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This is a link post FAA release drone records
new information about drone flights in the United States, including extensive details about the specific drone models some entities are flying, where they fly, how frequently they fly, and how long they stay in the air.
 (Spin Its a thing., Tue 17 Jul 2012, 7:29, Reply)
This is a normal post
I've released drone records in the past, i never got this much attention.
 (I helped save b3ta! Dawn Of The Bread $$$$ E-THUG 4 LIFE - THAT'S HOW I SCROLL $$$$, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 7:41, Reply)
This is a normal post chortle!!

(Spin Its a thing., Tue 17 Jul 2012, 8:05, Reply)
This is a normal post Ha!

(I helped save b3ta! Black Moon Not cracked, I'm all up to be., Tue 17 Jul 2012, 19:57, Reply)
This is a normal post i fucking love drones
i'm building one to deliver a sausage. in fact i am working on it THIS VERY DAY!
 (I helped save b3ta! crab_bloke), Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:01, Reply)
This is a normal post and what is your conclusion Mr Jamster after having read these reports?

(I helped save b3ta! JamTallons, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:06, Reply)
This is a normal post that DRONES FUCKING RULE!
in our lifetime drones will become so common and useful we'll be amazed we ever got by without them. they are AWESOME!

Drones will deliver your goods, rush you to hospital, take you on holiday, bomb your enemies, surveill your actions,film events, film everything else, become self aware, discover a love of extravagant hats, flounce off to start a new airborne hat-based society on the fucking moon
 (I helped save b3ta! crab_bloke), Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:11, Reply)
This is a normal post Once they become sentient
they might start to pilot aircraft, just as a hobby.
 (I helped save b3ta! MyFrontFellOff ; his mouth full of teddies, urinating defiantly, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:19, Reply)
This is a normal post Most modern aircraft have an autopilot and 2 human pilots
The job of the pilots is to make sure the other one doesn't turn off the autopilot.
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 11:21, Reply)
This is a normal post Then therefore I love drones.

(pissflaps. FSPW, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 11:25, Reply)
This is a link post Shells new viral campaign more popular than they expected.
Stick it to the man while he's asleep. Tomorrow they'll be turning this off for "technical difficulties".
 (I helped save b3ta! Pope Shax XIII uses Visio for picture editing, does it show?, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 3:50, Reply)
This is a normal post Any advertising is good advertising
But some great one liners in there.
Edit: After visiting several of Shells websites I smell pisstake.
 (I helped save b3ta! jakedamusss I understand, and dont care., Tue 17 Jul 2012, 4:31, Reply)
This is a normal post Sadly,
indeed it is a pisstake, compliments to Greenpeace.

www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/07/16/greenpeace-arcticready-shell_n_1676842.html
 (FangedParakeet, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 7:16, Reply)
This is a normal post If it is Greenpeace then it's not the one I used to know.
They used to have honour.

A spoof is normally apparent, this is a bare faced lie.

It's in a good cause so it's ok to lie to the sheeple.

Also they only appear to be targeting shell.
Why not Exxon who's doing the same thing with Gazprom and in direct competition with Shell?
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 7:58, Reply)
This is a normal post Greenpeace are a bunch of wankers.

(pissflaps. FSPW, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 8:41, Reply)
This is a normal post I liked them when they were getting in the way of the french irradiating the south pacific and harassing japanese whalers.
Now they've changed and lost a lot of credibility in my eyes.
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 9:20, Reply)
This is a normal post Fuck Greenpeace.
Are the arguments against that weak that they need to lie to get the public on their side? This is nothing short of fraud.
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 8:45, Reply)
This is a normal post "We hate the dirty oil companies and they should be stopped LOL!"*
*unless an oil shortage actually affects me or the ability of my kids to get to school etc and then the Government should step in and make sure there's oil.
(I helped save b3ta! JamTallons, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 11:46, Reply)
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WvAkhW-XNI
 (I helped save b3ta! cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 11:53, Reply)
This is a link post Gentlemen's Rant: Reality Television (The Gentlemen's Rebuttal 4) I made this!
and then there was 4
(rizzivision, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 3:14, Reply)
This is a normal post Why the long face?

(I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 6:46, Reply)
This is a normal post You goof
How much does it take to prime you for one of those shots cracker.
 (I helped save b3ta! rootsxrocks, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 7:33, Reply)
This is a normal post cockmuncher!

(I helped save b3ta! McMookMac Crush Proof, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 13:06, Reply)
This is a normal post meatflaps

(chopchopchopchop chopchopchopchopchopchopchop, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 17:25, Reply)
This is a link post Olympics Alien Attack Analysis
Well it looks as if the Olympics may well be worth watching after all.
(I helped save b3ta! Yoofaloof 'I like it here, wherever it is...', Tue 17 Jul 2012, 2:04, Reply)
This is a normal post it's like the special channel
for everyones mad uncles.
 (DreddPirateBob has watched every scifi film ever on, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 9:40, Reply)
This is a normal post Oh fuck!
I used to work with Miles Jonston.

