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Apart from Northern Rail claiming this train would arrive at 7.55 and it's now 8.16....
LBS offering freshly squeezed tubeless sealant in a variety of fruity flavours
LEL control at Dalkeith offering a swimming session if you have your 800m swimming badge.
Amber Valley Emergency Responders ditching cars in favour of bikes which feature a pizza holder and a donation box..
Severn Trent price increase, got to be a joke, surely?
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never mind
Company CEO sent an email round this morning, announcing that a massive migration project (that affects the vast majority of the business) had been cancelled. Hooked quite a few.
road time trial DOWN alpe d'Huez anyone ? (Band of climbers)
Event organisers AF Speed Ltd, who will run the event, have said they expect the top speeds on the downhill race to be in excess of 110kph, (65mph), and they recommend all riders wear helmets and use disc brakes. The 12km descent features 21 famous switchbacks, and despite the event being run on open roads, with cars, busses and traffic, the event organisers promise a 'safe' and fun environment for all entrants.
An appallingly bad one :
https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/25045708.sadiq-khan-statue-50ft-high-set-greenwich-park/
Very difficult to create anything more absurd than the news of the world at the moment...
Something on Instagram about disc rotor grease which struck me as being a stupidly dangerous prank to be playing.
The Daily Chess Puzzle on chess.com this morning was an impossible position where there was only one move that DIDN'T result in checkmate. Clever but tricky!
I like this one about HS2:
https://londonist.com/london/transport/hs2-only-between-euston-and-old-oak-common
Flight AFR9999 from CDG to JFK, currently about 3 quarters of the way there at about 1500kts above ground.
If only! 😍
Jon Richardson, the comedian, putting out a statement that he's giving up comedy and pursuing his dream of becoming a teacher.....
Only.....it looks like he put the statement out yesterday.....but I can't get my head around how it could possibly be true.
One about a new Scout uniform on Facebook, mainly cos it got all the old duffers into a froth 🙂
Drew my curtains this morning to find that my ten year old daughter had lined all our windows with wrapping paper.
Opened my drawers to get dressed. All underwear individually wrapped. Male and female wardrobe contents exchanged.
I knew it was too quiet last night, she's a character...
I'm cat sitting just now. Tried to convince her parents that she's had kittens.
Drew my curtains this morning to find that my ten year old daughter had lined all our windows with wrapping paper.
Opened my drawers to get dressed. All underwear individually wrapped. Male and female wardrobe contents exchanged.
I knew it was too quiet last night, she's a character...
Tips hat.
Very good, 10/10!
I found this one quite amusing
https://www.razer.com/razer-skibidi?color=normal
Jon Richardson, the comedian, putting out a statement that he's giving up comedy and pursuing his dream of becoming a teacher.....
Only.....it looks like he put the statement out yesterday.....but I can't get my head around how it could possibly be true.
It's a half truth. Turns out he's joining the cast of Waterloo Road. I'm guessing as a teacher.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2yk5xl85vo
James Hoffman confirming all the stereotypes about coffee geeks. Like all the good ones, it starts semi-believably to draw you in before going properly OTT.
A tech formum I'm a member of 'appointed' two of the most contencious members possible as site wide moderators...
Wow... feathers were flying in some of the reactions to that... several people might even have been suspended before the penny dropped 😆 😆
Nice to see Christian Horner actually has a sense of humour (and, presumably, Yuki has no idea what April Fools is all about)
Showers Pass, via email
Delete double post
@Sophsplantkitchen who usually posts some really good high protein vegan meals took the piss out of the "carnivore" diet's that have been popping up recently with an entire plate of soy and tofu. The comments section was full of people having absolute meltdowns.
BUT WHAT ABOUT PHYTOESTROGEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Errrmmmmm.... not sure how to tell you this but most of the meat you consume contains actual estrogen. And her name's Sophie, I'm guessing she's not quite as sensitive to the idea of growing boobs as you 😂
This one from Team Cycles amused me
This is quite a clever pun
That Dr Who one caught a lot of people. Mostly people who deserved to be trolled.
From Peak District MTB on Facebook. This one also caught quite a few people judging from the comments!
Edit: why is this pic not showing?!
Edit2: not working on my phone, just search for PDMTB on Facebook.
Something on Instagram about disc rotor grease which struck me as being a stupidly dangerous prank to be playing.
The Daily Chess Puzzle on chess.com this morning was an impossible position where there was only one move that DIDN'T result in checkmate. Clever but tricky!
I like this one about HS2:
https://londonist.com/london/transport/hs2-only-between-euston-and-old-oak-common
Don't tell the DfT - they'd decide it's a good idea. (Or to put it a different way, it's a lot less stupid than most of their decisions)
Very difficult to create anything more absurd than the news of the world at the moment...
Pretty much my thoughts too. After getting up late as usual, (being retired means I can indulge my natural tendency to go to bed late and get up late), I didn’t see any news, went out and did some work in the garden, sorted out the wildlife, went over to my archery club at 6pm for my first evening session this year for an hour or so, then went to the pub for a couple of beers, got a kebab on the way home, and been catching up on some tv, but no news, so blissfully unaware of any such tomfoolery for the whole day! I don’t think I’ve missed anything important.
The aircraft carrier post above 👆🏻 I’m not sure about, because when the first one was started, I believe it was supposed to be the first of three anyway. Can’t be arsed to check, ‘cos I’m off to bed.
This about the Stokes Croft area of Bristol becoming a World Heritage Site - https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/stokes-croft-to-become-a-world-heritage-site/
Not sure about this - on my Google news feed I saw an article saying after 2026 the Le Mans 24hrs was to be run on the Bugatti circuit following campaigning by local residents objections over road closures. Which seems pretty feasible as the French do like a good protest now and then.
The aircraft carrier post above 👆🏻 I’m not sure about, because when the first one was started, I believe it was supposed to be the first of three anyway. Can’t be arsed to check, ‘cos I’m off to bed.
HMS Prince Andrew?