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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 51 |
| Warhead |
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Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2023 23:36
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| I've pretty much given up on Amazon deliveries at home. I get everything delivered at the locker at the local Co Op. I don't have Prime, so having stuff go to the locker also saves on postage. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Middle Age Spread |
| Malc |
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Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2023 20:07
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Attachment: swimjun4.png
Apparently I can't count to 40, so 50m short of 2k wild swim in the river
The water was lovely,
although I had to walk an extra 2.5km back on the way home to avoid a filed of cows with a couple of bulls in there with them. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2023 |
| JBR |
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Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2023 21:16
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| ... Pacific Crest Trail - Dan White. 6. No Less the Devil - Stuart MacBridge. 7. The Foot Soldiers - Gerald Seymour. 8. The Sellout - Paul Beatty. 9. Home Fire - Kamila Shamsie. 10. The Kaiju Preservation Society - John Scalzi. 11. Magnificent Women and Flying Machines - Sally Smith. 12. Lion - Conn ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: EBay tales of yay. |
| Mimi |
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Posted: Tue May 30, 2023 10:46
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| ... be best for you. It will need to be outside of work hours and ideally outside of rush hour if possible. SELLER: I shall leave the box outside the home for you |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Eurovision Song Contest |
| Kern |
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Posted: Sat May 13, 2023 23:20
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| UK still on the wrong side of the screen. Go left or go home. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 51 |
| Malc |
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Posted: Sat May 13, 2023 18:39
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| ... the swim 4) First time my ice was completely melted in my second bottle before I drank any 5) First time I ran out of water before I got back home More of this please... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Your unpopular opinions |
| Mimi |
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Posted: Fri May 12, 2023 22:35
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| ... milk, not being able to warm that milk for a nursing baby would be awful. Not being able to express would be awful. More women have small home businesses whilst also providing childcare, so not being able to use equipment they need to carry out that work would damage that further. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Your unpopular opinions |
| Mimi |
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Posted: Fri May 12, 2023 20:28
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| It’d also be pretty rough on people that didn’t have gas supplies to their homes, so they couldn’t cook, or indeed heat their homes, or use a heated blanket to take the cold off, and would unfairly affect older people in that sense. Plus many people work from ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Your unpopular opinions |
| Dr Zoidberg |
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Posted: Fri May 12, 2023 20:27
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Replies: 71
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| ... else, it'll mean rich people getting round it and the poor not. But we're in hypothetical world here. Lots of people now have generators at home, and a fully stocked freezer will stay below zero for a few hours anyway. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Your unpopular opinions |
| TheVision |
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Posted: Fri May 12, 2023 12:21
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Replies: 71
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| ... periods without electricity in domestic situations, and lights should never be used inside while it's broad daylight outside. :this: I come back home after doing the school run most days and have to go around the house turning all the lights off. I believe my record is 13 (which included shutting ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2023 |
| JBR |
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Posted: Wed May 10, 2023 20:04
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| ... Pacific Crest Trail - Dan White. 6. No Less the Devil - Stuart MacBridge. 7. The Foot Soldiers - Gerald Seymour. 8. The Sellout - Paul Beatty. 9. Home Fire - Kamila Shamsie. 10. The Kaiju Preservation Society - John Scalzi. 11. Magnificent Women and Flying Machines - Sally Smith. 12. Lion - Conn ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Royal Wedding, Electoral Reform, and Royal Babies thread |
| Mimi |
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Posted: Wed May 10, 2023 11:47
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Replies: 1036
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| ... why are people so shitty towards Camilla? Lots of ‘I’ll never call her ‘ queen ’ and nonsense about how it should have been Diana’s day. The word ‘home wrecker’ doesn’t seem far behind. But they are celebrating Charles’ coronation. Baking cakes, getting dressed up and waving their little flags. ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: What have you bought? |
| TheVision |
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Posted: Wed May 10, 2023 8:15
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| ... the best way to do it... This however, won't end up on a shelf to be admired for years to come. Straight in the recycling. That's weird, the 365 Home ones have been digitally delivered for years. They have... And it would have cost £7 more to have a digital code rather than this Boxed version. ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: What have you bought? |
| BikNorton |
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Posted: Tue May 09, 2023 19:59
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Replies: 3957
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TheVision wrote: Nope, it's a code on a card. I had a £25 Amazon voucher to go towards it so physical was the best way to do it... This however, won't end up on a shelf to be admired for years to come. Straight in the recycling.