He resigned from his job by sending a letter to senior management telling them that they'd got chips in their brains controlling them. I'm not making this up! (and I don't think he was either..Well, in the sense that he believes this tripe)

On another occasion, he brought a divining rod in, and claimed that the electrical equipment was cranky because we were on spooky ley lines.
 (I helped save b3ta! Kung_Fu_Russ ran out of amusing signatures on, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 11:25, Reply)
This is a link post Cake-based architectural wonders
My friend attended the event "Cake Book 2012" in Newcastle and chucked a few photo's online - they lead me to this site. Strangely not a gingerbread house in sight!
 (MarkyBee life is short, waste it properly, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 1:48, Reply)
This is a link post Death line
the greatest horror film title music of all time
(I helped save b3ta! mutated monty, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 23:27, Reply)
This is a normal post Ace. That's going on the mp3 player tomorrow
theinfernomusicvault.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Death%20Line%20%28Raw%20Meat%29
 (I helped save b3ta! Pig Bodine., Mon 16 Jul 2012, 23:35, Reply)
This is a normal post Yep! The film's a classic chunk of British horror, too.
Haven't seen it for years. I see from the credits that Peter Frampton did the make up. Who knew?
 (I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 23:44, Reply)
This is a normal post
mind the doors!
 (I helped save b3ta! mutated monty, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 23:58, Reply)
This is a normal post mind the doors?
MIND THE DOOOORS!!!
 (I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 0:11, Reply)
This is a normal post Ill mind your doors in a minute!

(I helped save b3ta! taters Bah weep grahnah weep ninibong, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 0:11, Reply)
This is a normal post
mind the doors?
 (I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 0:30, Reply)
This is a normal post
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbiPDSxFgd8
 (I helped save b3ta! Dawn Of The Bread $$$$ E-THUG 4 LIFE - THAT'S HOW I SCROLL $$$$, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 7:22, Reply)
This is a normal post oh, baby I love your Olay

(I helped save b3ta! cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 1:50, Reply)
This is a normal post Property Master -
Tony Teiger!
 (I helped save b3ta! Fat Boab of dailyreckless.com fame, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 8:12, Reply)
This is a normal post That music is brilliant
Sounds like music from a megadrive cartoon platform game. Toejam & Earl or Quackshot or something.
 (I helped save b3ta! taters Bah weep grahnah weep ninibong, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 0:03, Reply)
This is a normal post
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqR33b9jqMo
 (I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 0:16, Reply)
This is a normal post Tune!
I'll see your Roy Budd and raise you a Lalo Schifrin
 (I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 0:29, Reply)
This is a normal post
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y5E63jGT2I
 (I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 0:35, Reply)
This is a normal post
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNRkwNC9Ms4
 (I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 0:41, Reply)
This is a normal post heh - every theme tune
was funkier in the old days...
 (I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 0:46, Reply)
This is a normal post these days I think they just set a machine to the key of 'S'

(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 0:47, Reply)
This is a normal post
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DL8SGEyhZE
 (I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 0:57, Reply)
This is a normal post I don't remember that one

(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 1:06, Reply)
This is a normal post yeah, it's pretty obscure...
can't remember much about the series, except it featured a one-armed Irish dishwasher played by an actor
who years later appeared as Grandpa Joe in Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

/pointlesstriviablog
 (I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 1:14, Reply)
This is a normal post it was terrible
then Richard O'Sullivan became Dick Turpin!
 (Ol' Ginger Bastard a role model for the children, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 8:36, Reply)
This is a normal post haha! in that case,
I'll have to bring out Alan Tew
(I don't think it was actually a TV series, but it should have been...)
 (I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 0:43, Reply)
This is a normal post
www.youtube.com/watch?v=spaVl_EOYVk
 (I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 0:46, Reply)
This is a normal post gotta love a bit of the three Ronnies...
Hazlehurst is a legend.
 (I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 0:49, Reply)
This is a normal post
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I3PaC_PEmc
 (I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 0:51, Reply)
This is a normal post Ah yes...
Alan Hawkshaw was great, too.
I only realised he wrote the Countdown theme recently.
 (I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 0:57, Reply)
This is a normal post swing your pants now...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgmGmmWmehU
 (swank, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 1:30, Reply)
This is a normal post hell yeah
bottle of whisky and bullitt car chase at deafening volume on phones.
 (I helped save b3ta! simbosan is too tired, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 1:14, Reply)
This is a normal post a marriage
made in heaven... :)
 (I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 1:20, Reply)
This is a normal post sleazy horror funk
awesome

A bit like a Vampyros Lesbos, but dirtier and more crude.
 (I helped save b3ta! mookay immune to icons since, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 0:28, Reply)
This is a normal post Juan of the dead

