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  1. 44 minutes ago, time said:

    Regarding recent discussions on what (or who) exactly is a 'nonce', according to someone on Xwitter it stands for "Not on normal courtyard exercise". Which is as convoluted (and inaccurate) a backronym as "chav" standing for "council house and violent/ce"

     

    Completely agree. Far too 'composed' not to be a backronym imho.


  2. 1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:

    It's very easy to change your citizenship, very very difficult to lose your domicile of birth.

     

    Not if you're Shamima Begum apparently.

     

    1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:

    this is a storm in cup of cafe au lait.

     

    That'd be storm in a coffee cup (with milk). What you really want is tempete dans une tasse de the (according to google translate anyway, my french is up to the task of coffee but not tea or storms).

     

    Anyyyyywayyyyyy. Surely it's a French list for French members and they can call on whomever they like really - non? It could be as unimportant as once used french polish, drank french onion soup or even do what one does in a french letter (though how would one know?).

     

    Centreville just doesn't have the same ring to it as Downtown mind.

     

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  3. 9 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

    If I have a soiree at the weekend, with vol-au-vents and aperitifs, followed by a meal including an entree and a dessert of croquembouche (that's profiteroles you know), then a stroll around the garden pointing out my plants flowering in their jardinieres, glass of champagne in hand, for example?

     

    Then I'd say you've a reasonable chance of declaring yourself, or your guests, eligible for a French Deathlist as you've clearly been lying to all of us for a while about living anywhere near Glasgow at all.

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  4. 7 hours ago, Sod's Law said:

    Blackpool South MP Scott Benton has resigned. Another by-election imminent. How many disgraced MPs would we need to shed before we have a General Election by default?

    https://news.sky.com/story/former-tory-mp-scott-benton-resigns-from-parliament-triggering-by-election-13101692

     

     

    Disgraced? I'll say. Not satisfied merely offering lobbying services for £4,000 a month, he has history deer worrying in Richmond Park

     

     

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  5. 41 minutes ago, millwall32 said:

    The original Star Wars has a huge cast, but off the top of my head, I can't think of many of the  who are  still alive apart from James Earl Jones, Harrison Ford, and Mark Hammill. 

     

    Off the top of my head you can add Dennis Lawson who is 4 years older than Hammill but younger than the other two.

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  6.  

    1 hour ago, Master Obit said:

    How is he not on mod preview?

     

    I thought he was on mod preview..due to

     

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    Agreed.

     

    @The Old Crem please stop clogging the forum up with every tweet you see. Or else it can and will go to time off/mod preview. 

     

    But he did a crafty swerve on that by stating he was going for a walk to consider his position - then basically opening the door, looking out and deciding it was too cold or raining or a wednesday or summat and coming straight back here with more bs.

     


  7. 3 hours ago, The Old Crem said:

    When will he give his view on the New England shirt. He is bound to be asked for comment - everyone else has. 

     

     What's your view? You give it on everything else.

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  8. 5 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said:

    But I've seen others so offended the walked out on him.

     

    I've never understood this type of behaviour. What exactly were they expecting?

    It's not as if you could go in thinking you were seeing something as anodyne as a Peter Kay routine on dunking your biscuits or Michael McIntyre on anything.


  9. 9 minutes ago, Sod's Law said:

    the whole 'sticking ads in Prime movies

     

    Which, even though I didn't use the video that much anyway, was the final straw on my Prime membership.

    9 quid a month is 108 a year, not much in the great scheme maybe, but I'm rarely in that much of a hurry and in the month or so since I quit it's taken maybe a day longer and is still free if you do 20 quid or so.

     

    Further, Amazon is not the cheapest by default anymore, the ratings are 'gamed' to hell and back, everything is some alpha-betti spaghetti name where the quality is at best questionable and at worst just dreadful. 

    And lastly if I can give money to anyone who isn't Bezos and is preferably a british company (ha! I try) so much the better.

     

    Their returns are good though, at least for me, never had an issue.


  10. 1 hour ago, time said:

    That'd be the booze & drugs. 

     

    Entirely possible, though again, I've known a bunch of people did too much of both and were perfectly pleasant throughout.

    Still I guess it doesn't help if you have a mean streak underneath that shines* through.

     

     

     

    *Yeah, I know, I chose the word anyway.


  11. 47 minutes ago, millwall32 said:

    60% "He was a genius" and 40% "I've met him and I hated him."

     

    Of course the two aren't mutually exclusive.

    I've always considered him one of the most gifted natural players but never bought into the 'peoples champion' bullshit, I always thought he was a selfish arsehole - at least as much as one can tell from what's available publicly.


  12. 3 hours ago, Bestparolanto said:

    I never thought it would be so hard to do it.

     

    No gain without pain. Research is all.

    There's some seriously dedicated poolers about and the competition can be fierce.

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  13. 1 hour ago, Bentrovato said:

     

    I do wonder at the efficacy of some of these bankruptcies from the point of view of HMRC (ultiimately us) or any other creditor. Maybe there's an accountant hereabouts? Whilst I know there are huge downsides to bankruptcy for the average person, I'm rather less assured of those problems being as insurmountable for the semi-famous. They still have the ability to make money from their fame that most simply do not.

     

    AFAICT she gets rid of potentially a million odd quid of debt with no long term need to pay it back, then goes straight back to earning the same amount (huge quantities more than average people) from only fans or whatever place is prepared to pay for her 'services'.

