I work in supply chain for the largest supermarket chain in the Eastern United States. We do this every hurricane. We still have warehouses full of weeks' worth of toilet paper. imgur.com/a/p5Tqe31
[WP] The Dark Lord has fallen. He united many foul creatures. His army destroyed many kingdoms before he was slain. You are one of his creatures. Captured, you are sent in chains to a sorcerer's laboratory. What he says is completely unexpected. "I have a problem I think you can help me with."
Is there a list of mandatory literature for schools in the United Kingdom?
Hello! I'm a student from Lithuania and I'm doing research on the topic of mandatory literature in schools.
I would like to know whether you have such a list and if there any problems related to accessing the literature? For example: are there any sources of accessing the books online in audiobook format?
I'm making a list of all the top Science Fiction and Fantasy magazines, in the United Kingdom and United States. Please add to the list, via the comments section, if I'm missing any great popular magazines that pay aspiring authors professional, or even semi professional rates, for their stories.
- Asimov's Science Fiction
- Apex Magazine
- Interzone
- Analog Magazine
- Strange Horizons
- Clarkesworld Magazine
- GUD
- Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine
- TOR Magazine
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies
- Uncanny Magazine
- Fiyah Magazine
- Lightspeed Magazine
- Shoreline of Infinity
- Deep Magic
I'll edit this section as more people add their magazines in the comments section. Also, if you know any podcasts that read Fantasy/ Sci-Fi short stories on the regular, please mention them to.
To speed delivery for coronavirus shut-ins, Israeli grocers to offer fixed shopping list - As supermarket chains become overwhelmed by online orders, βfixed basketsβ aim to solve packing bottleneck haaretz.com/israel-news/bβ¦
One of the larger supermarket chains here in Austria will start selling milk in returnable glass bottles.
Blueberry Jam in WINTER!! Here in NY we get one or two weeks where the supermarkets have blueberries for 99cents a pint. A local chain had them now, in the dead of winter (if you could call it that...hardly any snow and above average temps) for 99cents. This gal had to make jam!
Since we know that plastics are infiltrating our food chain and generally harming the planet, why does every single piece of fruit you buy in a supermarket have a plastic sticker telling me the brand of pear/apple/mandarin?
Workers demonstrate for higher minimum pay in front of the largest supermarket chain of the Netherlands. Supermarket photoshops out the minimum wage part and makes a post about how proud they are of their workers. imgur.com/3Tc6sDJ
List of wars involving the United Kingdom en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisβ¦
The government is temporarily removing elements of competition law, allowing supermarkets to work together on stock and supply chains gov.uk/government/news/suβ¦
What is the hierarchy of supermarket chains in your country, from highest to lowest end?
Not knowing if your nationality in a drop down list is 'United Kingdom', 'British', 'Great Britain' or 'English'
Or Scottish/Welsh/Northern Irish before u smart cunts kick off
BREAKING: Premier Doug Ford to announce a shut down of all non-essential services to curb the COVID19 spread. Only essential manufacturers and supply chain providers as well as supermarkets, pharmacies, LCBO, and takeout restaurants to remain open. Details Tuesday. twitter.com/robertbenzie/β¦
UK supermarkets 'not transparent enough' about pesticide use - Many UK supermarkets are not being transparent with shoppers about the use of potentially harmful pesticides in their global supply chains, according to a report. theguardian.com/business/β¦
Supermarket chains are rolling out surge-pricing -- meaning prices will rise and fall over the course of the day in response to demand theguardian.com/world/201β¦
Waitrose will allow customers to fill their own containers with products ranging from pasta to washing-up liquid in an effort to cut waste. The UK supermarket chain said the ideas have the potential to save thousands of tonnes of unnecessary plastic and packaging. news.sky.com/story/waitroβ¦
"In the United States and all over the world, we are witnessing a dangerous rise in anti-Semitic acts of violence. I am deeply concerned about reports that the terrible shooting at a kosher supermarket in New Jersey was motivated by hatred of the Jewish people." - Bernie Sanders on Twitter twitter.com/BernieSandersβ¦
Kinda new to Kingdom Hearts and Iβve just beaten Re:Chain of Memories (Soraβs part) and got a funny number in the end
UN General Assembly voted in favor of setting a six-month deadline for the United Kingdom to withdraw from the Chagos Archipelago
Journalist of news portal 'Hessenschau' mocks fast sell out of disinfectant in a supermarket chain: "Corona-Hysterie" "Ich verkneife mir jetzt einfach mal einen Kommentar dazu..." (="I stop myself from commenting (this)) hessenschau.de/morgentickβ¦
TIL that around 1/3 of all land in the United Kingdom is still owned by the Aristocracy and other landed gentry en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briβ¦
Friends from across the pond, looking for a catalogue style list of food/drink/cosmetic products available in New York supermarkets/food outlets, anybody able to help with that?
Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories CUSTOM Blu-Ray Case w/ 2 DVDs Containing the Whole Story (with Riku's story in Sora's, props to Everglow on YT).
TIL that England doesn't have its own national anthem so God Save the Queen (the national anthem of the United Kingdom as a whole) is often used in its place. Candidates for an English national anthem include "Jerusalem", "Land of Hope and Glory"and "I Vow to Thee, My Country". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proβ¦
The overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom began on January 17, 1893, with a coup d'Γ©tat against Queen LiliΚ»uokalani. The revolutionaries established the Republic of Hawaii, but their ultimate goal was the annexation of the islands to the United States, which occurred in 1898. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oveβ¦
Only 37% of Germans say they trust the United Kingdom in a recent poll, a new low
The RWC Final was the most-watched TV moment of the year in the United Kingdom, with a peak audience of 12.8million (79 per cent share of the viewing audience at that peak) rugbypass.com/news/englanβ¦
Tolkien's work is protected under the Copyright law of the United Kingdom until 2043. Can anyone explain how exactly Copyright law of the United Kingdom works, and what will happen in 2043 and onwards?
TIL that the per capita energy consumption in the United States is more than twice the consumption of someone in the United Kingdom data.worldbank.org/indicaβ¦
"Ghosts of Dawn", Stack Rocks in the Morning, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, United Kingdom [OC] [2048x1365] by @ansharphoto
I was refused sale for a bottle of wine today (in a national chain supermarket) because my 7 year old niece didn't have any ID
I'm also in my niece's bad books as after the most infuriating conversation with the spotty teenager who decided that IDing a little girl was a logical step, I left without letting her play on the little ride-on spaceship by the front door, so today has been a total bust
Given the Conservative win in the United Kingdom, do you think this could lead to the Independence of Scotland and Reunification of Ireland?
This idea is largely based on:
- Scotland voted in its entirety the National Scottish Party bar 1 Labour and 3? Conservatives.
- Brexit was a 67% against vote in Scotland
- Then also considering that Northern Ireland voted for other parties, no Conservative seats. So, do you think the basis for 2 referendums that will see the end of the United Kingdom?
Nikki Cross would love an NXT UK run: βI love a lot of the NXT talent, I know most of them so thatβs definitely something I could see in the future. I think it would be very gratifying for the United Kingdom fansβ metro.co.uk/2020/01/23/wwβ¦
President Trump: "I am a great friend and admirer of the Queen & the United Kingdom. It was reported that Harry and Meghan, who left the Kingdom, would reside permanently in Canada. Now they have left Canada for the U.S. however, the U.S. will not pay for their security protection. They must pay!" twitter.com/realDonaldTruβ¦
An ornately carved oak bed that spent 15 years in the honeymoon suite of a hotel in Chester, in the United Kingdom, had a remarkable hidden history: Experts recently found that it is likely to be a long-lost royal marriage bed dating to the 15th century. [2238x1400]
Supermarket chain photoshopped the demands to raise minimum wage to 14β¬ an hour out. While leaving the rest in.
Keir Starmer: I spent 20 years of my life fighting against the death penalty in other countries. I never thought that in the 21st century I would see a Home Secretary of the United Kingdom who believes in capital punishment twitter.com/Keir_Starmer/β¦
People of The United Kingdom & France, how did your country deal with decolonization in the latter 20th century? Was there much resistance to it or did the transition occurred βsomewhatβ peacefully?
Note: I know The Dutch, Spanish, Belgian, and Portuguese had empires at the time. Your input is welcomed as well.
The shopping carts of my local supermarket have a built-in magnifying glass for your shopping list
Acquisition of EU citizenship: in 2017, 825 000 persons acquired a citizenship of a Member State in the EU. The Member States where most people acquired citizenship in 2017 were Italy (18% of all acquired citizenships in the EU), the United Kingdom (15%), Germany and France (14% each)
TIL that in the 1983 United Kingdom General Election The Social Democrat-Liberal Alliance received more than 25% of the vote but only 3.5% of the seats in parliament due to the First-Past-The-Post voting system. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/198β¦
TIL that Queen Elizabeth of United Kingdom (then princess), joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) as a mechanic and a driver in 1945 and became the first female member of the Royal family to become an active full-time member of the armed services. royal.uk/queen-and-armed-β¦
Flag of the United Kingdom but Scotland leaves and is replaced by the Kingdom of France, and England is still there but now the Crown resides in Malta