(I helped save b3ta! jakedamusss I understand, and dont care., Tue 17 Jul 2012, 4:04, Reply)
This is a normal post i couldnt get past the lions at thestart
with out pissing and shitting my self in total and absolute fright.
it bought back dredd mammorys of this one time in africa
 (I helped save b3ta! fluffybunnykiller Is feasting on the clitoris of life, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 7:56, Reply)
This is a normal post I LOVE this film
one of the best Brit horror films ever
 (I helped save b3ta! Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 9:51, Reply)
This is a normal post I picture an overweight...
...balding bloke (rather like myself) doing a sexy dance to this music wearing only a toga.
 (I helped save b3ta! Black Moon Not cracked, I'm all up to be., Tue 17 Jul 2012, 20:01, Reply)
This is a link post The Dirty Birdy NSFW
Actually a beautiful story of unrequited love. NSFW due to bird arse.
(I helped save b3ta! I smash things in my sleep uruk-hai ...and I'll look low. Now where'd they go?, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 23:12, Reply)
This is a link post A to Zoo
Lots of lully animal pics


(I helped save b3ta! sinisterduck, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 23:05, Reply)
This is a normal post Baby Tapirs are the fluff :)

(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 23:16, Reply)
This is a normal post BTaC

(Stonkwood Pipes made me do it, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:06, Reply)
This is a normal post lovely :)

(I helped save b3ta! Mousing, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 23:22, Reply)
This is a normal post Love the Pangolin one :)

(I helped save b3ta! Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Mon 16 Jul 2012, 23:26, Reply)
This is a normal post Excellent!
:)
 (I helped save b3ta! sir_spicious2000 Crap I've watched: www.filmplop.blogspot.com/, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 8:01, Reply)
This is a link post great fashion blog

(hieronymus bosch pcmechanic 4ver in ar harts, goodnite sweet angle, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:31, Reply)
This is a normal post I don't get it
I mean, this seems quite good to me. Were you being sarcastic or are you posting something you genuinely think is good and are saying so openly?

If its the latter you have clearly misunderstood the internet.
 (I helped save b3ta! Sheriff John Bunnell https://twitter.com/thewonderfulgam, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:46, Reply)
This is a normal post uh
It's a fashion blog that I like.



www.thesartorialist.com/photos/on-the-street-jones-st-savannah/

images.thesartorialist.com/photos/22011BlondeBlonde_8759Web.jpg
 (hieronymus bosch pcmechanic 4ver in ar harts, goodnite sweet angle, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:56, Reply)
This is a normal post sorry, wasn't having a pop at you
More saying that the majority of things on the internet are along the lines of "look at how shit this thing is, hahaha" and its nice to see something that is just "I like this and it is good".
 (I helped save b3ta! Sheriff John Bunnell https://twitter.com/thewonderfulgam, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 23:10, Reply)
This is a normal post fashion bloggers are ALL repulsive people

(augsav forgot about B3ta, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:56, Reply)
This is a normal post You just haven't met the right fashion blogger yet

(I helped save b3ta! Photoshop Bitch 2014 edition, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 23:01, Reply)
This is a normal post *heads off to blog about gilets*

(I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 23:03, Reply)
This is a normal post thats like saying i havent met the right rapist yet.
what they do is inherently repulsive
 (augsav forgot about B3ta, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 23:04, Reply)
This is a normal post I dunno.
I'm quite liking some of the photography there.
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 23:05, Reply)
This is a normal post He probably just got raped by a fashion blogger or something
explaining his aversion to fashion blogging, and rapists.
 (hieronymus bosch pcmechanic 4ver in ar harts, goodnite sweet angle, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 23:08, Reply)
This is a normal post i dont wanna talk about it
D,:
 (augsav forgot about B3ta, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 23:10, Reply)
This is a normal post you are worse than hitler

(augsav forgot about B3ta, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 23:09, Reply)
This is a normal post Guten Tag!
I am MECHA-HITLER!
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 23:10, Reply)
This is a normal post I like that the male focus is on older men. Not the vacant eyed models typically used.
The guy with the blue & white checked shirt has a great look.
 (I helped save b3ta! BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 23:13, Reply)
This is a normal post Those are SO last year.
As part of my job I have access to comercial trend prediction ones costing thousands a year to access.
You do not want to know what they're planning for you guys...
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 8:10, Reply)
This is a normal post Fashion?
images.thesartorialist.com/thumbnails/2012/07/70612Montauk3553Web.jpg
 (I helped save b3ta! mr.dogshit The world's premier anthropomorphic canine faeces, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 12:27, Reply)
This is a normal post haha superb :D
You could have put it down to one clumsy reviewer if it was just one but every one suffered the same problems.
 (I helped save b3ta! maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:09, Reply)
This is a normal post Ha! Someone is going to be hastily checking their cutterguides!
.. also why is unboxing 'a thing'?
 (I helped save b3ta! Wildyles is back to rimming chimps, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:12, Reply)
This is a normal post No idea
tedious irrelevant bollockery.
 (I helped save b3ta! magnum, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:16, Reply)
This is a normal post An old one, but a good one
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQlzX7EyIwU
 (I helped save b3ta! Ghoti Fingers, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:28, Reply)
This is a normal post we should be allowed to
shoot every person that says 'unboxing'.
 (OnionTerror is a bag full of sick, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:16, Reply)
This is a normal post It has a special day - December 26th.

