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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Winter Watch 2021-22, 2022-23 & 2023-24. |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2024 21:12
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Mimi wrote: MaliA wrote: Hmmmm I was looking back through this thread and saw this. I like your coat, Mali!
Ta. Yeah, it gets a lot of comments. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 51 |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 16:48
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Replies: 2938
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| I see the guardian has felt a need to increase the word count on its letters page. This bit is particularly savage "A tattoo doesn’t stop you getting a job any more. They’re kind of expensive and middle class and, unless you cover your neck or face, have ceased to effectively convey rebellion. ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Cot1ag3 - date confirmed |
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Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2023 23:22
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Replies: 398
Views: 5644
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| Also ooooh I passed 8,000 comments finally. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| zaphod79 |
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Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 13:45
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Replies: 14348
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| So earlier today there were reports that the government were planning to house some asylum seekers who had tested postive for TB on their new 'f#ck off back to France boat' , and there were a lot of comments around how this was a really bad idea. However no one needs to worry about that because part... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Podcast RMD |
| TheVision |
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2023 21:41
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Replies: 665
Views: 99498
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Episode two of 'When it comes crashing down with Dan and Ross' is now available on your favourite podcast app.
This is an 80s movie special and once again, I'd welcome your comments. It's only our second go at this but I'm still enjoying it. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Nice things |
| Dimrill |
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Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2023 19:43
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Replies: 178
Views: 12060
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The pointless emulation thread - fruit machines |
| Hearthly |
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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2023 10:38
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Replies: 1157
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| What happened to the old channel? It started to get a bit too close for comfort in the IRL/online crossover stakes, especially with some of the comments that were being left. The online slots content was the worst for it in honesty, I did a video about a fake money online casino streamer thinking i... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 51 |
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Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2023 14:11
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Replies: 2938
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| Yeah I really hope to get to play that. Lol'd at one of the Guardian comments moaning about killing gulls. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Nice things |
| Zardoz |
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2023 12:24
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Replies: 178
Views: 12060
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Nice things |
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 16:20
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Replies: 178
Views: 12060
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Purpose Forrin TV Thread |
| Findus Fop |
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 1:09
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Replies: 110
Views: 8679
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| We’ve been watching that, too. Some excellent pairings in episodes 2 and 3. I like that there’s room for a bit of psychology thrown in. Also, everyone (apart from a couple of outliers) is SO respectful and appreciative of each other. Yes, it’s very interesting getting a feel for their culture. Some... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Purpose Forrin TV Thread |
| Dr Zoidberg |
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 8:46
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Replies: 110
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| We’ve been watching that, too. Some excellent pairings in episodes 2 and 3. I like that there’s room for a bit of psychology thrown in. Also, everyone (apart from a couple of outliers) is SO respectful and appreciative of each other. Yes, it’s very interesting getting a feel for their culture. Some... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2022 17:04
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Replies: 14348
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| Publicity shy Wrexham Football Club look to quickly sweep this under the carpet and make sure politics is left back where it belongs, especially no comments on the right wing (please stop - Ed) https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/oct/25/wrexham-ban-paul-mullin-boots-message?utm_term=6358068985... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Meatup 2022 |
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Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2022 16:17
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Replies: 100
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| That was one splendid Meat-Up and once again a truly lovely weekend thanks to the fantastic hosts Mr & Mrs Grim and Willow the Wonderdog. Far better than Green Man which was probably swallowed by a giant sinkhole or over-run by sinister Wicker Man style cultists or something. Highlights: Willow ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2022 10:59
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Replies: 14348
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| Just down the road from here, the council have introduced a £20 charge to park overnight (circled red, pretty much) There's reasons apparently, and the place was popular with motorhomes and the like. The ECHO understands the intention of the new charges is to better control where larger vehicles and... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Challenge 2022 |
| Grim... |
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Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2022 14:20
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Replies: 136
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| "Any comments?" BANG "Any comments?" BANG "Any comments?" BANG "Any comments?" BANG "Any comments?" BANG "Any comments?" BANG "Any comments?" BANG "Any comments?" BANG "Any comments?" BANG "Any comments?&q... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Challenge 2022 |
| Satsuma |
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Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2022 13:48
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Replies: 136
Views: 3207
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| (1) Xenoblade Chronicles: Remastered Edition (Switch) 2) Xenoblade Chronicles: Future Connected DLC (Switch) 3) Returnal (Switch) 4) Metroid Dredd (Switch) 5) Elden Ring (PS5) 6) Generation Zero (Xbox) 7) No More Heroes 3 (Switch) 8 ) Sniper Elite 5 (Xbox) 9) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Xbox) Pix... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Need For The Need For Speed (and Friends!) |
| MrD |
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Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:21
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Replies: 107
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| Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing With Banjo-Kazooie (Demo) Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (Demo) "Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed!" I've been downloading random garbage on my 360 because I realised that it's by the grace and mostly forgetfulness of Microsoft that the d... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Eurovision Song Contest |
| Kern |
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Posted: Sat May 14, 2022 11:24
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Replies: 1436
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Just skimmed through our live comments on last year's acts. Delightfully, this was my hot take on the song that got the trophy:
Kern wrote: Italy
The Queen comeback tour is going well. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: YouTube - Highlights |
| TheVision |
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Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2022 18:19
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Replies: 2505
Views: 306109
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Trooper wrote: That was a throughly enjoyable watch  I assume you saw in the comments that the fire back 3DO version is online for sale? £45 it looks like, which must be cheap for a 91% game!
