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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Election 2017 |
| NervousPete |
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 2:02
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| ... I'm actually mainly watching the CNN commentary, American lass plus two Brits - quite an amusing combo with no show-boating and on-the-ball comments, punctuated by the American lady explaining the odd quirk of the British system thing to the American viewers. They just had a good interview ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bombing at the Manchester Arena |
| Mr Russell |
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2017 12:18
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| ... shared a pic saying 'Mass immigration is a national security threat. Time so shut the door' (I then made the mistake of looking at the original comments on it which were vile), so I unfollowed her to stop stuff like that showing up in my feed. However, I've just clicked on her profile to get ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bombing at the Manchester Arena |
| devilman |
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2017 12:11
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| ... shared a pic saying 'Mass immigration is a national security threat. Time so shut the door' (I then made the mistake of looking at the original comments on it which were vile), so I unfollowed her to stop stuff like that showing up in my feed. However, I've just clicked on her profile to get ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Rick and Morty |
| Grim... |
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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 8:04
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Purpose US TV thread |
| Curiosity |
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Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 6:45
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zaphod79 wrote: Curiosity wrote: Legion Season Finale: Post credits scene if you did not see it And I pretty much agree with your comments
Gah! |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Purpose US TV thread |
| zaphod79 |
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Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 0:45
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Curiosity wrote: Legion Season Finale:
Post credits scene if you did not see it
And I pretty much agree with your comments |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| Cavey |
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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 15:20
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Replies: 14361
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| ... and (to my mild shock and disappointment) suggests an attempt at mutual respect? Have I interpreted it entirely wrongly? Heh. Well, to be fair, my comments were equally throwaway; it's others who have taken such grave exception to them. Sorry if I don't share their admiration for this particular ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| Cavey |
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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 14:27
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| I totally and fundamentally disagree, in the context of comments about fair-game MPs who are in public office (and as in this case, courting controversy/dishing it out with "my boyfriend" comments in Parliament, if I understand Kern correctly). ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| Curiosity |
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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 12:31
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| ... This he is. Also very homophobic and with ties to racist groups. And is a fan of Trump (though disavowed him on his sexist 'grab by the pussy' comments). Just a privileged rich kid playing politics because it's a thing to do (whilst owning a large investment firm that he lobbied on behalf of ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Call of Duty: WWII |
| Satsuma |
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2017 10:26
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Replies: 43
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Westminster attack |
| Dr Zoidberg |
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 8:13
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Replies: 32
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I think it's comments on social media that annoy me most (other than the actual twats doing this of course).
On the BBC news facebook page there were people claiming that it was all fake news because there hadn't been any CCTV footage released after only a couple of hours. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 48 |
| Grim... |
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Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2017 21:36
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| I'm fairly sure the guards can't tell if my electro-ticket is first class or not, as i happily sit in first and they've checked it five times or so now with no comments. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild |
| Satsuma |
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 16:22
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Replies: 254
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| Secondly "have this weapon" *monster* *hit monster* *hit monster a second time* *weapon breaks*... Seriously? I've been reading some comments about this elsewhere in that the game is designed to push you to use different tactics away from a typical 1 on 1 sword fight approach so the ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Purpose US TV thread |
| Cras |
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2017 16:22
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| ... & poster on here so please forgive me if this show has been mentioned before (I don't really have the time to check back through 75 pages of comments). Anyway, SOUTHLAND.... Best cop show since The Wire (my fave US TV show of all time). Dynamic, gritty, very well acted & brilliantly directed, ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild |
| Bamba |
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2017 11:47
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| ... that review reminded me. And Jim's chat about weapons breaking confirms what I'd feared when I watched some videos of the combat. Hilariously the comments on that page are no longer viewable because that aspect of the site's run out of memory. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Purpose US TV thread |
| Bamba |
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Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2017 22:07
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| ... making less sense than ever. (On the other hand, that was also true of Dirk Gently, which went on to land the ending brilliantly.) These kind of comments make me wonder if I'm somehow missing a whole load of stuff because it seems pretty coherent to me (relative to the fact it's about someone ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Purpose US TV thread |
| Bamba |
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Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2017 14:57
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| ... making less sense than ever. (On the other hand, that was also true of Dirk Gently, which went on to land the ending brilliantly.) These kind of comments make me wonder if I'm somehow missing a whole load of stuff because it seems pretty coherent to me (relative to the fact it's about someone ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Come play GTA 5 with us (on PS4) |
| ApplePieOfDestiny |
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Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 12:09
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| I have some comments (don't follow the Yellow Line Of Lies -- it leads to the military base main entrance which you can't get in through.) You can actually get in the military base via this route. However it involves you getting ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| Cavey |
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 12:16
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| ... exceptionally well resourced dark arts operation" to "destroy Jeremy Corbyn". One former Labour minister described Mr McDonnell's comments as "unhinged". In his article, Mr McDonnell accuses "the coup perpetrators" of "a covert strategy" to destabilise ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: PSVR |
| Bamba |
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Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 18:59
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Replies: 923
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: PSVR |
| Bamba |
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 15:34
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| I picked up a PSVR kit and upgraded my PS4 to the Pro not long after Christmas and would echo the other comments here i.e. it's surprisingly impressive and definitely 'good enough' for the money compared to the outlay that even a basic Vive/Rift setup would cost. In terms of ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
| MrChris |
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 16:41
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Hearthly wrote: Grim... wrote: Hearthly wrote: Sorry I was responding to previous suggestions (not from yourself!) that I was some sort of negligent moron Which don't exist. Oh I must have imagined the comments then.
