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This is a normal post Splendid :)

(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 18:18, , Reply)
This is a normal post It’s no “Dale Winton and the Barcodes”
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtZlRrzJOlM
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 18:24, , Reply)
This is a normal post Mega!

(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 18:45, , Reply)
This is a normal post Rather spech is that....

(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 19:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post Gurns

(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 21:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post Reminds me of

youtu.be/sfSndZPynQk
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 21:21, , Reply)
This is a normal post So, old gifs from here can't be reposted?

(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 22:32, , Reply)
This is a normal post

(, Tue 17 Apr 2018, 13:42, , Reply)
This is a link post Meanwhile, strange things are happening here.
I'm blaming Russia.
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 17:06, , Reply)
This is a normal post end times

(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 17:45, , Reply)
This is a normal post I was more interested in the story about a woman who nearly shit on a shop floor but then didn't

(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 17:46, , Reply)
This is a normal post And am now worried that I could potentially have someone try and force their way in, screeching about human rights when I open the front door to get the milk in

(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 18:43, , Reply)
This is a normal post Again

(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 19:09, , Reply)
This is a normal post A man in his 80's was pronounced dead at the scene?
That's one hell of a speech impediment.
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 18:05, , Reply)
This is a normal post arfff

(, Tue 17 Apr 2018, 9:15, , Reply)
This is a link post Sifting & Salvage Boxes
Preview says it's not been posted here before, but I'm sure it has...anyway, it's a lovely page to look at with all the bots and balls.
SECONDS of entertainment!
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 16:05, , Reply)
This is a normal post Reminds me...
... of oucheh's stuff. A bit.
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 16:58, , Reply)
This is a normal post reminds me of that weirdo from /board but less random and mental

(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 17:44, , Reply)
This is a normal post That's hypnotic
Lovely stuff!
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 17:03, , Reply)
This is a link post Craptic Curseword I made this!
CALLING ALL POTTY-MOUTHED PUZZLERS...

CRUDE CRYPTIC #13: EDGY INSULTS
is out now, for your shittygobbed satisfaction.

▕▕▊▕▊▕▊ 🅿🆁🅸🆉🅴
▕▊▕▊▕▊▕ 🅲🆁🆄🅳🅴
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▕▕▊▕▊▕▊ #13: "EDGY INSULTS"

No theme, but the title might give you a clue to a hidden secret of the puzzle which, while not necessary for its successful completion, could potentially aid in your endeavours. (I'm sure some regular solvers may already have an idea what this is...)

LINK ABOVE FETCHES JPG. To download the interactive PUZ file, go here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ONn_roYxFtH-2-dcX5jnNYL_P6ZVPrW1

First correct solution out of the hat wins a cheapskate-but-appropriate prize.

CLOSING DATE for this one is 6 May. Gaz me if you need my email address, or DM your solution (photo or screenshot will do) to @crudecryptics on the twitter.

Hope #13 proves lucky for you. Beware, there are two or three pretty obscure answers. ;)

CONGRATULATIONS to the winner of #12, Hywel C.
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 14:18, , Reply)
This is a normal post Half a dozen, then too much of a mystery for me.
Not a complaint, but what makes rude crosswords so difficult is that there is such a superabundance of words for penis, sexual intercourse, and poohing.
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 16:13, , Reply)
This is a normal post
You're not wrong there. Allows for an abundance of smutty surface readings, but can be even tougher than a regular cryptic. I do always try to have enough checking letters, and some easier clues, to give people a fair shot though. Hope you'll crack another one out sometime if you ever get a sudden fancy for a hard one. ;)
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 17:04, , Reply)
This is a normal post harder than private eye.
i got one and a half answers.
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 17:42, , Reply)
This is a normal post Some nice clues as always
12ac in particular is absolute gold.
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 19:26, , Reply)
This is a link post Finally the body modification we've all been waiting for NSFW
It's going to make handshakes a bit awkward.
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 12:43, , Reply)
This is a normal post But it'll make flipping the bird spectacular.

(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 13:03, , Reply)
This is a normal post Well, that's given the designer some much-wanted publicity

(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 13:14, , Reply)
This is a normal post

(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 13:26, , Reply)
This is a normal post Wolverine's let himself go

(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 13:37, , Reply)
This is a normal post Feminism gone mad I tell ya.

