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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Food & cooking |
| Mimi |
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Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2023 19:39
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| Thanks, Cras! I added pectin. I don’t think there’d have been enough in the lemon juice (because as far as I’m aware the pectin in citrus is mostly found in the pith and flesh, which wasn’t boiled into the jam at any time), but the set was perfect. Maybe just dumb luck on my part? I sterilised and c... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: What have you bought? |
| Warhead |
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Posted: Tue May 09, 2023 19:38
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Replies: 3949
Views: 153155
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| So are you eating just toast for the week, then? No. We have a microwave, a hob and a slow cooker, so we have other options to keep us going. The disruption, apart from the inconvenience of not having a cooker, is having all the contents of the old housing and adjacent shelving unit on the dining r... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Challenge 2023 |
| Joans |
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Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2023 20:41
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| 1 Legend of Zelda Windwaker HD - WiiU/CEMU/Steam Deck 2 Overboard - Steam Deck 3. Mr Fast - Steam Deck 4. A Short Hike - Steam 5 5. Sonic Adventure - Dreamcast/Retroarch/Steam Deck The nostalgic bit - this was the first game I ever played on a Dreamcast, and possibly the last time I can remember se... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: What have you bought? |
| Mr Russell |
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2023 18:15
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Replies: 3949
Views: 153155
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| I tried to upload a photo and got the following: Information The image file you tried to attach is invalid. application/octetstream @grim... [phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file /posting.php on line 70: file_put_contents(): Only 0 of 426 bytes written, possibly out of free disk space Beex Information ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: What have you bought? |
| Mr Russell |
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2023 18:15
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Replies: 3949
Views: 153155
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| I tried to upload a photo and got the following: Information The image file you tried to attach is invalid. application/octetstream @grim... [phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file /posting.php on line 70: file_put_contents(): Only 0 of 426 bytes written, possibly out of free disk space Beex Information ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: What have you bought? |
| Mr Russell |
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Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 17:50
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Replies: 3949
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| I couldn't upload a picture from my phone though Are pictures borked? [phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file /posting.php on line 70: file_put_contents(): Only 0 of 361 bytes written, possibly out of free disk space Beex Information The image file you tried to attach is invalid. application/octetstream |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| Dr Zoidberg |
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2022 12:37
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Replies: 14339
Views: 1085958
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| Kwarteng has been sacked as chancellor. Expect Liz to deny any knowledge of the contents of the mini budget beforehand. No, he can't have been? He was only on the radio just yesterday and he promised, 100%, that he'd still be chancellor this time next week. Would you like to buy some magic beans? T... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| TheVision |
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2022 12:30
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Replies: 14339
Views: 1085958
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Dr Zoidberg wrote: Kwarteng has been sacked as chancellor. Expect Liz to deny any knowledge of the contents of the mini budget beforehand.
No, he can't have been? He was only on the radio just yesterday and he promised, 100%, that he'd still be chancellor this time next week. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| Dr Zoidberg |
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2022 12:27
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Replies: 14339
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| Kwarteng has been sacked as chancellor. Expect Liz to deny any knowledge of the contents of the mini budget beforehand. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: BeExBay - Sell your stuff here |
| Joans |
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Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2022 19:52
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Replies: 245
Views: 20117
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| I'm in the process of clearing out some old computer magazines, and while I will probably try and shift some on ebay if I think they might be worth anything, I've got some that are quite tatty (missing pages, had bits cut out of them, or I've scribbled something about the contents on the front). The... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Gardening Corner |
| Kern |
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Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2022 9:11
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Replies: 630
Views: 30670
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| A while back I put some seeds in a small pot as I couldn't decide which bed to put them in. Recently I saw loads of shoots peaking out the soil, and as it looked so cramped in there I decided to repot them into a larger pot. When I was trying to remove the old pot, all of its contents fell upside do... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: DIY? GTFO! |
| Zardoz |
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2022 9:45
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Replies: 2614
Views: 259735
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| Sorry for late reply, Mimi! Current contents include a handful of ping pong balls that haven’t been chewed by Ziggy, a dart ‘checkout’card and some biscuits. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Co11age |
| Goddess Jasmine |
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Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2021 16:04
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Replies: 698