do quote them, unless Grim's changed time. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 16:41
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Grim... wrote: Hearthly wrote: Sorry I was responding to previous suggestions (not from yourself!) that I was some sort of negligent moron Which don't exist.
Oh I must have imagined the comments then. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The 'Yay!' thread |
| krazywookie |
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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 22:44
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Next2Me get, picking it up tomorrow. Thanks for nice comments all, Mrs wookie will read them too and feel better  good progress with feeding |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| devilman |
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Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 15:20
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| ... and their 'fake news' and yet that whole Swedish thing was something Trump saw on Fox which doesn't sound great . Even when Trump explained his comments on Twitter and lots in Sweden pointed out his error, the supporters all started posting sources backing up Trump, usually the Daily Express ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| markg |
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Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2017 12:46
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| ... 'special treatment' as they see their home towns crumble, services be consistently underfunded and withdrawn, and 'outsiders' move in. No, the comments on Facebook were from people no worse off than us. And no offence but I'm getting a bit fed up of hearing this excuse/explanation or whatever ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Taking the Brexit |
| devilman |
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2017 10:30
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Replies: 6502
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| ... the country into something he knows is going to be awful, or vote for what he thinks is right and piss off his constituents, who, judging by the comments I was reading last night, absolutely hate him now. Although it doesn't help that these commenters seem to think everyone is with them; sure, ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Food & cooking |
| markg |
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Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2017 11:36
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| ... rice chips fried onion and curry as some supposed crab linguine or similar busting meal, or "all celery in all forms is utter shit" type comments, and nor do I make any apology for coming down hard on what I consider to be inverted snobbery and/or peer pressure type comments, like somehow ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Food & cooking |
| Cavey |
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Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2017 11:14
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| ... rice chips fried onion and curry as some supposed crab linguine or similar busting meal, or "all celery in all forms is utter shit" type comments, and nor do I make any apology for coming down hard on what I consider to be inverted snobbery and/or peer pressure type comments, like somehow ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| Doctor Glyndwr |
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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2017 10:44
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| ... on CNBC. Trump should handle his conflicts “however he wants to.” Ryan has learned his prudence the hard way. Following the airing of Trump’s past comments, caught on tape, about his forceful sexual advances on women, Ryan said he’d no longer campaign for Trump. Ryan’s net favorability rating among ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
| Grim... |
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 15:34
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| ... That's why Ghost in the Shell is only 8Kb. I was waiting for this. Not dissapointed :D Let's not derail the Car thread, eh chaps? Sorry for my comments. Cars don't run on rails, you berk l8rQEQAeET8 |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
| myp |
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 14:52
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DavPaz wrote: Let's not derail the Car thread, eh chaps? Sorry for my comments.
