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I would vote against his party solely because it has the superfluous "u" in its name. So what do our local Brit-types make of these results? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Starmer vows to fight on after Labour punished in polls across Britain LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed on Friday to stay in office to "deliver change" after his Labour Party suffered heavy losses in English local elections and parliamentary votes in Scotland and Wales, deepening doubts over his ability to govern. Just under two years after winning a landslide national election, Starmer saw voters punish his ‌Labour government, with support evaporating even in its traditional strongholds in London, former industrial regions in central and northern England, and in Wales. The main beneficiary was the populist Reform UK party of Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage, which gained more than 1,000 council seats in England, and will likely form the main opposition in Scotland and Walesto the pro-independence Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru. Early results underscored the fracturing of Britain's traditional two-party system, with the once-dominant Labour and Conservative parties losing votes not only to Reform, but to the left-wing Green Party at the other end of the political spectrum, and to nationalists in Scotland and Wales. [...] https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks-labour-party-suffers-heavy-early-losses-reform-gains-elections-2026-05-08/

Thrilling Friday non-ES report, see man: Very short night of zzz, but we awoke in not much pain, we man. Breakfasted Mini-B., breakfast we man wee man man. It was spitting rain, so we chauffered Mini-B. to skool, chauffeur we man wee man man. Went from skool to lab for blood test, fasting we man. Was the Many'rd one inside, good timing man. Only half a tube of red stuff was drawn, mystified we man. "The doc ordered only a basic metabolic panel, see man," said our vampirette she man. We were confused, hoping at least for A1c if not also lipids man. Returned to casa and messaged doc, message MD man we man. "This was just a quick capture of your kidney function, si man," said MD man man. "We need to wait till July for lipids, need full Many months for new statin to kick in man," said MD man man. "Apologies for the confusion, si man," said MD man man, we man. We really need to find a new doc, can't stand this asininity man. We will do our full labs in Mexico next month, see if anything's pre-funky at that time we man. Returned to casa in stronger rain and breakfasted on toast, ingest we man. Out-straightened some overly difficult transfers regarding Uncle T-B.'s bank funds, man. Prepped some bills to mail at Post Office, prep we man. Mama T-B. called and said that feeder had left us a lunch, come now man. We said that we'd ingest it cold when we actually made it, pretty disgusted with day so far we man man. ES'd in nuisance rain, q.v. scintillating Friday ES report man. Visited Mama T-B. for ~1 hour, visit we man senior she man man. Lunch (after 2 p.m.) was cold chicken breast + cold dirty rice + cold squash, ingest we man. Erranded at Sam's Club, Many (2+2) items procured man. Erranded at bank, red carpet and genuflection for us as a $ucce$$ful bu$ine$$ typhoon man. Erranded at Post Office, every chore finally done man. Returned to casa in thick skoolzone traffic observed by cops, man. Serviced demanding miu, Where Were You All This Time Daddy miu man man. Din-din was traditional Friday Costco angusburgers, ingest Two Guys man. Movie night was Money Talks, watch and greatly enjoy Two Guys man**. **a real Two Guys movie has explosions, fast cars, and Heather Locklear in it, si man Many (2+2) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. This tallies to Many (2x2x2x2 -2) bowls for the week, minimum quota nicely exceeded man. Watched part of NBA game, boring as always man. Obviously there was no siesta today, man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. We haven't even thought about ESs/GSs for Saturday, supposed to rain most of day anyway man. No particular plans except to get ex-Mrs.-T-B. something for Mother's Day, Chicas Are Expensive man. And that was/is our thrilling Friday, report we man.

Friday ES report, see man: With effort*, we attended all Many (2+2) ESs, dependable we man. *see Thrilling Friday non-ES report, see man None yielded anything, skunked we man. Total = $0

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Never heard of this reasoning. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stanley closing US plant that made its famed yellow tape measures – because its foreign model is more popular [...] Stanley said there's lower demand for single-sided tape measures, which were produced in New Britain, and higher demand for its double-sided tape measures made in Thailand, according to the report. [...] https://www.yahoo.com/finance/markets/stocks/articles/stanley-closing-us-plant-made-220412446.html

What pushbrk says, and I should have added "on clinic letterhead" in countries that lack a standardized format.

Thread is moved from the K-1 Process forum to the "Moving to the US" forum, to be among similar threads.

Agree with Crazy Cat. And be sure to post a full review for us!

Well, haven't heard of any around the 'hood here. Most mobile services that I've seen seem to focus on dogs.

I'm receptive to this. However, the key issue is whether the mission is successful -- heaven forbid any of our guys get taken prisoner.

Quite true, but the U.S. public won't stand for it. And door-to-door searches for the targets equals dead Americans, which neither the public nor Pres. Trump want.