(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 13:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post *claps*
*reels in pain*
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 15:47, , Reply)
This is a normal post I enjoyed eXistenZ and want it to be real life, so this is allowed

(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 16:03, , Reply)
This is a normal post Meh
you either use semen from a man, or semen from a man.

Only the delivery mechanism changes.

He would still be liable for child support.
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 17:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post i assume j craig venter is working on it

(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 17:41, , Reply)
This is a link post Foghorn I made this!
Youtube's audio algorithm wouldn't let the horn blast as loud as I'd like but hey ho. While you’re at it have a look at the lighthouse webcams. They’ve recently added a binaural mic to Cam 3. Check them puffins - https://www.shetlandwebcams.com/cliff-cam-3/
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 11:39, , Reply)
This is a normal post I saw puffins there. BWAH.

(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 11:50, , Reply)
This is a normal post Awesome
I actually saw this on my recommendations list - glad you beat me to the post
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 15:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post fascinating

(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 15:28, , Reply)
This is a normal post Realistic Tony Hadley simulator is GO

(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 15:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post Well colour me surprised
I never thought I'd find a video of a foghorn quite so relaxing.
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 21:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post Well worth reading the comments answering Beau Garrison's question:
"I wonder how far this can be heard across the water?"

Some excellent trolling, some silly gullible people, and some nice cod science.
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 22:18, , Reply)
This is a normal post Somewhere there's a Swiss guy on a mountain going
"The fuck did you call me?"
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 23:53, , Reply)
This is a normal post Go, I say go away boy, you bother me

(, Tue 17 Apr 2018, 5:17, , Reply)
This is a normal post *parp*

(, Tue 17 Apr 2018, 10:47, , Reply)
This is a link post Kati&Karl live
The black storks are back at their nest in Karula National Park, Estonia. Karl has spent the winter in South Sudan. No idea where Kati has been as she isn't wearing a tracker.

Edit: if the YouTube stream is down try the original feed at pontu.eenet.ee/player/must-toonekurg.html
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 8:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post Go Team Kati and Karl!
Loved following this last year despite some sad moments
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 17:06, , Reply)
This is a normal post RIP
Was just about to post this link.
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 0:10, , Reply)
This is a normal post Shot dead by a fat guy :(

(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 0:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post oh, I just thought it was a major malfunction

(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 0:59, , Reply)
This is a normal post His was complications from pneumonia...

(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 9:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post I have trouble with my privates and piles too.

(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 9:57, , Reply)
This is a normal post Oh you're such a joker. I do hope your puerile puns don't snowball into anything.

(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 10:22, , Reply)
This is a normal post
You climb obstacles like old people fuck
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 12:50, , Reply)
This is a link post Trump's finished now
Mueller turns out to be De Niro
edit: but it isn't very funny - I regret posting this.
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 21:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post I remember comedians in the 90s lamenting that politicians had become harder to lampoon and predicted the death of satire
and here we are, and we can see that it is still alive today, only it isn't funny any more.
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 21:27, , Reply)
This is a normal post How dare you!
Good satire has been funny since before Juvenal and will continue to be funny as long as mankind exists, despite people predicting its end as soon as it began. SNL is not good satire and is shit.
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 21:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post "farting will always be funny" - every man before getting married
www.b3ta.com/links/1484000
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 22:21, , Reply)
This is a normal post On the plus side
it's far funnier than anything on R4
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 21:42, , Reply)
This is a normal post This isn't satire, but it's very funny...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04pbwf3
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 21:45, , Reply)
This is a normal post Nope.
It’s annoying.
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 21:57, , Reply)
This is a normal post Sophie Willan?
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09xkrkf
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 0:06, , Reply)
This is a normal post I like how they found an actor to play sessions
who looks just like dobby the elf, complete with the ears.
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 21:28, , Reply)
This is a normal post Michael Gove?

(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 7:33, , Reply)
This is a link post I know how you all love a bit of ambient, especially TACFC...

(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 19:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post indeed I do.
My favorite is this one:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=90gV5L9j7GQ
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 21:01, , Reply)
This is a normal post OP is cool, reply not so much
Saw some of these guys in Manchester a couple of weeks ago...next level stuff!
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 23:25, , Reply)
This is a link post Modern. Postmodern.
Just saw this on ВКонтакте (the Russian Facebook). Interesting choice of images and text. No further context available. Do we have (m)any slavic B3tards?
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 18:37, , Reply)
This is a normal post No, but somewhere some earnest undergraduates are discussing the significance of this meme in the current geopolitical climate.

