When its your daughter's 17th birthday, what advice would you give her on drugs and booze?
If she's going to experment around, which I think most teens do, heck, weed might be decriminalised by then... what would you prefer? Going out clubbing? At home with friends with you downstairs so you can step-in if needed? Or complete ban on all of that sort of things and risk her going behind your back?
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:05, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

As she's only 21 months old I haven't yet given it any thought.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:06, Reply)

You should.
Gonz needs to know when to start peddling his pills.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:07, Reply)

Man, terrible parenting
I'd thought of every single plan I was going to have in in response to Gonz's questions about my daughter's life before she was even a week old.

They are all "no, you can't meet her when she's 16"
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:07, Reply)

Hey Badger you know science things
Why is Fracking supposed to be bad?
( Peej, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:09, Reply)

because there are risks of destabilising the ground along pre-existing fracture lines
or shit underground might explode. These two things then might result in land collapse, earthquakes, tsunami and the zombie apocaylpse.

Or, y'know, fuck all might happen except we get shed loads of cheap gas. Who knows?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:12, Reply)

If we get cheap gas then there's less incentive to actually look at sustainable energy and we'll pump a shit tonne of carbon up that we didn't technically need.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:14, Reply)

yes.
you do understand that's how it works?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:16, Reply)

Devils advocate really.
Fossile fuels are "bad" and shouldn't be used.

That said natural gas is the best of a bad bunch in terms of processing and carbon emissions. If the world swithched over all coal power plants to natural gas, and/or natural gas starts widespread use in HGVs buses etc global carbon emmisions will go down a lot.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:28, Reply)

Or, alternatively people could stop obsessing about carbon dioxide emissions
as it's almost certainly one of the least of our concerns in terms of fossil fuel usage.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:30, Reply)

I'd admit the debate should be moved more to wastefulness and energy security*
but carbon emmisions is still important.

*by that I mean spending massive amounts of money every year for something that you can generally make yourself with a large enough initial investment rather than OMG fundin terror
(PsychoChomp, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:35, Reply)

energy is entirely the least of our problems.
There is pretty much not a single product out there in our lives that doesn't use oil in its manufacture, and to which there are no serious viable alternatives at a global scale. Biodiesel-based avaiation fuels are fuck all use if we have to go back to planes made out of wood.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:38, Reply)

Graphene will save us!

(PsychoChomp, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:38, Reply)

Like fuck it will.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:39, Reply)

But flexible screeennnsss!!!!
Although, I read this and was like "wooahhh" arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1112/1112.3488.pdf
(PsychoChomp, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:43, Reply)

So basically fuck it, the protestors are once again hippies with no actual knowledge on the subject?

( Peej, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:16, Reply)

haha, not at all
No-one really knows, everyone has an agenda, it's almost certainly not as dangerous as the hippies suggest nor is it as safe as BP etc suggest.

Actually the most important point is probably Chompy's. But for fuck's sake don't let him know.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:20, Reply)

Gotcha!
In other news I bought a new (old) bike frame. You won't approve because its a road frame but I thought i'd tell you anyway.
( Peej, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:22, Reply)

I've been thinking about getting a road bike for the commute to work. I'm fucking sick of swapping tyres over. It's either turn my current XC bike into a commuter and buy another MTB (approx cost £2K) or buy a road bike (approx cost £500)

But don't tell anyone. They'll think I've turned gay.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:24, Reply)

Well I'm doing a build myself using a mix of brand new and secondhand parts
Coming in at just over £250. I prefer doing that as I get brand new wheels and tyres etc but as long as the frame and forks are in good condition I don't really care about how new they are. The frame, bars,
and seat post are second hand but the wheels, brakes, cranks, pedals and chain etc are brand new. This is the frame www.b3tards.com/u/98480917b02b1414508e/frame.jpg which as you can see looks in damn good nick and cost me 102 quid
( Peej, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:31, Reply)

THE GASSES THE GASSES IN THE WATER>!>!!!
even though methane is perfectly natural and will be in most water anyway.

/there is a slight issue with the chems drillers use in the water forced down the well. That's more to do with them saying it's patented and won't tell people what it is rather than any evidence that it's bad.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:13, Reply)

Micro will be at boarding school until 18.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:09, Reply)

Like rachelswipe
She should be fine then.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:11, Reply)

Christ I hadn't thought of that.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:16, Reply)

I haven't ever been out with a boarding school girl
who wasn't dirtier than a Cornish tin miner's sock and in possession of a whole heap of abandoment/daddy issues.

Just sayin.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:18, Reply)

*googles local boarding schools*

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:25, Reply)

*Calls Op. Yewtree*

( Peej, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:25, Reply)

What a coincidence
because I haven't ever been out with a boarding school girl who wasn't dirtier than a Cornish tin miner's sock and in possession of a whole heap of abandoment/daddy issues.
( Peej, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:25, Reply)

*smirks*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:27, Reply)

you poor, poor man.
I mean, it's no basis for a lasting relationship, usually, because they're madder than a whole sack of cut snakes. But, they usually go like a belt sander, so that keeps you entertained for a while.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:29, Reply)

I did date a few girls in Uni who had gone to Private all girls schools
and they were fucking filthy. The first time I shagged this girl called Sally she reached in to her handbag pulled out a tube of KY Jelly, passed it back and said "fuck me in the ass" She actually carried it around with her in case to opportunity arose.
( Peej, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:35, Reply)

That's curious.
I knew a girl called Sally who was mad for anal. Nominative determinalism or sutin.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:39, Reply)

Was she from Oxford?

( Peej, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:41, Reply)

hahahaha


yeah.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:42, Reply)

5'10" Slim with massive 32G tits?

( Peej, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:48, Reply)

shorter, slim, smaller breastage
OMG it's almost as if there are two women called Sally from Oxford into anal. Fuck's sake, don't tell the Daily Mail, they'll have a meltdown about standards in society etc
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:56, Reply)

Don't be daft
Two women in to anal in one city maybe, but with the same name!
( Peej, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 15:00, Reply)

Musk-tang Sally
#HappyBarbraorwhateverhisnamewaslolz
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:42, Reply)

My dad went to boarding school and he turned out just fine

( Peej, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:17, Reply)

he probably wasn't a girl though.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:18, Reply)

Don't worry badger it was a suicide joke
But you may not be aware of that b3ta meme
( Peej, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:21, Reply)

ah, right so.
apologies, I wasn't aware of that meme.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:21, Reply)

Don't worry, 'Uncle Monty' will take care of those 'little chats'

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 3 Jun 2013, 14:19, Reply)