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A thank you to Brexiteers.

A380 said:
I am in no way a British nationalist. But our theee pin plugs (shared with Ireland, Hong Kong and parts of China) are definitely the best in the world.
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That’s the thing isn’t it? No country in the world has got everything absolutely right, and one would have to be a sad nationalist shit to pretend otherwise. UK three pin plugs are also best in my European mind. And bayonet bulbs are less likely to become disconnected over time than screw cups (don’t know if there are any technical or safety advantages of the latter over the former, though).

So I really hope we don’t go the way of the USA, where they employ certain units of measure and manufacturing standards that are both inferior and at odds with those of the majority if not the entire rest of the world. Like their fucking MM/DD/YYYY date system, or the prevalence to use or assume imperial measurements even in technological and scientific environments, which once led to a satellite being burnt up in the Martian atmosphere because NASA assumed the measurements provided by the ESA for tge mission were in god-fearing miles, feet and inches.

The rest of the world including Europe are mature enough to have let non-native customs prevail if they have become more commonplace. TV screen sizes are given in inches in the Continent, and nobody feels it constitutes an existential threat to their country’s identity. If only similar Johnny Foreigner transgressions were seen in the same light in the US, and increasingly in here, by the government and large sections of the voting public and press at least.
 
bimble said:
This is good. I love having loads of pointlessly different wires tangled around the house . :cool:
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it's an irrelevance. Apple, Samsung, etc selling their phones all over the world aren't going to make separate SKUs just for the UK.
so when the EU imposes these standards, they'll become defacto standards in the UK market too. only now the UK government has no input into the drafting of those standards anymore.

there are other cases where diverging product rules between UK to EU will actually might result in a difference to what we get in the UK. but it's not consumer electronics mass produced in China by foreign multinationals.
 
T & P said:
That’s the thing isn’t it? No country in the world has got everything absolutely right, and one would have to be a sad nationalist shit to pretend otherwise. UK three pin plugs are also best in my European mind. And bayonet bulbs are less likely to become disconnected over time than screw cups (don’t know if there are any technical or safety advantages of the latter over the former, though).

So I really hope we don’t go the way of the USA, where they employ certain units of measure and manufacturing standards that are both inferior and at odds with those of the majority if not the entire rest of the world. Like their fucking MM/DD/YYYY date system, or the prevalence to use or assume imperial measurements even in technological and scientific environments, which once led to a satellite being burnt up in the Martian atmosphere because NASA assumed the measurements provided by the ESA for tge mission were in god-fearing miles, feet and inches.

The rest of the world including Europe are mature enough to have let non-native customs prevail if they have become more commonplace. TV screen sizes are given in inches in the Continent, and nobody feels it constitutes an existential threat to their country’s identity. If only similar Johnny Foreigner transgressions were seen in the same light in the US, and increasingly in here, by the government and large sections of the voting public and press at least.
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Very good example of TV sizes not being metric
 
bimble said:
I would really love to get a fly on wall view of what’s going on in the Ministry For Brexit Opportunities. What are they doing in there haven’t heard anything since the idea about hoovers.
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They are rimming Rees Mogg 24/7 and you would love to see it, always knew you was a wrong’un.
 
We have the leccy system that we do cos they thought there would be limitless supply cos nuclear, so built a system that could take a heft voltage, 240v. And that’s what we have. In the US folk don’t have kettles cos their wimpy leccy can’t boil one…
 
Bahnhof Strasse said:
We have the leccy system that we do cos they thought there would be limitless supply cos nuclear, so built a system that could take a heft voltage, 240v. And that’s what we have. In the US folk don’t have kettles cos their wimpy leccy can’t boil one…
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although with the different +/- tolerances 240 V is the same as 220 V.
 
Ax^ said:
breaking international law of North Ireland to secure support from hard line brexiters in the Tory party and the DUP

whilst showing that no deal with the UK can be trusted

*slow hand clap

:facepalm:
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Aye true enough, but this legislation going through actually makes life difficult for the DUP. First they have to join the Stormont administration led by O’Neill and second anything that affects the performance of the Northern economy (whether it be reduced access to Europe or a global meltdown) will be laid at their doorstep. If anything this legislation could actually fracture unionism further.
 
Ax^ said:
breaking international law of North Ireland to secure support from hard line brexiters in the Tory party and the DUP

whilst showing that no deal with the UK can be trusted

*slow hand clap

:facepalm:
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That's a real improvement. I can understand this post, even though I disagree with some of the sentiment.

Thanks
 
this from a guy who linked to a government page about recruiting police officers on a brexit thread


tell me I'm talking ballocks when you are now cheerleading Tory policy

get to fuck all ready
 
T & P said:
That’s the thing isn’t it? No country in the world has got everything absolutely right, and one would have to be a sad nationalist shit to pretend otherwise. UK three pin plugs are also best in my European mind. And bayonet bulbs are less likely to become disconnected over time than screw cups (don’t know if there are any technical or safety advantages of the latter over the former, though).
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have to disagree on the lightbulbs - the bayonet action (Push In and Turn) can damage the socket over time and loosen it, a screw in is much more long lasting. Ive been in charge of lightbulbs as part of my work duties in my life and only ever had to replace bayonet fittings .

Strip lights are fucking shit and hopefully will be a thing of the past soon once LED becomes ubiquitous.

There are some other little shit fittings too, the one with two little circular knobs on, but lets leave it there before my blood pressure gets up
 
two sheds said:
GU10 - I came on here to throw some insults at them :mad:
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I've got them in the bathrooms, hallway and kitchen . Fiddly little fuckers and to make matters worse you have to make sure they have the exact same pattern or clear or opaque thing on the front otherwise they don't match. I tend to buy them in fours to avoid all that. tbf they do last a while
 
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