Welcome @SusanHanworth

https://www.scooploop.com/thread/welcome-to-our-latest-member-susan-hansworth#comment_577292

Like many people across the country, I am quite enthralled with the BBC1 programme currently airing on Wednesday and Thursday evenings.

What I didn't know, was that there is a version of the game you can join in with.

It's called The Traitors Live Experience and is to be found in a converted warehouse in London’s Covent Garden.

When you arrive, you check in at the front desk, then you are shown to a table in the bar area of the reception, to meet the other participants. There will be between 10 and 12 of you when you go through to play.

During your time at the bar table, you are given a tablet to put in your details. One of the questions is about the start of the game. You are asked if you would like to be a Traitor from the start. However, regardless of your answer to that question, you may be blackmailed into a Traitor position at any time after the start.

From the bar table we moved into a room with a round table where you are seated and remain in that position while various challenges take place. You can win gold or shields during the challenges.

When the Traitors meet in the turret, they remain seated with you all at the round table, however, Faithfuls have to don heavy blindfolds so we cannot see what they are doing. Of course, you have to hone your other senses, with me I was straining my ears to hear if there was any movement near me.

I heard movement to my left. My wife was on my left. I realised she had been nominated as a Traitor.

It was interesting how the game played out, but suffice to say that another man and I were the only Faithfuls left and through shear determination we outed the Traitors and won the kitty.

If you have a few hours to spare and fancy something different, you could do worse than play the game. You can book any number of people up to a full table, so groups up to 12 are welcome.

If you fancy a go, here are the details:

https://www.thetraitorslive.co.uk/

The Guinness World Records honours titles from the world's longest tongue to the most extensive collection of Spice Girls memorabilia, while the likes of Taylor Swift and even Sky News are also honoured.



Guinness World Records (GWR) is celebrating its 70th anniversary by highlighting unclaimed titles you might fancy going for...

• The most whoopee cushions sat on in one minute;

• The fastest time to blow a stamp 10 metres;

• The furthest distance bottle flip;

The most high-fives in 30 seconds;

• The fastest 400-metre sack race;

• And the fastest time to ascend the height of Everest by bicycle.

https://www.scooploop.com/loops/save-the-planet

An article in a local free magazine(surprisingly)....
" You don`t need to look far beyond your bank app to know there is a housing crisis. You may be spending some eye-watering proportion of your income on rent or mortgage repayments, or, if you`re lucky, you`re looking at your account swell with rent payments you`re collecting.
Homelessness is everywhere, and local authorities are buckling under the pressure of a statutory duty to house their people while their income is squeezed.
What is the proposed solution? "Build, baby, build!" The Labour government has undertaken to build 1.5 million homes over five years. As if the problem were amenable to one of those benign, O-Level market mechanisms of supply/demand.
"I mean," Alf Garnett might holler, "It stands to reason, innit?"
Well, it don`t Alf. Sorry!
One startling fact is that Britain has a massive housing surplus! At least we have a higher ratio of bedrooms to population than ever before. A housing shortage is not exactly our problem.
So why have the costs gone up so high and why so much homelessness? You might agree with Nick Bano " that the problem is the dismantling of post-war rent controls and council housing alongside the creation of `assured shorthold tenancies`, which together with housing benefit have ratcheted up rents and transferred wealth from the public purse to private landlords at jaw-dropping rates. (Housing benefit accounts for more than £23 billion a year- dwarfing the budget of most government departments.Or you might agree with Gary Stevenson that the problem can be attributed to our society`s accelerating inequality that transfers wealth from the many to the few who have nothing to spend it on (having already filled their bellies and wardrobes and more) besides buying assets - shares, gold, and housing, inflating their prices.
Either way, it`s clear that building more houses alone will not solve the problem. The regime that encourages landlordism means that more housing gives more opportunities to `rinse` renters and offers the rich more opportunities to invest for guaranteed returns. Who else benefits? The developers. All these powerful interests make their voices heard in the lugholes of power.
And thus, ladies and gentlemen, we out here in the suburbs are facing plans to plant incongruous, high-rise, high-density blocks on top of tube stations, in town centres, and on Green Belt, which threaten to alter forever the environs of our communal lives. It will, make no mistake, also alter the way we feel, and the way we interact with each other in our public places. The dislocation this represents is not measurable and not easily overcome.
What to do? People are mobilising. A meeting to discuss the North Finchley plans took place last night where more than double the number expected showed up (I estimate 100 people came) to protest this wanton despoliation of our communities. I know it`s a rear-guard action but, until the next election, resistance is the only means left to us to prevent the misguided abominations being enacted in our neighbourhoods. " author AM Poppy