Thoughts? ~~~~~~~~ The Hilton Breach and the Failure of Paper-Thin Security The attempted assassination at the Washington Hilton was the fifth major attempt on the president's life since 2024. A lone actor raced through a hotel checkpoint and got close enough to matter. This is not a staffing problem or a protocol gap. It is a systemic collapse of imagination -- and it will keep happening until someone is willing to examine it from first principles rather than institutional habit. Quality control is invisible in everyday life precisely because it works. When you buy a car, you expect the brakes to function every single time. Industry achieves this through Six Sigma -- a manufacturing benchmark allowing only 3.4 defects per million opportunities. In a factory, that is world-class performance. Apply that math to protecting the U.S. President -- the pivot point for eight billion people -- and Six Sigma becomes a death sentence. [...] https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/05/the_hilton_breach_and_the_failure_of_paper_thin_security.html

That's hard, mam ma'am. Not recently, mam ma'am... and probably as expensive (or more so) than the vet. Probably even more expensive, and they focus on dogs. Into a doctor's office burst a panicked man. He had a celery in his left ear, a rhubarb in his right ear, and a carrot up his nose. "What's the matter with me, Doc?" he cried. "You're not eating properly," said the doctor.

No way, sad to say LS ma'am. Luck, LS ma'am. Cat T-B. needs her annual very soon, too; 4-wheel manicure is included in the outrageous price.

Thrilling Thursday report, see man: Absolutely lousy overnight zzz, man. Breakfast was toast, ingest we man. A siesta was attempted, more "close eyes & rest" than any zzz man. Fizzicle therapy finally happened, glorious man. FT lady appalled at how hosed our carcass was, appalled she man. We needed 2 hours of reconstitution, wow man. She mobilized our spine, center of most woes elsewhere man. She dry-needled/e-stimmed our back, hip, hamstrings, & calves, rhythmic we man. (We were warned not to drink beer afterward, spring leak we man man.) She gave us 2 exercises for our shoulder, easy and almost certainly helpful man. She recommended better zzz-ing positions for our hip, certain to be helpful man. We were sore immediately afterward but wonderful thereafter, don't wanna die now we man man. We can now even climb stairs normally, no need to lead with one leg only man. We hope that this lasts beyond today, glorious man. Miu took great interest in FT process and jumped all over FT lady's equipment, little claw damage man. We bided time until Zoom caucus with Mama T-B.'s financial advi$or$, annual portfolio review man. Long-time managerette agreed that Mama T-B. would question every loss of pennies, man. We were satisfied with an overview and with asking basic questions, si man. Portfolio boss will act this week on CPA's long-standing concern, utilize short-term carryover losses man. This in itself will be a major victory, summit of Mount Financial Everest man. We are sorry that Mama T-B. is merely a multiManyaire when we are a $ucce$$ful bu$ine$$ typhoon with $Many,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 in annual POTS* income, sigh man. *buy yours today, si man! We were looking forward to din-din and decompressing, look-forwarding we man. But then Mama T-B. called, demand debriefing senior she man man. We relayed the positive news in succinct-yet-complete fashion, si man. Mama T-B. re-questioned everything, man. We repeated the positive news in even more detail, repeat positively we man. Mama T-B. re-questioned everything, man. During all this, Mini-B. de-skoolbused and was retrieved by ex-Mrs.-T-B., non-Two Guys eve man. Mama T-B. began catastrophizing about chickenpoop expenses, typical and man. We managed to end the call, over half an hour man. Mama T-B. called back, catastrophize and repeat all questions and more man. We managed to end the call, end we man. Mama T-B. called back again, catastrophize and repeat all questions and more man. We managed to end the call, end we man. By now, it was the very thickest of skoolzone time, delay din-din out man. We set forth regardless, intrepid we man. Mama T-B. called twice during short drive, catastrophize and repeat all questions and more man. We ran over a curb during the second call, just about had it distracted we man man. Din-din was at Popeye's**, ingest we man. **WUOC, F$WM From there, we pharmacied for Uncle T-B., all Rx's seemingly filled for Many days again man. Senior he man very grateful, not much delay or distraction man. Returned to casa and nearly zzz'd during TV news, exhausted we man man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. let Mini-B. siesta on her couch, bad idea man***. ***Mini-B. hates siestas and feels lousy afterward, He Will Learn Someday man He barely finished his Inglish assignment, groggy wee man man. He could not finish his other assignments, groggy wee man man. He is voluntarily embedding himself at this writing, mirabile dictu man. We were reading newspaper articles from a South Texas area, read we man. We read about a public official named Frutoso Gomez, weird name man. We asked ex-Mrs.-T-B. if she'd ever heard that name, ask ex-she man we man man. She laughed out loud and said, "No, no man," si and hee hee hee man. Throw it into Google Translate and imagine going through life with it, hilarious man. We also wonder about the girl name Montserrat, si man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. says it's very common in Mexico, si man. But it means "jagged mountain," what's feminine or pretty or elegant about that man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. We have itineraried Many (2+2) highly local ESs for Friday, itinerary we man. Another is in favorite middle-sized town, unsure we want to go there just for one man. We must also visit Mama T-B., aysheep senior she man man. And that was/is our thrilling Thursday, report we man.