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His mother was very brave. During WW2 in Athens she sheltered a Jewish family from the Nazis. She's remembered as one of the Righteous in Yad Vashem and is buried in Jerusalem. Philip went to receive an award given to her after her death.WhisperingOracle said:
His father seemed to have a bad end, too. Gambling away his money and reputation in the Cote d'Azur, while at least his mother did some good works in Greece.ydoethur said:
As was quite common for the royal families of Europe in that time, of course. There was even a book about it called The Republic of Kings.TheScreamingEagles said:@scribblercat: Prince Philip was a stateless refugee. Remember that.
I do that with my family.Floater said:
I worked with a Lebanese guy like that - absolutely amazing to watch him switch between languagesTimT said:
I thought he was multilingual. English, French and German. Reminds me of many Lebanese I know, who switch effortlessly between English, Arabic and French, frequently in the same sentence, e.g. "Hi, bonjour alaakum"Gardenwalker said:PB will know.
What was Prince Philip’s native language?
He was born in Greece.
His mother spoke English and German (and went on to learn French and Greek).
His father spoke Greek (but also Danish, German, French, English and Russian).
He was raised in France until aged 10, but I think had an English governess?
Philip was baptised in the Greek Orthodox Church, but claimed to feel “Danish”.1 -
Well that went well.Leon said:
Fuck off, you smelly socialist hobgoblin. If you don't like hysterical 24/7 coverage of the TRAGIC DEATH OF A 99 YEAR OLD MAN, TAKEN BEFORE HIS TIME go and live IN ANOTHER COUNTRYbigjohnowls said:
He wasn’t Kim Jong-Un he was Prince Phillip. and the Mission of the BBC is to produce programmes serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high-quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain.Casino_Royale said:
The BBC is a national broadcaster. This is a hugely significant event in our history and national story. It is being treated with the importance and respect that deserves.bigjohnowls said:
No excuse for filling all BBC channels with one programme and suspending all alternative output.Casino_Royale said:
He's been dead less than 10 hours.bigjohnowls said:
You are entitled to your opinion and you can watch as much coverage as you wish why not watch on BBC1 and BBC2 on two separate sets. BBC4 programming cancelled so the rest of us can watch a black screenkle4 said:
Well, there are a lot of snowflakes out there. And yes, people who complain about too much coverage within hours of it starting definitely seems snowflakey to me.bigjohnowls said:If you go to the BBC complaints website they've put up a special link regarding complaining about there being too much coverage so people only have to register their email address for it.....it implies there gave been a LOT of complaints...
Fill your sycophantic boots
Me i am part of the highest number of complaints in history of man about our public broadcaster
My daughter has just cancelled her licence fee WHAT A SNOWFLAKE!
Is not as if most sycophants can watch all the channels at the same time.
You have a case if it extends beyond 24-48 hours. For now, you don't.
Failing on the ALL AUDIENCES
Failing on DINSTINCTIVE
Failing on ENTERTAIN1 -
The US is doing fine while people are fighting their way to the myriad of doors behind which they can get the vaccine. Their problem will be when they have to go out chasing the remainder.MaxPB said:
I've heard it's just going to be a constant rate of about 1.2m doses per week after the ramp up from 500k per week initially, the whole order should be fulfilled by the middle of July. I'm also informed that the government is now inquiring about purchasing a lot of Gen 2 Pfizer and Moderna doses for delivery in Q3/4 now that US production capacity is becoming available for international delivery because of expected changes by Biden to US contracts.rcs1000 said:
Do you know how our priorities work at Moderna? I heard that they are fulfilling Switzerland and the UK's initial 7m dose order first, and then our next 10m are going to be comingled with the EU order.MaxPB said:
It's just GP appointments that are being paused. Vaccine centres will continue to do first doses, mostly with Moderna.rcs1000 said:
Hang on: where is the Moderna going? It can't go for second doses, because hardly any one has it yet.MarqueeMark said:
UK vaccine supply really has crashed.rottenborough said:GP-led sites will not receive any new first-dose Covid vaccine deliveries at all over the next two weeks, NHS England has said.
Pulse magazine.
I wonder if we will discover there has been "stuff" going on in the background? Not until we are swimming with it in a couple of months though.
But, of course, I learned that from a bloke on the Internet, so it could be complete rubbish.2 -
When you see him interviewed, especially on Fox, Buttigieg is just incredibly articulate and persuasive, the best I have seen since a young Bill Clinton. But I am not sure that the Transport Secretary is going to get more attention than the VP, especially when Harris is chairing a 50:50 split Senate where tight votes can be anticipated.3
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He didn't see much of his parents as for much of his teens as his mother was in a psychiatric hospital, and his father playing cards in the South of France. When asked what language he spoke at home, he replied "what home?"Cyclefree said:
His mother was very brave. During WW2 in Athens she sheltered a Jewish family from the Nazis. She's remembered as one of the Righteous in Yad Vashem and is buried in Jerusalem. Philip went to receive an award given to her after her death.WhisperingOracle said:
His father seemed to have a bad end, too. Gambling away his money and reputation in the Cote d'Azur, while at least his mother did some good works in Greece.ydoethur said:
As was quite common for the royal families of Europe in that time, of course. There was even a book about it called The Republic of Kings.TheScreamingEagles said:@scribblercat: Prince Philip was a stateless refugee. Remember that.
I do that with my family.Floater said:
I worked with a Lebanese guy like that - absolutely amazing to watch him switch between languagesTimT said:
I thought he was multilingual. English, French and German. Reminds me of many Lebanese I know, who switch effortlessly between English, Arabic and French, frequently in the same sentence, e.g. "Hi, bonjour alaakum"Gardenwalker said:PB will know.
What was Prince Philip’s native language?
He was born in Greece.
His mother spoke English and German (and went on to learn French and Greek).
His father spoke Greek (but also Danish, German, French, English and Russian).
He was raised in France until aged 10, but I think had an English governess?
Philip was baptised in the Greek Orthodox Church, but claimed to feel “Danish”.
He wasn't very keen on Greece, and never went there after leaving as a child.
Two things that I learned today.0 -
Which languages?Cyclefree said:
His mother was very brave. During WW2 in Athens she sheltered a Jewish family from the Nazis. She's remembered as one of the Righteous in Yad Vashem and is buried in Jerusalem. Philip went to receive an award given to her after her death.WhisperingOracle said:
His father seemed to have a bad end, too. Gambling away his money and reputation in the Cote d'Azur, while at least his mother did some good works in Greece.ydoethur said:
As was quite common for the royal families of Europe in that time, of course. There was even a book about it called The Republic of Kings.TheScreamingEagles said:@scribblercat: Prince Philip was a stateless refugee. Remember that.
I do that with my family.Floater said:
I worked with a Lebanese guy like that - absolutely amazing to watch him switch between languagesTimT said:
I thought he was multilingual. English, French and German. Reminds me of many Lebanese I know, who switch effortlessly between English, Arabic and French, frequently in the same sentence, e.g. "Hi, bonjour alaakum"Gardenwalker said:PB will know.
What was Prince Philip’s native language?
He was born in Greece.
His mother spoke English and German (and went on to learn French and Greek).
His father spoke Greek (but also Danish, German, French, English and Russian).
He was raised in France until aged 10, but I think had an English governess?
Philip was baptised in the Greek Orthodox Church, but claimed to feel “Danish”.0 -
They keep saying he’d have hated all the fuss. Can you start spinning before you do the final drop?
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I know how this particular battle plays out. We've been here before. This, I suspect, is Death of the Queen Mum 2.0Omnium said:
Well that went well.Leon said:
Fuck off, you smelly socialist hobgoblin. If you don't like hysterical 24/7 coverage of the TRAGIC DEATH OF A 99 YEAR OLD MAN, TAKEN BEFORE HIS TIME go and live IN ANOTHER COUNTRYbigjohnowls said:
He wasn’t Kim Jong-Un he was Prince Phillip. and the Mission of the BBC is to produce programmes serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high-quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain.Casino_Royale said:
The BBC is a national broadcaster. This is a hugely significant event in our history and national story. It is being treated with the importance and respect that deserves.bigjohnowls said:
No excuse for filling all BBC channels with one programme and suspending all alternative output.Casino_Royale said:
He's been dead less than 10 hours.bigjohnowls said:
You are entitled to your opinion and you can watch as much coverage as you wish why not watch on BBC1 and BBC2 on two separate sets. BBC4 programming cancelled so the rest of us can watch a black screenkle4 said:
Well, there are a lot of snowflakes out there. And yes, people who complain about too much coverage within hours of it starting definitely seems snowflakey to me.bigjohnowls said:If you go to the BBC complaints website they've put up a special link regarding complaining about there being too much coverage so people only have to register their email address for it.....it implies there gave been a LOT of complaints...
Fill your sycophantic boots
Me i am part of the highest number of complaints in history of man about our public broadcaster
My daughter has just cancelled her licence fee WHAT A SNOWFLAKE!
Is not as if most sycophants can watch all the channels at the same time.
You have a case if it extends beyond 24-48 hours. For now, you don't.
Failing on the ALL AUDIENCES
Failing on DINSTINCTIVE
Failing on ENTERTAIN
The BBC apparently over-reacts, presenters weep, Huw Edwards ululates in a shroud, even Gary Lineker is seen pouring soft grey ashes over his oddly tiny head, on Match of the Day
A LOT of people complain about the postponement of the Masterchef Final, and discovering whether Alexina won with her Franco-Asian fusion. It seems like a national mood shift, away from monarchy
The Guardian seizes the moment, it publishes sonorous editorials, softly announcing the end of British monarchism, in tones both regretful and slightly gleeful; lefties jump on the bandwagon and say quite nasty things
Then the public notices, and, even tho it is bored witless by the grieving, says Eff Off, we are still monarchists, we just missed Masterchef, and, in loyalty to the Queen, violently sacks the Guardian offices (or there is some other demonstration of public fealty)
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The call to prayer in the coffee lounge at Dubai airport at 3am is rather unsettling in between two 12-hour flights.Sandpit said:
One of the things most missed when living abroad. Church bells.Alphabet_Soup said:Working in the garden this evening I heard a single church bell tolling for the Duke - an unexpectedly moving event. In spite of being irreligious I've missed the bells this past year and that plodding funereal monotone sent a shiver down my spine.
Far away across the field
The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spell
Mosques calling the faithful to prayer are not quite the same.2 -
The commenter underneath is correct. This is designed to trigger certain people. Resist. TUD, resist. Do not be Big John OwlsTheuniondivvie said:They keep saying he’d have hated all the fuss. Can you start spinning before you do the final drop?
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The biggest crunch on 1st doses always was going to be AprilMaxPB said:
It's just GP appointments that are being paused. Vaccine centres will continue to do first doses, mostly with Moderna.rcs1000 said:
Hang on: where is the Moderna going? It can't go for second doses, because hardly any one has it yet.MarqueeMark said:
UK vaccine supply really has crashed.rottenborough said:GP-led sites will not receive any new first-dose Covid vaccine deliveries at all over the next two weeks, NHS England has said.
Pulse magazine.
I wonder if we will discover there has been "stuff" going on in the background? Not until we are swimming with it in a couple of months though.0 -
Italian, English and, occasionally, a bit of Neapolitan. Used to do it in French with my grandmother. My mother spoke French and Italian at home as a matter of course as her grandmother, who lived with them, was French.Benpointer said:
Which languages?Cyclefree said:
His mother was very brave. During WW2 in Athens she sheltered a Jewish family from the Nazis. She's remembered as one of the Righteous in Yad Vashem and is buried in Jerusalem. Philip went to receive an award given to her after her death.WhisperingOracle said:
His father seemed to have a bad end, too. Gambling away his money and reputation in the Cote d'Azur, while at least his mother did some good works in Greece.ydoethur said:
As was quite common for the royal families of Europe in that time, of course. There was even a book about it called The Republic of Kings.TheScreamingEagles said:@scribblercat: Prince Philip was a stateless refugee. Remember that.
I do that with my family.Floater said:
I worked with a Lebanese guy like that - absolutely amazing to watch him switch between languagesTimT said:
I thought he was multilingual. English, French and German. Reminds me of many Lebanese I know, who switch effortlessly between English, Arabic and French, frequently in the same sentence, e.g. "Hi, bonjour alaakum"Gardenwalker said:PB will know.
What was Prince Philip’s native language?
He was born in Greece.
His mother spoke English and German (and went on to learn French and Greek).
His father spoke Greek (but also Danish, German, French, English and Russian).
He was raised in France until aged 10, but I think had an English governess?