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| Joans got the Cottage tub out of the loft. These are the contents with added hand sanitizer. I shall get the liquid soap when I go shopping at the weekend. I haven't seen any blue roll about, but Joan's is nipping to Makro tomorrow. Anyone know if Jagermeister goes out of date? It must have been in ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 books 2021 |
| Kern |
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Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2021 10:46
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Replies: 233
Views: 13009
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| 1."The Impeachers" by Brenda Wineapple 2. "Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to YouTube" by Trav SD 3."The Shortest History of Germany" by James Hawes 4. "How Britain Ends - English Nationalism and the Re-birth of Four Nations" ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| Kern |
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Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 11:14
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Replies: 14339
Views: 1085958
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| I'm giving Liz's Big Hat Day a rest this year. What I've heard of its contents is enough to get me spitting buckets, so I don't fancy any additional stress if I can avoid it and I can rehearse various points of irritation here at my leisure later. Of course, I know the government are only doing this... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Dreams and nightmares |
| Warhead |
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Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2021 7:38
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Replies: 1240
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| I was with a group of maybe 50 people, I think they were colleagues. We were walking together to a TV studio to record a programme about something that we were all working on, some kind of government project, i think. I thought it was somewhere in Yorkshire, but not anywhere I recognised. We arrived... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: *~Pets Corner!~* |
| zaphod79 |
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 17:14
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Replies: 1918
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| As soon as we got home, in an incredibly bold move, she attempted to eat the contents of the bin :roll: :kiss: Tanka is *very* food orientated and I'm sure if we let her she would just not stop eating anything and everything One of the advantages we have now is she's basically never left alone I've... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: *~Pets Corner!~* |
| sdg |
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 16:54
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Replies: 1918
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| My daft dog Arra cost me £300 yesterday when she staged a midnight break in to the pantry and ate as much as she possibly could, including a whole loaf of bread and at least three mince pies. Mince pies contain raisins, which are incredibly toxic to dogs and she was pretty ill so I had to take her t... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Dungeons and Dragons |
| myp |
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Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2020 16:11
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Replies: 3448
Views: 43440
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sdg wrote: Zardoz wrote: I bet this is EXACTLY as you imagined it, sdg x It's like looking in a mirror. You've captured the contents of my sleeve so accurately.
Lightning farts |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Dungeons and Dragons |
| sdg |
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Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2020 16:10
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Replies: 3448
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Zardoz wrote: I bet this is EXACTLY as you imagined it, sdg x
It's like looking in a mirror. You've captured the contents of my sleeve so accurately. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Royal Mail/courier company moany moany thread |
| Mr Russell |
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Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 14:26
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Replies: 399
Views: 53571
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| So many things wrong with that Meems. I hope you're making a formal complaint. :( I went onto the online chat last night, and they weren’t interested in the slightest. I think a lot of couriers, online stores and services have long since taken the ‘you need us more than we need you’ line of custome... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Royal Mail/courier company moany moany thread |
| devilman |
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Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 11:57
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Replies: 399
Views: 53571
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| So many things wrong with that Meems. I hope you're making a formal complaint. :( I went onto the online chat last night, and they weren’t interested in the slightest. I think a lot of couriers, online stores and services have long since taken the ‘you need us more than we need you’ line of custome... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Royal Mail/courier company moany moany thread |
| Mimi |
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Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 11:51
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Replies: 399
Views: 53571
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| So many things wrong with that Meems. I hope you're making a formal complaint. :( I went onto the online chat last night, and they weren’t interested in the slightest. I think a lot of couriers, online stores and services have long since taken the ‘you need us more than we need you’ line of custome... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 50 |
| NervousPete |
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Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 19:03
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Replies: 4952
Views: 235384
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| Yeah, it is. Hurricane Laura is officially a Category Four now at 140mph sustained winds She's probably got about another four hours of proper intensification available to her before coastal friction kicks in a bit but she's still got a good ten hours over sea. The National Hurricane Centre have not... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Steamy Piles |
| Dimrill |
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 15:08
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Replies: 217
