Bits and Bobs 49

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Lonewolves wrote:

MrChris wrote:

Lonewolves wrote:

I'm not a massive fan of strip clubs myself, but I am happy for them to exist as long as the workers are paid well and enjoy their work.

Genuine, non piss-takey question, but do you think the same about sex workers?

It's something Ruth and I have had a few conversations about and I'm still not wholly sure where I land on it. instinctive liberal lefty approach is "of course women should be allowed to do this, it's fine, what people decide to do in a private consensual transaction is up to them" but the empirical evidence tends towards the fact that it still ends up being vaguely exploitative if not a mask for illegal people trafficking. She's more liberal on this than me.

Yes I'm fine with it, with some caveats. You could argue that delivering Amazon parcels on a zero-hours contract is more exploitative than doing cam or phone work from home, for example.

Yeah, that's certainly potentially true.

Prostitution though... Dunno. It's definitely one of those ones where the answer can't really be anything other than "it's a bit more complicated than that" regardless of the question.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

DavPaz wrote:

Lonewolves wrote:

MrChris wrote:

Lonewolves wrote:

I'm not a massive fan of strip clubs myself, but I am happy for them to exist as long as the workers are paid well and enjoy their work.

Genuine, non piss-takey question, but do you think the same about sex workers?

It's something Ruth and I have had a few conversations about and I'm still not wholly sure where I land on it. instinctive liberal lefty approach is "of course women should be allowed to do this, it's fine, what people decide to do in a private consensual transaction is up to them" but the empirical evidence tends towards the fact that it still ends up being vaguely exploitative if not a mask for illegal people trafficking. She's more liberal on this than me.

Yes I'm fine with it, with some caveats. You could argue that delivering Amazon parcels on a zero-hours contract is more exploitative than doing cam or phone work from home, for example.

You could probably earn more on a cam. Well... not you specifically.

I think Myp almost certainly could

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Nov 16, 2017 13:44

I don't think I've ever seen the same Amazon delivery driver more than once.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38460

TheVision wrote:

I don't think I've ever seen the same Amazon delivery driver more than once.

I don't think I've seen one. Pickup lockers for the win.

myp · **Posted:** Thu Nov 16, 2017 13:45

Cras wrote:

Rajesh brought me an Amazon Echo last night on his little scooter and I thought of you, mypsy.

That would be quite fun I think. Better than driving through the centre of Loughborough in a big Mercedes where it's all double yellow lines and a one-way system.

Derbyshire villages are my favourite. The local pubs will take customer parcels and always loads of places to park.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Lonewolves wrote:

Cras wrote:

Rajesh brought me an Amazon Echo last night on his little scooter and I thought of you, mypsy.

That would be quite fun I think. Better than driving through the centre of Loughborough in a big Mercedes where it's all double yellow lines and a one-way system.

Derbyshire villages are my favourite. The local pubs will take customer parcels and always loads of places to park.

I was skim reading and initially I read that last word as "wank".

Findus Fop · **Joined:** 14th May, 2009 **Posts:** 4299

Lonewolves wrote:

MrChris wrote:

Lonewolves wrote:

I'm not a massive fan of strip clubs myself, but I am happy for them to exist as long as the workers are paid well and enjoy their work.

Genuine, non piss-takey question, but do you think the same about sex workers?

It's something Ruth and I have had a few conversations about and I'm still not wholly sure where I land on it. instinctive liberal lefty approach is "of course women should be allowed to do this, it's fine, what people decide to do in a private consensual transaction is up to them" but the empirical evidence tends towards the fact that it still ends up being vaguely exploitative if not a mask for illegal people trafficking. She's more liberal on this than me.

Yes I'm fine with it, with some caveats. You could argue that delivering Amazon parcels on a zero-hours contract is more exploitative than doing cam or phone work from home, for example.

wot's ur camtag m8?

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

It's genuinely shocking how far the world has moved on in such a short space of time. I don't think people often sit back and really consider the implications for human relationships, interactions and culture of the fact that not fifteen years ago your best bet of communicating with someone was a letter that would take several days to get to them, and so a response might take a couple of weeks. But now? Now the world is so much smaller, relationships can be maintained where once they might have withered from something mighty to next to nothing, like a decades old elm with a filthy foreign disease. Now though? Now? It's a thing of absolute beauty. One of mankind's most amazing achievements - the world is so much smaller than it used to be. Now the world is just as small as your room or as big as your imagination. Now? Now I can sit here on the other side of the world and say:

MYP!

MYP!

YOU'RE A CUNT!

And it's instant.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38460

Keep drinking Chris, I've got a free afternoon.

Giphy "popcorn":
https://media2.giphy.com/media/aTjmAp0qPAGcw/giphy-loop.mp4

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

DavPaz wrote:

Keep drinking Chris, I've got a free afternoon.

Oh, funny. I've had three beers and I'm now off to bed.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38460

MrChris wrote:

DavPaz wrote:

Keep drinking Chris, I've got a free afternoon.

Oh, funny. I've had three beers and I'm now off to bed.