     

    That's not to say I'm entirely unsympathetic, taking care of Harvey as she did would have been a strain on anyone, but it does seem to be a little odd that one can manage it twice in 5 years. Starting to look like a habit.


  14. 29 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:


    Euro blocked site.

    (WJET/WFXP) — Crafts retailer JOANN filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy early Monday morning. The company, with over 800 stores nationwide, is best known for selling craft supplies, home decor and sewing supplies.

    The filing allows JOANN to continue to operate while it repays its debts, meaning no stores or online shopping is expected to be affected by the filing, according to a press release. Additionally, any obligations to employees, vendors, landlords and other trade creditors will be paid or otherwise satisfied in full.

    According to court documents, JOANN cited increasing interest rates and decreasing sales after a spike in sales during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2021 and 2022. Despite attempts in June 2023 to reduce costs, the company held over $1.06 billion in funded debt at the time of filing.

    The company is expected to receive around $132 million in new capital and reduce its debt by over $500 million.

    JOANN expects to complete the Chapter 11 process as early as late April 2024, citing strong support from its financial stakeholders. Following this process, the company will likely become a private company, and shares will no longer be listed on Nasdaq or other national stock exchanges, according to the press release.

    “Over the past several months, JOANN has made meaningful business improvements through the execution of our Focus, Simplify and Grow cost reduction initiative. We are excited by our progress on both top and bottom-line initiatives in the past year and are confident the steps we are taking will allow JOANN to drive long-term growth. We appreciate the support from our financial and industry stakeholders in this agreement, and their confidence in our ability to continue driving positive business change.”

    Chris DiTullio, Chief Customer Officer and co-lead of the Interim Office of the CEO

    For more information on how the company will be moving forward, you can visit https://www.joannforward.com/

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    No, I'm not Canadian, just used a vpn cause I was curious.

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  15. Hello, Welcome.

     

    1 hour ago, Bestparolanto said:

    Obviously french.

     

    You're not alone. There are others. Though despite my name I'm English. Theres also a thread for Frenchies who are less well known outside their home country.

     

    1 hour ago, Bestparolanto said:

     Now that Uk is no more a EU member, is customs necessary ?

     

    Not unless your name contains any variation of crem, old, the. In which case there should be a backlog of at least 6 months at the posting border. If not, you're good to go.

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  16. 31 minutes ago, TQR said:

     

    Why the fuck are you reading The Sun?

     

    Why the fuck can't you take at least a week for a walk?

     

    "I was trying to fit in"

    "I see that I haven't"

    "I'll take a break"

    "You guys are probably right this doom scrolling isn't good for me"

     

     

    Ok, the last one is made up.

    Take a deeeeeeep breath. And really take a break.


  17. 1 hour ago, The Old Crem said:

    Watching him in tonight’s Corrie and he looks pretty well for 91. Even had outdoor filmed scenes which older soap cast members often don’t tend to do after a certain age particularly in Winter.

     

    Weren't you on a bus to somewhere?


  18. 55 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

    Well, take for example, Dame Judi Dench. I can see her in the Mollie Sugden thread, the Bond thread, the Character actors thread, the Dead of XXXX thread and possibly a few more. (Didn't she rap as well, which qualifies her for the rappers thread?).

     

    It's all personal preference, I like to draw attention to what I know them best for, or if there is some interesting nugget on a thread where the death has already been mentioned elsewhere. But I will only cross-post once. 

     

    Oh I'm in no position to demand or even suggest a damn thing, I'm inconsistent with my deadpooling at best.  Just remembered it had been brought up before and why it was the way it was.

     

    44 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

    Oh not this fucking conversation again.

    Change the record guys.

     

    Ah yes, its not new.

    And, oh blow me*. I was just saying cause it was already mentioned (again).

     

     

     

    *For the avoidance of any doubt whatsoever, from anybody whomsoever this is a fkin joke.

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  19. 19 minutes ago, Phantom said:

    Well, considering they had Guy de Maupassant under M. I questioned the logic behind that. The only response that I got was "Do you want this book or not?" 

     

    That's what I meant, not only do they not know, they are inconsistent. I should know, my first job out of school was on the book counter at WH Smith. I spent more time reading the books than attempting to sell them.


  20. 17 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

    I cannot be arsed with all that cross-posting, unless it is to another category of which I am fond

     

    Nothing to stop someone (and I'm thinking of certain Forum users) obsessively taking on the role of cross-poster. It would certainly clutter up the old search engine however.

     

    Well, I'm reading it as an attempt to actually reduce cross-posting. i.e. only in 2 places, 1 cat and 1 here. But could be wrong on that.

    It can certainly be annoying to see some little known luminary cross-posted to about 15 different places. Toast can probably do a better job of explaining.

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  21. 2 minutes ago, Phantom said:

     And yet a visit to the bookstore the other week as my daughter wanted a copy of Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, they had it filed under D

     

    Just can't get the staff, you need a qualification to lend a book but not to sell one :evil2:

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  22. 10 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

    Posting here because he could go in about four different categories

     

    According to Ms @Toast all deaths should go here and in their respective categories. Unless I'm misreading somehow.

     

    This makes one place all the years deaths are located and each category is up to date. I think the original idea was to

    keep cross-posting down to two places (outside of individual pools). Also you had only to look at one thread for all the

    deaths of the year. Made sense to me.

     

    You'd already know far better than me about that of course, just putting the laymans view on it.

     

    Sadly I think in practice it doesn't seem to work that way very well, as not enough people are aware.

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