Maggie's playbook, Falklands.yml, and looking to start a small war to win the next election?

https://news.sky.com/story/britons-should-have-three-days-worth-of-tinned-food-and-water-government-says-13141114

penguin42,
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@dick_turpin You say poor performance, but they don't care - they're happy to keep throwing bodies at it; and they're physically large so it's difficult to do anything too damaging to Russia itself.

dick_turpin,
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@penguin42 I think I could take 'em. 😉

dick_turpin, to random
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TFFT!
The children finally have milk. Plus 300 cans of Tango and a case of Red Bull. I've nabbed a couple of cans of Red Bull before this lot guzzles everything.

penguin42,
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@dick_turpin Eww longlife.

dick_turpin,
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@penguin42 Fancy a brew?

dick_turpin, to random
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penguin42,
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@dick_turpin ...in Japan hmm.
I do hope they call it the Pi factory.

dick_turpin, to random
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Sunday dinner er in the sun nice. #uksun

dick_turpin,
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@penguin42 Yeah, dried up and unloved. 🤣

penguin42,
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@dick_turpin soak them in gravy and they might be less wrinkly.

dick_turpin, to random
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FFS! Concrete Chess Tables!
£2,500 'levelling up' park chess tables placed around Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cprglvj820po

penguin42,
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@dick_turpin Lets face it, if they weren't concrete they'd get stolen. Or chopped down or....And I think that does include the seats.
Now I want to find one and play Draughts at it.

dick_turpin,
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@penguin42 They'll only use them for cutting coke anyway.

dick_turpin, to politics
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Now, that does surprise me.
Andy Street - Conservative loses Mayoral vote.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-68609732
#politics

penguin42,
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@dick_turpin So is he going to stand as an MP and have a crack at the leadership?

dick_turpin,
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@penguin42 God, I hope not.

dick_turpin, to politics
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There are no surprises as far as I'm concerned. I was fully expecting to see lots of Labour gains. Clearly, the examples of a Labour Council, Birmingham, and Nottingham mean nothing to the electorate.

The Conservatives need to plan for 2030 now because 2025 looks like a forgone conclusion unless something dramatic happens between now and January.
#politics

penguin42,
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@dick_turpin If they really hold out for January, that'll make the October party conference odd.

dick_turpin,
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@penguin42 Mmm? Obviously, nobody is going to say: "We're gonna lose!" but I would hope the conference is billed as "Prepare to rebuild."

At the moment, the Tories have a majority, so there can't be a vote of no confidence, and there's no way to force the Conservatives to hold an early election. If anything, Labour needs to trick them into calling it early, maybe giving them a glimmer of hope. The only problem with that ploy is that it might backfire, and the Tories might win. Who knows? 🤷‍♂️

dick_turpin, to random
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Oh dear, a certain someone (Not Moi) has broken our exchange server. Oops. 🙈

penguin42,
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@dick_turpin Someone broke a server on a friday afternoon? Shock...

dick_turpin,
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@penguin42 There will be much gnashing of teeth and tearing of clothing.

dick_turpin, to random
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You've gotta love this Labour idea of renationalising the railways. Sounds good, doesn't it? Except, they won't own the tracks as they belong to Network Rail. They won't own the rolling stock; they'll need to be leased. So they'll only own the right to sell tickets. 🤦‍♂️

dick_turpin,
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@penguin42 From what I saw last night, they're leased at extortionate prices from the manufacturers.

penguin42,
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@dick_turpin They could get rid of some of the leasing; with the operating companies at the moment having short contracts, it doesn't make sense for them to buy trains; if the operating companies were nationalised it wouldn't be needed.

dick_turpin, to random
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I am in possession of two of those Chinese 4TB M.2 drives from eBay. If I had been scared before about the Duo NAS, I'm now petrified.
🚒 🧯

penguin42,
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@dick_turpin Oh I was just emphasising that those cheap drives are sure to take the data, but whether they give it back...

dick_turpin,
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@penguin42 LOL
I can't make up my mind whether to swap them out tonight or bring the Pi to work tomorrow and do it here. I do have a fire extinguisher outside my office. 🤣

dick_turpin, to random
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Must be lunchtime for Moi.

penguin42,
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@dick_turpin 'made for sharing' yeh right....

dick_turpin,
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@penguin42 LOL
Put your hand near it, and I'll bite it off!

dick_turpin, to random
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As per Martin Lewis's advice, I've filled out his claim form to see if I'm entitled to any compensation for cars I've bought on loans.

Clearly, Black Horse (Lloyds Bank) has everyone on a monthly notification list. Each month, I get the quasi-phone response: "We are experiencing high volumes, and as soon as Sarah has come back off holiday, she might get back to you, but in the meantime, please continue to hold until you get bored."

penguin42,
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@dick_turpin If they don't respond after a while ask them to file an official complaint; and if they hum and har about it, be insistent. If you're lucky you'll get some money out of them just on that.

dick_turpin,
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@penguin42 TBF, The Money Saving Expert website says that they think claims will not be processed until September due to the high volume of claims.

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