Philip was baptised in the Greek Orthodox Church, but claimed to feel “Danish”.
I spoke Italian before I spoke English. When I went to university one of my friends used to comment that my English was not quite the English of a native.1 -
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Yes and we're still going to do 3-4m over the month so it's not a huge disaster and reduces the debt of second doses in June which will need to be a big month to get all over 18s offered a first dose and more than 75% a second dose so the final unlockdown step isn't followed by a major outbreak.Pulpstar said:
The biggest crunch on 1st doses always was going to be AprilMaxPB said:
It's just GP appointments that are being paused. Vaccine centres will continue to do first doses, mostly with Moderna.rcs1000 said:
Hang on: where is the Moderna going? It can't go for second doses, because hardly any one has it yet.MarqueeMark said:
UK vaccine supply really has crashed.rottenborough said:GP-led sites will not receive any new first-dose Covid vaccine deliveries at all over the next two weeks, NHS England has said.
Pulse magazine.
I wonder if we will discover there has been "stuff" going on in the background? Not until we are swimming with it in a couple of months though.0 -
It's not the fact of coverage which bothers me so much as the fact that so much of it is witless. Endless interviews of people who met him for 5 minutes are not really very interesting. The royal commentators who turn up are even worse. Just show us a documentary about his life - maybe even some interviews with him rather than talking heads.Leon said:
I know how this particular battle plays out. We've been here before. This, I suspect, is Death of the Queen Mum 2.0Omnium said:
Well that went well.Leon said:
Fuck off, you smelly socialist hobgoblin. If you don't like hysterical 24/7 coverage of the TRAGIC DEATH OF A 99 YEAR OLD MAN, TAKEN BEFORE HIS TIME go and live IN ANOTHER COUNTRYbigjohnowls said:
He wasn’t Kim Jong-Un he was Prince Phillip. and the Mission of the BBC is to produce programmes serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high-quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain.Casino_Royale said:
The BBC is a national broadcaster. This is a hugely significant event in our history and national story. It is being treated with the importance and respect that deserves.bigjohnowls said:
No excuse for filling all BBC channels with one programme and suspending all alternative output.Casino_Royale said:
He's been dead less than 10 hours.bigjohnowls said:
You are entitled to your opinion and you can watch as much coverage as you wish why not watch on BBC1 and BBC2 on two separate sets. BBC4 programming cancelled so the rest of us can watch a black screenkle4 said:
Well, there are a lot of snowflakes out there. And yes, people who complain about too much coverage within hours of it starting definitely seems snowflakey to me.bigjohnowls said:If you go to the BBC complaints website they've put up a special link regarding complaining about there being too much coverage so people only have to register their email address for it.....it implies there gave been a LOT of complaints...
Fill your sycophantic boots
Me i am part of the highest number of complaints in history of man about our public broadcaster
My daughter has just cancelled her licence fee WHAT A SNOWFLAKE!
Is not as if most sycophants can watch all the channels at the same time.
You have a case if it extends beyond 24-48 hours. For now, you don't.
Failing on the ALL AUDIENCES
Failing on DINSTINCTIVE
Failing on ENTERTAIN
The BBC apparently over-reacts, presenters weep, Huw Edwards ululates in a shroud, even Gary Lineker is seen pouring soft grey ashes over his oddly tiny head, on Match of the Day
A LOT of people complain about the postponement of the Masterchef Final, and discovering whether Alexina won with her Franco-Asian fusion. It seems like a national mood shift, away from monarchy
The Guardian seizes the moment, it publishes sonorous editorials, softly announcing the end of British monarchism, in tones both regretful and slightly gleeful; lefties jump on the bandwagon and say quite nasty things
Then the public notices, and, even tho it is bored witless by the grieving, says Eff Off, we are still monarchists, we just missed Masterchef, and, in loyalty to the Queen, violently sacks the Guardian offices (or there is some other demonstration of public fealty)
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I will PM you my Twitter feed jokes shortly.Leon said:
Fuck off, you smelly socialist hobgoblin. If you don't like hysterical 24/7 coverage of the TRAGIC DEATH OF A 99 YEAR OLD MAN, TAKEN BEFORE HIS TIME go and live IN ANOTHER COUNTRYbigjohnowls said:
He wasn’t Kim Jong-Un he was Prince Phillip. and the Mission of the BBC is to produce programmes serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high-quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain.Casino_Royale said:
The BBC is a national broadcaster. This is a hugely significant event in our history and national story. It is being treated with the importance and respect that deserves.bigjohnowls said:
No excuse for filling all BBC channels with one programme and suspending all alternative output.Casino_Royale said:
He's been dead less than 10 hours.bigjohnowls said:
You are entitled to your opinion and you can watch as much coverage as you wish why not watch on BBC1 and BBC2 on two separate sets. BBC4 programming cancelled so the rest of us can watch a black screenkle4 said:
Well, there are a lot of snowflakes out there. And yes, people who complain about too much coverage within hours of it starting definitely seems snowflakey to me.bigjohnowls said:If you go to the BBC complaints website they've put up a special link regarding complaining about there being too much coverage so people only have to register their email address for it.....it implies there gave been a LOT of complaints...
Fill your sycophantic boots
Me i am part of the highest number of complaints in history of man about our public broadcaster
My daughter has just cancelled her licence fee WHAT A SNOWFLAKE!
Is not as if most sycophants can watch all the channels at the same time.
You have a case if it extends beyond 24-48 hours. For now, you don't.
Failing on the ALL AUDIENCES
Failing on DINSTINCTIVE
Failing on ENTERTAIN
And this is my country too so Fuck your Fascist Arse out of here.1 -
Malta will give you spending money if you stay there in a hotel this summer.
Meanwhile I see the French are boldly jumping straight into mixing and matching vaccines. Probably right, but a gamble similar to ours with the 12 week gap.0 -
Personally nothing against the man he did more good than harmbut I dont like 24/7 coverage either and its perhaps you should go live in a foreign country where that sort of thing is expected....north korea maybe I am sure they have a roach motel you could reviewbigjohnowls said:
I will PM you my Twitter feed jokes shortly.Leon said:
Fuck off, you smelly socialist hobgoblin. If you don't like hysterical 24/7 coverage of the TRAGIC DEATH OF A 99 YEAR OLD MAN, TAKEN BEFORE HIS TIME go and live IN ANOTHER COUNTRYbigjohnowls said:
He wasn’t Kim Jong-Un he was Prince Phillip. and the Mission of the BBC is to produce programmes serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high-quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain.Casino_Royale said:
The BBC is a national broadcaster. This is a hugely significant event in our history and national story. It is being treated with the importance and respect that deserves.bigjohnowls said:
No excuse for filling all BBC channels with one programme and suspending all alternative output.Casino_Royale said:
He's been dead less than 10 hours.bigjohnowls said:
You are entitled to your opinion and you can watch as much coverage as you wish why not watch on BBC1 and BBC2 on two separate sets. BBC4 programming cancelled so the rest of us can watch a black screenkle4 said:
Well, there are a lot of snowflakes out there. And yes, people who complain about too much coverage within hours of it starting definitely seems snowflakey to me.bigjohnowls said:If you go to the BBC complaints website they've put up a special link regarding complaining about there being too much coverage so people only have to register their email address for it.....it implies there gave been a LOT of complaints...
Fill your sycophantic boots
Me i am part of the highest number of complaints in history of man about our public broadcaster
My daughter has just cancelled her licence fee WHAT A SNOWFLAKE!
Is not as if most sycophants can watch all the channels at the same time.
You have a case if it extends beyond 24-48 hours. For now, you don't.
Failing on the ALL AUDIENCES
Failing on DINSTINCTIVE
Failing on ENTERTAIN
And this is my country too so Fuck your Fascist Arse out of here.0 -
No, I'm sorry, I'm actually quite fond of you, as a somewhat witless, elderly, Labour-voting anti-Semite and racist. Yes, you do have these flaws (I find your anti-African bigotry and hatred especially difficult), but we all have strange older friends (a bit like Prince Philip)bigjohnowls said:
I will PM you my Twitter feed jokes shortly.Leon said:
Fuck off, you smelly socialist hobgoblin. If you don't like hysterical 24/7 coverage of the TRAGIC DEATH OF A 99 YEAR OLD MAN, TAKEN BEFORE HIS TIME go and live IN ANOTHER COUNTRYbigjohnowls said:
He wasn’t Kim Jong-Un he was Prince Phillip. and the Mission of the BBC is to produce programmes serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high-quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain.Casino_Royale said:
The BBC is a national broadcaster. This is a hugely significant event in our history and national story. It is being treated with the importance and respect that deserves.bigjohnowls said:
No excuse for filling all BBC channels with one programme and suspending all alternative output.Casino_Royale said:
He's been dead less than 10 hours.bigjohnowls said:
You are entitled to your opinion and you can watch as much coverage as you wish why not watch on BBC1 and BBC2 on two separate sets. BBC4 programming cancelled so the rest of us can watch a black screenkle4 said:
Well, there are a lot of snowflakes out there. And yes, people who complain about too much coverage within hours of it starting definitely seems snowflakey to me.bigjohnowls said:If you go to the BBC complaints website they've put up a special link regarding complaining about there being too much coverage so people only have to register their email address for it.....it implies there gave been a LOT of complaints...
Fill your sycophantic boots
Me i am part of the highest number of complaints in history of man about our public broadcaster
My daughter has just cancelled her licence fee WHAT A SNOWFLAKE!
Is not as if most sycophants can watch all the channels at the same time.
You have a case if it extends beyond 24-48 hours. For now, you don't.
Failing on the ALL AUDIENCES
Failing on DINSTINCTIVE
Failing on ENTERTAIN
And this is my country too so Fuck your Fascist Arse out of here.
But you have crossed a line here. You need to leave the country, and never come back, within the next 18 hours-1 -
Mayor Pete is fantastic. America needs progress - a gay former mayor of nowhere as President would be progress.0
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I've been learning Italian, or - studio italiano per un anno. Ho iniziato a marzo l'anno scorso, è stato il mio lockdown regalo. È molto difficile.Cyclefree said:
Italian, English and, occasionally, a bit of Neapolitan. Used to do it in French with my grandmother. My mother spoke French and Italian at home as a matter of course as her grandmother, who lived with them, was French.Benpointer said:
Which languages?Cyclefree said:
His mother was very brave. During WW2 in Athens she sheltered a Jewish family from the Nazis. She's remembered as one of the Righteous in Yad Vashem and is buried in Jerusalem. Philip went to receive an award given to her after her death.WhisperingOracle said:
His father seemed to have a bad end, too. Gambling away his money and reputation in the Cote d'Azur, while at least his mother did some good works in Greece.ydoethur said:
As was quite common for the royal families of Europe in that time, of course. There was even a book about it called The Republic of Kings.TheScreamingEagles said:@scribblercat: Prince Philip was a stateless refugee. Remember that.
I do that with my family.Floater said:
I worked with a Lebanese guy like that - absolutely amazing to watch him switch between languagesTimT said:
I thought he was multilingual. English, French and German. Reminds me of many Lebanese I know, who switch effortlessly between English, Arabic and French, frequently in the same sentence, e.g. "Hi, bonjour alaakum"Gardenwalker said:PB will know.
What was Prince Philip’s native language?
He was born in Greece.
His mother spoke English and German (and went on to learn French and Greek).
His father spoke Greek (but also Danish, German, French, English and Russian).
He was raised in France until aged 10, but I think had an English governess?
Philip was baptised in the Greek Orthodox Church, but claimed to feel “Danish”.
I spoke Italian before I spoke English. When I went to university one of my friends used to comment that my English was not quite the English of a native.0 -
Waitrose just sent me a deepest condolences email. How many other online suppliers are going to be doing the same?0
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He needs an electoral stepping stone to the Presidency - which probably means a Govenorship or Senate seat. The problem he has is that Indiana is not fertile territory, even for one as bright as him.DavidL said:When you see him interviewed, especially on Fox, Buttigieg is just incredibly articulate and persuasive, the best I have seen since a young Bill Clinton. But I am not sure that the Transport Secretary is going to get more attention than the VP, especially when Harris is chairing a 50:50 split Senate where tight votes can be anticipated.
