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etired #Telecommunications Engineer. #Travels about. Takes #photos. Likes #railways. Likes #history. Likes old #buildings. Likes old #tech. Likes #beer. Doesn't like Tories.

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Languages are weird
  • Pizza restaurant in Portugal, my then gf trying, phrase book/dictionary in hand, to order herself a choose your own toppings pizza in Portuguese. Waitress: "This might be quicker in English, I'm from South Africa". Long conversation ensued about how a South African of Indian extraction ended up working in a pizza restaurant on the Algarve šŸ™‚

  • What's the best music streaming service?
  • In what way? There's no DRM. It's not tied to an apple account. Music I've downloaded from iTunes now resides on non-apple kit same as that from Bandcamp, 7digital, etc. Hell some of its even on CDs for when I still had a player in the car, now the car has a USB stick.

  • What's the best music streaming service?
  • None of them. Buy music, don't rent access to it.

  • I am to celebrate new years eve alone. How can I celebrate solo?
  • But will be give you one off the wrist?

  • Ancient wisdom often sounds like common sense now that it is commomly taught. What is some ancient wisdom that we no longer teach because it was wrong?
  • Given the increasing popularity of showers over baths over the last several decades this could actually explain a lot.

  • Lottery winner
  • You can vote between far right, and regular right.

    Unfortunately heading that way in the (dis)United Kingdom as well šŸ˜Ŗ

  • So, who or what ruined Christmas this year?
  • Do you live in Jabalya by any chance?

  • So, who or what ruined Christmas this year?
  • Christians. They should never have been allowed to get involved. Have a Cool Yule y'all ;-)

  • What's the consensus on swearing here
  • No idea. I mean, can I say cunt in here? šŸ™‚

  • Is there an artist whose work you love but was a shitty person?
  • Eric Gill. Great sculptor and of course typeface designer but would be better regarded were he 'sans' the sex with his sister, both his daughters, and the family dog.

  • Is there an artist whose work you love but was a shitty person?
  • Oh, I just learned something new šŸ™

  • What would you do if a wicked fairy's spell transformed you into a dog or a cat?
  • Or if a cat go round and shit all over my neighbour's garden, see how they like it šŸ˜ˆ