(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 19:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post And fair play to them.
Surely that's the point of being an undergraduate.
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 20:27, , Reply)
This is a normal post No. It's about banning people from speaking, tearing down old statues, and banning books and stuff in order to make a safe space.

(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 20:58, , Reply)
This is a normal post They were the bits I enjoyed.
Not my speakers, statues, books and stuff obvs.

I don't think the 'safe space' stuff is as prevalent as is reported, but it might be, I don't know. It smells of something to get people outraged about. Old statues, who cares really. Some statued figures were relevant and celebrated in one time, not so in another. Build 'em up, rip 'em down, the history books will record the good and bad.

Banning any book is abhorrent, as is banning any legal speakers. My dealer used to disagree with me about the weight of the dope he was selling me. Through that I learnt about portable scales, how to get along with people who think they have power over you, and when to shut the fuck up and run.
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 21:20, , Reply)
This is a normal post They're dishing out a lot more firsts these days, 10% or even more is typical, it was a pretty freakish thing in my day.
I fear the safe space thing is real.
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 21:53, , Reply)
This is a normal post Perhaps, I don't know.
Firsts did seem to be the preserve of those who'd totally misunderstood the point of higher education. Or totally understood. I always found those students less fun than the rest, but consequentially far richer and with more influence than me.

But anyway, who outside the civil service really cares about a first v a desmond? It's about what you do and can do, surely. Certainly been the case in my profession (IT).

Here, have a funky flutey song.
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 22:21, , Reply)
This is a normal post You do know that students are paying £9,000 per year for a degree now?
Paying £300 per week for something has a way of concentrating your mind...
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 22:40, , Reply)
This is a normal post Your logic doesn't stand up to any scrutiny.
The fact is a greater number and greater proportion of people are attending universities. This is not going to raise academic standards. There has been an explosion of really unacademic and unintellectual courses (e.g. hospitality management). This is not going to raise standards. It's a Douglas Hurd for you my simple friend.
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 10:31, , Reply)
This is a normal post A Third for you too then
for representing your fears as fact, and offering no supporting evidence for your objectively provable assertions.
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 12:44, , Reply)
This is a normal post It is reasonable to assume that worthwhile subject matter for
University level education has not magically become objectively easier or harder since 50 years ago.

If is also reasonable to assume that humans have not evolved significantly in Britain such that we are objectively any cleverer on average than 50 years ago.

The only thing we know we have changed is that we are now putting approximately 50% of people through further education, where it would have been only the most able 10% around 50 years ago.

So either we should see an absolute truck load of people getting 3rds, or the grading standards must have been made less rigorous. Or one of the assumptions is incorrect (hint: we definitely haven't become cleverer).
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 14:36, , Reply)
This is a normal post Or we’re working harder.

(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 15:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post You may be working harder, but you're definitely not getting any brighter.
Either way, you're hard work.
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 15:36, , Reply)
This is a normal post Don't flip ya lid.

(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 19:49, , Reply)
This is a normal post Never liked that one.

(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 21:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post We're talking about students here.

(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 20:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post Is ВКонтакте pronounced Bukake?
EDIT : Well that is what I get for cut and pasting Russian...
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 21:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post What the fuck is that shit?

(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 21:33, , Reply)
This is a normal post It is what you get if you copy the Russian text in the OP then paste it into a post.

(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 21:35, , Reply)
This is a normal post *learns*

(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 22:22, , Reply)
This is a normal post I think you got your point across.

(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 21:35, , Reply)
This is a normal post Hopefully
all over their face(book)...
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 17:24, , Reply)
This is a normal post When unicode goes wrong, it makes you seem like a very irate Beano character

(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 6:27, , Reply)
This is a normal post Try posting it in to the body rather than the title. It works
No one knows why.
ВКонтакте
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 18:05, , Reply)
This is a link post Pretty timelapses of bristol as a segway into....
anyone got any tips on how i do this?
(Intervalometer, programme to stitch them together into a video etc).
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 15:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post There are no motorised scooters in this video

(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 15:48, , Reply)
This is a normal post And they all moan about the pace of life in that there London

(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 17:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post Step one
from the looks of things, get a camera that can do HDR costing about £3000.

Step two, spend another £1800 on a decent lens

Step 3, spend about £1500-2000 on the computer controlled tripod for doing the smooth pans etc.

