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GP
15-10-2020, 05:08 PM
Big fan of black bush

Niall_Quinn
15-10-2020, 11:47 PM
Oven engineer (is that a real thing in this age of PC?) arrives tomorrow. I stuck my head in the oven as advised and wrote down all the numbers I found. From those he was able to identify make and model and, once I'd described the problem, he seemed really confident about fixing it for an undisclosed fee. I'm sure that's standard in the oven repair industry and can't really see what could go wrong.

If all goes well I'll be back to cooking my oven chips tomorrow night. If I can afford them.

Mac76
16-10-2020, 01:39 PM
an 'undisclosed fee'?

Letters
16-10-2020, 08:56 PM
Blimey!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54573356

GP
16-10-2020, 09:32 PM
Blimey!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54573356

Trump :doh:

Niall_Quinn
17-10-2020, 07:50 PM
A stark warning about the dangers of extending the graph too far into the past. Whole narratives can be burned away if you don't pick your cutoff point fraudulentlyjudiciously.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZJkWOtD628

But, never fear, if this upsets you, you can always go and read a BBC article about how we're all going to die and soon. To soothe your nerves.

Letters
19-10-2020, 09:39 AM
I'd like to make a deposit in her portfolio ##

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-54538949

Mac76
19-10-2020, 09:44 AM
I'd like to make a deposit in her portfolio ##

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-54538949

:)

if some TV producer doesn't snap her up and put her as presenter as of a money-saving programme i'll be amazed...

Xhaka Can’t
19-10-2020, 11:07 PM
I saw that earlier today.

She is a smoke show for sure.

The BBC should have her up against Martin Lewis.

LDG
20-10-2020, 05:34 AM
I saw that earlier today.

She is a smoke show for sure.

The BBC should have her up against Martin Lewis.


I’m sure Martin Lewis would enjoy that.

Big wabblers. Caterpillars for eyebrows though, and you could drive a bus through those teeth. Her face without makeup would be a grim tale.

Letters
20-10-2020, 05:58 AM
Why do women wear make up and perfume?
‘Cos they’re ugly and they smell.

Mac76
20-10-2020, 08:42 AM
I’m sure Martin Lewis would enjoy that.



:lol:

GP
20-10-2020, 08:59 AM
I’m sure Martin Lewis would enjoy that.

Big wabblers. Caterpillars for eyebrows though, and you could drive a bus through those teeth. Her face without makeup would be a grim tale.

0/10 would not bang

Letters
21-10-2020, 05:28 PM
FINALLY, some good news!

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/oct/21/paul-mccartney-to-release-new-album-recorded-alone-in-lockdown

Macca :bow:

Mac76
26-10-2020, 09:52 AM
Dylan Moran :bow:

https://twitter.com/Planet_Belfast/status/1320156183056056320

Niall_Quinn
26-10-2020, 12:42 PM
How long can they cry about Brexit? It's amazing.

Letters
26-10-2020, 12:58 PM
What happened to that "oven ready deal"?
Boris was on the way to the oven bank...

Xhaka Can’t
26-10-2020, 01:55 PM
How long can they cry about Brexit? It's amazing.

The effects are yet to come - then the "crying" will really start.

It looks now that the £15 allowance for imported goods from the ROW is also being scrapped on 1 Jan. Things like buying better priced goods from Amazon's European stores will go as well.

We get to pay more and jump through regulatory hoops for activities and goods that many have taken for granted.

Mind you, it is a price worth paying to keep Daily Express readers happy.

Mac76
26-10-2020, 02:03 PM
The effects are yet to come - then the "crying" will really start.

It looks now that the £15 allowance for imported goods from the ROW is also being scrapped on 1 Jan. Things like buying better priced goods from Amazon's European stores will go as well.

We get to pay more and jump through regulatory hoops for activities and goods that many have taken for granted.

Mind you, it is a price worth paying to keep Daily Express readers happy.

:gp:

GP
26-10-2020, 02:38 PM
You have to be "mentally retarded" or a "mongoloid" to still think Brexit is a good idea.

Letters
26-10-2020, 03:59 PM
BREAKING NEWS

Had an email from the lot who were supposed to replace the boiler next Monday.
Someone in a household of another job they were doing tested positive for Covid and now they have to self isolate for 14 days :haha: :doh:

They’ve suggested the following Monday, which I suppose is fine.

Mac76
26-10-2020, 04:34 PM
BREAKING NEWS

Had an email from the lot who were supposed to replace the boiler next Monday.
Someone in a household of another job they were doing tested positive for Covid and now they have to self isolate for 14 days :haha: :doh:

They’ve suggested the following Monday, which I suppose is fine.

