>>65305

I think I was lurking IRC at home during the partay, feeling at least a little bit of FOMO, though we didn't have an acronym for it at the time. I do sometimes wonder if my life would have been appreciably different if I'd travelled the length of the country to get drunk with some internet strangers that one time. Probably not.

>>65307
>I DO SOMETIMES WONDER IF MY LIFE WOULD HAVE BEEN APPRECIABLY DIFFERENT IF I'D TRAVELLED THE LENGTH OF THE COUNTRY TO GET DRUNK WITH SOME INTERNET STRANGERS THAT ONE TIME. PROBABLY NOT.
I did discuss it at the time with a mate of mine but he wasn't up for it and I wasn't going alone. Might've been fun, who knows.

>>65299
Fuck me, never get the 117.

126/7 or 268A are the superior options.

It was nice knowing you lads but tomorrow I'm going to melt.

>Beeston

So called because the early settlers looked down upon the ridge of the valley and thus spake to one another "come on, men. Let's 'oss it down."

>>13640
I'd look closely at the work surfaces in the kitchen - maybe someone handling raw meat/chicken/fish somewhere they shouldn't?

By coincidence, I bought myself a UV/blacklight torch yesterday and have been fascinating/disgusting myself with it around the kitchen, office and other places today. Dreading the evening darkness when I can turn all the lights off and actually really see it all.

That diarrhea really cleaned me out. It's been 4 days and I still haven't had a shit yet.

>>13651
Think of the weight-loss benefits?

>>13651

Just had a poo. It was a good solid poo, not sloppy.

>>13653
Top bombing.

>>6270

Not if you want to be sure there are no scraggly bits at the back and you've done the bits around your ears properly.

>>6271
You get that with practice - the first couple of times its a bit of a horror show, but people soon point it out and you get the hang of it.

>>6272

Also, you can feel it. It should be really obvious if you're doing a razor shave, and at least quite easy to tell with clippers/shaver.

>>6273

It's not that obvious.

>>6272
Buy a second mirror you can use to check the back of your head (or use the camera view on your apple watch to scout out the area) and you'll be fine. As others have mentioned, pay attention to the area around your ears (behind the ears in particular), if using clippers there's really no harm in going over an area several times to make sure. Feel your scalp "against the grain", you'll need to figure out which way your hair grows, and you can find bits you clearly missed.

Your hair generally grows forwards on top of your head, downwards at the back and sides of your head and then you get the really nasty worly area where those directions meet. The large bits that grow in one direction are easy, the borders are what you need to pay the most attention to. With clippers you'll get nothing going one way, then change your angle slightly and you get a whole carpet's worth. Rub in circles to find what you missed.

If all else fails, you can use your phone to film a 360 view of your head, using as many angles as you can, to find missing spots. With a bit of practice, though, you'll know your problem areas and automatically pay extra attention.

>>27025
The theory is that he would want to put down any kind of "will of the people" revolution on his own doorstep, because it would encourage similar in his own country. I don't think he's in the least bit worried tbh.

Putin will turn up if the revolution involved Dutch/Polish tanks rolling in; while its very much a "will of the people" - and it really seems to be - I don't think he can do anything. What's really striking is that there have been no counter protests (by the mythical 80% who voted for Lukashenko), and when you have literally the workers of the Minsk Tractor Works going on strike, change is coming.

>>27024
>historically Belarus has resisted any kind of Russian influence

That's a very short history you seem to be working with there. Lukashenko went as far as to discourage even the Belorussian language and the school curriculum teaches Soviet history - even today the Belarusian flag is repressed as far-right symbolism while the official symbols are Soviet imports. To add to this Russian subsidies petrochemicals can still be considered THE economy as Belarus gets cheap oil, refines it and sells it on.

This only started to change after Crimea where it became obvious that having your citizens deeply identify with Russia is a bad idea. Then came the cuts to Russian subsidies which is what really spurred on the recent rapprochement with the West. At least until last week Belarus was serving a purpose for everyone as a middleman under heavy Russian influence but which could broker peace in Ukraine.

