Tadhg Tiogar Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 If we start putting all these ticks into containers, does that mean we have a tick box culture? ...I'll get me coat. crad, Craig the Princess, Fumbler and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakebullet Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 So we have a new £50 note with Alan Turing on it. Jolly good. However when you read the bbc article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56503741 However, campaigners are still questioning how much the Bank's collection of banknotes represents society. Three feature men - Winston Churchill on the £5 note, JMW Turner on the £20 note, and soon Alan Turing on the £50 note. Only the £10 note, with the portrait of Jane Austen, depicts a woman apart from the Queen, and all are white. In an interview with the BBC, Mr Bailey said he wanted to see diverse ethnic minorities represented on future banknotes. What a load of wet woke bollocks. Obviously we should have a transgender black woman on our money. There's obviously 1000's of suitable great Britons who match that description, who are much more deserving than mr. Turing who didn't really achieve that much. chadders, Fumbler, GeorgeB and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 18 minutes ago, jakebullet said: .... Obviously we should have a transgender black woman on our money.... Be careful what you wish for.... GeorgeB and Stevebrookman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 On 3/23/2021 at 6:11 PM, hairnet said: Parky that's not funny About the milkshake When its something involving important documents they should really know their shit and be getting it together I got this earlier Ive not been let in the country nevermind been to the gig they've been asked why they want an opinion of something they don't know I haven't seen Deleted the email before I got even more annoyed Perhaps you have a doppelganger impersonating you. That would be confusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 What makes you believe Diane Abbott is a transgender black woman? I'm sure there's a joke there that I'm just not getting right now. As for Alan Turing, you could always get yourself up to speed with his Wikipedia article to find out the one or two things he did: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing Mr Turing was subjected to what is effectively chemical castration because of his sexuality so putting his face on some money is small recompense for what our own society and government did to him after all he did for them. timolloyd, Zie, inconsistant and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 23 minutes ago, vulgalour said: As for Alan Turing, you could always get yourself up to speed with his Wikipedia article to find out the one or two things he did: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing Mr Turing was subjected to what is effectively chemical castration because of his sexuality so putting his face on some money is small recompense for what our own society and government did to him after all he did for them. That, I think, is understood. I think the main moan is the fact that the campaigners mentioned on the BBC article don't believe he's worthy because he's just another white person on our legal tender, completely bypassing the amazing work he did and his rather sad ending. I could be getting it wrong, however. If I were to make a suggestion for someone to be put on notes, it would be Bill Tutte. Another codebreaker from the war, but he was ferociously talented and managed to, by hand, begin decoding the much more difficult Lorenz code used by high-ranking Nazi officials IIRC. Also helped create the first programmable, electronic, digital computer, Colossus. This is his page on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._T._Tutte When I went to Bletchley Park in 2019, he, in comparison to the others, got a single board explaining what he did to help with the war effort. Considering what he did, I hope that he'll get some worthy mention one day. wuvvum, 95 quid Peugeot, Remspoor and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 On 3/23/2021 at 10:46 AM, wuvvum said: Phone call from boss this morning - the sister has been diagnosed with terminal liver cancer and has a few weeks to live. Another child who will be growing up without her mother. Another phone call from boss earlier - the sister passed away yesterday. 5 days from being admitted to hospital with an unknown complaint to death. She was 38. Cancer really can get in the fucking sea. Lankytim, LostnotFound, Remspoor and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 7 minutes ago, wuvvum said: Another phone call from boss earlier - the sister passed away yesterday. 5 days from being admitted to hospital with an unknown complaint to death. She was 38. Cancer really can get in the fucking sea. Shit, that's horrible. Cancer really can FRO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 The campaigners have a point, it's an easily observable fact that we do tend to gloss over the achievements of non-white people, and of women. I've already heard more than enough homophobic nonsense targetted at Alan Turing's nomination and people saying stupid things like they won't use the money he's on so.... yeah. It's a nuanced issue. Best option is to put nobody's face on the money, not even the one with the sparkly hat. loserone, Craig the Princess, GeorgeB and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 8 minutes ago, vulgalour said: I've already heard more than enough homophobic nonsense targetted at Alan Turing's nomination and people saying stupid things like they won't use the money he's on so.... yeah. It's a nuanced issue. As a gay man, that's a bit of a shame to hear. Then again, many will say stuff on the Internet they'd never dream of saying face-to-face. I couldn't give a toss who's on my money because it's currency I'm going to pay people with or cash into the bank. Also, it's a £50.00 note, a bit of a rarity in my hemisphere. myglaren and richardmorris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 7 minutes ago, Fumbler said: Then again, many will say stuff on the Internet they'd never dream of saying face-to-face. Quite a few people saying stuff in the last couple of pages that could be described this way... crad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 4 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said: Quite a few people saying stuff in the last couple of pages that could be described this way... Depends on who's reading it I say. If I took half the stuff I've seen on the Internet to heart, I would have gone mad. I try and make a small difference by writing stuff I'd say and stand by if I were to say it in public, so as to make sure I'm not contributing to a bubble of fist-throwing that every open forum and social media platform has. Jerzy Woking, myglaren, outlaw118 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 having a £50 note in me hands would be nice enough..... Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 One job to do , just one he had ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shite Ron Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 I was hoping to bid on a car at SWVA today but didn’t ‘t realise you had to register well in advance and thought I could do it at 7am this morning, I was wrong, phoned them and they will not allow me to bid. I keep telling myself I have too many cars, I hope it sells above my limit. anonymous user 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C1am Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 CarParts4Less - set of brake pad ordered, three of one type and one of another sent. Returned and refunded, reordered. Waited two weeks, after numerous phone calls - received today - three of one type and one of another, have to return again. Don't dare sounding even slightly exasperated on the phone over an order which has taken a month and is still not fulfilled - you will be accused of raising your voice. The end of my brief association with this company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 21 minutes ago, C1am said: CarParts4Less - set of brake pad ordered, three of one type and one of another sent. Returned and refunded, reordered. Waited two weeks, after numerous phone calls - received today - three of one type and one of another, have to return again. Don't dare sounding even slightly exasperated on the phone over an order which has taken a month and is still not fulfilled - you will be accused of raising your voice. The end of my brief association with this company. They're another name for Euro, aren't they. Was it the same set of pads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 28 minutes ago, C1am said: CarParts4Less ..... ....just not the parts you actually need. myglaren and twosmoke300 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C1am Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 1 hour ago, artdjones said: They're another name for Euro, aren't they. Was it the same set of pads? Yes. I suspect so. 1 hour ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: ....just not the parts you actually need. Maybe should be called LessCarParts4U? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 2 hours ago, Shite Ron said: I was hoping to bid on a car at SWVA today but didn’t ‘t realise you had to register well in advance and thought I could do it at 7am this morning, I was wrong, phoned them and they will not allow me to bid. I keep telling myself I have too many cars, I hope it sells above my limit. Whatever you do, do not go back to see what it sold for. It'll probably be on Ebay next week for more anyway Shite Ron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shite Ron Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 40 minutes ago, anonymous user said: Whatever you do, do not go back to see what it sold for. It'll probably be on Ebay next week for more anyway I did, and it was well within my budget 🙁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 I would have thought that it would be in their interests for it to be easy to register as a bidder. Shite Ron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 4 hours ago, C1am said: CarParts4Less - set of brake pad ordered, three of one type and one of another sent. Returned and refunded, reordered. Waited two weeks, after numerous phone calls - received today - three of one type and one of another, have to return again. Don't dare sounding even slightly exasperated on the phone over an order which has taken a month and is still not fulfilled - you will be accused of raising your voice. The end of my brief association with this company. Order through CP4L, returns went to Euro car parts... Next order 4 glow plugs, arrived in 3 separate packages over two days... Euro Crap Parts😵 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 a grump from yesterday - I've been looking for a Honda CR-V as a daily driver for a while and spotted one locally that might fit the bill. I think I must have broken the world record for the shortest car viewing when I turned up yesterday, looked under the front, saw the lashed up mess of exhaust where there should be a catalyst I asked two questions : how long have you had the car ? "four or five months" what happened with the exhaust ? "was like that when I bought it" the car has a two month old clean mot pass - I made my excuses and left dodgy bastard must have cut it off and sold it. some other poor bugger will get a shock when it needs an mot next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 well this is a shitter...... seems that we are going to loose one of the garages, meaning that one of the little cars will soon be homeless. so, sunday we gotta get the mini 1000 going cos we need that one out of the garage, so we can put the orange mini in there in its place. we got to then get the mini 1000 over to kerrys and its supposedly temporary home on their drive. which will pretty much fuck it up, if the car spends any time sat there, cos, well its a mini and they do rust just for fun. needless to say i can see that we will end up putting it on the tow rope and pulling it over there as the chances of us getting it going are not good, not good at all. still, one thing, it has crystallised my plans for the car, which are too get it up for sale and get it moved on. in fact if push comes to shove it will go to mathewsons, yes i know it'll not go for that many pounds and pennies there cos its just a 1000, but atleast then it wioll be someone elses problem child! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willswitchengage Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Who knew? GM gave itself a stupid new logo earlier this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 ^no wonder General Motors are on their uppers.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 2 hours ago, MarvinsMom said: well this is a shitter...... seems that we are going to loose one of the garages, meaning that one of the little cars will soon be homeless. so, sunday we gotta get the mini 1000 going cos we need that one out of the garage, so we can put the orange mini in there in its place. we got to then get the mini 1000 over to kerrys and its supposedly temporary home on their drive. which will pretty much fuck it up, if the car spends any time sat there, cos, well its a mini and they do rust just for fun. needless to say i can see that we will end up putting it on the tow rope and pulling it over there as the chances of us getting it going are not good, not good at all. still, one thing, it has crystallised my plans for the car, which are too get it up for sale and get it moved on. in fact if push comes to shove it will go to mathewsons, yes i know it'll not go for that many pounds and pennies there cos its just a 1000, but atleast then it wioll be someone elses problem child! Bummer. So Rodney has to go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 1 hour ago, willswitchengage said: Who knew? GM gave itself a stupid new logo earlier this year. There seems to quite a spate of new car company logos lately. VW and BMW have gone for "flat" logos which seem to be the current trend. Peugeot have changed to a logo similar to the one they used in the 1960s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 On 3/25/2021 at 9:13 PM, vulgalour said: What makes you believe Diane Abbott is a transgender black woman? I'm sure there's a joke there that I'm just not getting right now. As for Alan Turing, you could always get yourself up to speed with his Wikipedia article to find out the one or two things he did: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing Mr Turing was subjected to what is effectively chemical castration because of his sexuality so putting his face on some money is small recompense for what our own society and government did to him after all he did for them. As a Computer Science graduate I was already familiar with Turing’s work but had absolutely no idea about what had gone on in his personal life. Blimey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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