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Yeah, good luck for anyone here who's registered interest. Not sure how I feel about a ballot for a volunteering place. Even without my priority status for Oxfam I think I'd still prefer a fastest first bunfight.

My first thought, before reading the second paragraph, was Ireland. As I understand it they've been very successful there, and generally well received by people.

Don't give em ideas!

One of my favourite things ever is being in a massive crowd at the Pyramid watching a huge act put on a headlining show that people are going to be talking about for years. Another of my favourite things ever is being at a headliner on a smaller stage with a bunch of people who've chosen to be there over the massive act on the Pyramid because they love the act, the act know and appreciate this and put on an amazing performance. One of my least favourite things is seeing an act I love on a stage that's too big for them playing to a noticeably small and largely indifferent crowd.

It almost feels like for some of the acts with the particularly fervent fans, the cost is almost part of the appeal. This person/band that I've built a large party of my identity and is so big and special and important they can charge THIS much and I can show how devoted I am to them by paying

Saw A Mirror last week. Mostly a four hander (except for a key scene) and all 4 are very good, in particular Johnny Lee Miller and an excellent Tanya Reynolds (Lily from Sex Education). Clever, well done, nice and twisty. A play within a play within a play with a twist. But don't worry, it all makes sense.

Probably. f**king irony.

A smart, interested, well informed friend just stopped reading the news during Covid. It did wonders for her quality of life.

I admit to knowing very little about him and have never knowingly seen any of his output but I've heard from a couple of different places that in the context of Youtubers he's actually one of the good guys. Well, one of the OK guys at least. And yes, I know that's a pretty low bar

And well done @Alvoram! I seem to remember you struggling more to stick with it last year (apologies if I'm misremembering) so it's even better you've put that behind you and cracked on.

Excellent work. That's about what I had to lose last year. Those milestones are always so satisfying. You must be seeing and feeling massive differences by now.

I really enjoyed the NZ festivals I went to when I lived there but I think the biggest was about 5000. If Glastonbury was in NZ it'd be what, the 4th biggest city by population?

I'd guess something will be sent to the people who selected campervan just to make it clear? But who knows. From memory the bus always had the cost next to it on the drop down I think. I guess if people are taken by surprise then they can just say it was in the T&Cs and you ticked the box to say you'd read them.

In a way I don't think they do. Well, they do count towards emissions obviously, but if someone used to do a bad thing, then stopped doing the bad thing, then surely that's a positive? Otherwise no-one would stop doing anything bad. And nothing would change. If you see what I mean. I'm sure we all have stuff we used to do that we've since changed our minds on. Doesn't mean you can't point out that these things might be bad. TBH I think you're all (Neil included) so determined to argue that you're making points you don't even agree with and tying yourselves in knots. And for the record, I fly, once or twice a year, nearly always within Europe.

It's a new way of doing it. I suppose having people join a group means the details are correct so people get properly matched up and avoids spelling mistakes leading to people not being put together. Also makes it clearer that they'll try to rota you at the same time but you might not be working together

Yep. And you the do your 3 shifts before the main shifts start

It's part of the profile section. From memory it's a tick box of drop down or summat indicating availability

That's how my friend got in. Somehow got to the payment page.

One of my friends got in. Could of friends of friends missed out. Just one to go still

I'm currently on a rare trip to London. Think I'll probably give it a miss though.

Wouldn't have had Neil down as on the side of the Victorian mill owners when faced with the new fangled "weekend". What's your stance on sending small children up chimneys?

Be a bit awkward when we both turned up wearing the same thing though

Well my little experiment worked. Checked the NHS app and my test results are already in. Hba1c actually dropped very slightly (39 down to 37). at the higher end of not diabetic but still very much not diabetic. That's the important one obviously but every other thing that's tested for was in the normal range. (Some can be affected by diabetes, some have nothing to do with it but are just part of the blood test) I'm so f**king normal it's abnormal! Was waiting for the bus when I checked. Actually fist pumped and shouted "yes"when I read it. Also, those are some crazy numbers @gigpusher Think I average about 15,000 but mine are skewed upwards by some big fell days.

And remember, if you don't get a spot right away, keep trying.

Haven't done it every year as I lived abroad for a few years but my first was in 2003. I remember realising a couple of years ago I was working alongside people who weren't born when I first started