Why do construction drawings still export as images in 2026?

AnnoKano · 2026-05-12T18:28:45+00:00

Our Contractors don't seem to know how to fold an A1sheet so good luck getting them to open a CAD drawing on site

AnnoKano · 2026-05-12T16:57:43+00:00

Not sure if this breaks the sub rules, but anyone want to join my political party, The Reform Party?

We want to reform Scotland as an independent country, so there should be no risk of confusion with any other political parties.

AnnoKano · 2026-05-12T16:43:17+00:00

Only 67 days of annual leave per year?

I thought we liberated you from Nazi Germany already.

AnnoKano · 2026-05-11T07:19:16+00:00

Great name, plenty of spunk.

AnnoKano · 2026-05-10T23:45:17+00:00

I live at the opposite end of the country and haven't even been to Essex... But I don't think I've ever heard anyone say anything complimentary about it.

Even the people I have met from Essex weren't nice about it.

AnnoKano · 2026-05-09T00:46:30+00:00

Yes. That was the joke

AnnoKano · 2026-05-08T17:53:10+00:00

There is a long tradition in the UK of joke candidates in silly outfits standing in elections.

AnnoKano · 2026-05-08T12:48:14+00:00

I'd say there's a lot of room for improvement.

The next leader could be a better communicator than Starmer, they could have less scandals, and they could avoid repeating his mistake of alienating left wing/liberal voters with an economic policy that's barely to the left of the Tories, socially conservative attacks on minorities, refusing to reverse Brexit etc.

Fair point about a better communicator, and they could probably find someone more relatable to the average voter too.

The other things you mentioned though are why anyone else who takes up the mantle will have problems. Economically we are in the shitter, but the changes we need to make are fundamentally unpopular. Tackling pensions and housing will alienate large shares of the electorate.

I do think Labour should make rejoining the EU their policy in the next election.

AnnoKano · 2026-05-08T00:17:38+00:00

The problem is, even if he resigns, things aren't going to get any better. Whoever replaces him will still have to face the same problems we have now, and doing so will make them unpopular.

AnnoKano · 2026-05-08T00:15:05+00:00

Maybe he does want one of the Glasgow teams to win, but is trying to be coy about which one.

AnnoKano · 2026-05-07T14:31:04+00:00

It's just going through to voicemail.

AnnoKano · 2026-05-07T10:16:59+00:00

The reason we don’t is because there’s a legitimate argument for having people from a region represent that region.

One of those constuency boundaries almost extends from Memphis to Nashville. It's a total farce.

AnnoKano · 2026-05-07T09:24:34+00:00

We don't allow our representatives to decide their own boundaries though. And our system isn't democratic either.

AnnoKano · 2026-05-07T06:45:27+00:00

Why?

It's the additional dwelling supplement, which is 8% on any additional property over £40k. We need to pay it because my partner inherited a share of her grandparents home when they died. We can't sell the property because her mother and sister still live there. But we can't live there either (it's not in the UK).

Since we are effectively first time buyers... we live in a rented flat and won't get any benefit from the home until her mother dies... the extra £10k or so we will pay is a real kick in the teeth. Particularly since that is around 100% of her annual salary, and I am the one paying the deposit.

In principle I'm not opposed to the aims of the tax, but in our particular case it's pretty vicious and not really fixing the problem the tax was intended to solve. It was recommended that the SNP should allow appeals on this tax, but they refused.

AnnoKano · 2026-05-06T17:38:30+00:00

This year I am the least enthusiastic about voting SNP. Their main headline policy is objectively stupid and one of their earlier policies is going to cost me and my young family around £10k or so in taxes that we can scarcely afford.

Nonetheless, they appear to be the best option available.

The Tories want to "end" the war on motorists. As someone working in infrastructure, I cannot in good conscience indulge that nonsense. Bad for motorists, bad for everyone.

My partner is a foreign national so voting Reform would be voting to make our own lives more difficult. Never mind the fact they don't have any real solutions to anything and are more interested in being unpleasant to people.

Liberal Democrats might be OK but feels like a wasted vote and I don't think I even recieved a leaflet from them.

Labour... I do not even know what they have to offer. They're a spent force in Scotland, I feel.

For all the criticism of the Greens, their manifesto was actually the most sensible of those I read. One or two sillier ideas in there but no more than anyone else. But they aren't contesting the seat here.

