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Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 17th March 2024, 02:36 PM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
Well obviously you change the wheels yourself at...

Well obviously you change the wheels yourself at home. Get your car jack and torque wrench and fit your spare set of wheels with the winter tyres. Stick the summer wheels in the garage till spring....
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 17th March 2024, 01:20 PM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
Oh, really? That's literally the opposite of the...

Oh, really? That's literally the opposite of the case here.

You are the one, the only one, who has been adamant that the fire service's trivial 'cockup' in not specifically naming and excluding...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 17th March 2024, 04:21 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
Whose archives are you talking about? <edit> ...

Whose archives are you talking about?
<edit> Never mind. I see you mean you googled it and eventually gave up.

Are you able to discern how implausible your recollection sounds for the reasons...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 17th March 2024, 04:20 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
Jenny of Communications reiterated it was just a...

Jenny of Communications reiterated it was just a diesel car. She specifically stated it was not various types of lithium battery car which cranks and conspiracy theorists had been falsely claiming. ...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 16th March 2024, 12:13 PM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
You can't google it because the internet has been...

You can't google it because the internet has been made to sign the official secrets act. But it's a real newspaper, you just don't know it because it goes to a different school.


Fundamentally,...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 16th March 2024, 10:00 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
No Vixen. Nothing changed. The only thing that...

No Vixen. Nothing changed. The only thing that happened is the same information got presented using a variety of wordings, some of which were unintentionally slightly ambiguous. You want to...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 16th March 2024, 09:30 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
Thanks. If you do find it, maybe it will...

Thanks.

If you do find it, maybe it will explain the anomaly of a claimed Harpenden fire fighter somehow being able to opine on the nature of the car fire that began the blaze, when the fire had...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 16th March 2024, 07:06 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
What Vixen wrote here is not misleading at all. ...

What Vixen wrote here is not misleading at all. She carefully used the words from the initial press conference rather than the press release that said it was a diesel car but she contends misled...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 16th March 2024, 04:33 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
Can I remind everyone that the entire reason for...

Can I remind everyone that the entire reason for the regrettable, silly digression into the OSA and who can speak to the press is that you claim to have read an opinion attributed to an anonymous...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 15th March 2024, 11:03 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
Fair enough. I'll happily take your word for it.

Fair enough. I'll happily take your word for it.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 15th March 2024, 10:49 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
Yes. That is true. "Signing the official...

Yes. That is true. "Signing the official secrets act" is a figure of speech used in the UK.

A number of friends who would necessarily have gone through this process tell me that, more...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 15th March 2024, 10:43 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
Is "now" a nuanced and subtle way of saying "last...

Is "now" a nuanced and subtle way of saying "last November"?

They said this in clarifying the matter to a journalist on Twitter, if I remember correctly. Is that right?

I note that this was...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 15th March 2024, 10:10 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
That's okay, nobody else was confused. You just...

That's okay, nobody else was confused. You just misused a word.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 15th March 2024, 10:01 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
An item on the BBC recently said that not voting...

An item on the BBC recently said that not voting was about the only safe form of protest available but voters in occupied oblasts were being "reassured" that, to ensure their safety, they wouldn't...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 15th March 2024, 09:16 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
You and Humpty Dumpty are never wrong, you're...

You and Humpty Dumpty are never wrong, you're just nuanced and subtle.


No. You were just wrong about the meaning of the word "invariably". Jumping through hoops to try to find a way to look...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 15th March 2024, 09:02 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
Did you work for Southern rail? Seriously,...

Did you work for Southern rail?

Seriously, this is loony tunes stuff now. If a particular train is never on time then whenever it does turn up is the scheduled time? This is not how railways...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 15th March 2024, 08:41 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
Clever people read the timetable. What do you do?

Clever people read the timetable. What do you do?
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 15th March 2024, 07:33 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
Yes. That is what they mean. They mean exactly...

Yes. That is what they mean. They mean exactly the same thing as if they said "always".

If they do not intend their remark to be taken entirely literally that must be inferred from context, e.g....
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 15th March 2024, 07:27 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
I see this conspiracy theory has now reached the...

I see this conspiracy theory has now reached the pleading stage: "But just pretend for a minute I was right".
Forum: Trials and Errors 15th March 2024, 07:24 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
I agree. But the storytelling can require...

I agree.

But the storytelling can require they wield something that looks like a firearm at least to the camera, so you still need layered safety to make sure they don't accidentally get handed...
Forum: Trials and Errors 15th March 2024, 05:39 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
I agree about layered safety. If any layer had...

I agree about layered safety. If any layer had worked, the accident would have been prevented.

They can give actors "at least minimal" firearms training but they might still be idiots. I don't...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 15th March 2024, 05:20 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
Comfort yourself that the thread does not suffer....

Comfort yourself that the thread does not suffer. It is beyond any sense of pain.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 15th March 2024, 05:17 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
Maybe that's what it meant at your school. ...

Maybe that's what it meant at your school. Elsewhere it is synonymous with "always" and emphasises that exceptions do not occur, not that they might occur.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 15th March 2024, 05:13 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
Only eleven? Not as impressive as 1,500. Puny...

Only eleven? Not as impressive as 1,500. Puny fire.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 15th March 2024, 05:05 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
Ah. Well in British English we use "invariably"...

