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General Discussion Area / Dotards !

« on: 23 September 2017, 20:18:26 »

So, Kim Jong un has resurrected a 14th Century word "Dotard" to describe Trump. Ha Ha says the world, problem is, it's a pretty accurate, or at least amusing usage, depending of course upon ones point of view.  "an old person, especially one who has become weak or senile" - Oxford English Dictionary.

I anticipate increased usage of the word, particularly on this forum   

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41357315

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General Discussion Area / BIG NEWS ! ! !

« on: 21 September 2017, 09:39:44 »

Across the various online news sources

MURDER !
STABBINGS !
EARTHQUAKES !
HURRICANES !
BREXIT CRAP !
TRUMPISMS !

Etc, etc


Online news headline near where I live . . . . .

 LATEST NEWS

I like where I live   

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General Discussion Area / Has Opti been . . . .

« on: 18 September 2017, 22:16:12 »

Has Opti been to Swizerland recently ? We all know that he wipes his arse with fivers in the uk, just wondering if he uses Euro notes when abroad 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41306934

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General Discussion Area / Surely not . . . .

« on: 08 September 2017, 16:17:59 »

I was in Tesco this afternoon, and there I saw . . . . .

An aisle of Christmas stuff      puddings, chocolate Santas, mince pies. No, not old stock being sold off. It's September FFS.

I took a picture, but not sorted an alternative to PB yet. Too lazy   

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General Car Chat / Is this Bull*** ?

« on: 31 August 2017, 22:51:24 »

Is this any good or is it dangles ?

https://shop.super-obd.com/products/super-mini-bluetooth-car-scanner

I have to say that for £20, I'm tempted . . . .

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General Discussion Area / Neymar, Rooney, Bale etc

« on: 30 August 2017, 09:51:52 »

Neymar, Rooney, Bale etc

How do you compare ?  A bit of depressing fun  I like the bit at the bottom showing earnings in real time

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/41037621


 

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General Discussion Area / You couldn't make this up . . .

« on: 26 July 2017, 22:45:24 »

Here we are in 2017.

The politicians and others nit-pick over politically correct details, and whine about being "offended" etc, and Tweet trivial crap

And yet along with kids being sentenced to death in Saudi, and who know what else we have this . .

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-40731035

I am so grateful that fate led to me being born and living in the UK

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General Discussion Area / BBC Pay

« on: 19 July 2017, 11:26:09 »

So, Chris Evans is paid around £2.2m, Claudia Winkleman around £500k, Graham Norton £850k etc etc, plus other non BBC income.

The Mantra says " Market Forces", other TV channels will pay more etc. But I just question if it matters. The above people are just presenters, they do not create anything. I'm sure there are talented and less irritating people than Evans who would jump at the chance for a fraction of the cost, same applies to others. I just don't understand why a publicly funded organisation thinks it has to compete like this.

I'm a big supporter of the BBC and I'm happy to pay my TV license, but for quality programmes not for the above.

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General Discussion Area / OOF Login Wierdness

« on: 11 July 2017, 18:32:55 »

Suddenly out of the blue I can't login using my normal login thingys at the top of the page. It tells me something like there is an error, my post timed out and to try again.

But, if I use the dedicated login page it all works fine.

I haven't changed anything, and I wasn't posting anything. So, I recon STEMO is trying to get shot of me 'cos I won't share my sheep    Or, maybe it's a conspiracy by the anti-bike brigade   

Anyway, just for info to TB or whoever . . . .

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General Discussion Area / Cycling in Britain

« on: 07 July 2017, 12:04:24 »

We do AirBnB, which is an online B&B booking service. I need to say that I am not a cyclist.

We have just had a young French lady staying with us, cycling from Southern France to Edinburgh around the coast of Ireland. This is part of what is known as Eurovelo 1 route. She's not doing the whole route but nevertheless it's quite an impressive undertaking

http://www.eurovelo.com/en/eurovelos/eurovelo-1

Normally in France and Europe she feels completely safe. On arrival in Plymouth, she was warned about the dangers of cycling in the UK.

Yesterday just outside Swansea a hatchback of young men overtook her, then fell back so she passed, and repeated this a number of times almost hitting her. Her comment was that she has never ever felt at risk or afraid while cycling, until yesterday. In the UK.

Bring on the mass cull



 

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General Discussion Area / Dead Person

« on: 29 May 2017, 22:48:42 »

Greg Allmann.

Of the Allman Brothers. General nice guy, talented and influential musician, and one time husband of Cher. Fat lot of good it did him, still dead at 69.


Yes, I know a lot of you won't have heard of him, but I haven't heard of of other people who die.
 

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General Car Chat / Honest John and guess what

« on: 15 May 2017, 18:34:22 »

An old Omega ! (Daily Telegraph 13th May) Interesting him saying "highly regarded" some years ago he gave them a right old slating if I recall. Ah well, things change

Will this push prices up ?

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General Discussion Area / What . . . .

« on: 10 May 2017, 20:40:36 »

What . . an angry world we live in . . . . well in London anyway. So glad I moved a long way from it.

I completely see how this happened given the mentaility of many London drivers. I've been the subject of road rage myself.

ANGER THERAPY REQUIRED

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General Discussion Area / The Modern World

« on: 06 May 2017, 13:10:22 »

So if you are too: Afraid, Wimpy, Arrogant, Cold Hearted, Chicken, Lazy, Stupid  etc etc to do it yourself, there is now a website that can help you . . . . .

I'VE GOT SOMETHING TO TELL YOU       

But, if you're a really tight skinflint, you could just email or text the link to get the message across 


BBC LINK

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General Discussion Area / What day is it today ?

« on: 04 May 2017, 07:08:36 »

Star Wars day !!!