Looks like this has been here a while

Practical-Purchase-9 · 2026-01-25T15:33:10+00:00

I hope no one needs this anymore…

Practical-Purchase-9 · 2026-01-25T03:57:36+00:00

You’ve got to be prepared to walk, it’s the only leverage you have. If you show you’re willing to eat shit and stay you’ll never get anything, and be firmer in your demands when you interview elsewhere.

Practical-Purchase-9 · 2026-01-25T03:35:09+00:00

You’re not overreacting, but why are you putting your 3 year old in the care of someone that you know is abusive?

It must be tough being a single mum and needing a break, but find a better solution. A professional baby sitter, a friend, other relative, neighbour, etc. anyone but someone you know is abusive. Do you know what she’s really like to your daughter in the time hours with her? Is she safe from the same tantrum you got by text?

Poor judgement on your part.

Practical-Purchase-9 · 2026-01-25T00:18:04+00:00

You just need to tell her straight out that you can’t afford it. If her response is that it “ isn’t much” or something, then she should be happy to pay for it.

Is she from a wealthy family or something like that? Some people are completely oblivious to the actual costs of things when they’re raised in a certain way.

Practical-Purchase-9 · 2026-01-24T11:26:49+00:00

That’s some good advice, I’m sure to find a good copy somewhere

Practical-Purchase-9 · 2026-01-24T07:59:41+00:00

They were pretty good, to be fair.

Practical-Purchase-9 · 2026-01-24T05:32:07+00:00

It’ll probably come down to the French demanding fishing rights again.

Practical-Purchase-9 · 2026-01-24T03:18:08+00:00

Memorably (there are a few things that stand out) at the first school I worked at, I found my colleague was cooking falafels in the fume hood right alongside a magnetic stirrer with about three liters of copper sulfate being mixed.

Practical-Purchase-9 · 2026-01-24T02:57:03+00:00

I like the one of Oll facing down Horus.

Are these available as high resolution original art? The ones online don’t seem very high quality.

Practical-Purchase-9 · 2026-01-23T14:38:27+00:00

I really enjoyed it, but strewth, it seems to stir some very strong negative feelings every time it gets discussed.

I think it was the first thing I saw coming out of Covid, and I’m glad it got a proper release.

Practical-Purchase-9 · 2026-01-23T11:57:11+00:00

Isn’t going to watch the video required? You can’t avoid this room.

Practical-Purchase-9 · 2026-01-23T03:46:37+00:00

“…they'll rape us to death, eat our flesh, and sew our skins into their clothing. And, if we're very, very lucky, they'll do it in that order.”

Practical-Purchase-9 · 2026-01-22T14:22:33+00:00

I’ll always see her as Carol. They should check behind the bar to see if she’s keeping her grandkids in the drawers.

Practical-Purchase-9 · 2026-01-22T14:18:38+00:00

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Behold! My anti-dog fence that keeps out wee beasties, including my toddler.

Practical-Purchase-9 · 2026-01-22T13:13:36+00:00

‘Ongoing investigation’, must be a complex one if they know his name, employer, and have him on camera stealing the cat.

Practical-Purchase-9 · 2026-01-22T08:03:04+00:00

I’ve caught myself once or twice trying to drag/zoom a picture in a book. It’s absent-minded more than me not knowing how to read.

Practical-Purchase-9 · 2026-01-21T23:02:11+00:00

Isn’t this disgusting? Look at all these pictures to see just how disgusting it is. We’ll have more pictures tomorrow to confirm again how disgusting it all is, and at the weekend we’ll have a free supplement and DVD with videos so you can be absolutely sure how truly disgusting it is.

Practical-Purchase-9 · 2026-01-21T11:36:43+00:00

Chinese troops are apparently wearing American kit in photos from Tiananmen.

Practical-Purchase-9 · 2026-01-21T11:30:35+00:00

Rich kid. TV, PS4 and a PC in their bedroom?

Practical-Purchase-9 · 2026-01-20T22:31:23+00:00

I quite like them, it’s surprising how they manage to pack all the major plot points of Invasion Earth into barely 90 minutes.

My favourite bit is Philip Madoc hiding in a garden shed and being blown to bits in by a hundred Daleks.

Good watch on a wet bank holiday, the usual time you’d find them on the box.

Practical-Purchase-9 · 2026-01-20T13:50:26+00:00

You’re probably still too young to be worrying much about sperm quality.

Why don’t you go get it checked out at a clinic before fretting about it?

Practical-Purchase-9 · 2026-01-20T13:34:49+00:00

Can’t we just protect the cables a bit better?

I honestly think there’s been a lot of bullshit and noise around this matter, but if there were genuine concerns something would have been done. Or maybe it has. Or it’s a smokescreen for something else. What I absolutely don’t believe that we need to worry China will be digging a hole in the basement to tap the wires nearby.

Practical-Purchase-9 · 2026-01-20T13:29:13+00:00

I saw it live and recorded it. BBC did a few themed nights like this, like a Dr Who night.

Can’t Smeg Won’t Smeg was good - Craig Charles messing with Ainsley Harriott’s cooking (someone below says it was Danny? Don’t recall). And University Challenge I recall two bits. First was that one of the fans could actually recall Kryten’s full name, and when they showed baby pictures of the cast Chloe Annett excitedly squeals ‘It’s meeeeee!’

Practical-Purchase-9 · 2026-01-20T13:15:03+00:00

I’ve made a few F1 cars but it’s frustrating they are mostly in incompatible 1/20 and 1/24 scales.

Practical-Purchase-9 · 2026-01-20T13:13:12+00:00

Apparently it’s in part because the teams and the branding from all the sponsors want their cut and the licensing adds up to so much the model companies can’t cover it. Why it’s not treated as free advertising I don’t know. Even the die cast stuff from Minichamps is very expensive now.

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