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A mate suggested I get a "mastersizer". I thought he was taking the piss, trying to get me to google some random naughty shit - but no. It is a real thing.

You can post 1000 times. Once you get past that, every time you post it deletes your oldest post.

Hey, it isn't me or my employer that's the problem here. It's the research council!

Was contacted by a funding council at the start of the week. They're having an underspend, and have asked if I can spend money fast. Sure, I said. The caveats are that it must be on scientific equipment. Each item must cost a minimum of £10k. Must be delivered by end of March. Spent three days phoning up suppliers. It's like Brewster's Millions. I'm buying stuff I've never even heard of, never mind used. So far I am at ~£166k, with a further 5 quotes to come in. The timescale means I can't get the really big/cool stuff I would like. But still...new toys.

I am the most non-practical person I know. I'd end up ripping the wheels off the car

Leaving the car park at work yesterday, I went over a speed bump. Felt a bang, and saw a coil spring in my rear view mirror. The left rear one snapped clean off. Drove home doing 50 on the motorway, and the garage says it'll be 2 weeks before they can fit it in.

10 for Wednesday - unexpected

No Chinese race again this year. Still, 23 races in a season is ridiculous. Far too many.

I only have 1 current user left on mine. It's like having a second Dead Pool.

They might have removed the post, but it was equating being transgender with having mental health issues.

You've just given me a mental image of a shop. Looks just like a hairdressers. A lady comes in, takes off her coat and sits in the seat in front of a mirror. A little small talk about holidays and so forth. Then some excited 20-year-old emerges form a wee back room to redden her cheeks.

Er...I think you're missing the word "not" somewhere, Joe.

If you thought the press was bad with Corbyn, they'd be ten times worse on her.

Our updates on the Great Reset, WEF and Replacement Theory have gone now. Detournement is away, having turned himself inside out on the gender debate thread.

well fan for life

No, Chief. You're thinking of Rachel Riley. Susie Dent has been on Countdown for about 30 years.

I can spend money directly in the shop, as I have a Switch card.

Juice 10 for Tuesday

She's not away again until April...

In my case, my brother went out with a girl for a few months and they broke up, but on good terms. He had a new years party and she was there, as was I. I saw him talking to her and thought it was about me. All night she was flirting with me. My brother took me aside and said I should play my cards right, as she was keen. I suspect he was trying to make it happen. She was pretty, but I could never go there. All I kept thinking was "he'll have smacked his knob off her face" - something he said he liked to do. Called it a Slabberdash. She kissed me at the bells and I was really turned off at the thought.

I genuinely enjoyed it a lot. Great storyline.

Don't remember the tank. I was thinking more of the rubber dinosaurs.

At the time, or afterwards?