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Birthdays
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probes » Wed Sep 02, 2015 9:15 pm
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Congrats to Pinky! :ymparty:
How do/did you celebrate?
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Happy Birthday to all that I've missed due to being away....
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Last post by EA01
Sun May 28, 2023 4:00 am
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Absent Friends
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GrumpyOldFart » Thu Apr 07, 2016 9:49 pm
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Alison - I thought this would be a suitable place to keep absent friends' memories alive - somewhere we could visit to just, well, remember. You may...
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Hope that you’ve kept your receipts :ymdevil: Don't forget he may be NHS - he has not answered my question on funding on yet another of his threads....
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Last post by Boac
Thu May 11, 2023 3:09 pm
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Photos of Everybody
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Dushan » Sun Aug 30, 2015 2:32 pm
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What would Jet Blast be without photos.
I'll start…
The caption says:
Here's one taken the day that Dushan was inducted into the Right Wing...
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Here is a slightly later one, taken in July 2016.
He seems to be a good bloke..
A good engineer by all accounts.
I loathe his politics but...
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Last post by TheGreenAnger
Sat Jan 28, 2023 10:20 pm
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HM Queen Elizabeth
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VP959 » Thu Sep 08, 2022 4:34 pm
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At this time, with our Queen probably breathing her last few breaths on this Earth, do you REALLY think that now is the time to continue being rude...
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Excellent!
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Last post by ricardian
Thu Oct 27, 2022 9:18 pm
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The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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by
admin » Tue Aug 24, 2021 5:08 am
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Time to start a new one methinks.
Alison
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I do have a generator, which I used last week, the trouble with that is leaving it running when I'm not around, lest it do a runner. By all accounts...
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Last post by llondel
Wed May 31, 2023 3:00 am
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Trivia Question of the Day
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by Capetonian » Thu Jan 30, 2020 8:19 am
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I thought I'd start this topic as I'm sure all of us stumble across interesting 'trivia' as we peruse the media or indeed our own brains.
Here are...
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He was a horse and Roman Senate nominee belonging to (I think) Caligula.
Edit: Oops, not Caligula's. Still open.
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Last post by Hydromet
Wed May 31, 2023 2:25 am
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Friday Jokes
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OFSO » Sun Aug 23, 2015 5:28 pm
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To kick off, here's one that had 'em rolling in the aisles (although I admit it was my Kindergarten aisles.)
There were four skunks: daddy skunk,...
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Misheard a long time ago in the Middle East Remember to remove the skins from your peanuts!
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Last post by ricardian
Tue May 30, 2023 10:58 pm
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Rant of the Day v2.
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admin » Mon Jul 23, 2018 7:47 pm
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This one was getting a bit big too.
Admin/Alison
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As usual I have been woken up for a visit to the loo to pee.
Only problem is - it is only 22.30!
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Last post by G-CPTN
Tue May 30, 2023 9:35 pm
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The Capetonian WOE Thread
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admin » Wed Jul 22, 2020 9:28 am
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The continuation of The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III .
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I really haven't got any time, but I think this happens to be right near another place I used to live.
Dunstable Downs?
OH again if correct.
I think...
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Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Tue May 30, 2023 9:06 pm
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We need more
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G-CPTN » Mon Mar 16, 2020 10:53 am
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Folks,
for those who are being required to spend time in self-isolation, this site provides more than a source of information and entertainment - it...
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Book available from the museum of computing.
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Last post by OneHungLow
Tue May 30, 2023 3:24 pm
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What Song Is Your Current Soundtrack?
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CityofFlight » Tue Oct 06, 2015 6:36 am
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Often, the day starts with a song in our head or the events will suddenly cue up music that seems the perfect soundtrack. Share yours here.
This...
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MX
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Last post by OneHungLow
Tue May 30, 2023 1:24 am
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Electric Cars II - Not Silly!
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PHXPhlyer » Tue Apr 05, 2022 9:51 pm
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Hertz to buy up to 65,000 electric cars from Polestar
Swedish electric car maker Polestar is selling up to 65,000 electric vehicles to Hertz...
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More bad news regarding electrically powered vehicles, though this time it's an e-bike as opposed to a 'proper' self-combusting EV;
From the...
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Last post by barkingmad
Sun May 28, 2023 7:01 pm
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SCAMMERS !
Replies: 1394
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OFSO » Sun Aug 23, 2015 3:28 pm
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Transcript of a phone conversation:
Last Thursday phone rings here. Lady speaking with upper class accent.
"Can I speak to Ms (---)...
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Dear old Cape would get the fictional winnings sent from one end of ZA to the other and back. Reckoned how much it cost the scammers. Wonder what...
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Last post by Hydromet
Sun May 28, 2023 10:54 am
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Wot's for Tea, Ma?
