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Just a word on the low testosterone thing. They don't always test for *free* testosterone (i.e. what's actually available to be used). I had a private blood test a couple of years ago which revealed that although my testosterone levels were at the upper end of average, my SHBG (sex hormone binding g...

If I squint a bit, this looks kinda like @Nefarious And as this is exactly the kinda shizzle he’d be involved in, I declare this to be Nef spotted whilst on vacation in the USA 8-) https://twitter.com/4mischief/status/1663694172879212545?s=46&t=BWao1zeVGP1aMaAUBFlaOA Come on, admit it, there's ...

30s and 60s? When I started work in the late 90s it was completely normal to have 3-4 pints at lunchtime 2-3 times a week. Seems crazy now! Although, that said, a friend is a compliance officer for a boutique hedge fund and she tells me that, not only are they allowed to expense lunch/champagne, but...

The National Conservatism thing is a separate organisation to the Tory party, not a splinter group from it or anything like that. These are the people behind it: https://burke.foundation/people/ Seems only a short time since the Shrewsbury MP was reprimanded for talking at a previous Natcon confere...

Talking of which, even amongst this latest sneering - JRM went so far as condemning labour for potential gerrymandering by using an example of an intentional conservative gerrymandering attempt not working. But still we know full well there'll be no consequences - rules don't apply to them any more...

I know that girl! Friend of a friend, but I once helped him move some furniture for her

There is an awful lot of good sense being spoken in this thread. Especially about happiness not being a destination - it's what happens when you're on the way somewhere else! Once one has satisfied the basic requirements of food, shelter, safety, a relationship that provides personal validation, and...

Yeah, it got sorted in the end, but it took 4 weeks odd, and I had to pay myself for recovery and storage of the car while we had the argument.

And in the end, it was a very grudging acceptance on their part, no apology or anything.

Why isn't stuff like this just automatic? A more cynical person might suggest it’s an opportunity to check the validity of your policy if you have to claim? :ugeek: Years ago, when my VX220 was broken into/vandelised, the insurance company not only refused the claim, but launched a fraud investigat...

Wasn't it also Matt_d who had the P1? Maybe he had both for a while

Just literally up the road then. Here's a thing Nef - we've met, but I don't think you remember. More than 2 decades ago me and IanS from Scoobynet organised a joint evo/Scoobynet meet where we went up to the Derby Arms at Epsom Downs. You and I met in the car park there and some of us went in and ...

Simon wrote: ↑Wed Apr 12, 2023 9:48 pm I used to live next door in Banstead. My parents are still there.

Wow. Had no idea you were so close! I'd already moved into London when I joined in 2000, but my family home was and my dad still lives in Burgh Heath.

On the point of isolation, when I was in NYC I went to some debates at New York Uni about food policy and it's incredible to see how isolated and inward-looking they are as a country. Whatever is happening in other parts of the world seems to be of little interest (apart from Mexico, which is kinda...

While easy access to guns are clearly a large part of the problem, I reckon there’s something about the severe inequalities in US culture around healthcare, “success”, “freedom”, money, business etc that drives these people to take horrific action. I’m on an American self-help group on Facebook whi...

Still on a paper one here. I take a certain pride in resisting the pressure to swap.

A policeman at the side of the road once told me I would be fined for the licence not showing my "proper" address (I think he meant principle private residence). I have ignored him.

mik wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 8:54 am 2. Is it OK for breakfast to consist solely of Haywards picked onions? (Sweet variety - I’m not an animal

Perfectly acceptable, as long as you don't have to physically interact with any other actual human beings for the rest of the day

I'm going to double down and not only say "all the olives", pitted or unpitted, but also yes to the dirty martini (dirty vespa is actually my martini of choice), and yes to all the brines and pickling liquors (vinegar from pickled onions is the best on chips, the oil from sun-dried tomatoe...

I've just printed about 120 pages. Between nannying the mechancial bits, switching it off and on again about 4 times, re-establishing connections, re-doing the bits it fucked up, reloading cartridges and constantly feeding it paper, It's taken me about an hour and a half of constant effort. This hap...

It may just be that they reserve the especially shit, thimble-of-ink-at-a-time models for supermarkets, just for people like me who need a printer - any printer - at 9.30pm!

Has anybody got a printer that they're actually happy with? I kinda accept that printers are always a *bit* shit, but I'm on my third one that is a constant source of frustration and irritation. I think my error has been to always be in an emergency situation when the previous one breaks and just bu...