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Angelina, Pinegrove
Got 1m 39s for some pop music?
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mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 2:52,
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Put 'em away Toyah
You're gonna have somebody's eye out.
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buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 2:10,
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Ha! She's doing it again, and knows her market.
Good for her.
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Varmint, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 13:50,
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2034
Just posting it here to remember my Visa card's PIN number number number number. Please don't share
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Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 1:50,
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I use
twitter to store all my important stuff
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buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 2:04,
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Thanks
I'll finish reading your bank statements and email later. BTW your PornHub subscription is about to expire
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Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 7:38,
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2525 might be more memorable
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Mehitabel_Itrang, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 16:21,
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Lost Popeye short
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Ambegris likes his tea stirred anti-clockwise, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 23:36,
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Parptastic!
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Cactus 1 doesn't care what you think on, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 10:00,
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Excellent.
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dribble, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 0:46,
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They go drifting...
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 20:53,
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Nathaniel Rateliff - Early Spring Till
That time you vibed with the duty solicitor they assigned to get you off a public urination charge.
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Linbox has a serious dunk habit, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 18:37,
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I hope they're a lot better than the Philips' dimmable LEDs I can buy in my local Tesco. I bought one to replace a halogen bulb that had gone, but it just didn't work. It kept flicking off and on every few minutes.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 17:21,
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If it is in an enclosed fitting, it might be getting too warm.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 18:05,
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It won't be the heat. It was replacing a halogen, which got much hotter. This was barely warm when I took it out.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 19:39,
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It doesn't need to get as hot as a halogen to damage cheap electronics.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 20:35,
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Not all dimmers are compatible with LEDs.
I tried to replace all the CF bulbs in the living room with LEDs and ended up having to buy a new dimmer switch too.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 18:49,
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Same here.
Trailing edge dimmers FTW.
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Ning Has taken out flounce insurance., Mon 25 Jan 2021, 19:02,
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So in order to save... what? £10 of electricity, I have to throw out and replace a perfectly good dimmer switch? Per room?
Seems a bit wasteful.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 19:45,
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How many tonnes of coal is it worth burning to keep your dimmer switches?
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 20:10,
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How many tonnes of coal does it take to make a dimmer switch to replace one that I'm being forced to throw out long before the end of it's lifespan?
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 20:28,
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it's a bit like how people tend to gloss over that manufacturing just the battery for an electric car releases 18 tonnes of CO2
or basically 5 years emissions of a driving a normal petrol sedan
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 3:33,
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Several years ago now,
but I had one “friend” on Facebook proudly saying they had driven an electric car all the way from Sussex to Scotland.
At that time the energy mix of the UK generation capacity was approximately 40% coal. Which I reckon got them as far as Nottingham.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 7:07,
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Your figure is a bit high there, chuppy
The quickest of Googling shows that you're wrong about the CO2 by about 30% and you've more than doubled the time taken to balance the CO2 cost of the WHOLE car compared to a petrol-burner.
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Papagato RackSpanner, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 10:51,
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I don't think my housemate/landlord has yet realised that his plan to replace all of the house's lamps with 'smart' bulbs is going to cost him more than just buying replacement lamps
since the existing mains dimmer switches won't work with them and normal light switches don't really work well with them either (since you need to leave the power to the lamps turned on in order to remotely control them). Not particularly smart, in my opinion...
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 22:41,
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I have a few wifi smart bulbs - look good to begin with, then once the novelty wears off, they're pretty boring.
I wouldn't want to make all my lights dependent on a single point of failure eg wifi hub or zigbee bridge - I can see that ending in some loud sweary words at some point
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razzle, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 10:50,
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Not everything needs to be smart
Light-bulbs being a case in point.
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smellysamlyingcable Seaman on, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 8:46,
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Remember when you didn't have to worry if something as basic as a lightbulb was compatible with something as basic as a switch?
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 19:41,
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I wasn’t impressed either.
Don’t even get me started on the dimmable bedside lights I have. Bought a replacement LED bulb for one of those only to have it flicker horribly in anything other than fully on.
Rather than replace two rather nice lamps ahead of time I bought a crap load of spare halogens on Amazon.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 19:52,
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A dimmer isn't just a switch, LEDs work fine with on/off switches.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 20:08,
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I don't have on/off switches.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 20:31,
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A dimmer is a potentiometer/variable resistor, not just a switch.
And a diode is not a bulb.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 20:14,
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Well spotted. Have a gold star.

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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 20:33,
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I don’t have anything to add but I really want a star.