That said, I'm sure the Biden/Harris White House would be very keen to champion him for somewhere appropriate...0 -
Sweet talking will get you nowhereLeon said:
No, I'm sorry, I'm actually quite fond of you, as a somewhat witless, elderly, Labour-voting anti-Semite and racist. Yes, you do have these flaws (I find your anti-African bigotry and hatred especially difficult), but we all have strange older friends (a bit like Prince Philip)bigjohnowls said:
I will PM you my Twitter feed jokes shortly.Leon said:
Fuck off, you smelly socialist hobgoblin. If you don't like hysterical 24/7 coverage of the TRAGIC DEATH OF A 99 YEAR OLD MAN, TAKEN BEFORE HIS TIME go and live IN ANOTHER COUNTRYbigjohnowls said:
He wasn’t Kim Jong-Un he was Prince Phillip. and the Mission of the BBC is to produce programmes serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high-quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain.Casino_Royale said:
The BBC is a national broadcaster. This is a hugely significant event in our history and national story. It is being treated with the importance and respect that deserves.bigjohnowls said:
No excuse for filling all BBC channels with one programme and suspending all alternative output.Casino_Royale said:
He's been dead less than 10 hours.bigjohnowls said:
You are entitled to your opinion and you can watch as much coverage as you wish why not watch on BBC1 and BBC2 on two separate sets. BBC4 programming cancelled so the rest of us can watch a black screenkle4 said:
Well, there are a lot of snowflakes out there. And yes, people who complain about too much coverage within hours of it starting definitely seems snowflakey to me.bigjohnowls said:If you go to the BBC complaints website they've put up a special link regarding complaining about there being too much coverage so people only have to register their email address for it.....it implies there gave been a LOT of complaints...
Fill your sycophantic boots
Me i am part of the highest number of complaints in history of man about our public broadcaster
My daughter has just cancelled her licence fee WHAT A SNOWFLAKE!
Is not as if most sycophants can watch all the channels at the same time.
You have a case if it extends beyond 24-48 hours. For now, you don't.
Failing on the ALL AUDIENCES
Failing on DINSTINCTIVE
Failing on ENTERTAIN
And this is my country too so Fuck your Fascist Arse out of here.
But you have crossed a line here. You need to leave the country, and never come back, within the next 18 hours
I am enjoying my access to the kids again now
How about you?0 -
Pian pianino ci arriveraiMaxPB said:
I've been learning Italian, or - studio italiano per un anno. Ho iniziato a marzo l'anno scorso, è stato il mio lockdown regalo. È molto difficile.Cyclefree said:
Italian, English and, occasionally, a bit of Neapolitan. Used to do it in French with my grandmother. My mother spoke French and Italian at home as a matter of course as her grandmother, who lived with them, was French.Benpointer said:
Which languages?Cyclefree said:
His mother was very brave. During WW2 in Athens she sheltered a Jewish family from the Nazis. She's remembered as one of the Righteous in Yad Vashem and is buried in Jerusalem. Philip went to receive an award given to her after her death.WhisperingOracle said:
His father seemed to have a bad end, too. Gambling away his money and reputation in the Cote d'Azur, while at least his mother did some good works in Greece.ydoethur said:
As was quite common for the royal families of Europe in that time, of course. There was even a book about it called The Republic of Kings.TheScreamingEagles said:@scribblercat: Prince Philip was a stateless refugee. Remember that.
I do that with my family.Floater said:
I worked with a Lebanese guy like that - absolutely amazing to watch him switch between languagesTimT said:
I thought he was multilingual. English, French and German. Reminds me of many Lebanese I know, who switch effortlessly between English, Arabic and French, frequently in the same sentence, e.g. "Hi, bonjour alaakum"Gardenwalker said:PB will know.
What was Prince Philip’s native language?
He was born in Greece.
His mother spoke English and German (and went on to learn French and Greek).
His father spoke Greek (but also Danish, German, French, English and Russian).
He was raised in France until aged 10, but I think had an English governess?
Philip was baptised in the Greek Orthodox Church, but claimed to feel “Danish”.
I spoke Italian before I spoke English. When I went to university one of my friends used to comment that my English was not quite the English of a native.0 -
Banished for 18 hours - harsh.Leon said:
No, I'm sorry, I'm actually quite fond of you, as a somewhat witless, elderly, Labour-voting anti-Semite and racist. Yes, you do have these flaws (I find your anti-African bigotry and hatred especially difficult), but we all have strange older friends (a bit like Prince Philip)bigjohnowls said:
I will PM you my Twitter feed jokes shortly.Leon said:
Fuck off, you smelly socialist hobgoblin. If you don't like hysterical 24/7 coverage of the TRAGIC DEATH OF A 99 YEAR OLD MAN, TAKEN BEFORE HIS TIME go and live IN ANOTHER COUNTRYbigjohnowls said:
He wasn’t Kim Jong-Un he was Prince Phillip. and the Mission of the BBC is to produce programmes serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high-quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain.Casino_Royale said:
The BBC is a national broadcaster. This is a hugely significant event in our history and national story. It is being treated with the importance and respect that deserves.bigjohnowls said:
No excuse for filling all BBC channels with one programme and suspending all alternative output.Casino_Royale said:
He's been dead less than 10 hours.bigjohnowls said:
You are entitled to your opinion and you can watch as much coverage as you wish why not watch on BBC1 and BBC2 on two separate sets. BBC4 programming cancelled so the rest of us can watch a black screenkle4 said:
Well, there are a lot of snowflakes out there. And yes, people who complain about too much coverage within hours of it starting definitely seems snowflakey to me.bigjohnowls said:If you go to the BBC complaints website they've put up a special link regarding complaining about there being too much coverage so people only have to register their email address for it.....it implies there gave been a LOT of complaints...
Fill your sycophantic boots
Me i am part of the highest number of complaints in history of man about our public broadcaster
My daughter has just cancelled her licence fee WHAT A SNOWFLAKE!
Is not as if most sycophants can watch all the channels at the same time.
You have a case if it extends beyond 24-48 hours. For now, you don't.
Failing on the ALL AUDIENCES
Failing on DINSTINCTIVE
Failing on ENTERTAIN
And this is my country too so Fuck your Fascist Arse out of here.
But you have crossed a line here. You need to leave the country, and never come back, within the next 18 hours1 -
There’s never been any restrictions on visiting baby goats.bigjohnowls said:
Sweet talking will get you nowhereLeon said:
No, I'm sorry, I'm actually quite fond of you, as a somewhat witless, elderly, Labour-voting anti-Semite and racist. Yes, you do have these flaws (I find your anti-African bigotry and hatred especially difficult), but we all have strange older friends (a bit like Prince Philip)bigjohnowls said:
I will PM you my Twitter feed jokes shortly.Leon said:
Fuck off, you smelly socialist hobgoblin. If you don't like hysterical 24/7 coverage of the TRAGIC DEATH OF A 99 YEAR OLD MAN, TAKEN BEFORE HIS TIME go and live IN ANOTHER COUNTRYbigjohnowls said:
He wasn’t Kim Jong-Un he was Prince Phillip. and the Mission of the BBC is to produce programmes serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high-quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain.Casino_Royale said:
The BBC is a national broadcaster. This is a hugely significant event in our history and national story. It is being treated with the importance and respect that deserves.bigjohnowls said:
No excuse for filling all BBC channels with one programme and suspending all alternative output.Casino_Royale said:
He's been dead less than 10 hours.bigjohnowls said:
You are entitled to your opinion and you can watch as much coverage as you wish why not watch on BBC1 and BBC2 on two separate sets. BBC4 programming cancelled so the rest of us can watch a black screenkle4 said:
Well, there are a lot of snowflakes out there. And yes, people who complain about too much coverage within hours of it starting definitely seems snowflakey to me.bigjohnowls said:If you go to the BBC complaints website they've put up a special link regarding complaining about there being too much coverage so people only have to register their email address for it.....it implies there gave been a LOT of complaints...
Fill your sycophantic boots
Me i am part of the highest number of complaints in history of man about our public broadcaster
My daughter has just cancelled her licence fee WHAT A SNOWFLAKE!
Is not as if most sycophants can watch all the channels at the same time.
You have a case if it extends beyond 24-48 hours. For now, you don't.
Failing on the ALL AUDIENCES
Failing on DINSTINCTIVE
Failing on ENTERTAIN
And this is my country too so Fuck your Fascist Arse out of here.
But you have crossed a line here. You need to leave the country, and never come back, within the next 18 hours
I am enjoying my access to the kids again now
How about you?
Good night.1 -
That segue from dance banger to GSTQ on Radio 1 reminds me of the ITV newsflash about Diana, during the early hours repeat of The Chart Show. We'd just come back from a night out, and were a bit confused:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltoJ7e9w5W40 -
Yeh, but that was about the company's share price though.Leon said:
I just got a Deliveroo and the driver bowed down on his knees, ritually rent his garments, then scooted off. UnexpectedIanB2 said:Waitrose just sent me a deepest condolences email. How many other online suppliers are going to be doing the same?
1 -
Got the same. I suspect they think it is appropriate because they have a Royal Warrant. Not sure which other Supermarkets have that.IanB2 said:Waitrose just sent me a deepest condolences email. How many other online suppliers are going to be doing the same?
Of course they probably also know their target audience.0 -
Senators do not have a good track record of taking the White House, Obama notwithstanding. So a governorship. How about his mother's home state?rcs1000 said:
He needs an electoral stepping stone to the Presidency - which probably means a Govenorship or Senate seat. The problem he has is that Indiana is not fertile territory, even for one as bright as him.DavidL said:When you see him interviewed, especially on Fox, Buttigieg is just incredibly articulate and persuasive, the best I have seen since a young Bill Clinton. But I am not sure that the Transport Secretary is going to get more attention than the VP, especially when Harris is chairing a 50:50 split Senate where tight votes can be anticipated.
That said, I'm sure the Biden/Harris White House would be very keen to champion him for somewhere appropriate...0 -
Perhaps BBC2 could offer wall to wall coverage of the wall to wall complaining about the wall to wall coverage on BBC1?1
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I can't see what possible negative comes from mixing vaccines - indeed, showing the immune system slightly different versions of the spike protein with different viral vectors seems highly likely to be more efficacious.IanB2 said:Malta will give you spending money if you stay there in a hotel this summer.
Meanwhile I see the French are boldly jumping straight into mixing and matching vaccines. Probably right, but a gamble similar to ours with the 12 week gap.1 -
Why does any supermarket even have your email address? Yet people bang on about unwanted spam....shakes headRichard_Tyndall said:
Got the same. I suspect they think it is appropriate because they have a Royal Warrant. Not sure which other Supermarkets have that.IanB2 said:Waitrose just sent me a deepest condolences email. How many other online suppliers are going to be doing the same?
Of course they probably also know their target audience.0 -
You know what? I'm going to rise above this. It's not worth it. Yes I find your violent execration of the "incoming hordes from swaziland" troubling, but I have let it go in the past, because you are *older*bigjohnowls said:
Sweet talking will get you nowhereLeon said:
No, I'm sorry, I'm actually quite fond of you, as a somewhat witless, elderly, Labour-voting anti-Semite and racist. Yes, you do have these flaws (I find your anti-African bigotry and hatred especially difficult), but we all have strange older friends (a bit like Prince Philip)bigjohnowls said:
I will PM you my Twitter feed jokes shortly.Leon said:
Fuck off, you smelly socialist hobgoblin. If you don't like hysterical 24/7 coverage of the TRAGIC DEATH OF A 99 YEAR OLD MAN, TAKEN BEFORE HIS TIME go and live IN ANOTHER COUNTRYbigjohnowls said:
He wasn’t Kim Jong-Un he was Prince Phillip. and the Mission of the BBC is to produce programmes serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high-quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain.Casino_Royale said:
The BBC is a national broadcaster. This is a hugely significant event in our history and national story. It is being treated with the importance and respect that deserves.bigjohnowls said:
No excuse for filling all BBC channels with one programme and suspending all alternative output.Casino_Royale said:
He's been dead less than 10 hours.bigjohnowls said:
You are entitled to your opinion and you can watch as much coverage as you wish why not watch on BBC1 and BBC2 on two separate sets. BBC4 programming cancelled so the rest of us can watch a black screenkle4 said:
Well, there are a lot of snowflakes out there. And yes, people who complain about too much coverage within hours of it starting definitely seems snowflakey to me.bigjohnowls said:If you go to the BBC complaints website they've put up a special link regarding complaining about there being too much coverage so people only have to register their email address for it.....it implies there gave been a LOT of complaints...
Fill your sycophantic boots
Me i am part of the highest number of complaints in history of man about our public broadcaster
My daughter has just cancelled her licence fee WHAT A SNOWFLAKE!
Is not as if most sycophants can watch all the channels at the same time.
