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Forum: General Discussion Topic: What have you bought? |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Fri May 03, 2024 0:25
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Craig David's Bow Selector |
| Trooper |
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Posted: Thu May 02, 2024 11:35
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Replies: 87
Views: 1154
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| I definitely have a riser and limbs I don't need any more, it's the bow I brought to the cottage... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| Warhead |
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Posted: Thu May 02, 2024 9:31
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Replies: 14361
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| Asylum homelessness rises as refugees told to leave accommodation So, here's the next problem. Once your asylum claim has been approved you are classed as a refugee and have 28 days to vacate your Home Office supplied accommodation and find somewhere else to live, as well as applying for benefits a... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
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Posted: Thu May 02, 2024 8:30
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Replies: 14361
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| Just voted (local and police). The poll clerk made a great play of pretending to size up my youthful driving licence photo to my more modern, rugged handsome look. Decided to vote for the person promising to cut crime for the police commissioner elections. Still annoyed that the Tories switched this... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
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Posted: Thu May 02, 2024 6:13
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| And by rounding people up and putting them into detention centres before all of the legal issues are sorted, they’ll be wasting even more money. If they just hired more staff to process claims quickly, then those with a good claim can become self sufficient and stop costing us to house them. Those w... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Challenge 2024 |
| Satsuma |
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Posted: Thu May 02, 2024 0:27
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| 1) Trepang2 (PS) 2) River City Girls 2 (PS) 3) Back 4 Blood (XB) 4) Far Cry 6 (XB) 5) Valheim (early access) (XB) 6) Persona 3 Reload (XB) I missed out on playing Persona 3 Portable on Game Pass a while back cause I could never find the inclination to start a big game so when Reload came on I had t... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 51 |
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Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 13:03
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Replies: 2962
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| Skool Daze seemed like an amazing bit of programming when it was first released. So much more depth than most of the games of the time |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Movie topic |
| Satsuma |
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Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 18:22
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Replies: 21126
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| Saw X is a movie. I’ve seen some saying “it’s the best since Saw 2!!!” and “ZOMG it’s more focussed on Jigsaw as a character and explores his motivations and it’s not really about the killings!!!!” All a crock of shit. It’s poorly acted, boring, trite nonsense. It’s the usual fare but all the deaths... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Wild Swims |
| Malc |
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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 22:24
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Replies: 31
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| Some easy changes to make with blood pressure is reducing salt (processed meat a biggy) and drink more water, Malc. Hope you can get back to enjoying your swims soon. I drink lots of water as is, I've decided to cut out salt (that's one thing I do have lots of) and I don't do ready meals or things ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Wild Swims |
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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 22:07
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| Some easy changes to make with blood pressure is reducing salt (processed meat a biggy) and drink more water, Malc. Hope you can get back to enjoying your swims soon. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 51 |
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Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2024 18:41
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| I suspect that this is a more modern interpretation and it wasn’t the original intention, but still a proper WTF moment. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Movie topic |
| Malc |
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Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2024 18:10
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| Man alive Expend4bles is fucking terrible. The dialogue is hilariously bad, the cast has no chemistry whatsoever and the whole film appears to have been made on more green screens than the Star Wars prequels. I’m sure I watched a leaked version of one of the Expendables where the CG hadn’t been don... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Movie topic |
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Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2024 18:04
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| Man alive Expend4bles is fucking terrible. The dialogue is hilariously bad, the cast has no chemistry whatsoever and the whole film appears to have been made on more green screens than the Star Wars prequels. I’m sure I watched a leaked version of one of the Expendables where the CG hadn’t been done... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The 'NAY!' Thread |
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Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2024 15:15
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Replies: 7456
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Squirt wrote: If there's a bumhole that needs a chuffing, it'll stop more than a cracked rib to stop me doing what's needed.
How can you tell when it’s needed?