Step 4, buy Adobe creative suite for more thousands of pounds then spend six months learning how to use it

Step 5, say bollocks to all that, get a free app for your phone that can automatically take images every 10 seconds or which can also make it into a movie, put your phone on a beanbag and set it off and wait.

Here is a list of some. It is the first list link from the search `time lapse app`.

beebom.com/best-time-lapse-apps-android-iphone/
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 18:16, , Reply)
This is a normal post quick and dirty hack:
step 6, glue a phone/camera mount to a mechanical kitchen timer from a pound shop for a periodic panorama - search sites such as hackaday and instructables for some cheap and cheerful diwhy ideas
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 19:12, , Reply)
This is a normal post Maybe just give amphetamines
to everyone in Bristol
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 18:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post or take loads of downers yourself?
I don't think getting the whole of Bristol on whizz is a viable strategy here.
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 21:13, , Reply)
This is a normal post You obviously have not visited.
Or you would see that already is the case, no work needed.
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 21:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post All I can say is
I woudln't want a share a speed dealer with Tricky, Massive Attack or Portishead. Cos their gear is obviously shit.
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 21:22, , Reply)
This is a normal post No it isn't
it is just that the heroin they get is much better.
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 10:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post love the hot air balloons

(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 11:17, , Reply)
This is a link post Hugh Laurie - Saint James Infirmary
Hugh sings the blues
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 14:05, , Reply)
This is a normal post Got both his albums.
He's remarkably good for a actor turned musician.
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 14:07, , Reply)
This is a normal post Pah!
He was always good.
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 23:58, , Reply)
This is a normal post synchronicty
I've just been listening to loads of versions of this including this one.
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 14:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post Got whichever album this is on.
It's good.
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 14:28, , Reply)
This is a normal post That's rthe rather wonderful Allen Toussaint conducting
His rather wonderful version of this tune is here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BTB3BfIcrw
(, Tue 17 Apr 2018, 9:42, , Reply)
This is a link post Behind The Curtains - EP 5 I made this!
Here's the latest episode of our stupid web series. Enjoy!
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 13:45, , Reply)
This is a link post Les nuits

(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 13:03, , Reply)
This is a normal post you with your electro scooter music
you should move down to Be Right-on- now officially the most hipster city in the world:
www.cnbc.com/2018/04/13/movehub-these-are-the-most-hipster-cities-in-the-world.html

I already knew this on the basis of how many faces I want to punch between the station and the sea front.
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 14:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post Here you go grandad, have some difficult jazz,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3Cwoz_JnyM
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 16:21, , Reply)
This is a normal post Nice

(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 16:43, , Reply)
This is a normal post
Old fave =)
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 14:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post I’m going to have to dig that CD out when I get home
Haven’t listened to it in years.
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 15:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post There are advertless good quality copies of Smoker's Delight and Car Boot Soul on Youtube:
Smokers www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ8CGOXrhks
Car boot www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzdv1-RIRVQ
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 15:49, , Reply)
This is a link post As if Sir Patrick Stewart couldn't be any more of a gent, scholar and role model.
Not content with a 'stellar' acting career, and having spent decades setting up and supporting various charities (primarily regarding spousal abuse), he now weighs in with a considered and rational approach to, you guessed it, Br*x*t..
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 11:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post the Leave camp have responded in their usual calm and collected way

(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 12:11, , Reply)
This is a normal post
We won, get over it Something something democratic will of the people
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 12:28, , Reply)
This is a normal post sovringstea

(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 12:28, , Reply)
This is a normal post
Loving BoJo's blurt of 'there was a definitive majority'. 1.9%? Sure, mate, that's definitive AF.
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 12:33, , Reply)
This is a normal post Majority of Parliment voted to leave.

(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 13:57, , Reply)
This is a normal post I don't recall it being a free vote.

(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 20:24, , Reply)
This is a normal post There wasn't a vote on that
the fuckwits voted on Daily Mail, Sun, and Daily Express readers having a voice of something so important for some reason
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 22:53, , Reply)
This is a normal post One of many votes
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38833883
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 6:48, , Reply)
This is a normal post
Seeing as Putin's goons were dicking about on Facebook and Twitter, 1.9% is far too close to call.
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 14:07, , Reply)
This is a normal post If we're taking numbers this demo had 1200 people in it.
200 times that amount marched against Blair and he still went to war.
Mentioning this because I suspect that gits foundation is involved in this somewhere.
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 14:50, , Reply)
This is a normal post 1.9% is definitive
If it's 1.9% of thirty three and a half million - which it was
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 22:18, , Reply)
This is a normal post Nigel Farage would have something to say about that
Before the vote, he said that if it was less than 60% he wanted a second referendum...