You have a case if it extends beyond 24-48 hours. For now, you don't.
Failing on the ALL AUDIENCES
Failing on DINSTINCTIVE
Failing on ENTERTAIN
And this is my country too so Fuck your Fascist Arse out of here.
But you have crossed a line here. You need to leave the country, and never come back, within the next 18 hours
I am enjoying my access to the kids again now
How about you?
And that's what I will do now. Good day to you0 -
Me too. I’m not touched by the gesture.IanB2 said:Waitrose just sent me a deepest condolences email. How many other online suppliers are going to be doing the same?
0 -
That last sentence is really badly worded. It's a good thing you don't write for a living.Leon said:
No, I'm sorry, I'm actually quite fond of you, as a somewhat witless, elderly, Labour-voting anti-Semite and racist. Yes, you do have these flaws (I find your anti-African bigotry and hatred especially difficult), but we all have strange older friends (a bit like Prince Philip)bigjohnowls said:
I will PM you my Twitter feed jokes shortly.Leon said:
Fuck off, you smelly socialist hobgoblin. If you don't like hysterical 24/7 coverage of the TRAGIC DEATH OF A 99 YEAR OLD MAN, TAKEN BEFORE HIS TIME go and live IN ANOTHER COUNTRYbigjohnowls said:
He wasn’t Kim Jong-Un he was Prince Phillip. and the Mission of the BBC is to produce programmes serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high-quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain.Casino_Royale said:
The BBC is a national broadcaster. This is a hugely significant event in our history and national story. It is being treated with the importance and respect that deserves.bigjohnowls said:
No excuse for filling all BBC channels with one programme and suspending all alternative output.Casino_Royale said:
He's been dead less than 10 hours.bigjohnowls said:
You are entitled to your opinion and you can watch as much coverage as you wish why not watch on BBC1 and BBC2 on two separate sets. BBC4 programming cancelled so the rest of us can watch a black screenkle4 said:
Well, there are a lot of snowflakes out there. And yes, people who complain about too much coverage within hours of it starting definitely seems snowflakey to me.bigjohnowls said:If you go to the BBC complaints website they've put up a special link regarding complaining about there being too much coverage so people only have to register their email address for it.....it implies there gave been a LOT of complaints...
Fill your sycophantic boots
Me i am part of the highest number of complaints in history of man about our public broadcaster
My daughter has just cancelled her licence fee WHAT A SNOWFLAKE!
Is not as if most sycophants can watch all the channels at the same time.
You have a case if it extends beyond 24-48 hours. For now, you don't.
Failing on the ALL AUDIENCES
Failing on DINSTINCTIVE
Failing on ENTERTAIN
And this is my country too so Fuck your Fascist Arse out of here.
But you have crossed a line here. You need to leave the country, and never come back, within the next 18 hours1 -
Nothing from Waitrose for us, despite shopping there every week.turbotubbs said:
Me too. I’m not touched by the gesture.IanB2 said:Waitrose just sent me a deepest condolences email. How many other online suppliers are going to be doing the same?
Should I feel upset at being left out or pleased they realise we're republicans?2 -
Order a damn dildo then. You KNOW they're good. Remember?rcs1000 said:
That last sentence is really badly worded. It's a good thing you don't write for a living.Leon said:
No, I'm sorry, I'm actually quite fond of you, as a somewhat witless, elderly, Labour-voting anti-Semite and racist. Yes, you do have these flaws (I find your anti-African bigotry and hatred especially difficult), but we all have strange older friends (a bit like Prince Philip)bigjohnowls said:
I will PM you my Twitter feed jokes shortly.Leon said:
Fuck off, you smelly socialist hobgoblin. If you don't like hysterical 24/7 coverage of the TRAGIC DEATH OF A 99 YEAR OLD MAN, TAKEN BEFORE HIS TIME go and live IN ANOTHER COUNTRYbigjohnowls said:
He wasn’t Kim Jong-Un he was Prince Phillip. and the Mission of the BBC is to produce programmes serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high-quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain.Casino_Royale said:
The BBC is a national broadcaster. This is a hugely significant event in our history and national story. It is being treated with the importance and respect that deserves.bigjohnowls said:
No excuse for filling all BBC channels with one programme and suspending all alternative output.Casino_Royale said:
He's been dead less than 10 hours.bigjohnowls said:
You are entitled to your opinion and you can watch as much coverage as you wish why not watch on BBC1 and BBC2 on two separate sets. BBC4 programming cancelled so the rest of us can watch a black screenkle4 said:
Well, there are a lot of snowflakes out there. And yes, people who complain about too much coverage within hours of it starting definitely seems snowflakey to me.bigjohnowls said:If you go to the BBC complaints website they've put up a special link regarding complaining about there being too much coverage so people only have to register their email address for it.....it implies there gave been a LOT of complaints...
Fill your sycophantic boots
Me i am part of the highest number of complaints in history of man about our public broadcaster
My daughter has just cancelled her licence fee WHAT A SNOWFLAKE!
Is not as if most sycophants can watch all the channels at the same time.
You have a case if it extends beyond 24-48 hours. For now, you don't.
Failing on the ALL AUDIENCES
Failing on DINSTINCTIVE
Failing on ENTERTAIN
And this is my country too so Fuck your Fascist Arse out of here.
But you have crossed a line here. You need to leave the country, and never come back, within the next 18 hours0 -
Slower than I'd like. I've picked up Javascript over the last few weeks without much difficulty. Real languages are a really difficult thing for me to learn, I scraped a C for GCSE french and I dropped Latin at the first possible opportunity in 3rd form.IanB2 said:
Pian pianino ci arriveraiMaxPB said:
I've been learning Italian, or - studio italiano per un anno. Ho iniziato a marzo l'anno scorso, è stato il mio lockdown regalo. È molto difficile.Cyclefree said:
Italian, English and, occasionally, a bit of Neapolitan. Used to do it in French with my grandmother. My mother spoke French and Italian at home as a matter of course as her grandmother, who lived with them, was French.Benpointer said:
Which languages?Cyclefree said:
His mother was very brave. During WW2 in Athens she sheltered a Jewish family from the Nazis. She's remembered as one of the Righteous in Yad Vashem and is buried in Jerusalem. Philip went to receive an award given to her after her death.WhisperingOracle said:
His father seemed to have a bad end, too. Gambling away his money and reputation in the Cote d'Azur, while at least his mother did some good works in Greece.ydoethur said:
As was quite common for the royal families of Europe in that time, of course. There was even a book about it called The Republic of Kings.TheScreamingEagles said:@scribblercat: Prince Philip was a stateless refugee. Remember that.
I do that with my family.Floater said:
I worked with a Lebanese guy like that - absolutely amazing to watch him switch between languagesTimT said:
I thought he was multilingual. English, French and German. Reminds me of many Lebanese I know, who switch effortlessly between English, Arabic and French, frequently in the same sentence, e.g. "Hi, bonjour alaakum"Gardenwalker said:PB will know.
What was Prince Philip’s native language?
He was born in Greece.
His mother spoke English and German (and went on to learn French and Greek).
His father spoke Greek (but also Danish, German, French, English and Russian).
He was raised in France until aged 10, but I think had an English governess?
Philip was baptised in the Greek Orthodox Church, but claimed to feel “Danish”.
I spoke Italian before I spoke English. When I went to university one of my friends used to comment that my English was not quite the English of a native.0 -
To quote the former CEO of Sun Microsystems:Pagan2 said:
Why does any supermarket even have your email address? Yet people bang on about unwanted spam....shakes headRichard_Tyndall said:
Got the same. I suspect they think it is appropriate because they have a Royal Warrant. Not sure which other Supermarkets have that.IanB2 said:Waitrose just sent me a deepest condolences email. How many other online suppliers are going to be doing the same?
Of course they probably also know their target audience.
You have zero privacy. Get over it.0 -
Javascript never sticks for me. I learn it to achieve a task, and then forget it.MaxPB said:
Slower than I'd like. I've picked up Javascript over the last few weeks without much difficulty. Real languages are a really difficult thing for me to learn, I scraped a C for GCSE french and I dropped Latin at the first possible opportunity in 3rd form.IanB2 said:
Pian pianino ci arriveraiMaxPB said:
I've been learning Italian, or - studio italiano per un anno. Ho iniziato a marzo l'anno scorso, è stato il mio lockdown regalo. È molto difficile.Cyclefree said:
Italian, English and, occasionally, a bit of Neapolitan. Used to do it in French with my grandmother. My mother spoke French and Italian at home as a matter of course as her grandmother, who lived with them, was French.Benpointer said:
Which languages?Cyclefree said:
His mother was very brave. During WW2 in Athens she sheltered a Jewish family from the Nazis. She's remembered as one of the Righteous in Yad Vashem and is buried in Jerusalem. Philip went to receive an award given to her after her death.WhisperingOracle said:
His father seemed to have a bad end, too. Gambling away his money and reputation in the Cote d'Azur, while at least his mother did some good works in Greece.ydoethur said:
As was quite common for the royal families of Europe in that time, of course. There was even a book about it called The Republic of Kings.TheScreamingEagles said:@scribblercat: Prince Philip was a stateless refugee. Remember that.
I do that with my family.Floater said:
I worked with a Lebanese guy like that - absolutely amazing to watch him switch between languagesTimT said:
I thought he was multilingual. English, French and German. Reminds me of many Lebanese I know, who switch effortlessly between English, Arabic and French, frequently in the same sentence, e.g. "Hi, bonjour alaakum"Gardenwalker said:PB will know.
What was Prince Philip’s native language?
He was born in Greece.
His mother spoke English and German (and went on to learn French and Greek).
His father spoke Greek (but also Danish, German, French, English and Russian).
He was raised in France until aged 10, but I think had an English governess?
Philip was baptised in the Greek Orthodox Church, but claimed to feel “Danish”.
I spoke Italian before I spoke English. When I went to university one of my friends used to comment that my English was not quite the English of a native.
I think it's the odd way you define objects that always confuses the living daylights out of me.1 -
Well don't believe I have ever had an email from a supermarket, bank or just about any high street businessrcs1000 said:
To quote the former CEO of Sun Microsystems:Pagan2 said:
Why does any supermarket even have your email address? Yet people bang on about unwanted spam....shakes headRichard_Tyndall said:
Got the same. I suspect they think it is appropriate because they have a Royal Warrant. Not sure which other Supermarkets have that.IanB2 said:Waitrose just sent me a deepest condolences email. How many other online suppliers are going to be doing the same?
Of course they probably also know their target audience.
You have zero privacy. Get over it.
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Does that supersede your ordering him to leave the country?Leon said:
You know what? I'm going to rise above this. It's not worth it. Yes I find your violent execration of the "incoming hordes from swaziland" troubling, but I have let it go in the past, because you are *older*bigjohnowls said:
Sweet talking will get you nowhereLeon said:
No, I'm sorry, I'm actually quite fond of you, as a somewhat witless, elderly, Labour-voting anti-Semite and racist. Yes, you do have these flaws (I find your anti-African bigotry and hatred especially difficult), but we all have strange older friends (a bit like Prince Philip)bigjohnowls said:
I will PM you my Twitter feed jokes shortly.Leon said:
Fuck off, you smelly socialist hobgoblin. If you don't like hysterical 24/7 coverage of the TRAGIC DEATH OF A 99 YEAR OLD MAN, TAKEN BEFORE HIS TIME go and live IN ANOTHER COUNTRYbigjohnowls said:
He wasn’t Kim Jong-Un he was Prince Phillip. and the Mission of the BBC is to produce programmes serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high-quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain.Casino_Royale said:
The BBC is a national broadcaster. This is a hugely significant event in our history and national story. It is being treated with the importance and respect that deserves.bigjohnowls said:
No excuse for filling all BBC channels with one programme and suspending all alternative output.Casino_Royale said:
He's been dead less than 10 hours.bigjohnowls said:
You are entitled to your opinion and you can watch as much coverage as you wish why not watch on BBC1 and BBC2 on two separate sets. BBC4 programming cancelled so the rest of us can watch a black screenkle4 said:
Well, there are a lot of snowflakes out there. And yes, people who complain about too much coverage within hours of it starting definitely seems snowflakey to me.bigjohnowls said:If you go to the BBC complaints website they've put up a special link regarding complaining about there being too much coverage so people only have to register their email address for it.....it implies there gave been a LOT of complaints...
Fill your sycophantic boots
Me i am part of the highest number of complaints in history of man about our public broadcaster
My daughter has just cancelled her licence fee WHAT A SNOWFLAKE!
