Bombay Bad Boy

They should get Jeri Ryan to open the 7th.

13 hours ago, Albert Tatlock said:

English is just badly spoken French.

That's such a cliché.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz9zqn77ezno

But 'most of them' work. So, no problem then.

10 hours ago, WTF said:

the 'AI' will be the only 'I' in the building.

Pint says the output of Tynwald is used to train chatgpt to generate meaningless waffle.

I say we head to the Traf and have a nice cold pint.

1 hour ago, La Colombe said:

Err. It is a car. 

Exactly, with as much space in as a Transit 😄

Once borrowed a friend's Espace (with the seats removed) to move house. Booked as a car, no-one cared. 

https://www.three.fm/news/isle-of-man-news/port-erin-newsagent-announces-closure/

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If you only process personal data for your own domestic purposes, the law, including the need to register, does not apply. 

https://www.inforights.im/organisations/data-protection-law-2018/registration/need-to-register/

Wasn't there some sort of beverage-based gathering at the 10th anniversary? I'd be up for similar.

Proof that we can indeed organise a pissup in a brewery. 

On 2/9/2024 at 4:09 PM, Fred the shred said:

What does the black blob signify it looks like a bowl that has gone astray.

A popped cherry?

CTH building up for sale

https://www.garforthgray.im/douglas-victoria-street/

For anyone who doubts how serious this is 

Bingo. How do you say rearranging deckchairs, treading water, political pantomime and theatre? let me count the ways..

https://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/regulation-of-deep-fakes-on-agenda-for-house-of-keys-664181

Clearly much more important than infrastructure, energy and cost of living, transparency etc. 

25 minutes ago, Amadeus said:

People don’t care about local politics apart from on days like today. 

Can we sit in on all DBC meetings?

On 12/20/2023 at 12:01 AM, Roger Mexico said:

I'm not sure that those figures really show that (and Gallup don't claim they do).  It's only six data points over 25 years and if you look at the linked tables etc (downloads) the sample size is only around 1000, so the number of vegetarians will only be around 40-50 and vegans around 10.  So random fluctuation in the sample will make it look like there is movement when there isn't.  It also makes analysis of the sub-sample fairly useless.

YouGov have some better data here on UK and US vegans (based on full panel preferences, so many thousands):

https://yougov.co.uk/health/articles/40790-profile-peek-vegans-us-and-britain

and on UK dietary habits in general, though only over four years, fairly steady in that period:

https://yougov.co.uk/topics/society/trackers/dietery-choices-of-brits-eg-vegeterian-flexitarian-meat-eater-etc

Sample sizes are in the 2000 range, so a bit better and you can use the tabs at the side to look at particular subgroups.  Interestingly while only 2-3% are vegan and another 5-7% vegetarian, 13-16% described themselves as flexitarian (mainly vegetarian but occasionally eat meat or fish). 

They could always branch out

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-68160162

Say 'handyman' 3 times into a mirror. 

17 hours ago, Gladys said:

However, as seems to be the case in the US, once given the death sentence, just do it without the interminable appeals and delay or do not have it as a punishment at all.  If a state is confident that its justice system is robust and will always deliver the correct verdict, just get on with it. 

Prisons in the US are practically businesses. They get money from the state for however many they have incarcerated, and also make a bit on the side through using prisoners as slave labour.
So it's worth keeping as many prisoners alive, as long as possible. 

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The public’s response to the Manx government’s survey was, “no thanks”

After we threw away most of the 'yes, let's keep them' responses. 

Snuff the wind -  fenced off. Cornelly Mines -  fenced off. The Deads - some bloke built a house on it. 
All these used to be places where you could just turn up and have a bit of fun, without having to join a club or anything. 

21 hours ago, Twitch said:

...and we will obviously need more civil servants to ensure that this never happens again..

And a trip to the Caymans to work on our tans..I mean,  'see how they do things' .

3 hours ago, Dirty Buggane said:

Life is to short, at the end you will still be, died, dead pushing daisy's singing with the choir eternal or a deceased parrot. Get over yourself 🤏

No, it's just resting.

On 9/4/2022 at 11:59 AM, Roger Mexico said:

It's not an id card for everyone.  Effectively what is needed is a card to a British standard that consolidates all the documentation that Manx residents who aren't British citizens have to carry around at the moment and that will be recognised in the same way the UK equivalent is.

https://xkcd.com/927/