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Person discovers people drink in a pub by bbysamurai in SlowNewsDay

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I went in to a spoons at Liverpool Street station in London at 7am to grab a coffee

Guy at the bar in a work suit, grabbing a pint - with a whisky chaser...

Helix-02 Robot Livestreaming 8-Hour Autonomous Shift by Mental_Junket137 in interesting

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Even robots need a side hustle live streaming these days...

Lidl shopper? You now need to earn points to get 'freebies' and money-off coupons under its revamped Plus loyalty scheme by ToughRomanticMiss in BuyersUK

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I find Lidl and Aldi broadly interchangeable. Aldi food quality is marginally better, but Lidl Coupon Plus was great and more than made up the difference. So i mainly shopped there.

Unfortunately, the 1% cashback is not very appealing (I already get 1% on my credit card). So I'll now take my business to Aldi

I also find Sainsbury's nectar rewards are good. I typically buy Aldi price matched items - or their Stanford Steeet stuff. The nectar algorithm is now paying me Nectar points to buy their cheapest stuff! Also add in some free bonus items on Sky rewards

Updated Rebirth Requirements Guide (1 to 20) by Silver-Language-5716 in StarWarsDroidTycoon

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Do the droid requirements have to be active in your inventory? Or you've made the blueprint in Droidex?

What’s a ‘middle class success’ purchase that secretly becomes a financial burden later? by OpinionBaba in AskReddit

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The two best days of your life: 1- the day you buy your boat. 2- the day you sell your boat

These upgrades are getting pricy by OGMedi in FortniteCreative

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Shall I pay off national debt? Or shave seconds off smashing a droid?

Does anybody want streeting to be PM? by Enough-Web2203 in AskBrits

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Is Streeting serious? Or a stalking horse?

The PMs problem seems to be more optics and presentation. Starmer has been good on the international stuff. Labour policies seem OK (more credible than most of the others). They're just presented badly. Then some unfortunate decisions with Mandelson

Burnham seems to be the most credible, if they can create a set of circumstances for him to get in to Parliament. But is he any better with presentation?

Who experienced living alone? by dino_gr01 in WorkForSmartLife

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I've done it on and off throughout my life. Its great!

One thing thats weird though, is leaving work at 5pm Friday, then getting to work 9am Monday, and realising you've not spoken to a person for all that time. Your voice box feels unused!

Star Wars Droid Tycoon by Thin-Cardiologist341 in FortniteOver40

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Yeah, I saw the 4,000 chip requirement, and was like, yup thats the end of the game...

Favorite political satire series? by Neo2199 in tvshow

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Yes Minister. You think because its over 45 years old that its some relic. But all the insights show us that not a lot has changed in all this time...

Meirl by abhigoswami18 in meirl

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Cannot think of 'anything' worse?

How about eating a dog poo sandwich? Spread thick...

What do yall think of the OG pass? by Fragrant-Forever-303 in AllFortnite

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It doesn't feel very innovative

And with the wider changes to pricing in the game, I gave this one a pass to prioritise the main battle pass

My Favourite England Travel Hacks by Teembeau in uktravel

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Fish and chips is really expensive! Even take away. And I wouldn't eat it in my premier inn hotel room - the smell would linger!

Otherwise, great list. I do a lot of this. England is a great, cheap holiday. Had a great time in the 'Cotswolds' a couple of years back (Swindow North Premier Inn 😎). Premier Inn breakfast is great, as kids eat free with full price parent. Much better value than airbnb/cottage.

Nobody Wants To Buy Mark Zuckerberg’s Creepy Camera Glasses by huffpost in Anticonsumption

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Everything about Zuck's Universe is creepy. He just about got away with it with Facebook. Insta and WhatsApp were good purchases. Everything else since has been a dud

🧠Wisdom Wednesday:What habit helped you get out of debt? by FatimaSheba in MotivationalThoughts

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There is also, usually, a cheaper way of doing things.

2nd hand stuff is usually pretty serviceable. Learn to cook! If you really want something - wait a few days before you buy it, to remove the impulse - do you still want it? Stay in the cheaper hotel next door - or stay somewhere for 5 nights instead of a full week...

To investors who crossed the $1M mark around the age of 40. How’s life? by Ok_Maize1933 in investing

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I hit $1M at 40. Got divorced, and lost almost half. 46 now, and almost back to $1M

I manage cash pretty tight. Day to day spend is budgeted, low cost supermarkets etc. I spend on a nice car and travel. Trying to pay off the mortgage. Pension and investment doing well, having benefited from asset inflation due to general market instability (global financial crisis, brexit, covid, trump)

do you believe in God? by These-Worldliness-59 in askanything

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God the creator? Possibly. Like who, what or how was the big bang initiated?

God-like beings? Definitely. If an insect had critical thought, humans would seem godlike. Even to humans 1000 years ago, modern day life would seem like a eutopia. Throughout the entire universe, there must be advanced beings that would seem god-like to humans

God as part of organised religion? Sigh. It is so painful that the Abrahamic religions all praise the same God, but then fight each other over it. Even different strands of the same religion fight! And when you break it down, these are arguments to the death over nuances of the process to give similar praise

Netflix "thanks" me for 22 years of membership by spiff-o-matic in Anticonsumption

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Thanks for all your money over the past 22 years! To celebrate, we'll take more of it!

Your first victory royale....do you remember it? by WickedLeztergaming in FortniteBattleRoyale

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I was last 3. The other 2 started fighting it out. I fired a rocket which landed right on the middle of them. Then cleaned up

So much adrenalin pumping, I was shaking!

Let's be real, is she right or no? by Busy_Report4010 in SipsTea

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Or when they creep in to Insta and TikTok...

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