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| Hey! Remember this thread? This one's too good to ignore. Imagination Practice! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1369570/Imagination_Practice/ imagine-0.jpg In this puzzle game, you imagine letters around your body and think of words which contain or start with those letters. Very easy to use and ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Purpose UK TV thread |
| Satsuma |
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Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 20:05
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Replies: 2347
Views: 292702
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| Not to be glib but everything you’ve separated into individual spoilers relates to one thing: young lad was investigating the 12. His investigation is on his flash drive and it’s contents leads to the accountant. It’s not exactly hard to follow and the cube stuff was “solved” in a single (thankfully... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Coronavirus |
| Bamba |
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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 10:35
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Replies: 2356
Views: 59507
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| Also, I'll taking a wander through the various small super markets around me at lunch time to see what the ravening hordes have left me. Priorities will be tinned shit, freezer stuff and beer. From what I've seen so far the smaller supermarkets seem to be doing a little better because all the hordin... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: PC gaming hardware thread. |
| Findus Fop |
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Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2020 14:36
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Replies: 5932
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| I've inherited my friend's PC! Yay! He used to use it for Bootcamp, but now I need it as windows pc. Windows trial is installed on the slow drive. I need to get a fresh install on the SSD, which it doesn't currently boot into. I do have the DVD of my previous PC's windows 10. Could I use that to set... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Hearthstone thread |
| Hearthly |
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Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2020 10:05
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Replies: 3553
Views: 264393
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| Since crafting myself Zephrys and playing around with him quite a bit, I've been fascinated to dig into how he really works behind the scenes, check out this Hearthstone Wiki entry for ONE SINGLE CARD. And the more of this one digests and understands, the better one will be able to play with, and pl... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 50 |
| krazywookie |
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Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2019 11:22
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Replies: 4952
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| This letter from my mum in America arrived this morning, looks like the usps has shredded it, the machines have eaten the contents and then they've sent me an empty envelope. There's a hand cut out note from the Pittsburgh distribution center saying the contents has probably ended up in Atlanta and ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: RPGs at the cottage |
| Doctor Glyndwr |
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Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 13:51
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Replies: 30
Views: 2485
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: RPGs at the cottage |
| Doctor Glyndwr |
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Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 12:32
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Replies: 30
Views: 2485
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| (post contents moved to first post in thread) |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Taking the Brexit |
| Mimi |
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Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 10:54
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Replies: 6502
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Grim... wrote: Thanks Cras. And now back to the studio.
After the sinking feeling of despair at reading the spoilers contents in your previous post, this actually made me laugh out loud, so thanks for the comic relief at least. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Awful videogame companies |
| Hearthly |
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Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2019 13:19
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Replies: 169
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| Sounds like. The fact that you you can't sell anything on is certainly a big protection under that description. I suppose it's like the arcades that award tickets for winning shit. You're exchanging tickets rather than money for prizes, and that level of abstraction is enough to keep it out of legi... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The 'NAY!' Thread |
| DavPaz |
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Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2019 23:09
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Replies: 7442
Views: 694529
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| Have you not got any buildings and contents insurance that might cover it? Looking into it Did you manage to get this sorted Davpaz? No cover on our policy. Looking into either selling up or remortgaging. Do you actually need a full roof or can it be repaired? Not according to the roofer that the m... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The 'NAY!' Thread |
| Goddess Jasmine |
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Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2019 15:41
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Replies: 7442
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DavPaz wrote: Goddess Jasmine wrote: DavPaz wrote: Satsuma wrote: Have you not got any buildings and contents insurance that might cover it? Looking into it Did you manage to get this sorted Davpaz? No cover on our policy. Looking into either selling up or remortgaging.
Do you actually need a full roof or can it be repaired? |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The 'NAY!' Thread |
| DavPaz |
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Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2019 14:05
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Replies: 7442
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Goddess Jasmine wrote: DavPaz wrote: Satsuma wrote: Have you not got any buildings and contents insurance that might cover it? Looking into it Did you manage to get this sorted Davpaz?