(I helped save b3ta! BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:19, Reply)
This is a normal post and as for people who own
'unboxing knives'...
 (I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 23:47, Reply)
This is a normal post I'm not going to buy one now.

(pissflaps. FSPW, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:17, Reply)
This is a normal post I got a free one at Google IO
And I have to say it is very much ace.
 (I helped save b3ta! sinisterduck, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 23:06, Reply)
This is a normal post How's the connectability?

(I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 23:22, Reply)
This is a normal post Hahaha, I enjoyed that, tho not entirely sure why
Unboxing is such an odd online phenomenon, I must say its much more fun seeing it going wrong!
 (I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:45, Reply)
This is a normal post Lesson 1: Collect all your tools.
Lesson 2: Compile them all into one video.
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:54, Reply)
This is a normal post Next time put a hole in the top half.
That's how you get Pek out of the tin.
 (I helped save b3ta! jonbob loves you, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 23:10, Reply)
This is a normal post haha - I was expecting at least one of them
to lose patience and just rip the stupid fucking box to pieces.
 (I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 23:51, Reply)
This is a normal post
what have a just become part of???
 (Twisted Technic .. as if, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 20:07, Reply)
This is a normal post What happened to the Nexus 6?
Did it go back to the manufacturer and demand more life, killing everyone in its way before finally dying on a rooftop somewhere with another tablet that may or may not also be a Nexus 6?
 (I helped save b3ta! Black Moon Not cracked, I'm all up to be., Tue 17 Jul 2012, 20:09, Reply)
This is a link post So, yeah. SRS bsnss. I made this!
DOWN WITH THIS SORT OF THING.
 (I helped save b3ta! Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 21:56, Reply)
This is a normal post K
I agree with what's written on that there thing. Signed.
 (I helped save b3ta! Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:01, Reply)
This is a normal post do you know how blood and organs are transported between hospitals?

(I helped save b3ta! mr horrible up yours, dickface, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:01, Reply)
This is a normal post In a van.

(I helped save b3ta! Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:06, Reply)
This is a normal post In a van, slung into the luggage compartment of a National Express coach
and then picked up by a van at the coach station nearest the destination hospital.
Each one, if I recall correctly, costs £25 to transport.

So the issues of cutting corners and profit are already in the equation, as "company with orange and white liveried vehicles" has found the cheapest and nastiest way to transport them while making a profit, and the sender is paying out quite a lot for the "service".

EDIT:Actually, I think the £25 was just for a van to run between local hospitals, I forget about national rates.
 (I helped save b3ta! mr horrible up yours, dickface, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:12, Reply)
This is a normal post That's not strictly true
I spent a few years back in the nineties as a courier, and seemed to spend much of my day delivering blood to and from the Middlesex hospital and the UCH, which was basically hammering it down Charlotte Street. They use ambulances for actual organs

But signed mate :)
 (I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:51, Reply)
This is a normal post Already signed from your Facebook link :D

(I helped save b3ta! maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:01, Reply)
This is a normal post This ^

(I helped save b3ta! Maffers I flow kinda strange like Spina Bifida footprints, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:08, Reply)
This is a normal post Will it improve the quality of the services provided if privatized?

(I helped save b3ta! BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:04, Reply)
This is a normal post Hugely unlikely.

(I helped save b3ta! Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:06, Reply)
This is a normal post Some research may be in order.
Having seen a parent die at a young age, I could give a damn about who profits from helping someone to heal.
 (I helped save b3ta! BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:11, Reply)
This is a normal post Shouldn't have to be run for profit,
tendered out to the lowest bidder where cutting corners could lead to bigger mistakes being made.
 (I helped save b3ta! maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:15, Reply)
This is a normal post Perhaps, but not if there are guidelines in place.
I mean, the car I drive was made by someone who has made huge profits, but I don't hold it against them.