A councillor in Scotland was reported to the police for saying in a meeting, "as someone who was born and bred here...."
Surely that is not in anyway offensive. No different from saying you were born overseas but moved to Scotland when I was 5 years old.

https://labourheartlands.com/born-and-bred-the-new-hate-crime/

If you are not a member of the IT loop, have a look at the post below, which has some advice from the Police, and some brilliant advice from @TonyL
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https://www.scooploop.com/thread/how-can-i-prevent-my-mobile-phone-being-stolen

The unit of electrical resistance is the ohm - named after Mr Ohm. What is the original name of the unit of electrical conductance?

For cat lovers & owners, for rescuers & lost n` found cats, for problem kitties & purrfect ones, for kittens and oldies, new owners & old hands. Come and join us, click link below.

https://www.scooploop.com/loops/cats

You've heard of Rutland, but do you know anything about it? Just listened to this very entertaining programme:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002kf9g

https://www.scooploop.com/loops/carers-and-caring

I have several rings and pendants that I haven't worn for years and never will again, most of them were around the £20/30 cost

When you choose to 'buy', you are not purchasing the film, you are only buying the licence to watch it. Amazon does not own the film, they are only licensing it from the film studio and TV. If its contract with them ends, you will no longer be able to view the film. The site must then refund you.

A lady goes to her parish priest one day and tells him, "Father, I have a problem. I have two female parrots but they only know how to say one thing."

"What do they say?" the priest inquired.

"They say, 'Hi, we're prostitutes. Do you want to have some fun?'" the woman said embarrassingly.

"That's obscene!" the priest exclaimed, "I can see why you are embarrassed."

He thought a minute and then said, "You know, I may have a solution to this problem. I have two male parrots whom I have taught to pray and read the Bible. Bring your two parrots over to my house and we will put them in the cage with Francis and Job. My parrots can teach your parrots to praise and worship. I'm sure your parrots will stop saying that...that phrase in no time."

"Thank you," the lady responded, "this may very well be the solution."

The next day, she brought her female parrots to the priest's house.

As he ushered her in, she saw his two male parrots were inside their cage, holding their rosary beads and praying.

Impressed, she walked over and placed her parrots in with them.

After just a couple of seconds, the female parrots exclaimed out in unison, "Hi, we're prostitutes. Do you want to have some fun?
One male parrot says to the other:- “Put the beads away Francis, all our prayers have been answered.”

We have a community cinema that has screenings of National Theatre Live. We recently saw 'Inter Alia', the main character was played by Rosamund Pike, who gave an amazing faultless 'Talking Heads' like performance lasting two hours. Be sure to see this if you get the chance.

https://youtube.com/shorts/dpHRFy1jxqo?si=HShYv5Dkv-wJdt4I

Patricia Routledge dead: Keeping up Appearances star who played beloved Hyacinth Bucket in hit sitcom dies aged 96.
I once heard an after dinner speech by her which was hilarious. She lived to 96 and her positivity must help, at least she appeared to enjoy her life.

Only a week left to take action.

According to a new report by Moneyfarm.com, nearly a third of Britons under the age of 30 in a long-term relationship want nothing to do with them.

Some said the concept felt outdated, while others said they worried they were a sexist tool to control women’s spending.

https://www.newstalk.com/news/joint-bank-account-2199936

My wife and I have a joint account which we feed into proportional to each of our incomes, leaving the remainder of our incomes in our own private accounts.

This works fine for us and means that we have plenty of money to pay for joint services as the invoices roll in, it also means we each have money of our own to spend on things we want to buy.

Do you have a joint account and if so, how do you operate it?

Whilst on the subject of finance, it reminded me of changing the ownership of property to 'Tenants in common', which we did some years ago. This has advantages, particularly if you have children and one of you remarries after the death of the spouse. Google for details.

