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#28756 Buying a house

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30 Nov 2012 18:44:04

Isn't buying in Scotland complicated? I saw an episode of Relocation, Relocation, Relocation once.

#28754 The Politics Thread

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30 Nov 2012 18:26:07

Pretty much. I'm a libertarian though I don't really identify as one. A lot of libertarians say a bunch of shit that would make no sense or only work if libertarianism was the only thing people knew. It also either assumes that people won't be either selfish or lazy, or if you're Ayn Rand then if they're selfish or lazy (or unlucky) then fuck them. It's one of those terms, like most political terms, which doesn't really mean anything.

As for me, I basically just think Noam Chomsky is a cool guy.

#28747 The Politics Thread

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30 Nov 2012 17:54:23

He's a libertarian, no? One of the douchebag ones.

#28622 What Are You Listening To?

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30 Nov 2012 00:43:07

#28502 Benefits Advice

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29 Nov 2012 18:34:29

The thing is like... take me right. After I left uni, I had some fairly serious health problems. I lost about 8 months of my life and I couldn't work in that time. After that, I'd be applying for jobs and I'd get a few interviews. I'd interview well but I'd lost the job to some 17 year old because he had a job stacking shelves at the Co-op. The problem isn't that there aren't jobs, it's that there's too many people applying for each one. But if you keep trying, eventually you'll find one like I did. In the meantime, the best thing you can do is get any scrap of experience you can so you can tell people what you do because there's nothing worse than having a gap in your CV that you can't really explain.

#28187 Benefits Advice

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28 Nov 2012 19:44:08

I'm willing to bet he hasn't left college/school.

#28184 Benefits Advice

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28 Nov 2012 19:42:06

By Jay. | Permalink | On 28 November 2012 - 19:36 PM

Im not saying i don't understand, im just saying its pretty pointless, from a life perspective. Doing 16 hours a week ffor the same £56 as doing nothing for a week, doesn't seem appealing, i'd much rather try and push for a permanent job which gives me £200 + per week.

Then you make very bad decisions.

#28149 Benefits Advice

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28 Nov 2012 18:40:10

By Jay. | Permalink | On 28 November 2012 - 15:52 PM

But its true. Even if you get a part time job for 16 hours, you'll still have to sign on, meaning its gonna clash with your job if you work on that day, and still your only getting the same amount of money.

If you really don't understand how doing a part time job is better than just signing on then you have problems which I can't help you with.

#27767 Benefits Advice

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27 Nov 2012 18:41:29

By Jay. | Permalink | On 27 November 2012 - 17:04 PM

Surely, you'd be better off staying on JSA until a "proper" job comes along. Either do 3 days work, and get £56, or do 0 days work and get £56. No brainer really.

Get a full time job, then come off JSA fully.

That's the most retarded thing you've said since you said that PCs were going to die out in the next 5 years.

#27489 What Are You Listening To?

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26 Nov 2012 21:02:13

Voluntarily? Never.

#27487 The General Games Discussion Thread.

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26 Nov 2012 20:58:09

By Fantastic | Permalink | On 25 November 2012 - 17:43 PM

I still remember being amazed by Codename 47, Hotel Galar is still my favourite moment in the series.

I picked up the new one by the way.
I dunno. It has some good moments. When you actually have a contract, that's fun. Like I said before though, it feels more Splinter Cell than Hitman. The game doesn't feel as much about the jobs as it does about sneaking past guards. It's like one level of a job to 3 levels of getting across a room or a street or whatever.
Even then, the contracts aren't as good. That one in the club. I'm walking around trying to eye up a way to kill the guy. I see the control for the fault disco ball so I'm like ok, I've got to bait him there or maybe he'll just go there by himself. So I decide to follow him for a bit to see what he does. Then he walks an empty toilet by himself and it's just like "oh... well ok I guess that works".

#27464 Formula 1 - 2012

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26 Nov 2012 20:13:11

By Pippadoc | Permalink | On 26 November 2012 - 19:07 PM

It depends whether they think Kobayashi has reached his ceiling, and whether they can make big steps in car development relative to their competitors.

The increased money they bring in from sponsorship could be what they need to make the next step. They've got Hulkenberg who has shown flashes when he's had a car that's competitive (e.g. this weekend just gone) and they've lost Perez who was bringing in a big chunk of sponsorship money himself. So probably just to have the same budget as last year they needed to have a driver who was bringing in big sponsorship money, they lose income they probably end doing worse on the circuit and losing themselves income the following year. Starting a downward trend.

Really I think it should be looked as Gutierrez replacing Perez as their sponsorship driver and Hulkenberg replacing Kobayashi as their (presumably) paid 'No.1/established' driver. If you look at it like that it doesn't seem like such a bad decision.

I know but it's kind of a shitty way to treat someone who's been getting consistantly better over the years, he got twice as many points this year as last year and got on the podium and got the fastest lap at China. Not to mention he could've been much higher up the points table had the car been slightly more reliable and had Maldonado not been a raging maniac. It seems unlikely that he'll get a seat next year unless a deal can be done with Williams or maybe Lotus if they decide to get rid of Grosjean which they should. Both of those seem unlikely though. It also seems strange to me that Perez has managed to get a drive with McLaren. I mean he's talented, but apart from his 3 podiums, he's been largely poor. I'd have given it another season but I guess they needed someone.

