Think I've found my next house.

https://apolloduck.com/boat/starline-60-widebeam/618770

https://apolloduck.com/boat/house-boats-barge/509852

I take that back, I want whatever the fuck this is.

https://apolloduck.com/boat/waterside-properties-land/636888

Yours for $7m, oilfield not included.

https://commercial.apolloduck.com/boat/commercial-vessels-drilling-rig/628926

Isn't Sealand still for sale?

>>439019

Time to take up a new hobby.

>>30005
Cuck.

>>30005
It was a sarcastic joke meant to parody the alt-right's usage of it and it didn't land. What can I say.

>>30007
Give it a few weeks. You're feeling consumed by it because of how recently it happened. It'll wear off a bit when it isn't so fresh.

>>30007
It's difficult to parody the alt-right because so many people actually think like that; they're sort of everywhere.

>>30009
The difference here is that these people know my political leanings, and know that I wouldn't seriously mean it. They are just so eager to get that one up, to be 100% holier-than-thou.

Either way, this is just one aspect of the group - there are ridiculous double standards at play, absolutely childish cliques within it, and generally thinking about it I've been meeting up with them semi-regularly but I can't think of a time I actually enjoyed it that much. Primarily, it was the relief of getting out of the house. I'm no longer on the same wavelength as these people in many respects - whilst I used to, I no longer enjoy the same music they do, I don't play the same games, most of them tend to be hypersexual, and spend hours and hours talking about relationships whilst I'm a permavirgin. As I say, outside of larger group settings I don't really exist to many of them.

Yesterday's events were mainly a catalyst to get me think about the unhealthiness of the whole thing, but also feeling trapped that realistically I can't ditch it unless I want to spend at least the next few months without seeing someone face-to-face.

>>13784

The disadvantage for most that they do very little meaningful effect for their money. Anything it is removing was quite harmless and nominal anyway. Unless you are in a hard water area and you have a softener fitted (which is best done further back to protect things like the boiler washing machine ect) but then you wouldn't need a different tap.

Unless of course you are going down the path of sticking a full reverse osmosis unit under your sink. Which is a much more expensive bit of kit but would remove nearly all dissolved material in the water, and put it at a level of purity that you could theoretically wash things to spotless in it without any detergent because of its abrasive properties by letting it just soak in it. (It is what they use for those window cleaning pole systems). It is safe to drink but I can't say I've ever seen much point in the difference.

>>13790

RO water doesn't taste very nice, but it is very useful if you're an aquarium hobbyist or a meth cook.

>>13789

UK tap water is still mostly all free chlorine, it's only really London, and bits of Anglia and Scotland that have switched to Chloramine.

>>13791
> or a meth cook

A meth cook who is seriously invested in the absolute purity of his product no less. With most cooks you're lucky if they bother scraping the coating off the pseudoephedrine tablets never mind worrying about finding even distilled water for their various solvent solutions.

>>13789
>If you're not sure just get a Britta filter and use that for a while.

I'd agree with this - I've found a Britta kettle to be one of the best compromises around this topic.

Tony's Chocolonely is starting to make its way over here at long last. It's Dutch but privately owned, fair trade, and actually properly manufactured. Their dark milk bars easily trump the reformulated Cadbury's Dairy Milk while being more toothsome and less wanky than Lindt.

One company I wouldn't mind shilling for because it's just that bloody nice.

Seeing as we're on about chocolate...

SCIENCE HAS GONE TOO FAR.

>>13706
Might give that a look, lad. Thanks.

Anyone know of some chocolate that tastes like Toblerone but without the nougat? I'm considering just melting a bunch of them down and using a sieve to filter out the crap.

>>13792

Milka used to be basically the same, but both brands are owned by Mondelez now so fuck knows. Lindt or Ritter milk chocolate is probably fairly similar.

A picture of a headline and a 2 letter word is a shitty start to a thread expecting a proper conversation.

>>27659
So?

>>27660S

It is likely to either die quickly or immediately go off topic because there is not enough information to engage the subject.