Is not as if most sycophants can watch all the channels at the same time.
You have a case if it extends beyond 24-48 hours. For now, you don't.
Failing on the ALL AUDIENCES
Failing on DINSTINCTIVE
Failing on ENTERTAIN
And this is my country too so Fuck your Fascist Arse out of here.
But you have crossed a line here. You need to leave the country, and never come back, within the next 18 hours
I am enjoying my access to the kids again now
How about you?
And that's what I will do now. Good day to you0 -
Have a lovely evening.Leon said:
You know what? I'm going to rise above this. It's not worth it. Yes I find your violent execration of the "incoming hordes from swaziland" troubling, but I have let it go in the past, because you are *older*bigjohnowls said:
Sweet talking will get you nowhereLeon said:
No, I'm sorry, I'm actually quite fond of you, as a somewhat witless, elderly, Labour-voting anti-Semite and racist. Yes, you do have these flaws (I find your anti-African bigotry and hatred especially difficult), but we all have strange older friends (a bit like Prince Philip)bigjohnowls said:
I will PM you my Twitter feed jokes shortly.Leon said:
Fuck off, you smelly socialist hobgoblin. If you don't like hysterical 24/7 coverage of the TRAGIC DEATH OF A 99 YEAR OLD MAN, TAKEN BEFORE HIS TIME go and live IN ANOTHER COUNTRYbigjohnowls said:
He wasn’t Kim Jong-Un he was Prince Phillip. and the Mission of the BBC is to produce programmes serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high-quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain.Casino_Royale said:
The BBC is a national broadcaster. This is a hugely significant event in our history and national story. It is being treated with the importance and respect that deserves.bigjohnowls said:
No excuse for filling all BBC channels with one programme and suspending all alternative output.Casino_Royale said:
He's been dead less than 10 hours.bigjohnowls said:
You are entitled to your opinion and you can watch as much coverage as you wish why not watch on BBC1 and BBC2 on two separate sets. BBC4 programming cancelled so the rest of us can watch a black screenkle4 said:
Well, there are a lot of snowflakes out there. And yes, people who complain about too much coverage within hours of it starting definitely seems snowflakey to me.bigjohnowls said:If you go to the BBC complaints website they've put up a special link regarding complaining about there being too much coverage so people only have to register their email address for it.....it implies there gave been a LOT of complaints...
Fill your sycophantic boots
Me i am part of the highest number of complaints in history of man about our public broadcaster
My daughter has just cancelled her licence fee WHAT A SNOWFLAKE!
Is not as if most sycophants can watch all the channels at the same time.
You have a case if it extends beyond 24-48 hours. For now, you don't.
Failing on the ALL AUDIENCES
Failing on DINSTINCTIVE
Failing on ENTERTAIN
And this is my country too so Fuck your Fascist Arse out of here.
But you have crossed a line here. You need to leave the country, and never come back, within the next 18 hours
I am enjoying my access to the kids again now
How about you?
And that's what I will do now. Good day to you
I hear there are some excellent programmes to watch on BBC1, 2 ,4
Or listen to on a wide selection of Radio stations
Speak tomorrow sweetie.0 -
Yes, we've got a new data ingestion tool which runs on Javascript and has a native Redshift connector which is why we're trialling AWS and Redshift. Ultimately given how much we pay for it I think we're going to make them build a GCP connector because AWS/Redshift is fucking terrible. I can handle the JS, I think I'd go insane trying to use Redshift all day.rcs1000 said:
Javascript never sticks for me. I learn it to achieve a task, and then forget it.MaxPB said:
Slower than I'd like. I've picked up Javascript over the last few weeks without much difficulty. Real languages are a really difficult thing for me to learn, I scraped a C for GCSE french and I dropped Latin at the first possible opportunity in 3rd form.IanB2 said:
Pian pianino ci arriveraiMaxPB said:
I've been learning Italian, or - studio italiano per un anno. Ho iniziato a marzo l'anno scorso, è stato il mio lockdown regalo. È molto difficile.Cyclefree said:
Italian, English and, occasionally, a bit of Neapolitan. Used to do it in French with my grandmother. My mother spoke French and Italian at home as a matter of course as her grandmother, who lived with them, was French.Benpointer said:
Which languages?Cyclefree said:
His mother was very brave. During WW2 in Athens she sheltered a Jewish family from the Nazis. She's remembered as one of the Righteous in Yad Vashem and is buried in Jerusalem. Philip went to receive an award given to her after her death.WhisperingOracle said:
His father seemed to have a bad end, too. Gambling away his money and reputation in the Cote d'Azur, while at least his mother did some good works in Greece.ydoethur said:
As was quite common for the royal families of Europe in that time, of course. There was even a book about it called The Republic of Kings.TheScreamingEagles said:@scribblercat: Prince Philip was a stateless refugee. Remember that.
I do that with my family.Floater said:
I worked with a Lebanese guy like that - absolutely amazing to watch him switch between languagesTimT said:
I thought he was multilingual. English, French and German. Reminds me of many Lebanese I know, who switch effortlessly between English, Arabic and French, frequently in the same sentence, e.g. "Hi, bonjour alaakum"Gardenwalker said:PB will know.
What was Prince Philip’s native language?
He was born in Greece.
His mother spoke English and German (and went on to learn French and Greek).
His father spoke Greek (but also Danish, German, French, English and Russian).
He was raised in France until aged 10, but I think had an English governess?
Philip was baptised in the Greek Orthodox Church, but claimed to feel “Danish”.
I spoke Italian before I spoke English. When I went to university one of my friends used to comment that my English was not quite the English of a native.
I think it's the odd way you define objects that always confuses the living daylights out of me.0 -
Are you really as dim as you appear? The supermarket has a customer's email because they have shopped online or have given their email for some reason in the past.Pagan2 said:
Why does any supermarket even have your email address? Yet people bang on about unwanted spam....shakes headRichard_Tyndall said:
Got the same. I suspect they think it is appropriate because they have a Royal Warrant. Not sure which other Supermarkets have that.IanB2 said:Waitrose just sent me a deepest condolences email. How many other online suppliers are going to be doing the same?
Of course they probably also know their target audience.
If you don't want to recieve an email from a supermarket (or any other legitimate business) you can very easily unsubscribe, thanks to an EU initiative called GDPR (yay!)0 -
No need thanks, my own member functions satisfactorily.Leon said:
Order a damn dildo then. You KNOW they're good. Remember?rcs1000 said:
That last sentence is really badly worded. It's a good thing you don't write for a living.Leon said:
No, I'm sorry, I'm actually quite fond of you, as a somewhat witless, elderly, Labour-voting anti-Semite and racist. Yes, you do have these flaws (I find your anti-African bigotry and hatred especially difficult), but we all have strange older friends (a bit like Prince Philip)bigjohnowls said:
I will PM you my Twitter feed jokes shortly.Leon said:
Fuck off, you smelly socialist hobgoblin. If you don't like hysterical 24/7 coverage of the TRAGIC DEATH OF A 99 YEAR OLD MAN, TAKEN BEFORE HIS TIME go and live IN ANOTHER COUNTRYbigjohnowls said:
He wasn’t Kim Jong-Un he was Prince Phillip. and the Mission of the BBC is to produce programmes serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high-quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain.Casino_Royale said:
The BBC is a national broadcaster. This is a hugely significant event in our history and national story. It is being treated with the importance and respect that deserves.bigjohnowls said:
No excuse for filling all BBC channels with one programme and suspending all alternative output.Casino_Royale said:
He's been dead less than 10 hours.bigjohnowls said:
You are entitled to your opinion and you can watch as much coverage as you wish why not watch on BBC1 and BBC2 on two separate sets. BBC4 programming cancelled so the rest of us can watch a black screenkle4 said:
Well, there are a lot of snowflakes out there. And yes, people who complain about too much coverage within hours of it starting definitely seems snowflakey to me.bigjohnowls said:If you go to the BBC complaints website they've put up a special link regarding complaining about there being too much coverage so people only have to register their email address for it.....it implies there gave been a LOT of complaints...
Fill your sycophantic boots
Me i am part of the highest number of complaints in history of man about our public broadcaster
My daughter has just cancelled her licence fee WHAT A SNOWFLAKE!
Is not as if most sycophants can watch all the channels at the same time.
You have a case if it extends beyond 24-48 hours. For now, you don't.
Failing on the ALL AUDIENCES
Failing on DINSTINCTIVE
Failing on ENTERTAIN
And this is my country too so Fuck your Fascist Arse out of here.
But you have crossed a line here. You need to leave the country, and never come back, within the next 18 hours0 -
Actually unsubscribe is a British thing that caught on elsewhere. GDPR has nothing to do with unsubscribing from email mailing lists. We have a GDPR guy at work and even he struggles to explain to data people what it's really for.Benpointer said:
Are you really as dim as you appear? The supermarket has a customer's email because they have shopped online or have given their email for some reason in the past.Pagan2 said:
Why does any supermarket even have your email address? Yet people bang on about unwanted spam....shakes headRichard_Tyndall said:
Got the same. I suspect they think it is appropriate because they have a Royal Warrant. Not sure which other Supermarkets have that.IanB2 said:Waitrose just sent me a deepest condolences email. How many other online suppliers are going to be doing the same?
Of course they probably also know their target audience.
If you don't want to recieve an email from a supermarket (or any other legitimate business) you can very easily unsubscribe, thanks to an EU initiative called GDPR (yay!)2 -
If your mental map is "do things strictly by the book, only do what's been tested", I can see the problem. And in some places, that may be necessary to get the public confidence to get sufficient jabs into sufficient people.rcs1000 said:
I can't see what possible negative comes from mixing vaccines - indeed, showing the immune system slightly different versions of the spike protein with different viral vectors seems highly likely to be more efficacious.IanB2 said:Malta will give you spending money if you stay there in a hotel this summer.
Meanwhile I see the French are boldly jumping straight into mixing and matching vaccines. Probably right, but a gamble similar to ours with the 12 week gap.
However, the bottom line is that viruses are dumb and Covid-19 is dumb even by the standards of viruses. Spain is happy (I think) with infection + 1 vaccination giving adequate protection; in practice giving people a single shot of anything is probably enough. (Except for the rubbish Chinese vaccine they've been using in Chile).
In related news, what's the latest vibe on whether the autumn boosters will actually be necessary? Obviously, it's prudent to prepare for them, but is there currently much evidence of Covid-19 evolving round the vaccine? (My amateur understanding is that the spike is a bit of a giveaway and you can't change it much without inhibiting the virus from working.)1 -
Well as one that doesn't do my grocery shopping online and if a bricks and mortar shop asks for my address, postcode, email address or phone number they get told to bugger off then yes I am not being thick in expressing surprise. The fact people like you are willing to give your information away to them comes as no suprise and I suggest that means you are the dim one not me.Benpointer said:
Are you really as dim as you appear? The supermarket has a customer's email because they have shopped online or have given their email for some reason in the past.Pagan2 said:
Why does any supermarket even have your email address? Yet people bang on about unwanted spam....shakes headRichard_Tyndall said:
Got the same. I suspect they think it is appropriate because they have a Royal Warrant. Not sure which other Supermarkets have that.IanB2 said:Waitrose just sent me a deepest condolences email. How many other online suppliers are going to be doing the same?
Of course they probably also know their target audience.
If you don't want to recieve an email from a supermarket (or any other legitimate business) you can very easily unsubscribe, thanks to an EU initiative called GDPR (yay!)0 -
To quote Edwina Currie, you don't know what you're missing xrcs1000 said:
No need thanks, my own member functions satisfactorily.Leon said:
Order a damn dildo then. You KNOW they're good. Remember?rcs1000 said:
That last sentence is really badly worded. It's a good thing you don't write for a living.Leon said:
No, I'm sorry, I'm actually quite fond of you, as a somewhat witless, elderly, Labour-voting anti-Semite and racist. Yes, you do have these flaws (I find your anti-African bigotry and hatred especially difficult), but we all have strange older friends (a bit like Prince Philip)bigjohnowls said:
I will PM you my Twitter feed jokes shortly.Leon said:
Fuck off, you smelly socialist hobgoblin. If you don't like hysterical 24/7 coverage of the TRAGIC DEATH OF A 99 YEAR OLD MAN, TAKEN BEFORE HIS TIME go and live IN ANOTHER COUNTRYbigjohnowls said:
He wasn’t Kim Jong-Un he was Prince Phillip. and the Mission of the BBC is to produce programmes serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high-quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain.Casino_Royale said:
The BBC is a national broadcaster. This is a hugely significant event in our history and national story. It is being treated with the importance and respect that deserves.bigjohnowls said:
No excuse for filling all BBC channels with one programme and suspending all alternative output.Casino_Royale said:
He's been dead less than 10 hours.bigjohnowls said:
You are entitled to your opinion and you can watch as much coverage as you wish why not watch on BBC1 and BBC2 on two separate sets. BBC4 programming cancelled so the rest of us can watch a black screenkle4 said:
Well, there are a lot of snowflakes out there. And yes, people who complain about too much coverage within hours of it starting definitely seems snowflakey to me.bigjohnowls said:If you go to the BBC complaints website they've put up a special link regarding complaining about there being too much coverage so people only have to register their email address for it.....it implies there gave been a LOT of complaints...
