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02:01:27 * steve30 is going out for a takeaway
02:09:26 * rust_collector managed to make food himself
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02:34:24 <K> we are proud of you, rust_collector
02:34:34 <K> hello u
02:34:37 <K> hello Kuschelpony
02:38:58 <rc-garage> well, kid #2 is allergic to nuts, and I managed to read on the box of red pesto, that they have cashews in there. so i took the green one...which also has cashews
02:39:24 <Kuschelpony> hello K
02:39:43 <rc-garage> but it turned out really good, imo
02:47:26 <K> all nuts?
03:04:38 <steve30> these are very uniformly shaped pieces of chicken
03:04:56 <steve30> also, people have put england and GB flags up on local lampposts
03:14:52 <rc-garage> how racist. you should protest
04:01:16 <steve30> I encountered several people who were on smartphones at pedestrian crossings today and didn't realise when the green man came on
04:01:43 <rc-garage> did you give them a push?
04:02:04 <steve30> hehe
04:02:15 <steve30> they all noticed eventually
04:02:30 <steve30> Maybe I could invent an 'app controlled' crossing
04:03:02 <rc-garage> arfff. well, yes, someone probably will, so it might as well be you
04:17:20 <arch> how do you do, fellow belt sanders?
04:17:47 * arch attached a buffing pad and polishes electrohead's head some more
04:18:31 <rc-garage> dont wear thru the finish. you might see the distracting leds in there
04:25:25 <Ampera> 2 years ago today I legally changed my name
04:26:12 <rc-garage> oh crap
04:26:55 * Ampera hugs rc-garage <3
04:26:59 <Ampera> oh crap yourself
04:27:20 <rc-garage> I was thinking that. it does not feel 2 years
04:28:09 <steve30> someone went past me on a bike who i thought looked a bit like Ampera
04:30:45 <Ampera> steve30, I'm not sure I want to know what you think I look like :)
04:32:50 <steve30> well, the people at the Trans Pride event didn't remind me of you at all.
04:35:12 <steve30> I've decided to fire up the Sony HVR-A1
04:36:00 <Ampera> rc-garage, it does not feel like 2 years. It feels like so much longer, really.
04:36:14 <Ampera> It feels like I've always been like this, but it's been such a small, tiny portion of my ife
04:36:16 <Ampera> so far
04:36:25 <rc-garage> uhm, that is your opinion, lol
04:37:25 <Ampera> no shit
04:38:59 <steve30> i don't really remember when you changed your name
04:39:06 <steve30> my sense of time isn't as good as it used to be
04:39:24 <rc-garage> uhm, that is my opinion
04:39:51 <steve30> I do remember that it is some years since we had someone around called TwoOfFive though
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05:11:30 <Ampera> steve30, that is quite old
05:11:46 <Ampera> Ampera has been my nick since 2010. TwoOfFive was some weird borg assimilation that happened for a few years or so.
05:26:49 <electrohead> arch: I have hair, you know :P
05:26:50 <electrohead> arch: I have hair, you know :P
05:27:00 * electrohead ninja attack hugs Ampera
05:27:19 <rc-garage> nah, you have a pirated old version of photoshop
05:27:31 <arch> lol
05:28:23 <rc-garage> or perhaps a hair shaped piece of gunk on your camera. not sure
05:30:51 * Ampera hugs electrohead <3
05:31:14 <electrohead> lol
05:34:32 <Ampera> electrohead, how are things over there in muricaland?
05:35:23 <electrohead> the things are still 'murican, lol
05:35:36 <electrohead> pretty good I suppose, staying busy as always
05:35:50 <electrohead> you still in the land of germany?
05:35:51 <electrohead> you still in the land of germany?
05:36:09 <Ampera> yeee
05:55:16 <MrMobodies> Look what I found
05:55:26 <rc-garage> a horse?
