Really sorry to hear that Andy, and I hope all is OK with the missus.
Si/Cavey
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| Author: | Cavey [ Tue Aug 11, 2015 9:17 ] |
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Really sorry to hear that Andy, and I hope all is OK with the missus. Si/Cavey
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| Author: | Jem [ Tue Aug 11, 2015 10:04 ] |
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Cras wrote: Hope you manage to take the pressure off a bit and settle down into a less punishing routine, Jem. KovacsC wrote: Hope it sorts out Jem, you can always pop round for a brew.. Cheers both 
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| Author: | sdg [ Tue Aug 11, 2015 11:37 ] |
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JC I hope everything is ok with your wife. |
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| Author: | JohnCoffey [ Tue Aug 11, 2015 12:43 ] |
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Thanks guys  We're waiting for an appointment from the hospital for a scan. For the last few days I've really been feeling like shit. Helpless, angry. Man, I've not been this angry since my dad died. But today things are looking a bit brighter and I feel much stronger. My uncle will need radio or chemo they're not sure which just yet but yeah, cancer really is like torture mentally for the poor sod on the receiving end and every one around them who feels completely hopeless. I will keep you all updated, but I'm just praying right now it's something less sinister  The good part? well it has made me realise just how much I love Mrs JC and how utterly fucked I would be without her. So it's time for me to appreciate her like I should and not take her for granted. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue Aug 11, 2015 12:49 ] |
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Good man. Keep it up, JC. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue Aug 11, 2015 12:52 ] |
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Dr Zoidberg wrote: Excellent. I suspect most councils are paying a *lot* more attention to whether their bin men have any medical conditions, given what's come out at the inquest into the Glasgow bin lorry crash. As an aside: At first I was very sympathetic towards the driver. As facts came out, I was less so. On one level, he was less than honest to get a job, on another it was terrible to not say anything knowing now what the result was. I am conflicted |
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| Author: | markg [ Tue Aug 11, 2015 12:59 ] |
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He apparently reapplied for his HGV license four months after the crash. That's just taking the piss. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Tue Aug 11, 2015 13:02 ] |
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markg wrote: He apparently reapplied for his HGV license four months after the crash. That's just taking the piss. Probably advised to by law-talkers. If he didn't might demonstrate some measure of guilt? |
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| Author: | Kern [ Tue Aug 11, 2015 13:05 ] |
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Best wishes JC. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Thu Aug 27, 2015 17:52 ] |
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I've received a speeding fine today. Pah! I can not have the points if I go on the speed awareness course but that will cost me £80. Rubbish. If i take this route, do I need to let my insurers know? |
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| Author: | Cavey [ Thu Aug 27, 2015 17:58 ] |
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TheVision wrote: I've received a speeding fine today. Pah! I can not have the points if I go on the speed awareness course but that will cost me £80. Rubbish. If i take this route, do I need to let my insurers know? I think the fixed penalty fine is more or less the same as the course fee (but the latter without any penalty points which will cost you for the next 5 years on insurance and you must tell them about points), so it's a bit of a no-brainer. Except you have to waste 4 hours of your life watching shit videos of 80s Nissans with no ABS and crap brakes, with the guy telling you this is still relevant in respect of stopping distances of today's cars. Etc. (I very nearly got thrown off my course after pointing this out, and then responding to the claim of fantastic "magic" motorways as being nothing more than a cynical tax collection exercise and putting in the required infrastructure for future road-billing by stealth, didn't exactly go down well) Not sure if you have to tell insurers if you've been on a speed awareness course; my (possibly incorrect) understanding is that you only have to tell them if they actually ask you the question (as opposed to having a specific duty to inform them, irrespective) |
