Vagueness and the Aftermath - A sporadic diary

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Tik Tok Has been banned in America.

According to the headlines:

TikTok has said it will be forced to "go dark" in the US on Sunday unless the government intervenes before a ban takes effect.

The story doesn't explain what "Go dark" means. Is it referring to a blank screen, the dark web or what?

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A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, that means you can’t use TikTok for now.

So presumably" dark" in this case means not working for USA users.

I first came across the word "dark", in a similar context, when trying to see a show in LV, and it wasn't running on a certain day of the week, so the theatre was dark.

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Correct.

Things have moved on a little since my post and apparently Tik Tok users in the US are seeing this.

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Will Trump turn it back on because it will make him more popular or will he leave it off because he hates Chyna?

[Jon MW]

Will Trump turn it back on because it will make him more popular or will he leave it off because he hates Chyna?

Trump was the person who first banned Tik Tok

When he was President he passed an Executive Order to ban it

That order was overturned on account of the fact that this isn't what Presidential Executive Orders do and the President doesn't have the power to just ban something he doesn't like.

But since then both Trump and his business partners have received significant "investment" from China so now he's looking forward to overturning this ban.

So he will look to overturn the ban but it's not much to do with popularity 💰💰💰💰

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Thanks Jon.

That just in form our North America correspondent in the Worldwide headquarters at Tonbridge Wells.

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You know what we no longer have on blonde?

Answer - Kidz.

In the early days we had a good percentage of youngsters, and although many of them still pop in from time to time, they are all now middle aged.

I can't see us recruiting many generation Zs in the near future, so it's up to us oldies to do the stuff the kids used to do.

What we need are tales of drunkenness and debauchery, bad beat stories, diaries that last 3 days, ridiculous prop bets, and a smattering of new words. June, grim, level etc. How did they become standard vocabulary?

So to get us started I will tell you, in due course, about the last time I was drunk and about my current daft prop bet. In the meantime, here's a new word.

Mossing. It means to sit in a chair and stare into space, mouth slightly open, mind totally devoid of thought.

Mrs Red often catches me mossing and asks, "What are you so preoccupied with?" or, "Penny for your thoughts"
Obviously I can't admit the truth, so I wipe the drool from my chin and make something up.

I don't really know if this counts as a daft prop bet, but it is an ongoing bet and it is daft.

Somehow I have managed to start playing golf regularly with tikay, Neil Giblin, and Moulty, AKA bookiebasher.

The first time we played, Moulty said "We usually have a little bet, just to make it interesting, are you in?"

Being the new boy I didn't like to say no, so I was in.

Neil, on the advice of my "Good friend" tikay, awarded me a handicap, and we played the round. Afterwards we adjourned to a nearby hostelry to "Tot up the scores"

We found a quiet table and Moulty bought me a free drink, I asked why and he said "Oh, the winner always buys the drinks".

When we were all seated Moulty produced a score card with a flourish. According to his calculations, I owed £63 for "Stableford points", £20 for doubles, £8 for a pancake, and another £8 for skins. There was also something to do with Kit Kats and the occasional mention of an ice cream. This money was shared between the three of them, with Moulty getting the lions share.

I demanded to look at the scorecard for myself and Moulty dutifully handed it over. I expected to see four columns of numbers, but all I saw was a flurry of random signs and squiggles. They were like hieroglyphics produced by a drunken Egyptian doctor, only more difficult to decipher.


I've been back for more of the same several times now with similar results. Sometimes, if there are any coins on the table while they are sharing up my money, they will push those towards me and say, "Here you go, you won half a pancake. See, you're getting better".

If you don't believe me ask Typoon Trev. He's had the treatment.  

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Whether it will make any difference, I don't know. Making yourself taste nasty doesn't do any good after the sharks have ripped you apart. But you should note your scores and ask for a proper handicap (only three scores are required).

I have managed to sort out my golf swing to the extent that, this year, I will be like that recurrent character in films and stories, who is beaten down by circumstances and malefactors of various kinds, and finally rises up above them all, for glorious victory after glorious victory. This is only possible because my multiple dreadful humiliations of last year gifted me a handicap of 24.7.

[typhoon13]

You know what we no longer have on blonde?

Answer - Kidz.

In the early days we had a good percentage of youngsters, and although many of them still pop in from time to time, they are all now middle aged.