05:55:29 <MrMobodies> another slimey artice
05:55:32 <rc-garage> oh
05:56:03 <MrMobodies> will benefit the patient, will save money, reaching the environment and net zero thereby uniting it all
05:56:08 <MrMobodies> https://hospitalhealthcare.com/clinical/respiratory/aligning-patient-centred-care-and-sustainability-in-inhaler-choice-an-reg-approach/
05:56:09 <EEVBot> [url] Aligning patient-centred care and sustainability in inhaler choice: an REG approach - Hospital Healthcare Europe | hospitalhealthcare.com
05:56:29 <MrMobodies> this bit: "choosing the right inhaler can be complex"
05:56:44 <MrMobodies> COPD patient at local pub under control for 20 years on ventolin
05:57:03 <MrMobodies> now switched to save the environment to dry powder is now out of control
05:57:28 <MrMobodies> This bit seems to say a lot: " There are many factors to balance, *including cost and the environment.""
05:58:37 <MrMobodies> your inhaler isn't working (when it does), we're going to switch it anyway, when they find it doesn't work, they'll blame; this bit "due to poor inhaler technique"
05:59:45 <MrMobodies> I am starting to think, maybe it is not so mucj the environment. Maybe the cost has gone up in the propellant or someone has increased the costs and making a lot of money over that formula.
05:59:46 <MrMobodies> I am starting to think, maybe it is not so mucj the environment. Maybe the cost has gone up in the propellant or someone has increased the costs and making a lot of money over that formula.
06:00:33 <MrMobodies> Imagine a scene from the 15th century, with the soldiers in their metal armour going to battle
06:00:39 <rc-garage> maybe they are just trying to reduce the population, without telling you? It makes sense, there are too many people, and it is not a popular thing for a politician to say, so maybe they just do that in secret?
06:00:53 <MrMobodies> and this piano playing in the background, but they play all the wrong notes, that's what that reminds me off.
06:01:12 <MrMobodies> Yep I was told that by someone in 2016 who use to work for the newspaper
06:01:25 <MrMobodies> about ways they might try to reduce population
06:01:48 <rc-garage> would you vote for a guy saying he wanted to delete your family?
06:02:09 <MrMobodies> so that's what this is about
06:02:15 <MrMobodies> creative ways to delude people
06:02:22 <rc-garage> I am not saying that.
06:02:26 <MrMobodies> and slowly kill them off
06:02:28 <rc-garage> but maybe?
06:02:32 <MrMobodies> by denying them things
06:02:38 <MrMobodies> I think it's possible
06:03:14 <MrMobodies> I remember reading about that someone could still get ventolin on a private prescription but not on the NHS
06:03:26 <MrMobodies> so they could be targetting NHS patients first
06:04:01 <MrMobodies> Do not resuciate for downs syndrome patients or over a certain age without the families permissions and avoidable deaths
06:04:44 <MrMobodies> in the mid 2010's people denied anti biotics (due to anti biotic resistance) who died when they should have gotten them from blanket policies
06:05:42 <MrMobodies> that could be why I have been left out of the working world
06:05:51 <MrMobodies> not worth training when there are too many
06:05:52 <MrMobodies> not worth training when there are too many
06:05:59 <MrMobodies> and of no use or value to them
06:06:25 <MrMobodies> when they're trying to defend their jobs and existence themselves
06:07:00 <MrMobodies> so yes possibly kill people off through these policies
06:08:16 <MrMobodies> just the 15th century armoured soldiers going in to battle on the battlefield with the wrong piano notes playing in the background when I read that article like the rest.
