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  1. Posted

    37 minutes ago, CarolAnn said:
    On 23/03/2018 at 16:03, Phantom said:

    To give you a rough idea of my age, the first gig I attended was Bauhaus at Hammersmith 1983 

    Baby.

     

    Steve Miller Band, Tarrant County Convention Center, 1978.

     

    I genuinely can't remember what the first gig I attended was.  (Note - this is slightly different from not remembering the first gig!)

    It would probably have been something at Oxford Town Hall c1971 or 1972.  Possibly Genesis.

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  2. Posted

    Ronnie Wood 'All Clear' After Lung Cancer Scare

     

    Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood revealed in a new interview that he is now cancer-free after being diagnosed with "a touch of lung cancer" in 2017.

    "I had three months of check-ups and it was all clear and they said go and enjoy life," Wood told Metro.

    Wood had a part of his lung removed after doctors found "this supernova burning away on my left lung," he said last August. Fortunately, the cancer didn't spread to other parts of the body – "If that had happened it would have been all over for me" – and the guitarist didn't require chemotherapy, which was good news as Wood didn't "want to lose my hair," he told Metro.

    "If your body is riddled with cancer, it’s a losing cause. Luckily, all mine was contained within the left lung and I was fortunate enough to get shot of it, bang. There was none in the rest of my body so I didn’t require chemo," Wood added, marveling that his lungs didn't "explode" after smoking cigarettes for over 50 years. Wood has since quit his nicotine habit.

    Wood also doled out some advice for those dealing with cancer. "Just be strong and remain positive," he said. "I was prepared to remain positive to my dying breath. I’ve had a great life and I was all ready to go. Wow! I didn’t know I was going to be given the ticket to last this long. What a reprieve."

    With a clean bill of health, Wood will join the Rolling Stones on their upcoming European tour.

     

    https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ronnie-wood-all-clear-after-lung-cancer-scare-w518481

     

    https://www.metro.news/ronnie-wood-on-the-bands-new-tour-exploding-lungs-and-the-ultimate-frontman/992188/

  3. Posted

    Just now, Lard Bazaar said:
    47 minutes ago, time said:

    How do you feel about 'doctor'?

    Or gardener. Or teacher. Or welder. Or plumber. Oh flip this might get out of hand :D

     

    Not comparable.  It makes no difference to the job whether any of these is male or female.

     

    But generally, if you are casting a male role, you will be looking for a male actor.  If casting a female role, a female actor.  It would be convenient if we had separate single words to distinguish between the two.  Oh wait ......

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  4. Posted

    Actor when referring to a female.

     

    I really can't see the sense in this usage.  The other day I was musing over who might play a certain (male) role in an upcoming series, and I looked for a "list of Scottish actors".  What came up was an unsorted list of actors AND actresses which was a PITA.    Now I'm all for equality and all that, but really this is one area where it's usually horses for courses,  innit? 

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  12. Posted

    26 minutes ago, Wee Jum said:

    A Scotishman, Englishman, Irishman, Latvian, Turk, Aussie, Yank, Egyptian, Mexican, Spaniard, Greek, Russian, Estonian, German, Italian, Pole, Lithuanian, Swede, Finn, Israeli, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serb, Czech, and a Swiss man walk into a bar. The landlord says, "I can't let you in without a Thai."

    I like that.  I've just sent it on to a friend who is currently in Thailand.

  13. Posted

    4 hours ago, Lard Bazaar said:

    I know I know - shack up with a prick who turns out to be the biggest fucking lying cunt in history then fucks off leaving you unable to pay your mortgage so you lose your house - BINGO, mortgage free! 

     

    Please tell us he didn't take the telly with him.   tv-smiley-emoticon-emoji.png   scared-smiley-emoticon.gif

  16. Posted

    A thing I do which won't suit people who are totally skint everybody:

    Whenever I get a £2 coin in my change, it goes in a piggy bank.

    1.  You don't tend to get them that often but

    2.  The value mounts up quickly

     

    So it's a way of saving up for things, be that bills, emergencies or treats.

     

  20. Posted

    1 hour ago, En Passant said:

    There's 7.5 billion people on this planet, some of them will die next month (not pass, move on, or some other platitude. Actually die, cease to be, become an ex-person, or parrot)

    Thank you.   I too cringe at these timid euphemisms.   "Passed".  Passed what?  An exam?  Driving test?  Wind?

    This site of all places should be a haven where the members are not afraid to use the word "died".

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  22. Posted

    Not strictly a single word, but I find it infuriating when people won't simply state the age of a child, but insist on using school jargon which is unfathomable to those of us of a certain age.

    I haven't a clue what Year 7 or Year 12 means, why can't they just say a ten-year-old or whatever.

     

    Yours grumpily

    Toast (Year 98)

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