>>27661
Ok lad.

I wouldn't think over the counter capsules would be very effective, no, or at least no more so than drinking a Yakult every day. Seems like snake oil to me.

That said. Have you ever heard of a faecal transplant?

>>4823
>faecal transplant

Not the OP, but I have - the whole thing is fascinating to me. I think it might actually validate some of the ideas/hypothesis around the gut biome - not saying "probiotics" are anything other than snake oil, but there is clearly something in the science we have yet to discover. Also, some of the work that people are doing behind gut biome and depression/mood - very interesting. But still a bit gross. Maybe there is something in that ice docking business?

>>4824

The science is pretty well known, to be fair, just only to scientists. It's not yet at a stage where much practical can be done with it, or simple enough explanations trickled down to Joe public.

>>4823
>That said. Have you ever heard of a faecal transplant?

A few months back we had a thread discussing the weaponization of faecal matter. The ultimate evolution in the martial arts.

>>4825
On the contrary, in America you can now get paid $40 per donation at the local stool bank:
https://www.openbiome.org/stool-donation

We've literally been flushing our money away!

As I'm sure you've all been gripped with suspense regarding my bowel movements: I can report that things are running much better. That's nothing scientific but I've even been shagging my guts out this week by going back on huel with coffee with the side effects being much milder (just a bit of bloat).

I'd recommend it. Maybe I'll get some different types so there's an ongoing cycle of different bacteria and I'll see how it changes things.

>>438850

>I couldn't be like that with someone, or "baby" them like some of my mates have had to.

I'm still sensing that you got a bit of a bad view on relationships in general from that. It's one thing to say you want your romantic relationships to be different from the way your parents treated each other. And that's fine. But something about that seems to make you think it's better not to have a relationship at all. Because you're not saying what you would do instead, just that that's not a good example for you.

Bit of a reach here, just my general impression I get from you reading your posts, lad.

Maybe the key really is to stop thinking what you don't want your relationships to be like, and start replacing that with positive thoughts and ideas about what you would want out of an actual relationship and an actual partner.

>>438843

I've said it before and I'll say it again: The kind of Man who gets into those situations of petty grievances and and subconscious power struggles with a woman only does so because he has no respect for himself. He finds it tolerable to put up with that kind of woman because he doesn't think he can do better. He internalises a deeply negative perception of women in general simply because he's never had the spine, the courage, or the testicular fortitude to go after one whom he can see as an equal.

I've had my fair share of negative experiences with women, of course I have. And I feel a lot of sympathy for the kind of lad who's probably going to struggle right now to attract a decent partner when it's such a buyer's market for birds on the dating apps and such. It's high time women realise how easy they've got it in that regard. But nevertheless, there are good women out there. You just have to be a solid enough example of an actual man to attract them. The first thing to accept is that you must work on yourself, before you can attain the kind of woman who is worthy of respect.

I cannot respect the kind of man who is too weak and servile to take ownership of himself like that. The kind who gets stuck in those loveless, joyless relationship instead of growing some balls and dumping her. He cannot respect himself.

>>438863


> The kind of Man who gets into those situations of petty grievances and and subconscious power struggles with a woman only does so because he has no respect for himself. He finds it tolerable to put up with that kind of woman because he doesn't think he can do better.

I think it's more that some people just let the world have its way with them because they very generally never learned to stick up for themselves. For most of those people, it's not going to be limited to what goes on in a romantic relationships with a (female) partner. Being with a bossy wife or girlfriend and being afraid to do something about it is one thing, but you'll very likely fare the same in other areas of your life as well, e.g. at work or with certain friends who keep taking advantage of your friendship.


>when it's such a buyer's market for birds on the dating apps and such

True to some extent, but women still compete against each other for the biggest catches of the pond. Meaning it's also a question of what you bring to the table. If you've got a weak personality and there is nothing exciting or special about you, then yes, you will be overlooked by many women, especially on dating apps. But dating apps, most of which are really just hookup apps, are still only one of many ways of meeting somebody. And you are not going to find out during the five seconds that you look at somebody's Tinder profile if they're really a good match for you. Loads of couples still meet the old fashioned way, i.e. at work, through their friends, or by pursuing a hobby or special interest with others. Why put yourself under the pressure of sticking out against thousands of other lads, and having barely five seconds to do so before a lass moves on to the next profile on her phone. If a market doesn't play out in your favour, go to a different market and advertise yourself there, is what I am saying.

