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BritGAF |OT6| Dark Souls? More like Arse Holes

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Symphonia

Banned
Messofanego said:
Complete noob to gyms but do you have to be a member to use them or can you just pay for the day when you go there? I've heard it can be mega expensive for memberships.
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There was one gym back in Birmingham (EZ Fitness) that did a 'pay as you gym' option, £7.50 for an all-day pass. Can go as many days as you want. It's cheaper to sign up, though, usually £20-£30 for a membership. Unsure if the PAYG option is available elsewhere.
 
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MikeHattsu

Member
Hello there.

Some of us on GAF are gonna go to Hyper Japan in London, and somebody suggested posting here to see if anybody else wants to join us as well.

People possibly going:
BGBW
Bombless
Izuna
Lollipop Dave
Mandelbo
openrob
Reknoc
Samurai_Heart
StayDead
strangedopamine
Theonik

PM me if you'd want to join.
 
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Izuna

Banned
MikeHattsu said:
Hello there.

Some of us on GAF are gonna go to Hyper Japan in London, and somebody suggested posting here to see if anybody else wants to join us as well.

People possibly going:
BGBW
Bombless
Izuna
Lollipop Dave
Mandelbo
openrob
Reknoc
Samurai_Heart
StayDead
strangedopamine
Theonik

PM me if you'd want to join.
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I'll clear it with my boss by next week 😊
 
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Ashes

Member
MikeHattsu said:
Hello there.

Some of us on GAF are gonna go to Hyper Japan in London, and somebody suggested posting here to see if anybody else wants to join us as well.

People possibly going:
BGBW
Bombless
Izuna
Lollipop Dave
Mandelbo
openrob
Reknoc
Samurai_Heart
StayDead
strangedopamine
Theonik

PM me if you'd want to join.
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God, that's practically where I live. o.0
Looking forward to the inevitable outpouring onto the streets. Will be fun to see all the cosplay. :p
 
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Blue Lou

Member
The Paul Foot Award nominees are announced, it's an award for proper British journalist investigations.

Daniel Balint-Kurti & Leigh Baldwin
Global Witness
The Deceivers
https://www.globalwitness.org/thedeceivers/
Global Witness's investigation took its reporters from London to Liberia on the trail of former England cricketer Phil Edmonds and his business partner Andrew Groves. Global Witness exposed an extraordinary and disturbing tale of questionable fortunes made in London's lightly regulated Alternative Investment Market. Conducting dozens of interviews and carefully verifying source material, Global Witness produced a gripping report, filled with fascinating detail and accessible explanations of complex markets, bringing convoluted and shady practices into the light.


Katherine Faulkner
Daily Mail
How Royal Mail helps conmen defraud the elderly
http://www.*****************/news/a...vered-bulk-post-bosses-refuse-crack-down.html
This undercover investigation identified the industrial scale on which postal frauds against the elderly in Britain were being carried out. The investigation revealed a trade in the contact details of vulnerable people, who could then be targeted via fraudulent mail shots being routinely delivered in bulk under Royal Mail's lucrative mass-mail contracts. The campaign saw Katherine Faulkner go undercover at a data-sales conference for scammers, interview victims and spend nearly a year tracing back the frauds to overseas postboxes. Royal Mail subsequently announced moves to ban the distribution of letters it suspected of being part of scamming schemes.


Will Hurst
The Architects' Journal
The Garden Bridge investigation
https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/will-hurst/1202572.bio
This investigation into the controversy of the taxpayer-funded Garden Bridge over the Thames focused mainly on the architectural contest. Under freedom of information rules, Will Hurst obtained incriminating correspondence concerning the procurement exercise and conflicts of interest, and reported on procedural flaws. Hurst's in-depth research relied on sources in City Hall as well as FoI, and his investigation led to his appearance as an expert witness at the London Assembly, as well as giving evidence in person to Dame Margaret Hodge MP as part of her official mayoral inquiry.


Billy Kenber
The Times
Drug company profiteering
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/drug-profiteers-face-fines-b0bc5tgbx
Billy Kenber revealed that drug companies were imposing astonishing price hikes for vital medicines bought by the NHS. The Times reported how a small group of companies exploited a legal loophole in NHS rules to impose extortionate increases in the selling price of more than 50 drugs at considerable cost to taxpayers. Kenber spent months analysing and cross-referencing hundreds of datasets, including marketing authorisations, prescription figures, tariff prices and an NHS drug database, as well as cultivating industry sources. The campaign led to the introduction of new legislation to close the loophole, which has now passed into law, as well as a competition watchdog inquiry.


