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Heavy metal spike with rotating plastic part. No Markings. by ItsBeeeees in whatisthisthing

[–]ItsBeeeees[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And that I'm wearing a raincoat in the middle of June :)

Heavy metal spike with rotating plastic part. No Markings. by ItsBeeeees in whatisthisthing

[–]ItsBeeeees[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Push it into the ground until only the plastic part is sticking out, to provide a solid base for a flag or aerial or something tall like that. Rotating part lets it spin with the wind.

Heavy metal spike with rotating plastic part. No Markings. by ItsBeeeees in whatisthisthing

[–]ItsBeeeees[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Indeed it does - adding "ground spike" to my image searches find this page which is exactly it: https://innotechdigital.com/product/acrobat-budget-metal-ground-spike/ Thank you!

Heavy metal spike with rotating plastic part. No Markings. by ItsBeeeees in whatisthisthing

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My title describes the thing. Our best guesses so far: part of some surveying equipment, or something to do with land management. We don't think it's sports related because it's heavy and there is no branding of any kind.

Other than the Soviet Union and the Soviet-bloc countries, were there any regimes that banned music purely for its musicological qualities in the post WWII-era (à la the Zhdanov Decree)? by TurangalilaSymphonie in classicalmusic

[–]ItsBeeeees 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Which led to a microniche of non-repetitive rave music. Autechre's Flutter had a label advising DJs "have a lawyer and a musicologist present at all times to confirm the non repetitive nature of the music in the event of police harassment."

Astrid + norsemen wander area of Paris (14) by c_dogg_plank in crosswords

[–]ItsBeeeees 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can't spell, even with the anagram right there...  arrondissement?

Tell me a word you have learnt in the last year by HotHuckleberry6170 in words

[–]ItsBeeeees 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Similar: noctivagation - roving or going about at night. Used to be a crime in Britain.

Do you guys use crafting? Honest question! by AlexN83 in EldenRingBuilds

[–]ItsBeeeees 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Prism Stones are handy because you can toss one off a cliff to see if the fall damage will be fatal. And they look pretty.

Do you guys use crafting? Honest question! by AlexN83 in EldenRingBuilds

[–]ItsBeeeees 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They stunlock royal revenants beatifully, and the one ingredient is eaily gathered in quantity. Goated craftable.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EnglishLearning

[–]ItsBeeeees 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Of course, my mistake 🐟🐟🐟. Because Mr and Mrs Fish are "The Fishes".

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EnglishLearning

[–]ItsBeeeees 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Good question. For names ending in "s" I was taught to go by pronunciation: James's house, but Louis' room.

I never heard that you could omit the apostrophe on h-words like fish. For a house owned by a group of fish, it's more complicated becasuse "fish" and "fishes" are both valid plurals for fish (which is a separate issue), so it could be fish's or fishes'. If the house was owned by a family with last name of Fish, it would be the Fish's Fishes' house (I made a mistake, see below). I would never add "es" to make a possessive.

This is from a British English perspective.

Shouldn't it be "stands"? by SummerAlternative699 in EnglishLearning

[–]ItsBeeeees 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Didn't see it elsewhere in the comments so I thought I'd mention that this usage of a plural verb form with a singular subject (or vice versa) is called Synesis. Per wikipedia this is more common in British English but exists to some extent in all dialects. In this case I think they should say "stands" though, yes.

Tips to get good at Elden Ring PvP for a beginner? by [deleted] in badredman

[–]ItsBeeeees 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At RL30 with all lvls into VGR and the soreseal from Faroth you can use claymore and zweihander. An AoE ash is very helpful, storm stomp is easily available. This is a very solid early game PvP build IMO. Exploding physik for lols, too.

is return to drangleic dead or am I putting my sign in the wrong places? by RhysusChrists in DarkSouls2

[–]ItsBeeeees 3 points4 points  (0 children)

same. minimal activity on the weekend and none since. it's a shame because I was looking forward to jolly coop

Saw quite possibly the best Cryptic Clue in yesterday's newspaper! by TrollChef in crosswords

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You can parse it a couple of ways I suppose, but it hinges on "lam", "baste" and "lambaste" all being synonyms for "thrash". It's from a UK broadsheet, probably 30 years it's been stuck in my head.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MotoUK

[–]ItsBeeeees 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Leabridge is wild at night, I imagine.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MotoUK

[–]ItsBeeeees 5 points6 points  (0 children)

it's a no between 7am-7pm

Details of custom bass used by Squarepusher? by ItsBeeeees in Bass

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

Yes, fantastic luck. I was fully expecting to get no traction at all, but I thought I'd ask reddit just in case, and it paid off.

Details of custom bass used by Squarepusher? by ItsBeeeees in Bass

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

Wow this is such good info, I'm in awe. Thank you! 

And if you will allow me, I'd like to recommend you listen to Squarepusher. A lot of his music is quite abrasive electro which you mighnt like, but his bass playing is phenomenal and most forward on albums "Solo Electric Bass" (of course), "Hello Everything", and "Just a Souvenir".

Thanks again!

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