But yeah, money's on Russia won't intervene because whatever comes after will still be heavily pro-Russia out to sheer necessity. Putin doesn't need to bail out Lukashenko and at any rate it's unaffordable at the moment. It's a very different situation to what happened in the Ukraine and I'm sure even the protesters are conscious that the new boss will be same as the old boss.

>>27025

>that Putin is a sort of Scooby Doo Soviet dictator in disguise

No scooby doo stuff involved. If you look at how Putin has altered Russia's constitution and legal frameworks just to benefit himself and enable him to stay in power almost indefinitely, then he's at least not somebody we would lightly call a good democrat.

That said, I think there is plenty of exaggeration going around at the moment. Putin didn't take Crimea for the sake of stealing land from a foreign country, but because it is the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea fleet. The pro-Western, pro-American revolution in Ukraine was a serious threat to Russia's unhindered access to its own naval bases in the area.

Russian politics tends to be crude. If there had been an anti-Western revolution in some Central or South American country where the U.S. has major military bases, then the Americans probably would have used all their clandestine political might to sabotage the revolutionaries. Putin did a quite probably massively rigged referendum to annex the whole Crimea peninsula. Same effect, different means.

But to think that Putin would send troops to Belarus is just nonsense. For what? To what end? This isn't the Soviet Union anymore that sent tanks into Prague in 1968. Putin may be an autocrat, but I am sure he's not stupid enough to come to the aid of a fellow autocrat who could be facing expulsion if there's really going to be a revolution.

At the end of it though, I think a lot of the protest against Lukashenko is secretly instigated by the West. The Americans are probably doing a similar job as they did in Ukraine in 2012-2013 and are heavily supporting the protesters and equipping them both with money and manpower. Except you won't read that in Western newspapers.

>>27040

Nobody's calling him a democratic leader, he's an old fashioned oligarch baron plain and simple. Only the charade feudalism of neo-liberalism permits such figures to pretend to be democratically elected.

As such his aims and motivations are largely the same as any other country would be in the same situation. None of them involve getting your hands dirty to prop up a failing dictator, when at the end of the day you can just sub in one of your guys anyway.

>The Americans are probably doing a similar job as they did in Ukraine in 2012-2013 and are heavily supporting the protesters and equipping them both with money and manpower. Except you won't read that in Western newspapers.

No surprises there. They just always drop the ball immediately after the money shot.

The clips of him (Lukashenko) speaking today are quite incredible. Defiant doesn't even come close to it.

Snopes says this is made up

>>66282
Not surprised, no news site would write a headline like that.

>>66281
Die, racist.

>>13645
Say "boo meringue" out loud. Gave me a chuckle at least.

>>13646
Okay but I still want to see footage or studies of Australians booing meringues.

I was watching an Australian documentary the other day about telecommunications. They interviewed a few people about how they would speak to friends. The millenial texted, but the boomer rang.

>>13648

Fucks sake.

Well it aint barney the dinosaur

/r/ torrent

>>8595

Cars from that period look abnormally traditional because of the rules changes after 2008. Everyone went fucking mental with winglets, so Bernie tightened up the aero rules to stop all the cars from being pig ugly.

It's taken 10 years to return to that level of outright weirdness, thanks to HALO and the proliferation of slotted surfaces.

In a funny way, I miss Bernie.

>>8595
Came to bump a 9 year old thread while watching the Barcelona race, because I was just thinking exactly the same. I've been enjoying F1 this year, it will be really interesting to see what next years car changes bring.

Also, to say that Racing Point/Pink Mercedes/Lance Strolls Rich Dad are a fucking disgrace. I know motor racing has always been a rich mans game, but fucking hell.

>>8979
>Also, to say that Racing Point/Pink Mercedes/Lance Strolls Rich Dad are a fucking disgrace. I know motor racing has always been a rich mans game, but fucking hell.
More of a GT man myself, which is about 50% rich dads and their lads, why are Pink Mercs so horrible?