:lol: :lol:

is your current boiler still working or are you sitting there shivering?

Letters
26-10-2020, 05:12 PM
It is working, it’s just as old as the hills.
Bit annoying but we can wait another week.

Niall_Quinn
26-10-2020, 10:58 PM
The effects are yet to come - then the "crying" will really start.

It looks now that the £15 allowance for imported goods from the ROW is also being scrapped on 1 Jan. Things like buying better priced goods from Amazon's European stores will go as well.

We get to pay more and jump through regulatory hoops for activities and goods that many have taken for granted.

Mind you, it is a price worth paying to keep Daily Express readers happy.

If all we had to worry about was variation in pricing once Brexit is finally delivered, we'd be laughing. Those were the good old days of arguing economics when we still had an economy.

Xhaka Can’t
27-10-2020, 09:35 AM
Well there is that.

Letters
27-10-2020, 06:27 PM
Pics or GTFO

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08wg985

Globalgunner
27-10-2020, 06:47 PM
Oh so that's who sent me those pics.? 7/10 in case you were wondering.

Coney
28-10-2020, 07:17 PM
You have to be "mentally retarded" or a "mongoloid" to still think Brexit is a good idea.

Brexit. You don't HAVE to be a racist xenophobic cretin, but it helps.

Marc Overmars
29-10-2020, 11:26 AM
Had an email today from a muslim lady complaining about a racially motivated comment apparently made towards her on a zoom call. Apparently someone took exception to a comment she made and then referred to all muslims as "you lot"...

Not really sure how to deal with this given the current climate. :lol:

Read the policy and I'm supposed to have a hearing with them both. Feel like whatever decision I make at the end of this will be the wrong one. :shrug:

Mac76
29-10-2020, 11:51 AM
Had an email today from a muslim lady complaining about a racially motivated comment apparently made towards her on a zoom call. Apparently someone took exception to a comment she made and then referred to all muslims as "you lot"...



sounds like NQ to me, in which case it's clearly a sackable offence :lol:

Niall_Quinn
29-10-2020, 12:20 PM
Had an email today from a muslim lady complaining about a racially motivated comment apparently made towards her on a zoom call. Apparently someone took exception to a comment she made and then referred to all muslims as "you lot"...

Not really sure how to deal with this given the current climate. :lol:

Read the policy and I'm supposed to have a hearing with them both. Feel like whatever decision I make at the end of this will be the wrong one. :shrug:

Tell her to go to a Muslim nation and compare how she's treated there.

Niall_Quinn
29-10-2020, 12:22 PM
sounds like NQ to me, in which case it's clearly a sackable offence :lol:

Maybe I'll start running around the place crying 'Mac did this', 'Mac did that'.

Not a dignified look, but it's fashionable.

Letters
29-10-2020, 12:24 PM
I say “you lot” to people I know well as a sort of joke, people I know I’ll get away with it.
Wouldn’t say it to someone I didn’t know well.
Depends on the context or how it was meant IMO, TBF, BBQ.

Ollie the Optimist
29-10-2020, 01:11 PM
Corbyn suspended from the Labour Party :lol:

Letters
29-10-2020, 01:26 PM
Corbyn suspended from the Labour Party :lol:

I just came on here to post that

Oh, Jeremy Corbyn :doh:

Ollie the Optimist
29-10-2020, 01:41 PM
I just came on here to post that

Oh, Jeremy Corbyn :doh:

Hes a moron. He left Starmer no choice with his completely idiotic statement he posted on facebook.

GP
29-10-2020, 01:43 PM
https://i.gifer.com/origin/f5/f5f0d68a779e7f6f5b76bd5aaf566eca_w200.gif

Niall_Quinn
29-10-2020, 01:45 PM
I say “you lot” to people I know well as a sort of joke, people I know I’ll get away with it.
Wouldn’t say it to someone I didn’t know well.
Depends on the context or how it was meant IMO, TBF, BBQ.

Why does it depend on the context? Did she die when she heard it? Did her leg fall off? Did she get cancer? What's the harm that was caused? Action and compensation should work on that basis. You can't go into a court and say your fee-fees were hurt, not yet anyway.

The whole thing's a joke, but people have put up with it for so long it has become habitual. You give "this lot" an inch and they'll take it to ridiculous extremes, and I don't mean Muslims, I mean beta people who never learned "sticks and stones".

They should have to wear a badge that reads, Caution: Easily Offended. Then normal people will know to avoid them.

