TIL that Americans call mange tout "snow peas". Ridiculous.
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Steven Fewster
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Steven Fewster
@StevenFewster
Web Developer | Lover of 80s Films/Comedies | Pastafarian
Greater London Area انضم Mart 2009
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@Luximoto @Mike_Batt @conspiracyb0t You've forgotten the bit where tractors were being employed to pull broken down Russian tanks.
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@Mike_Batt @conspiracyb0t I mean if it wasn’t for the US it would’ve been 3 days 😂
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Vladimir Putin says he doesn't fear the UK because, "they can't even stop rubber boats invading their country or foreigners r*ping their women and kids." He also said the British people hate their leader.
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@anon_opin See Springfield vs Shelbyville - transcends just the UK I think.
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Canadian here who moved to the UK a few years ago, why do you all hate some random town 5 miles over from yours? I've asked and nobody seems to have an answer that isn't some form of calling them all incestous, posh, or a shithole.
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🚨BREAKING: Russia says it WILL NOT attack the EU or NATO and is ready to put it in a legal document 🇷🇺
War mongering globalist want YOU to die in a trench fighting other white people whilst they replace you with third worlders❗️
DO NOT FALL FOR IT, RUSSIA IS NOT A THREAT ⚠️
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@anon_opin How about something more sensible, like soft drinks that aren't a complete rip off for the designated driver?
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You should have to check your car keys at the bar before you get your first pint. You only get them back if you pass a breathalyser test, like the one the bizzies use. Landlords should be responsible people and not let drunks drive home.
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@SaulStaniforth Literally used as a joke in Die Hard but yeah, not saying it wasn't run in to the ground
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Richard Madeley says British Rail became a national joke, didn't work & that's why it was privatised.
I'm old enough to have used BR regularly, and I don't remember it being a national joke. I do remember it being starved of funding by Thatcher, though.
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@anon_opin Brunel Sr sent his child to France to learn. So there's that option.
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If you banned private schools, state schools would have to be better, because rich parents would make the government make them better, having no other recourse.
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@Britishfinest21 @PolitlcsUK @LBC This was as agreed during COVID bailout under a Tory administration, but you know that and are just baiting
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🚨 NEW: TfL tube fares are set to increase by 5.8% next year
[@LBC]
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Who told Gianni Infantino he was the reincarnation of Bruce Forsyth? 🤣 #WorldCupdraw
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@Greg7Robertson @StephenKing The only correct answer is A Muppet Christmas Carol, but those are some solid choices
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@StephenKing Great choice Sir! Was in my top 3. Going to skip Gnomio & Juliet & say The Italian Job. So many to choose from! The Ipcress File, Alfie, Fourth Protocol and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Even the recent Great Escaper was great. Grew up watching him and love him! 92 & still great!
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@diamond_dynam0 @NH200003 In fairness the tube is exceptional, as you can see from all the UK comments bemoaning how good we have it. 4 million journeys a day means they get pretty busy though, Waterloo & City line is a total bun fight on a week day
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@NH200003 ok I see now that there was a clock on the sign, and I'm wrong about it being at night
I stand by the other part tho. I live in one of the best transit cities in the US and I'd kill for 10 minute headways (I fully recognize this is a "the US is fucked" thing lol)
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Hi mate, you don’t have to wait for 11 minutes, your train is literally right there 👍
𝐬 🇬🇧⸆⸉@crowningred
Next train in *eleven minutes*. Jubilee line. Nice to see that the ever rising TFL fares are justified 🫡
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@IamKyros69 We code. Tried things. Broke things. Fixed things.
Stack Overflow was a great help.
Many experts created chat channels where we would assist in real time. This is pre slack and discord.
And... Documentation. But mainly "hold my beer" type moments.
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@AFocksake @NWJK @jeffbarrow81 @BenQuinney89 @364690 @Jameypaint Thank you, glad someone said that. And business rates and high fuel costs. Pinning it all on minimum wage is fatuous.
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@NWJK @jeffbarrow81 @BenQuinney89 @364690 @Jameypaint Online shopping is the reason fora decline in the high street. Not wages
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@michaelgove No Michael, we've had enough of right wing think tanks lobbying for their paymasters to pay less tax being on TV
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I think people in this country have had enough of organisations with acronyms that have consistently got things wrong in the past
John Simpson@JohnSimpsonNews
According to a new study from a respected US think tank, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Britain’s decision to leave the EU has meant that its GDP is between 6 per cent and 8 per cent smaller than it would have been.
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I truly love Black and White Movies.
Name one you still watch...
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My heart goes out to all those with a spare 20k to save each year who now have to get some of their tax free return on shares rather than just interest.
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@cbrookmyre I didn't know this was coming out and am very excited!
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I'm at Waterstones Nottingham tomorrow evening, talking with Marisa Haetzman about Ambrose Parry and Jack Parlabane.
waterstones.com/.../an-evening…
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@JamesGretta @BladeoftheS If the taxes you pay are less than an equivalent person doing the same thing it is anti competitive. Paying some tax is not the same as paying your fair share.
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@BladeoftheS If, I have nothing and I invent something, and I pay people to make it. Ship it, sell it, and people want this invention .
I am employing people
I am paying taxes
I am contributing
I am enriching lives
If I make money from doing this - good for me
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If people understood just how much money the rich people in the UK make, how they make it, and how little tax they pay, I think they'd be outraged.
Here's an example one and there's many more, Jeff Bezos who owns 9% of Amazon which makes about £2bn profit a year in the UK.
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