I didn't as it happens however, someone alerted me via Twitter so thanks Trooper! |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: YouTube - Highlights |
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Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2022 16:43
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Replies: 2505
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That was a throughly enjoyable watch
I assume you saw in the comments that the fire back 3DO version is online for sale? £45 it looks like, which must be cheap for a 91% game! |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Elden Ring |
| Hearthly |
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 16:27
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Replies: 33
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| I agree with Mr Fop and markg, I've watched these games from afar for years but never tried one because I know enough about myself to know it's not the type of game I like, all that having been said apparently Elden Ring does provide a slightly more forgiving on-ramp for the 'series' (it's not techn... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Purpose UK TV thread |
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Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 13:45
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Replies: 2347
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| Chloe on the Beeb, ep 1. We hadn't seen any trailers for this (or else we'd seen them and they hadn't registered with us) but as it's supposedly getting good reviews, we had a look. Couldn't work out what was going on for quite a while, which might be what's supposed to happen to draw us in. Comment... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2022 12:27
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Replies: 14348
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| Still fuming about yesterday. I gave in to it, and wrote to my MP. I watched the whole of yesterday's debate on the initial Sue Gray Report. I am not asking you for your comments about the various parties at 10 Downing Street during lockdown, or whether such behaviour from political leaders during t... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Celebrity Death List 2022 |
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Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2022 8:18
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Replies: 209
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| It seems that he likely died of Covid, and had been making some strong anti-vax comments recently. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 19:29
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Replies: 14348
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| As we have to celebrate victories in this thread when they come, I'm very pleased with the jury's decision over the Colston dunking. Who's next? This is an odd one. From what I know, there is very little doubt that the four people in court damaged the statue without the consent of the owners. Once ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Central Heating Control |
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Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 19:32
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Replies: 94
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| I knew there was another page and didn't go so far as to actually check :) Huh, actually checking - I thought we'd done this more recently, because we've moved to the Midlands since my previous comments, hence talk of a new oil fired boiler and what otherwise looks like a complete switch from evohom... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Purpose US TV thread |
| JBR |
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Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2021 14:20
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Replies: 8685
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| Always Sunny S15 is very fine. Going to watch Invasion 10 now, and then come back to enjoy Sat's comments. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Movie topic |
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2021 0:43
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Replies: 21110
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| Shang-Chi started off alright. The bus fight was cool but the guy with the blade up his arm was lazily designed, a bit crap and turns out to be in it a fair bit. The fight on the skyscraper was alright but whoever is directing is doing a poor job of filming the action. Too many cuts (not Taken 3 da... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Movie topic |
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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2021 23:15
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Replies: 21110
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| Shang-Chi started off alright. The bus fight was cool but the guy with the blade up his arm was lazily designed, a bit crap and turns out to be in it a fair bit. The fight on the skyscraper was alright but whoever is directing is doing a poor job of filming the action. Too many cuts (not Taken 3 da... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Movie topic |
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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2021 23:09
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Replies: 21110
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| Shang-Chi started off alright. The bus fight was cool but the guy with the blade up his arm was lazily designed, a bit crap and turns out to be in it a fair bit. The fight on the skyscraper was alright but whoever is directing is doing a poor job of filming the action. Too many cuts (not Taken 3 daf... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Nice things |
| Dimrill |
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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2021 11:55
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Replies: 178
Views: 12060
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 51 |
| Warhead |
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 0:21
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Replies: 2938
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| It's my company's "Let's piss off the staff in every country in which we operate with some compulsory security awareness training" time again. They've really shot themselves in the foot with this one. "Secure the Sauce - Challenge 1 - Investigate the Attack," is in the form of a ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Co11age |
| zaphod79 |
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Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2021 14:47
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Replies: 698
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| Me too, but I'm less concerned about my phone number: 07940 407537 Googling that gets you directions to a house that's no longer yours And a domain that redirects to an unhappy cow (probably because its not in space but I've not waited out all the comments on it) http://www.hsmx.com/random/directio... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Limpics |
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Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2021 20:36
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Replies: 314
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| Darwin and I watched the entire four hour ceremony. I loved it. It was calm and thoughtful, and beautiful in places. It wasn’t overly showy and it didn’t seem ridiculously expensive or full of props (apart from the fireworks and impressive drone display). The section making the pictograms was the m... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Limpics |
