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Loads of snow in the village last night. Put my boots on and trudged through it down to the local pub only to find it locked up. Not one person about. No sign of the landlord or any signs of any living being nearby. Then I remembered. It closed eight years ago for economic reasons. Nothing to do with the snow.

I can remember having a completely pointless argument with a sport-obsessed friend about the semantics of whether Jason Robinson was a shit rugby player or not. All hinging on the word shit and whether anyone could really technically be described as such. I fear that the argument lasted at least an hour. You know it's gone on too long when the onlookers, originally entertained or intrigued by such a bloody stupid debate move on for fear of being used as argument-fodder, "What do you reckon, Dave? Can any player, let alone one that played international rugby really be described as shit?" "LEAVE ME OUT OF IT" exclaims Dave running into the night, hurtling into the oncoming traffic of the nearby arterial route just to avoid becoming an active participant. Oh, happy day.

I've only ever been to St Alban's by mistake (wasn't me left it a pile of smoking ruins, you can't prove a thing ) because of a disaster on the M25 and getting redirected. Very middle class. Artisan coffee, wanky patisseries (sp?) stupid house prices etc People who live in Leek, Staffordshire. They're for the watching. No-righters, every last one. Not sure about Rey (I'm very amused by your bad mood ) but I'd say she sounds more middle than upper. My sister in law who is a lawyer and had a military brat / boarding school education is similar. Upper is simultaneously more drawled and clipped, but the British aristocracy usually throw curve balls. Prince William and his glottal stops for example.

Kudos for ending with "unfathomable" * eta, what I have noticed in the last 4 or 5 years (yes, base twelve unit) is that the influx of Eastern European drug dealers means the young stoners I work with, are having to buy in grams. They do the conversion no bother at all, reminiscent of when I a boy and idiots that wouldn't know 2+2 could rhyme off in seconds what a 25p treble would return at 8/11, 11/2 and 9/4....

Trying not to derail the thread again, but I was only putting forward my experience. What really is ludicrous is making the teaching of metric compulsory for everyone, and then sending them out into a world where people drive in mph, measure in feet and inches and weigh in pounds and ounces. Thus recessing the progress the scheme was undoubtedly intended to make. Who really wants to divide up things into twelfths and fourteenths...it's more difficult. Obviously charon speaks for the seafaring community re the nautical issue. I was never taught it, so I find it unfathomable.

Yes, got no excuses for them. Interesting that I have managed to know more people from that town than you have. Please stop exporting them.

Well, what do I know? They've closed the bloody schools. Deathray 1-0 msc

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someone else beat you to Jose Jose in the 1 spot

Don't recall much international fare before FIFA 78.....

I think the whole "how would you feel if your relatives were discussed on this forum?" argument from our irate visitor can be dismissed now that our new friend 123jeff is literally calculating his great-great-aunt Chiyo Miyako's chances of dying in the next 10 days.

Not surprised - had heard that things had been touch and go at that company......!

Okay, first of all, to cover my backside, I am not a racist, etc, etc... There are English people I like, even some of you on this site a little bit (well, sort of....) That said, the three most arrogant, ignorant, imperialistic, overbearing, bullying, rudest pigs I have ever encountered (two separate ones recently and one years ago) were English people that, by coincidence(?) all happened to come from the same town, Saint Albans. I am therefore wondering, does Saint Albans has a reputation for producing A-Class a***holes amongst other Brits? Is it a cultural things in the area, a class thing or just an unfortunate coincidence that I have met the three biggest tossers from the area? With regard to the class thing, I looked up Saint Albans and read it is a fairly wealthy area so I am wondering if I am just dealing with upper class, born-to-rule types. I don't know about the background of any of these people other than that they are obviously wealthy enough to come and live and work in Australia for extended periods and that the woman/wicked witch studied at Saint Andrew's Uni in Scotland which I understand to be one of the more elite ones. Finally, I am not the only person who thinks this way. Other people I know who have met the three Saint Albanians in person at various times think they are absolute pigs too. So, was Boudicca justified in burning the place to the ground? /End rant.

Tell me something I don’t know. I’m lucky if I get two fingers and a cup of tea.

I've only ever known one person from St Albans and he was nice enough. Most of the twats I know seem to come from the County Durham/North Yorkshire border so the opposite end of the country. Unfortunately, I also have to say that from a customer service point of view by far the worst customers are Australians, especially Australian women, so perhaps there is some exchange thing going on and we get your twats and you get ours.

Aye, just recall. We were shit at the Euros, even then when WC qualifications were a doddle. *also played in 78 WC so one for Fifa thread.

American film producer Caldecot 'Cotty' Chubb. b. 1950. I mean there's a chance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecot_Chubb

If you're in a mood for a gamble: Australian fashion designer Gary Bigeni has lymphoma: https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/gary-bigeni-cancer-fight/ First round of chemo didn't work. Second, more aggressive round is upcoming. He got a Daily Mail mention in 2017 and a Guardian mention in 2015, though only as part of a fashion show. And you can't participate in a fashion show when you're dead.

My 2015 Shadow List is "lost in the mists of time", but I do remember some names from it. Two survivors, I think, are underrated as deadpool picks and I'd like to bring them up. 1) Sitcom actress Marla Gibbs. She's turning 87 this summer and looks frail. She's very well-known in the US for her roles in 'The Jeffersons' and '227'. Yes, non-Americans, that means she's a Daily Mail cert (at the very least). 2) Former Governor of Illinois, George Ryan. He recently turned 84. He spent several years in jail because, well, duh, he's an Illinois politician! If the name George Ryan sounds familiar, it's because his wife, Lura Lynn, died of cancer in 2011 and was a popular deadpool pick that year. Speaking of which, here's her gem of a DDP description: Can't judge though. We Yanks ain't good at British geography either (or any geography, for that matter).

Is it time to wheel out my annual ‘I’m hoping for 7 inches tomorrow morning’ gag? We’ve had a very light dusting in West Wilts this evening and it’s currently about -4.

Lewis Gilbert a hit for me in this pool: https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/924828/James-Bond-director-Lewis-Gilbert-dead-Moonraker-Spy-Who-Loved-Me-You-Only-Live-Twice

Primary 1972 - I'm exactly 6 feet tall so why would i use cms

The birds weren't singing so gay for Frankie Lymon today 50 years ago, as he died of a heroin overdose aged 25:

He should've eaten his broccoli.