That's weird, the 365 Home ones have been digitally delivered for years. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Royal Wedding, Electoral Reform, and Royal Babies thread |
| Dr Zoidberg |
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 17:24
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| ... it, if Britain is ever in peril he will take his corpereal form and lead our armies to the final victory, holding his flaming sword aloft. And the Home Secretary wants him deported. The new Prince Of Wales' line about how his father has always supported every faith and background seemed like a ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Royal Wedding, Electoral Reform, and Royal Babies thread |
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 15:12
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| ... it, if Britain is ever in peril he will take his corpereal form and lead our armies to the final victory, holding his flaming sword aloft. And the Home Secretary wants him deported. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Royal Wedding, Electoral Reform, and Royal Babies thread |
| Sir Taxalot |
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Posted: Sun May 07, 2023 9:38
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| ... enjoyable , I liked the marching bit and seeing all the pomp and ceremony. Maybe because it makes me feel a little more 'connected' to home, maybe just the cool looking orb and crown, and the historic nature of the event. Penny Mordaunt also looked smashing (even my 10 year old son ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Royal Wedding, Electoral Reform, and Royal Babies thread |
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Posted: Sat May 06, 2023 14:14
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| ... am disappointed to tell you that here in Sweden there is lots of talk of the coronation, and all the ladies I was talking to post parkrun were off home to watch it - 3 Swedish and 1 Norwegian. The blokes on the next table were quiet, mind. And I figured that putting no effort in would mean I'd ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Royal Wedding, Electoral Reform, and Royal Babies thread |
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Posted: Sat May 06, 2023 11:46
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| ... am disappointed to tell you that here in Sweden there is lots of talk of the coronation, and all the ladies I was talking to post parkrun were off home to watch it - 3 Swedish and 1 Norwegian. The blokes on the next table were quiet, mind. And I figured that putting no effort in would mean I'd ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: What have you bought? |
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Posted: Wed May 03, 2023 18:58
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The 'Nay!' but 'Yay!' Thread |
| Jem |
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2023 11:49
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Replies: 1411
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Glad you're safe and home Cras  |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The 'Nay!' but 'Yay!' Thread |
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2023 10:55
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Glad you're back home Cras, hope the recovery continues apace and that you're up and running (of sorts) in no time at all  |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The 'Nay!' but 'Yay!' Thread |
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2023 22:06
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| Jeez Cras. I’m so sorry to hear this but super glad you’re back home and recuperating. I can’t imagine how much panic that morning must have been but am so glad you’re getting good care. Actually I figured I'd slept wonky and pinched a nerve or something ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The 'Nay!' but 'Yay!' Thread |
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2023 21:09
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Mimi wrote: Jeez Cras. I’m so sorry to hear this but super glad you’re back home and recuperating. I can’t imagine how much panic that morning must have been but am so glad you’re getting good care.
