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Energy storage.

If only we had it....

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It is somewhat ironic that in the US it's the Republicans who most like the UK monarchy.

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Been like that for years, it seems....

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Sure is. Even in this utopia there are issues. ...

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Meh. They gave Obama the Peace Prize and he just got elected.

It's worthless. Given him the award. It means nothing.

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Would it be mean to think that he gets nominated... then awarded... only to find he'd died the day before?

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Racist bletherin' haggis-eating scotch(sic)-man that you are.

You'll have had your tae....

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One of the Red states in the US?...

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And leave a note, saying "You were not in when we called".

Our local post leaves parcels by my door, which can't been seen from the street. But the courier, Planzer, left my new TV right on the drive. Morons....

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I went through something similar a yonk or two ago. I spent an agreeable hour with one of the client's lawyers (big company, in house legal team). Fifteen minutes discussing the case and the rest talking about how contracting worked. The agency went away. I think they threatened me as well - but I already...

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It's my truth. ...

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There's street signs in Florence that are quite amusing. But these have permission.



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FTFY...

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There's an article in The Times by Claudia Winkelman about a visit to Lausanne. She said everybody is smiling.

Ah, I thought, that must be the foreigners. ...

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We know. Have you sought therapy?

Smartie asked how family reunification works in other countries. So I was helpful....

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Here, citizens and permanent residents can apply for family reunification for children under 18 and spouses/legal partners You have to demonstrate you can financially support them. You can also apply for parents, if you can show they don't have sufficient care where they're living. You must have sufficient...

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Absolute numbers in 2024
Total: 1,037,500

Germany: 229,700
Spain: 164,000
Italy: 151,100
France: 130,900
UK: 108,100

So even if all 108,100 originally registered elsewhere, that's still leaves 929,400 in the EU countries....

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Well I never. My phone has that. Never noticed it before.

I have two onedrive accounts - work and personal. Just checked - photos are backed up to personal, but there is a "Turn off back up" option....

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Patricia Routledge has kicked the bouquet.

Patrick "Mickey Pearce" Murray has gorn.

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I use Copilot, but not to write any code. 80% it produces something useful. The rest of the time it hallucinates functions that don't exist, invalid syntax etc....