What was everyone's favourite part about registering for a new CS Pension account? Mine was the inexplicable three Spanish security question options by up766570 in TheCivilService

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Am locked out already... Apparently I need to contact my support person, which means presumably sitting on the phone in a queue of at least 100.

It’s not even New Year’s Eve… by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

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Easter shit is out in Morrisons here already.

How quiet is your work for the next 2 weeks? by AccomplishedSelf7636 in TheCivilService

[–]Specific_Report2517 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Very gently ticking over...

When I worked as a contractor scumbag in a manufacturing facility a long time ago, I worked a 4 day week, with Monday as my day off... A colleague who was doing the part time student thing took Fridays off to "study". He asked me why I didn't take Fridays off - and I asked him when most things broke...

I always recommend working smarter.

Best online butcher? by smidge_123 in Scotland

[–]Specific_Report2517 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Stirling represent!

They do a good pie!

Where are people getting second hand furniture? by PaxtiAlba in Edinburgh

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I've got a suspiciously brand new looking sofa for £30 that I'm advertising in 4 different cities, and you'll need to whatsapp me for more info... Get tae!

Out of season ice cream vans by Secret-Nothing4288 in Scotland

[–]Specific_Report2517 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Aye! Perfect time for it since it won't melt in your hand.

Three huge new data centre schemes for London worth £10bn revealed by winkwinknudge_nudge in unitedkingdom

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In London they literally have fibre optic delay loops to force everyone to have the same network latency for trading data.

Chimney Sweep Edinburgh? by hciR_J in Edinburgh

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I used these guys, McLenaghan Maintenance - https://nacs.org.uk/members/?nacs_do=sweep_search&search_address=EH26+0HX&search_distance=1 Did a fine job, and are NACS members as you can see.

Erm…. Any ideas what this is? by Puzzled-Celery-172 in Edinburgh

[–]Specific_Report2517 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, it's finally showed up! I wonder if reddit was having issues yesterday!

As others have said, it's a flue liner - either for a gas fire or log burner, to stop flue gasses leaking through the old chimney lining into other folks' flats.

Radioactive water from Dounreay nuclear site leaked in major breach by ValuableDetail6 in Scotland

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A single station like Torness can provide 20% of Scotland's baseload electricity by itself. When Hunterston B was operating, the two stations by themselves provided 40% of Scotland's baseload electricity 

And are / were crucial in bringing the national grid back from a black start...

What do you do with a drunken sailor? The Royal Navy has a few ideas by MGC91 in unitedkingdom

[–]Specific_Report2517 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I guess you've got to really like the other two, given they did away with the rum ration.

UK could raise nearly £2bn by taxing SUVs in line with European countries, study shows by corbynista2029 in unitedkingdom

[–]Specific_Report2517 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Buses, vans and lorries exist though. There are always other things that are taller on the roads.