www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00142ts/question-time-2022-03022022
(, Fri 4 Feb 2022, 16:25, Reply)
who likes Boris because he's a con man
(, Fri 4 Feb 2022, 16:07, Reply)
Protesting the INJUSTICE of wearing a mask.
I really wanted to just fucking fireball the lot of them, fucking goblinoid scum.
(, Fri 4 Feb 2022, 16:52, Reply)
I told him to fuck off in no uncertain terms and our table completely blanked him until he wandered off, fuming...
(, Fri 4 Feb 2022, 18:25, Reply)
My resolution for this year is to try to be a little less aggressive towards the anti-mask/curiously mask exempt bunch.
As he walked past, I politely (for reals) asked him if he could keep his mask up while he was in the building.
"NO" *carries on walking*
"Excuse me?"
"FINE, I'll wear it. Not like it does anything anyway. What's the fucking point?"
"Well, the point is to have a bit of consideration for the people in your vicinity who might feel considerably more comfortable if you'd just cover your face for the 5 minutes or so you spend in here"
"It's all bullshit though, the scientists say they don't work. Shouldn't have to bloody wear them, fucks sake" he says as he buggers off out of earshot again.
He works for the local fucking Volvo garage. I can't imagine there are many scientists in his line of work. Even fewer that specialise in virology.
I honestly don't know whats worse with these twats. The fact that they genuinely don't seem to care that being an antimasker makes them come across as an intolerable self-centered cunt. Or that the act of putting one on is somehow more demeaning to them than being the kind of cunt that doesn't.
I hope every one of them gets coronavirus and fucking dies.
(, Fri 4 Feb 2022, 20:15, Reply)
and I get nasty, bloody eczema around my ears, so the standard masks don't work for me (in that they barely filter my breath at all, and cut the shit out of me). The oversize president Biden style mask can be okay for a while, but I'm literally bleeding after a full day. Snood style masks work best in terms of function and comfort, I have a selection and can equip them with activated carbon filters if I feel the need.
I'm talking the synthetic/cotton fabric 'buff' cycle mask type of thing, not a knitted snood, btw.
#notallsnoods
(, Fri 4 Feb 2022, 22:05, Reply)
I couldn't give a bollocks how effective somebody's choice of face covering is as long as it appears like it might be effective. We're living with this virus now and unless you're in a bad way, you're probably not going to die too badly if you do end up catching it. I suspect the vast majority have already had a dose and just didn't notice due to vaccines or decent natural immune response. Stopping the spread seems like a complete waste of time at this point.
What I do give a bollocks about, however, is people making the absolute minimum amount of effort in order to put their fellow shoppers/commuters/social acquaintances at ease. I have absolutely no doubt that there are people out there that genuinely cannot wear something over their face due to crippling PTSD or severe respiratory issues. But I'll be fucked if every person I see with (or without) a medical exemption lanyard truly can't manage 5 minutes with something covering their mouth and nose. The fact that there are SO MANY absolute horrors out there who would rather walk around with their nose and mouth out for the whole world to see because they either can't be bothered or would just rather not wear a mask is frankly disturbing.
A few weeks back I walked into my local Post Office. I was a bit distracted and had completely forgotten to put my mask on. One of the members of staff approached me and somewhat timidly asked me if I should be wearing a mask. I was absolutely fucking mortified that I had forgotten to put it on and removed myself from the premises until I sorted it out.
I've stated quite openly in the past that I'm passionately misanthropic. I'm very quick to hate other individuals, but it's not my starting point with them. I'm actually quite a nice person assuming you aren't acting like a complete fucking belljar. If my wearing a mask makes that other person a few feet from me feel more confident that I'm not going to pass on a virus to them that they might then pass onto their immuno-comprimised relatives, then that's reason enough for me to wear it. If that's not reason enough for somebody else they're a fucking cunt.
(, Fri 4 Feb 2022, 23:25, Reply)
Putting your mask on before getting out of the car, feeling like you should be grabbing a shotgun too.
(, Sat 5 Feb 2022, 8:16, Reply)
It’s really quite the anecdote. And as for the noble and righteous sentiments expressed, good for you!
(, Fri 4 Feb 2022, 23:15, Reply)
Are you new here?
(, Fri 4 Feb 2022, 23:28, Reply)
… I just want to slap them repeatedly with a fish while reminding them that real life is not a school debating club.
Doctors didn’t get those letters after their names by “proving” chairs don’t exist. Does this wanker call in a plumber when they have a leaky pipe and then try to tell them they don’t know how to fix it?
(, Sat 5 Feb 2022, 13:13, Reply)
The only time one should mention "appeal to authority" is when you subsequently rip off his facemask and say "you see, he's really the groundskeeper from the abandoned amusement park!"
(, Sun 6 Feb 2022, 3:57, Reply)
Hard to image how this kid would turn out like in later life
(, Fri 4 Feb 2022, 12:57, Reply)
doesn't really seem to do the little fellow justice.
