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#2611080 26-Nov-2020 12:18

frankv:
Oh god! Yet another disaster.

From a UK government report leaked to the Guardian:

“Winter 2020 could see a combination of severe flooding, pandemic influenza, a novel emerging infectious disease and coordinated industrial action, against a backdrop of the end of the [Brexit] transition period,”

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#2611085 26-Nov-2020 12:22

I need to get into the manhole cover business. Why would Bunnings import from Germany to Australia manhole covers? Ballast for ships?

https://www.bunnings.com.au/garantia-underground-tank-trafficable-manhole-cover_p4813146

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#2611086 26-Nov-2020 12:23

Back to the 70’s and the Winter of Discontent.

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#2611087 26-Nov-2020 12:33

kingdragonfly: I need to get into the manhole cover business.

Those things are insanely expensive, no idea why. Had to get a replacement here and it was "ow mooch?" (think Arkwright).

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#2611090 26-Nov-2020 12:47

Calling a sale in 2020 "Black Friday" is tempting fate.

Here is a crazy notion, lets give peace a chance.

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#2611103 26-Nov-2020 12:55

MikeB4:

Calling a sale in 2020 "Black Friday" is tempting fate.

All Friday's Matter

Handsome Dan Has Spoken.
Handsome Dan needs to stop adding three dots to every sentence...

Handsome Dan does not currently have a side hustle as the mascot for Yale

*Gladly accepting donations...

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#2611114 26-Nov-2020 12:57

I was thinking along the lines of Black Friday being a bad day the sort of thing that Loki would seize on and make mischief. I am certain 2020 has his/her signature on it.

Here is a crazy notion, lets give peace a chance.

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#2611587 27-Nov-2020 10:01

When I accidentally create blank calendar appointments on my phone or have it do other random stuff when phone is in my pocket.

Have a fingerprint sensor on back of my phone and I must subconsciously tap it when phone and hands are in my pocket. I have a calendar display on my home screen.

More concerning though was something that happened a few weeks ago. I managed to somehow send a message via LinkedIn to a contact whom I'm not messaged this year and also attached to that message a photo I took about 2 months earlier. How random is that?

If you can't laugh at yourself then you probably shouldn't laugh at others.

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#2611634 27-Nov-2020 11:05

I noticed that flea treatments, the very expensive drops you put dogs and cats, all warn "toxic to terrestrial invertebrates"

In English, that means flea treatments are toxic to fleas.

I guess it also means, if a bee, slug or snail wanted to nibble on your pet, it would be toxic to them too.

It's not like anyone could afford to use the few drops in a garden

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#2611733 27-Nov-2020 12:29

kingdragonfly: I noticed that flea treatments, the very expensive drops you put dogs and cats

In case you're wondering just how expensive:

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#2611766 27-Nov-2020 13:29

neb:
kingdragonfly: I noticed that flea treatments, the very expensive drops you put dogs and cats
In case you're wondering just how expensive:

Thankfully you only need to apply a couple of drops rather than bathing the cat (good luck with that) in it.

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#2611768 27-Nov-2020 13:31

Good lord is it made from Regolith from the moon missions? sheesh !

Here is a crazy notion, lets give peace a chance.

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#2611773 27-Nov-2020 13:38

MikeB4:
Good lord is it made from Regolith from the moon missions? sheesh !

Naah, just duck's tears. The moon-rock regolith is this stuff:

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#2611775 27-Nov-2020 13:40

And they say my medication is expensive.

Here is a crazy notion, lets give peace a chance.

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#2611819 27-Nov-2020 14:20

It’s almost up there with printer ink!

“We’ve arranged a society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science technology. Carl Sagan 1996

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