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| Author: | myp [ Thu Aug 27, 2015 18:53 ] |
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TheVision wrote: I've received a speeding fine today. Pah! I can not have the points if I go on the speed awareness course but that will cost me £80. Rubbish. If i take this route, do I need to let my insurers know? My advice is don't get caught. HTH |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Thu Aug 27, 2015 19:45 ] |
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I wouldn't volunteer the information now, but it's very likely you'll be asked at renewal/new quote time if you've done a speed awareness course - it's getting to be a standard question with the inevitable bump in premiums. |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Thu Aug 27, 2015 20:16 ] |
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TheVision wrote: I've received a speeding fine today. Pah! I can not have the points if I go on the speed awareness course but that will cost me £80. Rubbish. If i take this route, do I need to let my insurers know? The answer to the question is: maybe. You have to check your terms and conditions to see whether you need to declare this. When I had to take the speed awareness course I couldn't be bothered so, y'know, stuff. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Fri Aug 28, 2015 0:12 ] |
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I can't recall ever being asked when renewing. Different companies do different things, I guess. |
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| Author: | Pundabaya [ Sat Aug 29, 2015 12:25 ] |
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*Goes to 4 day live roleplaying event, dislocates knee one hour in.* |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sat Aug 29, 2015 12:45 ] |
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Oh shit! |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sat Aug 29, 2015 12:46 ] |
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Did you get hit by an arrow? |
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| Author: | Cras [ Sat Aug 29, 2015 12:56 ] |
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| Author: | Pundabaya [ Sat Aug 29, 2015 13:04 ] |
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Nah. trod on something, (I think someone elses foot, but anyway.. ) just put my weight on it, when leg was at awkward angle, knee just popped. Hey, got off my tits on the old gas and air, and everyone was brilliant. Paramedic popped it back in, I'm mobile, so just a little (read: very) sore and fucking gutted. |
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| Author: | Kern [ Sat Aug 29, 2015 15:00 ] |
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Pundabaya wrote: *Goes to 4 day live roleplaying event, dislocates knee one hour in.* I've been trying for years to get a Confederate to pretend to be injured. LARPers: 1 Living Historians Re-enactors: 0  Sorry to hear about this and your weekend being ruined. Hope you recover quickly enough to enjoy the beer tent etc. |
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| Author: | Pundabaya [ Sat Aug 29, 2015 16:26 ] |
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I'm at home. Not much fun hobbling round a field, not being allowed to do anything. Also, sleeping in tent would be nightmare. Luckily, I'm not too far away, so a mate ran me home. |
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| Author: | JBR [ Sat Aug 29, 2015 18:48 ] |
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Ran you? That seems cruel - him behind, with whip; go Pundy. Come by, Pundy. Now git! Hope it recovers nicely. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Sun Aug 30, 2015 7:59 ] |
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I hope you're Mrs is ok, JC. My mum had a scare (well, we all did) when she was told she needed to go for further tests after a routine screening. There were weeks of waiting before she got the more thorough test and results back but thankfully it was ok. |
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| Author: | JohnCoffey [ Sun Aug 30, 2015 13:55 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: I hope you're Mrs is ok, JC. My mum had a scare (well, we all did) when she was told she needed to go for further tests after a routine screening. There were weeks of waiting before she got the more thorough test and results back but thankfully it was ok. Yeah that part is the hardest bit to get through tbh. It was made worse by the fact my uncle is already suffering from cancer. Ugh. Any way, increased dosages and just being as strong as I can got us through the worst Again thanks for all of the kind words guys that really meant a lot. My lady is dead against me posting about things like this online (she's the one with the brains) but sometimes I just can't cope.
