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8 hours ago, Xann said:

Walked from Elephant Park to Anspach & Hobday a couple of weeks back.

That route was two shades of moody AF not a million years ago, you didn't hang around.

I'm like, whoa this has changed. She's cooing at period property with original features.

Gentrification for the win!

My OH is in the Butler's Wharf building. All very fancy. She's in for a shock when she moves to mine in Isleworth next year. 

On 19/04/2024 at 00:27, Villatillidie95 said:

Went to feed the yak tonight in south London

Good tip. Only a mile or so away from where I am in Bermondsey so will have to check it out at some point.

Surprised by Sugar on Appletv. Colin Farrel as a private detective, very noir but four episodes in so far and really enjoying it. 

22 minutes ago, ender4 said:

It makes more sense for those matches which aren't being televised. You can't watch the match by legitimate means, so the watchalong is the next best thing.

The thing I don’t get is the presumably london-based guys who are commentating on the match from the gaming chair in the flat. You’re that much of a fan that we should listen to your opinion but you only ever see them on telly. A truly baffling recent development. 

On 12/04/2024 at 12:31, omariqy said:

Sort of internet related but does anyone remember Macromedia Dreamweaver? Embarrisngly I made website for our friendship group in sixth form. Think it was hosted on Geocities maybe. Great times. 

I put together a broking website using Dreamweaver back in the day. I had no knowledge of website building and had to teach myself as I went. My company ran that site for about 5 years, I think. It only died a death when I left and nobody had a clue how it worked. To be fair, neither did I!

1 hour ago, Genie said:

World’s richest man is laying off 10% of Tesla’s employees. He feels awful about it apparently.

 

Didn’t look too sad last night.  

38 minutes ago, AshVilla said:

So it's nearly 2am and i can't sleep because i'm still buzzing off the Arsenal result.

Work is going to suck tomorrow...

I’m in the same boat. The only difference is that I work with a bunch of gooners. However tired I am, it’s going to be glorious when I get to work tomorrow.  

Seems to have the same reputation that SharePoint used to. So many bad implementations of it means that most people have a bad experience of it. If implemented well, it can be amazing. 

Villa Stella Balti. 
 

For many (many) years, I’d presumed the guy who owned the flag was married to a woman called Stella. 

Somewhat surprised that Civil War is getting such mixed reviews. Saw it at IMAX today and thought it was great. Not perfect by any means but a thoughtful film with some really good set pieces. 

3 minutes ago, fightoffyour said:

Is the whole series out? That's always the main question.

 

8 Episodes available so far. Google suggests that's the full season from what I can see. 

Only vaguely familiar with the game but after 3 episodes, I'm all-in on the TV series. It's really good so far. 

31 minutes ago, BOF said:

As for the second point about fewer traffic problems on motorways. Maybe I'm inferring incorrectly here that there's some element of added safety to cruise control? If that's not what you're saying then fair enough, I've picked you up wrong and you can stop reading. But if someone was saying that cruise control was in some way safer than not using cruise control then I would disagree with that. Cruise control, even to a tiny degree (and I'd argue it's not a tiny degree at all, but for argument's sake let's say a tiny degree...) requires an element of detachment by the driver from what is going on at their feet. That's kinda the point of cruise control. Leave it to the car. Now if something happens in front of you on the motorway requiring immediate action - as plenty of things in front of you often do on a motorway - then the driver who does not have cruise control on, is more engaged with their driving than the cruise control driver is. Even for a split second if it's to get your feet back into position or they're in position and need to find the pedals and apply them. For me, cruise control is less safe than not using it. After all, it's you doing less driving and having less control. Even in a miniscule way.

Most of the cars I've had in the last few years have had adaptive cruise control. Ally that with emergency braking and for me, it makes it safer. I've avoided one prang in the past when the car reacted quicker than I would have but then again, that might be because I was slightly detached, as you say. 

2 minutes ago, cyrusr said:

Has there been any form of privatisation of public services that has actually been successful? Water, trains, mail are the obvious failures and I do not think power has been particularly great along with public transport generally. BT and British Gas don't seem the healthiest either but then have more competition. am genuinely struggling to see anything has been made better by it. 

When you say 'successful", obviously you mean from the perspective of the customer, rather than the investors/vampires?

10 minutes ago, CVByrne said:

Just look at Charities, so many were and are corrupt ways of getting money from people to line pockets rather than help those they are intended to.

As someone who has worked for a whole variety of charities over the last 25 years, I'd love to see the research on that one.

4 minutes ago, theboyangel said:

Angel Delight Butterscotch is the best, absolutely hands down.

I now have a hankering! 

Butterscotch Angel delight day was the best day ever as a kid. Especially when mum had enough money to slice some banana on top. I’m off to buy some now and see if it’s still as good. 

34 minutes ago, sheepyvillian said:

Looks like Sasha Baren Cohen maybe going on the "Cancel" list. Tbh, he does strike me as someone who gets off making people feel uncomfortable, even out of his many characters. 

Seems a case of life imitating art or maybe there was no art and he is just an obnoxious being. I hope Wilson takes him down. 

3 minutes ago, bickster said:

I'm not sure that tweets gives the correct impression of what went on in this instance.

Appreciate that, Bicks. Further reading on the subject required.

44 minutes ago, lapal_fan said:

 

 

Then I shall continue to annoy! Woohoo, my favourite thing  

Whenever I message one guy, he'll often give me a huge message with an update on himself, but the other?  very much "yep, not too bad thanks" which makes me feel as though I'm stepping on toes.  But my thinking is "at least he knows I've given him a thought".  

It's hard! 

What's the problem with stepping on toes? If you do, the worst that could happen is your mate gets the hump for a bit. If you don't and there's something really wrong, well......

Not digging you out specifically here. I would have been of the same mind in the past but if someone is genuinely having a really hard time of it, my experience is that if you push past the initial block, then people can open up. Sometimes you need to persist and give them permission. 

I know it's not that straightforward and none of us are trained experts in wonky brains but sometimes it's worth considering having uncomfortable conversations. 

2 minutes ago, lapal_fan said:

Is there anything I can do to help, or is it very much "give them space, they probably don't want to be asked about it"? 

This ain’t it. I mean, I guess for some people that might be the case but for most people going through a tough time, having someone get in touch will be a good thing. 
I know on the occasions where I’ve been less than myself, I’ve tended to shut myself away and steer clear of people. This has always been a negative reaction and it’s rooted in a mistaken belief that I don’t want to burden anyone and I can probably deal with it myself. 
I guess I can only speak from personal experience but a distraction from misery is almost always a good thing. 

It just keeps coming, doesn’t it?

Remember Rishi’s opening salvo? Integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level. 

Not sure if it’s new on AppleTV or I missed it when it first came out but Five Days at Memorial is pretty traumatic. It’s all about a hospital that was cut off in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. 
Really worth a watch. 

Firmly in hagiography territory but the Steve Martin documentary on Apple tv is still very enjoyable. 

Just now, romavillan said:

Deserved a yellow for being gobby there Joe gucci

Isn’t he on the bench for us tonight?