I can't see us recruiting many generation Zs in the near future, so it's up to us oldies to do the stuff the kids used to do.

What we need are tales of drunkenness and debauchery, bad beat stories, diaries that last 3 days, ridiculous prop bets, and a smattering of new words. June, grim, level etc. How did they become standard vocabulary?

So to get us started I will tell you, in due course, about the last time I was drunk and about my current daft prop bet. In the meantime, here's a new word.

Mossing. It means to sit in a chair and stare into space, mouth slightly open, mind totally devoid of thought.

Mrs Red often catches me mossing and asks, "What are you so preoccupied with?" or, "Penny for your thoughts"
Obviously I can't admit the truth, so I wipe the drool from my chin and make something up.

I don't really know if this counts as a daft prop bet, but it is an ongoing bet and it is daft.

Somehow I have managed to start playing golf regularly with tikay, Neil Giblin, and Moulty, AKA bookiebasher.

The first time we played, Moulty said "We usually have a little bet, just to make it interesting, are you in?"

Being the new boy I didn't like to say no, so I was in.

Neil, on the advice of my "Good friend" tikay, awarded me a handicap, and we played the round. Afterwards we adjourned to a nearby hostelry to "Tot up the scores"

We found a quiet table and Moulty bought me a free drink, I asked why and he said "Oh, the winner always buys the drinks".

When we were all seated Moulty produced a score card with a flourish. According to his calculations, I owed £63 for "Stableford points", £20 for doubles, £8 for a pancake, and another £8 for skins. There was also something to do with Kit Kats and the occasional mention of an ice cream. This money was shared between the three of them, with Moulty getting the lions share.

I demanded to look at the scorecard for myself and Moulty dutifully handed it over. I expected to see four columns of numbers, but all I saw was a flurry of random signs and squiggles. They were like hieroglyphics produced by a drunken Egyptian doctor, only more difficult to decipher.


I've been back for more of the same several times now with similar results. Sometimes, if there are any coins on the table while they are sharing up my money, they will push those towards me and say, "Here you go, you won half a pancake. See, you're getting better".

If you don't believe me ask Typoon Trev. He's had the treatment.  

Whoa hang on a minute here

I have had two rounds with yourself!! Teeks and Moulty and both times you have won due to bad handicapping I might add

Both times I have ended up passing a wedge over to yourself!!

Do not make out your losing all the time, far from it

Bookies score cards ae unreadable I agree but a bloody good laugh all the same

[tikay]

https://imgur.com/a/skYinw3

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Whoa hang on a minute here

I have had two rounds with yourself!! Teeks and Moulty and both times you have won due to bad handicapping I might add

Both times I have ended up passing a wedge over to yourself!!

Do not make out your losing all the time, far from it

Bookies score cards ae unreadable I agree but a bloody good laugh all the same

Very sneaky Trev. So subtle I almost didn't notice.

[Karabiner]

Whether it will make any difference, I don't know. Making yourself taste nasty doesn't do any good after the sharks have ripped you apart. But you should note your scores and ask for a proper handicap (only three scores are required).

I have managed to sort out my golf swing to the extent that, this year, I will be like that recurrent character in films and stories, who is beaten down by circumstances and malefactors of various kinds, and finally rises up above them all, for glorious victory after glorious victory. This is only possible because my multiple dreadful humiliations of last year gifted me a handicap of 24.7.

That's the great thing about the new World Handicap System - your handicap can go up or down quite dramatically.

If you play proper rubbish for a while you become very competitive again.

Not sure about these home-made handicaps though..

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When I hit it behind a tree I grumble a bit and press on.

When he does it I have to listen to a half hour rant about how unlucky he is.

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[Doobs]

When I hit it behind a tree I grumble a bit and press on.

When he does it I have to listen to a half hour rant about how unlucky he is.

Click to see full-size image.

Click to see full-size image.

Must owe a few grumbles for all the ones he has to listen to at the other place? 

Golf is rigged obv. 

[Supernova]

Women would pay to scrape it off me, like gladiator sweat.

Ermmmmmmmm...........

So that's a yes from Shaz, and she's the only blonde girl remaining on the forum, which gives me a 100% approval rating.

Ermmmmmmmmm is not quite a yes. Nor is gladiator sweat although I must go to Specsavers soon as I read it as radiator sweat which although I thought more appropriate  for you, I didn't know they did that, just leaked.