Would prefer a direct one up one down system, rather than an unhealthy weighted play off, but better than nothing...
I broke the lid from my wedding gift teapot (20+ years old). Denby didn't do the exact model any more, but gave me a good enough replacement, free!
Won't help your predicament, but just wanted to shout out denby for awesome customer service!
Smeghead Or cockwomble.
This year I finally snapped (pun intended!), and moved to debian 12 on the desktop (after starting on Ubuntu 6.06). It's so familiar, but somehow more straight forward. Things "just work", as opposed to the constant niggles I had with Ubuntu.
There's a couple of vocal people trying to get quackhouse.uk as it's replacement, but it's down at the moment. And a crap name, imo.
“We’re determined to get this through as quickly as possible. So the real question is: is the Labour Party going to stand in the way and stop this from happening, or are they going to work with us and support this Bill so we can get it through as quickly as possible?"
Is this some sort of weird 3d chess thing that I'm too dumb to understand? " labour won't back our batshit plan, so we'll teach them a lesson, and call an election. Which they'll win. And then they won't enact our batshit plan. "
Nope, I don't get it at all.
Saved you a click: "In a nutshell, if an app needs special permissions that can only be granted through ADB (or with root), you can just use Shizuku to grant them right from your Android device."
Cough Snap cough
Steve Borthwick queries World Rugby high-hits approach
England coach Steve Borthwick suggests World Rugby's approach to high tackles has shifted in the wake of their intervention over an incident involving his captain Owen Farrell.
![Borthwick queries World Rugby high-hits approach](https://feddit.uk/pictrs/image/fef511b6-c8ba-438d-86e7-ea38b4fba3bd.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
"I also note there was a tremendous amount of comment from World Rugby about Owen Farrell over a couple of weeks during our preparation for this tournament, a situation that went on and on, and there were lots of comments from World Rugby."
This is the 2nd or 3rd time he's whinged about the time taken over Farrell's card. Without seemingly realising that if he / they had shut up and accepted the decision at the time, it would have blown over quickly.
all likely to be one sided. However, I'm interested in seeing how Tonga go with their ex-all blacks. You never know, the good weather may suit them better than Ireland, and at least make it a decent game.
Dodgy Run Out?
Kate Cross shows great awareness to run out Achini Kulasuriya after the Sri Lankan is caught meandering back to her crease at the non-striker's end.
!['That is criminal!' - Kulasuriya run out by Cross for 0](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/18217faa-2798-4696-b096-deb28d80c665.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
After the furore over Bairstow's run out in the Ashes, is this one "great awareness" as the BBC says (in the body, the headline seems to have been changed!), or poor sportsmanship?
Just waiting for Odogwu to light things up against a tired defence. Could be carnage.
Fucking hell. These anthems 🤣
"Dum Dee Dum Dee dum"
Can we have some music, please? You know, a band, like it's meant to be?
France seemed to give up there! Play to the whistle!
I was 5 minutes late to the game. Missed most of the best bits!
Lomu vs Catt is a the big one on the pitch for me
And Mandela giving the trophy to Piennara is an iconic image
Love it! High risk, High reward. Could have all gone wrong, but didn't - it's good to see some different thinking, especially in warm up games
Only four years after fielding the youngest team in a final, there are myriad reasons why England have arrived in France in crisis
![Why has it all gone wrong for England since the last men’s Rugby World Cup?](https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/2b3867d2-f586-4b3f-8ff2-42aeb4001ff5.webp?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
A bit of a long read, and nothing to really surpise anyone here, but it's good to give some history to the current shitshow
Seems sensible. Now please can Borthwick, and everyone else in the England camp just accept it, and move on. Or will we have another week of "anyone who knows him, knows he's not a dirty player" and other empty nonsense?
Rugby World Cup 2023: Former Wasps wing Paolo Odogwu named in Italy squad - BBC Sport
After being discarded by England, Odogwu is in the italy squad. Good for him!
England captain Owen Farrell has been cleared to play after his red card against Wales was not upheld by a disciplinary panel
![England get shock Rugby World Cup relief after Farrell red card is rescinded](https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/bbfbc20d-c748-4b1d-8573-d1277ab0e3fc.webp?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Well, will, well... I thought they'd bottle it, but not this badly!
What a shit, anti-ev article.
But in answer to the question, I'd ask the host before arriving, and would expect to pay / donate to cover the cost of charging the car. It'd work out as an extra fiver a day or so, at a guess.
Only gotcha is that the intelligent doesn't always work! I've had at it 3 times in a row where the schedule had not been obeyed and charged too much, or outside of the plan. A problem with kia, rather then octopus, apparently. It is beta, after all.
But on the other hand, it does offer cheap rates outside of that 6 hour window if it determines you need it.
And the rest of the house also benefits during that time. The more you can shift off peak (dishwasher, washing machine, etc) the better. Octopus reckons I use over 50% of my household consumption in the off peak hours.
Ireland captain Johnny Sexton is given a three-match ban that will see him miss his country's three World Cup warm-up matches.
![Sexton banned from three World Cup warm-up games](https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/cdd523c0-8579-443c-a9e9-48dec73105c3.webp?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Convenient...
Stuart Hogg announces his immediate retirement, Scottish Rugby announce.
![Scotland's Hogg announces immediate retirement](https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/e3e1dbd5-3572-471e-8f72-4268ecae2daa.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
England World Cup training squad
England hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie is out of World Cup because of a shoulder injury, says head coach Steve Borthwick.
![England's Cowan-Dickie ruled out of World Cup](https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/6192e251-8052-44a0-b998-1e4b13cff929.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Mercer (Top 14 player of the season) out.
Care and Youngs remain (along with JVP) as scrum half.
😞
Bristol Bears to face Crusaders
Bristol Bears will face the newly crowned 2023 Super Rugby champions and one of the leading club sides on the planet on Friday, February 9th, 2024, when the New Zealand side the Crusaders visit Ashton Gate for a historic exhibition match.
Got to give Bristol credit here - yes, it's likely to be 2nd teams that run out for this, but they're making a good event of Rugby in Bristol - getting games against the Springboks, Barbars, and now the Crusaders. A great way to get the "casual" fans in, as opposed to another match against Sale in a noddy cup (for example, no disrespect to Sale, it's just that Bris seem to play them 10 times a season!).
Exclusive: A restructuring of the game below the Premiership could see the three clubs back in the second tier by the 2025-26 season