The Off Topic Topic

[Sheilbh]

From the BBC archive:
https://twitter.com/BBCArchive/status/1408073678709919764

BBC Archive
@BBCArchive
#OnThisDay 1971: Nationwide sent Nicky Woodhead out to pinch men's bottoms, in the name of sexual equality.

The first and last guys are particularly good.

[garbon]

[mongers]

Today is my cats' Gotcha Day.  I brought them home one year ago today.  I bought them a cat tree.  A pole with three platforms attached that a cat can sit on and look out the window.

Good choice Raz.

Maybe I should get the house cat something along those lines?

We have a cat tree for our cats - they love it. In our case, it is beside the couch, so the cats can join us - while hanging about up high, which they like.

Here's a short clip of them on their tree:

https://imgur.com/a/7bfRr3D

My in laws' reaction to this tree was hilarious. "Now the cats have their own furniture?!"

[HVC]

From the BBC archive:
https://twitter.com/BBCArchive/status/1408073678709919764

BBC Archive
@BBCArchive
#OnThisDay 1971: Nationwide sent Nicky Woodhead out to pinch men's bottoms, in the name of sexual equality.

The first and last guys are particularly good.

I like the guy that just said no lol. Though it looks like the edited out the rest of his reply

[Syt]

Today I learned that in chancellor candidate Laschet's (CDU) state of North Rhine-Westphalia the minimum distance of a wind turbine to residential area is 1000 meters (as per federal recommendation).

For comparison:
- power plants up to 900 MW, amusement parks that open at night, car factories: 700 meters
- garbage dumps/landfills with a capacity of up to 10 tons per day: 500 meters
- open pit mining (with use of explosives), facilities for cleaning animal intestines, facilities for the storage of manure: 300 meters
- breweries, scrapyards up to 1000 square meters, meat cutting plants: 200 meters
- crematories for small animals, stone cutters, car repoair shops: 100 meters

[Josquius]

Anti green crazy?

[Maladict]

Any wind turbine or the really big ones? There is a difference.

[grumbler]

I'd bet at least half the difference in the distances cited are due to the year in which the regulation was promulgated.

[Sheilbh]

Low key hope that California follows suit just to see the French reaction

Alex Kokcharov
@AlexKokcharov
#France's @MoetHennessy reportedly suspended exports of its champagnes to #Russia following approval of a new Russian law which defines that #champagne designation is only applicable to sparkling wines made in Russia.

[Duque de Bragança]

Low key hope that California follows suit just to see the French reaction

Alex Kokcharov
@AlexKokcharov
#France's @MoetHennessy reportedly suspended exports of its champagnes to #Russia following approval of a new Russian law which defines that #champagne designation is only applicable to sparkling wines made in Russia.

Ok Garbon. 

[Josquius]

Low key hope that California follows suit just to see the French reaction

Alex Kokcharov
@AlexKokcharov
#France's @MoetHennessy reportedly suspended exports of its champagnes to #Russia following approval of a new Russian law which defines that #champagne designation is only applicable to sparkling wines made in Russia.

Troll level 11

[Sheilbh]

Garbo watching the world burn with a glass of Don Valley champagne

[Duque de Bragança]

Garbonites watching the world burn with a glass of Don Valley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovetskoye_Shampanskoye

Fixed!

[PDH]

Well, seeing as how California saved the European wine grapes, it is all Californian anyway.

[garbon]

Well, seeing as how California saved the European wine grapes, it is all Californian anyway.

Preach!