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Author:  MaliA [ Sat Aug 06, 2022 13:36 ]
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Saw this on the way to Buxton last week and MrsA managed to get a photo today

Author:  markg [ Sat Aug 06, 2022 16:23 ]
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Heh, drove past that with Z the other week.

Author:  Findus Fop [ Sat Aug 06, 2022 19:31 ]
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I was there two weeks ago. A real beex nucleus.

Author:  Findus Fop [ Sun Aug 07, 2022 22:49 ]
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@markg and @zardoz I'm camping in France next to some people from Preston. What's a good thing to say to people from Preston?

Author:  Grim... [ Mon Aug 08, 2022 11:48 ]
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"Goodbye"

Author:  Grim... [ Mon Aug 08, 2022 11:49 ]
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Giphy "sick burn":
https://media0.giphy.com/media/xT1XGU1AHz9Fe8tmp2/giphy-loop.mp4

Author:  DavPaz [ Mon Aug 08, 2022 14:31 ]
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Findus Fop wrote:
@markg and @zardoz I'm camping in France next to some people from Preston. What's a good thing to say to people from Preston?

"Ay up"

Author:  Kern [ Thu Aug 11, 2022 10:14 ]
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Here's a fun Grauniad photo essay about Romanian bears and bear culture to brighten your day.

Author:  TheVision [ Mon Aug 15, 2022 12:08 ]
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This is a road sign which has appeared on the corner of the crescent in question. Every time I drove past it, I was sure something was off.
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This is the sign on the other side of the crescent. Of course, it should only have one L.

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So these signs must be quite far apart for no one to have noticed when it was being installed, right?

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Oh...

Author:  Mimi [ Mon Aug 15, 2022 17:42 ]
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TheVision wrote:
This is a road sign which has appeared on the corner of the crescent in question. Every time I drove past it, I was sure something was off.
Attachment:
PXL_20220815_105614746.jpg


This is the sign on the other side of the crescent. Of course, it should only have one L.

Attachment:
PXL_20220815_105625440.jpg


So these signs must be quite far apart for no one to have noticed when it was being installed, right?

Attachment:
PXL_20220815_105634845.jpg


Oh...


When we visited my mother last I noticed they’d put a new road sign up about 2m from her front door and spelled it wrong, but she hadn’t noticed.

Author:  Findus Fop [ Mon Aug 15, 2022 17:56 ]
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TheVision wrote:
This is a road sign which has appeared on the corner of the crescent in question. Every time I drove past it, I was sure something was off.
Attachment:
PXL_20220815_105614746.jpg


This is the sign on the other side of the crescent. Of course, it should only have one L.

Attachment:
PXL_20220815_105625440.jpg


So these signs must be quite far apart for no one to have noticed when it was being installed, right?

Attachment:
PXL_20220815_105634845.jpg


Oh...


Hillarious

Author:  Malc [ Thu Aug 18, 2022 14:22 ]
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What feels like about 10 military jets just flew towards Exeter from Plymouth!

I was inside for the first few, and thought "once you've heard it, you've probably missed it" But the noises just kept coming, I went outside, and managed to catch 2 of them in the distance, before getting my camera out and recording the last one.

They were not going super fast, but they were quite low.

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Sorry for the grainy shot, it was at maximum zoom from the video lens

Author:  Malc [ Thu Aug 18, 2022 14:23 ]
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Reminds me of harrier attack on the CPC
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Author:  Dr Zoidberg [ Thu Aug 18, 2022 16:00 ]
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Looks like an F-15

Author:  Squirt [ Thu Aug 18, 2022 16:09 ]
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There was an F-15 rumbling over my house a few hours ago, according to flightradar24. Cloud too low to see it though.

Author:  Zardoz [ Fri Aug 19, 2022 8:12 ]
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Findus Fop wrote:
@markg and @zardoz I'm camping in France next to some people from Preston. What's a good thing to say to people from Preston?

“Ha, you didn’t get an IKEA”

Author:  Findus Fop [ Fri Aug 19, 2022 23:00 ]
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Zardoz wrote:
Findus Fop wrote:
@markg and @zardoz I'm camping in France next to some people from Preston. What's a good thing to say to people from Preston?

“Ha, you didn’t get an IKEA”


Turned out he didn't really do speech, just silently angry long distance cycling and tent erecting.

Author:  Kern [ Tue Aug 23, 2022 10:45 ]
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Protests and counter protests in central Oxford today because a drag queen is reading stories to kids in the library.

What next? Ban panto?

Author:  MaliA [ Tue Aug 23, 2022 11:10 ]
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All: Oh no they won't!

It's a ridiculous thing to be angry about.

Author:  KovacsC [ Tue Aug 23, 2022 12:46 ]
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It is a bloody distraction, the same as number plates for cyclists

Author:  GazChap [ Tue Aug 23, 2022 12:57 ]
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KovacsC wrote:
It is a bloody distraction, the same as number plates for cyclists

It'd never catch on, and they know it.

Image

Author:  krazywookie [ Tue Aug 23, 2022 17:00 ]
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Think of the vanity plate possibilities! BMC owners would be all over that shit.