Maeve McClenaghan & Crina Boros
Energydesk
Big fish barons squeeze out small-scale fishermen
http://energydesk.greenpeace.org/20...ota-barons-squeeze-out-small-scale-fishermen/
This four-month investigation into fishing quota ownership tracked back the owners of more than 800 commercial fishing licences. Using a combination of record-checking and freedom of information requests, the Energydesk team found that just three companies own two-thirds of the entire fishing quota for England and Wales. Speaking to fishermen all over the country, they discovered an unreported trade in fishing quotas, and the remarkable story of a single fibreglass boat which held almost a fifth of the south-west of England's fishing quota.


Daniel Taylor
The Guardian/The Observer
Football's sexual abuse scandal
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/nov/16/andy-woodward
Daniel Taylor's reporting for the Guardian and Observer on historical sexual abuse has shaken English football. Dealing with incredibly sensitive material, and talking to many victims, including an interview with former Crewe player Andy Woodward (who waived his anonymity), Taylor built a picture both shocking and sadly familiar: vulnerable boys subjected to horrendous abuse by those who were supposed to watch over and develop them. Since the original article, hundreds more have subsequently come forward to report abuse in football. Football Association chairman Greg Clarke has put in place an independent review amid allegations of cover-ups and institutional failure, describing it as one of the biggest crises in the history of the FA.


Emma Youle
Archant Investigations Unit
The hidden homeless: £35m to keep the homeless homeless
http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/new...-hackney-hostel-for-homeless-people-1-4589067
This investigation for the Hackney Gazette led to a campaign that ran over five weeks, revealing the borough's enormous but hidden homeless problem and highlighting the thousands who are living in temporary accommodation in Hackney. Emma Youle used a combination of freedom of information requests, undercover reporting, witness testimony and digging through records to reveal human stories and institutional failing. The campaign resulted in the Hackney Gazette securing commitments from local politicians and authorities to devote more energy to solving the borough's problems, rather than hiding them. Every one of the hostel residents who featured in articles for the campaign have since been placed in more suitable rented accommodation.
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I was going to make a thread for it but I don't think people are that interested.
 
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Izuna

Banned
I thought about making a thread but perhaps this is a north west cultural thing I don't know about...

I am withholding judgement, but I think it's on purpose. Does anyone know?

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Imagine if this girl didn't finish her makeup and just went out like this. White smudges on her face, uneven and unfinished looking makeup.

On like 70% of teenagers I see walk past the stall where I work have this. At first I thought it's because these are teens who are still learning, but I see it far too often.
 
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Nerdkiller

Membeur
Izuna said:
I thought about making a thread but perhaps this is a north west cultural thing I don't know about...

I am withholding judgement, but I think it's on purpose. Does anyone know?

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Imagine if this girl didn't finish her makeup and just went out like this. White smudges on her face, uneven and unfinished looking makeup.

On like 70% of teenagers I see walk past the stall where I work have this. At first I thought it's because these are teens who are still learning, but I see it far too often.
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It's because they see it on the telly adverts, is it?
 
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Dangerblade

Member
Blue Lou said:
The Paul Foot Award nominees are announced, it's an award for proper British journalist investigations.



I was going to make a thread for it but I don't think people are that interested.
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Is this still hosted by Private Eye? Used to enjoy reading about the nominations when I subbed to it.
 
NinjaBoiX

NinjaBoiX

Member
Izuna said:
I thought about making a thread but perhaps this is a north west cultural thing I don't know about...

I am withholding judgement, but I think it's on purpose. Does anyone know?

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Imagine if this girl didn't finish her makeup and just went out like this. White smudges on her face, uneven and unfinished looking makeup.

On like 70% of teenagers I see walk past the stall where I work have this. At first I thought it's because these are teens who are still learning, but I see it far too often.
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It's called contouring, it's used to accentuate features and "reshape" the face. Evidently it's really difficult to make it look right.
 
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Izuna

Banned
NinjaBoiX said:
It's called contouring, it's used to accentuate features and "reshape" the face. Evidently it's really difficult to make it look right.
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Right okay, so when a girl has half of her face covered in what looks like unfinished makeup is just because it's hard af.