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mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 17:45,
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Nah,
domestic mains lighting dimmers change the shape of the waveform to reduce the overall power in each AC cycle and can only be used with lamps that work with a non-sinusoidal AC supply (hence the need for dimmable LED lamps, and even then some are fussy about the waveform).
Resistive dimmers are too bulky, inefficient and get too hot to be practical in domestic lighting.
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 20:49,
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I once had a 'haunted' fluorescent bulb.
It started lighting intermittently (~1s) when switched off.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 21:02,
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Fluorescent lamps are powered via a 'ballast' circuit to limit the current supply.
They may contain capacitors which could store sufficient charge to power the lamp for a short duration after the supply voltage has been removed.
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 22:31,
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I'd thought of a capacitor, but it did it repeatedly.
My guess was some sort of current leakage allowing it to recharge. It died a few weeks after.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 23:54,
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Yeah, sounds like dodgy wiring
or your microwave oven was seriously leaking radiation!
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 0:40,
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https://b3ta.com/links/1559267
But I hate them buzzy dimmers.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 21:36,
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Well DUH
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MC Chicken Sandwich All I want for Christmas is your mum, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 20:55,
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There is a pot in there, but it’s a triac that does the dimming.
It does this by turning the power on and off around 100Hz.
Most LED drivers don’t react well to this.
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jonbob loves you, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 20:56,
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Physically, the knob is a switch-pot. What happens beyond that is arcane magic.
I'm fine to mod your battery operated synth but don't let me rewire your house.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 21:39,
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is it a low power bulb?? the transformer that powers the halogen lamp has a minimum power output!
so by replacing the power hungry bulb with a LED bulb can cause the transformer to misbehave and flash
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razzle, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 21:08,
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Nope, a bog-standard ceiling fitting. Designed for incandescent bulbs, fitted with the low-power halogen replacements. Now it seems the move to LED was a step too far.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 0:23,
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Not a halogen transformer issue (as that would mean low voltage lighting which would require special replacement LED lamps)
but likely an older leading edge type dimmer that similarly has a minimum load requirement that the replacement LED lamp isn't providing.
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 1:06,
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I'm genuinely impressed by the level of passion and knowledge about light bulbs
and dimmers round here.
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fred zeppelin (Taylor's version), Tue 26 Jan 2021, 11:41,
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It’s an excellent example of systems integration.
Two items, both fully compliant with all relevant standards, turn out to be fundamentally incompatible in a way that is only identified during integrated testing.
This is why SLS is utterly fucked.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 14:20,
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"looks at mustard and chocolate experiment"
Integrated testing is needed you say?
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smellysamlyingcable Seaman on, Wed 27 Jan 2021, 8:44,
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B3ta was originally a light bulb fan site called 'switch hitters', Rob purchased it from the owner in a mistaken attempt to enter another type of site market.
Realising the joke was on him he decided to try humour instead.
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Mehitabel_Itrang, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 16:00,
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'witch shitters' I don't get it.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 16:58,
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This is bit random.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 13:47,
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looks like it's the hydraulics
It's a bit convenient that it happened in front of the camera - almost as though it's staged?
edit: the youtube comments are interesting - his hobby is to film garbage trucks
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razzle, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 14:09,
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Yup
Atomised oil/air mix makes contact with a hot component and WHUMP!
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 14:39,
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That makes sense
At first I thought of flammable gas in the rubbish.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 14:46,
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Hmmm, this is an interesting video. I think I’ll post it on the internet, but I will abruptly cut it just as things get going, because I know what a short attention span people have.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 15:06,
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Or
“Things have just burst into flames, I’m not hanging around”
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Thrill_My_Chinchilla is old and unimproved, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 15:44,
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Could be using the phone to ring emergency services.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 17:40,
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lucky someone was standing there filming it....
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ivesb Highly specialised Clinical Physiologist crapbag, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 15:45,
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Dog cruelly mocking injured owner.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Sun 24 Jan 2021, 20:54,
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it looks like a dog that's just had its foot crunched with a crutch
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Sun 24 Jan 2021, 23:56,
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Dogs are incapable of cruelty.
This lovely fella is just showing solidarity.
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jonbob loves you, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 5:30,
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The same way dogs express their owners' repressed urge to shit in public
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Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 9:11,
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apart from savaging babies asleep in their playpen to death. that aside, they're incapable of cruelty
au.news.yahoo.com/baby-girl-mauled-to-death-by-dog-at-party-illinois-121813968.html
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 9:31,
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Reads link - doesn't click on link
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dirk speedrift Sit doon, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 11:00,
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Maybe it was hungry.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 12:27,
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bit of a mood killer that
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horrid, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 12:44,
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m - br
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smellysamlyingcable Seaman on, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 12:51,
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in fairness their owners are almost always much, much worse than the pooches
and buying a pit bull you might as well buy a crocodile
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 22:02,
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Apparently there are no pit bulls in America
The Kennel Club doesn’t recognise a single breed; people just call dogs with particular characteristics as pit bulls.
