MrsDoyle
@MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Is it just me or does it seem Google is either AI filled or becoming obsolete? Is there an up and comer that can be what Google used to be? Or are we stuck oogling stuff forever? 8 hours ago:
Duck Duck Go is my default, but increasingly I use the Wikipedia app, because usually I’m looking for detailed information, and it’s a cut-to-the-chase option.
- Comment on Liverpool parade crash victim refused PIP despite life-changing injuries 2 days ago:
Personal Independence Payment.
I’m old enough to remember when Labour was a socialist party.
- Comment on As adults, do you still watch kids’ cartoons, either old or new? 2 days ago:
I have zero shame. If I’ve had a bad day I watch a couple of episodes to get back on track.
- Comment on What's the difference between the UK justice system and the U.S. justice system? 3 days ago:
There are three legal systems in the UK: England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Scots law in particular has distinct differences from England - for example juries have 15 members.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_law
It’s because the UK is four countries smooshed together.
- Comment on As adults, do you still watch kids’ cartoons, either old or new? 3 days ago:
BLUEY!
- Comment on Seagull leaves it's mark on King as he visits seaside resort 6 days ago:
His life is so exciting. One minute the US president is showing you a dead wasp, next thing a seagull shits on you - and it’s all over the news.
- Comment on A woman has been ordered to remove a gorilla statue from the front of her house in Wakefield or face a fine. 1 week ago:
I saw one of those in a garden centre the other day, it was £500.
- Comment on I guess I won't see a concert tonight. 1 week ago:
Jethro Tull are still going? Bloody hell.
- Comment on Parkrun and other sports bodies face legal action over transgender inclusion 1 week ago:
What kind of tiny stunted life do you have to want to rain on this particular parade? To the extent of legal action? Piss off you sad feeble fuckwits.
- Comment on What's the best way to tell a kid that their dog died? 5 weeks ago:
I was told our dog had gone to live on a farm. For a long time afterwards I pestered to be allowed to visit the dog on said farm, and was told it would be too upsetting for him. “He wouldn’t understand.”
Years later I found out the dog had run away, gotten into a field, and killed a sheep. He was identified by the farmer, and someone official came to our house and took him away to be shot.
I wish they had just told me he’d been run over.
- Comment on Is putting black beans in my chili a bad idea? 1 month ago:
Also, any can that is domed - something inside is making gas that is pushing on the metal. Not good. Very, very bad.
- Comment on Sunglasses suggestions 1 month ago:
A friend has a pair of Raybans she bought 25 years ago. One day last year she dropped them and they were run over by a trailer with a boat on it. She was pretty upset until she realised they weren’t damaged, not even scuffed. I witnessed this, it was incredible. Worth the expense, I would say.
- Comment on If I got in a collision with a car from the 70s with a car today, would not the 70s car win out since it would primarily be metal? If so why don't people buy more 70's cars? 1 month ago:
I was in a fender bender a few years ago where the other party insisted on getting the police involved because of injury - the passenger slumped dramatically to the ground complaining of whiplash. The officer who attended said, “You don’t have whiplash.” And explained to her the concept of crumple zones in modern cars absorbing forces from impact. Then he declared it a no-fault accident (it was actually my fault).
- Comment on When if ever did "Throw Money at The Problem:" actually work? Instead of being about 75 percent useless? 1 month ago:
I’m currently in the midst of throwing money at a problem - car’s brakes corroded after I didn’t drive for three months due to Reasons. I’m desperate to get back behind the wheel - a backlog of car-centric jobs has piled up.
- Comment on When is the last time you had actual conversations with friends? 1 month ago:
Couple of hours ago. A friend I haven’t seen for a few days phoned to see how I was and we talked for about 45mins. In person, on Sunday, two friends in separate visits.
- Comment on What Phone do you guys use? 2 months ago:
Oppo Reno 12, running on Android - via Oppo’s “ColorOS”, which is ok.
- Comment on World's longest coastal path opens in England to the public 2 months ago:
It’s a local path, for local people.
- Comment on Customers of three UK banks report being able to see other people’s accounts on app 2 months ago:
Well that sounds like fun! Shame I’m with a different bank.
- Comment on How to I prove to someone that the U.S. moon landing wasn't staged? 2 months ago:
I saw a guy on YouTube talking about the capability of videotape tech at the time. Upshot was that it was that the footage had to have been broadcast live, it couldn’t have been prerecorded. Didn’t convince my idiot acquaintance of course.
You could always try the Buzz Aldrin approach: m.youtube.com/shorts/hqoYiUAppmI
- Comment on Realistcly how much can be cleaned out of a house, as a child of a hourder? 2 months ago:
In a similar vein, Calum’s Road: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calum_MacLeod_(of_Raasay)
- Comment on We conduct affairs of state in a building that’s riddled with asbestos and mice. Can’t Britain do any better? 2 months ago:
“Dangerous and squalid” describes quite a few MPs.
- Comment on Awkward interaction with my doctor 2 months ago:
I would appreciate someone just saying quickly, “oops, wardrobe malfunction!” in a jokey way with eyes covered. I’d hate to discover the open zip later and recall everything I’d done while exposed.
- Comment on ‘Seasons have become confused’: the people struggling in UK’s relentless rain 3 months ago:
In Scotland there’s “smirr”, which is a very light drizzle.
- Comment on Dual nationals to be denied entry to UK from 25 February unless they have British passport 3 months ago:
That’s what I do - an extra bonus is avoiding the tourist tax in the country of my birth.
- Comment on Are there any cultures where kissing is taboo? 3 months ago:
Lots of cuts to fireworks displays, crashing waves etc.
- Comment on What's with companies naming things "MyNoun"? 3 months ago:
Yup, myPhonak. They’d better be mine, given the cost!
- Comment on Revolution bars set to disappear from the high street after going bust 3 months ago:
I see one of their reasons for going bust is the increase in the minimum wage. OK comrade…
- Comment on Why Do We Keep Fretting About the Future of the Full English? 3 months ago:
Bubble and squeak in a full English? I think not.
- Comment on Why are they different shapes? 3 months ago:
Love a well-packed baguette.
- Comment on The Traitors Is Fake Scotland at Its Worst 4 months ago:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darien_scheme
It’s a great yarn.