They always looked fucking bonkers

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/ferrari-formula-one-cars-gallery/4327068/

>>8980
>about 50% rich dads and their lads

I know it's probably a bit late in the game to moan about this, but it just seems a bit unfair to be able to buy last years winning Mercedes car, paint it pink and then run it this year, which is what their car is. Of course they've magically jumped a bunch of places in the race/standings.

Thought this thread would get more traction tbh. I went with:

Baby carrots
Asparagus
Squash
Wild mushrooms
Blackberries
Samphire
Tarragon
New potatoes
Swiss Chard
Baby tomatoes (any colour)

I forgot rocket when I wrote the list, sadly.

>>13596
Has he delivered yet? Bring us pictures.

>>13618
He's taking his time. I actually dreamed about it last night because I'm such a saddo and he'd neglected the fancier items. Hope that isn't foreshadowing.

>>13620

Nothing wrong with dreaming about good things, Lad. I need a good excuse myself to stop dreaming about different ways to turn my pelvis into mist.

>>13621
>>13620

I mean, good things like you getting everything you ordered, that is.

You could always stop being a cunt shitting up the rest of the boards.

There already is, is this a phone posting problem?

>>15507
Yeah - certain browsers don't see the colour.

>>66269
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/may/06/women-penis-size

>>66269
Gorilla spotted!

>>66272
I suppose if a gorilla gained sentience and had the dexterity to use a keyboard one of the main things you'd be doing would be spreading disinformation about the size of your genitals.

>>66273

I think they'd constantly be saying "yeah but proportional to our body our balls are MASSIVE" over and over. There'd be forums dedicated to big ball care, big ball clubs, about how big balls are better than a big dick, it'd be chaos. This is why zoos rarely have wifi.

AC DC simimian psyops scandal


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6amRqbEj4rs

>>5398
>I didn't go out with the intention of doing such distances, I just felt prepared to carry on doing them, so I did.

And that's totally a mistake that lots of people make, you're normal; lots of people go out too hard, injure themselves and then quickly give up on the whole idea as it hurts. I walk quite quickly, and live in a very hilly party of the country - an hours walk is about 500 - 600 calories burned for me - if I run or cycle, might get an extra 200 added onto that. By spending the first month walking, you'll still build up tons of fitness, but it will feel really easy and you're much more likely to stick to it.

I've lost a lot of weight over the past couple of years - walking a lot, not too much running, and super watching the diet. I did many weeks of the 800 calorie diet, and mostly prefer a 2:5 approach now (that's the reverse of 5:2 - ie 5 days fasting at 800 calories and 2 days eating what the fuck I like, including pizza + Chinese). I've a history of diabetes in the family, and can easily be one of those thin chubby people if I overeat/drink.

>>5399
Ah, the Butterfield Diet.

Update

Down from 89kg to just above 83kg, been going to the gym average 5x a week and cycling average about 4h a week and doing a lot more walking. Average calorie intake for the last three weeks has been 1400kcal. Recently been orienting my diet towards proteiny stuff like fish and chicken. Started with a routine I've modified slightly to add more bodyweight stuff before the aftual workout, dynamic stuff like kettlebell swings. I dont feel like I'm getting stronger but I'm not eating right yet so I'm with it at the moment.

Heart rate spikes seem less severe now, maybe I've just started to get used to actually doing some exercise again. Resting heart rate hovering around 58 still.

Intending to start eating a lot more when I reacj my target weight or plateau weightwise for two weeks, whichever comes first.

Anyway, good shit.

>>5403

So that's where I've got "quiches lorraine" from. It's weird the stuff that sticks in your brain.

A couple of months back I was in the store room with a colleague and when she couldn't get past the boxes I was moving I went "Oh, you can never leave..." and it actually blew my mind so much when she recognised the reference (which I had forgotten was even a reference) that I was rendered unable to make an inappropriate sexual advance on her.

>>5403

I love that this plate exists.

>>987

Thame-worker reporting. Hope I'm not too late...