(, Fri 4 Feb 2022, 14:21, Reply)
If you were going to make a parady of Jacob Rees Mogg as a child, this is what you would come up with.
(, Sat 5 Feb 2022, 11:46, Reply)
The noise they make sounds like they've just found you in a game of hide-and-seek. Destructive little fuckers though, I'm glad they live on the other side of the world.
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(, Fri 4 Feb 2022, 14:29, Reply)
I was convinced it must have been set up with some bait as the bird carried on pecking at it for so long, but it turns out it just hates technology!
(, Fri 4 Feb 2022, 16:44, Reply)
That bird flew a long way well out of sight of the house. There is no way anyone could have covered the distance and located the camera in ninety seconds. The cut at 1:45 shows the end was staged.
(, Fri 4 Feb 2022, 19:25, Reply)
I'm not sure TBH - the bird flies over some trees but circles back a bit before landing and it's quite possible they saw the rough area it landed in, and it would be fairly easy to spot a Kea laying into a GoPro from a reasonable distance.
(, Fri 4 Feb 2022, 22:19, Reply)
and some also have GPS, all of which can aid in locating them if you're within range.
(, Sat 5 Feb 2022, 1:22, Reply)
When he leans over to wave at the end it gave me the collywobbles
GC 2018, past statute of limitations
(, Fri 4 Feb 2022, 5:54, Reply)
In 2017, this is worth approximately:
£876,526.00
In 1870, you could buy one of the following with £14,000:
Horses: 933
Cows: 2621
Wool: 21212 stones
Wheat: 6965 quarters
Wages: 70000 days (skilled tradesman)
just in case anyone else wondered
currency converter
(, Fri 4 Feb 2022, 14:22, Reply)
If you used that same £14000 to purchase a house in 2017, it would be worth approximately £876,526.00 today!
I'm currently looking to buy my first property. It's fucking awful.
(, Fri 4 Feb 2022, 23:31, Reply)
fucking awful is a slight understatement
I was renting for 5 years before I managed to find a reasonable house and I had to completely move away from the area I wanted.
Luckly I bought before the covid lock down and the housing market seems to have got even worse
(, Sat 5 Feb 2022, 10:35, Reply)
I'd normally never consider it, but I'm getting completely priced out of anything nicer and I absolutely refuse to buy a flat. It's mental.
(, Sat 5 Feb 2022, 13:21, Reply)
i would consider not buying yet and waiting,
but that's what I did, expecting it to get better, it didn't
(, Sat 5 Feb 2022, 13:35, Reply)
Where a group of friends submit their least likely political affairs and if your choice turns out to be true then you win a curry on the rest?
(, Fri 4 Feb 2022, 14:36, Reply)
i wished i hadnt looked at the comments......I knew what to expect .
(, Fri 4 Feb 2022, 4:41, Reply)
at a live press conference.
drugs are bad, m'kay?
(, Thu 3 Feb 2022, 13:32, Reply)
Nevertheless, may you have many more.
(, Thu 3 Feb 2022, 23:20, Reply)
in promoting the fight for this Saturday in cardiff.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JDfYcKKfeQ&t=3s
(, Fri 4 Feb 2022, 0:04, Reply)
Take this lady out for a slap-up meal and you might be in there.
(, Thu 3 Feb 2022, 7:48, Reply)
I like the way her and the rottweiler play.
Glad I don't have to gut rats and chicks, my little black cat gets it's own mice.
(, Thu 3 Feb 2022, 11:19, Reply)
Or it's flappy fishy fun times for kitty!
"Not so good at the away game, are you fishy?"
(, Thu 3 Feb 2022, 15:09, Reply)
Old Doc Watson classic given a shot of adrenaline.
(Edit: original by Howlin' Wolf of course.)
(, Wed 2 Feb 2022, 22:10, Reply)
It’s making this horrible noise
(, Wed 2 Feb 2022, 22:49, Reply)
Good on them for trying to keep it alive, fuck me I'll take a bit of Milennial Bluegrass over that fucking Mumble Rap wankery the Gen Z's are calling Hip Hop any day of the week.
But the soul just isn't there.
(, Wed 2 Feb 2022, 23:04, Reply)
It must be part of your right wing radicalisation, but it seems like a really arbitrary target for your hatred.
(, Thu 3 Feb 2022, 14:16, Reply)
I think Bruce Molsky does a really excellent job of performing all kinds of old time music in a sincere way (not that he's a millennial, but he's definitely not from Appalachia in the 1930s).
Seems like a lot of great contemporary bluegrass and old time musicians could make a huge improvement to their music by not trying to imitate the tinny sound of prewar microphones with their voice.
(, Thu 3 Feb 2022, 19:51, Reply)
That might be exactly what the issue is.
