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get involved: access, environment, BMC / Re: 180k cragx Mill Bridge

« Last post by stone on Today at 04:36:27 pm »

Whilst paying their shareholders 70 million in dividends 

It is so important that we include all payments to capital rather than being blinkered into only seeing dividends. Yorkshire water paid £360.9m in interest to creditors in 2022/23.

It is such BS when a regulated company does an equity to debt conversion (as the water companies have done), and then claim that they subsequently aren't extracting much as dividends. Of course they aren't because they now take it out by way of interest payments.

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shootin' the shit / Re: Cunty Drone Man - rural myth or real life rock star?

« Last post by lukeyboy on Today at 03:53:24 pm »

It seems an appropriate place to post this:

[TED Talks Daily] An honest history of an ancient and "nasty" word | Kate Lister #tedTalksDaily
https://podcastaddict.com/ted-talks-daily/episode/121217380 via @PodcastAddict

I don't often use the word 'cunt' because most people see it as a highly offensive term, however personally I don't have any issues with it.

As per the link above, the etymology is less derogatory than the other common terms for female genitalia, which usually come from something like 'sheath', i.e. a place to put a sword. The word also has a wonderfully satisfying sound to it.

I'm also a fan of this thread and have enjoyed the myth of CDM 

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shootin' the shit / Re: Cunty Drone Man - rural myth or real life rock star?

« Last post by slab_happy on Today at 02:13:21 pm »

Wow! A thread for adult men to -ostensibly- find amusement in typing the c-word and variations thereof.

UKB truly at its best.

As an adult woman, I would like to join in to say that while I'm not mad keen on "cunt" as a term of abuse, "Cunty Drone Man" is delightfully euphonious.

I'm glad we're all feeling so connected to the simple wonders of nature and local folklore (the song of the willow warbler, the hum of the drone, the loud shouts of "CUNT" as someone falls off again ...), and I hope that Cunty Drone Man can remain a mystery to delight and entrance us all.

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get involved: access, environment, BMC / BMC Peak Area meeting Wednesday 1st May

« Last post by reeve on Today at 01:07:03 pm »

Hi everyone,

The next Peak Area meeting is this Wednesday (1st May) at the Sir William in Grindleford. You'll be happy to hear that there's no politics on the agenda (phew!), there will be chips, and after the meeting we have Sean Milner talking three generations of his family on Kilimanjaro - a Tanzanian adventure.

Look forward to seeing you all there!

Andy

Peak Area Chair



https://community.thebmc.co.uk/Event.aspx?id=4549

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music, art and culture / Re: Games, games, games

« Last post by slab_happy on Today at 11:47:45 am »

Currently playing a bunch of World of Horror, which has been very accurately described as Junji Ito's Arkham Horror: The Board Game. Fun if you like a mean little roguelite. Though either combat could be more interesting or I'm not using it to its full potential.

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shootin' the shit / Re: Cunty Drone Man - rural myth or real life rock star?

« Last post by seankenny on Today at 10:22:07 am »

As the Indian Dad character in Goodness Gracious Me would say: “Drone? Indian!”


https://youtube.com/watch?v=2QZi53ZQPVo&si=6ibdx9oVpCaMGn65

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shootin' the shit / Re: Cunty Drone Man - rural myth or real life rock star?

« Last post by andy popp on Today at 09:44:42 am »

Drone, not drones!

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shootin' the shit / Re: Cunty Drone Man - rural myth or real life rock star?

« Last post by duncan on Today at 09:02:14 am »

Its sort of a quiet drone sound

La Monte Young?

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get involved: access, environment, BMC / Re: 180k cragx Mill Bridge

« Last post by Johnny Brown on Today at 07:56:31 am »

Over a thousand times more actually, 78 billion.

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get involved: access, environment, BMC / Re: 180k cragx Mill Bridge

« Last post by Dingdong on Today at 07:44:14 am »

Whilst paying their shareholders 70 million in dividends