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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: Yesterday at 23:04:14 »

Opposing moron MPs.

If they were actually principled they'd all be independent.

Resigning from your affiliate party a month before a snap election is not only a guaranteed way to become unemployed, but also a way of ensuring said affiliate party doesn't stand a chance

They probably all intended to stand down before an autumn election anyway and are hacked off at losing a few months salary and expenses!   

Tuesdays all of them! 

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General Discussion Area / Re: I thought Mount Everest would be pretty hard to climb

« on: 24 May 2024, 21:16:54 »

It was hard to climb back in the Victorian /Edwardian era  wearing tweeds and armed with only a pipe filled with rough shag.

You'd think that they'd have realised that it's the 21st century and built a cable car by now. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: I thought Mount Everest would be pretty hard to climb

« on: 24 May 2024, 21:09:34 »

There's a McDonalds at Everest Base Camp! 

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 24 May 2024, 16:55:10 »

When do you restart the limbo dancing Tig? Sounds a daunting procedure you've had there, hope you're rocking again soon.

Limbo dancing?      Christ I need to get walking properly first! 

Although I'm doing a mile a day on my exercise bike. 

I misread that and now I can see Tigger Lap Crutch dancing. Nooooooooo............

Fixed that for you! 

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 24 May 2024, 16:45:31 »

When do you restart the limbo dancing Tig? Sounds a daunting procedure you've had there, hope you're rocking again soon.

Limbo dancing?      Christ I need to get walking properly first! 

Although I'm doing a mile a day on my exercise bike. 

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 24 May 2024, 16:42:51 »

Checked both cars over and started them up for the first time after having both my hips resurfaced five weeks ago today. 

The V70 started first time, but the Mondeo's battery was flat and as I didn't think was a good idea to go hauling batteries out of cars at the moment while on crutches, I jump started it off the V70 and left it running on the drive for half an hour or so. It took a bit of cranking to get it started though. 

Anyway, it should have put enough charge into battery to get it going next week when I can officially drive again. 

I missed this post, Tigger.  That's quite a big deal with your hips, I hope you are back to your athletic self very soon. 

Thanks Uncle STEMO! 

It's not been too bad to be honest, but I've more or less had to learn to walk again.  Getting there though and should be bouncing around again in a few weeks! 

Didn't know of this Tig.

Was it necessary because your hips have been 'ground down' through pleasuring the ladies.

Dysplasia, early onset arthritis, with a bit of femoral acetabular impingements thrown in for good measure.  In fact just like an old dog M'Lud! 

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 24 May 2024, 11:34:06 »

Checked both cars over and started them up for the first time after having both my hips resurfaced five weeks ago today. 

The V70 started first time, but the Mondeo's battery was flat and as I didn't think was a good idea to go hauling batteries out of cars at the moment while on crutches, I jump started it off the V70 and left it running on the drive for half an hour or so. It took a bit of cranking to get it started though. 

Anyway, it should have put enough charge into battery to get it going next week when I can officially drive again. 

I missed this post, Tigger.  That's quite a big deal with your hips, I hope you are back to your athletic self very soon. 

Thanks Uncle STEMO! 

It's not been too bad to be honest, but I've more or less had to learn to walk again.  Getting there though and should be bouncing around again in a few weeks! 

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General Discussion Area / Re: General election, possibly 4th July

« on: 23 May 2024, 22:48:59 »

Net immigration figures out today of 685,000.

A 10% drop from the year before:

Net migration to UK fell 10% last year, ONS says https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce99y7l741po

Adding context to a big scary number? It will never catch on. Nobody wants to know that 685,000 in a population of 68million is a terrifying 1%....

Well if you want context, 685,000 is not far short of the population of Bristol.

How many homes are there in Bristol?
How many Schools are there in Bristol?
How many GP surgeries are there in Bristol?
How many hospitals are there in Bristol?
Etc,etc,etc

If you abolished Bristol and dispersed all the Bristolians around the UK, no one would take much notice as it wouldn't have much impact on communities around the country, but do it year after year and people start to see the effects in their area. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Word Association.

« on: 23 May 2024, 20:18:22 »

Gardens

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 23 May 2024, 18:04:18 »

New windscreen fitted on the Mondeo today, as it had a big 'bullseye' chip right in the field of vision, about eye level above the steering wheel and it's MOT time soon. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Insurance Renewal Due

« on: 23 May 2024, 14:02:16 »

The Mondeo's renewal has come in. 

Last year: £171.65
This year: £257.01

An increase of £85.36, just shy of 50%! 

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General Discussion Area / Re: General election, possibly 4th July

« on: 23 May 2024, 13:50:16 »

An important question is why July, and not closer to the deadline in December?
Is there some disaster the PM is expecting in December that he wants to dump on someone else?
Perhaps he's been offered a multi-million £ bung salary in a job where he doesn't have to face a critical public and justify a lack of results. A bit like the Tony Blair Institute

I've been pondering this and wondering if there is some kind of 'black swan' event on it's way. 

For example, we are more or less unofficially at war with Russia.  Could that be an official state of affairs in a few months? 

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General Discussion Area / Re: General election, possibly 4th July

« on: 23 May 2024, 10:45:47 »

That may well be true, but I can say with confidence that Labour are going to be worse. They always are.
The Tories need to remind themselves what Conservatism is and return to the values of it. Otherwise they are a spent force imo.

We have living proof of that in Wales as well. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Word Association.

« on: 22 May 2024, 23:58:23 »

Zoology

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General Discussion Area / Re: Word Association.

« on: 22 May 2024, 21:28:23 »

Africa