(, Thu 3 Feb 2022, 20:19, Reply)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFEZOjtrwls
The comments about the guy in the background are pretty good
Molly Tuttle does some amazing playing if you check out her vids (her voice is a bit weak compared to her playing, but certainly not bad)
(, Thu 3 Feb 2022, 2:25, Reply)
They’ve put all their effort into showing off their playing skills, and forgotten the point of the song. Does anyone listening to this performance actually believe he is sitting on top of the world?
(, Thu 3 Feb 2022, 9:40, Reply)
Nothing new there, go back to the very earliest and you will find super fast playing,
Billy and Molly are preserving a tradition in a way that Americans are very proud of.
If it doesn't ring your bell that's cool and all but I don't doubt their sincerity of love for the music for a second.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvSYtYDlApA&list=PL149CF62EC4A4D8CB
(, Thu 3 Feb 2022, 10:37, Reply)
As a musician one can admire instrument/musical skills regardlesss of emotion. Emotion does not always have to come into the equation.
But should you prefer that, I gladly refer you to the millions of current so-called singer-songwriters, who prefer an excess of navel gazing over actually knowing how to play an instrument.
*) Written by the Mississippi Sheiks, so I was wrong twice in the post title
(, Thu 3 Feb 2022, 11:24, Reply)
I first heard of him on here. Ignore the haters, Bluegrass rules!
(, Thu 3 Feb 2022, 11:48, Reply)
like Sturgill
youtu.be/tNV16tz1NK0
(, Thu 3 Feb 2022, 13:19, Reply)
I thought the original was Sam Chatmon, who is terrific. If you haven't watched the video recordings Alan Lomax did with him, they're so good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueEQKZcXfjc
(, Thu 3 Feb 2022, 19:41, Reply)
(, Wed 2 Feb 2022, 21:01, Reply)
In other vehicle news, Range Rover explodes
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-60229619
I reckon it dieseled itself to death.
(, Wed 2 Feb 2022, 21:14, Reply)
That’s a flash motor for such a modest gaff.
(, Wed 2 Feb 2022, 21:40, Reply)
Yeah I wondered too, divorce springs to mind.
Edit: Whoa! Candles on the wrong day.
(, Wed 2 Feb 2022, 22:04, Reply)
In the 90s when my brother moved there, it was common for people to have a car parked on the drive that cost more than the house. (House prices have outstripped all sense since, of course.) Along a row of old Welsh slate terraced houses, you'd see Mercedes, BMW, etc - not a Golf or Corsa in sight.
People want to live where they live, and the cheap housing leaves them with plenty of spare cash for a "nice" car - whatever that means to them.
(, Thu 3 Feb 2022, 8:23, Reply)
Had a mate who worked in a Range Rover dealership. He reckoned nobody who bought one could actually afford it.
(, Thu 3 Feb 2022, 10:42, Reply)
The company I work for sees a lot of professional country types (landowners, estate managers, etc) and the majority of them won't touch Range Rovers because they are the most bloated, unreliable pieces of excess imaginable. They're the ultimate 'lifestyle' status vehicle for tossers with more money than sense.
People see footballers/royals driving about in them and think "That must be a right good motor, that!", and I suspect the ones that end up keeping them past their 63rd mechanical/electrical fault only do so because they're too proud/egotistical to admit they've made a huge mistake in purchasing a vehicle that instantly lost half its value the moment it drove off the forecourt. Spontaneously bursting into flames is practically a feature at this point.
(, Wed 2 Feb 2022, 22:55, Reply)
Something to do with the value/ease of nicking/ease of fencing ratio that makes thieves target em. Saw a police lockup of what looked like hundreds of them interspersed with other makes, waiting to be destroyed
(, Wed 2 Feb 2022, 23:50, Reply)
www.keighleynews.co.uk/news/10065543.bradley-farmer-rammed-couples-car/
(, Thu 3 Feb 2022, 9:00, Reply)
The farmer's been cleared of dangerous driving and criminal damage.
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(, Wed 2 Feb 2022, 16:11, Reply)
Blimey this is turning into a mission.
(, Wed 2 Feb 2022, 16:23, Reply)
Can someone with an account screenshot it for the rest of us who have no idea what's going on?
(, Wed 2 Feb 2022, 19:51, Reply)
Of all the parts of the human body that could be "veiny" let your imagination run wild, and then reach for the mind bleach.
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(, Wed 2 Feb 2022, 15:15, Reply)
after reading this you will be all like "uhhhhhhhhhhhh??"
(, Wed 2 Feb 2022, 11:37, Reply)

"One night a few weeks ago, just as I was going to sleep, an idea flashed through my mind. Being the artist that I am, I put this fleeting idea down on paper the next morning"
Sometimes you need to ignore those late night ideas
(, Wed 2 Feb 2022, 17:53, Reply)
it either has very extreme hiccups or staggering levels of flatulence.
(, Wed 2 Feb 2022, 21:24, Reply)
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