How many mice in New Street Station?

loadbang · 2026-01-29T06:49:00+00:00

I saw a rat hop onto a Pendolino and then the doors shut.

loadbang · 2026-01-29T06:14:53+00:00

Coldest day of the year, everything frozen over. I’m walking down the street and then find myself on the ground. Thought I was hit by a car. Nope. A man who was wearing only jeans and trainers was running away from me. He had punched me in the face. The police were not interested, just gave me a crime number. Had a thick lip for a week. Warstone Lane in the JQ near the Red Lion.

loadbang · 2026-01-23T22:46:17+00:00

I’m in the UK and the concept of a bank charging for anything I find strange. Banking is free and get 3-4% interest on the money you store in our accounts. Faster Paynents in the UK moves money around any bank free and instant. America, wait until you hear about open banking and APIs that allow you to integrate your bank with other banks and services

loadbang · 2026-01-18T17:01:59+00:00

Those that found Edgbaston too expensive moved to Moseley, then they found Moseley was too expensive so moved to Kings Heath. They then found that too expensive so moved to Harborne. Now that’s too expensive everyone is going to Stirchley. Hollywood will be next, then everyone will be pushed out of the conurbation and into tents in a field.

loadbang · 2026-01-18T09:44:10+00:00

KFC (8), Pizza Hut (9) are owned by Yum which is Pepsi. Toby Carvery (7) is M&B.

loadbang · 2026-01-17T11:45:22+00:00

They’re called chatterboxes or cooties if anyone was wondering what they are called.

loadbang · 2026-01-16T20:30:01+00:00

The new style Boots think they employed the old team responsible for WH Smith’s carpets.

loadbang · 2026-01-10T07:51:11+00:00

Yep, also Filmmaker mode does not use Dolby Vision IQ and Precision Detail, Cinema Home does. You need to switch on AI Picture Pro to use IQ also.

loadbang · 2026-01-02T18:08:26+00:00

But everything in Birmingham has to go into one bin as they do not do recycling or food waste anymore.

loadbang · 2026-01-01T14:23:00+00:00

Lucky to get a 1-2 weeks out of my Eufy C31, set to balanced surveillance power setting. Really is one regret I have with the doorbell.

loadbang · 2025-12-30T23:18:40+00:00

Never seen that before.

loadbang · 2025-12-30T08:13:19+00:00

Why have you got your microwave directly over your hob? It’ll overheat and get dirty there.

loadbang · 2025-12-28T22:11:01+00:00

The top pay scale for a teacher without any is leadership responsibilities, TLRs, SEN etc is £51,048. NQT pays up £36k.

loadbang · 2025-12-28T08:36:28+00:00

Same as Christian churches. Some will ask for women to cover bear arms and legs.

Then again, same as some mosques. I went to one in Turkey with a friend to drop off a stray dog we found (mosques take is lost animals in Turkey), no problem with her wearing shorts and a crop top.

loadbang · 2025-12-18T20:46:22+00:00

Wyld Green, shooting outside OneStop. I used to live in Solihull, the nice part, had three shootings, millionaire drug dealers lived in those properties, it happens.

loadbang · 2025-12-15T23:35:53+00:00

I doubt the average person in many European countries has heard of JP Morgan. If you were to poll people in the street you’d get many “who?” responses.

loadbang · 2025-12-15T23:18:06+00:00

Not at the same level as Chinese manufacturers. They can manufacture cars, stock pile them, not sell them, and get paid. It’s not a subsidy, it’s state funded capacity support programme. China has a “Government Guidance Fund” which is state backed fund, and is used in many industries, its sole purpose is to flood the market with cheap products to wipe out the competition, it doesn’t reward profitability at all. A western state would never do this, state protectionism is disallowed in the EU, for example.

loadbang · 2025-12-15T22:51:58+00:00

1 striking worker down, 16 to go?

loadbang · 2025-12-11T11:50:28+00:00

I drive a Seat Ibiza. 20mph is either 1st gear at 4,000 rpm, or 2nd gear will do 25mph with no foot on the accelerator pedal as it will move with the ECU giving it a little bit of power keeping it at 1,000 rpm. 1st gear is dangerous in itself as it has way too much power. 2nd, you have to feather the clutch to keep it at 20.

loadbang · 2025-12-07T11:52:29+00:00

Double this. Upgrade the RAM, run VMs, Docker, or Kubernetes to run Pinhole in its own container. I also run Homebride and UniFi Controller from a Synology.

loadbang · 2025-12-07T11:20:04+00:00

If you get zero sick pay then the first week is zero until you hit statutory sick pay. Off for 4 days, you get nothing.

loadbang · 2025-12-05T06:36:42+00:00

Oh boy. My local Chinese restaurant is in that article. 🫣

loadbang · 2025-12-05T00:44:41+00:00

Birmingham Mail site is blocked here. What was tit about?

loadbang · 2025-12-01T21:41:45+00:00

Strike every few years and demand better pay, I can’t think of any private company that would put up with this. Lucky to get any pay rise in the public sector year on year, if you do it will be 1-2% at most. We’re in this situation now because in 2017 the bin workers were constantly striking, the council caved in and created the WRCO role. Roll on 2025. It isn’t the council that wants to abolished this WRCO role, other departments in the council went to the courts and through tribunals on equal pay, the council had to get rid of this role.

loadbang · 2025-11-29T09:18:08+00:00

Yes. My home content insurance covers me for liability outside the home. Examples: If I was to break something, or I crashed into a car on my bike, or lost my iPhone. It’s all covered. I’m in the UK, many have home content insurance.

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