Ever wondered why a CAPTCHA is called that? Neither have I!😁 It is an acronym for:
'Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart'.

Do you know any interesting/funny/unusual acronyms?

Help keep SL active. Share any tips you have in the loop below:

https://www.scooploop.com/loops/share-tips-to-make-life-easier

As you know, the world is going digital, but for accurate time you need analogue sources. Digital radio does not have the right time, because the time signal you hear, is delayed by the digital process. You can see an example of this on TV when someone in the studio is speaking to an outside reporter etc. If you listen to the radio on Alexa, then the time delay is about 40 seconds.

So, how do you get the right time?

1. A radio controlled clock
2. Time signals on an AM or FM VHF radio.
3. A smartphone.

You can hear this time delay by tuning to the same radio station on a digital radio or on the TV, and an AM or FM radio at the same time.

The Diagnosis
A woman went to the doctor's office where she was seen by one of the younger doctors. After about four minutes in the examination room, she burst out screaming as she ran down the hall. An older doctor stopped her and asked what the problem was, and she told him her story.

After listening, he had her sit down and relax in another room. The older doctor marched down the hallway back to where the young doctor was writing on his clipboard.

"What's the matter with you?" the older doctor demanded. "Mrs. Terry is
61 years old, has four grown children and seven grandchildren and you told her she was pregnant?"

The younger doctor continued writing, and without looking up and said,
"Does she still have the hiccups?

prefer a coffee or occasionally a glass of fizz.

I was doing a crossword in the pub and said to my Scottish mate, I'm stuck on one, trapped on a desert island, eight letters, starting with M."
He said,
"Marooned."
I said
"Thanks, I'll have a pint of lager

A reminder that there is a Politics loop. It is not open to new members due to the lack of an active moderator. I have looked through the members and there are no racists or trolls.
https://www.scooploop.com/loops/current-affairs-and-politics

What is the difference between the Internet and the Web?

Breaking news, man collapses on the luggage carousel at Heathrow Airport

Latest news... He is slowly coming round

https://www.scooploop.com/thread/digital-id-cards

https://www.scooploop.com/user/PaulFishe

Or current tech, if you still have one:

Mobile phones used to inform you about the arrival of a text message, with a notification in Morse Code. What did the message say, and what was it an abbreviation of? You get double points if you can give the message in Morse Code.

Two women are walking their dogs, one a German Shepherd and one a Pekingese, down the road when they smell something delicious from a restaurant nearby. “Shall we get some lunch?” the first woman says. The second woman looks at her skeptically. “They’ll never let us bring our dogs in the restaurant.”

“Don’t worry,” the first woman replies. “I have a plan.” She then puts on a pair of dark glasses and goes into the restaurant, behaving as though the German Shepherd is her seeing eye dog, and no one is the wiser. Inspired by her friend’s clever plan, the second woman puts on a pair of dark glasses and goes inside. The head waiter takes one look at her and says, “I’m sorry, ma’am, but we don’t allow dogs in here.”

“But, you don’t understand,” the second woman says. “This is my seeing eye dog.”

“Is it now?” the head waiter says incredulously. “Seeing eye dogs are supposed to be German Shepherds.” The woman then exclaims, “You mean….it’s not?”

Unless you have a backup power supply, or a satellite phone, then at the moment you would be unable to make a phone call*. This may change next year when you will be able to use an ordinary smartphone to make calls via satellite This is called D2D (Direct to device).

*If you still have an analogue landline plugged into a BT socket, then you will still be able to make a phone call.

I am old, and I just realized I still have so many unanswered questions. I never found out who let the Dogs Out...where's the beef...how to get to Sesame Street... why Dora doesn't just use Google Maps...why eggs are packaged in a flimsy paper carton, but batteries are secured in plastic that's tough as nails...why women can't put on mascara with their mouth closed... why "abbreviated" is such a long word... why lemon juice is made with artificial flavor yet dish-washing liquid is made with real lemons... why they sterilize the needle for lethal injections... and, why do you have to "put your two cents in" but it's only a "penny for your thoughts" where's that extra penny going to... why do "The Alphabet Song" and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" have the same tune... why did you just try to sing those two previous songs... and just what is Victoria's secret?

