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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Royal Wedding, Electoral Reform, and Royal Babies thread |
| Sir Taxalot |
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Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 0:36
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| There appears to be some sort of drama on the internet regarding Kate Middleton, not helped by a wonkily photoshopped picture of her and the kids. My current theory is that her evolution to the next stage of lizard person has stalled and the Elder Brain is panicing in case someone sees her true for... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2024 |
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Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2024 9:29
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Views: 1176
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| 1. Strong Female Character by Fern Brady 2. The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett 3. Red Dwarf: Better Than Life, by Grant Naylor 4. Red Dwarf: Backwards, by Rob Grant 5. Red Dwarf: Last Human, by Doug Naylor 6. Persuader: A Jack Reacher Novel, by Lee Child The book that the upcoming season 3 of t... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2024 |
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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2024 14:29
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| 1. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin. 2. The Siberian Dilemma - Martin Cruz Smith. 3. Trust - Hernan Diaz. 4. Orphan X - Gregg Hurwitz. 5. Eversion - Alastair Reynolds. Orbital - Samantha Harvey. Nice and short, it's about a group of astronauts in the International Space Statio... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Boardgame Thread: Let's organise a beexordgame night. |
| Mimi |
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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2024 16:54
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| Has anyone played WINGSPAN? Some friends of mine are big fans of it, and was wondering if anyone else had it or had played it? It's about birds. Don't own it but I've played it a couple of times at the board game group. It's really, really beautifully made, and the mechanisms allow for some fantast... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 51 |
| Mimi |
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2024 14:25
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| We're ordering club kit for the board game group, and under the logo there's space for your name and a motto. Someone said they couldn't think of one, so I suggested "ask me about Loom". When they replied with "I'll bite ... tell me about Loom" I failed to follow through. When I... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 51 |
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 17:37
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Replies: 2952
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We're ordering club kit for the board game group, and under the logo there's space for your name and a motto.
Someone said they couldn't think of one, so I suggested "ask me about Loom". When they replied with "I'll bite ... tell me about Loom" I failed to follow through. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Middle Age Spread |
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2024 20:50
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Replies: 4072
Views: 271186
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| I had an investment group put half my life savings into a gym. Lost it all. They didn't work out. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Twenty Twenty-Three |
| Trooper |
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Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2023 14:48
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Replies: 15
Views: 337
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| Terrible form, he's never going to group well with that action |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Twenty Twenty-Three |
| Kern |
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Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2023 10:11
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Replies: 15
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| December 31 again so another link in the great chain of all things that consumes our beings . Definitely a return to normality after the turmoil of previous years. I've done a lot of great hiking, both in the UK and abroad. Spent the holiday for Charlie's Hat Party getting soaked on Pen-Y-Fan. Highl... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Merry Christmas. |
| KovacsC |
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Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2023 8:08
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Replies: 14
Views: 283
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I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas.
I know I am not on the group as often as I used to be, but you are the best humans ever.
Hope you all have a wonderful day. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Challenge 2023 |
| Mr Dave |
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Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2023 20:49
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Replies: 84
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| 1) Doom Eternal (PC) 2) Meteor 60 seconds (PC) 3) Vampire survivors (PC) 4) Titanfall 2 (PC) 5) Dead Rising 3 (PC) 6) Overboard (PC) 7) Shadow Warrior (2013) (PC) 8) Subnautica (PC) 9) Subnautica Below Zero (PC) 10) Return To Monkey Island (PC) 11) Horizon: Forbidden west (PS5) 12) Zelda: Tears of t... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Celebrity Death List 2023 |
| Morte |
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2023 15:19
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Replies: 266
Views: 5838
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| His son has been posting Ian's recent sketches in the last couple of weeks to the 2000ad Facebook group, so he was drawing right up to the end. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Middle Age Spread |
| GazChap |
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Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2023 19:41
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Replies: 4072
Views: 271186
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| Ran (mostly) my first official 10K today, at Alton Towers! Had to walk for most of the last 1.2 miles as my knee finally packed in just at the 8km marker. I really need to get it looked at, and I'll probably get a knee support strap thing as a temporary assist while waiting for appointments and such... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: GPOYW thread |
| Kern |
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Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2023 11:34
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Replies: 3040
Views: 379515
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One of the group got it.
