jwealleans Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 38 minutes ago, steve1 said: found it almost impossible to extract the ‘story’ from all the advertising, thus leading me not to bother. I have an adblocker so I don't get to see all that crap. Here's a link direct to the most important part: https://twitter.com/GoodReddit/status/1762807507456508328 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted February 29 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 29 2 hours ago, The Sled said: I'm confused: I spend a considerable amount of time and money each day turning wine back into water again - does this make me amongst the damned or the exalted? 2 hours ago, Hroth said: Drink lager. You won't notice any difference between input and output... 'I am a biological machine designed for the purpose of converting state benefits into brewers' profits', seen on toilet wall in local pub. Sounds about right. You will notice the difference, btw, I imagine that the output tastes better in the case of some lagers. Another point is that a gay friend of mine claims that the difference between a straight chav and a gay chav is 8 cans of Stella, and he's got the notches on his bedpost to prove it... 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted February 29 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 29 38 minutes ago, Sidecar Racer said: Cruella's grandfather, I believe... 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibelroad Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 18 minutes ago, Tim Dubya said: The British are always at the forefront of engineering innovation. 5 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted February 29 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 29 Actually, that looks as if it might work quite well, as the movement of the train will affect the writer's hand, the tablet, and the sling hook jiggerypokery all with simultaneous equiponerance (been waiting years to use that). It would probably take you from Paddington to Didcot or so before you'd adjusted it half-properly, and you'd look like a total merchant banker setting it all up in front of your fellow-travellers, though... 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Vistisen Posted February 29 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 29 15 minutes ago, The Johnster said: Actually, that looks as if it might work quite well, as the movement of the train will affect the writer's hand, the tablet, and the sling hook jiggerypokery all with simultaneous equiponerance (been waiting years to use that). It would probably take you from Paddington to Didcot or so before you'd adjusted it half-properly, and you'd look like a total merchant banker setting it all up in front of your fellow-travellers, though... This is still a problem. I rode in a Danish IC3 train where at least one of the wheels on the bogie under my seat has a flat spot that was so violent I had to stop working as I could not control my mouse. I closed my laptop and put it on the middle of the table and had a snooze… until I was woken up by the noise my laptop made when it hit the floor. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 1 hour ago, Hibelroad said: The British are always at the forefront of engineering innovation. A simple idea. Substitute pad for i-pad! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hroth Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 8 minutes ago, Sidecar Racer said: Its a popular description of ancient burial practices with academic underpinnings. Quite an interesting read*, actually. Perhaps he's annoyed that she has a series of popular books AND a tv series, and he hasn't... * Yes, I've read it... 5 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 Continuing the literary theme: That time someone tried to explain the Handmaid's Tale to Margret Atwood... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billbedford Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 3 hours ago, Hibelroad said: The British are always at the forefront of engineering innovation. The device was particularly usful for automatic writing, which, I believe, was in vogue at around the same time. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted February 29 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 29 59 minutes ago, Hroth said: Its a popular description of ancient burial practices with academic underpinnings. Quite an interesting read*, actually. Perhaps he's annoyed that she has a series of popular books AND a tv series, and he hasn't... * Yes, I've read it... And her latest ‘Crypt’ was released today :) I think his sour grapes would just make her laugh at the irony of his title and post. These books aren’t academic papers anyway they are aimed at a broader audience so are written in a more accessible way, that doesn’t diminish the information. Having seen her put a tv producer right on stage I’d suggest he’s just trolling for reaction which I doubt he’ll get 😆 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 1 hour ago, Sidecar Racer said: I wonder if he has a glass house....? 1 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 That was about three years ago! Funny that he didn't moan at Professors Brian Cox, Stephen Hawkins and Green for also using their titles.... 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 24 minutes ago, Steamport Southport said: Funny that he didn't moan at Professors Brian Cox, Stephen Hawkins and Green for also using their titles.... Professor Mick Aston in Time Team even back in the 90s. I note the new crowd funded episodes are using everyone's academic titles. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 I do wonder who will notice my deliberate mistake..... 😜 2 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 (edited) 12 hours ago, Sidecar Racer said: Alum, alumina, alumium, aluminum, aluminium You'll find the mocked post was actually correct in terms of spelling - though not invention. Wikipedia: Quote In 1807, British chemist Humphry Davy successfully electrolyzed alumina with alkaline batteries, but the resulting alloy contained potassium and sodium, and Davy had no means to separate the desired metal from these. ... Davy suggested the metal be named alumium in 1808 and aluminum in 1812, thus producing the modern name. Other scientists used the spelling aluminium; the former spelling regained usage in the United States in the following decades The US-favoured spelling was created by one of Britain's great, late-18th/early-19th century chemists - President of the Royal Society, knighted in 1812 and made Baronet in 1818, with a marble memorial in Westminster Abbey. Not bad for the son of a Penzance wood carver. Also blog post describing etymology here. (Many such reasonably argued examples online should people care to look.) Edited March 1 by Ozexpatriate 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold nigb55009 Posted March 1 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1 I spotted the deliberate mistake. Only close friends call him Stephen. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted March 1 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1 "Why some singles are cutting things off after bad dates". Good grief! The full Bobbitt seems somewhat out of proportion 🫣 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68238038 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 14 minutes ago, franciswilliamwebb said: "Why some singles are cutting things off after bad dates". Good grief! The full Bobbitt seems somewhat out of proportion 🫣 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68238038 Mainly an exposure of unrealistic expectations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted March 1 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 1 11 hours ago, Steamport Southport said: 10 hours ago, Steamport Southport said: I do wonder who will notice my deliberate mistake..... Hawkins Its Hawking . 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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