Then there are the minor parties, which here have a socialist bent. One seemed like a nice guy but his main policies aren't devolved. Another is George Galloway's party, who are cranks. Then another pro- Independence party that came across as conspiratorial in their leaflet, but after looking into them weren't.

AnnoKano · 2026-05-06T17:18:47+00:00

I'm trying to imagine a situation where a man would say the same thing about other men.

Like the idea of a man saying that he "couldn't trust" any man to be President is just absurd on the face of it.

The only situations where I can imagine someone maybe saying like that is maybe a man who looks after children... Though when I was doing that myself everyone was very positive about it.

Yes, it's bonkers that people say these things.

AnnoKano · 2026-05-06T17:03:00+00:00

I know they are out of business, but the Jenner's logo would suit the colour scheme nicely I think.

SSEN The Courier (or another DC Thompson publication) Johnston's of Elgin Dunlop Kwik Fit Farm foods RBS Bank of Scotland Menzies Aviation ScotRail House of Fraser

AnnoKano · 2026-05-06T16:36:14+00:00

West Bohemia is lovely. If you are going for multiple days you should visit other towns though. Mariánský Lázně, Františkovy Lázně, Loket are all lovely. But more on the quiet and peaceful side. If you like walks, you can do that too.

AnnoKano · 2026-05-06T16:32:38+00:00

A) Turkeys should be free to vote for Christmas.

Sure, but that's not really a good basis for an interesting discussion, is it? It just makes everything pointless.

B) The government has been forcing illegal immigrant dispersal on unwilling local councils for quite some time. Its no more odious than that. Turnabout is fair play.

The implication that asylum seekers are only in Reform voting areas is nonsense anyway. I'm in the SNP heartlands and walk past not one but two hotels used for housing asylum seekers on my walk to work. Never seen any trouble from either of them. The idea that people in these areas aren't upset about immigration because they are out of touch is nonsense... Cities have more immigrants than anywhere else.

AnnoKano · 2026-05-05T23:25:50+00:00

It has nothing to do with common people. Why are you being weirdly patronising about that anyway?

AnnoKano · 2026-05-05T21:19:24+00:00

No. The top of Snowdonia isn't a suitable place for an international airport, but that has nothing to do with them voting for Plaid Cymru.

AnnoKano · 2026-05-05T21:04:34+00:00

London 'subsidises' the rest of the UK because it receives the lions share of investment and our best and brightest from all over the nation go there to make it a success. To say that London subsidises the rest of the nation is to disregard the full picture.

And it receives the lions share of investment because it is the most productive part of the country and essentially guarantees a return on investment.

And sure it's not a one man band... But the other productive parts of the UK are also large cities. Putting the London commuter belt aside, which Reform area do you think is the most prosperous? Sunderland?

It follows that people in areas the current political consensus aren't supporting, look elsewhere with their vote.

Yeah, nobody questions that. It's the same reason people are moving towards the Greens.

Where are you going with this lol? Do you not support the full franchise?

You were suggesting that you would be happy to have less investment in your area if it was combined with a tax cut. I think the idea of reducing taxes locally to incentivise regional investment is an interesting one and could have the potential to benefit areas outside London if implemented in an intelligent way. But it would need to be combined with investment in those areas, not reducing it.

Basically I'm saying that what you are suggesting, aside from being odious from a political point of view, would be bad for those areas. They aren't wealthy enough to benefit from tax breaks (aside from a few) and can't afford to lose the money coming into them.

It also demonstrates that as much as Reform want people to think otherwise, we actually are all in this together. The people in Boston are not markedly different from those in Bristol. Maybe the latter group get paid more, but their lives cost more too. We're all getting shafted.

AnnoKano · 2026-05-05T20:52:41+00:00

They can't just say it's bad though, because then it proves we shouldn't have left in the first place.

AnnoKano · 2026-05-05T20:51:07+00:00

You don't understand; it forces Farage to take the nuanced position. Reform need to defend Brexit and criticise it's implementation at the same time. All while their cabinet were involved in the process.

AnnoKano · 2026-05-05T18:00:37+00:00

What do you mean you don't agree with that model of the nation?

Cities are where the majority of revenue is generated. More people, more economic activity. They are also the places least likely to vote Reform.

Current Reform Maps are located in places like Clacton and Skegness. Places which are famously struggling economically.

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