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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 17 November 2025, 21:36:18 »I dont know how you do it.I was gonna say similar, but i don't want to jinx it.
Ive had one puncture in the last 20 years !
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General Discussion Area / Re: Black Friday
« on: 13 November 2025, 21:59:30 »British consumers love it. Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Amazon Prime day......except they all last for a week, not a day.Don't forget Guy Fawkes month Steve.
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General Discussion Area / Re: The Knives Are Out For Two Tier Kier!
« on: 13 November 2025, 18:58:40 »None of them.Agree with you there M'lud. Thought that the Yanks were stumped for choice, but our pool take it to a new low.
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General Discussion Area / Re: German Markets
« on: 12 November 2025, 12:14:18 »
The nearest i've got to Brum was a bus ride to watch a FA Cup semi final at Villa Park in 1976. Christ it was bloody freezing. Snowed in on the M6 on the way home.
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General Discussion Area / Re: BBC bias
« on: 12 November 2025, 00:58:36 »Will be phoning my accountant first thing tomorrow.I thought it was still a million million here.Us and UK billions are the sameOne Billion.
Not sure if that is $ or £.
Is that an American billion or a British billion?
As to the currency, well it won't make much difference before long....
Us as in the 'Royal We'?
You are of course correct that an American billion is the same as a British billion, but it wasn't always the case.
A British billion was a million million and an American billion was a thousand million. Britain started using the American version in the 1970's I believe.
I'm far too young to remember this of course.Obviously didn't get the memo.
Sorry to hear that all your billions aren't worth as much as you thought Ron.
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General Discussion Area / Re: BBC bias
« on: 10 November 2025, 20:30:36 »I thought it was still a million million here.Us and UK billions are the sameOne Billion.
Not sure if that is $ or £.
Is that an American billion or a British billion?
As to the currency, well it won't make much difference before long....
Us as in the 'Royal We'?
You are of course correct that an American billion is the same as a British billion, but it wasn't always the case.
A British billion was a million million and an American billion was a thousand million. Britain started using the American version in the 1970's I believe.
I'm far too young to remember this of course.
Obviously didn't get the memo. 