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To dope or not to dope.
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probes » Tue Nov 10, 2015 7:25 pm
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It's said it's probably not only Russia and probably not only athletics.
I personally can't watch any sports like I used to - what's the point, the...
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When I were a lad I loved everything about the Olympics. Barring the Eastern Bloc and China who drafted their athletes and claimed they were amateur...
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Last post by Airborne Aircrew
Tue Nov 10, 2015 9:38 pm
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ORGASMATRON
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OFSO » Mon Nov 09, 2015 3:20 pm
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I've just seen on sale, a device labelled an "orgasmatron" which appears to be a number of coat-hangers (the sort the laundry returns your...
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Ah, the best orgasmatron is the one Jane Fonda used in Barbarella back in 1968.....
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Last post by CharlieOneSix
Mon Nov 09, 2015 11:24 pm
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Police funding by motorists
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om15 » Thu Nov 05, 2015 10:51 am
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In an exciting new initiative the Bedfordshire police now intend to prosecute everyone who drives at 71 mph on the M1 in Bedfordshire, the idea is...
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Patrick McLoughlin, Transport Secretary has warned Martins that his plan is in 'flagrant breach of official guidelines.'
Speed traps have been cash...
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Last post by Tall Bird
Mon Nov 09, 2015 11:14 pm
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Something uplifting for a change
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rgbrock1 » Thu Nov 05, 2015 8:19 pm
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In the midst of all the ***** that goes on around us everyday, I thought it would be nice to share something a bit, shall we say, uplifting. Something...
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And another dog rescue story, this time a Staffie that was rescued from the pound a year ago leads rescuers to her 82 year-old owner:
An English...
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Last post by david1300
Sun Nov 08, 2015 8:32 am
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Going through Life Inebriated
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OFSO » Sat Oct 31, 2015 11:04 am
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Talking to people after last week's earthquake I found a couple who were so pissed they never noticed a thing. Much the same with the Snowstorm and...
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The person who invented the above statistics must have been at the bottle as they only add up to 61.42%
Only an actuary would take the time to...
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Last post by Cacophonix
Sat Nov 07, 2015 11:05 am
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How many people will miss the lie?
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Airborne Aircrew » Thu Nov 05, 2015 3:32 pm
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The City of Hamtramck, a suburb of Detroit, has elected the first Muslim majority city council in the USA.
Link
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. - The Polish...
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TallBird:
I don't think anyone is denying that democracy means that the voting majority can elect their candidates, no matter their ethnicity.
The...
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Last post by obgraham
Fri Nov 06, 2015 5:08 pm
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Camamong strikes again. Second Arab country isolated..
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glad rag » Thu Nov 05, 2015 2:02 pm
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"The right thing to do"
More kneejerk reaction from a lightweight polly.
We're not sure, but no, we won't tell you why.
Well, ever heard...
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Is there an echo in here?
Who's Camamong? Is that the chap in the Frederick Forsyth books?
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Last post by Keef
Thu Nov 05, 2015 2:13 pm
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The 80/20 Rule
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Alisoncc » Tue Oct 27, 2015 9:34 pm
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When I was in software development there was a rule that always seemed to apply. 80% of the development would take 80% of the time allocated, and the...
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And then there is the 10/80/10 criminologist rule.
10% of a group of people will never do anything dishonest.
80% - it depends
10% will steal the...
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Last post by ian16th
Thu Nov 05, 2015 8:04 am
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New York, New York!!
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by Sisemen » Sun Nov 01, 2015 2:45 pm
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Planning on a week or so in NY in Nov 16, and thinking about hiring an apartment (self & wife, and 2 daughters and respective partners). Any...
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Good one, Chucks.
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Last post by Hydromet
Thu Nov 05, 2015 7:55 am
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Brick and Mortar Bookshop
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BackToAllNightLights » Tue Nov 03, 2015 5:04 pm
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Amazon is opening a bookshop in Seattle in a move it described as a "physical extension" of its business.
It will stock the most popular...
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in central world in bangkok is B2S Books and Asiaworld. on each trip I have bought absolutely cracker books in english on subjects that interested...
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Last post by dubbleyew eight
Wed Nov 04, 2015 7:33 am
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Last post by Cacophonix
Tue Nov 03, 2015 6:40 pm
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I went to the same school as...
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by henry crun » Thu Oct 22, 2015 11:07 am
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W G Grace
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Apart from all the people who are proud to say they went to the same school as I did, my contemporaries included the actress Hannah Gordon (10 years...
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Last post by Magnus
Tue Nov 03, 2015 12:15 pm
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Last post by 421dog
Mon Nov 02, 2015 10:00 pm
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One man's trash is another man's treasure
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probes » Thu Oct 29, 2015 9:23 am
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so, newspaper bricks and bottle walls...
I've never used anything else than cloth to make something new out of old. Have you?