Cars don't run on rails, you berk |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
| DavPaz |
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 14:52
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| Let's not derail the Car thread, eh chaps? Sorry for my comments. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| Cavey |
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2017 9:40
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| ... themselves to Trump and his administration? I don't know if that's true or not, but it'd hardly be surprising, especially in the light of Trump's comments about the EU largely serving as an economic vehicle for Germany (which whatever other objectionable, downright appalling stuff he comes out ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| devilman |
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Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2017 22:14
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| ... Nuttall does in Stoke-on-Trent. The local paper did a live Facebook stream thing where he announced he was running so I had a nose through the comments. Seems to be a mix of stuff calling him an anti-racist and him being in favour of privatising the NHS, a few in support of him, but mainly ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
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Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 12:25
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| ... of the alliance is fair enough. What's worrying, and destabilising, is his utter lack of regard for NATO and mutual defence. I don't think his comments are going to please anybody other than Mr Putin. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Taking the Brexit |
| Doctor Glyndwr |
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Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 11:04
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| ... dad (a staunch socialist) voted Leave because the EU is not a socialist project, but based on capitalism. I think it's obvious from Corbyn's comments before and performance during the referendum that this is a view he has a lot of time for, if not outright shares. Now let me make the left-wing ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Taking the Brexit |
| Doctor Glyndwr |
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 13:14
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Pound down again this morning after May's tough talk about leaving the single market over the weekend.
Quote: The pound is down more than 1%, to a 10-week low, after May's #Brexit comments this weekend https://t.co/zl6r7kO1QU by @martoneder https://t.co/xp83KXbR7q |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| Hero of Excellence |
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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 20:48
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| ... the government has done a good job wrt healthcare in the last 7 years? It's a simple question. And if so what do you think of the Red Cross comments and actions? I don't get the leap of logic Cavey made from claiming that anyone who supports the NHS (national consensus politics for nearly ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| Cavey |
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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 17:37
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| ... an actual debate or banter with me. I owe these people nothing. Note this is not "not answering the question", notwithstanding the above comments about what "the question" is even supposed to be and where it's clearly asked - it's "keeping my sanity". I'm here for ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| myp |
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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 17:20
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| ... the government has done a good job wrt healthcare in the last 7 years? It's a simple question. And if so what do you think of the Red Cross comments and actions? |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Purpose UK TV thread |
| Kern |
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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 11:27
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| Watched last week's 'Sherlock' yesterday. Felt far too long, and like other comments on this thread I wanted more mystery and less soap. I'll probably record the next two episodes and watch them at my leisure, but it's not got the 'wow' factor it had six (or is ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| MrChris |
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 19:32
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| ... potentially many, many factors that go into explaining these numbers, and I just get a bit despairing of the rather blinkered anti-police Guardian comments I guess (as much as I would the opposite comments on the Mail I expect!). Just because something is affecting ethnic minorities doesn't mean ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| myp |
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 17:58
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Curiosity wrote: To play devil's advocate:
Don't do this. Own your comments, dude.  |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| Curiosity |
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 17:56
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| ... potentially many, many factors that go into explaining these numbers, and I just get a bit despairing of the rather blinkered anti-police Guardian comments I guess (as much as I would the opposite comments on the Mail I expect!). Just because something is affecting ethnic minorities doesn't mean ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| MrChris |
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 17:46
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| ... potentially many, many factors that go into explaining these numbers, and I just get a bit despairing of the rather blinkered anti-police Guardian comments I guess (as much as I would the opposite comments on the Mail I expect!). Just because something is affecting ethnic minorities doesn't mean ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Taking the Brexit |
| Kern |
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Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2017 12:12
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| I see this in comments sections on various sites. Stuff along the lines of 'look, everything's fine!', but it feels just like the calm before the storm. Once Article 50 is triggered and we start to negotiate and find out exactly ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Taking the Brexit |
| devilman |
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Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2017 11:57
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| ... where I'm sitting, UK plc is *booming*, even the (now strengthening) weak Pound has been an enormous boost to manufacturing output. I see this in comments sections on various sites. Stuff along the lines of 'look, everything's fine!', but it feels just like the calm before the storm. Once Article ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: eBay tales of woe |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 10:13
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| ... regularly see people on my local one selling items for tiny sums like £2 that would be £5+ in any charity shop, and there's always someone in the comments saying "would you take £1.50?" Yeah, we wanted to shift a sideboard on and wanted a tenner for it. Some guy wanted it for free! I ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: eBay tales of woe |
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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 10:06
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MaliA wrote: although hard bargains are driven.
No shit. I regularly see people on my local one selling items for tiny sums like £2 that would be £5+ in any charity shop, and there's always someone in the comments saying "would you take £1.50?" |
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