Emsquared

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[–] Emsquared@feddit.uk 1 points 2 weeks ago

I don't mind wheeliebin. We have a tendency to naff-ify everyday items so they always sound unglamourous - witness Brit garage "garidge" vs US "gararj"). In Australia they were called "Otto", after the company that made them. 

Not sure which words I'm uncomfortable with. 

I try not to use Twat even though it can still happen when I'm really exasperated. 

Also loo and bog for toilet I avoid. Only bog is really off limits though. 

[–] Emsquared@feddit.uk 1 points 2 months ago

Inevitable. Can you make the ends thicker again then even if it isn't really chocolate. Oh and bring the raisin one back.

[–] Emsquared@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There have been a few attempt to realise a better use for the EPG like the Pure Evoke-3 radio that had epg and recording (I even remember the Psion Wavefinder from the early 2000s that used software on a Windows pc and let you schedule recordings) but sadly the nearest we got to any usable nin-internet radio recording option with epg has been via Freeview, Freesat or Sky satellite boxes but that wouldn't necessarily get you access to all the stations on DAB.

[–] Emsquared@feddit.uk 1 points 2 months ago

Ah good. I just don't get the Oreo obsession. A ginger or custard cream (hell even a bourbon biscuit) yes but I'm just not an Oreo fan. Opinions and tastes obviously vary.

[–] Emsquared@feddit.uk 1 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Yes=pretzels, No=Oreos (get the hell away from me), Potato chips= maybe

[–] Emsquared@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago

Blimey. Garibaldi's. Much beloved by my Gran when I was young. Used to call the fly s*** biscuits. Lived in Australia for a while and often miss Anzac biscuits. Tesco sold them here for a while but we just make them out of necessity.

[–] Emsquared@feddit.uk 3 points 3 months ago

The price they should be.

 

Hell hath no fury like a foul mouthed, jealous parrot...

 

It's like a cat pub crawl but just the one pub 30 miles away.

[–] Emsquared@feddit.uk 1 points 3 months ago

Sorry I meant a change this big would require a 2nd term to implement and it's that which looks unlikely.

[–] Emsquared@feddit.uk 8 points 3 months ago

Seen similar locally. Went in a B&M and the Xmas aisle dwarfs the Halloween aisle. It used to be little Xmas stuff until after firework night (November 5th).

It's a funny old world but I'm not always laughing.

[–] Emsquared@feddit.uk 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

In opposition Labour talked about replacing council tax with a charge with would be 0.5% of the value of the property you lived in which would halve our bill but obviously mostly increase the bills for much property in London and the south east.

Can't see them being in office long enough to even implement it.

[–] Emsquared@feddit.uk 2 points 4 months ago

Ha. Good point re indoors. Clearly this cat breaks all the laws of physics. Another quantum cat that can be in two places at once.

 

He's a one-cat crime wave (apparently).

 

Renegade tortoise tastes temporary freedom via 16 day bender.

[–] Emsquared@feddit.uk 39 points 5 months ago (24 children)

This wasn't even a one off. This guys video channel was just him waiting for this to happen and it happened very frequently. I do remember seeing several where the police weren't really that supportive (probably as, though it made a point it was basically planned confrontation for video views).

 

Had a friend visit from the North East and they brought a bag of Ringtons herbal tea so looked them up. Quite the extensive tea offering incl. various loose leaf teas. Wonder if anyone has tried ant of their tea offerings?

Ringtons Tea

 

Not a question i'd ever remotely considered...

 

I detect a rabid dislike of seagulls meets a slow news day

 

From Moon Safari

 

From the breakthrough album, Ancient Heart, 1988.

 

A much covered song that was featured in the film, The Thomas Crown Affair.

 

Iconic crunchy Fairlight fancies.

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