Renton

Gemmmilllll!!!! Suppose an Everton win is good for us.

I dunno, think of what you could be like if she was doing it right.

Oooh, all those but you miss out on house cos no mention of sir John Hall (MLF) jawdee nation as it dominates the thread somewhat.

Another sad as fuck thread by them with the predictably sad as fuck responses. https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/rivalry-with-newcastle.1640668/page-10

That's the spirit. Mid-holiday crisis, get back on the tequila. Also, they sell all sorts of hangover cures in Mexican pharmacies.

That top one mind.... You remind me of this film I saw. Old religious scottish woman from the Hebrides is dying, she and her husband visit London for some reason, maybe to see a cancer specialist, and much to her shock there is some filfthy porn on the telly in the hotel bedroom. She screws up her face and turns to her husband "so that's what you wanted me to do?". Her husband, literally in tears of despair, sobs "aye".

How the fuck have I missed the boat again on this woke shit?

Is that CCTV of the best blowjob of CT's life?TM

So another lady is gushing over you and your missus is concerned, have I got that right?

Alright comrade!

That's one happy chappy!

I'm not putting that in (double entendre intended).

I searched for "pedantic, me?". Second result. Must be some AI equating pedantic with spank. This is fun.

The worst thing for me right now is motivation. I just cannot be arsed. What you gonna do, make me redundant? Yes please. Got a couple of new job applications to be getting on with. I should be doing this in my own time, but its the only thing that enthuses me.

So I was going to answer you in gif form as you do, and this is one of the results when I searched for "pedantry". I rather like this gif so will share anyway.

So I'm at the stage now where I wake up and dread logging in to work. My US employers have made half my peers redundant, panicked when they realised this meant we couldn't fulfil our contracts, asked me which of my friends I would like back, which I refused to do but reluctantly told them who were most project critical. So they have now removed the offer of redundancy from these people, which I had no knowledge they were going to do, which makes me feel awful about it. It's a complete shit show and morale is so low now I fear we may go into a death loop. I would gladly accept redundancy myself at this point and use the time to get the right job elsewhere, won't happen though. I know people say it's only work but its a big part of your life isn't it? I shouldn't complain really as things could be much worse. At least I have you bitches to cheer me up.

Gif fail. Tbf Bilbo that's one brave chook so undermines the point of your gif. Soz.

14.5% GDP on health when I'm 100 years old doesn't sound too bad at all. In the US, it is already 16.6% of GDP (and it's a much bigger pie), and they have worse health outcomes than us or any other western European healthcare system. Seems to me that this indicates a free at the point of use structure is not only sustainable, but essential. And its clear an insurance based model would be a disaster. But then there's other elephants in the room. State pension, social care. This needs grown up long-term politics to get sorted, but I can see a problem there......

Bring back FoM and you would hugely boost GDP AND cut extra-European immigration. I think it was a huge mistake to include EU countries in immigration figures under FoM in the first place. FoM and visa driven immigration are not the same thing. But that's done now. I cannot for the life of me understand why Starmer won't test the water by bringing back FoM for the under 30s (clling it something else). Standards alignment is happening anyway with us a rule takers, witness another delay to us checking imports and basically scrapping the ridiculous UKCA mark and accepting the CE mark. Wonder how many billions that has cost us. But even if we magically rejoined the EU in full, its not the full answer to the question, with many European countries being in the same boat. On a practical level, what would 200% GDP/debt ratio mean? Interest payments in excess of the NHS? I honestly don't know.

So, I'm just letissiering here, just asking questions. Not rhetorical questions, I don't know the answer. I've qualifications in microeconomics but next to none in international macroeconomics, so I don't fully understand the implications of a large debt/GDP ratio. According to this article, we are heading on trippling our debt by 2050, maybe even more. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/12/uk-debt-projected-to-almost-triple-over-next-50-years-watchdog-warns So, Reeves is obviously trying to not head down this direction by sticking to the tory plan to reduce GDP/debt ratio within 5 years and not let it go above 100%. Many on here seem to argue this is artificial and its of no consequence if we scrap this target. Open the chequebook and usher in new era of neo-keynsian economics, and growth will sort out the problem. But will it? I can see the obvious benefits in investing in infrastructure, there may be some utility in an improved NHS, but I can't see how welfare increases will help this metric? See, I guess maybe I am naive but I am fairly trusting that Reeves' CV shits all over mine when it comes to economics, I believe she genuinely has progressive political instincts at heart, and she knows best as to why she is doing what she is. Am I wrong? If we just say fuck it, what will happen? All I know is the economies with very high GDP/debt ratios tend to struggle with the standard of living coming down (Italy, Japan). But that's already happening here. Without European integration, I just can't see a way out of this tbh.

Vapes have zero chemicals? I'm not sure that's true. The truth is they are almost certainly going to have a negative health impact, but its too early to know how much. Might be very little, might be ticking health timebomb, who knows. https://www.bmj.com/content/366/bmj.l5275 If you really enjoy it then I say fair enough, just don't vape near me. I remember during the pandemic people vaping showed the true extent of how much air we exhale, knocked me a bit sick tbh. Gloomy is pondering his midlife crisis.

And they're welcome at Gemmill's nonce workshopTM!

Well, when you're in the same company as CT, you know you need to do something.....

So you quit for an entire holiday abroad and then started again? Sounds very much like it is psychological, habitual addiction rather than physical. So I would tackle it from that angle maybe? You've given up cigarettes before, you can do this. There needs to be much heavier regulation on vapes. Disposable ones should be banned outright and I would tax the fuck out the permanent ones, who knows what problems are being stored up. Nearly 25 years since I gave up tabs now I think, always thought it was the most pointless addiction ever given the benefit/risk ratio (smoking is truly the most damaging thing for your health, increases your risks of nearly every disease). Don't think I ever even enjoyed nicotine, smoking addiction became more a by product of cannabis use for me. Banning smoking virtually everywhere and especially in pubs was a huge help in me quitting, and they repulse me now.

Fantastic. It actually saddens me but no matter what misguided opinions some Americans might have on the economy, they would be willing to turn a blind eye to this mysogynistic, racist, rapist prick. I do wonder if this attitude is a direct result of American society, which seems to be limited to "what's in it for me?". Otherwise, why the hatred of even the most mild socialistic principles? America used to be a country to aspire to, not that long ago really. Now it is on the verge of being a terrible dystopian warning to us all. It's not Trump that worries me. It's the people of America themselves that enable him that worries me.