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Richard Oelmann

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Welsh rugby, English cricket, EdTech and Moodle - not necessarily in that order. Catalyst IT, learning tech, Higher and Primary Ed

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My gmail will probably take a long time to actually disappear, but if I start using something else as my primary address, that will eventually become a spam holder and not much else.

11.03.2026 00:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes, but your post has prompted me to do it :)
Probably protonmail - too much hassle to set my own email server up and maintain it, even though I already have a domain I can use (which is another task, to move that domain off AWS)
But I may research alternatives before jumping straight to proton.

11.03.2026 00:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I do still use GMail and GoogleDocs for a few things, like collaborative files with family members, but looking to move away from those in 2026 too. GMail will take longest because I've been using it so long changing email address will be difficult, but going to make it happen.

10.03.2026 23:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I use Ubuntu in work and Mint at home
Libre Office
Thunderbird
GIMP (Its not what it sounds like ;))
Chromium browser with DuckDuckGo
And I have an old tower PC set up with NextCloud for photo/music and file storage
I'm sure there are better setups, but it works for me :)

10.03.2026 23:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So a low spec Win based equivalent of a cheap chromebook?

10.03.2026 23:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Schrodinger's mines ?

10.03.2026 23:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Vegan chilli con carne anyone?

10.03.2026 23:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ask me when nsync have as many top 10s and platinum discs as the Beatles!

10.03.2026 12:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The 1st big assumption there being that an orange check mark leads to an uptick in votes.
Might happen in a red primary, unlikely in the actual elections.

08.03.2026 13:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Please go back and read my post again.
You have responded to a post that already highlights that it is only talking about income tax and acknowledges that other tax burdens exist, by saying 'oh but other taxes' - a line already in my post!

08.03.2026 11:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Outcome of investigation: the centre of Irans nuclear weapons programme was housed in the science labs in that school - they were heard talking about atoms in a chemistry lesson, so that proves it!
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08.03.2026 10:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Along with fuel duty, road tax, customs and excise taxes on beers, wines, spirits, tobacco, and, you know 'other taxes'

08.03.2026 10:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think that comes under my last line?
"and yes, fully acknowledge other taxes too."

08.03.2026 10:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No other party raised more money from dodgy overseas, foreign, tax-dodging donations than the ReFukLtd company...
Fixed it!

08.03.2026 08:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My ICQ UIN is 7231680. That number is burned into my consciousness. I inadvertently learned that you could see private conversations in public chat rooms when using Telnet instead of a browser on GeoCities. I can tell you the difference in audible dial-up handshakes between 1200, 2400, 14.4 kbps modems. I needed a edu email address to join Facebook after my university was admitted. We were here at the beginning. We made social media. You wouldn't be in my Top 8. I have usernames older than you.
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Threads thread: thriller_instinct 3d Is it okay to bully 40 and 50 year olds who are on social media just for being on it, cuz like why are you here - 254 Q 3.1K G 28 746 corporateash 18h โ€ขโ€ขโ€ข My ICQ UIN is 7231680. That number is burned into my consciousness. I inadvertently learned that you could see private conversations in public chat rooms when using Telnet instead of a browser on GeoCities. I can tell you the difference in audible dial-up handshakes between 1200, 2400, 14.4 kbps modems. I needed a edu email address to join Facebook after my university was admitted. We were here at the beginning. We made social media. You wouldn't be in my Top 8. I have usernames older than you. 852 Q62 G6 72

โ€œI have usernames older than you.โ€.
Holy shit

06.03.2026 01:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 20792 ๐Ÿ” 4427 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 767 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1142

Go and get a book, take it to the pub to start reading over a pint before heading home to continue reading and fall asleep with said book. - Solved!

06.03.2026 15:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No, he probably didn't - but that's because every time he opened his mouth he just proved how big a tw@t he was.

05.03.2026 16:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think you are confusing NATO and the UN Security Council
Russia and China are not even members of NATO, let alone being part of '5 permanent members with veto power'

05.03.2026 15:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'd like to see where it says that in the NATO articles!

05.03.2026 15:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Both can be true Bear :)

04.03.2026 15:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As I responded to another thread - such people are within the tax system, the fact that they do not earn enough to pay [income] tax is not relevant, they are subject to taxes, simply below the threshold at which they are liable to make a payment.
- and yes, fully acknowledge other taxes too.

04.03.2026 08:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Housing a Raspberry Pi ;) lol

03.03.2026 22:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If G&D were replicated across the country, then surely by definition Greens would be the largest party - in fact they'd be the only party with any MPs!

03.03.2026 15:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think we now know the answer to the questions posed over the last few weeks (re Venezuela, Minnesota, etc)
Will US military obey illegal orders or will they defend their oath to the constitution?
They have definitively answered that one.

03.03.2026 15:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

continuing to maintain that Peter Jackson's decision to omit the Scouring of the Shire section has left us with a consequences void that regularly costs us

03.03.2026 10:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I haven't seen an argument from you worth countering.

02.03.2026 17:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The book series (as in most cases) is even better than the film and adds even greater depth to the storyline and main characters.
I must add them back to my reread stack!

02.03.2026 17:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Unfortunately, that is the current state of our FPTP system.
It stinks, but its what's there right now. We can (and people do) argue what it *should be* but that's kind of irrelevant when none of the parties show any interest in changing it.

02.03.2026 15:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well, if you don't go, the "panic buying" might mean there's none left when you do!

02.03.2026 11:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Most such people are still in our tax system, they simply don't earn enough to become liable to pay any.

01.03.2026 23:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0