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    Electricity

    Yeah, an incredibly basic error for supposedly factual content.
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    Electricity

    just heard an 'ad' on nova; one of the wacky morning show presenters, doing a 'we're doing this in conjunction with prepay power dot ie, to give you tips on energy conservation' style PSAs. anyway, he explains that the short cycle on your washing machine is not necessarily more energy efficient...
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    BBC Radio 6 Music

    I think they mentioned that on QI once.
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    BBC Radio 6 Music

    we were listening to that too. entertainingly shambolic. are they a little the worse for wear?
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    Minor Musical Observations

    another obvious example would be 'the power of love' - jennifer rush, frankie goes to hollywood, huey lewis.
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    Ireland

    i've never had a competitive bone in my body, sports wise. i just don't get a thrill from coming first in that context. but i can occasionally be interested by the underlying mechanics of sport (i guess you could call it the game theory of sport). oddly, i've read multiple books about cycling as...
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    Minor Musical Observations

    more of a question than an observation; what's the most common title shared by well-known songs? i can't think of too many with more than three examples; e.g. 'gloria' by them, 'gloria' by patti smith, 'gloria' by U2, and 'gloria' by laura branigan. and you could argue the toss on the patti...
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    Bored In Work 1196

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    What gig did you go to last night?

    Just been to Patti Smith. One or two worthy dirgey bits but the highs were fantastic. First gig I've possibly been to where the crowd was louder than the band.
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    Ireland

    that was a john mcenroe pun FWIW
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    Ireland

    you cannot be serious.
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    US politics

    Just reading some online commentary now. Sounds like biden handed trump exactly what trump wanted?
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    The Thumped Motoring Forum

    the wikipedia entry for polestar states they're still nearly 50% owned by volvo.
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    Ireland

    you should see the shitshow of a thread on boards about the department of education's plans to teach stuff like that in schools. there was (IIRC) literally one mention of privilege and the mouthbreathers went bananas.
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    The Thumped Motoring Forum

    the brand seat is going to be dumped; they're pivoting to the cupra brand. seat sat alongside skoda (and skoda have been slowly becoming more premium in price over the years).
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    Ireland

    the place my niece went to school (mount sackville near castleknock) operates a primary and secondary school. they announced a few weeks ago that they'd start accepting boys in the primary school in september. bit of a last minute scramble for school places happening in castleknock at the moment...
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    The Thumped Motoring Forum

    they're not doing a very good job. "The Polestar 2 is a battery electric 5-door liftback produced by the Swedish automaker Volvo under its Polestar sub-brand." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polestar_2
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    The Thumped Motoring Forum

    i hate SUVs so my recommendation is the estate.
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    Running?

    it'd be kinda cool if the message was 'jog on, sean'.
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    Minor Pleasures

    it's that good, yeah?
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