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I play the best guitar I've ever played. Ever. It's a Rob Armstrong (from Coventry). Astonishingly "nude", with virtually no decoration on...
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Last post by Magnus
Mon Nov 02, 2015 9:28 pm
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Wandervogel
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by Cacophonix » Mon Nov 02, 2015 10:24 am
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How many of the ppruned (or should that be ppruined) were influenced in their youth by one of the worldwide movements that formed part of the loose...
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Always knew the Junior Woodchucks were a subversive organisation.
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Last post by A Lutra Continua
Mon Nov 02, 2015 11:48 am
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I've an annoying dimple in my bottom...
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emjay » Sat Oct 31, 2015 7:56 am
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Frying pan bottom that is ;) . With only an induction hob available, the choice of suitable frying pans is quite restricted - despite searching out...
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Aioli is usually garlic and mayo. The dollop of hot mustard is added to the garlic mayo. Also works well with wasabe paste. Goes great on cold rare...
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Last post by A Lutra Continua
Mon Nov 02, 2015 11:32 am
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Got a rebellious mutinous teenage daughter ?
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OFSO » Sun Nov 01, 2015 6:00 pm
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For the past two years our bright and highly intelligent godchild has been going through a bad spell: mopey, mutinous, rebellious, goofing off at...
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Fox3, as the parent of two (now adult) daughters, I agree with your advice 100%. I'd add that there are times when it pays to act stupid, but it...
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Last post by Hydromet
Sun Nov 01, 2015 8:52 pm
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North Korea Hamsterwheel
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Dushan » Sun Aug 23, 2015 8:50 pm
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So it looks like the L'il Fat Un was told by his masters to calm down and have some peace talks.
Paju, South Korea (CNN)At a time of mounting...
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US Defense Secretary Ash Carter's message to Pyongyang
Defense Secretary Ash Carter called on North Korea to shrink and eventually eliminate its...
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Last post by John Hill
Sun Nov 01, 2015 8:13 pm
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Rugby Word Cup 2015
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Dak Man » Tue Sep 01, 2015 1:38 pm
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Not long now for us egg chasers to get all wobbly.
Can't see England getting out of Pool A.
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Ahem, I'm just watching a rugby league test and England are beating the All Blacks.
Everything about this is wrong, from the code to the score.
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Last post by angels
Sun Nov 01, 2015 6:16 pm
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Moments of magnificent natural beauty...
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by Cacophonix » Sun Nov 01, 2015 3:55 pm
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Been fog bound here all day with brume on the ground and life all vague and muffled like sound heard through a cold bound Eustachian tube darkly but...
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In another action in the name of magnificent natural beauty, a performance artist named Poppy Jackson perched naked on top of Toynbee Studios in the...
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Sun Nov 01, 2015 5:53 pm
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Weird and weirder
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probes » Fri Aug 28, 2015 12:01 pm
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Ok, I step out of our house and who do I see? A hedgehog is walking towards the shed. I have a bundle of a net (or whatever you call it, the...
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I also know how to cook them, but have never done so.
From memory, you can wrap them in Mud and cook on hot coals, then when you break the mud the...
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Last post by 500N
Sun Nov 01, 2015 5:29 pm
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Riding the Granite Waves
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OFSO » Thu Oct 29, 2015 3:02 pm
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01:30 this morning, I woke from a very deep sleep to an indescribable roar - as in, our double-glazed and insulated bedroom filled with a sound I...
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Good question. The paperwork/documentation for our lives is in a grab 'n run aluminum case. And yes we have used it - during the Great Fire of August...
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Last post by OFSO
Sat Oct 31, 2015 10:55 am
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Alcoholic Australians
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om15 » Wed Oct 28, 2015 7:02 pm
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The news appears to be dominated this week with learned and well researched articles regarding the appalling accents that Australians have developed...
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I went to a plantation once during harvest/first burning (if that's the right term) when I lived in Goroka. The wonderful smell is still with me...
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Last post by Pinky the pilot
Sat Oct 31, 2015 4:46 am
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Navy Photos
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rgbrock1 » Thu Oct 29, 2015 4:39 pm
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The USS Ronald Reagan, currently taking part in naval exercises with the Republic of Korea, taken yesterday morning in the seas to the east of the...
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Some additional photos. Several taken from the flight deck.
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Last post by rgbrock1
Fri Oct 30, 2015 1:01 pm
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WOW - 8 years rain expected in 2 days
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500N » Fri Oct 30, 2015 6:32 am
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WOW - 8 years rain expected in 2 days - Oman, Yemen !
Rare tropical cyclone: Yemen, Oman expect eight years of rain in two days as Chapala forms in...
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I arrived in Oman in 2010 just after the last massive rainfall - miles of entire highways were washed away. The traffic was.....about as chaotic as...
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Fri Oct 30, 2015 10:35 am
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