If the rules of government contracting call for lowest bidder, then perhaps the rules should be changed.
 (I helped save b3ta! BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:19, Reply)
This is a normal post You want to see our train system
or our energy providers. Not a pretty picture...
 (I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:26, Reply)
This is a normal post
Yeah, you can't really have a competitive rail network when you have a fixed number of rails (unlike the airline industry for example). You just end up of different companies running different parts of the network which isn't ideal. In fairness though, the network is actually better run now than it used to be and you could argue you'd still be running slam-door victorian trains if the government was doing it. And a lot of our energy is imported so that sucks.
 (I helped save b3ta! JamTallons, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:58, Reply)
This is a normal post Quite true

(I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 23:02, Reply)
This is a normal post If something is run at profit, one has to take that profit out
So if that is, say, 20% profit the directors want to take or the shareholders and/or other market forces make them take, either the service costs 20% more or all employees (except directors, of course) are employed at 20% less, or 20% less is spent on goods... etc. It really is that simple.

And when it is public money being spent on paying for the service, it is a) a cash cow and b) a massive waste.

Everyone has this image of small companies competing to offer better services by being more efficient. You've got to work out what "efficient" actually means for the people doing the actual work. And if you're privatising a single company, you are creating a monopoly which basically answers to no one, can treat its staff and suppliers like shit and clear up in any market, all the while getting more and more expensive to run.
 (MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:33, Reply)
This is a normal post It's a good point.
The argument against having the government do it is removing it from the political process, removing waste and graft and encouraging innovation that government work does not encourage. In other words, if I can imagine a way to get the same task done for 1/3 the cost that the government does, the taxpayers come out ahead if you pay me only 2/3 of the government amount.
 (I helped save b3ta! BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 23:10, Reply)
This is a normal post Obviously far too late for a reply to this thread... might gaz you...
But yeah, those are the ideals trotted out to justify a privitisation every time...but how often does the govt end up paying 2/3 of what it did for the service?

Our trains are a case worth noting. When they were public, they cost, iirc, 2Bil/year. 10 years after privitisation, they cost 5Bil. That is 5Bil subsidy. Inflation should put it at 3Bil, and the fairs have increased ahead of inflation, too.

But is the service better? I was offered more "choice". Yes, I have a lot more "choice" now - extremely confusing fairs and massive penalties for the wrong one, and all the train cos fighting about who's fault any particular problem is, and a collapsed Railtrack which had to be run publically again (No directors or shareholders out of pocket, mind) but they are thinking of again selling off.

Imagine if running that service well was life-or-death?
 (MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 7:40, Reply)
This is a normal post And, of course, if one is privitising a public "monopoly",
that 20% "profit" the "subsidy" the public is paying for is, essentially, paying for the stockmarket. We are subsidising our own stockmarket. This is surely not "capitalist". And they have the gall to make the argument about "ideals"...
 (MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 8:18, Reply)
This is a normal post Only if they are made accountable.
But with this sort of thing bureaucracy is king and ruins it.
 (I helped save b3ta! JamTallons, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 23:07, Reply)
This is a normal post Jeezuz H Christ
That would be absolute carnage. Signed!
 (MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:04, Reply)
This is a normal post Signed
And clicked.
 (I helped save b3ta! Turquoise Hexagon Sun has just dropped acid on, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:08, Reply)
This is a normal post done
will forward to peeps at work tomorrow.

They want to close our A&E department too :(
 (I helped save b3ta! h3donist tryin' to play me out as if my name is Sega.., Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:14, Reply)
This is a normal post Isn't that a bit misleading?
I don't think the privatisation of NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is at stake here?
 (BarryFromTheShitFarm Oh, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:29, Reply)
This is a normal post 420
Even after signing, it still said on 420 ppl signed it. Do i no longer count as I live up north?
 (mcgi5sr2 immersed in virtual reality since, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 17:02, Reply)
This is a link post Clay Shirky talks about sharing content on the Interweb
Its slightly long but raises some interesting points. Well I thought so anyway.
(I helped save b3ta! Shinigawa The milky bars are on me, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 21:15, Reply)
This is a normal post Look at some of the TED Global from Edinburgh
There were some very interesting talks there on openness and how opening things up makes things better on the whole. The main talk that stood out was one from a San Franciscan cop who was advocating getting rid of a potential cure for cancer because terrorists might get hold of it.
 (I helped save b3ta! Jimbuktu See? Right here, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:36, Reply)
This is a normal post Will go and search it

(I helped save b3ta! Shinigawa The milky bars are on me, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:47, Reply)
This is a normal post Here
on.ted.com/Goodman

but enough of that, my highlight was this guy. Amazing.
harbisson.com/Neil_Harbisson/Welcome.html

His talk isn't up yet from the looks of it, but will be worth it when it is. Hears hears colour for fucks sake, even infra-red and ultra-violet...

Oh, and Clay Sharkeys talk from the event is up there too..
 (I helped save b3ta! Jimbuktu See? Right here, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 23:36, Reply)
This is a normal post Much appreciated

(I helped save b3ta! Shinigawa The milky bars are on me, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 8:24, Reply)
This is a normal post thanks
interesting stuff. I must have broke every rule in the book in my time and i dont want to continue
 (kompressaur onlinebanter.com, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:58, Reply)
This is a link post Steven Covey dead at 79
From complications from a cycling accident. Wrote the "7 Habits of Highly Effective People".