06:09:05 <rc-garage> it would be wrong. the piano was not invented yet
06:09:11 <MrMobodies> you still take 3 puffs a week, for many years, your condition has changed... b*llocks
06:09:31 <MrMobodies> oh you're not managing... liars
06:09:40 <MrMobodies> ooh sorry
06:09:44 <MrMobodies> I mean in a film
06:10:01 <MrMobodies> a modern day film depicting the 15th century
06:10:11 <MrMobodies> say from the 70's onwards
06:10:47 <MrMobodies> playing one of the classicals of war with just the piano as they march to fight
06:11:08 <MrMobodies> but the person playing it plays the wrong notes here and there
06:11:52 <MrMobodies> I come across something that's not true or making claims that may not be true = wrong piano note
06:12:49 <MrMobodies> can't have ventolin, pollutes the environment. Okay Ivax Easi-breath (half propellant), you can't have that, tooooo expensive
06:12:56 <MrMobodies> that's the armor
06:13:18 <MrMobodies> looking for something that works, they come at your like a solder in metal armor
06:13:54 <MrMobodies> and the claims or lies reminds me of the wrong piano note in say a classival
06:14:30 <MrMobodies> sorry that's the impression I get. They seem to play the same tune... with these artiles from writer to wrtier
06:15:49 <MrMobodies> I guess the cheaper generic versions with reduced/ missing things are a smokescreen to weaken someone
06:16:35 <MrMobodies> been out for 3 hours packing up he karaoke party with the lighting from last night and dogs running around the place
06:37:29 <rc-garage> dogs are the best people
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06:38:55 <MrMobodies> they were playing ball and tripping up on my cables as I was wrapping them up and putting them awau
06:39:09 <MrMobodies> and I had to toe tip around them
06:39:18 <MrMobodies> there were 4 dogs there
06:40:01 <MrMobodies> and the landlady's one was there too. she has this ultrasonic high pitch noise at the end of the bark
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13:27:04 * steve30 passes the channel some Trans Pride
13:27:06 <steve30> https://www.flickr.com/photos/36651585@N04/54741993247/in/dateposted-public/
13:27:06 <EEVBot> [url] Sheffield Trans Pride - Let Us Piss in Peace | Sheffield Tra… | Flickr | www.flickr.com
13:27:14 <steve30> https://www.flickr.com/photos/36651585@N04/54743067214/in/dateposted-public/
13:27:14 <EEVBot> [url] Sheffield Trans Pride | Sheffield Trans Pride took place in … | Flickr | www.flickr.com
14:27:57 <MrMobodies> I didn't know these people owned UK power networks
14:27:59 <MrMobodies> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CK_Infrastructure_Holdings
14:27:59 <EEVBot> [wikipedia] CK Infrastructure Holdings | "CK Infrastructure Holdings Limited (CKI) is the largest publicly listed infrastructure company in Hong Kong with diversified investments in energy infrastructure, transportation Infrastructure, water Infrastructure and infrastructure related business, parented by CK Hutchison Holdings, businessman Li Ka Shing's flagship company. It is a leading player in the global infrastructure arena in Hong Kong, Mainland […]"
14:28:00 <EEVBot> [wikipedia] CK Infrastructure Holdings | "CK Infrastructure Holdings Limited (CKI) is the largest publicly listed infrastructure company in Hong Kong with diversified investments in energy infrastructure, transportation Infrastructure, water Infrastructure and infrastructure related business, parented by CK Hutchison Holdings, businessman Li Ka Shing's flagship company. It is a leading player in the global infrastructure arena in Hong Kong, Mainland […]"
14:28:11 <MrMobodies> well 50%
14:31:51 <MrMobodies> This WHOLE article us MEANINGLESS by just this piece:
14:31:54 <MrMobodies> https://www.gov.uk/government/news/governments-new-law-sees-unfair-bonuses-banned-for-six-water-companies-with-immediate-effect
14:31:55 <EEVBot> [url] Government's new law sees unfair bonuses banned for six water companies with immediate effect - GOV.UK | www.gov.uk
14:32:37 <MrMobodies> "Crucial to attract the best talent... Companies that do meet Ofwat’s standards will still be eligible to pay executives bonuses – a powerful incentive for them to deliver immediate environmental improvements, better customer outcomes, and improve financial resilience. "
14:32:54 <MrMobodies> Is that some kind of LOOPHOLE they put in I wonder.
14:34:08 <MrMobodies> If this "best talent" excuse they had been using for the decade ends up draining the companies whilst going more in debt how can that "improve financial resilience."
14:36:11 <MrMobodies> I mean to banned water companies from bonuses with the loophole
14:38:05 <MrMobodies> I see CKI also owns Northumbian water and they seem to be doing quite well with no ban on bonuses.
