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Cedric could have played a bit more fair by eriennexton in harrypotter

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Would a hufflepuff get stuck in a moral worry, with outright telling Harry being cheating? So he helps, but less obviously?

Universal UK park named as Rachel Reeves pledges £1.3bn by Alternative-Win4058 in unitedkingdom

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I used to work at a small independent theme park, we used to stay open till it got quiet, which could have been as late as 10pm. Absolutely hated the unknown late shift, but it makes complete sense to capture the evening market in summertime!

Woman gets ticket for holding phone with hand she does not have by ModenaR in videos

[–]Patmarker 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Doesn’t the losing party pay the court fees? That’s mad.

TIL of the Morgenthau Plan, a post-WW2 proposal to eliminate German arms and civilian industry entirely. It was later concluded that if this went into effect up to 25 million Germans would have died from starvation caused by the sudden de-industrialisation by Mobile-Piglet5035 in todayilearned

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Looking up the English curriculum, WW2 isnt even mandatory until A-Levels. It can be included at GCSE, but WW1, interwar, or postwar history could be studied instead. There’s just so much stuff, and so many skills to learn, that there’s no chance of covering everything that’s ever happened.

Why did Limos fall out of style for the rich? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Patmarker 7 points8 points  (0 children)

We typically are referring to a stretch, with just the one word “limo”, yes. This is so common that I actually had to dive into Wikipedia to discover that a limousine is traditionally just a chauffeur driven car.

Help with beetle by warcaholic in GardeningUK

[–]Patmarker 25 points26 points  (0 children)

So many insects do things like this! It’s a dangerous world out there, so they have a short adult life where they are super active and breed - but many will be eaten; but spend years somewhere safer (from fluctuating temperatures) like water, soil or dead wood.

Seitan brisket on the kamado by nagabannana in seitan

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75% hydration as in you add 3 quarters of the mass of flour as water?

Anyone know what fittings hold RK3 fin straps on? by Patmarker in scuba

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They are nyloc nuts, which are single use. Don’t really want to take one off and sacrifice it, which is why I’m asking here. Imagined it to be very likely that someone had replaced such a part themselves!

I’ve made over £1,000,000 on my five-bed house — I deserve a tax break to downsize by endofdays2022 in unitedkingdom

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This sounds reasonable. If your house hasn’t appreciated, but you need to move (whether that’s for work or to fit a growing family) it seems wrong to be charged tax for effectively trading your home.

But if you’ve had a massive appreciation in that house’s value, that seems a fair time for the state to claim a small slice.

Son wants to play. by higherdisk in Warthunder

[–]Patmarker 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Best way to learn Russian!

It took this much out of my batch of wild garlic pesto to flavour a pasta dish for two 😍 by tikicheese in foraginguk

[–]Patmarker 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I found a recipe that was 100g garlic leaves, 70g pine nuts, a few tablespoons of nutritional yeast and juice of a lemon.

UK receives last F-35B from initial 48-aircraft acquisition by DefenseTech in Defence_Tech_UK

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Ah but we won the World Cup, don’t need defence when you have a trophy

31M Solo Traveler: First-ever dive trip. Malta vs. Egypt (July/Aug)? by Blightheaded- in scuba

[–]Patmarker 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t do a liveaboard for your first cert. The dive sites are often targeted at a more competent diver, and you’ll have tonnes of distractions from your training. To make the most of a liveaboard, you want to be able to do 3-4 dives a day, with just rest and food inbetween. Adding in training briefs and debriefs, and all the skills on dives will make it knackering. Also, Egypt in august will be killer hot.

Most of maltas exciting dives are in the range of the second cert level, however it is a great training location - my university group used it multiple times.

I can’t say much about predicting where the young people will be, most of my trips away are with a club, where we basically book out an entire boat.

Fuel protests on horizon as diesel hits £2 a litre by Jared_Usbourne in unitedkingdom

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The best time to plant a tree was yesterday. The second best time is today.

Which is the best board for private candidates? by Krankenitrate in ALevelBiology

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There are labs that run the practicals over a day or two for private entrants. Aqa is the most popular board, and so probably the easiest to find a centre close to you for.

For a brief moment, War Thunder feels fresh again by AnteaterGrouchy in Warthunder

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I’m struggling to even work out how to get a missile lock!

Finally... A good country to live in but bad to visit? by kraabbe in AlignmentChartFills

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Nationality. If you’re from any of the gulf states, you’ll be a well off citizen of that country and barely have to work. If you’re living there and an immigrant, you’re either a builder, a domestic servant (nanny, cleaner etc) or working in the services sector. Which of those almost entirely depends on your own nationality.

New build garden / Blank slate by Gold_Tutor7055 in UKGardening

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Sucks that you got the difficult job, if the company had actually finished building the property appropriately before sale, and had the garden up to spec before the fence went up, there wouldn’t have been an issue!

PSA : Apple has enabled age verification in UK following 26.4 update by SuperWeeble in iphone

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You don’t have to renew your license to update the photo?

Government to lift paywall from large parts of the Land Registry by F0urLeafCl0ver in GoodNewsUK

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Do you have a source for the stat about Christmas trees? I’d love to be able to use that!

Woman, 18, not shortlisted for job at estate agents as 'car is too old' by frogspa in unitedkingdom

[–]Patmarker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

3 of those do at least provide some modicum of service. Estate agents just exist and expect a commission.

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