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Everything posted by Toast
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I've been there. Me: I went to the Royal Opera House last night. Posh Lady In The Village: Oh, how lovely! What did you hear? Me: The Pet Shop Boys.
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Dog caught a wood mouse outside this week. Shame. I caught a house mouse inside this week. (Well, the trap I set did.) Bit sad but had to be done.
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Physically frail? Yeah, insists the former box-office beast, after battling various health issues: diabetes, leukemia (remission), a bad heart, a bum shoulder, sepsis. Six months ago, friends called his famed costar Ali MacGraw to warn her: This might be it. It wasn’t it. My guess is the sepsis, because that can be very sudden and very serious. I know two people who have been struck down by sepsis. One is a very fit indomitable chap in his 80s who bounced back. Quick admission to hospital (he passed out in the doctor's surgery) and immediate treatment seems to be the key. The other guy is much younger and has not been so lucky, he's recovered but been debilitated for months.
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This was my doomed effort. 1. Marieke Vervoort 2. Charlotte Rae 3. Trevor Peacock 4. Jean-Louis Trintignant 5. Little Richard 6. Barbara Bush 7. George H.W. Bush 8. Freddie Starr 9. Jet Black 10. Ginger Baker subs Princess Elisabeth of Denmark June Brown (I think in future I should make more effort to pick people who might actually die.)
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I imagine he means that Leave voters trusted that it would be competently organised.
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This place is much less entertaining in his absence.
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Political Discussions And Ranting Thread
Toast replied to Deathray's topic in DeathList extra-curricular
We can be whatever we want to be nowadays, so they tell me. I might have decided to be one of these transgender individuals. -
(Return Of) The Celebrity Split List
Toast replied to Cowboy Ronnie's topic in DeathList extra-curricular
"They still remain dedicated parents to all of their animals they share while lovingly taking this time apart. Please respect their process and privacy." -
Political Discussions And Ranting Thread
Toast replied to Deathray's topic in DeathList extra-curricular
Speaking as a woman, I hate that sort of attitude. We've already had a woman trying to sort it all out, and that didn't go very well. -
It might be a regional thing. Although years ago I worked for Ladbrokes and the branches were always referred to as shops.
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I was responding to "everyone needs to know what a evil cunt she is". As for checking out the thread, any thread on here may harbour a hilarious or intriguing story.
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I don't actually need to know anything about any of these nonentities.
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God, no, me either. The original 'Barbados' was far more up my street
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No confusion. I knew what he meant. I just took the opportunity to enquire about a word usage that has long puzzled me.
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When applied to a racehorse trainer, the 'yard' means the entire premises, and by extension the business. For example: " Michael Bell has been training in the historic yard of Fitzroy House, Newmarket for 30 years." https://michaelbellracing.com "We are constantly looking forward and focused on ensuring the future success of the yard." http://www.paulnichollsracing.com
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Strange. The nearest thing to me that is called a "yard" contains a lot of stables with racehorses in them. Is that kind of set-up called a yard in the US of A?
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That's how I pictured it.
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That strangely reminds me of this A tear of petrol is in your eye, Quick, let's make love before you die On warm leatherette.
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So, it's an actual back yard, and not a garden which is what us Brits are talking about? While we're here, can any Americans please enlighten me - what is a garden in the US? Because what we refer to as our garden is what you call your yard. We use 'yard' for mainly industrial spaces.
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Oh yes, I have bats - I love to see them. Somewhere I have a complete list of all the bird varieties seen in (or over) the garden within the last few years.
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I found a jet black millipede in one of my kitchen cupboards once. Scared the shit out of me.
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Lots of different birds, especially wood pigeons, unfortunately. Noisy clumsy great oafs. Rabbits - thankfully rarely in the garden these days since better fencing installed. Hedgehogs. Current dog is a wuss, doesn't know what they are and just barks at them. Previous dog (JRT) used to bring them into the house, blood all over him (his own). His sidekick (greyhound) preferred to try and open them with her paws, which led to her gouging huge pits in the lawn. Hedgehogs invariably win all these encounters. Mice - they get on the bird feeders. Recently tried to set up home indoors, but we think they have been successfully ousted. Rats, obviously, but rarely seen. Moles, ditto. Occasional grey squirrel. Went out with dog the other day on to path accessed from garden. I noticed a roe deer in the adjacent hayfield. I passed the field and turned into the lane at the bottom. In the distance was a dude on a bike coming towards me. My dog chases bikes, so I was rooting around in my bag for the lead when the deer leapt over the fence just to my left, clocked the dude on the bike, turned in my direction, clocked me, and leapt over the fence on the other side of the path into a barley field. That doesn't happen often!
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Stupid/funny/cool/outrageous/scary/weird/crazy Stuff You Read/saw In The News/on The Internet
Toast replied to Dr. Zorders's topic in DeathList extra-curricular
You didn't give a link though.