No cover on our policy. Looking into either selling up or remortgaging. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The 'NAY!' Thread |
| Goddess Jasmine |
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Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2019 13:27
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Replies: 7442
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DavPaz wrote: Satsuma wrote: Have you not got any buildings and contents insurance that might cover it? Looking into it
Did you manage to get this sorted Davpaz? |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The 'NAY!' Thread |
| DavPaz |
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Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 15:23
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Replies: 7442
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Satsuma wrote: Have you not got any buildings and contents insurance that might cover it?
Looking into it |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The 'NAY!' Thread |
| myp |
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Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 15:06
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Replies: 7442
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Satsuma wrote: Have you not got any buildings and contents insurance that might cover it?
Depends why it’s damaged. Need more info! |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The 'NAY!' Thread |
| Satsuma |
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Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 15:02
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Replies: 7442
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| Have you not got any buildings and contents insurance that might cover it? |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Taking the Brexit |
| Hearthly |
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Posted: Fri May 24, 2019 12:24
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Replies: 6502
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| https://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2018/12/07/week-in-review-all-may-s-faults-come-home-to-roost It is quite wrong to feel pity for her. Firstly, her current misery is of her own making. The deal is terrible because her red lines made any other outcome impossible. That is her responsibility. Secondly,... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Roof Racks! That's right, you heard me! |
| Trooper |
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Posted: Mon May 20, 2019 15:59
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Replies: 50
Views: 5800
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| Don't forget to tell your insurer, it's a strong possibility the roof box and contents won't be covered unless you tell them. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: What's Everyone Playing? |
| Doctor Glyndwr |
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2019 11:40
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Replies: 1012
Views: 62239
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| Katana ZERO : closing in on the end now, peeking at the table of contents for a walkthrough suggests I've got a couple more sub-levels then some sort of boss fight finale. The plot is coming into focus and I think has been well handled through the game. The more of it I play, the more I think the c... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Borderlands 3 |
| GazChap |
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Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2019 12:35
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Replies: 116
Views: 11800
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| I won't come to any harm from my Steam friends list and game playtimes being scraped -- that stuff is public anyway. My understanding here (probably limited, as I didn't follow it much after the initial revelation) was that even if you had those things set to be private on your Steam profile, they ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The clittycally-insane Cull of Jewty 4 Mordor Wharfe Hare |
| Doctor Glyndwr |
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Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2019 1:25
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Replies: 2198
Views: 184169
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| Drive is doing what I told it to, which is backup the contents of My Documents. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Amiga Power: The Album With Attitude |
| MatthewSmith |
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Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 22:48
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Replies: 75
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| An Amiga chiptunes remix album doesn’t sound like a product reflecting the spirit of AP, if I’m being honest. Particularly latter-day AP. Very early on I wondered if an Amiga Power remix album would actually be do-able given the frequent comments in AP about having to play games with the sound off ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: PC gaming hardware thread. |
| Findus Fop |
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Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2019 11:45
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Replies: 5932
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| Apologies for the likely noobish question, but I've not been able to find a satisfactory answer to this online: I have an external hard drive I used to back up my old, broken Macbook. I no longer need that back up. What I do need is an external drive to back up my home PC. Therefore I want to format... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Stockpiling food for Brexit |
| Doctor Glyndwr |
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2019 18:13
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Replies: 246
Views: 7900
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| Cans are not massless. They don't weigh much, though; the packaging is less than 5% of the weight of the contents. And if you're doing bulk storage many things (flour, pasta) will be in paper or plastic, which is even lighter, relative to storage volume. Overall you're better nit-picking at the val... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Stockpiling food for Brexit |
| Malc |
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2019 12:06
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Replies: 246
Views: 7900
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| I have an external pantry and a chest freezer full of stuff, so it's sorta stockpiled by default. I'd like to put more stuff in both, but we are in the process of eating down the chest freezer contents as it really needs a defrost. |
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