Actually I figured I'd slept wonky and pinched a nerve or something and figured it would sort itself out  |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The 'Nay!' but 'Yay!' Thread |
| Mimi |
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2023 19:49
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| Jeez Cras. I’m so sorry to hear this but super glad you’re back home and recuperating. I can’t imagine how much panic that morning must have been but am so glad you’re getting good care. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The 'Nay!' but 'Yay!' Thread |
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2023 18:11
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| ... NHS being looked after and poked and prodded and basically taught how to walk again. Oh and while there I was diagnosed as diabetic Yay! I am home again, with a bulging sack of drugs, some funky four legged walking sticks, and on my sofa. I'm not at risk of another stroke, I'm mostly healthy, ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2023 |
| JBR |
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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2023 18:36
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Replies: 170
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| ... Pacific Crest Trail - Dan White. 6. No Less the Devil - Stuart MacBridge. 7. The Foot Soldiers - Gerald Seymour. 8. The Sellout - Paul Beatty. 9. Home Fire - Kamila Shamsie. 10. The Kaiju Preservation Society - John Scalzi. 11. Magnificent Women and Flying Machines - Sally Smith. 12. Lion - Conn ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2023 |
| JBR |
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Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2023 13:41
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Replies: 170
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| ... Pacific Crest Trail - Dan White. 6. No Less the Devil - Stuart MacBridge. 7. The Foot Soldiers - Gerald Seymour. 8. The Sellout - Paul Beatty. 9. Home Fire - Kamila Shamsie. 10. The Kaiju Preservation Society - John Scalzi. 11. Magnificent Women and Flying Machines - Sally Smith. 12. Lion - Conn ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2023 |
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Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:32
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Replies: 170
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| ... of them are pretty standard, others were pretty new to me. An easy and sometime scatological read that's shorter than Bill Bryson's similar At Home |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: What have you bought? |
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Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2023 11:17
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Replies: 3957
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| ... to DisplayPort cables are available and reasonably priced, meaning I should be able to plug an Xbox (probably my One X) into the 4k monitor in my home office (COVID got in the way of it being a proper man cave) at last! (It can only do 4k@60 through DisplayPort). If this works then I need to try ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2023 |
| JBR |
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 11:00
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Replies: 170
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| ... Pacific Crest Trail - Dan White. 6. No Less the Devil - Stuart MacBridge. 7. The Foot Soldiers - Gerald Seymour. 8. The Sellout - Paul Beatty. 9. Home Fire - Kamila Shamsie. 10. The Kaiju Preservation Society - John Scalzi. 11. Magnificent Women and Flying Machines - Sally Smith. 12. Lion - Conn ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Crafty stuff |
| Mimi |
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Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2023 9:17
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Bean came back home yesterday so I finally got to check that it actually fit him  |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 51 |
| Kern |
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Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2023 9:08
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| Came home late after board games (we started having small scale test runs of Blood on the Clocktower at 22:30, which seemed like a good idea at the time) to find my smart lamps on and my radios blasting Absolute 80s . Turned ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2023 |
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2023 10:02
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| ... Pacific Crest Trail - Dan White. 6. No Less the Devil - Stuart MacBridge. 7. The Foot Soldiers - Gerald Seymour. 8. The Sellout - Paul Beatty. 9. Home Fire - Kamila Shamsie. 10. The Kaiju Preservation Society - John Scalzi. 11. Magnificent Women and Flying Machines - Sally Smith. 12. Lion - Conn ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Tabletop wargaming - nerdlinging to the max... |
| Mimi |
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2023 9:33
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| ... the other day, does that count? As fun stuff? No. One of my favourite things people do with 3D printers is to fabricate little situation-specific home improvement projects. A little clip that holds tiny yeast packets inside a kitchen cabinet, or something that makes a light pull more easily reachable ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 51 |
| Kern |
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2023 14:19
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| Early fax machine for your steampunk home office |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2023 |
| JBR |
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Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:56
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Replies: 170
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| ... Pacific Crest Trail - Dan White. 6. No Less the Devil - Stuart MacBridge. 7. The Foot Soldiers - Gerald Seymour. 8. The Sellout - Paul Beatty. 9. Home Fire - Kamila Shamsie. 10. The Kaiju Preservation Society - John Scalzi. 11. Magnificent Women and Flying Machines - Sally Smith. 12. Lion - Conn ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 51 |
| TheVision |
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Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 15:10
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| ... I think... but I barely remember anything other than downloading Jpegs of Stone Cold Steve Austin. The first 'internet ready' computer I had at home was when I was 18 and looking back, it probably changed my life. Yep, I'd have probably done something with my time on the earth if I hadn't had ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 51 |
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Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 10:16
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1994 for me I think. That was my first year of uni and I don't think I was online at home before that?
