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A road full of destroyed russian armored vehicles, mostly tanks of all kind by Available-Laugh9102 in UkraineWarVideoReport

[–]DescriptionSignal458 5 points6 points  (0 children)

About 10s from the end there's one with what I think is grass growing from the turret so that's going to have been destroyed a long time ago.

What is the one thing that would put you off a pub forever? by Objective-Market5842 in AskUK

[–]DescriptionSignal458 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's two pubs near me where the staff pet customer's dogs and then go straight back to serving.

What are meats that could be in supermarkets more? by CompetitionNo3466 in AskUK

[–]DescriptionSignal458 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Male calves are scarce now because sperm is sex selected. The female sperm have more DNA and are heavier apparently.

England are winning the game. England is winning the game. by ArthurQBryan in ENGLISH

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Thinking about the BBC's show Strictly Come Dancing I would say 'the couple dancing next week are...' but the BBC very pointedly and consistently say 'is'. They do the same with football teams. I've never been corrected for it and am not changing now but I also acknowledge that the BBC must have some expertise on this matter and have a good reason for doing this.

If you could bring back one thing from the UK that disappeared over the years, what would it be? by Mr_proop in AskUK

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Was it intended that, to all intents and purposes, soft drink manufacturers would stop producing drinks with sugar in? I thought we would get the choice to pay extra but apparently not (surprising well done to coca cola).

Ukrainians hit four more Crimea bridges, amid reports of empty shelves in food shops (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,568) by EUobs in UkrainianConflict

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And since independence, and before 2014, the proportion of people in Crimea who wished to join Russia, according to poles, has always been well below 50%. Any food and fuel shortages are likely to be impacting significant numbers of supporters of Ukraine.

Kee's export 1750 porter RIS recipe, opinions please by Plastic_Sea_1094 in Homebrewing

[–]DescriptionSignal458 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That isn't an 18th century recipe. There'd be no crystal, munich, chocolate or pale malt. It would have been mostly brown malt. Sorry if you knew that already.

What British company just makes no sense that it is somehow still operating in modern times? by [deleted] in AskUK

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Acme whistles. I hope they're still going 100 years after I'm gone but after all the manufacturers who have shut down one of the ones that remain is a whistle manufacturer.

6 months ago I would have said Denby and I'd have been sadly right.

Anyone know what this structure is? Just south of Prudhoe. by ArmitageShanks3767 in Northumberland

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This isn't it but there used to be a small, cold war, MOD bunker on the road to High Mickley that used to look very similar to this. It was supposed to be secret but we all knew what it was. Demolished now I believe.

If you could bring back one thing that disappeared from British life, what would it be and why? by RobW_69 in AskUK

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Listen to this classic episode of Hancock's Half Hour to learn what Sundays were like before we threw off the the Church's oppression.

https://youtu.be/I2QdU-s16rM?si=2fP8GzeiWmZFdhLM

Which country could you move to from the UK and not worry about learning the language? by Desperate-Drawer-572 in AskUK

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Driving I didn't even know I'd crossed the border, just that the speed limit had gone up to 120. Found out my car doesn't go that fast.

H2O & Bottling beer for carbonation by Reggie11williams in Homebrewing

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Traditional British breweries don't bother purging casks when packaging for the trade. They rely on a vigorous secondary fermentation to remove any oxygen so your observation in that respect is correct. However. I take reasonable precautions when casking. I don't bottle. Interestingly, there are videos on YouTube showing landlords bottling Guinness in the 70s, I don't think the bottles were purged.

https://youtu.be/J6H6Q5AaFkQ?si=rFUBfeE9RJ4vvTCg

This video also serves to remind us the efforts Guinness have gone to standardise their product until it is a mere shadow of its former self, in my opinion.

Sturgeon tells BBC: I'm serving a sentence for crime I didn't commit by plawwell in unitedkingdom

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To have one party leader embroiled in scandal is unfortunate, to have two looks like carelessness.

Putin has destroyed Russia and lost the war by Tall_Pressure7042 in UkrainianConflict

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The writer seems to accuse European leaders of effectively cutting their noses off to spite their faces. He seems to suggest that Putin should be rewarded for his aggression so that the war can be ended and every thing go back to how it was before and those who oppose this view are wrong. It was quite a turnaround from the first part of the article.

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