As for the identity of the villain, I wouldn't want to ruin anyone else's 90s revival.
You must be previewing! How dull. Take what giphy gives you!
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 51 |
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Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2023 11:38
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Replies: 2952
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| During a group review of an "influencing" course I wondered if someone's written a plugin for video call tools to monitor your speaking pace. Lo and behold Teams does have a speaking coach feature which assesses pace, intonation, use of filler words and so on. It's a post-meeting report ra... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Taekwondo |
| Mimi |
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2023 10:17
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Replies: 27
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| Thanks for all of the advice and suggestions in this thread. Bean goes to his first taekwando taster session this evening. They’ve just lost their regular venue so are in a temporary church hall, but the group is very small. The same place does hold larger groups in the surrounding areas, so we’ll s... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Taekwondo |
| Mimi |
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Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2023 8:08
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Replies: 27
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| Thank you! That’s really solid and practical advice, and I really appreciate the experience you have with your kids on what’s helping to improve coordination, balance, etc. that’s specifically what I wanted to look at initially, and did start off down the gymnastics route as that was my initial draw... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Taekwondo |
| Sir Taxalot |
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Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2023 1:45
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| Interesting and relevant, the boys do Ju-Jitsu (I don't know of the exact type and it doesn't really matter to me - but they recently went from being independent to part of the Gracie Jiu Jitsu group) and our girl does gymnastics, all at local clubs. The boys at Jiu Jitsu: Have a really good instruc... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Russian aggression in Eastern Europe |
| Sir Taxalot |
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Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2023 1:15
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Replies: 294
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| This sort of thing is a touch worrying though, I don;t know how close these guys got, but what's to stop another group trying/doing this again in future - and if they get their hands on the nukes it's probably time for a lot of pant-shitting. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2023 |
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Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2023 20:11
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Replies: 170
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| 1. The Midnight Library - Matt Haig 2. Educating Peter - Tom Cox. 3. Carnival of Snackery - David Sedaris. 4. The Children of Dynmouth - William Trevor. 5. The Cactus Eaters: How I Lost My Mind and Almost Found Myself on the Pacific Crest Trail - Dan White. 6. No Less the Devil - Stuart MacBridge. ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Is it bigger than a bread bin? |
| Mimi |
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2023 14:04
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Replies: 12
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| I don’t know what particular group of friends my mother is referring to, but I figured someone here might be more useful than the knitting or gardening crowds? |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: GPOYW thread |
| Kern |
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2023 8:45
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Replies: 3040
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| Already posted one selfie from the UK Board Games Expo over in the board games thread, so here's a photo I posted to a WhatsApp group to inform my friends of my whereabouts: |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Boardgame Thread: Let's organise a beexordgame night. |
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2023 8:40
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Replies: 1599
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| Had an excellent, if tiring, two days at the UK Games Expo. Tried out loads of games, bought a few, and enjoyed wandering the crowded halls and soaking up the atmosphere. Standouts for me: Colt Super Express : a mini card version of the chaotic train game that's over in 15 minutes and just as much f... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
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Posted: Tue May 16, 2023 19:04
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Replies: 14351
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The Tories lost their majority in my district this month. The local Labour group have pulled out of negotiations with the other parties so we're looking at a minority Tory administration.
Good work everyone!
You must be previewing! How dull. Take what giphy gives you!