Asking for a friend…. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The 'NAY!' Thread |
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Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2024 14:57
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| If there's a bumhole that needs a chuffing, it'll stop more than a cracked rib to stop me doing what's needed. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Wild Swims |
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Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:44
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| You have a lot more faith in my doctor than I do Mimi. I can't see much coming out of this phone call almost two weeks after the event. I wondered if they would want a blood sample to test for something, or even take my blood pressure. But what good is that so far away? If they were worried I would ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Wild Swims |
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Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:48
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| OR, and here’s an idea, just hold out on any more wild swims for the foreseeable, until you’ve been given the all clear by the docs, and *then* get someone to accompany you. You can go for a nice, managed swim at a pool or leisure facility in the meantime, knowing that there are people there to help... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Purpose US TV thread |
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Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 23:24
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| I think Helen might have enjoyed fallout more than I did, at least in some respects, because she wasn't looking for the bits and pieces, just watching for its own spectacle. I have to say the final episode felt rushed to an end and pressed to set up season 2 (which I'm sure is worse in streaming the... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Purpose US TV thread |
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Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 12:26
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| It was you lot who converted me :D I did struggle at first because I just didn't understand how it all worked. Got a bit anxious in the vault and kinda rushed out without learning about VATs etc. It does take me a long time to pick up new things. Easily my fave game series ever though. Most notably ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Wild Swims |
| Malc |
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Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 21:36
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| 1) Long Timber Woods 2) Long Timber Woods 3) Piles Copse 4) Piles Copse [/quote] 5) Piles Copse Hmm, bit of a disaster this one, not the swim mind, the swim was wonderful, if a little cold. I managed 500m, which is probably where the issue lay, my arms were stiff, and I was probably in the water to... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Middle Age Spread |
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Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2024 22:57
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| You are more active than you were, so you must be converting fat to muscle and - even more importantly at this stage! - supportive/connective tissue, and doing cardiovascular improvement. I fully understand the frustration; I never lost more than 4kg from starting weight 4.5 years ago and in fact we... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Purpose US TV thread |
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Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2024 14:51
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| The first one was great. Looking forward to more tonight. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Hive (Central Heating) |
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Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2024 13:55
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Replies: 119
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| We just received an email from Hive Home ..... Hi Mrs Warhead, Have you seen your savings start to stack up since you started using Hive Heating Plus? By being smarter with your heating, you've not only racked up savings, but also lowered your carbon footprint! Your free trial is coming to an end, ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: What have you bought? |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2024 18:34
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MaliA wrote: New running shoes.
I weighed my new running shoes and they were considerably more than the claimed ten ounces, coming in at a whopping thirteen and a half stone. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Purpose US TV thread |
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Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:12
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| Somehow passed me by, but a brief reference in a newspaper or magazine recently led me to watch the first couple of episodes of John Wilson's How to with John Wilson (currently on BBC Iplayer). These are very poetically shot and slightly esoteric rhapsodies on modern New York life., with clever use... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Purpose US TV thread |
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Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2024 7:33
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| Somehow passed me by, but a brief reference in a newspaper or magazine recently led me to watch the first couple of episodes of John Wilson's How to with John Wilson (currently on BBC Iplayer). These are very poetically shot and slightly esoteric rhapsodies on modern New York life., with clever use ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Movie topic |
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2024 12:03
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| I watched Dune: Part 2 too. Man alive the audio in IMAX was so fucking groovy. Looked nice too. I’ve never been a Dune book fan, mind, and never played the Amiga game either. Still, I enjoyed the first film a lot and it won me over by the end. Bit slow to get moving, mind. And I wanted more of a “H... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Movie topic |
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Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2024 23:18
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| One weekend evening the kids wanted to watch a movie but bedtime was approaching so we asked them to find something short to watch so they chose some old (ok, 90s) film called The Big Green Entirely predictable, disadvantaged students in a poor town have no hope but a SUBSTITUTE TEACHER comes in an... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Movie topic |
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Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2024 0:36
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| I watched Dune: Part 2 too. Man alive the audio in IMAX was so fucking groovy. Looked nice too. I’ve never been a Dune book fan, mind, and never played the Amiga game either. Still, I enjoyed the first film a lot and it won me over by the end. Bit slow to get moving, mind. And I wanted more of a “He... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Wild Swims |
| Malc |
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Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 13:11
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| 1) Long Timber Woods 2) Long Timber Woods 3) Piles Copse PXL_20240330_102103638.TS_exported_77333.jpg A swim from the other day (March 30th) Once again, sneaking in, just before the end of the month. A bit more of a proper swim this time, the water was freezing, the river is still flowing far too f... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Craig David's Bow Selector |
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Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:42
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| Possibly dumb question, but is the distance the only thing that changes? Same target, scoring etc? Not a dumb question! The distance, target size, target face, scoring etc... all changes. Take a look at my indoor season for example: graphs.jpg The Frostbite was 30m, 80cm sized target using 10 zone ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Craig David's Bow Selector |
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Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 11:16
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Replies: 87
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| It's more of a THONK with the new carbon riser |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2024 |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2024 17:40
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Replies: 75
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| These Burning Stars - Bethany Jacobs entertaining enough romp where two government agents try and track down a rebel across the stars. The "drinks a lot (mainly spirits), fights, and promiscuous" portrayal of "strong women characters" is getting tired, though. The House ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Cot14ge |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:54
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myp wrote: MaliA wrote: Not this year for me. You won the quiz, what more is there to do? Go out on a high
Undefeated. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Cot14ge |
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Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:50
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MaliA wrote: Not this year for me.