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| Author: | Mimi [ Mon Sep 07, 2015 11:48 ] |
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| Author: | myp [ Mon Sep 07, 2015 11:50 ] |
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There is someone downstairs from me who shouts 'FUCK OFF' at regular intervals of about ten minutes all evening. Maybe 2-3 evenings a week. Fair enough if he has Tourette's or something, but it's a bit weird if not. |
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| Author: | Mr Russell [ Mon Sep 07, 2015 11:52 ] |
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I think we live beneath you Myp. Stop the hammering, dick. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Mon Sep 07, 2015 12:15 ] |
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Future Warrior wrote: There is someone downstairs from me who shouts 'FUCK OFF' at regular intervals of about ten minutes all evening. Maybe 2-3 evenings a week. Fair enough if he has Tourette's or something, but it's a bit weird if not. Pandemic player. |
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| Author: | Bobbyaro [ Mon Sep 07, 2015 12:28 ] |
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Is it me playing Halo? |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Mon Sep 07, 2015 13:25 ] |
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Is it me playing Rocket League? |
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| Author: | Warhead [ Mon Sep 07, 2015 13:26 ] |
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Call the filth. No one wants an intruder in their house shouting 'FUCK OFF' at regular intervals. Are you sure it isn't a family member? I'm going to have to stop shouting that in my van if we get dash-cams. I'll just have to stick to lip-syncing to 'Shake It Off' instead. |
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| Author: | myp [ Mon Sep 07, 2015 13:29 ] |
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Unless a family member has unbeknownst to me bought the flat below I severely doubt it. |
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| Author: | Warhead [ Mon Sep 07, 2015 13:33 ] |
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Why not try shouting, 'No, YOU fuck off,' in response, and see what happens? |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Mon Sep 07, 2015 14:03 ] |
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When I lived in my flat, going back a few years now, the guy in the flat directly above mine could often be heard shouting obscenities and making general grunting sounds. To begin with I thought it was some particularly animalistic sex that he was having, but after a few months of these occasional outbursts I finally managed to get a bit of context when he shouted a load of obscenities followed by something like "You jammy fuck, how did you score from there?" and I realised he was just playing FIFA '10 or whatever year it was, with his mates. |
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| Author: | myp [ Mon Sep 07, 2015 14:46 ] |
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This guy JUST shouts "FUCK OFF" though. Nothing more, nothing less. No variation. It's mildly unsettling. |
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| Author: | flis [ Mon Sep 07, 2015 14:59 ] |
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Future Warrior wrote: This guy JUST shouts "FUCK OFF" though. Nothing more, nothing less. No variation. It's mildly unsettling. My mate has a flat and there's someone downstairs with really bad OCD, she would start off saying "One, two, three. Off. Four..." or some such and then get progressively louder and louder until she was shouting it at the top of her voice. This would go on for a few hours, every night, from about 10pm. It wasn't so bad for him because he lived a couple of floors up from her and could only hear it when the windows were open. He recorded it one night because he had no idea what it was and thought it was weird. |
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| Author: | JohnCoffey [ Sat Oct 03, 2015 12:08 ] |
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Wow. So at 7:30 this morning we got one of 'those' phone calls. Well we sort of didn't, because we ignored the phone. Then my wife's mobile rang so we knew it was something serious (only four or five people have that number). It seems my wife's father passed away at 4am this morning from a heart attack. Last week my wife kept saying how she wanted to call him as she hadn't heard from him in a few months. Sadly she never made that call. What makes me nay the most though is apparently her father posted on Facebook about the first of his heart attacks and how he had to have a op. So basically every one knew about it apart from his own daughter. Not sure how to feel about that tbh? I kinda feel like it's a bit of a kick in the teeth. |
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| Author: | Bamba [ Sat Oct 03, 2015 12:39 ] |
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Depends; when I wasn't on Facebook I missed a lot of stuff from friends because it's so ubiquitous everyone just forgets that a few people can't see content on there. There was nothing malicious in it, just common or garden thoughtlessness. Obviously it's still crap if people don't make sure to tell you important stuff, and this is a level of critical way about me missing the odd night out, but if it's not done intentionally it's probably not worth getting too worked up about it. |
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| Author: | JohnCoffey [ Sat Oct 03, 2015 12:54 ] |
