I have four installed units, which have plenty of cooling power to keep the house nice and cool. On sunny summer days our solar panels produce excess electricity anyway, so cooling the house comes free.

Investing in air conditioning was one of the better decisions of my past self.

Isn’t this just another one to the pile of his war crimes? It’s remarkable how Boris Johnson somehow managed to be even shittier than the war criminal Blair.

Harassment is a criminal offence in the UK. No NDA will survive a legal challenge when it comes to a crime. Of course, the psychological pressure of an NDA will stop many victims on their tracks, so from that point of view this hopefully helps.

What this country really needs is proportional representation.

https://theribman.co.uk/

Who would’ve thought you enjoy french fries. But honestly, I didn’t even know pattered chips were a thing.

I’d still go with the earlier proposal: a lunch with Prince Andrew in Pizza Express in woking.

Great advice on dealing with pulling on lead. We got a rescue as second dog year and a half ago. He had clearly not been trained at all and was pulling on walks. My wife, who is the knowledgable dog trainer in our house, got it sorted in just few walks doing what you described.

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Those Damn Crows - Let’s Go Psycho!

Priest indeed!

The world will improve significantly when the wealth hoarding boomers just finish dying off.

Sweet summer child, I’m afraid you have another thing coming.

It was the time to go. I have not missed that shit show one bit.

I’m old enough to have gone through a number of these technology bubbles, so much so that I haven’t paid much attention to them for a fair while. This AI bs feels a bit different, though. It seems to me that lots more people have completely lost their minds this time.

Like all bubbles, this too will end up in the same rubbish heap.

The guy on the left looks like Jamie George (England & Saracens hooker) and the one on the right looks like a blobfish. Any suggested lookalikes of the middle guy?

Which is what they announced in the spending review today: £39b over ten years to social housing. I was not expecting that, but I definitely welcome it. How about getting the planning system sorted and a major increase in skilled labourers happen next? Tomorrow is fine.

Not crazy, but I always thought Giggleswick and Wiggleswoth on opposite sides of A65 is funny.