Bob Beaker

@bbeaker@toot.community
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127 Posts

Retired tech worker.
Beekeeper, gardener, maker, baker and cook.
Part time transvestite.

He/Him/Tart

LocationHampshire, UK

Waiting for a Yodel delivery. This will be their third attempt, both previous abandoned before the delivery window closed, the second two hours before the window even opened.

Suppliers should tell you the delivery agent they are using up front. If I'd known it was Yodel I'd have taken my business elsewhere.

Things go from bad to worse for Elmo, the incels' favourite crush.

"French Tesla customers file lawsuit over brand becoming 'extreme-right' symbol. A group of Tesla customers in France are demanding that their lease contracts be terminated and legal costs be reimbursed over the "direct and concrete" damage suffered from the brand's association with Elon Musk's activities in the Trump administration and his support for far-right parties in Europe."

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250611-french-tesla-customers-sue-over-brand-becoming-extreme-right

#Swastikars

French Tesla customers file lawsuit over brand becoming 'extreme-right' symbol

A group of Tesla customers in France are demanding that their lease contracts be terminated and legal costs be reimbursed over the "direct and concrete" damage suffered from the brand's association with Elon Musk's activities in the Trump administration and his support for far-right parties in Europe.

FRANCE 24
I don't know about entering a room and forgetting what you came to do. But I've just left a pint pot of beer on top of the fridge and carried a jug of freshly made Yorkshire Pudding batter into the living room to drink.

Hello AliExpress your "There may be an internet fault" does not fool me. No problem with the Internet my end.

Brought the same product from another supplier at a 50p premium, but perhaps their platform was not so keen on fingerprinting.

Any Discworld fans here? I suddenly had an image of Death coming to a newly transitioned trans person on Discworld just to collect their deadname.

BE AT EASE. IT IS NOT YET YOUR TIME. I'M ONLY HERE FOR THE NAME.

#trans #transgender #Discworld #TerryPratchett

Just replaced the thermostat in our immersion heater, failed open circuit after less than 4 years. Little plastic bit broke,

Looked at the stock level at my three nearest Screwfix stores, they had 5, 12 and 20 units in stock. They must see a hell of a turn over in cheap thermostats.

Still the 15,000 hour/15 year LED bulbs I brought at the same time will last won't they.

Needed a couple of replacement parts for a clock I'm repairing. So found them at my regular parts supplier, nine quid fair enough, but a fiver flat rate shipping cost. So I might as well add a few non-essentials to replenish my spares stock, I need a new eyeglass etc...

Such an easy way to spend sixty quid without trying.

This is the way.

A high school freshman track athlete took second place behind a trans athlete, and a Republican leader used the situation to push hateful propaganda. The girl responds:

"I don't feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points... No one was harmed by Soren’s participation in the girls’ track meet, but we are all harmed by the hateful rhetoric of bullies, like Rep. Libby."

I REPAIRED MY PHONE!!

I don't normally mind being mistaken as female, I know long hair and a bright shirt can confuse some people.

Today though it cost me an extra 20 minutes in an NHS waiting room and presumably the AAA screening team similar time as they waited for a patient that was already there.

Receptionist had been glancing around the room, not seeing me as a male, so not calling out a name.

When I queried the delay she finally made the connection and I was seen in 20s.