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Wordle, Digits etc - Simple daily puzzle games |
| Mimi |
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2023 8:49
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Replies: 268
Views: 6061
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| Another one that I’ve tried off and on is https://wafflegame.net/ I’ve played that one on occasion, but the habit doesn’t stick for me. For the original Wordle game, Russell, my brother and I have a WhatsApp group where we each take turns to pick a starter word the night before and each day we all ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Wordle, Digits etc - Simple daily puzzle games |
| Kern |
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2023 8:49
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Replies: 268
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| Someone in my board game group was recently on Countdown . His episode is yet to be broadcast but he really doesn't like us referring to maths or spelling whenever we can. Which is now all the time. Ohhh, how did he do? A friend's brother went on a TV quiz and he's very bright and generally good at... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Wordle, Digits etc - Simple daily puzzle games |
| Sir Taxalot |
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2023 0:43
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Replies: 268
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| Someone in my board game group was recently on Countdown . His episode is yet to be broadcast but he really doesn't like us referring to maths or spelling whenever we can. Which is now all the time. Ohhh, how did he do? A friend's brother went on a TV quiz and he's very bright and generally good at... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Wordle, Digits etc - Simple daily puzzle games |
| Kern |
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2023 16:22
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Replies: 268
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Someone in my board game group was recently on Countdown . His episode is yet to be broadcast but he really doesn't like us referring to maths or spelling whenever we can.
Which is now all the time. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Lego (picture-rich thread) |
| Kern |
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Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2023 9:57
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Replies: 796
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Someone at my board game group suggested we perhaps spend a day playing that famous friendship-breaker Diplomacy one weekend.
Obviously, were we to do that, Lego Diplomacy would be the only way to go. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: What have you bought? |
| Mimi |
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Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2023 13:51
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Replies: 3949
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| I bought 36 white mugs. I can’t unpack them all for a group photo quite yet but here is a little taster to get you excited. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2023 |
| KovacsC |
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2023 14:16
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Replies: 170
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KovacsC wrote: 1. No Plan B - Lee & Andrew Child
2. The Thursday Murder Club - Richard Osman
I really quite enjoyed this book. It is about a group of 70 & 80 year olds that like to solve cold murder cases for fun.. Until there is a real murder.
It is a lot of fun and I will be reading the sequels |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Boardgame Thread: Let's organise a beexordgame night. |
| Kern |
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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2023 9:57
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Replies: 1599
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| Heat: Pedal to the Metal When you turn off the A34, there's a long stretch of straight road that leads you to Bicester. It veers suddenly to the left to join a roundabout. You're supposed to have slowly dropped from 70 to 50 to 40 before hitting this below 30 but nobody ever does and an upturned ca... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Twenty Twenty-Two |
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Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2022 10:46
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| Here we are again. Same procedure as last year and all that. I've tried to take advantage of the world opening up again. I had a lazy week on Gran Canaria for winter sun, marked by my birthday and choosing to fly back on the day of heavy storms (a bumpy landing is still a landing). I also had a coup... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
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Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2022 16:47
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Kern wrote: Agent: So you and a group of far-right nutters, including ex-police and military, dress up in stupid clothes, attempt to storm parliament, and try to take Germany back to 1871?
Act: Ja!
Agent: And what do you call your act?
Hahha brilliant! |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
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Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2022 15:08
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Replies: 14351
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Agent: So you and a group of far-right nutters, including ex-police and military, dress up in stupid clothes, attempt to storm parliament, and try to take Germany back to 1871?
Act: Ja!
