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[OFF TOPIC] General Chat


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4 hours ago, hckošice said:

Tonight we´ll sleep 1 hour longer. Winter time woohoo :cheer:

Normally this is one of my shortest nights of the year because there's usually MotoGP/2/3 in Australia, which start at 2-3am or so, but COVID, so not this time...long sleep incoming :d 

 

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Although it's more likely that I'll simply wake up one hour earlier and can't fall back asleep :lol: 

 

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So guys, this is the newest Tourist trap in Slovakia :d It has 6400m2 and apparently the newest record to solve this is now 1 hour and some seconds :lol:

 

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Exciting days for us here in :SCO as even some of the poorest & least developed countries in the world are able to send their private jets to our airports and fill up our five-star hotels as part of the Global battle against Climate Change.  :thankyou:

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-59114688

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Of course not all Delegates to the Climate Change conference are jet-flying hypocrites. At least one did their bit to save the planet by arriving in a propellor plane.  And I’ve just seen a few car-loads of delegates relaxing from the hectic, exhausting schedule of the first morning of the Conference by coming to Edinburgh to look at the Castle.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10152027/Hypocrite-airways-Jeff-Bezoss-48m-gulf-stream-leads-parade-400-private-jets.html

 

 

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My flat is actually in this picture!  It’s the one with the dirty windows.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10152465/CNNs-Wolf-Blitzer-reports-Glasgows-Cop26-Edinburgh.html

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Meanwhile in the Netherlands, a local 'snack bar' owner in the city of Goes has once again won in court and remains the sole owner of a Wendy's in the Benelux area. He has been fighting the American fast food chain Wendy's for many years, since they want to start their own restaurants in the Netherlands and Belgium like in many other countries, but a court has decided this guy and his joint have sole ownership of their name :cheer: 

 

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Pretty awesome to see some local shop (without any other branches or anything, it's just this one in this one place) beat out an American giant in court, for years :d 

 

Rightfully so, it'd be bullshit if he had to change his name just because some US giant comes marching in. Especially some US giant which has as good as no reputation in this part of the world, most people who have even heard of the name literally only know it because of this exact case, a majority of the rest knows it from some movie or show or something and a tiny minority from having been to the US :p 

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Some stories can only happen in 2021.

 

 

A stripper going by the name Pole Assassin has strongly defended her 'emotional support monkey' after the animal bit a child visiting the haunted house in her garden on Halloween.

 

The performer, real name Danielle Thomas, has been dating a University of Texasfootball coach, Jeff Banks, for the past four and a half years.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10158475/Stripper-Pole-Assassin-hooked-Longhorns-coach-defends-emotional-support-monkey.html

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9 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Meanwhile in the Netherlands, a local 'snack bar' owner in the city of Goes has once again won in court and remains the sole owner of a Wendy's in the Benelux area. He has been fighting the American fast food chain Wendy's for many years, since they want to start their own restaurants in the Netherlands and Belgium like in many other countries, but a court has decided this guy and his joint have sole ownership of their name :cheer: 

 

5.jpg

 

Pretty awesome to see some local shop (without any other branches or anything, it's just this one in this one place) beat out an American giant in court, for years :d 

 

Rightfully so, it'd be bullshit if he had to change his name just because some US giant comes marching in. Especially some US giant which has as good as no reputation in this part of the world, most people who have even heard of the name literally only know it because of this exact case, a majority of the rest knows it from some movie or show or something and a tiny minority from having been to the US :p 

 

Never heard in my life about Wendy´s (had to google). But seriously happy for the guy :yes

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11 minutes ago, hckošice said:

 

Never heard in my life about Wendy´s (had to google). But seriously happy for the guy :yes

We used to have them here in Britain, but they withdrew about twenty years ago - there weren’t many, mainly in London. Their gimmick is square burgers. How is that even possible? :mumble:

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