BOOO!!!

myp · **Posted:** Thu Nov 16, 2017 14:43

MrChris wrote:

It's genuinely shocking how far the world has moved on in such a short space of time. I don't think people often sit back and really consider the implications for human relationships, interactions and culture of the fact that not fifteen years ago your best bet of communicating with someone was a letter that would take several days to get to them, and so a response might take a couple of weeks. But now? Now the world is so much smaller, relationships can be maintained where once they might have withered from something mighty to next to nothing, like a decades old elm with a filthy foreign disease. Now though? Now? It's a thing of absolute beauty. One of mankind's most amazing achievements - the world is so much smaller than it used to be. Now the world is just as small as your room or as big as your imagination. Now? Now I can sit here on the other side of the world and say:

MYP!

MYP!

YOU'RE A CUNT!

And it's instant.

It took eight minutes because I was doing something else.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

I love you man.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Nov 16, 2017 14:44

Lonewolves wrote:

Hooters is rubbish anyway. At least it is in Nottingham.

I went to Hooters in Nottingham on a stag do. I remember the food being okay, the beer being highly plentiful, and our waitress being properly fit.

And then I remember feeling sad when the people from a table near us got their waitress to take a photo of them while they stood with our waitress, as theirs wasn't as pretty (or... Um... As "hootery").

And there was a crown for the BEER KING.

myp · **Posted:** Thu Nov 16, 2017 14:46

MrChris wrote:

I love you man.

You're drunk. Get away from me.

Squirt · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6510

Grim... wrote:

And there was a crown for the BEER KING.

Tell me more!

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

(a) 3 pints
(B) victim blaming is beneath you

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Nov 16, 2017 14:48

Lonewolves wrote:

MrChris wrote:

I love you man.

You're drunk. Get away from me.

He's clearly not that drunk - he's not yet asleep.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Nov 16, 2017 14:58

Squirt wrote:

Grim... wrote:

And there was a crown for the BEER KING.

Tell me more!

BEER KING didn't have to fetch (or pour) his own beer - someone did it for him. You could challenge the BEER KING every now and again to WIN THE CROWN - the challenge could be anything that the BEER KING had a reasonable chance of winning (so no "tallest wins", more "paper scissors stone").

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Some observations about driving on motorways:

1. A lot of car drivers don't like being passed by vans. I'll be on cruise control at 67mph (because the odometer in the van says I'm doing 70, while the sat nav and dash cam both say it's only 67, but telematics will squeal at me if I drive at 70 as it's linked to the odometer, not the actual speed on the road). I'll pass someone on who's dawdling along in lane two at 65mph and almost immediately they'll overtake me and then gradually slow down again ... until I pass them again, and so the cycle continues until one of us leaves the motorway or traffic build up gets in the way of our little game of leap frog.

b) A lot of drivers appear to be scared of driving in lane 3. They'll come up behind me when I'm in lane 2 and slow down to stay behind me, even though lane 3 is clear and there's nothing coming up behind, so nothing to stop them overtaking. As soon as I move back into lane 1, they'll pass me.

iii) Let's not talk about members of the Lane Two Owner's Club.

myp · **Posted:** Thu Nov 16, 2017 21:37

Oh yeah B is really annoying.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25588

Mr Bloom has just started on CBeebies. I have reassessed my feelings about him. I used to find him really, really irritating, but now I think he is lovely and also rather pretty to look at.

Kern · **Posted:** Fri Nov 17, 2017 12:11

So he's grown on you?

Jem · **Posted:** Fri Nov 17, 2017 12:23

Warhead wrote:

iii) Let's not talk about members of the Lane Two Owner's Club.

"middle lane wankers"

I fucking hate the way some people drive on the motorway. People who can't maintain a speed (you don't need to have cruise control to stick to roughly the same speed). People who drive too close. People who sit in the middle lane even though the left lane is clear. People who cut right in front of HGVs. People who sit in the right hand lane unnecessarily. People who don't look before they overtake. People who jam themselves into my gap with the car in front taking my braking distance. People who - and this is generally only in the celica - think that me overtaking is an invitation to race :roll:

(sometimes this is just a "my penis is bigger than yours thing" and they see it's a woman driving and then back off again :roll:

)

Generally I just hate other drivers tbh.

Kern · **Posted:** Fri Nov 17, 2017 12:46

Whenever I get frustrated on the road by somebody else's driving, I tend to think that I've probably done stuff to annoy other road users as well and if nobody's hurt just carry on.

That said, the tailgater who tooted his horn at me because I was waiting for a pedestrian to finish crossing the road before pulling into a junction recently can go and reflect on his anatomical deficiencies.

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Nov 17, 2017 13:40

Jem wrote:

People who jam themselves into my gap with the car in front taking my braking distance.

It's often impossible not to. Braking distances at motorway speeds (being generous and saying that's 70mph) are just over 100 meters. That's a long way.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Fri Nov 17, 2017 13:43

Braking distance for slowing down though, not for immediate stop, right? Can’t imagine a busy motorway with enough room for full distance.

