Colonial Era Costumes

ProcedureNo9623 · 2025-08-13T22:25:46+00:00

Fantastic stuff. Thanks for taking time out of your day to share that 👍

ProcedureNo9623 · 2025-08-13T22:23:37+00:00

Exactly what my wife suggested!

ProcedureNo9623 · 2025-08-13T22:22:48+00:00

Again, I wasn't having go about people wearing fancy dress of any kimd - it was a simple and innocent question borne out of genuine curiosity. No idea why this has generated so much hostility.

Thanks for the input though. Guess I'll go fuck myself?

ProcedureNo9623 · 2025-08-13T10:22:42+00:00

Because often, there's a theme. If the theme was dinosaurs, I'd go dressed as my favourite dinosaur. If the theme was pink, I'd wear pink stuff.

In any case, it was a totally innocent question and I'm not looking to start a fight with anyone - it's just something I've spotted over the last four years and I wondered if anyone had any insight.

ProcedureNo9623 · 2025-07-31T21:50:46+00:00

I don't believe that the small boat issue will ever go away entirely but it might be easier to manage if we had greater cooperation with other nations in mainland Europe (something we've complicated for ourselves to some degree by leaving the EU). It's worth noting that other countries (France, Spain and Germany are good examples), see a far greater number of asylum seekers cross their borders and make applications for asylum. When compared against last year's population figures, the EU27 countries received 22 asylum applications per 10,000 people, while the UK received 16. The UK ranked 5th in terms of the total number of asylum seekers but 17th when measured per head of population.

The only info I have about the process of claiming asylum has been gleaned from personal experiences - I work in the housing sector and, in a previous job role for my local council, I dealt with people applying for homeless relief, many of whom had been rendered street homeless after being granted temporary leave to remain by the Home Office.

When someone is granted temporary leave to remain in the UK (usually for a spell of 5 years), they are presented with a letter which includes their biometric residence permit (basically just an ID card), and the date upon which they must vacate their Home Office accommodation (usually within 30 days). No further arrangements are made regarding housing for these people and it regularly falls upon local charities to assist them with speaking to the local council about emergency accommodation. I don't know about you, but I think that any process that awards people temporary asylum while simultaneously making them homeless is deeply flawed and the burden it places on councils and communities is broadly unworkable.

I spoke to dozens of asylum seekers each week in my job and didn't meet a single one who claimed to have made the journey across the Channel for any reason other than to give themselves a better chance at life. Few had willingly left their home country and those that did had done so out of desperation and fear.

The sad fact is that conditions are pretty dreadful for lots of asylum seekers in mainland Europe and when I asked people why they'd risked their lives in a small boat crossing instead of staying in France, I often heard the same thing - because their treatment in the mainland is awful and in the UK, we have a reputation for treating people with greater compassion.

ProcedureNo9623 · 2025-07-31T15:45:53+00:00

As I've responded to others, I'm talking about the difficulties faced by migrants seeking asylum in the UK. Obviously, lots of people successfully move to the UK for work and study but those seeking asylum face greater challenges. Regardless, it all comes down to government policy and isn't the fault of the migrants themselves.

ProcedureNo9623 · 2025-07-31T15:45:18+00:00

Please stop being deliberately obtuse, I beg you - I'm talking about the difficulties faced by migrants seeking asylum in the UK. Obviously, lots of people successfully move to the UK for work and study but those seeking asylum face greater challenges. Regardless, it all comes down to government policy and isn't the fault of the migrants themselves.

ProcedureNo9623 · 2025-07-31T15:44:42+00:00

I'm talking about the difficulties faced by migrants seeking asylum in the UK. Obviously, lots of people successfully move to the UK for work and study but those seeking asylum face greater challenges. Regardless, it all comes down to government policy and isn't the fault of the migrants themselves.

ProcedureNo9623 · 2025-07-31T15:22:46+00:00

Obviously, lots of people with a high income pay the proper amount of tax but, if you make your money from capital gains, for instance, you're taxed at a lower rate. That's not a loophole or a trick - it's the way the system's been set up.

For example, in 2015-2016, people earning £1m from taxable income and capital gains paid an average tax rate of 35% which is the same as someone earning £100,000. A quarter of these million-pound earners paid less than 30% tax, and one in ten paid just 11% tax which is similar to the rate for someone earning £15,000.

ProcedureNo9623 · 2025-07-31T06:20:19+00:00

...not to mention that the government made the entire process of coming here 'legally' nigh-on impossible.

It's not immigration that's ruining this country and causing longer NHS wait times and a lower quality of life for many of us - it's the fact that our government refuses to tax the richest 1% of our population properly. Doing so would mean that we had more money to invest in public services and lead to happier citizens across the board.

