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Metro (UK free newspaper that you get on the buses) Friday 9 October

Metro (UK free newspaper that you get on the buses) Friday 9 October
I have disabled chat requests in the settings but I still get requests. This is really annoying! I don't want to talk to strangers one on one.
Any help?
Whilst watching the game, I noted that Mr. Kane was embracing Spanish,
Because he had a grassy arse.
>!Gracias!<
^(I'll get my coat.)
"I got a new laptop today."
"HP?"
"Nah, I paid cash."
Immediately recognised him. Said hi. He's looking good.
His face is perfectly formed to fit around a microphone.
Am making him breakfast now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Vex1v0Ff74
(Yes, it's an excuse to show a Les Dawson sketch. But it's also true.)
I have about 20 mods; sometimes I want to DM them.
I click their username to see their profile page, and "Start Chat".
But sometimes, there is no such option. "Start Chat" is not there.
I have asked them, and they insist they have nod changed any setting to decline chats.
They can DM me - and then I can reply.
I just cannot "Start chat".
Desktop - but they're on various platforms.
Tripped over and dislodged a stone floor tile.
Barmaid immediately appeared with a safety traffic-cone.
Three patrons in hi-vis leapt into action. One scraped off grout with car keys, another swept up, the third produced a tube of "slate tile adhesive" from his pocket. Because obviously, who doesn't always carry that, just in case, eh?
He put the leg of his bar stool over while it set.
It was like the A-team. Fixed in 60 seconds.
I fucking love this country.
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^(And that's only the second weirdest thing that happened to me in that pub tonight.)
If you wish to report a profile for e.g. hate speech in the "About description" (as it's listed in the profile settings), what option do you choose? Is it "Bio"?
As an example: I'm talking about the part in my own profile where it says "Mostly harmless".
I met the Lord Jesus tonight, he was getting off a 192 bus in Manchester.
Definitely the real one. He was very insistent about that.
He says our time of reckoning is coming.
So don't bother buying big milk, I guess.
I am trying to complain to SpecSavers, the optician, about them failing to provide me with glasses for computer use.
But I am struggling to read their CAPTCHA.
I use DM to chat with my mods.
I can alert a specific mod by saying their name, e.g. @SnooDonuts6494 which alerts that specific user.
It would be useful if I could prefix a message with something like @everyone when I post a message that I wish to bring to the attention of all my moderators.
Irvine Welsh is live, now, on BBC Radio 4. He is the author of "Trainspotting".
> Society invents a spurious convoluted logic tae absorb and change people whae's behaviour is outside its mainstream. Suppose that ah ken aw the pros and cons, know that ah'm gaunnae huv a short life, am ah sound mind, etcetera, etcetera, but still want tae use smack? They won't let ye dae it. They won't let ye dae it, because it's seen as a sign ay thir ain failure. The fact that ye jist simply choose tae reject whut they huv tae offer. Choose us. Choose life. Choose mortgage payments; choose washing machines; choose cars; choose sitting oan a couch watching mind-numbing and spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fuckin junk food intae yir mooth. Choose rotting away, pishing and shiteing yersel in a home, a total fuckin embarrassment tae the selfish, fucked-up brats ye've produced. Choose life.
I recently acquired a quantity of canned beverages labelled "Mocktail - strawberry & orange blossom mojito".
I have discovered that they're very nice if you simply add vodka.
Kids brought home a couple of cobs of sweetcorn. The cooking instructions were obscured. They took photos, tried to google...
Meanwhile, I microwaved them for a couple of mins, slathered them in butter. Hurrah.
They're still trying to install a "magnifier" and "what is this vegetable" app.
Being a mod is often called a "Thankless task".
Being a mod is often called a "Thankless task".
On a desktop
I struggle with the Metro cryptic crossword every Friday.
But now, I get Reddit ESL students to do it for me!
https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/s/4qlJIPlwYm
Hurrah.
OK so apparently this is a thing now.
On Friday, I post a picture of "The Metro" crossword. It's a free newspaper in the UK:we get it on the bus.
And Reddit fills it in.
I am OK with that. I will publish the answers.
Can I see the creation date - "Reddit age" - of a b4nn3d account? ^desktop