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by henry crun » Mon Aug 24, 2015 6:01 pm
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Am sat here at Castle Crun in front of a roaring log fire toasting hand-made crumpets and spreading them with gorgeous creamy local butter. Yummy!...
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Chicken & Corn Soup, followed by Roast Chicken with roasted root vegetables & Sauteed spinach....creme caramel desert.
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Last post by EA01
Sun May 28, 2023 4:02 am
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Stupid Is As Stupid Does
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PHXPhlyer » Tue Mar 15, 2022 4:13 pm
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Florida man calls 911, requests for meth to be tested for authenticity, police say #-o L-) :ymdevil:
SPRING HILL, Fla. (Gray News) – Police in...
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There was no odor when students returned to campus the next day, but the smell returned at around 11:30 a.m., prompting another evacuation
I...
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Last post by G-CPTN
Sat May 27, 2023 1:55 pm
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Darwin Awards
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by Capetonian » Sun Sep 27, 2015 8:41 am
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I submit my starter :
Man tries to kill a spider on his gas tank with a LIGHTER and sets a fill-up station on fire
Man who is afraid of spiders...
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I wonder what his neighbours think of all the noise?
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Last post by llondel
Fri May 26, 2023 8:33 pm
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The New Football Thread
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admin » Thu Dec 22, 2016 1:05 pm
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The new football thread where personal attacks will not be appreciated. Thanks muchly.
Admin/Alison
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Happy Istanbul Day :-bd
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Last post by Woody
Thu May 25, 2023 5:45 pm
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The price of electricity
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talmacapt » Sat May 20, 2023 4:54 pm
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I know this has been discussed before and, if there is a dedicated thread running, perhaps it can be moved there.
After earlier discussion, I moved...
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My electric averages $90 a month (54 GBP), of which one third is the standing charge. I average around 11 kWh a day.
The actual charges are about a...
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Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Wed May 24, 2023 5:08 pm
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The SICK Joke Thread
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frostbite » Mon Mar 21, 2016 5:42 pm
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Not for the politically correct or sensitive amongst us!
You have been warned.
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From The Guardian:
Man, 77, arrested on suspicion of murder after woman found in Milton Keynes
I didn't realise they were a rarity there - and why...
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Last post by Boac
Sun May 21, 2023 4:14 pm
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Luck
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OFSO » Sat May 20, 2023 6:10 am
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Our friend back in Spain was walking her three dogs yesterday morning when she noticed a tiny ginger kitten looking terrified in the undergrowth. No...
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The same lady who found Milo comes up every second day to feed our two streetcsts. Yesterday the Big One - j'accuse - knocked over and smashed a...
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Last post by OFSO
Sun May 21, 2023 6:18 am
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Glorious failures... slackness is not an option.
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OneHungLow » Wed May 17, 2023 6:57 am
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It is reputed that Gene Kranz said “Failure is not an option” and one gets where he was coming from. Failure by anybody in the context of the hostile...
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A shattering silence... all successful then!
I defy the football fans here not to give me one example! Woody? =))
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Last post by OneHungLow
Fri May 19, 2023 9:48 pm
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HM King Charles III
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PHXPhlyer » Thu Sep 15, 2022 2:35 am
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Doctor speculates over the cause of King Charles' swollen 'sausage fingers'
LOS ANGELES - Following the accession of King Charles II, many...
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£162 million to mark the end of 70 years on the throne works out at just over a couple of million quid for each year. Compare that with the yearly...
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Last post by 4mastacker
Fri May 19, 2023 9:38 pm
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School days pranks, japes and other silliness!
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OneHungLow » Tue Apr 18, 2023 4:34 am
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Looking at this interesting post about Boeing breaking the paper aeroplane distance record I was apt to think of school days and all the silly things...
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A prank from my schooldays ran as follows:
Because our school was in the centre of the city, there were no facilities for grass sports. For football...
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Last post by tango15
Fri May 19, 2023 4:04 pm
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Any animal killers here?
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Bull at a Gate » Sun Oct 18, 2015 7:36 am
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On the other site, where a few of us still visit from time to time, one of our number and I have been discussing the hunting of animals....
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Especially if there's an ordinance broken, you could present the family with the vet bill and ask them to reimburse you.
Best wishes to Piglet for a...
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Last post by llondel
Thu May 18, 2023 11:17 pm
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Formula One
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OFSO » Sat Mar 19, 2016 7:56 am
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Having access to TV channels from half-a-dozen different countries, I can usually find at least one showing the F-1 qualifying. This morning,...
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F1 Cancels 2023 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix amid Heavy Rain, Flooding
PP
I am willing to bet some of the teams will secretly be breathing a sigh...
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Last post by OneHungLow
Wed May 17, 2023 6:35 pm
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