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jonbob loves you, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 12:06,
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Gorgo!
Godzilla on Thames
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PhosphorBurnedEyes Swastika Shop opening here soon, Sun 24 Jan 2021, 19:22,
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There's a Gorgo in the Thames?
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Varmint, Sun 24 Jan 2021, 20:12,
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Her mate's close by.
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Sun 24 Jan 2021, 21:54,
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This video is age-restricted and only available on YouTube.
It demands I prove my age with either my credit card, which I have never owned, or my photo ID, which does not exist.
*shrugs*
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 13:44,
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wait long enough and BBC2 or Talking Pictures TV will show it again
probably around 6pm
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Mehitabel_Itrang, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 14:43,
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Unrestricted version on Dailymotion.
I looked at various ways of trying to bypass YT's new way of imposing age restrictions yesterday and didn't find any that worked...even proxy sites like youtubensfw.com no longer work.
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 14:58,
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i think my google account is old enough to be able to watch it
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Scienti read a strong opinion on the internet on, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 17:18,
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Credit card or driving licence required? Fuck. That. Shit!
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Benzyl, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 4:24,
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\o/
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Sun 24 Jan 2021, 17:34,
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Huh.
That doesn't look terrible...
I quite enjoyed skull island.
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ivesb Highly specialised Clinical Physiologist crapbag, Sun 24 Jan 2021, 17:46,
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Godzilla King of the Monsters was stupid but a lot of fun. This already looks like it'd be more fun.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Sun 24 Jan 2021, 17:48,
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I can recommend Shin Godzilla
It’s a standalone modern retelling of Godzilla 1, and had a lower budget than the monsterverse films, but still holds its own, though is a bit “talky” in comparison. A few of the Neon Genesis Evangelion team were involved and there is a distinctly satirical edge to a lot of it.
(Less happens in murky darkness too)
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Thrill_My_Chinchilla is old and unimproved, Sun 24 Jan 2021, 17:55,
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Pah!
Another American remake of a Japanese film...
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Sun 24 Jan 2021, 19:23,
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Always loved the bit with the tree
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Thrill_My_Chinchilla is old and unimproved, Sun 24 Jan 2021, 20:09,
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I dare the yanks to do a monster movie without the fucking military in it. Yawn.
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ohidunno, Sun 24 Jan 2021, 20:36,
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Do you think that if a hundred foot tall atomic fire-breathing dinosaur turned up in downtown LA and started wrecking up the place, they'd tackle it with a devastating leaflet campaign?
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Sun 24 Jan 2021, 21:35,
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It’s been a very effective tactic for the Liberal Democrats and Domino’s Pizza round my way.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Sun 24 Jan 2021, 22:40,
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Perhaps next time, which will be the fourth movie they try it in?
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ohidunno, Sun 24 Jan 2021, 22:47,
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Glocks held sideway will do it
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smellysamlyingcable Seaman on, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 12:55,
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The original Godzilla theme was originally supposed to be
For the Japanese Self Defence Forces. Which is as close to an army as they have.
youtu.be/AUxJ8P3bH8k
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Thrill_My_Chinchilla is old and unimproved, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 16:01,
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Haha good clip
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Sun 24 Jan 2021, 18:45,
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Those kids are totally whack.
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Gyck Ryder, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 1:31,
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HAHAHA brilliant!
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fred zeppelin (Taylor's version), Mon 25 Jan 2021, 11:48,
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Semi serious attempt at a love song
I made this!
Re-creating late 70s west coast vibes.
Slightly Yacht rock.
A bit Thundercatty.
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CliveGratton, Sun 24 Jan 2021, 11:56,
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Like this a heck of a bundle of a bunch. Added to my big playlist. Cheers.
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joehmbunn They speak my name in silent but violents., Sun 24 Jan 2021, 13:54,
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Feel free to share if you like. My audience currently consists of friends on fb and this site!
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CliveGratton, Sun 24 Jan 2021, 16:47,
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like it!
Would deffo watch a porno with this soundtrack.
might I suggest MEENEDEESC who only do Golden Era Porno style music:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5dtIgnpZ7o
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smellysamlyingcable Seaman on, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 12:59,
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I'm Justin Lee Brooker and I've written a song
I made this!