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Nov 17, 2017 13:58

Curiosity wrote:

Braking distance for slowing down though, not for immediate stop, right? Can’t imagine a busy motorway with enough room for full distance.

Good luck calculating that on the fly, though

Malc · **Posted:** Fri Nov 17, 2017 14:10

Yeah, but the car in front isn't coming to a stop instantly, it's slowing down too. So you might not need the full 100m, but a bit of space is nice (says the non-driver)

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Fri Nov 17, 2017 14:15

Malc wrote:

Yeah, but the car in front isn't coming to a stop instantly, it's slowing down too. So you might not need the full 100m, but a bit of space is nice (says the non-driver)

Unless it hits something which causes it to slow at more than its maximum breaking rate.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

But if you're Lara Croft and jump off of it...

Jem · **Posted:** Fri Nov 17, 2017 14:31

Kern wrote:

Whenever I get frustrated on the road by somebody else's driving, I tend to think that I've probably done stuff to annoy other road users as well and if nobody's hurt just carry on.

I'm sure that's the case, and they are fully allowed to rant about me on their interwebs forums :DD

Grim... wrote:

Jem wrote:

People who jam themselves into my gap with the car in front taking my braking distance.

It's often impossible not to. Braking distances at motorway speeds (being generous and saying that's 70mph) are just over 100 meters. That's a long way.

I meant more people who swerve into lanes at the last minute e.g. to overtake something because they've not anticipated that need earlier taking my definitely-not-100m-space. If someone indicates in good time and the gap is an 'unhealthy' size I'll happily accommodate.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

What super pisses me off is people dangerously cutting in in front of you when there's half a mile of open lane behind you. Cunts.

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Nov 17, 2017 14:58

That's because you're in the middle lane.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Grim... wrote:

That's because you're in the middle lane.

Even if that were true, which it isn't, that is cunt work.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Jem wrote:

I meant more people who swerve into lanes at the last minute e.g. to overtake something because they've not anticipated that need earlier taking my definitely-not-100m-space. If someone indicates in good time and the gap is an 'unhealthy' size I'll happily accommodate.

‘Not anticipated.’ :this:

And not planning far enough ahead. I know I’ve been guilty of that in the past, but since I took the RoSPA course last year I’m much better. In medium to heavy traffic travelling at around 50mph, I’ll be getting into lane one around a mile before the exit on which I intend to leave.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

This pilot’s got skillz

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5148

This is strangely addictive
http://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/index2.html#

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25588

‘Long lost barley’

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25588

Kern wrote:

So he's grown on you?

I thought I had shown some appreciation for this pun, but o now see o did not and I feel bad.

I giggled at the time, though.

Grim... · **Posted:** Sat Nov 18, 2017 23:49

Mimi wrote:

8)

‘Long lost barley’

Actually, that's a thing. Cras and I watched a programme about how people were discovering old crop seeds and reintroducing them.

Fucked if I know how it might help diabetes, though.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25588

Grim... wrote:

Mimi wrote:

8)

‘Long lost barley’

Actually, that's a thing. Cras and I watched a programme about how people were discovering old crop seeds and reintroducing them.

Fucked if I know how it might help diabetes, though.

It’s a barley vagina*, Grim... look at it! Last night I googled naked barley, and if you go look right now, not one grain you will find looks so very ‘anatomical’.

*Technically vulva, I guess.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Sun Nov 19, 2017 10:06

Warhead wrote:

This pilot’s got skillz

Penis drawn with a Growler! :DD

myp · **Posted:** Sun Nov 19, 2017 10:44

Looks barley legal to me

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Amaizing scenes.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

mali is a hero!

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Zardoz wrote:

Warhead wrote:

This pilot’s got skillz

Penis drawn with a Growler! :DD

Yeah that tickled me as well.

Bloody hell but the US Navy has no sense of humour. That was some pretty decent flying as well.

Also, you don't own these planes son, the taxpayers do. And the tax payers clearly want to see penii in the sky.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

MrChris wrote:

mali is a hero!

While Philip Hammond is just an enormous dick head.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Having watched the clip, I just think Hammond slightly misspoke, and then was taken out of context.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Tue Nov 21, 2017 12:23

Recived this today. Anyone else spot the mistake?

Quote:

Dear Mark,

Hope you are well?

We are currently looking for a number of permanent architects to join our Chief Technology Office team which drives and shapes the HMRC's "Fit for Purpose" IT estate. This team is responsible for owning, designing and managing some of the largest IT systems and applications in Europe as are working one ensuring all current and future solutions are able to adapt and integrate into the "cloud".

This is currently the largest IT & Digital transformation programme in Europe.

We are looking for individuals who are driven and exctited to change the way an organisation interacts and works with over 50,000 employees in over 160 offices UK wide.

Below is the link to the job profile, please note the closing date is Monday 20th November and interviews are scheduled for before the Christmas break.

http://bit.ly/2jy7IFd

Please note that if you have applied for a role in the past this does not stop you applying again as we are currently beginning a number of new directives within HMRC.

If you need any further information or would like to discuss your application please get in contact

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