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Mate that fight ended as soon as the ban came in and most people who were doubtful about it went "shit, no, this is way better"
December 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Mate that fight ended as soon as the ban came in and most people who were doubtful about it went "shit, no, this is way better"
Also lbr, to have been to a pub legally when indoor smoking was allowed in the UK you've got to be 40 years old, give or take. It's neither prissy nor youngsters, it's the broad mainstream of middle-aged people going "thank fuck that stopped, it was horrible"
December 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Also lbr, to have been to a pub legally when indoor smoking was allowed in the UK you've got to be 40 years old, give or take. It's neither prissy nor youngsters, it's the broad mainstream of middle-aged people going "thank fuck that stopped, it was horrible"
When I started going to pubs my parents worried I had started smoking because I reeked of it. They just didn't remember how bad it was, and it seems neither do you.
December 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
When I started going to pubs my parents worried I had started smoking because I reeked of it. They just didn't remember how bad it was, and it seems neither do you.
Our kids enjoy a book called "A Dress with Pockets" where a girl is taken to buy a dress for a birthday treat and rejects them all because she wants pockets. Once the shopkeeper is done fainting, he finds some - and the girl and her aunt get one each. It's lovely
December 20, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Our kids enjoy a book called "A Dress with Pockets" where a girl is taken to buy a dress for a birthday treat and rejects them all because she wants pockets. Once the shopkeeper is done fainting, he finds some - and the girl and her aunt get one each. It's lovely
The apostles creed as recited in Church of England services states among other things "I believe in the holy spirit, the holy catholic church" - the CofE is separate from Rome but still sees itself as part of the 'catholic' church.
December 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The apostles creed as recited in Church of England services states among other things "I believe in the holy spirit, the holy catholic church" - the CofE is separate from Rome but still sees itself as part of the 'catholic' church.
For my partner the only thing about it that was awful was the surprise - the pain itself apparently wasn't _that_ bad and the lasting impact has been unnoticeable - but I don't think that's true for everyone
December 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
For my partner the only thing about it that was awful was the surprise - the pain itself apparently wasn't _that_ bad and the lasting impact has been unnoticeable - but I don't think that's true for everyone
Yeah, the muscles there - especially if you have good core fitness before pregnancy - can't keep holding together and give baby enough room to grow. So eventually they split
December 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Yeah, the muscles there - especially if you have good core fitness before pregnancy - can't keep holding together and give baby enough room to grow. So eventually they split
Writer/scicomm so also well suited, but she's a bit burnt out on agents/publishers
December 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Writer/scicomm so also well suited, but she's a bit burnt out on agents/publishers
They do surgery on that? We were just told that's happened, end of story.
December 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
They do surgery on that? We were just told that's happened, end of story.
I'll talk to my partner. She has applicable skills and experience, if there's a good shot of getting the result published she might be interested
December 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I'll talk to my partner. She has applicable skills and experience, if there's a good shot of getting the result published she might be interested
I think it was the splitting of abdominal muscles at ~28 weeks that my partner just...wasn't told about? Until she asked about it afterwards.
Because why would you want to warn somebody things might happen before they actually experience it, right?
Because why would you want to warn somebody things might happen before they actually experience it, right?
December 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I think it was the splitting of abdominal muscles at ~28 weeks that my partner just...wasn't told about? Until she asked about it afterwards.
Because why would you want to warn somebody things might happen before they actually experience it, right?
Because why would you want to warn somebody things might happen before they actually experience it, right?
My friends who like voice notes get that I don't like them, because I take longer to respond to them than texts or phone calls, and don't send them myself. Then they send fewer voice notes (or contact me less which, whoops, but that was a risk I took by not engaging the way I don't enjoy, right?)
December 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
My friends who like voice notes get that I don't like them, because I take longer to respond to them than texts or phone calls, and don't send them myself. Then they send fewer voice notes (or contact me less which, whoops, but that was a risk I took by not engaging the way I don't enjoy, right?)
With ours we flag that it's possible sometimes when talking about growing up: "Most girls grow up to be women, but some know they want to be men. Most boys grow up into men, but some know they want to be women". They don't understand how/why but the idea that transition is possible is there
December 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
With ours we flag that it's possible sometimes when talking about growing up: "Most girls grow up to be women, but some know they want to be men. Most boys grow up into men, but some know they want to be women". They don't understand how/why but the idea that transition is possible is there
She'd somehow ended up on Admiral Ramsey's staff, which is probably what led to that particular job. Also led to her meeting my granddad, indirectly
December 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
She'd somehow ended up on Admiral Ramsey's staff, which is probably what led to that particular job. Also led to her meeting my granddad, indirectly
Amazing story. My grandmother was, I think around April/May '44 entrusted with the keys to the invasion beach models...so she could dust them. The service WRNS gave
December 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Amazing story. My grandmother was, I think around April/May '44 entrusted with the keys to the invasion beach models...so she could dust them. The service WRNS gave
I get why, brainworms, but I don't get why the government's reaction to the Supreme Court rewriting the law wasn't "fuck you, that's our job" and passing a law emphasising the Court got it wrong.
December 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I get why, brainworms, but I don't get why the government's reaction to the Supreme Court rewriting the law wasn't "fuck you, that's our job" and passing a law emphasising the Court got it wrong.
And like, to me it's interesting because you can accept the events the Biblical account reports, then interpret it very differently to how the Bible does by assuming this king was acting like other kings we have better sources on, which makes it a very accessible kind of Biblical criticism
December 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
And like, to me it's interesting because you can accept the events the Biblical account reports, then interpret it very differently to how the Bible does by assuming this king was acting like other kings we have better sources on, which makes it a very accessible kind of Biblical criticism
Josiah being the king under whose rule a lost part of the Law was allegedly found in the temple. Said documents telling the king to do things he'd definitely not have wanted to do anyway like centralise religious observance in Jerusalem where he could control it.
December 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Josiah being the king under whose rule a lost part of the Law was allegedly found in the temple. Said documents telling the king to do things he'd definitely not have wanted to do anyway like centralise religious observance in Jerusalem where he could control it.
I thought they'd stopped going door to door? If not I guess I'm still blacklisted for leading them in a discussion of Josiah and what it told us about the Bible as an historical document
December 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I thought they'd stopped going door to door? If not I guess I'm still blacklisted for leading them in a discussion of Josiah and what it told us about the Bible as an historical document
Kept going back to the vet saying "this one didn't work", "no, nor that", "that's the same active ingredient as the one that failed" until they offered something new. Took months
December 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Kept going back to the vet saying "this one didn't work", "no, nor that", "that's the same active ingredient as the one that failed" until they offered something new. Took months
Oof there was a stage where the flea meds the vets were giving us were hilariously ineffective and so was the alternative. Took ages to get a third option
December 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Oof there was a stage where the flea meds the vets were giving us were hilariously ineffective and so was the alternative. Took ages to get a third option
My brother met a cousin in a nightclub in Dar es Salaam, some distance from home in the UK
December 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
My brother met a cousin in a nightclub in Dar es Salaam, some distance from home in the UK
Israel has ensured that the next generation of Western leaders will see them as a genocidal rogue state, while also making sure their security challenges will remain huge for at least as long. This is a strategic error of huge proportions
December 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Israel has ensured that the next generation of Western leaders will see them as a genocidal rogue state, while also making sure their security challenges will remain huge for at least as long. This is a strategic error of huge proportions