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En Passant

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  1. Oh cmon, guns, health care only if you can afford it - a slew of other longstanding indignities related to America being a great place to live providing you were born rich in the first place....... Trump? Possibly for a 2nd term? After the first??? The tories have indeed been trying their damndest to have us 'going to shit', but faster than you? Pfft.
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    The D-A-CH-DeathList 2024 (page 18)

    Crop up? Horst?, Neigh.
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    Curse Of The Eurovision

    Plus ca change. Eurovision is about politics not songs* *which are universally crap anyway imo
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    1. Jimmy Carter

    I'd have said definitely not, Deathers was occasionally very amusing (intentionally or otherwise) where mango really isn't (at least thus far) but then he mentions zorders (as noted by ulitzer) which does rather kick being a random newbie into the long grass. Mods have also caught and banned every deathray sock in less time than this ordinarily. Tis a poser - Shrug.
  5. Restrict crems posts to the Jimmy Carter thread no matter what he's actually commenting on. Two birds one stone. Efficient. You're only left with the problem of Carter actually dying and those posts going unread, still, chin up, that's an event unlikely to slip under mainstream media radar, even The Grauniad. Could start a whole new thread then.
  6. You can't fool me that's a sausage maker not a calculator. Anyway assuming that one can use a calculator or even google in the workplace, what exactly are they testing in these exams? An ability to remember specifics that in practice you'll never actually need to remember? They really need to to be testing whether you can ask the right question in the appropriate situation surely? More, this is a situation where a differential equation or trig would provide the way forward than any ability to do the hard maths without assistance. Of course, this is much harder to test and is a whole other argument.
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    38. Prunella Scales

    You've got to love this website - where else could you go to read about the health of a well respected british actress and end up perusing a number of posts about cock sizes and it wasn't just a troll?
  8. Never argue with an idiot. They'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. I'll give you this much Crem. you consistently remain polite whilst concurrently forcing me to be anything but. It's a talent.
  9. Jesus H Christ on a bike. You just don't see it do you?
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    Disc Jockeys

    There's another user hereabouts who would just love to have your support in this matter and perhaps the chance to share the facepalms the rest of us dole out regarding it. Mind I've not been on a lot for some of that time so maybe you guys are already corresponding.
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    The Dead of 2024

    You made a funny? Nah.....
  12. Use a different browser with no login (or a different account if it won't let you view with no account). I do for viewing some subject that I don't want to be inundated with forever, i.e. recently looking at cars as I was thinking of replacing mine. You could do this on the one browser but it requires all that tedious logging in and out. I just use chrome/firefox (or even Edge) on a pc, pretty sure you can do the same on a phone. Then it's just a click.
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    The Fringes Of Fame/family Of The Famous

    Definitely in the 60 ballpark. He's posted it somewhere. I have a grudging respect for him, I think he's one of those keyboard warriors who knows exactly what he's stirring up. Amuses me. Then again my sense of humour is warped.
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    The Fringes Of Fame/family Of The Famous

    Oh yes.
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    Seen Any Good Films Lately?

    Oh it was deliberately cryptic, a poor habit of mine, my apologies. I've now also watched Election. My view? Don't rush, The Holdovers is the best of them by a margin and the only one I'd rewatch at some point.
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    Political Frailty

    That's a massive opportunity missed.
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    Presenters

    Fuck me, that's rapid.
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    So .. What Do You Watch On TV?

    There's a lot of commentary now kicking around that it's a pity it takes a docudrama to get this much attention and the message over to people. However I was the same i.e. not really sufficiently shocked until I watched this. Maybe part of the issue is the directive to be factual and provide 'balance' that news is beholden to and drama is not? I'm unsure. Vennels managed to hand her gong back but, shock, not the 2.2M in bonuses she received over her period in charge. https://www.theguardian.com/business/nils-pratley-on-finance/2024/jan/10/now-claw-back-vennellss-bonuses-from-the-post-office-the-rules-allow-it.
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    Holiday Thread

    Abhor it, for the same reasons, so.. ..Never going to happen. I'll spend the money on increasingly bigger TV sets at increasing definition, let others do the plane thing and view the results. Also, greener (not sure exactly how big a tv over what period produces the same carbon as one seat on a plane for 24k miles but suspect it'd be Wembley Stadium replay sized 24/7 for a year before it outpaces the jet. If then).
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    Seen Any Good Films Lately?

    My money is on some kind of contact lens. No way anybody is acting that. Not that I could actually see it even though I was looking quite hard for it. Enjoyed the film though and even went back and found a few previous Alexander Payne films since I'd not heard of him. Sadly I thought less of Downsizing as an opportunity largely missed and found Sideways too formulaic and embarrassing*, still nevermind I've got Election yet to go. Saltburn I'm undecided on whether to invest the time yet or not. *I must be one of the few people on planet earth that doesn't find other people's embarrassing situations uproariously amusing, I'm afraid I just cringe which isn't something I want to pay to do. Shrug. Not yet.... Or indeed it appears - ever will.
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    Inverse Dead Pool 2024

    Donald Trump Joe Biden Michael J Fox Billy Connolly Bruce Willis Andy Taylor Toby Keith Phil Collins Ozzy Osbourne Janey Godley William Shatner David Attenborough Prunella Scales Clint Eastwood Buzz Aldrin Yoko Ono Dave Myers Paul Spencer Pope Francis Rupert Murdoch Cleo Lane Robert Wagner Willie Nelson Bob Newhart Dick van Dyke Sub: Dennis Skinner
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    Sinéad O'Connor aka Shuhada' Davitt

    Yes. They can write it up however they like. I'm sticking with my call. And if it turns out I'm wrong, that doesn't matter a jot. I don't believe she keeled over without influence even if it's just a guess.
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