Obviously when he won, 51% was fine...
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 17:28, , Reply)
This is a normal post He also made this sketch
Which they didn't release until the day after the vote.

youtu.be/ptfmAY6M6aA

Edit: If you want to point out that it was actually released around two months before the referendum, please form an orderly queue.
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 13:00, , Reply)
This is a normal post Starts with a Germanic academic knock...
Odd.
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 14:18, , Reply)
This is a normal post *golf claps*

(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 21:21, , Reply)
This is a normal post *squints*
Not sure what your meaning.
Serious, hitting the table is a thing German students do.
Bit odd in this context.
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 22:18, , Reply)
This is a normal post I don't know what I meant
I have never encountered it - I assumed I hadn't gone to a good enough school.
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 22:46, , Reply)
This is a normal post Strange how I saw it before the referendum then...

(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 18:18, , Reply)
This is a normal post Before it was cool then?
I appreciate things can happen before I am aware of them, but I thought that was the chronology.
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 18:33, , Reply)
This is a normal post Uploaded April 25 2016

(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 19:21, , Reply)
This is a normal post Well done
But I'm pretty sure EatYourFace pointed this out, and I copied the video without reading the timestamp on my phone. I thought I was right, and I accept that I was not.

Did you think I was trying to start a conspiracy theory, or are you trying to be helpful? Or the third option?
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 21:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post You seem touchy, you drop your pay packet on the horses or something?
I was just pointing out that the video you linked obviously contradicted you.
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 10:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post Thanks!!!

(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 18:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post "I'm famous and rich so get 10 minutes soft interview on the beeb to further my political aims"
Just want to point out before the inevitable shit storm I didnt start this one
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 13:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post Hopefully we'll get William fucking Shatner's take on it next.

(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 15:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yeah
Cos rich successful people aren't allowed to have an opinion, take that bloke who owns Wetherspoons for instance.
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 16:44, , Reply)
This is a normal post A businessman running a FTSE company.
I think Patrick Stewart is great, but he pretends to be a spaceman for a living. And lives in California.
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 16:53, , Reply)
This is a normal post Would he have gotten an interview like this?
No, because he's not really famous.
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 17:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post I'd have more respect for him and his campaign
if they had held it in Sunderland, Hull or any of the other Leave strongholds.

Holding an event in Camden with 1200 other middle class remain voters is hardly likely to change anyone's mind. Don't these people get it? You can't live in an echo chamber if you want to change things, and bringing in luvvies to lecture voters on how their betters know what's best for them worked really well last time.

Yes, I am pissed off that Remain fucked this up, but what I am more furious about is that they just keep repeating the same tired clichés that lost the vote last time.

Here's an idea - how about some positive messages about the future in the EU and how it will improve the lives of UK voters. If you can't do that then don't bother.

And they think leave voters are thick.
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 14:56, , Reply)
This is a normal post Well put.

(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 18:00, , Reply)
This is a normal post "The People's Vote campaign would argue that the public, not MPs, should get the final say on Brexit, he said"
yes good idea, because it's not like leaving the vote to the public has got a history of going the way of Brexit after all.
If the Remain group were going to be as disorganised in the event of winning as they were in their campaign, I struggle to think remaining would be a better option anyway.
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 15:42, , Reply)
This is a normal post Let's have one on the death penalty next.
And then decriminalisation of drugs.

And then one on every other issue that politicians are too craven to make a decision on themselves.
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 16:01, , Reply)
This is a normal post has anyone called him a luvvie yet?
Although Gary Lineker seems to one of those these days apparently
twitter.com/NeilUKIP/status/976173672837844992
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 9:22, , Reply)
This is a link post Prominent lawyer sets himself on fire to raise awareness of climate change
Jokes of "burning more stuff won't help" aside, this is quite extraordinary.
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 8:31, , Reply)
This is a normal post What a sane and rational individual. No sign of severe mental illness there.

(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 9:31, , Reply)
This is a normal post Oh come on, a lot of perfectly sane and respected people campaign for gay rights these days

(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 10:28, , Reply)
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(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 11:07, , Reply)
This is a normal post He slams Nazis? Good work

(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 11:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post I poetry slam Nazis.

