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Hummer_I_mean_Hammer wrote: Thu Mar 09, 2023 9:42 am was just looking at the NUMB thread and the BBC one, some of the link have quotes with - (sic) at the end.

What does (sic) mean?

TIA.
In longhand, it kind of means 'this might look wrong, but it is deliberately written like this'

So, if someone said something grammatically wrongly, but another person wanted to accurately report the mistake, he would write (type) out what was said and use (sic) next to it as means of explaining that.
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Hummer_I_mean_Hammer wrote: Thu Mar 09, 2023 9:42 am was just looking at the NUMB thread and the BBC one, some of the link have quotes with - (sic) at the end.

What does (sic) mean?

TIA.
It means 'thus'. In the context you mention, it means 'written thus'. It's used when directly quoting something that has a mistake (spelling, grammar etc.) in it, to show the reader the quote hasn't been altered and it was written thus.

Example:- "Moye's out". Someone directly quoting it should leave the mistake and add (sic); JBB said "Moye's out" (sic).

Basically, don't blame me for their mistake :grin:
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cheers all. :newthumb:

I'll have to start using it when I quote my manager, she can't seem to string a sentence together at the best of times and that is quite rich coming from me. :crylol:
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Most users ever online was 1910 on Thu Jul 23, 2015 10:37 pm
What happened on here that day?
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People found out you went a whole day without posting a gif, so they wanted to see it for themselves...
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S-H wrote: Thu Mar 09, 2023 9:11 pm What happened on here that day?
Somebody found Quashie?
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S-H wrote: Thu Mar 09, 2023 9:11 pm What happened on here that day?
We beat Birkirkara on penalties in a Europa League qualifier
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Are supermarket eggs less "egg-shaped" than they used to be? And if so, why?

I've just eaten boiled eggs for the first time in ages, and they seem more elliptical and less oval than I remember - I can barely work out which end is the 'top' .

I may just be getting old and stupid.
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I noticed the same during the week, they're less pointy :? I wonder if it's seasonal, just realised, it can't be as we're on opposite sides of the globe - interesting... we need more data!
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I haven't always wanted to know this, because it has only just come up, but, with reference to the above post, bris does in fact mean Bristol, doesn't it, you old tease?

Brisbane, my arse.
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southbrishammer wrote: Sat Mar 11, 2023 8:51 am Are supermarket eggs less "egg-shaped" than they used to be? And if so, why?

I've just eaten boiled eggs for the first time in ages, and they seem more elliptical and less oval than I remember - I can barely work out which end is the 'top' .

I may just be getting old and stupid.
Different breeds (for commercial flocks read hybrid breeds) seem to vary a little in egg shape. If you keep your own hens (like I do) you might have them 4 or more years longer than a commercially kept bird, and as they get older the eggs become ( generally speaking) larger and more varied in shape, even from the same hen ( Supermarkets don't like the irregularity so commercial flocks are killed at 18 - 20 months... or better still sold to me at £1 each so supplying me with cheap healthy eggs for another 3 or 4years :newthumb: :newthumb:
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prophet:marginal wrote: Sat Mar 11, 2023 9:55 am I haven't always wanted to know this, because it has only just come up, but, with reference to the above post, bris does in fact mean Bristol, doesn't it, you old tease?

Brisbane, my arse.
Yes, it's Bristol. See the 'Your Username' thread for further enthralling details.

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S-H wrote: Thu Mar 09, 2023 9:11 pm What happened on here that day?

We beat Birkirkara FC away on pens in the Europa league.
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S-H wrote: Thu Mar 09, 2023 9:11 pm What happened on here that day?
I dunno, but there was a lot of crossing of arms, and making piss.
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can posts just vanish?

I'm sure I posted something this morning and now I can't find it. Can you check on your posting history?

Seriously worried that I might be losing my mind. Sure I did, but may be I didn't.. :chin:
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Hummer_I_mean_Hammer wrote: Tue Mar 14, 2023 4:10 pm can posts just vanish?

I'm sure I posted something this morning and now I can't find it. Can you check on your posting history?

Seriously worried that I might be losing my mind. Sure I did, but may be I didn't.. :chin:
Click on 'Quick links' top left of the page (the three line hamburger), the first item is Your posts'.
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Hummer_I_mean_Hammer wrote: Tue Mar 14, 2023 4:10 pm can posts just vanish?

I'm sure I posted something this morning and now I can't find it. Can you check on your posting history?

Seriously worried that I might be losing my mind. Sure I did, but may be I didn't.. :chin:
If it was the one I think it is in a thread in NUMB, then that's gone, and the two posts by two other posters that lead up to yours have had the mod text put in to them.

Obvs I'm not going to repeat the posts here as they've been clipped.
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I was considering buying a new heat pump tumble dryer for next winter as the dryer I have is ancient and not very economical to run. The current one is a condensor dryer and causes too much condensation... I was hoping a heat pump dryer would be better, as well as being cheaper to run. My question...

The dryer would be located in the conservatory that gets very cold in winter... maybe as little as 4 degrees during a really cold spell. Will a heat pump continue to work efficiently in these cooler temperatures? Or will it become less economical?
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Burnley Hammer wrote: Thu Mar 16, 2023 10:56 pm I was considering buying a new heat pump tumble dryer for next winter as the dryer I have is ancient and not very economical to run. The current one is a condensor dryer and causes too much condensation... I was hoping a heat pump dryer would be better, as well as being cheaper to run. My question...

The dryer would be located in the conservatory that gets very cold in winter... maybe as little as 4 degrees during a really cold spell. Will a heat pump continue to work efficiently in these cooler temperatures? Or will it become less economical?

not sure whether it would be the same for a drier, but can't see why not.
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Do people in England still say Oriental to describe East Asians?
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