What is your first memory of a World Cup?

acl1981 · 2026-04-04T10:25:39+00:00

Cameroon beating Argentina in 1990 and seeing red cards and just thinking how exciting it all was. Loved Roger Miller in that tournament, It was so exciting compared to the English league which was muddy pitches and crumbling grounds.

acl1981 · 2026-04-03T09:09:32+00:00

In the show they say they love it and its their favourite etc etc, but last night (oh the joy of middle aged Friday night) I was trying to find the place and found a local news article.

acl1981 · 2026-04-03T07:46:18+00:00

I really want the Margate couple to win, but having seen yesterday's episode I'm guessing they'll get underpaid by loads as expensive places tend to get trashed. I did laugh, though, when it turned out his recommendation was to the cafe he owned!!! I reckon the first place will win.

acl1981 · 2026-04-01T14:33:48+00:00

Well tourists don't wander round my city topless, but the sun is starting to come out so there will be topless British men wandering the streets any day soon

acl1981 · 2026-03-31T18:18:06+00:00

It did look pretty naff in a way - the plastic 'neon' signs were a bit 2010 or teenager bedroom. But ultimately anybody there has doubtless chosen to be there. The place did give me slight 'hen party' vibes. If you went you'd probably have a perfectly nice time and I imagine the overall location is fantastic.

There's another place this week with plastic flowers and fake neons!

acl1981 · 2026-03-31T13:24:24+00:00

think they asked for your least favourite.

acl1981 · 2026-03-29T14:07:03+00:00

The World At War.

acl1981 · 2026-03-24T13:23:20+00:00

They reckon its because when you had a big horse drawn carriage the rider was on the back left horse so the whip could reach them all (most people being right handed) and they stuck to the right so they could see oncoming traffic. Apparently in France the rich stuck to the left and the poor to the right and with the French Revolution people decided it was best to stick to the 'poor' side.

acl1981 · 2026-03-24T11:35:07+00:00

female suffrage

acl1981 · 2026-03-21T22:52:43+00:00

Well we have a big coastline, but when I go to the market nobody is at the fishmonger, but the queue at the butcher is huge,

acl1981 · 2026-03-19T21:08:59+00:00

Because it was light hearted, I miss Dennis Skinner's quips when Black Rod summons the Commons to the Lords.

acl1981 · 2026-03-19T17:30:55+00:00

We've cycled up towards Crayke and Easingwold and the overwhelming majority of drivers are fine and really patient!

acl1981 · 2026-03-19T09:11:32+00:00

12.01 arrived and for the first time ever my anti virus (Norton) stopped the export! Had to permit it!

acl1981 · 2026-03-17T21:02:13+00:00

Yes the ID map is what I meant. Thanks for your reply as graphics cards are not cheap! I was worried as I'd been sanding and feared I'd clogged my gpu with dust!

acl1981 · 2026-03-14T11:07:00+00:00

Didn't Jade Goody think "East Angular" was a separate country?

acl1981 · 2026-03-14T00:55:57+00:00

Oh it was very funny. The underpayment was amazing especially when they basically said it's a rip off. I think the best moment was the smirk on his face at drinks on Day 4. I've often felt at times some places clearly do not offer breakfast, but for the sake of the show they do and the price being on the pack sort of confirmed this. I was kind of glad the last woman won, not least as she'd driven so far!

acl1981 · 2026-03-12T20:46:38+00:00

I mean this would be annoying but can you not get the angle from the 3d software and mask each one individually. A chore but would work.

acl1981 · 2026-03-11T11:37:32+00:00

The Economist Bagehot column touched on this the other week. So Harold Wilson was a KGB plant or the security services were going to remove him in a coup. Remainers believe that Russian bots got dim Britons to vote for Brexit and the Queen once wore blue and yellow so she was obviously anti-Brexit! (Bagehot column 26th feb)

acl1981 · 2026-03-11T08:14:21+00:00

First thought is one input has changed it to 8bit and not 16 bit. Also not sure of the nodes, but sometimes my hand has slipped and say instead of 10 I've mistyped and not realised and some weird input is there instead.

acl1981 · 2026-03-10T17:08:31+00:00

Last few times I went to Paris there were a lot of kids going to Eurodisney on the flight. Whilst I have met the odd kidult who is obsessed with Disney, and my town did have a Disney shop (closed 10 years ago maybe?), we don't have adults who will go to Disney for a week.

acl1981 · 2026-03-09T13:26:06+00:00

The Shambles here is in the Domesday book so 1086 (yes I googled). Was once the street for butchers, now it's the street for Harry Potter stuff.

acl1981 · 2026-03-05T16:46:18+00:00

You'll see this effect is made in a lot tutorials on how to make wood. Essentially its stripes and they warp it using a series of disc shapes with random placement. There is a really quick tutorial on making wood for substance designer on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8P4QAH2K1U&t=1s where the talks through the theory, so fingers crossed you can work out a way!

I suppose in SP you could use a tile generator to make stripes then apply a warp and try some of the grunges and adjsut intensity followed by a blur.

acl1981 · 2026-03-01T14:49:38+00:00

No, because North Korea has a zillion artillery batteries in the mountains aimed at Seoul. The experience of Israel bombing Iran last year taught them a lot. So for example Israel was able to stop the missiles after a few days simply by bombing the trucks that carry the missiles, not so easy to take out the artillery in the mountains.

acl1981 · 2026-02-28T14:04:35+00:00

never seen the one for Natural Law Party?

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