Author:  KovacsC [ Tue Aug 23, 2022 17:11 ]
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That is a good point.. I could get it tattooed on my arse :)

Author:  krazywookie [ Tue Aug 23, 2022 17:39 ]
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K0V 420

Author:  Grim... [ Tue Aug 23, 2022 19:57 ]
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K011ACS

You need to lean the 1's in at the bottom.

Author:  DBSnappa [ Wed Aug 24, 2022 8:06 ]
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On the bottom

Author:  KovacsC [ Wed Aug 24, 2022 9:58 ]
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Grim... wrote:
K011ACS

You need to lean the 1's in at the bottom.


I see what you did there :)

Author:  MaliA [ Thu Sep 01, 2022 13:29 ]
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This is quite the caper!

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/s ... are-cuprom

Author:  KovacsC [ Tue Sep 06, 2022 12:00 ]
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Just pre-ordered the brewdog advent calendar. Next to get the lego one.

Author:  DavPaz [ Wed Sep 07, 2022 16:20 ]
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MrsPaz is going to be on BBC Radio Lancashire around 4:30 with her work hat on

Author:  DavPaz [ Wed Sep 07, 2022 16:38 ]
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Live now!

Author:  DavPaz [ Fri Sep 09, 2022 8:39 ]
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So sad about Michael Jackson dying.

Author:  Warhead [ Fri Sep 09, 2022 9:08 ]
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DavPaz wrote:
So sad about Michael Jackson dying.

I think it's time to move on.

Author:  Malc [ Sat Sep 10, 2022 0:36 ]
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Someone on our street letting off fireworks!

Author:  Warhead [ Sat Sep 10, 2022 15:05 ]
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Malc wrote:
Someone on our street letting off fireworks!

I take it that that's not usual on your street. We get them every week on our estate, around 5 days out of 7, often after midnight. Even if they're quite distant one of the dogs will be barking as he really hates them.

Author:  Malc [ Sat Sep 10, 2022 15:58 ]
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It happens from time to time, but not usually after midnight in the middle of September. I think from where they were coming from, it was the family that have 4 or 5 off-roaders in various states of repair in their drive/parked up on the road.

Author:  krazywookie [ Sun Sep 11, 2022 16:00 ]
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Ugh, people with abandoned 4x4s on their property are the worst...

Author:  Malc [ Sun Sep 11, 2022 20:01 ]
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krazywookie wrote:
Ugh, people with abandoned 4x4s on their property are the worst...


I don't think any of them are abandoned, I don't know if they buy them knackered and then do them up, but apart from two or three they seem to change quite frequently. I think they are just really into off roading and doing up cars. (and possibly letting off late night fireworks once in a blue moon)

Author:  Grim... [ Sun Sep 11, 2022 21:06 ]
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krazywookie wrote:
Ugh, people with abandoned 4x4s on their property are the worst...

...

Author:  MaliA [ Fri Sep 23, 2022 13:01 ]
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The feeling of finding a long forgotten mousetrap and it is empty is great

Author:  GazChap [ Thu Sep 29, 2022 11:30 ]
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I was today years old when I actually listened to the lyrics being sung in Pumped Up Kicks by Foster The People and realised that not only is it not a happy-go-lucky song, it's a song about a school shooting and it's not even subtle about it.

Author:  Malc [ Thu Sep 29, 2022 11:49 ]
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"you better run, better run, faster than my bullets"

Author:  markg [ Thu Sep 29, 2022 12:22 ]
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GazChap wrote:
I was today years old when I actually listened to the lyrics being sung in Pumped Up Kicks by Foster The People and realised that not only is it not a happy-go-lucky song, it's a song about a school shooting and it's not even subtle about it.

Yeah, I don't think most people realise. Thought it was really odd to hear it playing in Asda the other day.

Author:  DavPaz [ Thu Sep 29, 2022 12:48 ]
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I can only assume the less than stellar diction of the singer is to blame, but the chorus is pretty clear, Gaz :D

Author:  GazChap [ Thu Sep 29, 2022 14:01 ]
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Yeah, for real. It's just one of those songs that I tend to hear 'in the background', when I'm focussing on other things. Today it came through on my headphones while I was at my computer.

Author:  JBR [ Thu Sep 29, 2022 15:59 ]
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I've a long history of not paying attention to the words of songs (I think some intellectual snobbery somewhere just assumes they are made to fit the rhythm and don't matter), so I hadn't noticed Pumped Up Kicks wasn't a jolly-along song either.

Author:  Dimrill [ Thu Sep 29, 2022 17:00 ]
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Best version:

Author:  Kern [ Fri Sep 30, 2022 7:23 ]
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I've spent the week considering getting an electric blanket. This comes straight after spending way too much time choosing antimacassars for my armchair. I think I'm getting old.

Author:  DavPaz [ Fri Sep 30, 2022 8:16 ]
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Kern wrote:
I've spent the week considering getting an electric blanket. This comes straight after spending way too much time choosing antimacassars for my armchair. I think I'm getting old.

I had no idea those things had a name

Author:  Kern [ Fri Sep 30, 2022 8:26 ]
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It's a great word, and implies the existence of promacassars.

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