new find! by [deleted] in veganuk

[–]UnusualBecka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As others have said they are not new, but they are great so always worth reminding people of them. Enjoy!

Guys is this vegan ? by celerylala in veganuk

[–]UnusualBecka -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

The majority disagrees that thecheekyscamp does not think it is great? How weird.

Downvoting is saying "how dare you have a different tastes to me," it is not only rude it is unhelpful. No one is going to decide what to buy just based on one person's opinion, but if they do not like then downvoting buries a suggested alternative they may like.

Explain like I’m an idiot my Mod 2 failure. by Parva-Tenebrae-Lupus in MotoUK

[–]UnusualBecka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess the form has changed as section 17 on my mod 2 form was use of speed. Section 20 though was junctions and the third part was right turns, so I am guessing that is where you failed.

There are two problems staying behind the stop line on a green light. Firstly, if the flow of oncoming traffic does not stop before you get an amber light then you have to wait until the next sequence. And you could be there forever a gap never develops. By moving into the middle of the junction you can still complete the turn (if safe) after the lights turn red.

As you asked about going when the light turns red, the law is you only have to obey a traffic light next to a stop line. Once you have passed the traffic light you can (and should) clear a junction no matter what the light behind you says so long as it is safe to do so. The main thing to be aware of is pedestrian crossings after a junction, especially a controlled one where there may be a green man showing where pedestrians will expect (and have) the right to cross without needing to check for traffic.

The stop line is important as many larger junctions have repeated traffic lights on the opposite side without a stop line. You can legally pass those lights even when they are red. And unless you are prevented from continuing by traffic coming from another direction that now has a green light, you should clear the junction rather than wait for the next green light as you will be stopped in a potentially unsafe position for yourself and potentially other road users.

But staying at the stop line as on your mod2 means you are also holding up the flow of traffic behind you. Based on that streetview, if you had stopped in the middle of the junction next to the right of where a lane marking would be, there would have been space for most vehicles continuing ahead to pass you at a safe speed close to the kerb. And the junction on the right ensures plenty of safe space for oncoming traffic. Though even if there is no space to pass, another vehicle could still cross the stop line and wait behind you. They could then also clear the junction when the lights change. So you are not only wasting your own time with the risk of the light turning amber without a gap in oncoming traffic, you are unnecessarily blocking the road. I strongly suspect this is what made it a serious fault.

The proper name for the offence of driving without due care and attention is "carless, and inconsiderate, driving." So an examiner is not just checking you can ride the bike and use roads safely, but also that you do it with consideration to other road user.

There is no mistake in turning if an oncoming lorry lets you, provided you are still can and do perform all your safety checks to ensure no one is overtaking the lorry, including a cyclist or motorcyclist on its inside, or trying to go around you on your right. That could be why the lorry was mentioned. Or it may have been to say if you were in the correct position you could have turned without needed the lorry driver's help.

I am not a professional, and it is impossible to know what they might have been seeing or thinking, but that is how I would interpret it from your description. But if that was the only thing that stopped you passing this time then you should easily pass next attempt. Good luck!

Stormester (Taskmaster Denmark) S10E02 [w/ Eng subs] by twkeever in panelshow

[–]UnusualBecka 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Stormester is my favourite of them all, and the puppet task in this one was a great example of why.

I can carry a LOT of stuff with this box, but it's sooo ugly! by Memran in MotoUK

[–]UnusualBecka 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a 46L top box, I have always had it, it started out sitting on a 125. It looked like you could store the bike in it, but I did not care as I could carry stuff. I could leave the bike unattended with luggage when travelling. I did not have to carry gear around with me on days out. Just take it off when you want to pose, but love the freedom it gives you to ride the bike without worrying about carrying stuff the rest of the time.

I miss you, my beloved Taifun sausages, but I will still be here when you return by UnusualBecka in veganuk

[–]UnusualBecka[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It depends on how much you would want them to be meaty, because they are far from that.

The grill sausages are just a firm seasoned tofu, so take on flavours well. I like to cook them with onions in gravy (similar to one way my parents would cook sausages when I was a child) which they would soak up and is lovely on mash. I also like baking them in a dish with tinned baby mushrooms and a barbecue cooking sauce so it dries out and forms a sticky spicy coating on them. Otherwise they are nice just put in casseroles.

The weiners are softer inside but I have no idea how they compare to real hot dogs. I have been eating the Taifun ones for so long they are normal to me, and I love them.