Ah. Well in British English we use "invariably" to mean "always" and it is used for emphasis, not the opposite.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 15th March 2024, 05:00 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
Or half-remembering some comment you read...

Or half-remembering some comment you read somewhere and inventing an elaborate story around it to give it a semblance of authority.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 15th March 2024, 04:49 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
What about it? "Invariably" is not conditional. ...

What about it? "Invariably" is not conditional. It means not variably, i.e. without exception, always.

Clever people know this, right?
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 15th March 2024, 04:40 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
Do you have an in-house lawyer advising you to...

Do you have an in-house lawyer advising you to say all of those words instead of "yes"?
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 15th March 2024, 04:38 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
Yes, certainly. A new, steel-framed car park...

Yes, certainly. A new, steel-framed car park partially collapsed after an initial fire in one diesel car spread to multiple vehicles on several floors.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 15th March 2024, 04:34 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
We might all wish the same thing. The problem of...

We might all wish the same thing. The problem of course was with your own ignorance of the topic and not with that of your readers.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 15th March 2024, 04:32 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
Noted. You appear to be saying the alleged...

Noted. You appear to be saying the alleged firefighter's alleged observation, (that the blazing car park resembled a lithium battery fire) had to be made anonymously because it was not factual.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 15th March 2024, 04:24 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
You wrote those words here. If you don't...

You wrote those words here.

If you don't want to be pulled up for writing falsehoods I recommend you avoid doing so. It's a thing clever people do.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 15th March 2024, 04:20 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
Or what you half-remember as crusading journalism...

Or what you half-remember as crusading journalism was some random's wot-I-reckon comment on twitter, so the "local paper" only exists as part of the story in your head and the embargo is entirely...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 15th March 2024, 04:14 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
Sure, "signing the official secrets act" is...

Sure, "signing the official secrets act" is indeed a figure of speech.

Is there any chance of your acknowledging that people who work for the NHS are not required to (figuratively or literally)...
Forum: Trials and Errors 15th March 2024, 03:43 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
So he's an idiot. As has been repeatedly...

So he's an idiot. As has been repeatedly discussed in the thread, expecting the actor to be any kind of final safety net is not wise.

Safety procedures around giving a gun to an actor on a movie...
Forum: Trials and Errors 14th March 2024, 08:48 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
All we need is two Baldwins: one who always lies...

All we need is two Baldwins: one who always lies and one who always tells the truth, then you ask them each how the other one would answer your questions.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 14th March 2024, 01:44 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
I slightly miss those interminable threads from a...

I slightly miss those interminable threads from a couple of forum members who insisted the secret illuminati cabal and their innumerable henchmen had been preparing literally for centuries to take...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 14th March 2024, 01:30 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
It gets a reaction. We can speculate on...

It gets a reaction.

We can speculate on why this or that particular weird provocation got selected, but keeping the pot boiling was the purpose.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 13th March 2024, 01:56 PM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
I can't tell you. The first rule of official...

I can't tell you. The first rule of official secrets club is you mustn't talk about official secrets club.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 13th March 2024, 08:53 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
This is an example of a straw man fallacy,...

This is an example of a straw man fallacy, attacking a claim different from the one which was made.



This is a further example of the same straw man argument.



This could be construed as...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 13th March 2024, 08:37 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
You're standing by your false claim that everyone...

You're standing by your false claim that everyone who joins e.g. the NHS has to sign the Official Secrets Act?
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 11th March 2024, 02:24 PM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
That's ironic, isn't it, because trying to rile...

That's ironic, isn't it, because trying to rile people up with provocative, contrarian views is your entire schtick.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 11th March 2024, 02:20 PM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
You don't even remember your source. Stop...

You don't even remember your source. Stop telling us completely made up stuff about intrepid reporters.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 11th March 2024, 01:37 PM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
So you don't know or won't divulge the source,...

So you don't know or won't divulge the source, but you think a claim was made by someone claiming to be a firefighter from the next town over and their opinion of a blazing car park was that they...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 11th March 2024, 06:42 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
That's some pretty weak barrel-scraping you're...

That's some pretty weak barrel-scraping you're doing now. "...were reported off the record" is basically just a conspiratorial dressing on "some bloke down the pub reckons..." and it might be...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 11th March 2024, 06:24 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
Exactly. Just like estate agents and their...

Exactly. Just like estate agents and their expertise in investigating house fires, or travel agents and their special insight into the cause of plane crashes. It's just common sense. Stands to...
Forum: Trials and Errors 11th March 2024, 01:23 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
So that's a red herring and they won't go after...

So that's a red herring and they won't go after him for that.
Forum: Trials and Errors 10th March 2024, 08:20 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
This entire thread has suddenly been made...

This entire thread has suddenly been made worthwhile.

I don't even want to know the story of how you came to accidentally shoot a deer with a home-made six pounder cannon. The real comedy magic...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 10th March 2024, 08:13 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
I suppose that sort of stuff must have some niche...

I suppose that sort of stuff must have some niche demographic slapping their knees to indicate they recognise it was a joke they ought to like. Can't for the life of me imagine who they are though.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 10th March 2024, 08:01 AM
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Posted By Jack by the hedge
Excellent. The satellite images (on this...

Excellent. The satellite images (on this Suchomimus video for example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djow3gUUJ3k ) show a number of hits on the large repair buildings but no fire damage. If there...
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