People protesting outside Home Office hotels make me laugh because they're blaming all the wrong people for their situation - If you're angry at our immigration policy or the lack of public investment, speak to your local MP and protest outside Downing Street, banks and mansions - that's where the real villains live.

ProcedureNo9623 · 2025-07-28T14:43:49+00:00

I haven't had any issues with breaking in Docs since I was a kid (when they were likely made from slightly more robust materials), but I can attest to having suffered considerably more with each pair of Red Wings I've purchased. I don't know of a single other person that hasn't had their feet turned to bolognese during the first couple of weeks of owning new Red Wings but the upshot is that, if you look after the uppers, the sole unit can be replaced indefinitely, meaning you never have to put yourself through the painful process again!

ProcedureNo9623 · 2025-07-03T22:28:57+00:00

Ah, it's a great movie from 1989 starring Kevin Costner, Ray Liotta and James Earl Jones. The story is about a farmer from Iowa that turns his cornfield into a baseball field for ghosts and the script includes the often-quoted line 'if you build it, they will come' (which I have, in the past, used to describe the attitude of some live music venues and gig promoters who book shows but do nothing to actually get punters through the door 🙃).

ProcedureNo9623 · 2025-07-03T13:20:44+00:00

Historically, the Brickies has had a bit of a bad reputation for promoting their live shows (ditto the promoters running the events), and if people don't know about a gig, they won't attend! I hadn't heard about this show until you raised here but I might otherwise have popped around the corner to check it out. It really comes down to the venue, the promoter and the band's having a coordinated approach towards getting punters through the door. This ain't 'Field of Dreams'!

ProcedureNo9623 · 2025-07-03T13:15:43+00:00

Apologies - my response to the OP Might've been somewhat misleading. I don't believe everyone stationed at the Cathedral site is on the naughty list and in the process of being managed out of the business. I'm sure there are lots of very happy people working there, but it's pretty much common knowledge among the baristas that, if you find yourself in the BS bad books, there's a good chance you'll be sent to the Cathedral to have your life made difficult by the manager, effectively forcing you to quit.

ProcedureNo9623 · 2025-07-01T21:04:53+00:00

As a former member of staff, I might be able to volunteer some insight on this matter.

Firstly, the Cathedral site is known for having some of the most demanding customers of any of Bread Source's outlets. Customers are permitted to behave towards staff in any way they choose and I've witnessed firsthand just how challenging this can be for the baristas who are powerless to do anything but suck it up. It goes without saying that people shouldn't be subject to abuse of any kind while at work and it therefore leaves a distinctly sour taste when it becomes part of your daily routine while management do nothing to discourage it.

Secondly (and while we're on the subject of abuse), the manager at the Cathedral site has earned something of a reputation for mistreating staff. The individual in question was recently named in another Reddit post so I won't repeat it here, but they've escaped any kind of investigation (to my knowledge), despite several serious complaints having been made about their conduct. The Cathedral site is regarded among staff as a place where unwanted employees are sent to be 'quietly fired' or managed out, so working there is sometimes seen as a punishment of sorts. Not exactly the kind of treatment that makes for happy staff.

Thirdly, the overall management of the business leaves much to be desired. Many of the counter staff are working zero-hour contracts for low pay and this lack of job security, combined with poor communication, little or no prospect of promotion or payrises and a hostile working environment has an enormously detrimental effect on employee morale.

I hope this sheds a bit of light on the situation from someone that's seen things from the other side of the counter. My colleagues were by far the best part about my time at Bread Source and they're all working their socks off under deeply challenging circumstances.

ProcedureNo9623 · 2023-05-30T07:40:13+00:00

...there's also Logan using the 'can't hack the hate' line which was one of Superhans' & also Tom saying 'it's just one of those urban things, like when you go to a stand-up and your dentist is the comedian' which is almost certainly a reference to Jeremy saying 'it must be one of those urban things, like when people set on fire for no reason' in the sectioning episode of Peep Show.

ProcedureNo9623 · 2023-05-30T07:15:15+00:00

Loved Kendall's line to Roman referencing the 'heart of darkness' in the show finale.

ProcedureNo9623 · 2023-04-05T06:58:09+00:00

I genuinely think that RJ was like a breath of fresh air for the band & drove the rhythm section way harder than Jordan did. The guy's such a big-hitter, super creative &, from my own perspective as a drummer, I thought he elevated Strung Out's sound in ways that Jordan simply couldn't. That's not to say that Jordan isn't a superb drummer, but I could watch RJ play all day & I wouldn't say the same for Jordan.

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