I like that punch line more!

Yeah sure, I can see that this could be problematic for some people.

Wondering why I got modded "troll" though. Is that some passive-aggressive way the for the moderator to say they don't like the situation in the UK?

In southern England, I grew up with Yur-anus as the pronunciation.

You know Star Trek and toilet paper have in common?

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They both circle Uranus searching for Klingons

Not in the UK, or at least it wasn't in 2020. Some interesting points in this article:
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisismoney.co.uk%2F...

Causing annoyance is a different issue.

The UK government is also looking at some solutions, detailed here:
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2F...

They should come up with a way to use existing infrastructure, like putting charging sockets in lamp posts. Oh wait, they do do that already here in the UK! There are also dedicated on-street charging stations and some people even just run a cable from their home across the footpath (sometimes even with a cable cover).

Theyâ(TM)re imperial only in name. The fluid ounce is a different size. The number of ounces in a pint is different, and consequently, gallons are significantly smaller. Then thereâ(TM)s the ton, also known as the short ton, which is significantly lighter than the imperial ton.

Iâ(TM)ve had to do this coming from the UK and applying either for a US H1b or Canadian permanent residency (I canâ(TM)t remember which now, it was a long time ago). I just went to a police station and some time later received a letter saying they had no record of me.

I donâ(TM)t remember the last time I had a power outage. It definitely hasnâ(TM)t been as many as few times in the last fifteen years. I donâ(TM)t remember any power outages in our current flat, which we bought 13 years ago.

Do you mean macOS? OSX (OS 10) was discontinued and went out of support years ago.

How much do we subsidise the oil industry? Just look at the military deployments in the Persian Gulf guaranteeing supply.

One puts her fitbit on the dog

When we had Vitality healthcare at work, they explicitly said that they had ways to detect this very trick. Not so good when at detecting that it's your child with your running around with your phone though ;). Never mind that some of these health companies are also involved in pensions and, as a healthy and active person, I don't think I want them making decisions about what annuity I might possibly get later in life. The less data you share with these companies, the better. Also, never mind that Vitality was about three times the cost of Bupa, which I guess is how they fund all of their incentives.

Working from home is slowly killing you! As is owning a car. According to my phone, I've averaged about 10,000 steps per day over the last six months. Last time I worked from home, I barely made 600. I sold my car in 2008 and go to the office every day (lucky to have a short commute at the moment), which I'm sure are both beneficial to my health.

I suspect that depends on your height. 7,000 steps is more like 3.5 miles for me, based on the averages for steps and distance from my phone.

Technically, it's both. It straddles the mid-Atlantic ridge and sits on both the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates. There is no continental slope or abyssal plain between Scotland and Iceland, which is maybe what you were saying about the continental shelf (it sits on the same continental shelf).