I thought there was some sort of fashion statement to do it wrong.
 
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Gowans

Member
Parent/BritGAF any tips here?

I have two kids that go to a local 'Good' rated Infants/Juniors primary school in the North East.

They have sent a letter staying they are discussing and starting consolation in turning to an academy and partnering with the attached secondary school.

It's not my field at all and I need to read up on next steps, if this is good or not and what questions I need to have?
 
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Dangerblade

Member
The battery in my bedroom smoke alarm must be low as it keeps beeping. Of course, I cannot for the fucking life of me remove the cover to replace it. I've literally tried for an hour with no joy.

Aaaaaaaaaargh
 
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daviyoung

Banned
Dangerblade said:
The battery in my bedroom smoke alarm must be low as it keeps beeping. Of course, I cannot for the fucking life of me remove the cover to replace it. I've literally tried for an hour with no joy.

Aaaaaaaaaargh
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Some alarms are not supposed to have a replaceable battery. You probably need to get a new one.
 
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mrklaw

MrArseFace
Was thinking to take the family into London today - bit of shopping and food. Would be around Piccadilly Circus.

Just realised it's Pride today - should we abort? Will it be mental busy?
 
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slider

Member
mrklaw said:
Was thinking to take the family into London today - bit of shopping and food. Would be around Piccadilly Circus.

Just realised it's Pride today - should we abort? Will it be mental busy?
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I don't like crowds but I'd imagine it'd be bonkers. However, should be a great experience for the kids.
 
Musha_Soturi

Musha_Soturi

Member
mrklaw said:
Was thinking to take the family into London today - bit of shopping and food. Would be around Piccadilly Circus.

Just realised it's Pride today - should we abort? Will it be mental busy?
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It will be batshit crazy, many road closures, way overcrowded public transport, very large crowds. It will however also be fabulous.
 
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mrklaw

MrArseFace
Actually it wasn’t too bad. We circled around from Waterloo through Covent Garden and it was pretty quiet. Even getting into Japan Centre and the Ramen place around the corner - I guess the parade attracted people so it was quieter than expected. Right up until walking back and we accidentally hit Trafalgar Square. That was mental. But the atmosphere was brilliant.
 
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Any Questions

Member
Lazy Saturday best lazy options. So what's the best lazy mode you can come up with. Currently on sofa, with coffee and about to continue my book. Have left everything I need to do till tomorrow at the earliest. How about you. Who else is taking time out from the dues.
 
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Dangerblade

Member
Any Questions said:
Lazy Saturday best lazy options. So what's the best lazy mode you can come up with. Currently on sofa, with coffee and about to continue my book. Have left everything I need to do till tomorrow at the earliest. How about you. Who else is taking time out from the dues.
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I'm still led in bed. Should get up now though. Want foods from the shop.

#lazyisgoat
 
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8bit

Knows the Score
Deaf Spacker said:
There's been one page since Christmas, what the hell happened?
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*Ed Sheeran voice*

Some folk got banned,
some went elsewhere,
some back with new accounts,
got banned again.

The UK Poligaf thread is reasonably fast paced due to the unfolding clusterfuck government so some might be there instead. I think this one just ran out of steam.
 
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JonnyDBrit

Member
8bit said:
*Ed Sheeran voice*

Some folk got banned,
some went elsewhere,
some back with new accounts,
got banned again.

The UK Poligaf thread is reasonably fast paced due to the unfolding clusterfuck government so some might be there instead. I think this one just ran out of steam.
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Pretty much. Meanwhile other major focuses for British culture - like ranting about the weather - just kinda cropped up here and there as their own threads.
 
NinjaBoiX

NinjaBoiX

Member
Deaf Spacker said:
Is anyone from BritGAF still alive?
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Yeah mane, still about. Hardly post in here or the whatsapp thread any more though, life stuff innit.
Danj said:
Anyone going to Kitacon this weekend?
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Absolutely not.
8bit said:
*Ed Sheeran voice*

Some folk got banned,
some went elsewhere,
some back with new accounts,
got banned again.

The UK Poligaf thread is reasonably fast paced due to the unfolding clusterfuck government so some might be there instead. I think this one just ran out of steam.
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Yes 8bit! Hope everything is good fella.



















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I don't even know why...
 
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