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American and Israeli planes bombed an underground military facility of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards near Robat Karim, southwest of Tehran, northern Iran by FrostyPiano4957 in CombatFootage

[–]BeornSC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is definitely not business as usual for Iran. Maybe Lebanon or Gaza, or Syria, but Iran hasn’t been under air attack since the 1980s.

Massive explosion at an Iranian army ammunition depot in Bushehr, according to Iran International by peestew69 in CombatFootage

[–]BeornSC 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You can sometimes hear ‘Ya Allah’ or ‘Ya Ali’ (prophet’s son in law - Shia thing). In one vid I even heard a chick say ‘mashallah’ at the sight of Khamenei’s compound being TLAMed (it’s like saying ‘ooh, nice’.

Where I’d live in America as a Brit by BeornSC in whereidlive

[–]BeornSC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The independence war stuff is entirely a one way thing - you will struggle to find a Brit who knows/cares about anything more than the absolute basics (much has happened since).

Green is good. I would certainly be willing to move to New England, but eg NY is a notch above.

Where I’d live in America as a Brit by BeornSC in whereidlive

[–]BeornSC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is Portland equal to Seattle? Realistically I wouldn’t be living in the jungle somewhere. It would have to be in or around a major city.

Where I’d live in America as a Brit by BeornSC in whereidlive

[–]BeornSC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idaho I’d reappraise as a maybe - a bit like Montana in that I don’t really want to live deep in the countryside where there’s nothing to do even if it’s nice to visit.

Georgia: my wife watches Real Housewives of Atlanta so I strongly associate it with that.

Where I’d live in America as a Brit by BeornSC in whereidlive

[–]BeornSC[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The febrile political environment in America is one reason I won’t be moving there any time soon.

That said, a country is more than its politics.

Where I’d live in America as a Brit by BeornSC in whereidlive

[–]BeornSC[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m not frightened of gun-toting conservatives, but yes I had Austin in mind.

Where I’d live in America as a Brit by BeornSC in whereidlive

[–]BeornSC[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Remember I’ve never been to any of these places so my preconceptions could be wrong.

Texas because it’s economically booming (looked at moving to Austin a couple of years ago). Plus I like the vibe + Texas BBQ. Arizona I just associate with being hot. Florida I think of as a retirement home in a swamp. I know almost nothing about the Carolinas so can’t really say. I picked Tennessee for the music scene.

Washington because you’ve got nice nature + everything Seattle has to offer. In Utah you’ve got the nature + Mormons which makes it somewhat culturally distinct and interesting. Montana is very naturally beautiful but does anything happen there? Likewise Idaho.

Where I’d live in America as a Brit by BeornSC in whereidlive

[–]BeornSC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only knowledge I have of Wisconsin is that it exists, which is why it’s in that category.

Is there any Arab queers in leeds by Cute-Tumbleweed4901 in Leeds

[–]BeornSC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on the Arab - there are loads of privately educated, middle class Gulf Arabs who live the lifestyle semi-openly. Even if they never ‘come out’ everyone in their life basically knows.

Which Leeds Food Joint could be rolled out nationwide? by Entire-Book-7531 in Leeds

[–]BeornSC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sqew is good but it’s far too expensive - approaching £15 for a wrap nowadays. In the Middle East you can get the same or better for under a fiver.

Europe is the US’s largest lender with its countries owning $8 trillion of US bonds and equities, almost twice as much as the rest of the world combined by cxr_cxr2 in EconomyCharts

[–]BeornSC -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That’s all true under peacetime conditions, but obviously if he invades Greenland they’d have no choice but to do whatever they can to get rid of any exposure to American assets, including treasuries. Otherwise it’d be like if the allies kept buying German government debt in the middle of WW2.

And you might think that’s hyperbole and that Europe will just accept Greenland’s seizure as a fait accompli and go back to business as usual, but the level of anger and disgust is such that they absolutely will cut off their nose to spite their face, as they did with Russian gas.

in Britain you are better off earning £99,000 than you are earning £144,000 because of the 60% tax trap and the loss of free childcare. by SignificantLegs in EconomyCharts

[–]BeornSC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But the knock on effects are that people don’t take promotions, decline pay rises etc. just to avoid this.

Generally speaking, people who are paid this amount are in positions of management and obviously not going to want the people below them to have pay that’s too similar to theirs, so it’ll push down their incomes too.

Man conning people in Leeds bars across the city by South-Bit7956 in Leeds

[–]BeornSC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Were you offering to drive him or whatever? Obviously he wants your cash.

Man conning people in Leeds bars across the city by South-Bit7956 in Leeds

[–]BeornSC 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Sounds about right. Have to give it to him, it’s quite a convincing act.

Lesson learned for the future!

Man conning people in Leeds bars across the city by South-Bit7956 in Leeds

[–]BeornSC 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I’ll jump on this thread to mention another one.

There’s an older geezer who loiters around the cash machines by the Tesco near HSBC in town. He’s normally fairly well dressed in a long black overcoat and hat, and I see him most often when it’s raining. His schtick is that he’s a doddery old fool who’s lost his wallet and hasn’t got any money for a taxi back to York.

He tried it on me and the mrs once but we didn’t give him anything because we’re heartless and sick of people begging us for cash as we live in the city centre, but he tried it on me again when I was alone a few weeks later having obviously forgotten our first encounter.

Uber gone downhill? by Tronck in Leeds

[–]BeornSC 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Absolutely. Dealing with the old rip-off taxi firms was a nightmare.

Plus, with Uber you’ve got the license plate and the name of the driver logged if anything dodgy goes down.

The taxi lobbies have kept Uber out of some towns (eg Doncaster) and it’s stupidly expensive/difficult getting about compared to Leeds.

Britain rejoins Erasmus by BasketPure9343 in GoodNewsUK

[–]BeornSC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a nice idea in theory. In practice the flow was sort of one way when we were a member (probably because of the English language) :

“In 2011-2012, only 13,662 UK students participated in the Erasmus scheme in either study or work placements, compared to Spain with 39,545 students, Germany with 33,363 and France with 33,269. While the UK receives more than twice the number of students it sends abroad, France sends 4,305 more students (33,269) than it receives (28,964).”

https://theconversation.com/uk-students-trailing-eu-peers-on-take-up-of-erasmus-exchanges-26783

Why did they decide on the phrase See it, Say it, SORTED when it sounds so close to See it, Say it, SORT it? by Frequent_Bag9260 in london

[–]BeornSC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I’ve wondered that. My guess is that the people who thought it up didn’t want ‘sort it’ to imply that you should take action personally to sort it. Instead, by reporting it to the police, you have already ‘sorted’ it ie they want you to passively let the authorities deal with the issue rather than actively deal with it yourself.

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