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  1. IanW

    IanW Grumpy Old Git

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    TIL - This is real

     
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  2. Mr_Mistoffelees

    Mr_Mistoffelees The Bit-Tech Cat. New Improved Version.

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    TIL, that Trump is even more of a dangerous lunatic, than I already thought he was.
     
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  3. IanW

    IanW Grumpy Old Git

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    If you have Evri move your delivery from your house to an InPost locker (because you can't wait in all week for the useless idiots to bother showing up!),
    you then have to use the locker's post code (not your own) to expand the tracking info if you need to look up things like, say, the locker's post code! :wallbash:
     
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    Mr_Mistoffelees The Bit-Tech Cat. New Improved Version.

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    Big Elf Oh no! Not another f----ing elf!

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    Do they still fake the proof of delivery when they 'lose' the package.
     
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  6. IanW

    IanW Grumpy Old Git

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    UPDATE:- Parcel successfully retrieved, after a little grief detailed below.

    Evri don't use InPost lockers, they have their own nearby (usually in the darkest, least obvious, most mugger-friendly corner of the location)
    I discovered this after standing at the InPost one for a good 10 mins trying to figure out why it was only asking for a 6-digit code when I'd been sent an 8-digit one, and was about to go into the shop to complain. :wallbash:
     
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  7. adidan

    adidan Guesswork is still work

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    TIL

    Well I didn't learn I pondered.

    Longjohns. Why?
    Are there shortjohns? If there are what are they?
    If they're aren't then why are longjohns not just called johns?

    And who is John?

    That is all.

    Yes. My head is full of flu.
     
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    Mr_Mistoffelees The Bit-Tech Cat. New Improved Version.

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    Is there a Longjohn, for people with only one leg?
     
  9. Midlight

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    I'm pretty sure that the john is a euphemism for toilet.
     
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  10. Cookie Monster

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    Also a old name for underwear, therefore longjohns could also be long underwear.

    Also Also it's believed to have been used in relation to a boxer called John who used to box in long legwear.
     
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  11. adidan

    adidan Guesswork is still work

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    Thanks guys, today I am actually learning rather than pondering
     
  12. Mr_Mistoffelees

    Mr_Mistoffelees The Bit-Tech Cat. New Improved Version.

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    TIL that whilst in the US, government agencies are murdering protestors on behalf of the president and mass-shootings still seem to be popular, homicides in the UK are at a 50 year low, says the ONS.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgk86rr0vxyo
     
  13. IanW

    IanW Grumpy Old Git

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    TIL - Linus Tech Tips has been helping in the restoration and HD (1080p) remastering of one of my favourite 90's toons - Reboot.


    And the first 4 episodes are already up at the original studio's Youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@MainframeStudios
     
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  14. adidan

    adidan Guesswork is still work

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    Recently i'd been getting sleepy after eating nuts (waits for @David dad joke :happy: )

    Anyway after honing it down it seemed to be hazelnuts

    TIL hazelnuts contain tryptophan and so melatonin would explain it.

    Now I know what to eat if I can't sleep.
     
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