You won the quiz, what more is there to do? Go out on a high |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2024 |
| Squirt |
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Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 18:58
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| 1.) The Third World War - General Sir John Hackett, GCB, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC, MA, B.Litt, LL.D 2.) Maigret and the Nahour Case - Georges Simenon 3.) The Age of Absurdity: Why Modern Life Makes It Hard To Be Happy - Michael Foley 4.) The High Window - Raymond Chandler 5.) As I... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 51 |
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Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 12:42
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| More importantly. What did you both get? |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2024 |
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Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:28
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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. 6. Orbital - Samantha Harvey. 7. Satoshi Yogisawa - Days at the Morisaki Bookshop. 8. Linwood Barclay - The L... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Challenge 2024 |
| Satsuma |
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Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:37
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| 1) Trepang2 (PS) 2) River City Girls 2 (PS) 3) Back 4 Blood (XB) 4) Far Cry 6 (XB) 5) Valheim (early access) (XB) I was fucking loving this. It was like the Dark Souls of crafting, survival, thing that this game is. It was hard as balls, I didn’t understand what I was supposed to be doing, I didn’t... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2024 |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2024 18:38
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Replies: 75
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| These Burning Stars - Bethany Jacobs entertaining enough romp where two government agents try and track down a rebel across the stars. The "drinks a lot (mainly spirits), fights, and promiscuous" portrayal of "strong women characters" is getting tired, though. The House ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Royal Wedding, Electoral Reform, and Royal Babies thread |
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Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2024 14:26
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| Current betting is that she's discovered William's mistress is up the duff. Frankly that just adds one more name to the inevitable bloody fratricide that Princess Charlotte will perform on her way to the throne. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Cot14ge |
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Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2024 14:00
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| Hello lovely peoples. It's about the time I start thinking about taking deposits but the attendance list is looking a bit sparse at the moment. Unless I've missed a post, so far we only have: Jem GazChap TheVision Trooper JBR Kern Grim… Cras KovacsC Malc Curiosity Mr Dave Goddess Jasmine (maybe) Bob... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Craig David's Bow Selector |
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Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 17:32
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| Wow, yeah, that does sound pretty full-on. It's far more relaxed at air rifle comps, unless you're lucky enough to finish in the top 10 and end up in the aforementioned Olympic-style final. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Craig David's Bow Selector |
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Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 16:33
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| More relentless than that. Shooting in 2 details, 4 people to a target, a/b and c/d. A/b shoot 3 arrows in 2 minutes, c/d then shoot 3 arrows in 2 minutes. Go collect your arrows, write down your score, which takes a few mins, then back to the line and the details swap, so it's c/d then a/b and the ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Craig David's Bow Selector |
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Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 10:28
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| I assume it's like 10m air rifle comps where you're timed? Not for each shot (except in the case of Olympic-style finals in air rifle) but like, you have 120 minutes to take 60 shots, that kinda thing? I always found when I was doing air rifle that I started to get fatigued around halfway through, s... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2024 |
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Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:48
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Replies: 75
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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. 6. Orbital - Samantha Harvey. 7. Satoshi Yogisawa - Days at the Morisaki Bookshop. 8. Linwood Barclay - The L... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: YouTube - Highlights |
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Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 1:02
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Several more of these here.
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2024 |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 18:52
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Replies: 75
Views: 1199
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| These Burning Stars - Bethany Jacobs entertaining enough romp where two government agents try and track down a rebel across the stars. The "drinks a lot (mainly spirits), fights, and promiscuous" portrayal of "strong women characters" is getting tired, though. The House ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2024 |
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Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:30
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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. 6. Orbital - Samantha Harvey. 7. Satoshi Yogisawa - Days at the Morisaki Bookshop. 8. Linwood Barclay - The L... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 51 |
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2024 17:08
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| Slightly odd question about your bathroom habits, I will spoiler it as it is about going to the loo, and some people might not want to read about that, but there will be nothing graphic Spoilered because otherwise the subject is obvious. I can't conceive of ever double-flushing. I even roll my ... |
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