(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 11:19, , Reply)
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(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 11:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post I wonder what else was going on his life
he can't have been in a jolly mood
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 10:39, , Reply)
This is a normal post ^
Looks like he was trying to find an excuse for a way out
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 10:43, , Reply)
This is a normal post Internet psychology strikes again.

(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 12:43, , Reply)
This is a normal post Meh

(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 14:05, , Reply)
This is a normal post Helluva shrug

(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 18:47, , Reply)
This is a normal post Would have been a better use of his time to set fire to climate change deniers.

(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 10:50, , Reply)
This is a normal post Bring back burning heretics!

(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 11:09, , Reply)
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deniers
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 20:38, , Reply)
This is a normal post I wonder if he really intended to end it, perhaps hoping on being 'rescued'
Seems a savage way to go, pointless, and somewhat painful.
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 22:48, , Reply)
This is a link post Monday night space rocket launch and landing LIVE (SLC-40)
This post has been updated with the new date/time

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**** RESCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY APRIL 18th ****
23:51 GMT (22:51 UTC)
YouTube Stream Here

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SpaceX launch and landing, ten mins before midnight Wednesday 18th - maybe get there half an hour before. The launch window is only 30 seconds, at 23:51 BST, 22:51 GMT. Haven't seen the amazing landings of Stage 1 rockets for a while. It's also on NASA.TV from around 11PM UK Time (but the SpaceX stream is better, if it's up, on their website).

This is a Falcon 9 rocket, carrying TESS, the "Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite". You might know Keplar, which found 1000+ Earth-like planets - it's similar, but will look at 400 times as much sky. The launch site is Cape Canaveral, Florida. There is a 20% chance of cancellation due to weather, in which case they'll try again on Tuesday. TESS is going into a weird orbit, a long way out (around 150,000 miles); it's a challenge to deliver it there. The Stage 1 will (hopefully) land on the drone-ship “Of Course I Still Love You” about 8 minutes after take-off. After that, it'll take about half an hour until TESS is deployed (see 'reply' for more details).

Future launches, for your diary:

April 19/20 0030-0430 Delayed, TBA Electron "It’s Business Time" from New Zealand.
This is the 3rd launch for "Rocket Lab", one of the few rivals to SpaceX, Two commercial CubeSats for weather and ship tracking, and a small GPS satellite. The previous flight was "Still Testing".

May 4 (time TBD) SpaceX Falcon 9 taking Bangabandhu comms sat, First time for new Block 5 Falcon, and landing (Delayed from April 24)

May 5, 1105-1305 GMT the huge ATLAS-V heads to Mars (arrives Nov), the NASA "Insight" mission includes a Mars rover, and all kinds of things to study the geology.

2028: Manned mission to Mars, first off-world colony. (Date and time TBA)


Bonus links: Failed landings (fun), last night's Atlas 5 launch
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 1:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post Atlas V Flight Commentary...
Patrick Moore!

Lovely little dash of serendipity.
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 20:04, , Reply)
This is a normal post Some people complained about those presenters
They said he was wooden, obviously reading from a script, etc.

Personally, I'd rather see that than some slick professional presenter; it keeps it more real. Same happens with SpaceX - their last launch had an engineer, and he made mistakes (the fairing 'falling back to space' instead of Earth), but his enthusiasm came through, the glint in his eye when the solar panels opened (which he'd worked on).
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 20:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post Cool, just saw this and remembered I wanted to watch it
Looking forward to seeing them nail another landing.
(, Sun 15 Apr 2018, 21:17, , Reply)
This is a normal post Note 23:32 BST
11:32PM UK TIME, 23:32 BST, 22:32 UTC "Instantaneous launch"

Minute-by-minute;

-01:10:00 RP-1 (kerosene) loading
-35:00 LOX (liquid oxygen) loading
-07:00 Engine chill
-01:00 Prelaunch checks, Propellant tank pressurization
-00:45 Launch Director verifies go for launch
-00:03 Engine ignition sequence

00:00 Liftoff
01:16 Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)
02:29 1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO), separation, 2nd stage engine starts
03:05 Fairing deployment
06:29 1st stage entry burn
08:17 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-1)
08:20 1st stage landing

40:50 2nd stage engine restarts
41:49 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2)
48:42 TESS deployment
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 17:33, , Reply)
This is a normal post Delayed for 2 days
rocket issues
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 22:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post Wednesday, 23:51
(16 hours from time of writing)

Rescheduled stream is up
(, Wed 18 Apr 2018, 7:10, , Reply)

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