Had a serial connection in my room at uni for the first year, connected to my 286... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2023 |
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2023 20:16
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Replies: 170
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| ... Pacific Crest Trail - Dan White. 6. No Less the Devil - Stuart MacBridge. 7. The Foot Soldiers - Gerald Seymour. 8. The Sellout - Paul Beatty. 9. Home Fire - Kamila Shamsie. 10. The Kaiju Preservation Society - John Scalzi. 11. Magnificent Women and Flying Machines - Sally Smith. 12. Lion - Conn ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2023 |
| JBR |
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Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2023 15:06
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Replies: 170
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| ... Pacific Crest Trail - Dan White. 6. No Less the Devil - Stuart MacBridge. 7. The Foot Soldiers - Gerald Seymour. 8. The Sellout - Paul Beatty. 9. Home Fire - Kamila Shamsie. 10. The Kaiju Preservation Society - John Scalzi. 11. Magnificent Women and Flying Machines - Sally Smith. 12. Lion - Conn ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: A New Challenge. |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2023 20:39
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| ... Ocado do not stick chocolate oranges! You may have to do a Morrisons run in the week. Getting those excuses in early, there, but here's a thing: Home and Bargain is where the winners shop. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2023 |
| JBR |
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Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2023 21:13
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Replies: 170
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| ... Pacific Crest Trail - Dan White. 6. No Less the Devil - Stuart MacBridge. 7. The Foot Soldiers - Gerald Seymour. 8. The Sellout - Paul Beatty. 9. Home Fire - Kamila Shamsie. 10. The Kaiju Preservation Society - John Scalzi. 11. Magnificent Women and Flying Machines - Sally Smith. 12. Lion - Conn ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2023 |
| JBR |
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Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:16
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Replies: 170
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| ... Pacific Crest Trail - Dan White. 6. No Less the Devil - Stuart MacBridge. 7. The Foot Soldiers - Gerald Seymour. 8. The Sellout - Paul Beatty. 9. Home Fire - Kamila Shamsie. 10. The Kaiju Preservation Society - John Scalzi. 11. Magnificent Women and Flying Machines - Sally Smith. Lion - Conn Iggulden. ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: YouTube - Highlights |
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2023 0:55
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Replies: 2506
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| ... chef. Microwaving bacon makes life so much better. Tried it for the first time in December and it was a revelation to me. wow.. I am working from home (bit sick - a cold, and youngest boy is home too) and I am going to try this today. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: What have you bought? |
| BikNorton |
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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2023 18:38
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Replies: 3957
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| A refurbished Haworth Zody - work would like the ones everyone took home during the apocalypse back, technically I don't need to as I work from home 3 days a week but I fancied treating myself (I might be able to part-expense it, I'm not really interested ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Challenge 2023 |
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Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2023 19:33
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| ... I'm assuming my dad bought it, and he probably bought it because it had a game on the front - he would occasionally pick up games on the way home from work, but he had very little interest in the Spectrum (Space Raiders he could handle, but anything more than left, right, fire was too ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2023 |
| JBR |
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Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2023 10:18
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| ... Pacific Crest Trail - Dan White. 6. No Less the Devil - Stuart MacBridge. 7. The Foot Soldiers - Gerald Seymour. 8. The Sellout - Paul Beatty. 9. Home Fire - Kamila Shamsie. The Kaiju Preservation Society - John Scalzi. Rattling story about another world full of Kaiju and their parasites, with ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 51 |
| Malc |
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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2023 14:03
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Replies: 2962
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Dr Zoidberg wrote: Just put them in the office kitchen on a plate. Someone will eat them
I work from home, however, it's certainly true that someone will eat them if I put them back in the house.
I almost certainly will eat them, but there is a small part of me, that is just a little disturbed by the thought of it |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The 'Nay!' but 'Yay!' Thread |
| Mimi |
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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2023 12:39
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Replies: 1411
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| By crickey I’ve had a rough couple of weeks. A couple of weeks ago either Bean or Russell bought a cold home with them, and everyone got it, including me. I just lost my voice completely, but it’s been there the whole time, bubbling under the surface. Then I stopped sleeping, ... |
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