 (I helped save b3ta! BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 20:39, Reply)
This is a normal post Number 8: Indicate before changing lanes

(I helped save b3ta! simbosan is too tired, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 20:44, Reply)
This is a normal post As I understand it he was mountain biking, wearing a helmet and took a tumble. Bad luck.

(I helped save b3ta! BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 20:45, Reply)
This is a normal post Number 9: Look both ways before changing mountain.

(I helped save b3ta! Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Mon 16 Jul 2012, 21:00, Reply)
This is a normal post Number 10: Dont go Mountain biking over the age of 70

(Spin Its a thing., Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:20, Reply)
This is a normal post Damn you!
Now I have Ainsley Harriot's Broccoli und Stilton down my front.
 (I helped save b3ta! joetotale blear-e'ed, wither'd spectre, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 20:46, Reply)
This is a normal post Never heard it called that before

(I helped save b3ta! simbosan is too tired, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 20:49, Reply)
This is a normal post You've obviously not been to one of Ainsley's special parties

(I helped save b3ta! TownsendsPublisher is all gravy baby, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 20:53, Reply)
This is a normal post Ready Steady Cock?

(I helped save b3ta! simbosan is too tired, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 20:56, Reply)
This is a normal post Those premier inn adverts really annoy me

(I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:15, Reply)
This is a normal post pffft

(I helped save b3ta! taters Bah weep grahnah weep ninibong, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 20:56, Reply)
This is a normal post a book loads of people read
and then break pretty much all 7 habits!

Made to read his book by sales manager back in the bad old days.
 (Stonkwood Pipes made me do it, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 20:46, Reply)
This is a normal post I think I still have one of the FranklinCovey planners sitting around.
Or two, or three.
 (I helped save b3ta! BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 20:53, Reply)
This is a normal post Is one of the habits ...
... staring at the camera in such a way as to give people teh fear?

*Shudders*
 (I helped save b3ta! TownsendsPublisher is all gravy baby, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 20:54, Reply)
This is a normal post Hahahahahahah.

(I helped save b3ta! BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 20:57, Reply)
This is a normal post I picked up his book about 12 months ago and started reading it
it's stacked under 3 other books I've started but haven't finished. As a mark of respect I will finish reading his book this month.
 (I helped save b3ta! magnum, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 21:17, Reply)
This is a normal post did you becomemoderately efficient after reading just a part of it?

(augsav forgot about B3ta, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 21:19, Reply)
This is a normal post I increased by at least 3%

(I helped save b3ta! magnum, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 21:35, Reply)
This is a normal post Length or girth?

(I helped save b3ta! BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 21:50, Reply)
This is a normal post A lot of it is common sense, just put in one place and explained in clear terms.
His admonition to daily "sharpen your saw" (make sure the tools you need to work are fit for the job) is something I think about from time to time.
 (I helped save b3ta! BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 21:22, Reply)
This is a normal post I don't belieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeve it!!!!



oops, sorry, thought it was someone else
 (I helped save b3ta! unclepills Sixty 25th of Decembers, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 21:36, Reply)
This is a normal post I have read that book.
And I did the course!
 (Fluffster, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:24, Reply)
This is a normal post is one of them nose-picking?

(I helped save b3ta! cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 1:53, Reply)
This is a normal post Aha: this is why Franklin Covey
basically spammed the internet this morning. Or maybe I'm just tremendously lucky to already be on their mailing lists.

I have nothing against the chap, but I don't need an email saying how amazing he was. I've been more inspired by what I learned here, that he was a 79-year-old cyclist, than by what I've heard all day.

(Did I just call b3ta inspirational? Oh, dear.)
 (Ozymandiarse I wish I were mahogany, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 19:36, Reply)
This is a link post Great fan film of the Punisher.
Kicks off at about 7 mins.
(pissflaps. FSPW, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 20:37, Reply)
This is a normal post I watched this earlier and posted it on FB.
It's great.
 (I helped save b3ta! Maffers I flow kinda strange like Spina Bifida footprints, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 20:53, Reply)
This is a normal post Brutal excellence.

(I helped save b3ta! Captain Howdy, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 21:12, Reply)
This is a normal post Brutal!
but brilliant!

