MrStag

joined 2 years ago
[–] MrStag@lemmy.world 129 points 5 days ago (2 children)

There were wooly mammoths living in Russia when the Great Pyramids at Giza were being built

[–] MrStag@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Yes I think we got lucky with the room, perhaps it was just a quiet period

[–] MrStag@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes it was gastroenteritis, luckily she bounced back quite quickly!

[–] MrStag@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (8 children)

United Kingdom, Dorset.

My 3 year old daughter was vomiting and not keeping liquids down. Phoned the non-emergency line and after a bit of a wait, spoke to them and went through the script.

Was told to go to A&E and we would be expected. After a short wait there, was led down to the children's ward and she was given a bed in her own room. She was put on a drip, had antibiotics and kept in overnight. By the end of the following day she was able to keep down water and some toast so was discharged.

Had a follow on call from a GP the next day, she was back to normal in a couple of days.

Cost: £0 (I contribute to the NHS through general taxation)

[–] MrStag@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Electric screwdriver from Lidl (well, it was less than £20) - as a DIY novice/flat pack builder, it changed my life

[–] MrStag@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Be DEI recruitin'

[–] MrStag@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Eating like they've got Universal Healthcare!

[–] MrStag@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But what will I do for the remaining 58 seconds?

[–] MrStag@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Call of Cthulhu.

Bonus answer: Star Wars D6, our main game back in the day and a lot of great memories.

[–] MrStag@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Disney's 1950 Treasure Island - yes Depp's Jack Sparrow is great, but the pirate performance par excellence is Robert Newton's Long John Silver, imo

[–] MrStag@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Fighting Fantasy gamebooks and the original edition of the Advanced Fighting Fantasy RPG - the lore, the artwork and tracking down the books missing from my collection!

[–] MrStag@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago

Thank you for explaining it to me. Happy to edit my original post,wouldn't want to spook users or tarnish Connect's name..

 

screenshot of Duckduckgo app tracking blocker that has blocked 107 tracking attempts over the last four days

Hi all, relative newcomer here.

I tend use Duckduckgo as my main browser (Firefox if there's issues) as I do like the built in app tracker blocking (and the cookie management and email forwarding service!)

I was somewhat surprised just now to see that Connect (current Lemmy app) has been trying to allow tracking attempts by Google, Amazon and other such bellends.

Why is that? Surely we're trying to leave all that shite behind?

Thanks!

 
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