Fill your sycophantic boots
Me i am part of the highest number of complaints in history of man about our public broadcaster
My daughter has just cancelled her licence fee WHAT A SNOWFLAKE!
Is not as if most sycophants can watch all the channels at the same time.
You have a case if it extends beyond 24-48 hours. For now, you don't.
Failing on the ALL AUDIENCES
Failing on DINSTINCTIVE
Failing on ENTERTAIN
And this is my country too so Fuck your Fascist Arse out of here.
But you have crossed a line here. You need to leave the country, and never come back, within the next 18 hours0 -
As for Prince Philip, just don't watch broadcast TV. Simples.0
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Over the last 5 years my payment to my local council has gone up 5% and the payment to Khan by over 40%Tres said:
Banging on about an non-existent 'outer London tax', trying to pretend it wasn't the Tory government that have been cutting police numbers, and blaming the local true blue run council tax rise on Khan.Omnium said:
Do share,Tres said:
I've received a quite ridiculous leaflet from Sean Bailey, full of lies and dubious assertions.kle4 said:As it is I've been doing something far sadder than sycophantically watching royal coverage (or performatively moaning about the same), which, btw, is always over the top. I've been going over the candidates for my local council's election
Greens are well organised. A couple of elections ago they had five candidates, now they have over 65. Probably still won't win anything, but well done them for putting effort in, it's more candidates than Labour are putting up.0 -
I have a weekly delivery from Asda and everything is on line and confirmed by e mailPagan2 said:
Why does any supermarket even have your email address? Yet people bang on about unwanted spam....shakes headRichard_Tyndall said:
Got the same. I suspect they think it is appropriate because they have a Royal Warrant. Not sure which other Supermarkets have that.IanB2 said:Waitrose just sent me a deepest condolences email. How many other online suppliers are going to be doing the same?
Of course they probably also know their target audience.
I have no issue with it to be fair0 -
Same here - nothing. I'm going to demand a refund on my next online order in lieu of this gratuitous lack of respect.Benpointer said:
Nothing from Waitrose for us, despite shopping there every week.turbotubbs said:
Me too. I’m not touched by the gesture.IanB2 said:Waitrose just sent me a deepest condolences email. How many other online suppliers are going to be doing the same?
Should I feel upset at being left out or pleased they realise we're republicans?2 -
Even with all the terrible Prince Phil takes, this is still the shittest take of today.
https://twitter.com/carlbildt/status/1380469886007316484?s=21
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Those worried about ID cards and the like should take note of the speed with which the police were able to apprehend a suspect in London within hours of an apparent murder in Dorset.Pagan2 said:
Well don't believe I have ever had an email from a supermarket, bank or just about any high street businessrcs1000 said:
To quote the former CEO of Sun Microsystems:Pagan2 said:
Why does any supermarket even have your email address? Yet people bang on about unwanted spam....shakes headRichard_Tyndall said:
Got the same. I suspect they think it is appropriate because they have a Royal Warrant. Not sure which other Supermarkets have that.IanB2 said:Waitrose just sent me a deepest condolences email. How many other online suppliers are going to be doing the same?
Of course they probably also know their target audience.
You have zero privacy. Get over it.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/08/millionaire-hotelier-fatally-stabbed-at-his-dorset-home
Personally, since I don't ever expect to commit murder, I feel this is is good thing.0 -
It's just an email address. They probably also paid with a credit cardPagan2 said:
Well as one that doesn't do my grocery shopping online and if a bricks and mortar shop asks for my address, postcode, email address or phone number they get told to bugger off then yes I am not being thick in expressing surprise. The fact people like you are willing to give your information away to them comes as no suprise and I suggest that means you are the dim one not me.Benpointer said:
Are you really as dim as you appear? The supermarket has a customer's email because they have shopped online or have given their email for some reason in the past.Pagan2 said:
Why does any supermarket even have your email address? Yet people bang on about unwanted spam....shakes headRichard_Tyndall said:
Got the same. I suspect they think it is appropriate because they have a Royal Warrant. Not sure which other Supermarkets have that.IanB2 said:Waitrose just sent me a deepest condolences email. How many other online suppliers are going to be doing the same?
Of course they probably also know their target audience.
If you don't want to recieve an email from a supermarket (or any other legitimate business) you can very easily unsubscribe, thanks to an EU initiative called GDPR (yay!)
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Sky sports has live football and the mastersRochdalePioneers said:As for Prince Philip, just don't watch broadcast TV. Simples.
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Apart from anything else, surely most future murderers don't expect to commit it at some point?Benpointer said:
Those worried about ID cards and the like should take note of the speed with which the police were able to apprehend a suspect in London within hours of an apparent murder in Dorset.Pagan2 said:
Well don't believe I have ever had an email from a supermarket, bank or just about any high street businessrcs1000 said:
To quote the former CEO of Sun Microsystems:Pagan2 said:
Why does any supermarket even have your email address? Yet people bang on about unwanted spam....shakes headRichard_Tyndall said:
Got the same. I suspect they think it is appropriate because they have a Royal Warrant. Not sure which other Supermarkets have that.IanB2 said:Waitrose just sent me a deepest condolences email. How many other online suppliers are going to be doing the same?
Of course they probably also know their target audience.
You have zero privacy. Get over it.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/08/millionaire-hotelier-fatally-stabbed-at-his-dorset-home
Personally, since I don't ever expect to commit murder, I feel this is is good thing.0 -
??Theuniondivvie said:Even with all the terrible Prince Phil takes, this is still the shittest take of today.
https://twitter.com/carlbildt/status/1380469886007316484?s=210 -
I willingly give Waitrose my email and they willingly allow me to shop without the ball-ache of traipsing around a supermarket and exposing myself to the risk of covid, then they willingly delivery said shopping to my door free of charge.Pagan2 said:
Well as one that doesn't do my grocery shopping online and if a bricks and mortar shop asks for my address, postcode, email address or phone number they get told to bugger off then yes I am not being thick in expressing surprise. The fact people like you are willing to give your information away to them comes as no suprise and I suggest that means you are the dim one not me.Benpointer said:
Are you really as dim as you appear? The supermarket has a customer's email because they have shopped online or have given their email for some reason in the past.Pagan2 said:
Why does any supermarket even have your email address? Yet people bang on about unwanted spam....shakes headRichard_Tyndall said:
Got the same. I suspect they think it is appropriate because they have a Royal Warrant. Not sure which other Supermarkets have that.IanB2 said:Waitrose just sent me a deepest condolences email. How many other online suppliers are going to be doing the same?
Of course they probably also know their target audience.
If you don't want to recieve an email from a supermarket (or any other legitimate business) you can very easily unsubscribe, thanks to an EU initiative called GDPR (yay!)
Oh bugger, that means they must know where Iive! What a dimwit I must be.5 -
Whats it got to do with id cards the article states the stabber was known to them so presumably the woman that survived knew her from there they got her licence plate and set anpr cameras to notify.....absolutely fuck all to do with id cards the fact you thought it was is bizarreBenpointer said:
Those worried about ID cards and the like should take note of the speed with which the police were able to apprehend a suspect in London within hours of an apparent murder in Dorset.Pagan2 said:
Well don't believe I have ever had an email from a supermarket, bank or just about any high street businessrcs1000 said:
To quote the former CEO of Sun Microsystems:Pagan2 said:
Why does any supermarket even have your email address? Yet people bang on about unwanted spam....shakes headRichard_Tyndall said:
Got the same. I suspect they think it is appropriate because they have a Royal Warrant. Not sure which other Supermarkets have that.IanB2 said:Waitrose just sent me a deepest condolences email. How many other online suppliers are going to be doing the same?
Of course they probably also know their target audience.
You have zero privacy. Get over it.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/08/millionaire-hotelier-fatally-stabbed-at-his-dorset-home
Personally, since I don't ever expect to commit murder, I feel this is is good thing.0 -
It will be the same people railing against how much big tech firms know about them thoughRobD said:
It's just an email address. They probably also paid with a credit cardPagan2 said:
Well as one that doesn't do my grocery shopping online and if a bricks and mortar shop asks for my address, postcode, email address or phone number they get told to bugger off then yes I am not being thick in expressing surprise. The fact people like you are willing to give your information away to them comes as no suprise and I suggest that means you are the dim one not me.Benpointer said:
Are you really as dim as you appear? The supermarket has a customer's email because they have shopped online or have given their email for some reason in the past.Pagan2 said:
Why does any supermarket even have your email address? Yet people bang on about unwanted spam....shakes headRichard_Tyndall said:
Got the same. I suspect they think it is appropriate because they have a Royal Warrant. Not sure which other Supermarkets have that.IanB2 said:Waitrose just sent me a deepest condolences email. How many other online suppliers are going to be doing the same?
Of course they probably also know their target audience.
If you don't want to recieve an email from a supermarket (or any other legitimate business) you can very easily unsubscribe, thanks to an EU initiative called GDPR (yay!)0 -
Nothing for me either.Northern_Al said:
Same here - nothing. I'm going to demand a refund on my next online order in lieu of this gratuitous lack of respect.Benpointer said:
Nothing from Waitrose for us, despite shopping there every week.turbotubbs said:
Me too. I’m not touched by the gesture.IanB2 said:Waitrose just sent me a deepest condolences email. How many other online suppliers are going to be doing the same?
Should I feel upset at being left out or pleased they realise we're republicans?
Their AI is good. They know that I will get over the news promptly.1 -
Well that is up to you, you decided to sacrifice your privacy for convenience....just never whinge about big dataBenpointer said:
I willingly give Waitrose my email and they willingly allow me to shop without the ball-ache of traipsing around a supermarket and exposing myself to the risk of covid, then they willingly delivery said shopping to my door free of charge.Pagan2 said:
Well as one that doesn't do my grocery shopping online and if a bricks and mortar shop asks for my address, postcode, email address or phone number they get told to bugger off then yes I am not being thick in expressing surprise. The fact people like you are willing to give your information away to them comes as no suprise and I suggest that means you are the dim one not me.Benpointer said:
Are you really as dim as you appear? The supermarket has a customer's email because they have shopped online or have given their email for some reason in the past.Pagan2 said:
Why does any supermarket even have your email address? Yet people bang on about unwanted spam....shakes headRichard_Tyndall said:
Got the same. I suspect they think it is appropriate because they have a Royal Warrant. Not sure which other Supermarkets have that.IanB2 said:Waitrose just sent me a deepest condolences email. How many other online suppliers are going to be doing the same?
Of course they probably also know their target audience.
If you don't want to recieve an email from a supermarket (or any other legitimate business) you can very easily unsubscribe, thanks to an EU initiative called GDPR (yay!)
Oh bugger, that means they must know where Iive! What a dimwit I must be.0 -
I always thought Wales was the good one in the Union, even more committed than England, but look at this traitorous behaviour from the news - Scotland and NI are paying tribute, but Wales is merely 'reacting'?
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I'd suggest these things might be on a spectrum, and someone providing details to a supermarket for the purposes of food delivery does not immediately mean they void any right to criticise the nefarious actions of big tech.Pagan2 said:
Well that is up to you, you decided to sacrifice your privacy for convenience....just never whinge about big dataBenpointer said:
I willingly give Waitrose my email and they willingly allow me to shop without the ball-ache of traipsing around a supermarket and exposing myself to the risk of covid, then they willingly delivery said shopping to my door free of charge.Pagan2 said:
Well as one that doesn't do my grocery shopping online and if a bricks and mortar shop asks for my address, postcode, email address or phone number they get told to bugger off then yes I am not being thick in expressing surprise. The fact people like you are willing to give your information away to them comes as no suprise and I suggest that means you are the dim one not me.Benpointer said:
Are you really as dim as you appear? The supermarket has a customer's email because they have shopped online or have given their email for some reason in the past.Pagan2 said:
Why does any supermarket even have your email address? Yet people bang on about unwanted spam....shakes headRichard_Tyndall said:
Got the same. I suspect they think it is appropriate because they have a Royal Warrant. Not sure which other Supermarkets have that.IanB2 said:Waitrose just sent me a deepest condolences email. How many other online suppliers are going to be doing the same?
