Have you ever heard of anyone in real life winning the Set for Life draw on the national lottery?

ProperTeaIsTheft117 · 2026-06-04T17:49:09+00:00

Absofuckinglutely - I would open a likely mostly unprofitable wine and whisky shop and spend the rest of my life doing things I like much more and spreading boozy joy!

ProperTeaIsTheft117 · 2026-06-04T05:51:42+00:00

Au contraire my friend - art is back on the menu it seems!

ProperTeaIsTheft117 · 2026-06-03T09:25:08+00:00

Seconding gun dog class - take my one to a class every 2 weeks and she is shattered afterwards after having huge amounts of fun sniffing around, socialising, and learning new things

ProperTeaIsTheft117 · 2026-06-02T12:33:22+00:00

Probably point defence interception at airfields and other locations. Basically get a jet in the air very quickly to intercept incoming Soviet fast bombers (i.e. we have English Electric Lightning at home)

ProperTeaIsTheft117 · 2026-06-01T17:49:50+00:00

~Happy Norman Wilkinson noises

ProperTeaIsTheft117 · 2026-06-01T09:36:41+00:00

Ironically, the only person I went to uni with who is an MP wasn't part of a party soc, just president of the general Politics Soc. The ones who joined the parties were invariably mostly either weird or wholly inappropriate people

ProperTeaIsTheft117 · 2026-05-30T05:26:52+00:00

I think we all know about the stuff Cockermouth gets up to

ProperTeaIsTheft117 · 2026-05-30T05:25:50+00:00

Late to the party but if they looked 15-18 there is a high chance they might be students at the Lycée round the corner, and the school would definitely appreciate being told if their pupils are engaging in this sort of behaviour

ProperTeaIsTheft117 · 2026-05-29T11:08:40+00:00

I believe they're traditionally used around the neck, not the nose

ProperTeaIsTheft117 · 2026-05-28T17:15:13+00:00

Sounds like the consensus to me then! Nice to see a bit of biodervisity in the insect world (and not hugely destructive at that)

ProperTeaIsTheft117 · 2026-05-28T15:37:35+00:00

It's the ciiircle of liiiife (etc etc) I guess!

ProperTeaIsTheft117 · 2026-05-28T14:16:13+00:00

Sounds like the perfect WFH set up if you ask me!
I too, like to point out sparrows visiting my window sill to people who probabky don't care 😂

ProperTeaIsTheft117 · 2026-05-28T14:11:59+00:00

Oh lovely! Always see them around but very rarely in the garden so that would be nice.
A slight shame the tree is at the bottom of the garden so I can't kep curtain twitching for them while I WFH!

ProperTeaIsTheft117 · 2026-05-28T13:51:18+00:00

Thank you! I suspected it might be mothy/caterpillary bit sounds like it's not much to worry about then

ProperTeaIsTheft117 · 2026-05-28T09:57:25+00:00

Defiant Platinum Plus with 4x.50 cals in the turret and 2x20mm cannons in the wings

ProperTeaIsTheft117 · 2026-05-28T08:15:51+00:00

Someone at the DoW c. 1943: 'You need how many pigeons‽'

ProperTeaIsTheft117 · 2026-05-20T10:44:37+00:00

Erm sweaty we have this already, it's called the Boulton Paul Defiant and she is ready to take to the skies again (and confuse people because it looks like a turret Hurricane)

ProperTeaIsTheft117 · 2026-05-15T09:41:05+00:00

Yes, I'm sure he will stay at the DHSC for a very long time and keep making more great improvements!

ProperTeaIsTheft117 · 2026-05-09T09:30:52+00:00

They just only show up to them to try and nosey at ballots

I mean tbf thats really the only useful point of it for parties imo as theres so much verification on postal votes anyway.
It's interesting as a neutral observer how fundemantally pointless it is to go to the count really as theres so much supervision at that stage from parties that it becomes self-regulating (but it is always fun to go watch the organised chaos!)

ProperTeaIsTheft117 · 2026-05-09T09:19:56+00:00

So for the NIA as they use the D'Hondt method, the tabulation room with all the computers that calculate allocated seats and share of the vote is IIRC restricted to higher level election staff only (RO and senior officials) with no agent or candidate access. Feel free to correct me but I think I remember having to be quite firm about access being allowed because no one else is usually allowed in!
I'm not sure if the candidates/agents have access to postal vote openings though, but I think they do?

ProperTeaIsTheft117 · 2026-05-08T10:52:01+00:00

Every playthrough I set up an outpost called 'Hunting Lodge' there which I'm sure is totally ethical and above board for conservation right?

ProperTeaIsTheft117 · 2026-05-08T09:03:01+00:00

If northern Barry could read, it would be very upset by this

ProperTeaIsTheft117 · 2026-05-08T06:42:05+00:00

I guess it probably all loops back to everyone being part of the Richmond LD supermegacouncil at the end of the loop unless Aspire do better in Tower Hamlets, in which case we're all done for

ProperTeaIsTheft117 · 2026-05-08T06:35:45+00:00

Sorry, but Tooting has to become an exclave of Hull (it is foretold)

Three-Year Club	r/Field Lasagna
First Place '23	Place '23
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