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  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    kingstongraham said:

    Pross said:

    They’re doing a wristband system so don’t let the 30 hour queue put you off as you can leave for the toilet or food.

    There should be a fast pass system like at theme parks so the rich can pay to jump the queue of peasants

    "MPs, peers and up to four guests each are being given special access at arranged times."

    I find it bizarre that devout monarchists are complaining that the privileged elite have a fast track.
  • veronese68
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    orraloon said:

    More pointless virtue signalling. I get marketing emails from various sources inc this one promoting ticket sales to events. Today's email states:

    "As a mark of respect, we won’t be highlighting our upcoming events in this week’s email, but you can find out the latest information from....website"

    Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.

    A promotional email to tell you they won't be sending a promotional email? What kind of fuckwittery is that.
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  • Pross
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    ugo.santalucia said:

    Pross said:

    Just got treated to two women who have taken their husband’s ashes with them.

    Very small husbands too.. have you seen the size of the urn? You wouldn't fit the ashes of a cat in it...
    Yeah, I thought that as well. It was like they taken a small sample of the ashes that they carry everywhere in the handbags. Very weird!
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,588
    orraloon said:

    More pointless virtue signalling. I get marketing emails from various sources inc this one promoting ticket sales to events. Today's email states:

    "As a mark of respect, we won’t be highlighting our upcoming events in this week’s email, but you can find out the latest information from....website"

    Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.

    Apparently as a mark of respect my company have stopped putting updates on LinkedIn until after the funeral.
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 12,035
    edited September 2022
    Good they have the decency to hold their hands up.






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  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 12,035
    edited September 2022
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  • Stevo_666
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    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • laurentian
    laurentian Posts: 2,568
    . . . people putting up flag poles just so they can fly a flag at half mast . . .
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  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
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    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/15/out-of-respect-the-worst-examples-of-public-mourning-for-the-queen
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,325
    Pross said:

    ugo.santalucia said:

    Pross said:

    Just got treated to two women who have taken their husband’s ashes with them.

    Very small husbands too.. have you seen the size of the urn? You wouldn't fit the ashes of a cat in it...
    Yeah, I thought that as well. It was like they taken a small sample of the ashes that they carry everywhere in the handbags. Very weird!
    They probably thought they could get mugged in London, so they must have split the bulk of the ashes… imagine how devastating it would be to lose their partners’ ashes… Weirdly the idea makes me laugh though…

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  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,833
    ugo.santalucia said:

    Pross said:

    ugo.santalucia said:

    Pross said:

    Just got treated to two women who have taken their husband’s ashes with them.

    Very small husbands too.. have you seen the size of the urn? You wouldn't fit the ashes of a cat in it...
    Yeah, I thought that as well. It was like they taken a small sample of the ashes that they carry everywhere in the handbags. Very weird!
    They probably thought they could get mugged in London, so they must have split the bulk of the ashes… imagine how devastating it would be to lose their partners’ ashes… Weirdly the idea makes me laugh though…

    If it's just a small packet the muggers may be confused and try to smoke it.

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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,226
    Queue is 4.2 miles long - those who join it now will be probably queueing until dawn. Fair play to them.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    kingstongraham said:

    Queue is 4.2 miles long - those who join it now will be probably queueing until dawn. Fair play to them.

    So someone I know headed to pay respects today.

    Not particularly a royalist or nutjob, but she's out of work and so her sense was "there's nothing else I'm doing and it'd be nice to feel like I'm part of something bigger"

    _
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    rick_chasey said:

    kingstongraham said:

    Queue is 4.2 miles long - those who join it now will be probably queueing until dawn. Fair play to them.

    So someone I know headed to pay respects today.

    Not particularly a royalist or nutjob, but she's out of work and so her sense was "there's nothing else I'm doing and it'd be nice to feel like I'm part of something bigger"

    i guess that illusttrates the hopelessness of being unemployed that the best option is tofind the longest queue and join the end of it
  • briantrumpet
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    laurentian said:

    . . . people putting up flag poles just so they can fly a flag at half mast . . .


    I'll just put up my flagpole at half mast.
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  • pangolin
    pangolin Posts: 6,660
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    briantrumpet said:

    laurentian said:

    . . . people putting up flag poles just so they can fly a flag at half mast . . .


    I'll just put up my flagpole at half mast.
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  • rick_chasey
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    surrey_commuter said:

    rick_chasey said:

    kingstongraham said:

    Queue is 4.2 miles long - those who join it now will be probably queueing until dawn. Fair play to them.

    So someone I know headed to pay respects today.

    Not particularly a royalist or nutjob, but she's out of work and so her sense was "there's nothing else I'm doing and it'd be nice to feel like I'm part of something bigger"

    i guess that illusttrates the hopelessness of being unemployed that the best option is tofind the longest queue and join the end of it
    I've said it before, I think computer games are a game changer for the unemployed.
    _
  • pblakeney
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    rick_chasey said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    rick_chasey said:

    kingstongraham said:

    Queue is 4.2 miles long - those who join it now will be probably queueing until dawn. Fair play to them.

    So someone I know headed to pay respects today.

    Not particularly a royalist or nutjob, but she's out of work and so her sense was "there's nothing else I'm doing and it'd be nice to feel like I'm part of something bigger"

    i guess that illusttrates the hopelessness of being unemployed that the best option is tofind the longest queue and join the end of it
    I've said it before, I think computer games are a game changer for the unemployed.
    Gaming is to me the epitome of hopeless.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    pblakeney said:

    rick_chasey said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    rick_chasey said:

    kingstongraham said:

    Queue is 4.2 miles long - those who join it now will be probably queueing until dawn. Fair play to them.

    So someone I know headed to pay respects today.