Niall_Quinn
29-10-2020, 01:46 PM
Hes a moron. He left Starmer no choice with his completely idiotic statement he posted on facebook.

What did he post? Has he gone back to being a radical now he's not leading? Don't really keep up with this sell-out.

Niall_Quinn
29-10-2020, 01:58 PM
Ah, had a quick read on the fake news BBC, often a useful source to get a quick update on the establishment line.

So, in a nutshell, New Labour is back.

Oh good. Because everyone has missed them a lot.

Niall_Quinn
29-10-2020, 05:43 PM
Looks like the jihadis don't believe the covid shit anymore either. Two more attacks today. A "suspect" has been arrested, all we know is he was shouting Allahu Akbar. So no way of knowing who could have done it.

Mac76
30-10-2020, 09:32 AM
Mark steel sums up the whole Labour anti-semitism thing very nicely

https://twitter.com/mrmarksteel/status/1322108201911930880

Xhaka Can’t
30-10-2020, 11:10 AM
They should have to wear a badge that reads, Caution: Easily Offended. Then normal people will know to avoid them.

That is the best idea I’ve heard in years. Sliced bread can gtfo.

Niall_Quinn
30-10-2020, 03:14 PM
Turkey and Greece just got fucked by a real crisis. Looks pretty bad.

Niall_Quinn
30-10-2020, 05:26 PM
LOL

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8895743/Furious-BBC-stars-slam-new-DG-Tim-Davies-new-online-impartiality-rules.html

And then they came for you.

Beyond hilarious.

dazthegooner
30-10-2020, 05:29 PM
It mention's banning stars undertaking lucrative outside work. does this include Gary Lineker?

Letters
30-10-2020, 06:59 PM
:coffee:

https://i.ibb.co/jfBq2gG/461-E525-B-7-B86-4-A01-952-F-1245180-A29-AA.jpg

GP
30-10-2020, 07:05 PM
Other hats are available.

LDG
30-10-2020, 10:41 PM
Covid hats for sale! Get ya game hat! Come on! Badges, Scarves, Hats and Peanuts!! One nil down, two one up! Get your gooner!

Only one hat I’m wearing this winter.

GP
30-10-2020, 10:46 PM
I got one of those Trump/Covid half and half scarves.

Xhaka Can’t
31-10-2020, 09:02 AM
Was it made in CHINA?

Letters
31-10-2020, 12:41 PM
Sean Connery :rose:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54761824

Mac76
31-10-2020, 02:14 PM
Sean Connery :rose:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54761824

Man, that's a shame, still sounds like it was coming

Globalgunner
31-10-2020, 04:10 PM
He had a good innings. 90 is a fair lot of years for someone whose not in the royal family

Mac76
31-10-2020, 04:26 PM
Q: "...and this button operates the ejector seat"

Bond: "An ejector seat?! You're joking"

Q: "I never joke, 007..."

Letters
31-10-2020, 05:18 PM
His agent once called him and told him about an audition.
He told Connery to get there for tennish.
“Tennish?”, Connery replied, “But I don’t even have a racket”.

:cool:

Master Splinter
31-10-2020, 05:30 PM
His agent once called him and told him about an audition.
He told Connery to get there for tennish.
“Tennish?”, Connery replied, “But I don’t even have a racket”.

:cool:

Did Connery's agent have the same accent?

GP
31-10-2020, 05:37 PM
Did Connery's agent have the same accent?

Yesh

Xhaka Can’t
31-10-2020, 06:06 PM
He's with Pat now. :rose:

Letters
31-10-2020, 06:41 PM
I saw Tom Scott in St James’ Park today.
What do you mean “who?” <_<

GP
31-10-2020, 06:51 PM
I like Tom Scott.

Letters
31-10-2020, 06:54 PM
I like Tom Scott.

Yeah. I told him I was a fan, having established it was him by asking him.
He was wearing a mask but his voice is pretty distinctive and he was talking to someone.

WMUG
31-10-2020, 07:19 PM
Love me a bit of Tom Scott. I met him once in Kings Cross Station.

That is all.

Niall_Quinn
31-10-2020, 11:02 PM
Have absolutely no idea who he is. But I know who Connery is. And he's better off dead, in case he ever witnessed what has become of Bond. 90 is a good innings.

Mac76
01-11-2020, 10:11 AM
Have absolutely no idea who he is. But I know who Connery is. And he's better off dead, in case he ever witnessed what has become of Bond. 90 is a good innings.

yeah can't stand Daniel Craig - Brosnan was the last good one

Letters
01-11-2020, 11:06 AM
Really? I think Daniel Craig has been great.