Of course they probably also know their target audience.
If you don't want to recieve an email from a supermarket (or any other legitimate business) you can very easily unsubscribe, thanks to an EU initiative called GDPR (yay!)
Oh bugger, that means they must know where Iive! What a dimwit I must be.1 -
You think any Swede let alone their ex PM should be dissing their fellow Scandis for their WWII performance?Leon said:
??Theuniondivvie said:Even with all the terrible Prince Phil takes, this is still the shittest take of today.
https://twitter.com/carlbildt/status/1380469886007316484?s=210 -
Good old Guardian! I love the way their obituaries page gives prominence to rapper DMX over Phil.
https://www.theguardian.com/tone/obituaries0 -
Companies really need to not comment on things in general. What good has ever come from it, even when they avoid pissing someone off? Whose life has been changed by Kellogs tweeting in support of something or whatever?Foxy said:
Nothing for me either.Northern_Al said:
Same here - nothing. I'm going to demand a refund on my next online order in lieu of this gratuitous lack of respect.Benpointer said:
Nothing from Waitrose for us, despite shopping there every week.turbotubbs said:
Me too. I’m not touched by the gesture.IanB2 said:Waitrose just sent me a deepest condolences email. How many other online suppliers are going to be doing the same?
Should I feel upset at being left out or pleased they realise we're republicans?
Their AI is good. They know that I will get over the news promptly.1 -
Just don't look at their homepage.Stark_Dawning said:Good old Guardian! I love the way their obituaries page gives prominence to rapper DMX over Phil.
https://www.theguardian.com/tone/obituaries0 -
Sorry I disagree, data once given will be used and even the gdpr is phrased in weasel words which basically mean whatever reason you give it to them they can then use it how they wantkle4 said:
I'd suggest these things might be on a spectrum, and someone providing details to a supermarket for the purposes of food delivery does not immediately mean they void any right to criticise the nefarious actions of big tech.Pagan2 said:
Well that is up to you, you decided to sacrifice your privacy for convenience....just never whinge about big dataBenpointer said:
I willingly give Waitrose my email and they willingly allow me to shop without the ball-ache of traipsing around a supermarket and exposing myself to the risk of covid, then they willingly delivery said shopping to my door free of charge.Pagan2 said:
Well as one that doesn't do my grocery shopping online and if a bricks and mortar shop asks for my address, postcode, email address or phone number they get told to bugger off then yes I am not being thick in expressing surprise. The fact people like you are willing to give your information away to them comes as no suprise and I suggest that means you are the dim one not me.Benpointer said:
Are you really as dim as you appear? The supermarket has a customer's email because they have shopped online or have given their email for some reason in the past.Pagan2 said:
Why does any supermarket even have your email address? Yet people bang on about unwanted spam....shakes headRichard_Tyndall said:
Got the same. I suspect they think it is appropriate because they have a Royal Warrant. Not sure which other Supermarkets have that.IanB2 said:Waitrose just sent me a deepest condolences email. How many other online suppliers are going to be doing the same?
Of course they probably also know their target audience.
If you don't want to recieve an email from a supermarket (or any other legitimate business) you can very easily unsubscribe, thanks to an EU initiative called GDPR (yay!)
Oh bugger, that means they must know where Iive! What a dimwit I must be.0 -
Surely facilitating 'unsubscribe' is necessary to comply with Article 17?MaxPB said:
Actually unsubscribe is a British thing that caught on elsewhere. GDPR has nothing to do with unsubscribing from email mailing lists. We have a GDPR guy at work and even he struggles to explain to data people what it's really for.Benpointer said:
Are you really as dim as you appear? The supermarket has a customer's email because they have shopped online or have given their email for some reason in the past.Pagan2 said:
Why does any supermarket even have your email address? Yet people bang on about unwanted spam....shakes headRichard_Tyndall said:
Got the same. I suspect they think it is appropriate because they have a Royal Warrant. Not sure which other Supermarkets have that.IanB2 said:Waitrose just sent me a deepest condolences email. How many other online suppliers are going to be doing the same?
Of course they probably also know their target audience.
If you don't want to recieve an email from a supermarket (or any other legitimate business) you can very easily unsubscribe, thanks to an EU initiative called GDPR (yay!)
I well remember the 'woe is me' brigade on here in May 2018 in the run up to the 'end of the world' that GDPR was going to cause. In fact, of course, GDPR has been overwhelming good for ordinary individuals.0 -
I can already feel the *more militant* monarchist stirring within mekle4 said:I always thought Wales was the good one in the Union, even more committed than England, but look at this traitorous behaviour from the news - Scotland and NI are paying tribute, but Wales is merely 'reacting'?
Twitter is full of sneering lefties and snarky takes
Some of them are very funny, some meh, some borderline offensive, but whatever. Taken en masse, however, they seem an assault on my identity. So we are silly and British and yes we are a simpering monarchy and Yes that's what we do and Yes we eat pork pies and curry and deep fried mars bars, often together, in the rain, yes the rain, oh yes the rain, and and and and and and and and you know what Fuck Off
THIS IS SPARTA0 -
I'm vaguely curious as to why you're so paranoid. But only vaguely.Pagan2 said:
Sorry I disagree, data once given will be used and even the gdpr is phrased in weasel words which basically mean whatever reason you give it to them they can then use it how they wantkle4 said:
I'd suggest these things might be on a spectrum, and someone providing details to a supermarket for the purposes of food delivery does not immediately mean they void any right to criticise the nefarious actions of big tech.Pagan2 said:
Well that is up to you, you decided to sacrifice your privacy for convenience....just never whinge about big dataBenpointer said:
I willingly give Waitrose my email and they willingly allow me to shop without the ball-ache of traipsing around a supermarket and exposing myself to the risk of covid, then they willingly delivery said shopping to my door free of charge.Pagan2 said:
Well as one that doesn't do my grocery shopping online and if a bricks and mortar shop asks for my address, postcode, email address or phone number they get told to bugger off then yes I am not being thick in expressing surprise. The fact people like you are willing to give your information away to them comes as no suprise and I suggest that means you are the dim one not me.Benpointer said:
Are you really as dim as you appear? The supermarket has a customer's email because they have shopped online or have given their email for some reason in the past.Pagan2 said:
Why does any supermarket even have your email address? Yet people bang on about unwanted spam....shakes headRichard_Tyndall said:
Got the same. I suspect they think it is appropriate because they have a Royal Warrant. Not sure which other Supermarkets have that.IanB2 said:Waitrose just sent me a deepest condolences email. How many other online suppliers are going to be doing the same?
Of course they probably also know their target audience.
If you don't want to recieve an email from a supermarket (or any other legitimate business) you can very easily unsubscribe, thanks to an EU initiative called GDPR (yay!)
Oh bugger, that means they must know where Iive! What a dimwit I must be.0 -
Been on the juice again?Leon said:
I can already feel the *more militant* monarchist stirring within mekle4 said:I always thought Wales was the good one in the Union, even more committed than England, but look at this traitorous behaviour from the news - Scotland and NI are paying tribute, but Wales is merely 'reacting'?
Twitter is full of sneering lefties and snarky takes
Some of them are very funny, some meh, some borderline offensive, but whatever. Taken en masse, however, they seem an assault on my identity. So we are silly and British and yes we are a simpering monarchy and tYes hat's what we do and Yes we eat pork pies and curry and deep fried mars bars, often together, in the rain, yes the rain, oh yes the rain, and and and and and and and and you know what Fuck Off
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He was the Earl of Merioneth. That's Plaid territory. Treasonous separatist republicans. Explains everything.kle4 said:I always thought Wales was the good one in the Union, even more committed than England, but look at this traitorous behaviour from the news - Scotland and NI are paying tribute, but Wales is merely 'reacting'?
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The People's Greek has died. Who isn't on hard liquorBenpointer said:
Been on the juice again?Leon said:
I can already feel the *more militant* monarchist stirring within mekle4 said:I always thought Wales was the good one in the Union, even more committed than England, but look at this traitorous behaviour from the news - Scotland and NI are paying tribute, but Wales is merely 'reacting'?
Twitter is full of sneering lefties and snarky takes
Some of them are very funny, some meh, some borderline offensive, but whatever. Taken en masse, however, they seem an assault on my identity. So we are silly and British and yes we are a simpering monarchy and tYes hat's what we do and Yes we eat pork pies and curry and deep fried mars bars, often together, in the rain, yes the rain, oh yes the rain, and and and and and and and and you know what Fuck Off
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Yes, but that came well, well after unsubscribe became the law here.Benpointer said:
Surely facilitating 'unsubscribe' is necessary to comply with Article 17?MaxPB said:
Actually unsubscribe is a British thing that caught on elsewhere. GDPR has nothing to do with unsubscribing from email mailing lists. We have a GDPR guy at work and even he struggles to explain to data people what it's really for.Benpointer said:
Are you really as dim as you appear? The supermarket has a customer's email because they have shopped online or have given their email for some reason in the past.Pagan2 said:
Why does any supermarket even have your email address? Yet people bang on about unwanted spam....shakes headRichard_Tyndall said:
Got the same. I suspect they think it is appropriate because they have a Royal Warrant. Not sure which other Supermarkets have that.IanB2 said:Waitrose just sent me a deepest condolences email. How many other online suppliers are going to be doing the same?
Of course they probably also know their target audience.
If you don't want to recieve an email from a supermarket (or any other legitimate business) you can very easily unsubscribe, thanks to an EU initiative called GDPR (yay!)
I well remember the 'woe is me' brigade on here in May 2018 in the run up to the 'end of the world' that GDPR was going to cause. In fact, of course, GDPR has been overwhelming good for ordinary individuals.0 -
GDPR has been a complete and utter waste of time for individuals. about all it has done is make websites put up banners saying accept this or piss off. It has also cut off some websites that took one look at gdpr and just went nah cant be bothered and refused ip addresses from europe.....nothing good has come out of gdpr unless you are one of the many useless gits advising companies about it.Benpointer said:
Surely facilitating 'unsubscribe' is necessary to comply with Article 17?MaxPB said:
Actually unsubscribe is a British thing that caught on elsewhere. GDPR has nothing to do with unsubscribing from email mailing lists. We have a GDPR guy at work and even he struggles to explain to data people what it's really for.Benpointer said:
Are you really as dim as you appear? The supermarket has a customer's email because they have shopped online or have given their email for some reason in the past.Pagan2 said:
Why does any supermarket even have your email address? Yet people bang on about unwanted spam....shakes headRichard_Tyndall said:
Got the same. I suspect they think it is appropriate because they have a Royal Warrant. Not sure which other Supermarkets have that.IanB2 said:Waitrose just sent me a deepest condolences email. How many other online suppliers are going to be doing the same?
Of course they probably also know their target audience.
If you don't want to recieve an email from a supermarket (or any other legitimate business) you can very easily unsubscribe, thanks to an EU initiative called GDPR (yay!)
I well remember the 'woe is me' brigade on here in May 2018 in the run up to the 'end of the world' that GDPR was going to cause. In fact, of course, GDPR has been overwhelming good for ordinary individuals.2 -
The British monarchy and the British response to the monarchy, are inherently silly. That's one reason I support it. It's comforting.Leon said:
I can already feel the *more militant* monarchist stirring within mekle4 said:I always thought Wales was the good one in the Union, even more committed than England, but look at this traitorous behaviour from the news - Scotland and NI are paying tribute, but Wales is merely 'reacting'?
Twitter is full of sneering lefties and snarky takes
Some of them are very funny, some meh, some borderline offensive, but whatever. Taken en masse, however, they seem an assault on my identity. So we are silly and British and yes we are a simpering monarchy and Yes that's what we do and Yes we eat pork pies and curry and deep fried mars bars, often together, in the rain, yes the rain, oh yes the rain, and and and and and and and and you know what Fuck Off
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Sometimes you write quite entertaining gibberish.Leon said:
I can already feel the *more militant* monarchist stirring within mekle4 said:I always thought Wales was the good one in the Union, even more committed than England, but look at this traitorous behaviour from the news - Scotland and NI are paying tribute, but Wales is merely 'reacting'?