Either way, Kobayashi has become a large part of why I watch F1. Not sure it would be the same for me without him. I know most people don't care, but I really enjoyed his driving style.

#27435 Formula 1 - 2012

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26 Nov 2012 18:48:48

It's ridiculous how a talented and exciting driver with a relatively large fan base like Kobayashi can get booted by someone who's largely unknown just due to sponsorship reasons.

#27038 Benefits Advice

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25 Nov 2012 18:24:53

By Telegram Sam | Permalink | On 25 November 2012 - 18:06 PM

The Sainsburys in Brighton seems like a foster home for people who couldn't even join the circus. Some odd people stocking shelves in there.

The one in Winch is like that too. Apparently they do it on purpose for some reason.

#26992 Benefits Advice

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25 Nov 2012 16:34:11

You should be able to continue claiming, yes but they might expect you to continue looking for another job while you do.
Next time you go to sign on, just have a chat about it and it'll be ok. You'll just have to sign a new contract with the Job Centre basically.

#26705 The Lower League Thread

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24 Nov 2012 18:43:26

The best.

#26447 The General Games Discussion Thread.

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23 Nov 2012 21:45:03

Tempted to rebuy the Hitman games on Steam and do a marathon.

#26416 What Are You Listening To?

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23 Nov 2012 20:29:47

The Biophilia remix album came out.

Fucking awesome.

#26174 The Lower League Thread

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22 Nov 2012 22:48:00

By terriersmad | Permalink | On 22 November 2012 - 18:11 PM

Cardiff, Leicester, Peterborough, Millwall - all managed to beat us without cheating (and some belting goals from Knockaert and Boyd in particular). Watford got the benefit of a borderline last-minute decision which could have been given any one of three ways (booking for diving, penalty, contact but not a penalty - watch the replay three times and you'll see each of those viewpoints, or even an argument for a penalty but still a booking for simulation, as I'd probably give it). Nottingham Forest were the better side (and the best I've seen this season, bearing in mind that we played well on the night but still got outclassed) but didn't beat us. Your lot are the first side to come to us and set their stall out to cheat from the word go. Which is a shame, because you are good enough to beat us comfortably without doing it, and which makes it all the more difficult to stomach. None of the goals had anything to do with your antics and more to do with three shocking defensive errors.

But you were an appalling side two years ago, and you've only got worse.

Ok.
But we won the league handily two years ago. Plus we beat Huddersfield. Plus we have a good team playing entertaining football.
I'm ok with all of this.

#26169 What Was The Last Film You Saw?

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22 Nov 2012 22:37:10

Die Hard and Die Hard With a Vengance are the only ones worth watching. Reluctant Hero 2: But This Time He Has Shoes is ok but I don't see what it really adds to the series. It's ok to watch but the whole time you're watching it you're thinking "this is just like the first one only worse and there's a plane". The ending is badass though. Never seen 4.0.

#26103 The General Games Discussion Thread.

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22 Nov 2012 20:27:49

By Fantastic | Permalink | On 22 November 2012 - 19:40 PM

Bought Hitman Absolution. At times the pure sandbox of stealth I love to death. Too often it's a linear evade game. Hitman is about being empowered through your actions. A good Hitman game is one where you don't even know what the story is.

Same feeling I got from it. It feels more Splinter Cell than Hitman to me. Hitman was more here's your job, focus on the job and then later you're like "oh, well fuck" when everything kind of comes to a head. I don't have it myself yet though, only played the first level. I'll pick it up when I get paid I reckon.

#25967 The Night Thread Mk. IX

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22 Nov 2012 17:54:03

By Torri | Permalink | On 22 November 2012 - 17:52 PM

Okay. 1-0 for you. But I really don't care about the nationality; and where did you get that "syphilitic" stuff, really?!

...yeah. By the way, you did get tested afterwards, right?

#25427 Who remembers Jem? (And other assorted music)

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#25009 Who remembers Jem? (And other assorted music)

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20 Nov 2012 18:08:37

#24999 This Israel-Palestine bullshit

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20 Nov 2012 17:36:40

By chokosc | Permalink | On 20 November 2012 - 05:05 AM

How would the English users on here feel if Scotland and Wales decided they are ready to get rid of the English? They start firing missiles at you daily. Will you not react? Will you just let it pass with the wind? Of course not. England will attack in such a situation. That is the difference though. Britain and the US haven't been fighting for their land, they were fighting terrorism in another continent, far away from them. We are fighting to keep our land safe and that is what you guys don't seem to understand, for the small fact that you guys didn't really live through anything like that.

Northern Ireland wants to have a word with you.
Not that the English handled that as well as they could've, but at least they didn't just bomb Derry from a distance and then say "ok, you've ruined it now we have to take more of Ireland". It also goes to show it's possible to reach a solution with stuff like this. The difference is in Israel noone wants to reach a solution, they just want to win 100%.