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| Do you think my local government office will understand how I feel from my response to their latest missive (they emailed after 'failing to reach me by telephone)? The amusing part of which, from my perspective, being: Hello {redacted}, You tried to contact me on a phone number that I do not have? I suspect that this is why you were unable to get an answer, nor leave a message. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this also means you will not be able to contact me by telephone on Monday 16/3/2026 between 12pm and 2pm, to gather the information detailed or for any other reason. As it's important, however, I shall be at my residence and available at the stated time1, and I am also responding here in my journal to ensure there is a written record of my cooperation. However, in order to speed things along... "As you have declared you have recently returned to the UK(sic) I will need full details of when you left the UK(sic) and a(sic) overview of the(sic) where you were in the time before your return2..(sic)" Your grammar aside, if I were to be pedantic I might say "The airport," as that answers the question as asked. However, China then Thailand. *** 1: Which they demanded in their mail (or that I contact them with a different time / date) 2: I was tempted to ask for clarification on 'the time before your return' - maybe ask the officer to narrow it down to a particular century or epoch. |
| Two and a half days wasted sitting in planes (and around airports), but hey I'm most of the way there. Whether or not I'm still breathing in another 14 hours is another question entirely. |
| Well that was new... 'verification required' to load the page... took a few attempts to get past (answering the question as asked) as, for example, 'pick the space shuttle' didn't have any space shuttles to choose and 'Yes' wasn't accepted as a valid answer to 'Is $number odd or even?' :/ |
| It doesn't take much to confuse me at times, but does anyone else have a disconnect between this headline and the story? "Man granted special invite-only Australian visa!" And; Man granted 'special invite-only visa' 4 months after applying and... If it's invite-only, how is it even possible to apply? |
| Perhaps he applied for a regular visa, and for whatever reason the requirements etc have been waived and he has been offered the invite-only visa instead. |
| 1. The lucky recipient: "I have a cat and he still needs convincing." 2. vuln is now a word? Guess so... and for awhile. 3. Aus is open for 'special' people, closed for refugees. |
Adherennium  - Good thought, though the article did state he applied for this specific 'special' visa and, while the application was being processed, he did something 'techy' after which the application was granted. |
| For your amusement - and demonstrative of the way my brain works when dealing with poorly phrased/thought out survey questions: Q:How could $company improve their consistency? A:Make their product (yoghurt) thicker. Q:Name two companies you associate with transparency? A:Anglian (who make windows) & Anne Summers (who make lingerie) Q: Write two sentences about the person you admire most. A: They were human. They are dead. Q: How, in your own words, could we eliminate poverty worldwide? A: Kill everyone. No people = no poverty (absolute or relative). |
| Hmm... definitions / word choices can lead to some interesting/unexpected outcomes. According to Police Scotland's definitions (from yesterday's news) - there are biological women (who identify as women), who are men. The news reported that Scottish law says rape (as opposed to sexual assault) involves the insertion of a penis without consent and, consequently, all rapists are men. The logical conclusion from which being that: IF a woman has sex, by whatever means, with an unconsenting male (involving the penetration of his penis into her body) then she is a rapist, and a man by definition. Not the cheeriest of subjects, I know, but the sheer madness (and the black space in my head) made me want to share. |
| Addendum: Obviously, in practice, I doubt they actually follow down that logic rabbit hole. The law was written as such with good, and proper, intent as a number of male convicted rapists subsequently stated they now identified as women, expecting to treated as such in law (including being sent to female prisons). Still... |
| Suggestions on a postcard please! Need a title for the, hopefully moving, song I just finished the first draft of...
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| I was reading a food hacks book earlier, and thought the "Cheat's Pizza" looked interesting. I haven't got round to trying it, yet — I'd have to go shopping first. But if anyone fancies giving a try and letting me know what it's like that'd be grand!
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Still, nice place to be stranded and everyone looks to be ok.