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    Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
    Yeah I know.

    Went to supermarket earlier and the streets were empty due to the damn freezing wind.

    Weather warnings for Tuesday and Wednesday.

    Apparently not going to get above freezing on those days for East side of UK.
    It was well baltic at the top of Barnet hill this afternoon, though getting home after a few beers took the edge off

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      I'm working on a thing to resolve links to URL shorteners, including the case of a shortened URL pointing to another shortened URL. Just grabbed, pretty much at random, a link from Twitter (which uses its own t.co shortened URLs) which resolved to the BBC's URL shortener (bbc.in), assuming that the latter would finally point to bbc.co.uk. Nope; there's another redirect hidden in there before you finally get to the page you actually wanted (trib.al, which is used by a lot of media companies, presumably for tracking clicks)

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        Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
        I'm working on a thing to resolve links to URL shorteners, including the case of a shortened URL pointing to another shortened URL. Just grabbed, pretty much at random, a link from Twitter (which uses its own t.co shortened URLs) which resolved to the BBC's URL shortener (bbc.in), assuming that the latter would finally point to bbc.co.uk. Nope; there's another redirect hidden in there before you finally get to the page you actually wanted (trib.al, which is used by a lot of media companies, presumably for tracking clicks)
        Elementary, my dear Watson

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          Nick

          You haven't been doing any explosive cooking this evening, per chance?
          I was an IPSE Consultative Council Member, until the BoD abolished it. I am not an IPSE Member, since they have no longer have any relevance to me, as an IT Contractor. Read my lips...I recommend QDOS for ALL your Insurance requirements (Contact me for a referral code).

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            maybe dancin' wif mary jane??

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              Originally posted by Scruff View Post
              Nick

              You haven't been doing any explosive cooking this evening, per chance?
              Nope: BUT I have cooked roast lamb, with the trimmings, and very nice it was too

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                Originally posted by Scruff View Post
                Nick

                You haven't been doing any explosive cooking this evening, per chance?
                I assume you're referring to Leicester 'blast': Four people taken to hospital - BBC News which is about three-quarters of a mile away from me

                I didn't hear it.

                There used to be a really good butcher's shop just by there in the 1980s. I lived on the opposite side of the city at the time but would sometimes go all the way there specially.

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                  Pasta Bake + Turkey steaks. + obligatory red wine!

                  All good.

                  The en Suite is finally nearing completion, I tried the rainforest shower setting tonight and its awesome. Very relaxing.

                  Its a bit sad having a readout that tells you how hot your shower is & how long it lasts, but I suppose that is progress!

                  And so to bed!
                  Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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                    TFBSZ
                    …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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                      The local paper has a reporter at the scene of the explosion providing updates. I know him well, and can guarantee he's desperately hoping he gets stood down soon so he doesn't miss last orders - he lives locally, and the pub's only a few minutes walk from the scene

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