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Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2021 19:11
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Replies: 314
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| Darwin and I watched the entire four hour ceremony. I loved it. It was calm and thoughtful, and beautiful in places. It wasn’t overly showy and it didn’t seem ridiculously expensive or full of props (apart from the fireworks and impressive drone display). The section making the pictograms was the mo... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Alcoholic Liver Cirrhosis |
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Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2021 23:52
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Replies: 250
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| I just want to echo all the sentiments and comments that others have made. Very sad news indeed. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 51 |
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Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2021 12:49
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| I'm back at Buttonwood Services today, in almost the exact spot where some scallies knicked a load of my van stock a few months ago. Across the sweeping magesty of the car park, Teslas graize at their charging stations. 20210716_123511.jpg I'm on route from the inappropriately named Mount Pleasant c... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: What's Everyone Playing? |
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Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2021 23:43
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Replies: 1012
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Grim... wrote: Findus Fop wrote: I'm noticing how my attention starts to wane 40 minutes into a run. In a week you'll be gunning for sub ten minute runs. Stick with it!
I've read comments about such runs and simply can't fathom it. Intrigued to see how it manifests. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Weird aeroplane |
| Mimi |
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Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2021 22:56
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| I said I’d posted this in the Next Door group, didn’t I? Nobody was as helpful as here, but it got a good number of responses. The first were from a few women ‘I saw this too!’, ‘I couldn’t help hear it, could it have been training for Phillip’s funeral?’, ‘I saw it when I was in my car, I think it ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Doppelganger adventures |
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Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2021 14:07
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Replies: 448
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| I've managed receive a load of internal HR documents about Child and Vulnerable Adult Safeguarding from some church in Luton. Sadly it all seems very dry and sensible, with no juicy gossip or anything. Huh, it seems this is the same guy! First spotted back in Feb 2017! I appreciate the comments any... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Alcoholic Liver Cirrhosis |
| MrC |
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Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2021 18:15
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Replies: 250
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| Hamilton is on our list to watch. Like many people, I've done Dry January this year. I think it's the first time I've gone without a drink for longer than a week for 20-odd years. I've found the weekends dragging, I must confess, even though there's no going out to be done, but it has thrown into s... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Alcoholic Liver Cirrhosis |
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Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2021 17:33
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| Hamilton is on our list to watch. Like many people, I've done Dry January this year. I think it's the first time I've gone without a drink for longer than a week for 20-odd years. I've found the weekends dragging, I must confess, even though there's no going out to be done, but it has thrown into s... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Homeschooling |
| Findus Fop |
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Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2021 15:47
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Replies: 61
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| However, their decision to use FACEBOOK GROUPS as their "learning platform" for this iteration of lockdown is utterly batshit. You've got parents chiming in every 30 seconds with comments which pushes the posts out of order (yes, you can set the timeline of the group to posted order, but ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Homeschooling |
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Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2021 15:39
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| Oh god, where to start. Firstly, I have to say that I love my kid's school and think the staff are generally pretty great. They've been solid throughout the pandemic, supporting where possible, and pretty relaxed about how much kids achieve which helped to take the stress off during the first lockdo... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Nice things |
| Satsuma |
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Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2021 10:59
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Replies: 178
Views: 12060
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Movie topic |
| Hearthly |
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Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2021 15:35
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Replies: 21110
Views: 2121948
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| I thought I saw a couple of comments about the The Rock that weren't entirely complimentary but then figured I must be dreaming. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
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Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2020 23:03
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Replies: 14348
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| Wirral Council having a normal one Cllr Ian Lewis, who represents Wallasey, resigned as leader of Wirral Conservatives over a "breakdown in relations" with the Wirral West Conservative Association. A councillor nominated to replace Cllr Lewis has recently sparked outrage with comments he ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Ultrawidescreen Monitors |
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Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 15:22
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| Sorry, I will reply to this better when I can use my laptop again, I really do appreciate your help and comments. Laptop b is my personal laptop, I can do some work stuff on it, but not access work systems. Laptop c will be provided by work, I am not able to install any software of my own on it and ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Dungeons and Dragons |
| Dimrill |
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Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2020 16:43
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Replies: 3448
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