philipsteak

Yes, but only if it's expired

Chris Straits? Rea Dire?

It is. Even better when they turn into proper real life friendships. Or, as is the case in my group, a couple who've now been living together for a few years

We ask for id from guests at check in (youth hostel). Once had a guy try to use his car as ID.

@kalifire If it's Type 2 you're talking about (I don't even know if you can develop type 1 as an adult?) and you'd like some advise, fell free to DM me. As documented in the fitness threads, I went from VERY diabetic (hba1c of 113) to not diabetic (hba1c of 35) in 6 months but not official as that was while taking metformin, to officially not diabetic (hba1c of 38 but not on metformin) in 9 months from first diagnosis. Just managing it is no longer the only option, you can put it in remission. And generally feel so much better in the process.

A few years back we (youth hostels) had to remove spotted d*ck from our menu for school groups because the emails would never get through to them

It seemed like I was the only one who paid that year. Must've been me and you then!

They could paint the cows pink. It'd look awesome on Instagram

New Taskmaster already! Looks like a great cast. I think Sophie Willan will baffle Greg even more than Lucy Beaumont did last series. Potential for utter chaos from her.

I've only ever voted by post

I'm moving jobs (same company, different location) so double and triple checked that my annual leave has been properly moved over. Never been an issue here as it's just understood that I'm off at the end of June.

Yeah, that was weird. I mean you could've just got in normally but you insisted that you wanted to go in in the barrel of piss.

I've worked with rubbish stewards and supervisors, rubbish security and rubbish festaff at times, but only ever had good experiences with the gate managers. Friendly, approachable, know everything there is to know about running a Glastonbury gate and usually absolutely recognise the fact that we're volunteers (not always the case at some festivals). They are also usually an excellent source of gossip, so if you haven't already you'll need to up your gossip game Paul.

Just got around to watching the Tory London attack ad. Genuinely bonkers, even with the Penn Station footage removed. It's like something Chris Morris might have made.

Nice. That'd be an excellent role to get. The gate managers seem to stick around for years.

Just make sure at the end of that 8 hours you aren't leaning over the bar slurring "here lemme show you how it's done" while pulling your own pint!

First poster is out. Thoughts? Recommendations? As expected I know a few on there but not many. Possibly more than I expected too. It'll be my first time at Shambala this year, and I'll be stewarding for Oxfam. A few of my regular festival going mates are going too. Looking forward to it. Never done one this late in summer before so like that festival season's being stretched out for me.

No, I get that. I have to admit I'm not a huge fan of his style but I'll always be grateful to him. It was reading his book after my type 2 diabetes diagnosis that really got me kick-started on sorting myself out and going into remission. Him and Tom Watson were both a big help. Well, them two and the doctor who first started the ultra low calorie/low carb/very fast weight loss diet that helps put it in remission whose name I can't remember unfortunately.

Absolutely. It's not a witch hunt. I've volunteered for then for years, my first was in 2003. I'm pro Oxfam stewarding generally. But constructive feedback is always useful. My boss might see it differently (good online reviews is one of their KPIs) but I always think constructive, thoughtful, but ultimately negative reviews from guests are way more useful than vague, sunny, positive ones.

Just had an email from Oxfam about a survey and was able to use some of StoneCircle's account to inform some of my answers (without going in to any detail). Maybe if a few of us do the same it might help prevent similar things happening in the future.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001wh8w This is quite interesting on fitness/activity trackers. Yes, they help track (obviously) but they do actually help with making people more active. We really are simple creatures at the end of the day.

Winston Peters was doing the crazy populist thing for years before it became fashionable again everywhere else. He was a major irritant when I lived there 15 years and had been for years before. Probably helped by the fact not much happens in NZ and he's always good for a story.

Other than on GB News and your real, full on headbanger racists is there that much support for the Rwanda plan? I'd have thought your average 'a bit racist' or even just 'a bit anti immigrant' types would've thought " I might not want them coming over here but even I can see that idea is mad" Dunno

I've been amazed at how young the crowds are for acts from that era. A prime example would be at Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbot on the Other Stage a few years back. I expected it all to be people my age or even older. Instead I was surrounded by teenagers, all singing along word perfect to songs I'd forgotten and probably hadn't actively listened too since before they were born. Having said that, the crowd at Pulp in Manchester last year seemed to be 95% same age as me. So maybe won't spend £70 on a ticket to see them but would go a a festival set.

A Fat Boy Slim acoustic set. I'd be interested in seeing that.