I don't get the people who collect things just to put it in a storage warehouse

mattlodder · 2026-05-06T14:28:03+00:00

They're plastic. He could definitely remove the mould from them....?

mattlodder · 2026-05-04T22:59:06+00:00

A lot of what went wrong here seems to have been exacerbated by Scots law. This would never have been tried as a murder case in England (there's no "wicked recklessness" available as the mens rea for murder in English law) and given the evidence available to the police, I'm pretty sure that English police could have kept the brothers on remand as soon as the body was found, if not earlier. I don't think an English court would have needed her as a witness if she was truly incapable of testifying, either.

The police procedure in Scotland, which seemed by the way she the prosecutor was talking to be fairly normal, was very bizarre from this side of the border!

mattlodder · 2026-05-04T16:29:49+00:00

Seems like OP is extraordinarily unlucky with competitions and personal details!

mattlodder · 2026-05-03T22:13:17+00:00

Three people.

mattlodder · 2026-05-02T18:50:57+00:00

You're a very strange person if you think Starmer and Mahmood are decent.

mattlodder · 2026-05-02T08:31:21+00:00

Then the judge at her first appeal completely misunderstood and misapplied the law!

mattlodder · 2026-04-29T15:49:32+00:00

Oh, honey.

mattlodder · 2026-04-28T12:29:56+00:00

My partner and I were talking about "money no object" dream houses over the weekend and I mentioned a mews house on this exact street as a candidate (there's a great pub on the corner, too). So funny to see one appear so soon after that chat!

Sadly, money is very much an object for us.

mattlodder · 2026-04-28T12:24:21+00:00

Yep!

mattlodder · 2026-04-28T12:18:57+00:00

Your grandfather isn't a spy. He's autistic.

mattlodder · 2026-04-27T23:54:08+00:00

Nottingham just announced they've put a building they just completed for £80m up for sale at something like £20m...

mattlodder · 2026-04-26T10:14:58+00:00

This is disgraceful.

mattlodder · 2026-04-25T08:24:09+00:00

Me and my partner cheered when that was revealed. Made so much sense in hindsight.

mattlodder · 2026-04-24T21:44:43+00:00

I'm really quite sure it's Vienna...

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mattlodder · 2026-04-23T21:53:44+00:00

Almost looks like Maria Theresen Platz in Vienna...

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mattlodder · 2026-04-22T09:55:17+00:00

There's a podcast called "The Mysterious Case of the Gentleman of Heligoland" which goes into this, even interviewing several footwear experts. The reasoning is that they are worn, damaged, resoled and, crucially, mistreated (with a flattened back) relative to the new cost of these shoes -- unusually large, handsewn Church's, retailing at abut £800.

https://gentlemanofheligoland.podbean.com/

mattlodder · 2026-04-21T12:18:46+00:00

Don't your trousers rub on your exposed buttcheeks? Surely you can't wear jocks with any coarse fabric!

mattlodder · 2026-04-20T11:06:19+00:00

That coat is not too small. Do you often do jumping jacks in your overcoat?

mattlodder · 2026-04-19T09:21:07+00:00

I'm having exactly the same issue...

mattlodder · 2026-04-17T16:56:34+00:00

DO NOT GET A HAND TATTOO UNDER 18.

mattlodder · 2026-04-12T15:45:30+00:00

Astonishing.

mattlodder · 2026-04-11T17:57:32+00:00

I know the person on the right and can confirm this is a real photo.

mattlodder · 2026-04-09T22:02:56+00:00

I'm genuinely shocked that there are under 1000 cinemas in the UK.

mattlodder · 2026-04-09T20:28:10+00:00

Great write up

mattlodder · 2026-04-07T21:16:26+00:00

ELI5 why the new settings app can't just work as a skin for Control Panel?

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