>>438864

Get rid, she's mental and it will only get worse. You're not in love you're being taken over.

>>438851

CLARKSON

As if we're almost at the 20th anniversary of 11/9.

>>66609
I've been doing this for nineteen years
Wanna fight me, fight these tears

>>66609
7-11 was a part-time job.

Slags.

>>27640

Anyone who has the talent and drive to become an MP could earn more money, do more good in the world and get a lot less shit in a different job. The only real upside is the status of being an MP and the occasional glimpse of fame/notoriety. It takes a very particular sort of person to think "yes, I will take this awful job where everyone hates me".

>>27645
I thought the advantages of being an MP were getting your snout in the trough and making connections that can set you up for life? I've known a few local councillors and many of them are full of their own self importance.

>>27647>>27647
Lad I know from school became a Parish Council member for the Lib Dems at the last election. He's gone from a coke fiend to thinking he's Donald Trump. Had to laugh because he posted on one of the local Facebook pages and threw a fit because nobody knew who he was.

>>27647

There are plenty of jobs where you can stick your snout in the trough without any real risk of being humiliated on Newsnight. Amoral bastards can make a lot more money with a lot less grief in the arms trade or the marketing department of a tobacco company or the shadier end of the financial services industry, but that doesn't offer the ego hit of politics.

>>27648
I used to be in a local Facebook group, Mirfield Matters, and one of the town councillors was a right little brat on there, frequently acting like a petulant child even though he must have been pushing 40. I'm fairly certain he got the role through his mum, who used to be the mayor, and I believe she encouraged him to stand down because he was embarrassing her. The group was changed to private from public because people in the nearby Dewsbury group kept sharing posts taking the piss out of him for doing things like boasting about how he called the police about ungritted roads.

>>2303
>Anyone get up to much during the Fringe this year?

Bumped for the 2019 audience.

I don't know why, but I've always loved the OP image.

She seems like a fun night out.

>>3529

She seem like the sort to call me a daft Sothern cunt, and threaten to glass me if I don't down that drink and snort some speed off her tits. Guess I have to now, would be rude not to.

>>2303
>Anyone get up to much during the Fringe this year?

Bumped for the non-existent 2020 audience.

>>3530

When this thread bumped again I remember vaguely I wrote this post but was surprised it was only last year I was expecting at least 3. I can remember posts from years before much more vividly. Funny how memory works.

>>18942
>hasn't had a reply in a day or two
... or twenty-something. I mean, I don't think anyone would have minded had it actually been funny.

>>18943
Bickering about it is obviously much better and isn't shitting up the board.

>>18944
This is .gs, it's one of our proudest traditions.

TOO MUCH TEETEE.

https://twitter.com/jeavnne/status/1303648509846061056

>>27626
I think they just didn't let her in because she is too attractive rather than under-dressed.

>>27612
The obvious suffix for gender-neutral Spanish (and I presume Portugeuse, which I am less familiar with) is -e. Why @? That's ridiculous.

>>27608
>maybe we just take people at face value (no pun intended) when they say they're an ethnic minority

Most people would. It's not a black vs. white issue as they try to frame it; it's more to do with the nebulous concept of "wokeness" and there being so much hubris surrounding it. This is a prime example of how much of a liberty you can take with it and how far you can bullshit until someone actually calls you out on it.

>>27619
In Portuguese you would normally write e.g. Latino(a) or medico(a) instead of Latino/Latina, medico/medica etc. As the @ symbol looks a bit like an 'a' inside of an 'o' it's becoming fairly common (in informal usage, amongst younger people) to use it instead of the o(a) notation: Thus medico(a) becomes simply medic@.

