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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,615
    orraloon said:

    Hah. Bleedin' entitled salaried elite innit. Us hard workin' 😎 self-employeds don't benefit by paid-for days off. Snowflakes.

    Some of us self-employed enjoy a good holiday. Tight gits.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 62,004
    pblakeney said:

    orraloon said:

    Hah. Bleedin' entitled salaried elite innit. Us hard workin' 😎 self-employeds don't benefit by paid-for days off. Snowflakes.

    Some of us self-employed enjoy a good holiday. Tight gits.
    You know where Loon is from, don't you?
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Lol no-one in my office knows who stewart lee is.
    _
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,615
    rick_chasey said:

    Lol no-one in my office knows who stewart lee is.

    Is that cos you is getting old? 😉
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,688
    rick_chasey said:

    Lol no-one in my office knows who stewart lee is.

    You realise they probably view you in much the same way as you view boomers don't you?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Of course!
    _
  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,498
    pblakeney said:

    orraloon said:

    So, the odds on Brenda making it to the Platinum holiday break?

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61384527

    96 and counting...

    Could be a bumper year for hols if she does.
    Jubilee, funeral and coronation.
    I think she just couldn't bear any more time in the company of the politicians :)
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Though I should add it also includes the people older than me.
    _
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,615
    Tashman said:

    pblakeney said:

    orraloon said:

    So, the odds on Brenda making it to the Platinum holiday break?

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61384527

    96 and counting...

    Could be a bumper year for hols if she does.
    Jubilee, funeral and coronation.
    I think she just couldn't bear any more time in the company of the politicians :)
    Pulling a sickie? 🤣🤣🤣
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,844
    rick_chasey said:

    Lol no-one in my office knows who stewart lee is.

    Spotted Stewart on Saturday afternoon out and about in Durham before his gig that night.
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    pblakeney said:

    orraloon said:

    So, the odds on Brenda making it to the Platinum holiday break?

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61384527

    96 and counting...

    Could be a bumper year for hols if she does.
    Jubilee, funeral and coronation.
    Coronation would not take place until after a suitable period of mourning so would be next year
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,615
    surrey_commuter said:

    pblakeney said:

    orraloon said:

    So, the odds on Brenda making it to the Platinum holiday break?

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61384527

    96 and counting...

    Could be a bumper year for hols if she does.
    Jubilee, funeral and coronation.
    Coronation would not take place until after a suitable period of mourning so would be next year
    Bumper 12 months if you prefer then. 😉
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
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  • monkimark
    monkimark Posts: 1,974
    Are you sure it was him...
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVffIgFsJDg
    mrb123 said:

    rick_chasey said:

    Lol no-one in my office knows who stewart lee is.

    Spotted Stewart on Saturday afternoon out and about in Durham before his gig that night.
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,844
    monkimark said:

    Are you sure it was him...
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVffIgFsJDg

    mrb123 said:

    rick_chasey said:

    Lol no-one in my office knows who stewart lee is.

    Spotted Stewart on Saturday afternoon out and about in Durham before his gig that night.
    Could have been a fat Di Caprio I suppose.

  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,302
    rick_chasey said:

    Lol no-one in my office knows who stewart lee is.

    Good though he is, he's never matched this work of genius https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KjvQFALi3E
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,193
    Wagatha Christie gate, 2nd slot on BBC News.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,193
    focuszing723 said:

    Wagatha Christie gate, 2nd slot on BBC News.

    Alright, at the end. Still deemed headline news though.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,090
    focuszing723 said:

    Wagatha Christie gate, 2nd slot on BBC News.

    Intrigues me that Vardy is likely to win a libel case based on a statement that appears to be factual i.e. it was leaked from her account.
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    TheBigBean said:

    focuszing723 said:

    Wagatha Christie gate, 2nd slot on BBC News.

    Intrigues me that Vardy is likely to win a libel case based on a statement that appears to be factual i.e. it was leaked from her account.
    the only real interest is how much the judge thinks her reputation is worth
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,302
    TheBigBean said:

    focuszing723 said:

    Wagatha Christie gate, 2nd slot on BBC News.

    Intrigues me that Vardy is likely to win a libel case based on a statement that appears to be factual i.e. it was leaked from her account.
    She also said "only one person has viewed them".
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,090
    kingstongraham said:

    TheBigBean said:

    focuszing723 said:

    Wagatha Christie gate, 2nd slot on BBC News.

    Intrigues me that Vardy is likely to win a libel case based on a statement that appears to be factual i.e. it was leaked from her account.
    She also said "only one person has viewed them".
    I guess she slipped up there and should have said account.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,302
    TheBigBean said:

    kingstongraham said:

    TheBigBean said:

    focuszing723 said:

    Wagatha Christie gate, 2nd slot on BBC News.

    Intrigues me that Vardy is likely to win a libel case based on a statement that appears to be factual i.e. it was leaked from her account.
    She also said "only one person has viewed them".
    I guess she slipped up there and should have said account.
    Yes, everywhere else it says "account" or "account/individual".

    From the reporting of Vardy's binfire of evidence, I don't know that she's likely to win. I can't see how "yes, I leaked lots of stuff to exactly the same journalist, but saying that I leaked this specific stuff is very damaging to my reputation" flies.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,193
    edited May 2022
    Crypto and the headline grabbing collapse.

    What?
    How?
    Who?
    When?
    Long Term?
    Short Term?
    Are we safe?
    Are they safe?
    Does it make any sense?
    If people have lost lots of figures on a virtual balance sheet, how are their senses?
    Is the world crazy?
    Gold standard?
    Twaddle?
    Gibberish?
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,090
    kingstongraham said:

    TheBigBean said:

    kingstongraham said:

    TheBigBean said:

    focuszing723 said:

    Wagatha Christie gate, 2nd slot on BBC News.

    Intrigues me that Vardy is likely to win a libel case based on a statement that appears to be factual i.e. it was leaked from her account.
    She also said "only one person has viewed them".
    I guess she slipped up there and should have said account.
    Yes, everywhere else it says "account" or "account/individual".

    From the reporting of Vardy's binfire of evidence, I don't know that she's likely to win. I can't see how "yes, I leaked lots of stuff to exactly the same journalist, but saying that I leaked this specific stuff is very damaging to my reputation" flies.
    On top of losing all the phones and records and super sick witnesses. If it is not all innocent, she is risking a perjury charge if evidence ever comes to light.

    That said, the legal analysis I read was that Rooney needed to prove Vardy leaked or authorised the leak and not just that it came from the account. That seems a bit unfair to me although even if she loses this battle she has won the war.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,193
    THIS IS IT!

    The margins gone, calls made...the crypto apocalypse.

    Wagatha Christie can wait!
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,090
    One reaches for such a metaphor with great reluctance, but if you were to wrongly accuse Harold Shipman of killing your grandma, he might have a case for libel, but it would not have been altogether easy for him to suggest that your outrageous suggestion had left his reputation in tatters.
  • mully79
    mully79 Posts: 904
    Poppadoms with a Chinese takeaway. What is that all about ?
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,634
    mully79 said:

    Poppadoms with a Chinese takeaway. What is that all about ?

    Chips and curry sauce.
    8 pints of Stella followed by a Kebab.
    Chilli con carne on a pizza (yes, it's available at Pizza hut).

    It's multiculturalism.

    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,090
    The cost of hiring people at the moment is really quite something.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,634
    TheBigBean said:

    The cost of hiring people at the moment is really quite something.

    Plumbers? :smile:
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!

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