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On 21/11/2023 at 15:18, Doctor Manhattan said:
Just received my anOrdain Fabrik GMT, which will sadly now have to go back in its box until Xmas. (Santa may yet bring me their Plum Fumé Model 1 with the enamel dial one day, but as that waiting list is still measured in years it could be a while yet.)
The good news is that anOrdain have started taking orders again if you're already on their waiting list, and I have just put down a deposit to reserve one of the earliest available actual build slots. The bad news is that this “early” slot is in – wait for it – 2029!
On the plus side, that gives me 5 years to decide which colour to go for. (Currently still favouring the plum, but the Payne’s Grey is slowly growing on me.) Fingers crossed I’m still alive when the time comes to choose.
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11 minutes ago, tongue_tied_danny said:
I've tried to go pure punk there. I prefer post-punk stuff like Joy Division or The Cure.
There are days when I prefer "Cast Of Thousands" to "Crossing the Red Sea", and "Setting Sons" to "All Mod Cons", but there's no way they can go in a punk list.
I also couldn't quite bring myself to put "Never Mind The Bollocks" in my list, even though "Bodies" would probably make my Top Ten Songs list.
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20 minutes ago, kingjoey said:
Having a pitch inspection 48 hours before kick off, and before another deluge between then and kick off, seems just a tad pointless. This game has Dundee P, Motherwell P written all over it.
Not another fucking draw? I'd take the point now, tbqhwy.
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1. Stiff Little Fingers – Inflammable Material
2. The Adverts – Crossing the Red Sea with The Adverts
3. The Stranglers – Rattus Norvegicus
4. Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
5. The Jam – All Mod ConsIs 5 punk? Close enough, I'd say.
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26 minutes ago, ropy said:
Is Scot Foam different from other foam?
is the Foam the reason all the water is required?
My head knows it's insulation, but every time I see it I can't help hearing the Cresta bear...
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18 minutes ago, Phillips455 said:
Pass the first pitch inspection. But will it past the next 10?
20 minutes ago, YassinMoutaouakil said:I really hope it does end up being getting played somewhere else for the novelty.
Play the first half in Dundee, then if the pitch is fucked everyone has 30 minutes to get to Perth for the second half, Death Race 2000 style.
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5 minutes ago, Ron Aldo said:
It's a family but the dad is in charge.
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A "US-based family". It's the Glazers, isn't it?
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14 minutes ago, welshbairn said:
What's a reflective essay/account?
For those of a certain age, it's a relatively recent development designed to elicit not "what you know" but "what you know you know", and how your learning and self-actualisation might be bettered going forward. If you've already passed the actual exams/coursework with flying colours it's the icing on the cake. If you're on a borderline pass/fail situation, it can actually tip the balance for you one way or the other. "Aye, turns out I know f**k all, but I'm smart enough to realise that now and I promise to study more next time rather than pissing the whole term away down the snooker club."
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21 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said:
The top flight is shite and boring, but the tier below get a decent churn which makes them more exciting in terms of sides.
You make the top flight 2-4 clubs bigger, then you end up with the top flight still having 90% of the same sides just recycling, but also pass that down to the second tier.
Easily fixed. Fire Celtic and Rangers into a central African league (or the sun, either works for me) then have two divisions of 18, with 9 promoted/relegated every season.
Well, a man can dream...
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6 minutes ago, TheScarf said:
'Ah f**k it then, I'm not going, it's meaningless.'
It's funny how everyone seems to want a rare away day when the third round cup draw comes along, but is presumed to be just fine about playing Ross County or St Johnstone (or Motherwell, of course) four times a season. You seldom hear anyone saying, "Brilliant, it's Livingston again tomorrow!"
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1 minute ago, kennie makevin said:
Kick out the Old Firm, scrap the split and have two divisions playing each other twice.
ToO mAnY MeAnInGleSS gAMeS
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Just now, pozbaird said:
It’s not been very good. Newcastle v West Ham was far more fun.
What's the difference between this game and the eye-bleeding fare served up at Fir Park yesterday?
About £2bn.
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1 hour ago, Dagdagh said:
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3 minutes ago, pozbaird said:
Come on lads, we’re all better than that.
You're right, and I would like to offer my apologies to anyone who was offended by what was merely a bit of light hearted banter designed to take our minds off the eye-bleeding fare served up at Fir Park today.
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43 minutes ago, Dagdagh said:
I was. Nice attempt at deflection there though. Any other racial stereotypes you want to trot out?
You're taking this WAY too seriously. Any dog-eating slur was aimed at Paisley, although I'm heartened you took the time to Google "Yulin".
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3 minutes ago, Dagdagh said:
Napalm flashback?
3 minutes ago, Dagdagh said:Stay classy.
You were saying?
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20 minutes ago, Dagdagh said:
Well Paisley does have a Yuan Dynasty vibe about it.
You sure you don't mean "a Yulin vibe"?
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1 hour ago, HibeeJibee said:
which suggests it might have been unintentional foolishness in uploading them alongside usual mixture of full class, individual and group photos rather than premeditated exclusion.
See, that's something I hadn't thought of. It would still be pretty stupid, even if accidental, but still infinitely better than explicitly asking "Would you like yours with or without?"
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1 minute ago, Jacksgranda said:
What the hell size of ice cream are you buying where you require a deposit?
I bought two small 99's not long back from a van in Luss, and in came to £12.
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2 minutes ago, VincentGuerin said:
Oh my God.
No offence, mate. This isn't worth my time.
I'm on this forum to annoy Hibs and Aberdeen fans. Cherio.
A laudable aim.
Shame, though, I found it a nice distraction from the tedium of Wrexham v Mansfield. Toodle pipski.
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1 minute ago, Jacksgranda said:
As far as I know, you have to ensure you don't die within 5 (?) years of making your gift.
It may also need to be over a certain value before it would attract attention.
So, pretty vague, there, then.
I think it's 7 years, but it was more a question about the principle than the practice. If I won a million on the lottery, what's the difference between me gifting it to my kids now (assuming I don't die soon afterwards) as opposed to waiting until I die and seeing 40% of it disappear in IHT?
Questions about social equity, while obviously relatively inseparable, weren't uppermost in my mind when I posed the original question.
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14 minutes ago, VincentGuerin said:
There's no difference. The passing on of wealth perpetuates inequality. There's no way around that.
100% inheritance tax is not happening, and it's not worth using as a talking point, as some posters on the thread are looking for the most extreme views to discredit the basic idea.
But there should be societal controls on how much an individual can benefit from the lottery of life at the expense of others. British newspapers (owned by billionaires) label my kind of thinking negatively. Politic of envy. Idealism. COMMUNISM. Whatever.
The basic principle is one that is very hard to argue against. Who your parents are should not be the defining factor of your economic circumstances. Yet, currently, it's a massive factor. Too big.
This argument seems to imply that not only should government/society/whoever dictate what happens to your money after you die, they can also proscribe what you can do with it at any time while you're still alive. Where's the line to be drawn between buying your kids an ice cream and buying them a house? (Or at least helping out with the deposit?)
The distribution of wealth (both absolute and relative) is a subject that long predates communism, and maybe even capitalism itself. Did you ever read Aristophanes' "Plutus"?
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5 minutes ago, VincentGuerin said:
The urge to help your kids is understandable. But it's also something that is unquestionably damaging to society.
I get that people in the position to do so need to push that out of their minds, but it's a fact.
For those in a position to do so (not me, for the avoidance of doubt) what's the difference between helping your kids while you're alive, as opposed to doing so after you're dead? Surely all that a 100% inheritance tax would accomplish would be to skew things towards the first option.
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