>>27622

And like I said I do think it's a bit silly but it's a damn sight better than writing fucking 'medicx'.

>>27623
All of which are much less silly than German's "(m/w/d)" thing.

>>6276
Depends on how risky the surgery is I guess. I did similar for some expensive dentistry many years ago, but I knew the country where I was going, very well indeed. ie if it went wrong and I needed local help or treatment, I knew I could get it and it was pretty easy for me to evaluate the dentist offering it. It was half the price of doing it in the UK and I don't regret it at all - how well do you know Prague?

>>6277

I've never been there. I'd take out medical insurance for the trip. What else would I need to do?

>>13529
>than paying the IT guys a bit of overtime

a) They're probably not paying the IT guys any overtime and b) it's easier to test upgrades and find out that it hasn't worked, when everyone is in the office.

>>13530
The company I worked for before used the exact same systems and all IT updates were done out of hours without a hitch. By my reckoning the upgrades this morning will have cost at least 150 man hours in lost work.

There's someone in my team who just absolutely loves the sound of their own voice; it's not just that they will ramble on, they'll actively find excuses to ramble on and on and on, spending 20 minutes to make a 30 second point.

>>13512

I'm tempted to "forget" to add my organisation's stipulated email footer, just because I work on a shared inbox, and people tend to type my name from the footer in the To: field instead of hitting reply and maintaining the email chain. Then they get all pissy when I don't reply to them within a minute because the important stuff should go to the shared inbox, which is prioritised accordingly. They seem to be under the impression that doing it the other way is some sort of shortcut to a blue chip personal service. What I actually do is snarl and ignore it until I've cleared my quota.

Side rant: I understand that Learning & Development is subset of HR in most organisations, but where I work it's important enough to be a separate department. This distinction is made clear wherever possible - on the intranet, the shared inbox email address, and every time I answer the phone - so how the fuck do I keep getting queries about Payroll, Temporary Staffing, Hierarchy changes and even IT helpdesk requests?

>>13532 Just talk over the fucker. Nobody will complain.

>>66606
ALRIGHT BIG SOCK

Your shoes you are regularly wearing are probably more padded than they were before. It is more socially acceptable to just wear trainers for everything than it ever has been. When I think about the hard shoes and itchy clothes of my youth it seems like something out of the post war years now.

>>41205
now this is patrician wanking material

>>41205
Avril Lavigne did well out of the fappening if you ask me.

>>41363
By "did well", you mean she had absolutely nothing leaked?

>>41363

Computer AIDS

>>41369
There are a few bluury shots of her posing with some hello kitty stuff in sexy gear, but nothing exposed to even Page 3 level.

>I recall at least one of you being an NHSlad, though I can't remember what area. Does anyone have any further information on this or insider knowledge of what's going on?

Fuck off Ed Winchester.

>>438848
Wait until we get to the "public inquiry" stage.

"Lessons will be learned".

I'm the NHS lad, in pathology, but I've been trying my best not to pay attention since about July because it's all so horribly depressing. Sorry.

>>27544
[panto]Ohhh yes they did![/panto]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54061948

>>27546
Nobody who has heard of more than two artists did.

>>27547

Next you'll be telling me that Bob Holness didn't play the saxophone solo on Baker Street.

>>27548

No

>>27549

>>13696
We'll have built the .GS nursing home by then - your families will drop you off one day and you'll all actually come and live with me.

Also, I love this Indonesian tribe/culture where once a year they dig up their dead relatives - I can see that being a thing at the home.

Mushy pea curry might be the most disgusting thing I've read in some time.

>>13708 Is that not just a dal, with all the possibilities and horrors that that can entail?
'curry powder' isn't an auspicious start, but might be rescued.
I'm just saying the jury's out, this could go either way, despite how foul it sounds at first.

>>13709
I'd agree it's just a dal - I mean tarka dal is yellow split peas I believe, so it's not too out there.

>>13710
>just a dal
Waking up at twelve with my cloves again
Feel my mouth explode from madras and vin
Another tarka plate