    Not particularly a royalist or nutjob, but she's out of work and so her sense was "there's nothing else I'm doing and it'd be nice to feel like I'm part of something bigger"

    i guess that illusttrates the hopelessness of being unemployed that the best option is tofind the longest queue and join the end of it
    I've said it before, I think computer games are a game changer for the unemployed.
    Gaming is to me the epitome of hopeless.
    Not found the right game, then.

    They can be glorious. There’s a good reason why they’re worth more than films or music.
    _
  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    rick_chasey said:

    pblakeney said:

    rick_chasey said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    rick_chasey said:

    kingstongraham said:

    Queue is 4.2 miles long - those who join it now will be probably queueing until dawn. Fair play to them.

    So someone I know headed to pay respects today.

    Not particularly a royalist or nutjob, but she's out of work and so her sense was "there's nothing else I'm doing and it'd be nice to feel like I'm part of something bigger"

    i guess that illusttrates the hopelessness of being unemployed that the best option is tofind the longest queue and join the end of it
    I've said it before, I think computer games are a game changer for the unemployed.
    Gaming is to me the epitome of hopeless.
    Not found the right game, then.

    They can be glorious. There’s a good reason why they’re worth more than films or music.
    But then there’s the real world for people with more of sense of adventure.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,588
    Pfft, Boomers!
  • pangolin
    pangolin Posts: 6,660
    webboo said:

    rick_chasey said:

    pblakeney said:

    rick_chasey said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    rick_chasey said:

    kingstongraham said:

    Queue is 4.2 miles long - those who join it now will be probably queueing until dawn. Fair play to them.

    So someone I know headed to pay respects today.

    Not particularly a royalist or nutjob, but she's out of work and so her sense was "there's nothing else I'm doing and it'd be nice to feel like I'm part of something bigger"

    i guess that illusttrates the hopelessness of being unemployed that the best option is tofind the longest queue and join the end of it
    I've said it before, I think computer games are a game changer for the unemployed.
    Gaming is to me the epitome of hopeless.
    Not found the right game, then.

    They can be glorious. There’s a good reason why they’re worth more than films or music.
    But then there’s the real world for people with more of sense of adventure.
    Lol
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  • rick_chasey
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    webboo said:

    rick_chasey said:

    pblakeney said:

    rick_chasey said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    rick_chasey said:

    kingstongraham said:

    Queue is 4.2 miles long - those who join it now will be probably queueing until dawn. Fair play to them.

    So someone I know headed to pay respects today.

    Not particularly a royalist or nutjob, but she's out of work and so her sense was "there's nothing else I'm doing and it'd be nice to feel like I'm part of something bigger"

    i guess that illusttrates the hopelessness of being unemployed that the best option is tofind the longest queue and join the end of it
    I've said it before, I think computer games are a game changer for the unemployed.
    Gaming is to me the epitome of hopeless.
    Not found the right game, then.

    They can be glorious. There’s a good reason why they’re worth more than films or music.
    But then there’s the real world for people with more of sense of adventure.
    Remind yourself of that when you’re mindlessly watching a film or TV when you could be thinking, problem solving, etc
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  • webboo
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    rick_chasey said:

    webboo said:

    rick_chasey said:

    pblakeney said:

    rick_chasey said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    rick_chasey said:

    kingstongraham said:

    Queue is 4.2 miles long - those who join it now will be probably queueing until dawn. Fair play to them.

    So someone I know headed to pay respects today.

    Not particularly a royalist or nutjob, but she's out of work and so her sense was "there's nothing else I'm doing and it'd be nice to feel like I'm part of something bigger"

    i guess that illusttrates the hopelessness of being unemployed that the best option is tofind the longest queue and join the end of it
    I've said it before, I think computer games are a game changer for the unemployed.
    Gaming is to me the epitome of hopeless.
    Not found the right game, then.

    They can be glorious. There’s a good reason why they’re worth more than films or music.
    But then there’s the real world for people with more of sense of adventure.
    Remind yourself of that when you’re mindlessly watching a film or TV when you could be thinking, problem solving, etc
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    An excellent riposte. 😜
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,610
    At 10.45 this morning there was no queue under Waterloo Bridge though it was being reported it was back to HMS Belfast. At 4.45 pm there cerainly was a queue but they were all moving forward at a brisk walking pace.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,458

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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,799
    rick_chasey said:

    pblakeney said:

    rick_chasey said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    rick_chasey said:

    kingstongraham said:

    Queue is 4.2 miles long - those who join it now will be probably queueing until dawn. Fair play to them.

    So someone I know headed to pay respects today.

    Not particularly a royalist or nutjob, but she's out of work and so her sense was "there's nothing else I'm doing and it'd be nice to feel like I'm part of something bigger"

    i guess that illusttrates the hopelessness of being unemployed that the best option is tofind the longest queue and join the end of it
    I've said it before, I think computer games are a game changer for the unemployed.
    Gaming is to me the epitome of hopeless.
    Not found the right game, then.

    They can be glorious. There’s a good reason why they’re worth more than films or music.
    They're great for kids and geeks.
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  • monkimark
    monkimark Posts: 1,950
    edited September 2022
    I can see a small section of the queue (near the tate modern) from my office window but it seems to vary between not being there at all and being a fast(ish) moving line. Certainly by 10am I had seen the queue moving.

    I suspect that the line is held back for a bit and then released, either to stop congestion in busy areas, or to allow people to have a rest rather than constantly shuffling along for 8 hrs.
    Dorset_Boy said:

    At 10.45 this morning there was no queue under Waterloo Bridge though it was being reported it was back to HMS Belfast. At 4.45 pm there cerainly was a queue but they were all moving forward at a brisk walking pace.

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