I'm not really sure what extra I was paying for that I can't have on my laptop for free. I know I got a years free subscripton when I bought the laptop, so last year was the first time my card was debited I think was £79. Thought about cancelling then but never got round to it. This years subs were due next month, and the fee has jumped up to nearly £110. That is too much, so I cancelled.
I think OneDrive and Camera Roll are held on Microsofts Cloud, but I have also got copies of all document on the laptop hard drive, and will copy them to USB stick. Photos already on USB.
The photos on Camera Roll are from when I had a real digital camera, before I had a smartphone with a good camera built in. Since I've had the smartphone, my photos, and photo's I've been sent on whatsapp are getting uploaded to Google's cloud. That's another reason not to pay for 365 anymore.

2 guys met in a bar. Shared a few drinks and lots of stories.

Suddenly, one guy looked at his watch ans exclaimed; Hell I have to leave, Pronto. Otherwise my wife will get upset and make my life hell.

So the second guy said; Tell me, how you go home.

The first guy said; I drive home, stop on the driveway QUIETLY. Close the car door QUIETLY. Walk on the lawn as rhe gravel track is too NOISY. I open the front door QUIETLY. QUIETLY I walk down the passage to the bedroom. When I get there all hell break loose!!!!!

Naah, the second guy said; That's wrong. Stop with screetching brakes. Slam ths door. And if you walk down the pastageregte singing, I'm In The Mood for LOVE.

I guarantee you your wife will sleep soundly until Sunrise Tomorrow……..

https://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/health-and-wellbeing/how-many-hours-sleep-do-i-need?

I can see that various members are having problems with basic web/computer activities. Viewing YouTube videos should present no problems, and they can be viewed without adverts. Facebook links do not require you to be a member of Facebook to view them. Website links should not be the result of a search, they should be the address of what you want to show; you should always click the link and not the image.

If you need help, you can post in the IT loop below.
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https://www.scooploop.com/loops/it-non-techie-help

https://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/

Thank goodness there are people who wouldn't be interested in eating a meal cooked by an Indian, it means we discerning members of the population dont have to suffer them in the restaurant.

Not only was the meal cooked by an Indian, but it was in a restaurant run by a double Michelin Star chef, Atul Kochhar.

In fact, before the meal, a group of non-racist people sat, watched, listened, and learned from Atul how to cook Indian food. We were attending a Masterclass in his Riwaz restaurant in Beaconsfield.

He was very interesting to learn from, (one tip was to cook tomatoes towards the end of the cooking time), as they severely reduce the temperature of the pan, which means the other ingredients do not get the correct heat for the correct time. There were so many simple tips he shared to improve our cooking experience. Oh, and sliced tomatoes should be skin on, pips in.

I've now been to four of his restaurants and the food is superb at all of them.

If you get a chance to visit one (or more), I recommend that you take it up. The only thing you won't find there, are racists.

Without using an alias, how can you see the posts of someone that has blocked you? There are two answers, one will show you only one post, the other will show a continuos list of their posts.

Enjoy!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15088127/four-invasive-species-gardens-UK.html

This has appeared on Scooploop before, so if you know the answer, please give others a chance.
What does the Fi in WiFi stand for?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn9292wgxnqo?ua_linkname=bbcnews_thestudentsandgrandparentslivingunderoneroof_newsengland&at_campaign=crm&at_medium=emails&at_objective=conversion&at_ptr_name=airship&at_campaign_type=owned&at_ptr_type=media&at_creation=PANUK_DIV_37_NEW_TheUpbeat46_RET

The first web browser was called WorldWideWeb, but what was the first browser that was made available to the public: this displayed text and images on the same page?

Understandably, due to happenings elsewhere, various members are no longer posting/commenting on Scooploop, and some are no longer logging on. With the lack of staff and moderation, the future looks bleak. What are your thoughts?

Putting rice in a bag with a wet phone is the first thing most people would do, but this is not a scientific or safe action. Rice is not an efficient remover of moisture, and the dust in rice can damage a phone. You should use silica gel, which is the substance in the small packets in electronic devices packaging. Porridge oats, couscous and cat letter all absorb more water than rice.