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GoodbyeMrChips

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    Also reported on by Private Eye. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/special-reports/looting-with-p...

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    Comment #32678308

    WOW! Comments pointing out that this is illegal in the UK and Europe under the GDPR removed! What gives?

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    Comment #32430338

    > the myth of the "expiration date" We (UK) have use by dates, and best before dates. They mean exactly what they say. i.e. Raw chicken will have a use by date, eat it beyond this …

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    Comment #32430257

    > in the US Ah, this makes sense. I recall eating in US restaurants and being given ridiculously large portions... something we half-joked - half-seriously suggested was down to th…

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    Comment #32429313

    > I can't imagine wasting food from a restaurant -- I always have taken my leftovers home and eaten them later. Is this a thing where you are from? I suggest here in Blighty, the w…

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    Comment #32362168

    Why is this comment downvoted? It is perfectly legitimate. If you disagree with it, post a response, don't just lazily click downvote. This isn't Reddit. Downvoting is for replies …

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    > almost chain of evidence It is, and was a chain of evidence for me. One that saved my arse. Type up your reports and spreadsheets, but raw data should always be kept in a proper …

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    Comment #32361828

    Question. By "Travellers" do you mean, 'new age travellers' (aka hippies) or the thieving scrotes who live a 'traditional way of life' badly tarmacing driveways? The former still a…

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    > you had to pay ..... just to get a bottle of water. The fact that somebody even tried to do this suggests the organisers were dangerous fuckwits. The outcome was unsurprising.

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    Comment #32361687

    > Was '99 any worse than the original? This statement implies that the two were in some way connected.

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    Comment #32241128

    WOW! Posts removed for saying OP's statement that "UK isn't exactly known for its food" is both outdated and prejudiced! Explanation needed methinks.

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    Comment #32221811

    > The IRA were terrorists. Seconded. To see such a plainly factual statement being down voted on HN is deeply worrying....... I suspect the Americans doing the down voting have nev…

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    Comment #32189991

    Pah Let me introduce you to the endemic Parakeets of London....... and the urban legends they were introduced to the city by Jimi Hendrix and/or Catherine Hepburn. https://londonis…

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    Comment #32189914

    Eh? One buys sports cars and wine for enjoyment. The idea of buying the most expensive offering for its own sake is laughable. One doesn't order an expensive claret to drink with f…

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    Comment #32189877

    > No better or worse than trying to signal with..... "Signalling" ? Part of me has just died. Have you ever thought about not giving a toss what others think and just reading?

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    > No matter if you made millions, unless you have pedigree, you don't belong. It works the other way also......... plenty members of our upper class aristocracy are penniless, but …

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    > The obsession with linking your real life to your online life is the most toxic change to internet culture since the web started. Seconded. As the saying goes; "What is the diffe…

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    > We have rights guaranteed to us in the United States that no other country has Good god! You really believe your own hype don't you? (I believe the American expression is "drunk …