GLC

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[–] GLC@feddit.uk 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] GLC@feddit.uk 3 points 2 days ago

You're finally talking sense.

[–] GLC@feddit.uk 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

And "Rookie Mistake"? Is that Kipling too?

[–] GLC@feddit.uk 8 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Why did you start this post with the American phrase "Rookie mistake"? You probably thought that it pithily encapsulated something to do with your point. Or maybe you're just a... what is it you young people say? A "memelord"?

[–] GLC@feddit.uk 23 points 2 days ago

Becky Guy said her daughter and her dog are often in the garden

If the choice is between endlessly letting reckless drivers crash into your hedge and hoping that they don't injure anyone else while waiting for the council to do its damn job and put a speed restriction up and running the risk of said reckless drivers sustaining more serious injuries then I think that in that imperfect world I might invoke caveat rector.

[–] GLC@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The endless cycle of government:

Business People: We are being strangled by regulation
Politicians: We will free the creative genius of the nation by making a bonfire of red-tape
Everyone: Oh no! lack of regulation means all the business people are turning the environment to shit!
Politicians: We will toughen regulation to protect the environment and the population again.
Business People: Waaaaaah! Throws rattle out of pram.

(That's enough endless cycle - ed.)

[–] GLC@feddit.uk 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

Gotten is a perfectly good English word. "Stiff upper lip," that supposed touchstone of the English character, was first used in the United States. Grammar is largely a matter of fashion. If you find yourself questioning the vocabulary choices of various publications because you think they ought to be more English might I suggest having a nice cup of tea, or a tasty beverage of your choice, instead?

[–] GLC@feddit.uk 39 points 2 days ago (12 children)

Isn't this a job for some reinforced concrete posts in the hedge?

[–] GLC@feddit.uk 15 points 2 days ago

Started the sign up process and then my password manager told me I was already here.