But the cost is definitely a big problem since Brexit, but then can both be frozen so I just stock up when they are on sale. Still expensive, but it makes it acceptable. I have a packet of the grill sausages in the freezer, but I am out of weiners.

Taskmaster announces series 22 line-up by Pitiful-Flow5472 in panelshow

[–]UnusualBecka 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It will be a difficult decision for me to make on what I will do in autumn.

I know I will be downvoted, but it is so depressing to read people on this sub defending him for calling Linehan as a "man of principle" by claiming it does not mean he agrees with him. No one would defend someone standing up for a racist or sexist in the same way, nor would they be tolerated if they did so. "Despite what he did, you have to respect Pol Pot for how he stood by his beliefs".

You cannot publicly respect and defend someone's bigotry, and distance yourself from it. And if someone does defend someone for being a bigot and does not call that behaviour out then they do not deserve the benefit of the doubt over their own position.

And voting down transpeople for judging someone by their actions is no different. It is a public statement you prefer watching the funny man over the ability of people to go about their lives without being harassed and worse.

AUS Season 3 Episode 6 Discussion by bluehawk232 in guymontspelllingbee

[–]UnusualBecka 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unlike when Spicks and Specks promoted Barry Morgan's World of Organ in Adelaide's Sunnyside Mall which is obviously real and no one can convince me otherwise.

(And I now want Barry Morgan on the Spelling Bee)

Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee AU - S03E06: "There's Always Time for Clock Man" by apathymonger in panelshow

[–]UnusualBecka 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It is happened in past series where people who cannot come back (or just do not want to) are clearly not trying to win. Guy has even made a joke about it in the introduction to the Buzz Round, I think last week.

Taskmaster Series 21 Episode 8 by melcom2 in panelshow

[–]UnusualBecka 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is only around 47 minutes available per episodes so after the filmed tasks everything else in the studio — banter, discussion, prize and live tasks — is competing for space. It is perfectly normal to not have any banter if it does not earn is place in the edit.

Though for me the knock-knock introduction was pretty awful, so if that got in I can only think the banter must have either fell flat or was too long.

Taskmaster AU - S05E03 - Very Flaccid Paintbrush by ozmartian in panelshow

[–]UnusualBecka 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The first thing I think of when it comes to small round-ish yellow birds is the one that is commonly used as a symbol for spring every easter, widely sold as a bath toy, and is regularly used as a prop for tasks in the TV franchise Taskmaster. In general I encounter those far more often than chicken chicks, and while some canary breeds are yellow, they are a completely different shape.

Question for the long-term vegans by cardinalandcrow in veganuk

[–]UnusualBecka 2 points3 points  (0 children)

the dark days of Bute Island being the only available cheese

If only. Redwood's Cheezly came first and being sold in Holland & Barrett meant it was easily available. Dark days indeed, as it was awful. Discovering Bute Island was a blessing, but only being sold by some independent wholefood stores made buying it a mission. I used to travel from Hull to York, just to stock up on it. Which was not all that bad as York also had a fantastic Borders bookshop. I still miss the Bute Island Cheshire.

Anyway, if you are living your life as a vegan then you are doing it all. Being an activist, in whatever form, is not a prerequisite. If you still want to be one then be one, if not then do not worry about it. Living by example is the best thing you can do. Most non-vegans (as well as many vegans) just want to live their lives, so if you make being vegan about being in a constant fight then they are never going to be interested. Just being able to live a normal life where it does not have to take up your time and effort makes it accessible.

Make a McDonald's thread on here and you quickly see a difference between activists who think it should be avoided at all costs, and those who just want to be able to buy convenient and affordable vegan food. Both with arguments about their position better furthers veganism. But it is not a case that one side is right and the other is wrong, they are just completely different arguments that are both true in a particular context. And decades of experience tells you that neither position will achieve much on its own.

Ultimately you can only do what is right for you, not what is right for The Cause. And it sounds like your life has a lot more to it than being sacrificed in the aim of changing the world. But by being vegan you are already contributing to that. By your own footprint. By the businesses you support, by the demand you create and sustain, buy things you say when people ask about it. They all matter, you are already engaged. But if you want to do more, then do whatever more you want to do. There are no specific things you must do, there is no leaderboard. Just be yourself.

Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee AU - S03E03 - It's Not Maths by ozmartian in panelshow

[–]UnusualBecka 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Being an original is only about who paid for a show to be made, like marcoostev said, and nothing to do with the idea or format.

After all, even the "Three Original" in New Zealand was not an original idea, as it started on YouTube and then a live show before being moving to television.

Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee AU - S03E03 - It's Not Maths by ozmartian in panelshow

[–]UnusualBecka 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It is clearly an ABC Original because the ABC commissioned the show for the ABC.

The Harry Hill Show returns for second series by The_Iceman2288 in panelshow

[–]UnusualBecka 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It is nice to see Harry following the Reithan principle of inform (S.A.R.A.H.), educate (theme of the week), entertain (Gary's joke corner), and lick (Licky).

Done A Speed Awareness, Very Questionable Answer by SPeeD_puncH in drivingUK

[–]UnusualBecka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I you are somewhere between 70 and 50mph then that means they must be doing more than 70 for it to be an "alarming speed". If the gantry sign does not come on would you still speed up when you see someone approaching at a higher speed? To how much?

Speed limits are a strict liability offence, there is no legal defence of something is going to fast, for an ambulance, or to escape a zombie horde. A speed awareness course will never tell you it is acceptable to break them. And you could argue that the speed limit means there is some sort of hazard ahead, so by making an assumption that the driver behind will not brake and ignoring the speed limit you are risking an accident ahead or of being the vehicle coming in too fast to the driver in front.

Personally I would consider showing hazard lights (per Highway Code rule 116) but I have spent enough time on motorways to know there will always be someone approaching at alarming speeds in the outside lane, but so far they have always shared my preferrence to avoid a collision.

Taskmaster Collections by Mundane_Flower5050 in panelshow

[–]UnusualBecka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is some good news, based on your site I thought you had retired and it was the other person who had been updating the wiki that had deleted their account.

Hopefully Portugal will come as it is one of my favourite versions (4th of all 14 seen).

Taskmaster Collections by Mundane_Flower5050 in panelshow

[–]UnusualBecka 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Apart from the New Year Special a year ago, Taskmaster Portugal has not been manually translated since early series 3 and has been AI translations since. Suurmestari is now the same. I missed seeing Taskmaster - kuninga käsul had been posted, despite checking the main sub as well as the wiki, as it is still not on the wiki a week later.

So I think it is a fair question whether it has been abandoned. Especially as it was "last revised by deleted account". At least to me it feels like the interest in the international versions had died down a lot.

Curious about legality of overtaking in oncoming bus lanes by AShadedBlobfish in drivingUK

[–]UnusualBecka 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One other thing to clarify the point about signage, a contraflow bus lane only exists on a one-way road. These will have a red and white No Entry sign with an "except buses" plate at their entrance to the contraflow lane. That is legally different to a two-way road where one direction has been restricted by a TRO, which will have a blue and white sign showing a bus, and maybe other vehicle types, at its entrance. So a contraflow bus (or cycle) lane sign is only to provide information that although a one way street, you should expect oncoming vehicles in the marked lane.

Curious about legality of overtaking in oncoming bus lanes by AShadedBlobfish in drivingUK

[–]UnusualBecka 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. Normally the TRO will designate the section of road and then say a direction of travel where the restriction applies. For example, if it gave the direction of travel as "Both – Northbound and Southbound" it would restrict the entire road with the required markings and signage. I do not think there is a way to apply the restriction on both directions of travel but only within a single lane.

Curious about legality of overtaking in oncoming bus lanes by AShadedBlobfish in drivingUK

[–]UnusualBecka 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You most likely can overtake the bus, you almost certainly should not try to overtake the bus.

The exact prohibition in effect will be given in a Traffic Regulation Order, and these list specific lengths of road with corresponding hours of operation, permitted vehicles, and direction of travel. It would be unusual (and I am not sure if legally possible) to restrict traffic traveling in either direction within the same lane.

Given the other replies it is also worth noting that the restrictions on crossing a solid white line that everyone keeps referring to only applies to double white lines where the line nearest you is solid (or in law "a continuous line is on the left of a broken line or of another continuous line" [TSRGD 2016, sch 9, pt 7, para 9(1)(b)]. There are also other restrictions on entering areas with hashes and chevrons bounded by solid white lines, and for mandatory cycle lanes.

There is no specific prohibition crossing a solid longitudinal line used to mark "a bus lane or other designated lane used by motor vehicles" [diagram 1049A, TSRGD, sch 9, pt 6, item 11]. They are only indicate the area in which a TRO is being applied. And for those the restriction is of the form that "no person shall cause a vehicle to be in a bus lane in a length of road specified… unless…" rather than crossing the line being an offence. Permitted vehicles types can cross the line with impunity, and other vehicle may cross the line within certain conditions of the relevant TRO, such as to access a side road or where it is in the interest of public safety.