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I concur, my female old uni housemate was often caught pissing in the sink when drunk. Not an easy feat logistically for females but yet she managed it. She was only 5ft tall too.

There are tax rules around eating in and eating out but nothing around the temperature of the food.

What an absolute arsehole @RedTwoster. I would have been trolling the colleague for the rest of my/their employ.

Mirfield and Huddersfield are both part of Kirklees along with Dewsbury. Huddersfield is the big town amongst the three so tends to be the one that gets a name check rather than people saying they are from Kirklees as who has heard of that? Patrick Stewart was born in Mirfield but moved to Huddersfield when he was quite young so is a mix of both but people do use the two interchangeably.

Honestly, I think both. He was the most vocal and famous supporter that Town have and probably will ever have. I'm glad he got to see them in a Premiership run. He attended all but one of their home matches during their first season in the Premier League so I hope they give him a stand. There isn't a massive amount of scope for statues in Huddersfield but there is a big entrance in to the university that can been seen from the dual carriageway and parts of the town centre which would be a great place for a statue, or outside the Town ground which is a little out of the way but has a great space for one, and is currently lacking anything like that. Huddersfield currently has a Reform led council and with Sir Patrick being such a big wokey I'm not sure they will push for a statue or take calls for one seriously in the town but the Uni and Football club could easily do it.

It's been a strange couple of days, for those that don't know, Patrick Stewart is very much an icon in Huddersfield, he is held in the very highest of regard by everyone, there are other famous people from Huddersfield but he was different in that he was so very proud of being from here and very much shouted about it whenever he got the chance, he still had a house here up untill 2022. I'm in Huddersfield for half term this week and I'm glad I was here when he passed, it gave a feeling of comfort. I was out and about running errands on Friday and no matter where I went, every single person bought up his passing. The town hall and library in Mirfield flew their flags at half mast for him which I thought was really touching and Huddersfield Town wore black armbands in his memory yesterday. Everyone from Huddersfield has a Patrick Stewart story of some description, I saw him a couple of times at work events when he was the Chancellor of the University. He was really active and took the role very seriously unlike a lot of others who take it as a ceremonial role, he was here all the time, particularly during graduation periods where he would hand out degrees. I never spoke to him as I never wanted to bother him, I'm also a bit shy but he was such an enigmatic person and had such a grand presence. I hope that he gets a statue here eventually, either at the Town ground or at the University - most of the performing arts department is already named in his honour. I worked at his old school for a short amount of time and there is a blue plaque commemorating him there but that's been there for years, I worked there over 10 years ago. I really think he deserves something extra special, I think he will always be our most famous son.

He said that Villa would never be United which is factually correct.

Huddersfield's most beloved/cherished resident. I am absolutely gutted, I don't think gutted does it justice. I knew this day would come but didn't expect it to be so soon. He was beloved and cherished by millions and will be mourned by so many. He will always have a very special place in my heart. I'm so sad.

I collected some Christmas decorations and packs of Christmas cards from work today, the shops are full of mince pies. It's coming.

Congratulations mate!

My job has led me to work with an unfortunate amount of perpetrators of child abuse of every nature, along with tens of thousands of young people. I can honestly say that in my experience, true sociopaths - those whom have no capacity for guilt, shame or rehabilitation - are incredibly low in number. In 20 years I can only really think of 2 that I have come across for who I don't think redemption/rehabilitation is a possibility. @Chris B has really hit the nail on the head in regards to how a society should function and why it's so important that people should get a second chance. And for those who don't deserve a second chance, the vast majority will eventually be overwhelmed by their own emotion. Also I do feel the need to add here that many perpetrators of violence to others were at one point victims themselves, childhood trauma completely rewires the brain, most deserve a chance at redemption.

I think starting with the battle of getting sexual abuse taken and punished seriously by courts would be the first battle. Also, in the case outlined above, allowing the person to die means they are essentially completely absolved of what they have done. I'd much rather they have to sit in prison for the rest of their life living with the consequences of their actions and hopefully it will mentally tear them apart. I think that's more of a punishment than an injection which they will spend the rest of their time thinking about rather than the crime they committed and then off they go in to the abyss having (in my eyes) never actually had to think/pay for the emotional pain they laid out. I know that is a much deeper question but if we pass in to nothingness, a big sleep, whatever, the murderer never has to actually face what they did which I think is more of a punishment.

I don't mean to ridicule you @Tim Healys Chutney Spoon so I'll keep a lid on this but people barely get 5 years in prison for some of the most heinous sex crimes, you think anyone thinks it's worth the death penalty? Hell, people are found guilty of some horrific things and spared jail because 'we don't want to ruin his career'. The average prison sentence for child sexual abuse is 4 years, that's it. It's not a crime that's taken seriously enough by the legal system. The arguments against the death sentence have been laid out by others but so I won't bother adding to points that are already here.

@BomberPat I can literally feel the stress you are under in what you have written here. I hope that someone at work picks up on it and does the right thing. I'm so sorry you are in this shit situation again and you even predicted it would happen. I think involving everyone and being transparent was the right thing to do and it's absolutely time to involve the union.

Bread Pakoras are a staple of my childhood. If my mum was making Pakoras any left over batter was moped up with bread and we would annihilate them. Tried to get my youngest son to eat one last week (my mum made Pakoras for his birthday celebrations) and the idiot wouldn't touch them. Paneer spring rolls are the absolute best.

Ting is good but missing the Pineapple

My husband bought that this week but it has a weird aftertaste, I'm assuming because it's zero sugar, the aspartame etcs often leave a weird taste in the mouth. Apparently Sainsbury's do one too, luckily a Sainsbury has just opened in my little town so I'm going to see if they stock it.

My sister is convinced the discontinuation of Lilt is some kind of racist conspiracy as it's mainly drunk by Black and Asian people (no data to back this up). We want our totally tropical taste back. Or at least some warning it was being discontinued so we could stock up, they promised it wasn't when it became Fanta. Liars It was going for crazy prices in eBay once we discovered you couldn't buy it anymore.

Are they to blame for Lilt being discontinued?

I thought Smooth Criminal was 'Eddie are you ok?' rather than 'Annie are you ok?' till I was embarrassingly old, I still sing it wrong (on the rare occasion I hear it on the radio, I don't actively listen to MJ).

Yeah I agree, even if one of Maya or James leave the room, it still narrows it down to two. If they get rid of Ross the automatic next person to eliminate is Maya or James, there is no win. As I'm not a regular watcher, if they don't make anyone yawn, do the Traitors have to pay a penalty?

Getting off the treadmill to drink your cup of tea is absolute elite behaviour.

I'm so sorry mate, that really is the shittest

Yeah I work in the charity sector and it is getting a little unbearable. It's like they've (senior management) have forgotten we are here for children's welfare, or they take it for granted and think we should work for free because it's for the kidz. Whichever narrative suits them depending on the day. All with the constant axe over our heads of 'we are a charity, we have no money, we will have to make you all redundant'.

I think this is starting to become a bit of universal theme. Maybe we should do a UKFF Euromillions syndicate? Fuck it all off.