GJim

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by GJim 2y ago
> the over-engineering and annoying patterns in modern microwaves I walked into our office tea room one morning and saw three engineers standing around trying to work out how to use the new microwave. No joke. Quite why a microwave needs
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by GJim 2y ago
> Women expect it in the USA . It's that simple. You will find quite a few cultures with bride prices and dowries that turn this on its head.
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by GJim 2y ago
> so they can broadcast status. Ummmm no. As a lover of clockwork, I couldn't give a toss what anyone else thinks of my clock or watch collection.
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by GJim 2y ago
> Artificial diamonds, you mean. Synthetic diamonds, you mean. There is noting artificial about them! They are diamonds.
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by GJim 2y ago
Well...... shagging in a car whist a bunch of blokes stand around watching and wanking certainly is an experience in real life without filters ! https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dogging
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by GJim 2y ago
A 'cut and shut'? Where do you live for that to be legal? https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ftsa&q=cut+and+shut
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by GJim 2y ago
> "raw dog" (in gen z parlance) I had to google that...... I'm afraid 'raw dogging' means something very different in Blighty!
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by GJim 2y ago
> If they know you're in cell range and ignoring them, they'll be pissy. Frankly, I'd be "pissy" if my superiors tried calling me when I'm on holiday and I would have no qualms informing them of that fact. B
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by GJim 2y ago
So what you are saying is... "even the most dystopian Sci-Fi didn't predict modern Silicon Valley led advertising & surveillance capitalism"!
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by GJim 2y ago
Sadly, our most famous monocle wearer in modern times died 12 years ago. A gentleman very much missed by techies and non-techies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Moore
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by GJim 2y ago
'Walts' is the term used in Blighty by our armed forces for a sad case masquerading as a heroic soldier... Short for Walter Mitty; i.e. a fantasist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Mitty
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by GJim 2y ago
> Gunbarrel Highway Len Beadell was the bloke who surveyed and built many of the outback roads in Oz, including the Gunbarrel Highway. His books about doing so are terrific and very entertaining..... he was one of the last of the worlds
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by GJim 2y ago
> Chrome will instead hallucinate what that website should have looked like I find the term 'bullshits' to be more apt than 'hallucinate'. As something of an aside; that the purveyors of AI use the latter, whereas t
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by GJim 2y ago
> perhaps they genuinely have some cool technology.... want to monetize it. They haven't published a patent either. Again, the reader is invited to draw their own conclusion.
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by GJim 2y ago
If they could track MH370 using WSPR (amateur radio), then they could logically track other (similar) aircraft. When asked to prove the above and publish a peer reviewed paper, they were unable to do so. The reader is thus invited to draw
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by GJim 2y ago
It's disappointing to see you being downvoted for asking a genuine question. Such silly downvoting is pointless, counterproductive to conversation, and needs to stop.
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by GJim 2y ago
> As a Canadian who is in the process of immigrating to the US Curious choice of words. Why not 'emigrating' to the US?
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by GJim 2y ago
Americans really do argue for the right to be treated like dirt don't they! I can assure you old sport, not being contactable outside working hours has nothing whatsoever to do with requesting flexible working hours. And quite why an
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by GJim 2y ago
Why the hell is a genuine question being downvoted? Downvoters, what are you trying to achieve?
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by GJim 2y ago
> I point cameras at their houses, at their doors & driveways from my property Good god! If a neighbour insisted on filming me and my family every time we left our front door, I'd either think they had a mental illness (paranoia
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by GJim 2y ago
What a ridiculous statement! Perhaps you would like to give us all a 'hierarchy of the races' so we can all judge who punches up or down? You can call it the Rassenkunde des deutschen Volkes .
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by GJim 2y ago
I dunno. A Dane, a Swede, a Norwegian (Norseman brings to mind beards and battle-axes), a German, a Welshman, a Luxembourger. English is weird! Source: An native English speaker of His Majesty the Kings English, not one of those weird leftp
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by GJim 2y ago
> GPS coordinates *coordinates There are four GNSS constellations, of which GPS is only one...... a statement that negates the fact ones position on Earth may be calculated using a variety of other means. EDIT: In response to replies bel
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by GJim 2y ago
There is the story about an old-boy RAF pilot who, in the late 1970's was towing a target for a German ships gunnery practice. He joked over the radio, "the last time the Germans shot at me it was during the war". The reply c
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by GJim 2y ago
> Given the history between the two countries, it was perceived as a poor choice Don't be daft! It was a damn good choice. Though I for one, won't be happy until we have extracted our revenge; sending a 00 agent undercover to
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by GJim 2y ago
*English accents. I don't recall any of them sounding Welsh or Scottish! A "British accent" is something I've yet to hear anywhere in Blighty.
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by GJim 2y ago
Its a curious form of signalling that appears common amongst the American users of this site; I recall one such poster getting upset over the word 'Chinaman'. Something this Englishman, sharing an office with two Irishman, a Frenc
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by GJim 2y ago
> A fact-book, that lists the current heads-of-state of all world nations, then possibly yes. It's a book, not a web page! I have old astronomy books that indicate the visual appearance of Mars changes due to seasonal vegetation! Th
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by GJim 2y ago
> would not have bought the book in 1984 either In a conversation about censorship being used to alter past events, I'm somewhat surprised you didn't understand the reference. Can I suggest this is a book you read as a matter o
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I could not disagree with you more. It is something you will need to explain to children at some point, and doing so over a light hearted story is an ideal approach. Shying away from the difficulties of bringing up a child isn't someth

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