It's very expensive here.
This thread is more than a fucking decade old.

>>3531
So are you.

>>3531
i wonder if the lads who posted in this thread before you even remember this place

I lived on Cowley Road in 2012 but didn't post in this thread

For a while, though, I thought >>1032 was me

>>41345
I don't like it - too much obvious surgery.

>>41345
Starting to look like a glitch in the Matrix.

I know she's a TikTokker, but this lady is pleasantly plump in all the right places.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=https://youtu.be/T1D8nWBiR8I[/YT]

>>41361
Cocked up the embed https://youtu.be/T1D8nWBiR8I

I'd give her some high-energy particle physics IYKWIM

>>41351
I wish the world had more brunettes that are slightly on the spectrum.

Phwoar I'd give her a big problem with my straight edge IYKWIM.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2c0P2CEU9A

>>41358
Phwoar I'd check her definitions IYKWIM.

>>5409
Brain never do good even when I was up at 5am and heading out for a run. Stop being a GP and give me some answers.

>>5408
Don't you have Google?

Speed is what you need.

Get a referral to a psychiatrist (just tell your GP you have a long history of not being able to concentrate), get diagnosed with ADHD (which you probably have), and choose between extended release methylphenidate (Concerta) or extended release amphetamine (Elvanse).

>>5408
Are you depressed? I tick all the boxes for clinical depression and my concentration and attention span

Coke or speed depending on your preferences. That stuff they give to ADD kids is basically meth.

>>26993
What annoys me is the same confidence of the people who insist nothing unusual is going on. I get that we're mostly all losers around here and that hearing 'open your mind' is catalyst to numbing it, but too many ideas are dismissed as nonsense for what appears to be no genuine reason.
[/spoiler]Yes, i posted the one in /x/[/spoiler]

>>27010
>/x/
er, /boo/. Showing my roots it seems.

>>27011
Pretty much the same thing if you see the state of most of the women posted on there.

>>27010
>but too many ideas are dismissed as nonsense for what appears to be no genuine reason

Can you name one of them? I am sure your "but it could be true!" is my "No because that would require a 100,000 people to keep a secret, most of which wouldn't want to".

>>27010
>open your mind

Most conspiracy theories (including the one you suggested) are death defyingly stupid - you don't have to be "open minded" to believe or consider them, you mostly need to be a bit dim. That's a genuine reason too.

>>6257
If it's holiday clothes, then go to TK MAxx or Sports Direct. Maybe take one nice short sleeve shirt with you and a pair of sensible shorts in case you end up at dinner somewhere.

>>6257
This is literally why Gap exists.

>>6261
I thought they shut down pretty much all of their stores?

>>6258

I was forced to buy a load of new jeans and trousers a while back because they all seem to have inexplicably shrunk around the waist. I still have a load of tops I've been wearing since I was about 19 though.

>>6263

I have concert shirts I got at 14 which still fit me 15 years later.

>>26978
>We're way past that already.

Agreed - even as a white person you only have to encounter the Met once to find they're not the kindly beat bobbies of yore.

>>26966

Dear oh dear. Which do you work for, Capita or Serco?

>>26997
>Capita or Serco?

Oh sweetheart. Like I would work for cunts like this.

>>27000

So which cunt do you work for?

>>27001
Nobody as ugly or establishment as that.

>>4479
I could have done it with a pole and some rope for half the price.

>>4480
I fail to see how lynching Eastern Europeans gets anyone a new roundabout.

>>4481
Cheap labour. Didn't that lad who used to post driveways on here hire a bunch of Slavs?

>>4474
Potentially a good idea if drivers understand it.

The biggest worry I have is that people in cars will assume they have the right of way exiting a roundabout, where cyclists will be going straight around without stopping. There's going to be at least a fair amount of near misses where cars slam their brakes on right before the crossing.
The other problem would be cars waiting to enter the roundabout blocking the cycle lanes, especially lorries.

They've had to close it already because some numpty drove into a Belisha beacon.

Fuck's sake.