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14:40:53 <MrMobodies> I just read they were thinking about investing in Thames water under "nationalising" it. Don't make sense. Maybe they shouldn't trouble themselves with badly behaved companies that are part owned by bonus stripping vampires.
14:42:12 <MrMobodies> I found a new scam earlier. Same "instructions" as the Facebook sponsored content advert but using Cloudfare human check as a disguise.
14:42:39 <MrMobodies> https://i.imgur.com/6v5Yklp.jpeg
14:43:21 <MrMobodies> The website loads then it redirects to the scam domain, then replaces the previous URL address. So if Duckduckgo.com was the previous it would display that.
14:43:44 <MrMobodies> after finding the real url with Ublock
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19:50:35 <K> hello ikea coin cells
20:00:04 <Ampera> hi K
20:00:20 <K> u sick of eu yet?
20:02:30 <Ampera> K, here and there
20:02:35 <Ampera> I tried to figure out how to send some postcards
20:02:37 <Ampera> and I kinda failed
20:02:43 <Ampera> I'm not entirely sure what a post office is in germany
20:02:51 <Ampera> idk if postbank is a post office, bank, or both
20:03:00 <Ampera> i just had my grandmother put some stamps she had on them, apparently she had tons
20:03:10 <K> i think it is bank
20:03:17 <Ampera> it's very unambiguous in the US, since our post office is still sorta kinda nationalized
20:03:34 <Ampera> K, I think so too, but I am fairly sure the post office was supposed to be in that building, and all it had was a postbank
20:03:40 <Ampera> but it had signs for deutsche post and DHL
20:03:46 <Ampera> I didn't go in because I didn't have enough time
20:03:46 <K> hm
20:03:56 <Ampera> but I walked around the block looking for a post office and kinda couldn't find one
20:04:27 <Ampera> in the USPS a post office is just a post office. One brand, any location will do pretty much the same things
20:04:30 <K> i've sent postcards from berlin, post-place did look fairly regular
20:04:45 <K> and some other times i just dropped cards off in some yellow postbox
20:04:53 <Ampera> USPS doesn't really have store within a store things like they do too
20:05:06 <Ampera> *like they do here
20:05:41 <Ampera> anyways, postcards were sent
20:05:59 <Ampera> I would've sent one to more people and some online friends but I wrote 5 of them to family already and my hand was tired
20:06:01 <Ampera> and I ran out of postcards
20:06:25 <Ampera> I haven't had a ton of free time here because it's either been work or just trying to stuff as much stuff into one day as I can
20:07:02 <Ampera> Postcards are also not super easy to find here in Essen. I had to dig in the back of some random bookstore to find some. I guess Essen isn't a hot holiday destination everyone wants to tell their friends about.
20:08:12 <K> bookstores usually have some
20:08:47 <Ampera> I haven't been through many
20:09:00 <Ampera> i should've picked some up in Cologne or Frankfurt, but I didn't have a ton of time and was just exhausted
20:09:26 <K> next time
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20:27:32 <Halcyon> Evening biscuits
20:28:30 * Ampera hugs Halcyon
20:28:31 <Ampera> ,3
20:28:32 <Ampera> er, <3
20:28:42 <Halcyon> Hey Ampera
20:28:44 <Halcyon> How's you?
20:28:51 <Ampera> Alright enough. Going home on friday
20:28:56 <Ampera> not much longer now
20:37:29 <Halcyon> Booo
20:37:50 <Halcyon> I just left Hobart today, not long got to a little village called Stahan, in Tasmania.
20:38:35 <Halcyon> My phone even switched over to Starlink satellite for several parts of the trip. There is literally almost nothing out here.
20:38:46 <Ampera> ooo
20:38:55 <Ampera> I haven't tried satellite on my phone before
20:39:07 <Ampera> usually because it's not very often that I don't have cell reception somewhere
20:39:12 <Ampera> I believe my T-Mobile plan comes with it in the US
20:41:21 <Halcyon> It was the first time for me, places without cell reception are rare here, but to be far we were driving between towns and it was like 2 hours in between.
20:41:27 <Halcyon> And lots of canyons etc...
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