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Gaz Bottom @garjones.bsky.social · 4h

It is true they charge a lot. Concerts too, there have been stories of Americans catching European tour dates of a band because even with the flight and hotel it's cheaper.
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Taylor Swift's Eras Tour is cheaper for Americans to see in Europe than in the U.S.—thanks to the strong dollar and EU regulations | Fortune

Traveling to Sweden from New York to see Taylor Swift would cost about $1,300. That includes $300 for a concert ticket, $700 for a roundtrip flight, and $300 for a night at a four-star hotel, accordin...

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Gaz Bottom @garjones.bsky.social · 5h

Maybe, the selling point is, for households that eat a lot of rice that it cooks itself and keeps it warm all day, possibly multiple meals. If that's not hugely useful, if you only eat rice very occasionally, that's valid too. It's not much different to using a toaster instead of the grill.

Gaz Bottom @garjones.bsky.social · 5h

That is magic if you can do that flipping one switch and then leaving it alone to walk the dog, watch TV or whatever, fair play.

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Gaz Bottom @garjones.bsky.social · 5h

It knows when the rice is cooked whether you have a small, medium or large amount in there! Science can't explain that. 😉

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Gaz Bottom @garjones.bsky.social · 8h

It stops cooking the rice when it's just right and then switches to keeping it nicely warm, like magic. I am fully converted to the cult of the rice cooker from living in Asia. You do nothing after adding the rice and water, switch it on and let it do its thing.

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 21h

Milei looks like all the cast of Are You Being Served in one

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Gaz Bottom @garjones.bsky.social · 15h

The fuel price is the killer for me. It kills two birds with one stone because it eases domestic costs and the producers and retailers that are increasing prices to pay for it. If they focused just on that it would make a massive difference.

Gaz Bottom @garjones.bsky.social · 1d

It makes me chuckle people think this is a new thing. I'm over 50 and we did it and I can say with confidence not one kid converted to be a Muslim and most never go near a church outside weddings and funerals.

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Gaz Bottom @garjones.bsky.social · 1d

I went to school in Swansea in the 1980s. For RE we visited a mosque, synagogue and a Sikh temple as well as Christian churches. Nobody cared.

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Gaz Bottom @garjones.bsky.social · 1d

I enjoyed the A games they used to run on Friday nights in the 6 Nations, a nice taster for the main event but they decided they were too expensive to run around the mid 2000s.

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Gaz Bottom @garjones.bsky.social · 1d

I believe the demise of the Wolfhounds name is because World Rugby have only designated A teams as the second test capture team since around 2018. They could most probably get away with Ireland A - 'The Wolfhounds' though I think.

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Gaz Bottom @garjones.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone is guilty of it but I remember an RTE podcast saying all Welsh teams were laughable and poor but Connacht were in a good place and building after being behind two of them in the table.

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Gaz Bottom @garjones.bsky.social · 2d

# good. Harry Deaves. Happy on grass, magic hat. Hero of the proletariat.

Gaz Bottom @garjones.bsky.social · 2d

He's also right that even without the nazi shit it's an awful user experience. On a completely non-political or controversial story the comments are all AI bots repeating the same post in slightly different wording for money.

Gaz Bottom @garjones.bsky.social · 2d

The magic hat is the secret.