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21 hours ago, Funky Nosejob said:

1. Paint colour samples should be checked in both daylight and artificial light conditions before committing. 
2. There is absolutely no downside whatsoever to deactivating your Facebook account. 
3. I’m an Aspie. 

The feeling of liberation this gives you is difficult to put into words.

"PM me ***" no more
Extended family racists no more
Advertising of shite homemade Christmas gifts no more

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On 11/09/2020 at 18:31, Deanburn Dave said:


Embarrassed Pornhub watcher found.

 

No, that would be a colleague of mine who had brought his own laptop to give a society talk.  Auto-predict did its job when he typed in www.p for all to see up on the big projector screen.  Great way of kicking off a 40 min long talk as a guest lecturer.

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5 hours ago, Szamo's_Ammo said:

The feeling of liberation this gives you is difficult to put into words.

"PM me ***" no more
Extended family racists no more
Advertising of shite homemade Christmas gifts no more

Barely humorous memes posted 6 years ago now shared as memory no more. 
Competitions to win a sausage supper from a local chippy that requires a like & share no more. 
Another video explaining how/why to wear a face mask no more. 
Links to what was the lead story on the news this morning no more. 
Invitations to make charity donations in lieu of birthday presents you weren’t going to buy no more.

On the plus side, I get to choose for myself what, if anything, I should be outraged about each day. 
 

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I'm shocked folk had to sign up to FB to realise it's absolute horseshit designed for attention seeking fannies. Mark Zuckerberg is one of the worst human beings ever to grace this planet.


I honestly think in 10/15 years time, we will look back in horror at social media in general.
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On 12/09/2020 at 12:57, Funky Nosejob said:

1. Paint colour samples should be checked in both daylight and artificial light conditions before committing. 

36 minutes ago, hk blues said:

I discovered a year or so back that when trying to match paint, you can add black/white accordingly to get a near-perfect match. 

My original facepalm moment was in the 90’s when, having spent most of the day painting my hall cornflower  blue, I turned on the lights that evening  to be met by an unexpected battleship grey. 
Lesson learned, I later managed to stop Mrs. Nosejob committing to a mustard yellow/gold colour matched by B&Q from a wallpaper sample, that duly turned from perfect match to diarrhoea brown under standard incandescent bulbs. 
We’ve also owned a chorded beanbag that changed from chocolate brown in daylight to olive green under artificial light.  

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1 minute ago, Funky Nosejob said:

My original facepalm moment was in the 90’s when, having spent most of the day painting my hall cornflower  blue, I turned on the lights that evening  to be met by an unexpected battleship grey. 
Lesson learned, I later managed to stop Mrs. Nosejob committing to a mustard yellow/gold colour matched by B&Q from a wallpaper sample, that duly turned from perfect match to diarrhoea brown under standard incandescent bulbs. 
We’ve also owned a chorded beanbag that changed from olive green in daylight to chocolate brown under artificial light.  

Another paint learning experience I had was when I ran out of paint (a hallway-  ladders, extensions etc were needed.  , it never happens in a small room, does it) so i nipped out and bought another can and finished the job. Looked good until I turned on the light later and it was as clear as day that the colour was the same but at the same time different.  Checked the cans - one was matt, the other silk.  Fuckety f**k.

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