The Off Topic Topic

[Admiral Yi]

Do yuro supermercados have cold cut/deli sections?  Honest question.

[celedhring]

Do yuro supermercados have cold cut/deli sections?  Honest question.

The smallest ones don't (they'll just have a fridge with prepackaged stuff), but generally yes.

[The Larch]

Do yuro supermercados have cold cut/deli sections?  Honest question.

The smallest ones don't (they'll just have a fridge with prepackaged stuff), but generally yes.

Budget ones don't have that section either. A huge Lidl opened recently near my home and they don't have your usual manned butcher/deli counter. They don't have a manned fish section either, which is also typical in Spanish supermarkets. They do have a manned bakery, though.

[Jacob]

One of the killers of Daphne Caruana Galizia (the Maltese journalist) has confessed. Apparently it was a plain murder for money job for him. George Degiorgio has also apparently said that he soon will reveal who else was involved... which to me sounds like an invitation to be assassinated, but what do I know.

[Jacob]

Turkey continuing to crack down on the LGBT+ agenda. Apparently there was a massive police presence, tear gas used, and at least 36 arrested to stop the Pride celebration in Ankara.

[Sheilbh]

Impressed the Telegraph found the most Telegraph angle on the cost of living/inflation crisis

[Syt]

I refuse to comment on you of all people posting this particular story.

[Sheilbh]

[Tamas]

The Guardian reveals... the gargantuan efforts required internationally to get past medieval taxi guilds: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/jul/10/what-are-the-uber-files-guide

[HVC]

I don't think you read the article like the author intended lol

[Valmy]

Impressed the Telegraph found the most Telegraph angle on the cost of living/inflation crisis

Does this mean you are going to have to lay off your butler Sheilbh? 

The high cost of castle ownership is a tragic yoke around the necks of the upper classes, I don't know when the government is finally going to do something about it.

[Sheilbh]

Incredible story:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/fake-ipl-in-gujarat-village-dupes-russian-punters/articleshow/92789976.cms

Basically a village in Gujarat set up a fake "Indian Premier Cricket League" with farmers and labourers playing. They streamed it on YouTube looking like it's a real thing (and got a legit commentator) and made money out of Russian sports betters looking for anything to gamble on.

Technically it's a scam and they've been shut down by the police, but I'm adding this to my general rule that no one should be punished for a crime that could be legitimately called a caper.

[HVC]

Their telephone scams are evolving.

[celedhring]

Incredible story:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/fake-ipl-in-gujarat-village-dupes-russian-punters/articleshow/92789976.cms

Basically a village in Gujarat set up a fake "Indian Premier Cricket League" with farmers and labourers playing. They streamed it on YouTube looking like it's a real thing (and got a legit commentator) and made money out of Russian sports betters looking for anything to gamble on.

Technically it's a scam and they've been shut down by the police, but I'm adding this to my general rule that no one should be punished for a crime that could be legitimately called a caper.

Yes! I would make the rule that if you can make a "Waking Ned"-type movie out of it, then it's not a crime 

[Sheilbh]

Exactly! And I can't wait for that Bollywood film.

Crime + whimsy = not guilty.