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[Scouse]

What is this, I don't even...

UK heatwave: Weather forecasters report unprecedented trolling

Meteorologists from the BBC and elsewhere faced abuse as they reported on the UK's record heat.

www.bbc.co.uk

Bodhs had a few too many in his new bar

 

[Tom]

Primarily a road bike but I don't want a "racer" I want to attach a load of shit to it and go bike camping too, not quite raw off-road but the odd bit of forest.

I'd also quite like some sort of USB phone connectivity for telemetry gubbins, or at least charge ports. I have no idea if there would be a cap, but I would probably want to go up to £2k with maybe £500 of my own money on top. But would want a frame and bags included in that too.

If that's for an e-bike you're pushing your luck on that budget. You want a bottom bracket motor (not hub motor) from a branded source like bosch. Same with battery. Do not get unbranded Chinese stuff that'll burn your house down.

Bikes are relatively cheap. But reliable bikes are still a few grand.

I'm just about to spend nearly 5k on a bike that does nearly everything you want except has no electric assistance. I should have it in a fortnight.

 

[Tom]

Ps you can have a headset USB port if you like, some have a buffer battery you hide somewhere. The bike I've ordered has a front dynamo hub so I'll add a socket to it once I've decided what's best. But the cheapest and sometimes best option is just to buy a phat Anker battery and charge stuff when needed. You can bungee it to the racks.

 

[Raven]

Ps you can have a headset USB port if you like, some have a buffer battery you hide somewhere. The bike I've ordered has a front dynamo hub so I'll add a socket to it once I've decided what's best. But the cheapest and sometimes best option is just to buy a phat Anker battery and charge stuff when needed. You can bungee it to the racks.

I'm looking at this at the moment. My current bike is a Carrera and I have been pretty happy with it.

Carrera Crossfuse Mens Electric Hybrid Bike - 17", 19", 21" Frames | Halfords UK

Shop the latest Carrera Crossfuse Mens Hybrid Electic Bike at Halfords UK

www.halfords.com

 

[Tom]

Also look at step through frames. They may look girly to some but they can be more practical. The downsides are you can't lean the frame against the inside of your thigh when stopped, and less space for water bottles.

 

[Raven]

Just found out KFC deliver now, I am going to have the shits tomorrow!

 

[Tom]

View: https://twitter.com/dodo/status/1553364788394303489

 

[Wij]

View: https://twitter.com/dodo/status/1553364788394303489

I love cats but if mine did that they'd be flung out the front door so fast they'd skid into the next street.

 

[Raven]

My cat won't leave me alone when we have fish and chips.

 

[Lamp]

52 Factorial

(an example of how large numbers can blow your mind)

 

[Lamp]

My cat won't leave me alone when we have fish and chips.

Solution:
Place fish supper on litter tray
Eat the cat.

 

[caLLous]

52 Factorial

(an example of how large numbers can blow your mind)

Another example - an explanation of why the chances of 2 generated Bitcoin private keys (a 256-digit number) being the same are quite slim...



tl;dw: there are 10**77 of them, in the same ball park as the Eddington number (the number of protons in the observable universe).

 

[Zarjazz]

52 Factorial

(an example of how large numbers can blow your mind)

If you're talking bug numbers that will melt your brain (literally) then start with Graham's Number -


View: https://youtu.be/XTeJ64KD5cg


Then say hello to TREE(3) which makes Graham's Number its bitch -


View: https://youtu.be/3P6DWAwwViU

 

[Lamp]

Let me introduce you to Professor Cliff Stoll


View: https://youtu.be/-k3mVnRlQLU



View: https://youtu.be/n7GYYerlQWs

 

[Lamp]

Russian multiplication - it works !


View: https://youtu.be/HJ_PP5rqLg0

 

[BloodOmen]

View: https://youtu.be/ALRLKWBuZ2w

 

[Lamp]

"The good thing about Sainsbury's is that it keeps the scum out of Waitrose "
Stephen Fry

 

[Scouse]

OK - how do we feel about this:

Powys: Couple buried father in pagan-style woodland ceremony

The daughter carried out his last wishes by burying him in the pagan-style ritual, court hears.

www.bbc.co.uk

Old man, kids buried him according to his wishes upon his death.

They didn't override his wishes and take him to hospital when they should have done but, again, they did not do this with malicious intent, rather because they had misguided and grave views and a loyalty to Mr Brett

Now, if your dad wanted beyond anything to be buried in a certain way - but not the way that most people would be buried - would you fuck the law off and follow his wishes?

Personally, I want to be put on a pyre on the top of a viking longboat that's full of oil - be pushed out to sea and have my mates shoot fire arrows at me.