Twitter is full of sneering lefties and snarky takes
Some of them are very funny, some meh, some borderline offensive, but whatever. Taken en masse, however, they seem an assault on my identity. So we are silly and British and yes we are a simpering monarchy and Yes that's what we do and Yes we eat pork pies and curry and deep fried mars bars, often together, in the rain, yes the rain, oh yes the rain, and and and and and and and and you know what Fuck Off
THIS IS SPARTA
Sometimes you just write gibberish.
This is an example of the latter, I fear.1 -
Have you ever thought you might be, you know, just a little bit weird?Pagan2 said:
Sorry I disagree, data once given will be used and even the gdpr is phrased in weasel words which basically mean whatever reason you give it to them they can then use it how they wantkle4 said:
I'd suggest these things might be on a spectrum, and someone providing details to a supermarket for the purposes of food delivery does not immediately mean they void any right to criticise the nefarious actions of big tech.Pagan2 said:
Well that is up to you, you decided to sacrifice your privacy for convenience....just never whinge about big dataBenpointer said:
I willingly give Waitrose my email and they willingly allow me to shop without the ball-ache of traipsing around a supermarket and exposing myself to the risk of covid, then they willingly delivery said shopping to my door free of charge.Pagan2 said:
Well as one that doesn't do my grocery shopping online and if a bricks and mortar shop asks for my address, postcode, email address or phone number they get told to bugger off then yes I am not being thick in expressing surprise. The fact people like you are willing to give your information away to them comes as no suprise and I suggest that means you are the dim one not me.Benpointer said:
Are you really as dim as you appear? The supermarket has a customer's email because they have shopped online or have given their email for some reason in the past.Pagan2 said:
Why does any supermarket even have your email address? Yet people bang on about unwanted spam....shakes headRichard_Tyndall said:
Got the same. I suspect they think it is appropriate because they have a Royal Warrant. Not sure which other Supermarkets have that.IanB2 said:Waitrose just sent me a deepest condolences email. How many other online suppliers are going to be doing the same?
Of course they probably also know their target audience.
If you don't want to recieve an email from a supermarket (or any other legitimate business) you can very easily unsubscribe, thanks to an EU initiative called GDPR (yay!)
Oh bugger, that means they must know where Iive! What a dimwit I must be.0 -
And lo. part two of my six part series begins
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Sparta was a diarchy.Leon said:
I can already feel the *more militant* monarchist stirring within mekle4 said:I always thought Wales was the good one in the Union, even more committed than England, but look at this traitorous behaviour from the news - Scotland and NI are paying tribute, but Wales is merely 'reacting'?
Twitter is full of sneering lefties and snarky takes
Some of them are very funny, some meh, some borderline offensive, but whatever. Taken en masse, however, they seem an assault on my identity. So we are silly and British and yes we are a simpering monarchy and Yes that's what we do and Yes we eat pork pies and curry and deep fried mars bars, often together, in the rain, yes the rain, oh yes the rain, and and and and and and and and you know what Fuck Off
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I get no spam now. That's a result.Pagan2 said:
GDPR has been a complete and utter waste of time for individuals. about all it has done is make websites put up banners saying accept this or piss off. It has also cut off some websites that took one look at gdpr and just went nah cant be bothered and refused ip addresses from europe.....nothing good has come out of gdpr unless you are one of the many useless gits advising companies about it.Benpointer said:
Surely facilitating 'unsubscribe' is necessary to comply with Article 17?MaxPB said:
Actually unsubscribe is a British thing that caught on elsewhere. GDPR has nothing to do with unsubscribing from email mailing lists. We have a GDPR guy at work and even he struggles to explain to data people what it's really for.Benpointer said:
Are you really as dim as you appear? The supermarket has a customer's email because they have shopped online or have given their email for some reason in the past.Pagan2 said:
Why does any supermarket even have your email address? Yet people bang on about unwanted spam....shakes headRichard_Tyndall said:
Got the same. I suspect they think it is appropriate because they have a Royal Warrant. Not sure which other Supermarkets have that.IanB2 said:Waitrose just sent me a deepest condolences email. How many other online suppliers are going to be doing the same?
Of course they probably also know their target audience.
If you don't want to recieve an email from a supermarket (or any other legitimate business) you can very easily unsubscribe, thanks to an EU initiative called GDPR (yay!)
I well remember the 'woe is me' brigade on here in May 2018 in the run up to the 'end of the world' that GDPR was going to cause. In fact, of course, GDPR has been overwhelming good for ordinary individuals.0 -
Haven't you spent the last week complaining about the weather ?Leon said:
I can already feel the *more militant* monarchist stirring within mekle4 said:I always thought Wales was the good one in the Union, even more committed than England, but look at this traitorous behaviour from the news - Scotland and NI are paying tribute, but Wales is merely 'reacting'?
Twitter is full of sneering lefties and snarky takes
Some of them are very funny, some meh, some borderline offensive, but whatever. Taken en masse, however, they seem an assault on my identity. So we are silly and British and yes we are a simpering monarchy and Yes that's what we do and Yes we eat pork pies and curry and deep fried mars bars, often together, in the rain, yes the rain, oh yes the rain, and and and and and and and and you know what Fuck Off
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I am not paranoid I just prefer not to give my data to anyone that asks for it. If you provide me a valid reason to do so I give it....personally I prefer to grocery shop in person in any case. My bank doesn't have it as I see no reason to do online banking....my council doesnt have my email because I refuse to deal with them online because they are useless and don't know how to put a website together as examplesNorthern_Al said:
I'm vaguely curious as to why you're so paranoid. But only vaguely.Pagan2 said:
Sorry I disagree, data once given will be used and even the gdpr is phrased in weasel words which basically mean whatever reason you give it to them they can then use it how they wantkle4 said:
I'd suggest these things might be on a spectrum, and someone providing details to a supermarket for the purposes of food delivery does not immediately mean they void any right to criticise the nefarious actions of big tech.Pagan2 said:
Well that is up to you, you decided to sacrifice your privacy for convenience....just never whinge about big dataBenpointer said:
I willingly give Waitrose my email and they willingly allow me to shop without the ball-ache of traipsing around a supermarket and exposing myself to the risk of covid, then they willingly delivery said shopping to my door free of charge.Pagan2 said:
Well as one that doesn't do my grocery shopping online and if a bricks and mortar shop asks for my address, postcode, email address or phone number they get told to bugger off then yes I am not being thick in expressing surprise. The fact people like you are willing to give your information away to them comes as no suprise and I suggest that means you are the dim one not me.Benpointer said:
Are you really as dim as you appear? The supermarket has a customer's email because they have shopped online or have given their email for some reason in the past.Pagan2 said:
Why does any supermarket even have your email address? Yet people bang on about unwanted spam....shakes headRichard_Tyndall said:
Got the same. I suspect they think it is appropriate because they have a Royal Warrant. Not sure which other Supermarkets have that.IanB2 said:Waitrose just sent me a deepest condolences email. How many other online suppliers are going to be doing the same?
Of course they probably also know their target audience.
If you don't want to recieve an email from a supermarket (or any other legitimate business) you can very easily unsubscribe, thanks to an EU initiative called GDPR (yay!)
Oh bugger, that means they must know where Iive! What a dimwit I must be.0 -
I'm not. Lock me up as a traitor.Leon said:
The People's Greek has died. Who isn't on hard liquorBenpointer said:
Been on the juice again?Leon said:
I can already feel the *more militant* monarchist stirring within mekle4 said:I always thought Wales was the good one in the Union, even more committed than England, but look at this traitorous behaviour from the news - Scotland and NI are paying tribute, but Wales is merely 'reacting'?
Twitter is full of sneering lefties and snarky takes
Some of them are very funny, some meh, some borderline offensive, but whatever. Taken en masse, however, they seem an assault on my identity. So we are silly and British and yes we are a simpering monarchy and tYes hat's what we do and Yes we eat pork pies and curry and deep fried mars bars, often together, in the rain, yes the rain, oh yes the rain, and and and and and and and and you know what Fuck Off
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Note the need to present himself as a kind of martyr for saying it, re going to the Tower, rather than just make a criticism. Part of the template response as you cannot claim not to care, since you felt the need to comment, so make your caring seem more virtuous somehow.Leon said:And lo. part two of my six part series begins
https://twitter.com/Kevin_Maguire/status/1380628885910519810?s=20
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Really feel for the family of Philip Mountbatten-Windsor but this public and media deification is OTT. I’ll make my way to the Tower0 -
We're working on it, but there's a lot of people to get to, so it's important people remain home so they can be found.Benpointer said:
I'm not. Lock me up as a traitor.Leon said:
The People's Greek has died. Who isn't on hard liquorBenpointer said:
Been on the juice again?Leon said:
I can already feel the *more militant* monarchist stirring within mekle4 said:I always thought Wales was the good one in the Union, even more committed than England, but look at this traitorous behaviour from the news - Scotland and NI are paying tribute, but Wales is merely 'reacting'?
Twitter is full of sneering lefties and snarky takes
Some of them are very funny, some meh, some borderline offensive, but whatever. Taken en masse, however, they seem an assault on my identity. So we are silly and British and yes we are a simpering monarchy and tYes hat's what we do and Yes we eat pork pies and curry and deep fried mars bars, often together, in the rain, yes the rain, oh yes the rain, and and and and and and and and you know what Fuck Off
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Love the way he stresses “friend” in the phrase “her friend, Dodi Fayed” at 1:49AramintaMoonbeamQC said:That segue from dance banger to GSTQ on Radio 1 reminds me of the ITV newsflash about Diana, during the early hours repeat of The Chart Show. We'd just come back from a night out, and were a bit confused:
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Nothing more British than that.another_richard said:
Haven't you spent the last week complaining about the weather ?Leon said:
I can already feel the *more militant* monarchist stirring within mekle4 said:I always thought Wales was the good one in the Union, even more committed than England, but look at this traitorous behaviour from the news - Scotland and NI are paying tribute, but Wales is merely 'reacting'?
Twitter is full of sneering lefties and snarky takes
Some of them are very funny, some meh, some borderline offensive, but whatever. Taken en masse, however, they seem an assault on my identity. So we are silly and British and yes we are a simpering monarchy and Yes that's what we do and Yes we eat pork pies and curry and deep fried mars bars, often together, in the rain, yes the rain, oh yes the rain, and and and and and and and and you know what Fuck Off
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Tell Your Local Conservative Candidate in the May 6th Elections You Won’t Vote For Them if the Govt Brings in Vaccine Passports
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I didnt get spam before gdpr....but then I dont hand out my email to all and sundry and by not getting spam you probably mean google or whoever filters your email before you see it and you have never checked the spam folder. Clue GDPR didn't affect spam in anyway because the countries that most spam originates from don't have GDPR and even if they did spammers arent reknowned for being law abiding.....all that happened was spam filters got better absolutely nothing to do with GDPRBenpointer said:
I get no spam now. That's a result.Pagan2 said:
GDPR has been a complete and utter waste of time for individuals. about all it has done is make websites put up banners saying accept this or piss off. It has also cut off some websites that took one look at gdpr and just went nah cant be bothered and refused ip addresses from europe.....nothing good has come out of gdpr unless you are one of the many useless gits advising companies about it.Benpointer said:
Surely facilitating 'unsubscribe' is necessary to comply with Article 17?MaxPB said:
Actually unsubscribe is a British thing that caught on elsewhere. GDPR has nothing to do with unsubscribing from email mailing lists. We have a GDPR guy at work and even he struggles to explain to data people what it's really for.Benpointer said:
Are you really as dim as you appear? The supermarket has a customer's email because they have shopped online or have given their email for some reason in the past.Pagan2 said:
Why does any supermarket even have your email address? Yet people bang on about unwanted spam....shakes headRichard_Tyndall said:
Got the same. I suspect they think it is appropriate because they have a Royal Warrant. Not sure which other Supermarkets have that.IanB2 said:Waitrose just sent me a deepest condolences email. How many other online suppliers are going to be doing the same?
Of course they probably also know their target audience.
If you don't want to recieve an email from a supermarket (or any other legitimate business) you can very easily unsubscribe, thanks to an EU initiative called GDPR (yay!)
I well remember the 'woe is me' brigade on here in May 2018 in the run up to the 'end of the world' that GDPR was going to cause. In fact, of course, GDPR has been overwhelming good for ordinary individuals.0 -
Notice also how Northern Ireland is so far behind the times they are still in black and white. Makes sense.Black_Rook said:
He was the Earl of Merioneth. That's Plaid territory. Treasonous separatist republicans. Explains everything.kle4 said:I always thought Wales was the good one in the Union, even more committed than England, but look at this traitorous behaviour from the news - Scotland and NI are paying tribute, but Wales is merely 'reacting'?
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