Mum told me to own the insults so I'm pretending I'm okay with them now.
Wrote this song though and I think you could like it, if you tried.
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joehmbunn They speak my name in silent but violents., Sun 24 Jan 2021, 11:50,
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{:-)
Fun fact, Mackeson used to be recommended by doctors to pregnant women.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Sun 24 Jan 2021, 14:02,
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My mum was recommended it
Never did me any harm.
P.s. My granddad was the doctor who recommended it.
P.p.s. it probably did me harm.
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DreddPirateBob has watched every scifi film ever on, Sun 24 Jan 2021, 23:05,
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Indyfloof
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notoolsovernight you're all luvvly an' 'orrible, Sun 24 Jan 2021, 10:55,
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tears running down my face after many repeats
best yet?
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simbosan nuck nuck nuck, Sun 24 Jan 2021, 11:39,
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Better and more exciting than the entire Crystal Skull one.
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fred zeppelin (Taylor's version), Sun 24 Jan 2021, 13:06,
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yes that was unwatcbable
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benito vaselini no not that one, Sun 24 Jan 2021, 15:28,
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{:-D
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Sun 24 Jan 2021, 13:07,
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It's our favourite COVID-19 educator.
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Radiobr It may be legal, but it is just not right..., Sat 23 Jan 2021, 23:02,
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ANAS!
That was informative AND entertaining. Yay.
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cowcat Bituminous squeegee, Sat 23 Jan 2021, 23:28,
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He's on youtube now :)
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midnightrambler, Sun 24 Jan 2021, 0:38,
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Carl Thompson has made instruments for Les Claypool and Lou Reed
Really enjoyed this short film, what a gent, what a legend.
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garold you're on mute I SAID YOU'RE ON MUTE, Sat 23 Jan 2021, 22:36,
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Really enjoyed that
Thank you for posting
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robh, Sun 24 Jan 2021, 8:54,
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me too
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Sun 24 Jan 2021, 22:37,
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Bad time in a plane
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Scienti read a strong opinion on the internet on, Sat 23 Jan 2021, 19:42,
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Did the pilot used to work on a tour bus?
As in, not the driver of the tour bus; the "on your right you will see some classic examples of power lines".
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claptonista ,the idiot boy..........🫥, Sat 23 Jan 2021, 21:20,
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previously a lumberjack i think
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Scienti read a strong opinion on the internet on, Sat 23 Jan 2021, 21:25,
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So, he´s ok?
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smellysamlyingcable Seaman on, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 13:30,
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don't we need to be above them?
nah i walk under these things everyday. never had an issue
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Literally Hitler stop playing with my jewlirium, Sun 24 Jan 2021, 20:24,
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So many poor choices
Watching that ASI and VSI was giving me the proper fear - not climbing and not accelerating. No energy. No options.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Sat 23 Jan 2021, 22:26,
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i don't fly but fuck me i know that beeping can't be good
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Literally Hitler stop playing with my jewlirium, Sun 24 Jan 2021, 20:23,
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Pow!
Right in the smacker!
Old pilots and bold pilots etc..
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P-MONKE We're all fucked, Sat 23 Jan 2021, 22:29,
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The three most important things in flying an airplane:
Airspeed, airspeed and airspeed.
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Mex3 =mememe, Sun 24 Jan 2021, 12:47,
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altitude might have something to do with it as well brah
i get you tho, if he was banging along he could have flitted over if needed. but this twat probably wouldn't have even noticed and the result would probably be even worse lol. jesus where do these people get thier licences?
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Literally Hitler stop playing with my jewlirium, Sun 24 Jan 2021, 20:22,
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Altitude is helpful, but it's not as important as airspeed
Airspeed is what keeps the plane flying. Altitude gives you options in case of problems.
Airspeed but no altitude - OK. I can trade if I need to.
Altitude but no airspeed - I'm in trouble. I need to trade NOW.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 10:06,
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Wings are quite important too.
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The Togaboy The world will end on, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 7:44,
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I'm an optimistic flyer
You can get a long way with a positive altitude
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simbosan nuck nuck nuck, Mon 25 Jan 2021, 8:42,
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Looks like the front fell off.
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da5id <YOUR SIG HERE>, Sun 24 Jan 2021, 21:14,
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The pilot would have been fine if he were flying outside the environment
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the prick of misery pierced my foot on a spiiiike on, Tue 26 Jan 2021, 10:42,
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Marble League Winter Special E4: Bobsled
OOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooOOOOH this is a good one!
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Sat 23 Jan 2021, 17:04,
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