Wait, the BBC is paywalling stuff outside the UK now?
I thought that was only TV programmes that got that treatment.
I’ll try to remember to include an archive link in future.
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Boomer here. No question, Pig Pen and all the Peanuts characters were a major part of our childhoods. I’m surprised anyone born after 1980 or so has strong memories of Peanuts at all, because they were falling out of fashion already.
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They were on TV well into the 80s and even the 90s. My sister is a huge Peanuts fan! And they were still in the newspaper, too! The Christmas show is still a staple in my house to this day!
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This guy, but a Boomer.
band biographies say he got the nickname owing to his similarity to Pig-Pen, the permanently-dirty character in the comic-strip Peanuts
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Interesting! That wasn’t the case among young families I knew, so maybe it’s regional or something.
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Man Robbed Bank Using Back of His Birth Certificate as Note to Teller While Wearing Ankle Monitor from Another Case — All to ‘Prove a Point’ to His Lover: Feds
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Could be! I just remember the Peanuts were popular in our house. Might not be the case for other households. We also always watched the Sound of Music and The Wizard of Oz every year when they came on.
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No. At least I could read that.
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Click “Maybe later” and it goes away.
I do have a BBC account because of BBC Sounds. BBC 4 Extra is the greatest radio station on Earth for a comedy lover with musical anhedonia. But I tried on a another browser and it just asked that once.
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The ‘X’ in the upper-right corner also works. Also, I only see these once or twice a day; I think it sets a browser cookie that’s good for an hour or two that stops them from popping up more frequently.
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Sure, but then I’d (probably) welcome cookies into my device.
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That’s why you preload your internet experience with uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger, etc.
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“The UNSUB had multiple tattoos brandished on both his left and right arms”
bran·dish
/ˈbrandiSH/
verb wave or flourish (something, especially a weapon) as a threat or in anger or excitement.
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I use Brave, don’t know if i can add those to it.
Does Brave refuse to download cookies when clicking on such things?
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Brave blocks cookies if you want it to.
Click the Brave logo, click through to advanced settings/cookie settings and set your preferences.
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Ah, yes screenshots. D’oh…
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We’ve had some local PDs come to our English department asking for specialized Technical Writing courses. They claim to be afraid that their officers’ grammar, syntax, and general writing skills are so bad that a court will toss the cop report because they’ve used the wrong words or are unclear. Not sure if that’s possible, but it’s a sad commentary.
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