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And now I have to wait for a texted security code just to open Ebay. FFS. If I buy anything I'll do it through Paypal, and they'll do the verification, so there's really no need for this. Entering username and password should be enough for browsing, but now I have to go and find my mobile phone, switch it on, remember its bloody passcode .....

Fun fact re Princess Beatrice, I think the bloke who died in a toilet at Glastonbury several years ago was her husband's stepfather.

Enough with the hourly updates. Just tell us if he dies, whoever the fuck he is.

In which case it feels an odd area to cutback on when Obituary’s tend to do well on social media and bringing in clicks. Jeez, not only did I just tell you but you are looking at correct plurals and still get it wrong.

Just finished reading "Sun Horse, Moon Horse" by Rosemary Sutcliff. She was primarily a children's author, but this one was published when I was older and I only discovered it recently. It's set in the Bronze Age and tells a story of why and how the Uffington White Horse was made. This is in my part of the world. Only 110 pages, a bittersweet tale told in simple but lyrical prose that conjures up the timeless sounds and scents of the Downs. I loved it.

FTFY. When did schools stop teaching people how to form plurals? It's not that complicated.

Well, I'm not going to get into the various rumours on this thread. Use your imagination. I posted this here because one possible reason for the abrupt closure of Melissa Drake's clinic could be that she is ill.

It's not that simple.

Probably nothing in this, but Melissa Drake is the obstetrician who allegedly presided over the birth of Prince Harry and Markles' alleged daughter. Make of it what you will. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10942103/Meghan-Markles-obstetrician-helped-deliver-Lilibet-shuts-practice-little-notice.html

It just gets better and better ...... Following the run-in with Piers Morgan over his Facebook profile picture, Mick Lynch changes it In case you missed it:

Here's a compilation of Mick's best moments. So far! Kay Burley's interview at 4.27 had me in stitches. And she had the nerve to tweet that HE got flustered! Also enjoyed him repeatedly calling a junior minister a liar. We need more of this.

British news presenters to go on strike until their employers remove any risk of encountering Mick Lynch https://newsthump.com/2022/06/22/british-news-presenters-to-go-on-strike-until-their-employers-remove-any-risk-of-encountering-mick-lynch/ Senior broadcast figures on the nation’s airwaves are set to take industrial action, citing a huge increase in the risk of encountering a rogue trade union leader who makes them look like laughably predictable shit-stirring gobshites. Kay Madeley, president of the Thoroughly Tamed Bobbleheads Union, said that the presence of a political figure who was completely unwilling to be deferential to their union’s members was a clear danger, and that as such, work would have to cease. She went on, “It’s bad enough that he goes after politicians by calling them liars to their face when they lie or pointing out that Jonathan Gullis MP, affectionately known as The Braying Thug, is basically a message boy told to read out talking points by CCHQ. “But he’s also been known to humiliate us when we’re trying to insult him into reacting badly by hiding behind some bullshit like an ‘anonymous tory source’ or ‘some people will say’. He’s completely feral!” “Just yesterday, he sabotaged a completely normal interview where one of us asked him the same question six times in a transparent attempt to get him to break out into a snarl and threaten to kill the families of scabs. “He just laughed and stayed calm throughout. How are we supposed to be the next Paxman if we can’t even get some pleb to lose it on national television? “The government has got to get involved and remove him from the airwaves. Until then, the British public will sadly be deprived of glorified announcers asking easily anticipated questions of politicians who literally go to training camps to deal with them.”

Oh, what a shame Wikipedia has edited this .....

Transferred to my theme team after being a unique pick last year - and surprisingly still unique. Reposez en paix, monsieur.