I loves the punisher me.
 (DreddPirateBob has watched every scifi film ever on, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 21:27, Reply)
This is a normal post Pretty dark
I pay money to see it as a feature.
 (I helped save b3ta! Shinigawa The milky bars are on me, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 21:35, Reply)
This is a normal post oooh
rather good that, and some known faces in it n all
 (I helped save b3ta! wideeye slightly pickled, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 21:40, Reply)
This is a normal post Loved it
:D
 (I helped save b3ta! DanGleeballs Moist people don't notice spelling errors..., Mon 16 Jul 2012, 21:41, Reply)
This is a normal post Wait,
That's Thomas Jane isn't it? He played The Punisher in the full-length feature film. Also, bonus Ron Perlman.
 (Coin Operated Boy is reading the new Bravissimo catalogue on, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:38, Reply)
This is a normal post ^^This n this
Still v nicely though :)
 (I helped save b3ta! Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 8:45, Reply)
This is a normal post Always feel a bit uncomfortable watching people enjoying brutal revenge, fictional or otherwise.
Come across a little bit voyeuristic. Almost as though the filmmaker deliberately created a scenario where a child gets put in danger just so he could have a scene where somebody gets horrifically punished.

Seems a bit Mel Gibson to me.
 (BarryFromTheShitFarm Oh, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 23:09, Reply)
This is a normal post Fuck off clean-shirt, it's free isn't it so stop moaning.

(pissflaps. FSPW, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 7:54, Reply)
This is a normal post Oh yeah, you're right.
*Salivates*
 (BarryFromTheShitFarm Oh, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:37, Reply)
This is a normal post I so want this as another movie
Sort it out Marvel Films! 'Punisher : Warzone' was underrated too. This and the forthcoming 'Deadpool' one would be a nice balance to the brightly coloured Avengers flooff...
 (TheManofScience, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 9:26, Reply)
This is a normal post So good!
Watch this last night. Brutal and to the point, just like Frank Castle!
 (Sand Squid Capt Kirk was a sex god!, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 9:41, Reply)
This is a normal post getting punished
at 3:24 i was expecting the kid to say "what you talkin bout willis" lol but a great vid !
 (BRICKBAT, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 18:45, Reply)
This is a link post Angry man hacks ISP in more ways than 1

(I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 20:14, Reply)
This is a normal post Hardly a balanced story
Reads like a hatchet job.
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 20:18, Reply)
This is a normal post He needs to quit splitting hairs.

(I helped save b3ta! BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 20:22, Reply)
This is a normal post Worst pun thread I ever saw.
Is everyone stumped or did they all just log off?
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 23:08, Reply)
This is a normal post Don't axe me mate.

(I helped save b3ta! Pig Bodine., Mon 16 Jul 2012, 23:28, Reply)
This is a normal post
He's definately for the chop.
 (I helped save b3ta! JamTallons, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 23:46, Reply)
This is a link post RIP Jon Lord

(I helped save b3ta! Captn Hood-Butter is not dead yet., Mon 16 Jul 2012, 20:11, Reply)
This is a normal post I wonder if this will change the ban on playing 'smoke on the water' in most guitar shops?

(I helped save b3ta! Brandy_Bumwinkle, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 20:13, Reply)
This is a normal post I used to have a music shop in Cambridge.
It was that, Stairway to Heaven or All Right Now.
 (I helped save b3ta! Captn Hood-Butter is not dead yet., Mon 16 Jul 2012, 20:18, Reply)
This is a normal post Well, that tears it.
Someone has to put up a link to it now, and it might as well be me.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUwEIt9ez7M

[edit] actually. Take this one instead: www.youtube.com/watch?v=arpZ3fCwDEw
 (tacpprm has a mmrpcat, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 23:12, Reply)
This is a normal post Don't really know who he is.
But from a few minutes of that video he already has my deep respect. Rest in peace mystery keyboard man from the past.
 (I helped save b3ta! Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Mon 16 Jul 2012, 21:12, Reply)
This is a normal post I concur
The man knows his way round a keyboard.
 (I helped save b3ta! Shinigawa The milky bars are on me, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 21:23, Reply)
This is a normal post check out Whitesnakes 80s stuff

(I helped save b3ta! BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 3:11, Reply)
This is a normal post Top bloke
Funny how the top rock keyboard players were all classically trained pianists - Lord, Wakeman, Emerson... whereas most guitarists are self-taught. Still, he plays a wrong note at 6.09.
 (Smale is stuffed, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 21:39, Reply)
This is a normal post I think it's because playing classical piano music is *hard*
if you can do it to a decent standard you can play anything you want.
 (tacpprm has a mmrpcat, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 23:01, Reply)
This is a normal post A lifetime of incredible music is his legacy.
It will age like fine wine.

