Apepollo11

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[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

It took me a second because, confusingly, our "public schools" are what much of the world would simply call private schools. These are the super posh schools like Eton or Harrow.

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

That's true, but in fairness all of humanity bears that legacy. The crusaders weren't doing what they did just because of Christianity, it was because they were humans, doing what humans always do.

People in power have always used religion as a tool to further their own ends. It's true throughout history, it's still true today.

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 78 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Why did you have to post this follow-up? Now I'm all angried up.

I don't agree with hitting children as a means of discouraging bad behaviour, but I'm convinced some adults would benefit from being hit a bit more.

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Or something went wrong and they somehow seduced an entire nursery.

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The money detector button illuminates a bright UV light on the side that you can use to detect fake notes.

No idea about the red button. I heard one reviewer say the word "computer" while pointing at it (all of the reviewers seem to be from the Philippines, a language that I sadly don't speak), but if found no other clues.

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Hard reset.

Unfortunately there's no guarantee that you'll be able to get on another server once you've disconnected from this one.

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

100% recommend these.

You can get remastered versions on Steam (Full Throttle and Grim Fandango are both excellent).

Simon the Sorcerer is also in this genre, very funny, and voiced by Chris Barrie from Red Dwarf.

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

You can tell I'm really cross when I stop using exclamation marks.

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 22 points 5 days ago (1 children)

FWIW, we have a very similar expression (at least in British English):

"No ifs, ands, or buts"

Also sometimes used as:

"No ifs and/or buts"

"No ifs, no buts"

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Headcanon: The wife and husband were supposed to be on this trip. The wife discovers the affair, the other woman explains that she didn't realise he was married. The wife leaves the husband and takes the other woman on the holiday instead.

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Ha, I do!

They are chunky metal squares (at a guess 1.5 x 1.5 x 0.5cm) with the Transformers faction symbols tastefully engraved into them. Autobots for the right wrist, Decepticons for the left, natch.

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

If you're looking for shirts, I only feel comfortable wearing ones with french cuffs and would recommend them highly.

Normal cuffs irritate me no end, they're tight , they move and jab against my skin constantly.

French cuffs with nice solid cufflinks are looser, soft-edged, and have a nice weight to them that stops them moving so much.

 

I got some of the Sunlu High Speed PLA that I've been hearing good things about. On the first print I discovered that, while it prints beautifully, it creates a ludicrous amount of dust going through the extruder.

So I open it up to clean it out, when suddenly the tensioning spring shoots out. Searched for about an hour in total, it's nowhere to be seen.

I'd been thinking of replacing the extruder for a dual gear one anyway, so I took the opportunity to order a nice one from Micro-Swiss.

The problem is, that I have an FLSun Q5, and I'd seen from videos online that it doesn't quite sit flush - you need to print a spacer.

So I needed to get the printer patched up for one last hurrah. The spring was salvaged from a broken clothes peg. And it worked perfectly - not just "well enough", but easily as good as the original.

So in summary, if it helps anyone, losing the spring doesn't mean you need a new part - a clothes peg spring works just as well.

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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Apepollo11@lemmy.world to c/youshouldknow@lemmy.world
 

I'm seeing a lot of international messages getting this wrong, so this is how you refer to the Prime Minister of the UK.

First, we normally refer to the PM just by name, like anyone else. So, "Keir Starmer" or "Mr Starmer".

"Prime Minister" is not used as a title like "President" is. He's not "Prime Minister Starmer". He's just "the Prime Minister" or "the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer".

Unusually, this new PM is also a knight. Of course, this has its own rules.

If you want to use this title, it's not quite as simple as replacing "Mr" with "Sir'. The first name is more important than the surname here. He's not "Sir Starmer". He's "Sir Keir Starmer" or "Sir Keir".

Hope it helps!

 

Screenshot actually from the film Chand Par Chadayee (1967)

 
 
 
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