Funky Nosejob

From the cerebral palsy website. Using proper terminology is empowering Misused, outdated, or negative terminology is inappropriate and hurtful. A person with impairment should not be defined by his or her condition: He is not spastic, he has spastic Cerebral Palsy. Recognizing outdated terminology is respectful: She is not wheelchair-bound, she uses a wheelchair. Eliminating negative tone is respectful: He is not ‘special ed,’ he participates in the special education program. Eliminating disrespectful slang and words that imply victimization is appropriate: He is not a victim, unfortunate, crippled, sufferer, stricken by, retarded, spastic, or incapacitated; he simply has impairment.

Wasn't disabled changed to less abled? It's a minefield man! Ideally, you’d ask the person how they’d like to be identified. I believe the argument against “Special Needs” is that their needs aren’t special, they’re human needs. It does change a lot and, as someone who teaches “Additional Support Needs” swimming lessons, I will occasionally be pulled up on terminology by parents. To show how quickly terms become unacceptable, I can remember as a child that, outside of newsagents, there would be charity statuettes of a child in a wheelchair, prominently displaying the name of the charity it was supporting. That charity’s name was a term that, hopefully, no one today would consider using for someone with cerebral palsy.

Disabled or, preferably, something more specific.

Not sure what’s worst about that one. The saccharine sentimentality, the religious overtones or the use of “special needs” in 2021.

Three times on shorts?

Interesting choice in their ranking of related topics, however. Especially given Labour won it. Or am I just being paranoid?

On a slightly different vibe, this one peaked at No. 8 (in 1990), but first charted in 1989.

A number 21 from 1986 that deserves a place on any discerning 80s playlist

Awkward - Everton set to appoint Rafael Benitez as manager after he agrees three-year deal https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57658102 Has his “small club” jibe been forgiven?

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jun/28/buck-naked-nude-sunbathers-fleeing-deer-fined-for-breaking-sydney-lockdown?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

I’ve found myself humming the intro/rift to “We Gotta Get Out of This Place” by The Animals on multiple occasions over the last two weeks. Not the words or the chorus, just the “Bum, ba ba ba ba ba ba” bit.

Is there an on/off position on the dial, does it beep even when set to that when you open the door? If you change the dial position, even to a different program, it does stop beeping. However, I tend to be doing several batches of laundry at a time, all using the same program. Moving the dial off and back to the desired program means it reverts to the default settings (temperature, time, spin speed) for that program. Going back to my original post, if you try to start a program when the door isn’t properly closed, it alerts you by beeping. So, not only is there definitely a sensor for the door being open or closed, it is already linked to the beeper mechanism.

Helpful - Our washing machine helpfully beeps to let you know when it has finished its program. Annoying - If you open its door and start emptying the laundry out, it keeps on beeping. It won’t start a program unless the door is properly closed, so it must have a sensor that lets it know whether the door is closed or not. Why hasn’t this sensor been incorporated into its “beep when you’re finished” functionality?

It’s sad, but true.

PP free £5 bet builder on England v Germany

Thanks. Perthshire Bell and Paul Cicero now have a new companion

Yes, it’s probably one of the contributing factors. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/jan/03/obesity-soars-alarming-levels-developing-countries?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Comedian John Finnemore’s take on it…

Add me to the list of posters calling bullshit on this. I also notice you’ve also moved the goalposts from depressed and needing medication to “feeling down”. There’s a massive industry built on the premise that people are unhappy because they’re overweight when, as many others have pointed out, people are more likely to be overweight because they’re unhappy. Focusing solely on weight ignores the cause and is never going to be a solution. Losing any weight isn’t going to make them happier and they’ll also struggle to lose weight because the main cause of their unhappiness is still there. By all means, promote exercise as a means to improve mental health but not because it might help people feel happier through weight loss.

Directly from youtube. My daughter has also started misusing "apparently". Dad, you know what? What? (curiously) Billy was off school today. And you know what? What? (tersely) Miss Grant said he’d broken his leg. And you know what? What? (with resignation) …

Avocado?

So away goals will no longer count double?

Retailers rent warehouse space from Amazon for the products they sell through Amazon. Eventually the rental costs and lack of demand make it uneconomic to store the products.

Are there any shenanigans likely with today’s games as teams try to manipulate an easier game in the next round? e.g. Would Sweden benefit from a heavy loss to Poland?