James Sergeant
553 posts
Trying to prove a point.
How old were you when you became a homeowner for the first time?
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When corporate branding goes mad - the invisible Apple Store in Exeter in the UK. The brand standard prohibits the use of name boards (eg Beaverbrooks). I walked past the store three times before happening to look upwards and seeing the Apple logo. @Apple @rorysutherland
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@Mazza6069 I remember phoning them once. There was a recorded message, saying "We don't take messages."
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Foyles...where in 1992 you chose your book, took it to the desk, they filled out a chit and you took it to another desk to pay for it!
Quaint indeed
Lost London@Lost___London
Denmark Street, with Foyles in the distance, 1972.
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@RealCounties It's annoying that the regions are built up from council areas, rather than historic counties so we still have nonsense like 'Yorkshire and the Humber'
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Think of it like layers on a map:
• parish
• town or city
• council area
• historic county
• lieutenancy
• region
• nation
They can all be true at once - and there's no need for any of them to be excluded. 💡
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@SeanTrende My mother used to write out the road numbers in order and tape the list to the dashboard.
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Every trip, my mother would take a trip to AAA and get the directions printed out on a “trip-tik” that was like a pamphlet on how
To go somewhere.
Giɴ@Demeter_Erinia
Serious question… How did people get to places before GPS??
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@Javi99 @UKParliament Canada is a great example of real simplicity and consistency across government. 🇨🇦
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La imagen corporativa del gobierno británico y de las instituciones públicas del Reino Unido está a años luz de la nuestra. Ya toca darle una vuelta al rollito 2008 y tan poco regio que llevamos arrastrando tanto tiempo.
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@brianeskow My only requirements are (1) they don't do it during meals and (2) they look back and make eye contact before reclining.
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It is RUDE to lean your seat back on a flight.
I'm dying on this hill.
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@NorgroveLewis @JamesCleverly Is it possible for there to be only one candidate and then it could be quicker?
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@JamesCleverly There won’t be a new PM by Wednesday because a leadership contest takes 90 days.
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Genuine question:
If there is a new PM before Wednesday what is the status of the King’s Speech?
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@stewart_h87 @gcraven10 I think Sharon and Tracy were already used as shorthand for that sort of character. Birds of a Feather made zero effort with the character names.
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@gcraven10 I wouldn’t say that. Sharon & Tracy became synonymous with Essex girls, and Dorian become synonymous with promiscuity. I’d say some people still use the names Sharon & Tracy today to represent what they think are ‘common’ names
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The odd thing about this sitcom is that it was so popular in the day but seems to have had no lasting cultural impact. Nobody ever quotes from it or remembers any particular episodes, it just sank without trace.
Pocket Rocket’s TV 📺 Quiz@MsPocketRocket
Birds of a Feather, what were their husbands inside for?
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@legalstyleblog I'll bite - what's the difference between 'oblique' and 'italiic'? More upsetting to me is the curlicue below the signature, which looks like it has come from the walls of the Oval Office.
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This "graphic" is offensive both to His Majesty and His Holiness. The use of an oblique rather than an italic for His Majesty's signature disgusts me. Shame!
UK in Holy See 🇬🇧🇻🇦@UKinHolySee
His Majesty The King has sent a message of congratulations to His Holiness Pope Leo XIV on the first anniversary of his election, reflecting upon the enduring ties between the United Kingdom and the Holy See. 🇬🇧🇻🇦
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So, National are raising the retirement age. How does everyone feel about it?
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@wtfahhh0 I suppose at any moment there is a baby half way out.
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@timothyferres Amazing work but it feels a bit undignified for the cypher and crown to be angled like that.
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A million stitches later, it’s new curtains for the King at Covent Garden.
thetimes.com/article/50c7ce…
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@lisathebeauty1 And my name is always James and never Jake's
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@secondzeit Media (and other) awards always have more cachet if they are independently named (the Silver Scroll, the Logies, the Oscars). You can get away with a naming after a sponsor only if it inaugurated the award and has stuck around a long time (Pulitzer, Booker).
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@SonjaJo82306956 The extra stripes are good and the improved roof of the porch. This is a very convincing extension. Agree with other comments that the front door still lets it down, though.
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NOW AND BEFORE:
1930s, coast at Elmer, West Sussex, UK 🇬🇧
Architect unknown.
Designed in the shape of an ocean liner, the house has undergone extensive, and somewhat controversial renovations, including the addition of a third storey and the modernization of windows and doors.
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