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UncleArthur

@ UncleArthur @lemmy.world

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  • Sounds like a plan! We've engaged in some Swedish death cleaning (döstädning) to reduce the amount of clutter for the child to sort out when we go. Originally, we wanted to be planted in a pod under a tree, but such cemeteries are quite rare in the UK so it looks like it'll be a standard cremation. Talking of which, we've also picked our death songs for the service.

  • Mother's day survey

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  • ‘We will not survive’: Toyota, Honda and Ford CEOs issue chilling warning about China — and it could hit your portfolio

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  • It could hit my portfolio? What portfolio?

  • Good question

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  • The day's work turning up in the morning post and there being no chance of further work appearing afterwards. The days working in an office before email and PCs were wonderful.

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  • That was indeed the joke!

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  • Indeed! Morbidity (as opposed to mortality) is the major concern to me these days, so I'm doing as much as I can now just in case I can't do anything in the years to come. If I drop dead then all is good, there are no issues. If I'm stuck at home but still alive, at least I'll have some good memories to look back on.

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  • Quite.

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  • I always thought I'd be immortal. So far (63-ish) so good. Dying's the last thing I plan on doing.

  • Fuel protesters set to descend on London in major national demonstration

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  • I would hope all those tractors have had the red diesel siphoned out and replaced with the taxed version. /s

  • Trump 'to review UK's claim to Falklands' in bombshell Iran punishment move

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  • And yet we're still planning to send Charlie over for a State visit to the orange cunt ferfuckssake.

  • Where do you discover new music?

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  • I've picked up quote a few new (to me) artists and songs via streaming shows. One that stands out is Netflix's DARK, the montage soundtrack for which is utterly superb and almost none of which I knew before.

  • Benjamin Netanyahu treated for early-stage prostate cancer

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  • Well, he is a pain in the arse.

  • What's the greatest break up song in your opinion?

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  • Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac

  • An unintended consequence of US immigration policy: Some fans are skipping the World Cup in the US

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  • I wouldn't have gone to that one either.

  • An unintended consequence of US immigration policy: Some fans are skipping the World Cup in the US

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  • As far as I'm concerned, anyone who travels from Europe is a complete idiot. I'm thinking about including the teams in that definition too.

  • Great Success

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  • This is my wife. She's 5' 1" and is often knocking items on to her head from the top shelf of supermarkets.

  • Over-the-counter pet flea treatments could be banned under new UK rules

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  • I'd have thought agricultural pollution from pesticides, etc. was more of an issue than pet flea treatments.

  • Katie Price banned from driving for seventh time

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  • She's only 47.

  • Despite all the AI nonsense happening right now, I have a simple question. Do you feel valued? From one human to another.

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  • As a retired person: no, apart from by other retired people in the village, because we help each other out with our different skill-sets.

    We still have a few friends but they are scattered; we meet mostly at funerals.

    Politicians think we're too expensive (healthcare, pensions, etc.) although they're careful not to be too nasty, as apparently we vote more than other demographics. The fascists think we might vote for them (not a chance).

    The young are busy with their own lives as they should be and so we are mostly seen as an inconvenience or, at best, a future inheritance. I'm fine with this: they've got it tough and we help where we can.

    The AI crowd know we're too old for that shit (we remember all the bubbles). We don't buy much stuff either, so the capitalists and advertisers aren't happy with us. The pub likes us but wishes we'd visit more often. The fund managers are going off us as our pension funds dwindle. I think the lady in the corner shop has a good opinion of us, although she thinks I buy too much beer.

  • Trump Trends Online After Unconfirmed Reports Place Him at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Saturday

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  • Oh please, oh please.