 

[Raven]

I'm getting put out with the food bin.

 

[Scouse]

I'm getting put out with the food bin.

What a waste when I could feed you to my chickens.

 

[Lamp]

"I do wish people would stop mocking me just because Nanny assisted me during my leafleting visit to Fyfe. If I was acccompanied by my valet you'd think it was perfectly normal"
Jacob Rees-Mogg

 

[BloodOmen]

 

[Scouse]

God damn it I fucking hate religious people:

Justin Welby ‘affirms validity’ of 1998 gay sex is sin declaration

Archbishop indicates he will not seek to punish churches that allow same-sex marriage in balancing act

www.theguardian.com

So, yes, gay sex is a sin - especially according to the bible. And Welby is clearly saying that backwards arsehole believers could well burn down churches if he said "nah, the gays are fine". He's also saying that gay believers in liberal democracies could get punchy because he's refusing to say gay sex isn't a sin - so he won't punish churches that bless the gays.

I particularly like this quote:

Yet again priority has been given to saving a manmade institution over protecting LGBTQ+ people’s lives

Well, duh. You fucking idiot. The number one priority of the church is looking after itself. And you're a disgrace to gay people to not be able to see that the bible fucking hates you - and on top of that you've failed to examine your beliefs and still continue, in the face of all the evidence, to believe there's a god that gives a shit.

And on top of that - your particular brand of asshattery's guide book clearly states it's rules - and it don't like you.

So, it's a shit institution, run by a self-serving arsehole, frequented by self-deluded wankers from both sides of the ideological and intellectual divide.

 

[BloodOmen]

God damn it I fucking hate religious people:

Justin Welby ‘affirms validity’ of 1998 gay sex is sin declaration

Archbishop indicates he will not seek to punish churches that allow same-sex marriage in balancing act

www.theguardian.com

So, yes, gay sex is a sin - especially according to the bible. And Welby is clearly saying that backwards arsehole believers could well burn down churches if he said "nah, the gays are fine". He's also saying that gay believers in liberal democracies could get punchy because he's refusing to say gay sex isn't a sin - so he won't punish churches that bless the gays.

I particularly like this quote:

Well, duh. You fucking idiot. The number one priority of the church is looking after itself. And you're a disgrace to gay people to not be able to see that the bible fucking hates you - and on top of that you've failed to examine your beliefs and still continue, in the face of all the evidence, to believe there's a god that gives a shit.

And on top of that - your particular brand of asshattery's guide book clearly states it's rules - and it don't like you.

So, it's a shit institution, run by a self-serving arsehole, frequented by self-deluded wankers from both sides of the ideological and intellectual divide.

"Gay sex is a sin"

Just not when Priests are fucking little boys.

Religion has no place on this world.

 

[Raven]

Honestly, who cares what the church thinks?

 

[Scouse]

Honestly, who cares what the church thinks?

Just pointing out their idiocy.

It's funny that they're hamstrung by their guide book isn't it

 

[Lamp]

"My mother-in-law came round. The mice were throwing themselves on the traps"
Les Dawson

 

[Lamp]

"last week my wife served me something for dinner that was so foul I gave it to the dog, and he licked his arse to get the taste out of his mouth."
Bob Monkhouse

 

[Scouse]

To open up the recent argument on low traffic neighbourhoods again (@Tom, @MYstIC G )

Ignore the culture warriors – low traffic neighbourhoods don’t close streets, they liberate them | George Monbiot

Some drivers are so enraged they’ve resorted to violence in my home town of Oxford, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

Between 1995 and 2019, urban traffic in Great Britain rose significantly. But not on major roads, where it grew by just 1%. On minor roads, by contrast, it rose by 36%.

In London, journeys on minor roads increased by 63% between 2009 and 2019

Pedestrians are 17% more likely to be killed or seriously injured on minor roads for every mile a vehicle travels than on major roads

Based on those figures alone I support mass rollout everywhere. It'd have to be some pretty fucking amazing argument to rationally object.

Rollout everywhere, and where it's proven not to work roll back - rather than mince around the edges and whine about "only where appropriate" - because the benefits are so great where it does work it makes no sense to half-arse it.

 

[Scouse]

RPI inflation expected to hit 17.7%.

Nearly eighteen percent!

UK inflation will soar to ‘astronomical’ levels over next year, thinktank warns

The rise will force the Bank of England to hike interest rates higher and for longer than previously expected, says NIESR

www.theguardian.com

Printing money like it's been going out of fashion since 2008 is clearly working well (for the rich). Can't blame all this on covid and Russia - and Brexit is far from blameless.