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Bamba wrote: Depends; when I wasn't on Facebook I missed a lot of stuff from friends because it's so ubiquitous everyone just forgets that a few people can't see content on there. There was nothing malicious in it, just common or garden thoughtlessness. Obviously it's still crap if people don't make sure to tell you important stuff, and this is a level of critical way about me missing the odd night out, but if it's not done intentionally it's probably not worth getting too worked up about it. Well my wife's family are very distant. They hardly ever see each other, all preferring to do their own thing. Not like my family at all really, so I don't really get it. He hardly ever saw his grand children and didn't seem too bothered about it, was happy just to kick along with his second wife and do his own thing. Thing is, if you knew there was a very high chance you were about to die then surely you would contact your children? maybe even to say goodbye? Apparently he had two heart attacks last week and had to have a operation to open an artery. Seems a bit selfish. |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Sat Oct 03, 2015 14:54 ] |
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Bamba wrote: Depends; when I wasn't on Facebook I missed a lot of stuff from friends because it's so ubiquitous everyone just forgets that a few people can't see content on there. There was nothing malicious in it, just common or garden thoughtlessness. I don't think it's thoughtlessness. Actually, I think it's a wee bit entitled to make the conscious decision not to be on Facebook then expect your friends to go to the effort to individually send you their updates. Not for actually important matters -- for important stuff you can't rely on FB anyway because of the vagaries of its algorithm -- but for general updates, day to day stuff, baby pictures and witticisms, sure. And that stuff is actually fairly important in aggregate.If you choose not to have a Facebook, you're going to miss out on a lot of ambient chatter from and between your friends. C'est la vie. |
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| Author: | Findus Fop [ Sat Oct 03, 2015 15:29 ] |
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote: If you choose not to have a Facebook, you're going to miss out on a lot of ambient chatter from and between your friends. C'est la vie. I was sure the song didn't go like that. |
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| Author: | Bamba [ Sat Oct 03, 2015 15:36 ] |
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote: Bamba wrote: Depends; when I wasn't on Facebook I missed a lot of stuff from friends because it's so ubiquitous everyone just forgets that a few people can't see content on there. There was nothing malicious in it, just common or garden thoughtlessness. I don't think it's thoughtlessness. Actually, I think it's a wee bit entitled to make the conscious decision not to be on Facebook then expect your friends to go to the effort to individually send you their updates. Not for actually important matters -- for important stuff you can't rely on FB anyway because of the vagaries of its algorithm -- but for general updates, day to day stuff, baby pictures and witticisms, sure. And that stuff is actually fairly important in aggregate.If you choose not to have a Facebook, you're going to miss out on a lot of ambient chatter from and between your friends. C'est la vie. Ambient chatter I was happy to miss out on but I specifically meant stuff like nights out and gigs that were sometimes arranged and I wasn't included. In this day and age there are a metric fuckton of ways to contact people so to demand that someone use a specific private website or you won't make arrangements with them would be entitled to me. I realise I wasn't too specific in my original post but, also, you've jumped to a massive conclusion there that I was demanding some kind of private feed of everything in their lives sent to me. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sat Oct 03, 2015 19:39 ] |
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I think that if you don't use the tool that everyone uses to organise events, then you shouldn't be too surprised if things happen and you don't know about it. |
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| Author: | Bamba [ Sat Oct 03, 2015 19:58 ] |
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Maybe. Maybe not. I'm not really interested in getting into it though. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Sat Oct 03, 2015 20:33 ] |
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I'm with Bamba here. I'm on Facebook, but don't spend all fucking day on it like a lot of people, so if some shit's going on I would email friends and they'd email me. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Sat Oct 03, 2015 20:34 ] |
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Thst's because you're a crusty old Luddite. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Sat Oct 03, 2015 20:46 ] |
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I don't do Facebook. My wife tells me all about what's happening with everyone I don't give a fuck about. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Sat Oct 03, 2015 20:46 ] |
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No, it's because I actually work, rather than sit around playing with my phone. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sat Oct 03, 2015 20:48 ] |
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Mr Kissyfur wrote: No, it's because I actually work, rather than sit around playing with my phone.  What are you going on about? |
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