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We've been bombarded with bumf from the local Conservative lot including one flier 'personally' addressed ('Dear Fred and Ena' style) which I find extremely annoying as we've never knowingly met either of their candidates. Never mind, there is a good selection of Independent candidates to choose fro...

Wasn't that the nom de plume that Ronnie Barker used to submit scripts for sketches on the Two Ronnies Shows?

If correct, OH because I can't think of a good question.

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Hmm.. I heard the sound of a pair of EJ200s being exercised somewhere over my house this morning and switched on FlightRadar24 on my phone to find what was labeled as a 'Doha Airport ground services vehicle' cavorting over the Irish Sea at excessive speed and range of altitudes. Call sign WTN10 was ...

I was thinking more along the lines of submerged 'obstacles' capable of tearing holes in hulls

Apart from the hippos and crocs, you mean?

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Someone mentioned Jasper Carrot the other day. Looking out of the window reminded me of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elmfnHHs8Yg It's absolutely chucking it down with rain. Never mind, they'll be able to save money on the lights, we're promised thunderstorms later. I'm glad I live here and ...

The last time I tied one was more than 25 years ago, and I hadn't tied one for 20 years before that As far as I can remember that's two more than I have worn in the last fifty years. (Or more). I have a collection of over 100 ties, the only one I have worn for the last ten years or so has been blac...

It's gone dull here on the Lancashire Riviera, presumably in preparation for the rain forecast for tomorrow (what else? it's a Bank Holiday :ymsigh:). This weekend was declared the start of the gardening season so East and South lawns were mowed yesterday and West lawn got cut this morning. No delus...

Harry's Ghostwriter?

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Ra is not in his heaven, and seems to have taken the last train for some foreign sun kissed coast. He's up here on the Costa del Lancashire. B-) We woke up this morning to about an inch of wet smow that melted over the following hour or so, so he obviously thought that he should nip up here. It's n...

If it doesn't go the way she thinks it should, will she go for a second resignation?

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sudden resignations by first thingummies, which are not uncommon, are tied to either fraud or lethally stupid decisions.

That was my first thought, F3

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My Triang model railway stuff, subsequently significantly added to by my son, is up in the loft, together with my collection of Dinky and Corgi toys, also added to by my son. I always remember that my old toy vehicles and planes were of more interest to my son and his friends than the (then) modern ...

So he's now a Wichita off-line man.

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Karearea... congratulations on making it last so long.. I've just discovered the chocolate orange SM was given for Christmas, she put it in the fridge and has forgotten all about it... :ymdevil: ...as she is currently suffering an attack of shingles I think I'd better tell her. o:-) Anyway It's mil...

before anyone else mentions Dart and Tyne

Let alone the Adour in France!

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SM doesn't like me getting up into our loft, so I received permission to store all our christmas decorations boxes in the spare bedroom. We managed to get everything dismantled and packed away yesterday morning and all the boxes went back up into the loft this morning. Except for the bauble we found...

It haasn't yet got properly light yet here on the Costa del Lancashire, but I think this is as good as it's going to get today. The forecast can be summarised as scattered showers interspersed with periods of continuous heavy rain, temperature up to about 10C, wind light south-easterly. I have to go...

I always got on very well with my Mother-in-Law. It's her daughter who's been driving me to distraction for the last fifty one years.

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MONKEYPOX is to be rebranded as “mpox” after global health experts said the name had racist connotations

It would have probably been more correct to have re-defined the simian branch of the evolutionary tree as the 'Intelligent Branch'.

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May my better half not find out.

If she does, please ask her to forward to us your contribution to this thread.

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