Agent: And what do you call your act? |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2022 |
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2022 15:07
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Replies: 227
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| Now that I have remembered how to read books, I can get to reading the 3rd and 4th books in James Smythe's "Anomaly" series, about a weird thing in space. But first! Rereading the first two books so I could remember WTF happened in them. 5 - The Explorer by James Smythe 6 - The Echo by Ja... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Alien and Aliens |
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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2022 0:17
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Replies: 1045
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| Alien rpg fun tonight with the Rummage Inc gang from our beex D&D group. Since it was Halloween, and I was filling the role of Game Mother, I couldn’t really dress up as anyone else could I?! |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Boardgame Thread: Let's organise a beexordgame night. |
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2022 8:45
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Replies: 1599
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| Hand to Hand Wombat Yep, it's another hidden rule game! But with wombats! Each team is randomly assigned a role - you might be a good wombat, a bad wombat, or a chaotic wombat. Good wombats want to build towers within 90 seconds, bad wombats want to stop them, and chaotic wombats want chaos. Pretty... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Crafty stuff |
| Mimi |
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 16:01
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Replies: 813
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| You honestly can’t tell who is going to be a handful. There is one little kid who always looks so incredibly sweet, but my goodness he wanted to smash those dinosaurs with a club at every opportunity he got, and was just purposefully knocking his ball in the stream so I’d have to fish it out at eve... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Movie topic |
| DavPaz |
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Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2022 9:19
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Replies: 21126
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| I watched Fisherman's Friends - The Return of the Friends and Beast at the weekend. The first was exactly what you'd expect, and I thought they worked in a bit of jeopardy just about well enough to justify it. The reviews do not agree, and fair enough, but it was cheering. We all needed it, particu... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Movie topic |
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Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2022 9:15
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Replies: 21126
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| I watched Fisherman's Friends - The Return of the Friends and Beast at the weekend. The first was exactly what you'd expect, and I thought they worked in a bit of jeopardy just about well enough to justify it. The reviews do not agree, and fair enough, but it was cheering. We all needed it, particu... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Movie topic |
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Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2022 8:58
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Replies: 21126
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| I watched Fisherman's Friends - The Return of the Friends and Beast at the weekend. The first was exactly what you'd expect, and I thought they worked in a bit of jeopardy just about well enough to justify it. The reviews do not agree, and fair enough, but it was cheering. We all needed it, particu... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bills bills bills |
| Mimi |
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Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2022 15:21
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| That’s what I thought. She’s in a detached house with her partner, not in a subdivided house, but she says she has it there and in the previous three places they lived (though those were flats), but I’ve known her 20 years and her and her husband have never been in a communal living place, and she s... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Challenge 2022 |
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2022 10:26
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Replies: 136
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| To be slightly fair to it, it's not an FPS, it's an RPG, but I agree with most of that. I quite liked the fighting except the boxing which was just nonsense. What annoyed me was the amount of things that were just missing from an open world game like that. Like, given the enormous amount of plot giv... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2022 7:01
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Replies: 30627
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| That's a lot of people! Were you nervous riding in such a big group? No, it’s not too bad when you’ve done a few. There’s a lot to keep an eye out for, as you’ve got no idea how safe and sensible a rider everyone around you is, but going through the city it’s 30 and 40 mph limits which helps. There... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
| Sir Taxalot |
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2022 1:20
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Replies: 30627
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| That's a lot of people! Were you nervous riding in such a big group? |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 22:20
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MaliA wrote: Did you go New Brighton? Loads passed my house! It was ace!
Nope, this was Birmingham to Stratford Upon Avon. It’s great fun being in a group that large and watching the reactions from bystanders. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2022 |
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 12:20
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Replies: 227
Views: 4733
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| Now that I have remembered how to read books, I can get to reading the 3rd and 4th books in James Smythe's "Anomaly" series, about a weird thing in space. But first! Rereading the first two books so I could remember WTF happened in them. 5 - The Explorer by James Smythe 6 - The Echo by Ja... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2022 |
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 12:08
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Replies: 227
Views: 4733
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| Now that I have remembered how to read books, I can get to reading the 3rd and 4th books in James Smythe's "Anomaly" series, about a weird thing in space. But first! Rereading the first two books so I could remember WTF happened in them. 5 - The Explorer by James Smythe 6 - The Echo by Jam... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2022 |
| KovacsC |
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Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2022 9:36
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Replies: 227
Views: 4733
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| 1. The Sentinel - Lee Child. 2. Proud - Gareth Thomas. 3. The Geneva Trap - Stella Remington 4. The Gangster - Scott Siglar (audiobook) - Book 6 in the Galactic Football League 5. The Stone Wolves - Scott Siglar (audiobook) A GFL Novella The five members of an elite commando group nicknamed “the St... |
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