Paice, Ashton,Lord - I'm Gonna Stop Drinking. (Malice in Wonderland, 1976.)
 (I helped save b3ta! Jabberwoc misses D.R. and Quinch, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 0:04, Reply)
This is a normal post sad news...
Deep Purple Live at the BBC from way back in 1972 is definitely one of my fave rock albums. His playing is legendary.
 (I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 0:17, Reply)
This is a normal post Very sad.
The most amazing keyboard player with what remain my favourite band, Deep Purple. He gave the band it's musicality but could rock that Hammond organ like no-one else. It was sad when he retired from Deep Purple, even sadder today. RIP Jon Lord, enjoy space rockin' around the stars!
 (I helped save b3ta! Smiley_Neil filling the interweb with crap, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 21:22, Reply)
This is a normal post RIP Jon
Machine Head still a top 5 album for me. Was listening to the Glover remix version in the car just last month.
 (I helped save b3ta! routine has perfected burgers, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 14:28, Reply)
This is a normal post I'm glad they banned Piratebay, it made me look around for other torrent sites
so now I have a lot more to choose from, and the Piratebay through a proxy, thanks censors, thansors!
 (I helped save b3ta! Brandy_Bumwinkle, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 20:07, Reply)
This is a normal post Thansors indeed
My torrent activity has increased tenfold. I even downloaded "now that's what I call music" numbers 1-25.
 (I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 20:11, Reply)
This is a normal post Why?
Seriously, why?
 (I helped save b3ta! Turquoise Hexagon Sun has just dropped acid on, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:11, Reply)
This is a normal post It was for a party
honestly
 (I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:29, Reply)
This is a normal post
I can't imagine anyone is surprised by that. Come on film and music corporations: sell your stuff cheaply and easily on the internet and let people share it. You were all grumpy and flustered about cassette tapes and did that end up so bad?
 (I helped save b3ta! JamTallons, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 23:49, Reply)
This is a link post GdayGoogle.com (I made Google for Australians...) I made this!
I would also like to apologise for the 'dad-quality' of joke. Having said that, I find it funny.
 (db123, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 19:50, Reply)
This is a normal post You do know the internet ignores gravity
don't you?
 (I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 19:52, Reply)
This is a normal post I've made a huge mistake

(db123, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 19:54, Reply)
This is a normal post Do a barrel roll doesn't work,
therefore fail.
 (I helped save b3ta! Brandy_Bumwinkle, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 19:57, Reply)
This is a normal post Genius

(Dry Rubbish, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 20:36, Reply)
This is a normal post at last! i was getting sore having to stand on my head all this time
thankyou
 (augsav forgot about B3ta, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 21:42, Reply)
This is a link post If this is robot links night. I'll raise you a robot that jumps 30 ft

(I helped save b3ta! notoolsovernight you're all luvvly an' 'orrible, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 19:38, Reply)
This is a normal post No it isn't a fucking theme night!! Theme night are fucking shit!

(pissflaps. FSPW, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 19:40, Reply)
This is a normal post Well, your "pick on poor Tabs" theme night
appears to be moving into its second month. You monster.
 (I helped save b3ta! Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 19:45, Reply)
This is a normal post I'm a fucking disgrace.

(pissflaps. FSPW, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 19:46, Reply)
This is a normal post *Internet hugs*
*Internet reach around*
 (I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 19:49, Reply)
This is a normal post I wasn't entirely serious, I'm fairly sure I give as good as I receive*
But thanks for the reacharound, your tiny ladyhands make my cock look enormous!
(*resist)
 (I helped save b3ta! Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 19:53, Reply)
This is a normal post I aim to please!

(I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 20:08, Reply)
This is a normal post This is getting more and more like a Subaru commercial.

(I helped save b3ta! BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 20:23, Reply)
This is a normal post are you saying that where tabbys concerned
you could drive a honking great 4x4 up there?
 (I helped save b3ta! LP, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 20:29, Reply)
This is a normal post School bus.

(pissflaps. FSPW, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 20:41, Reply)
This is a normal post Just a known fact that lesbians love Subarus
www.cbsnews.com/8301-505123_162-43140309/gay-friendly-cars-is-subaru-number-one/
 (I helped save b3ta! BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 20:43, Reply)
This is a normal post *passes tissues*

(I helped save b3ta! Brandy_Bumwinkle, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 19:52, Reply)
This is a normal post You could have used clean ones

(I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 19:53, Reply)
This is a normal post pfft
I ran out of them last year.
 (I helped save b3ta! Brandy_Bumwinkle, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 19:55, Reply)
This is a normal post Removes the need for someone to throw it,
even though they could lob it further.
 (I helped save b3ta! Brandy_Bumwinkle, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 19:59, Reply)
This is a normal post I for one welcome our robot overlords
Kill it with all of the fire
 (I helped save b3ta! chuff monkey I AM him, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 20:04, Reply)
This is a normal post Great to hide in your mates cupboard.
or put in the back of their car.
 (I helped save b3ta! Brandy_Bumwinkle, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 20:08, Reply)
This is a normal post Shit sticks
Serious case of WTF-ness

Looks like a baby robocop
 (I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 20:09, Reply)
This is a link post He’s a Dancing Machine!

(Gratch Sit Ubu sit, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 19:22, Reply)
This is a normal post I've wanted a robot since I was a kid
However, I had envisaged lasers and head crushing death capabilities, not seventies dance moves.
 (I helped save b3ta! Brandy_Bumwinkle, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 19:54, Reply)

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