GP
01-11-2020, 11:35 AM
Best bond since Lazenby

Globalgunner
01-11-2020, 11:37 AM
Best bond since Lazenby

Short ugly Bond. Not my thing but I can see why Letters would like him

Globalgunner
01-11-2020, 11:38 AM
yeah can't stand Daniel Craig - Brosnan was the last good one

Something we agree on

Letters
03-11-2020, 11:06 AM
Happy Birthday Maccy :bow:

GP
03-11-2020, 11:17 AM
Maccy :bow:

Globalgunner
03-11-2020, 02:43 PM
He`s one of the good ones

Mac76
03-11-2020, 02:49 PM
:clap:

Letters
03-11-2020, 03:02 PM
He's one of our own :scarf:

Niall_Quinn
03-11-2020, 05:24 PM
The UK's terror threat level has been raised from "substantial" to "severe", meaning an attack is now judged to be "highly likely".

Mac76
03-11-2020, 05:29 PM
shame to hear about John Sessions - RIP

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54797823

Letters
03-11-2020, 05:39 PM
shame to hear about John Sessions - RIP

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54797823

Oh do fuck off, 2020 :doh:

Letters
03-11-2020, 06:45 PM
The UK's terror threat level has been raised from "substantial" to "severe", meaning an attack is now judged to be "highly likely".

Weirdly, in our offices they have the security level shown on the ground floor by the lifts.
I think every day since I started working there full time in 2011 it has been “heightened”.
Which isn’t what heightened means.

LDG
03-11-2020, 08:49 PM
Weirdly, in our offices they have the security level shown on the ground floor by the lifts.
I think every day since I started working there full time in 2011 it has been “heightened”.
Which isn’t what heightened means.

You’d know :coffee:

LDG
03-11-2020, 08:57 PM
He's with Pat now. :rose:

:haha: :haha:

That takes me back :lol:

Letters
05-11-2020, 11:22 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-WQ5BToPNg

Sarah and Emma would get it, tbh.

GP
05-11-2020, 11:45 AM
Which version?

Letters
05-11-2020, 12:49 PM
The one where they have tits ideally.

Niall_Quinn
05-11-2020, 02:20 PM
Robert Fisk RIP. One of the last few journalists.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3Z2KQZvDI4

Mac76
06-11-2020, 02:51 PM
Geoffrey Palmer RIP

master of the hangdog expression

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54838209 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54838209)

Letters
06-11-2020, 02:56 PM
Yeah, I saw that earlier :rose:

LDG
07-11-2020, 10:51 AM
I hope they manage to find him, and more importantly that Mars is returned to it’s owners

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-nottinghamshire-54798539

Xhaka Can’t
07-11-2020, 11:13 AM
That is incredible.

Mac76
07-11-2020, 11:22 AM
how come it rotates a bit one way then a bit the other? :unsure:

Mac76
08-11-2020, 11:19 AM
Rashford :bow:

Johnson :pal: (again)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-54841316

Letters
08-11-2020, 03:38 PM
https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-europe-54782634?__twitter_impression=true

Blimey.

Mac76
08-11-2020, 03:40 PM
"The getaway car was later recovered on the outskirts of the town of Istra, outside Moscow. "

apparently it was an old banger :rimshot:

Letters
08-11-2020, 03:42 PM
:d Nice work :tiphat:

Letters
08-11-2020, 10:26 PM
Actually heard of some of them this year

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54830433

Mac76
08-11-2020, 10:39 PM
Actually heard of some of them this year

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54830433

as long as they throw Vernon Kay off the top of the ramparts i'll be happy - still won't be watching it though

Letters
09-11-2020, 12:05 PM
IMPORTANT BOILER UPDATE

They're doing it today. Press conference at 5.

Mac76
09-11-2020, 02:14 PM
IMPORTANT BOILER UPDATE

They're doing it today. Press conference at 5.

:popcorn:

Letters
09-11-2020, 04:28 PM
Well... they've done it so...yeah.
Now I just need to get my head around the Nest App.

Mac76
09-11-2020, 05:28 PM
Well... they've done it so...yeah.
Now I just need to get my head around the Nest App.

what's that - the thing that lets you turn the heating on or off from somewhere else?

Letters
09-11-2020, 05:31 PM
Yeah. It's one of those "smart" thermostats, you download an app and yes you can make it do clever stuff like turn the heating on when you're coming back from something so it's warm when you get in.
There's two main ones, Hive from British Gas and Nest from Google.
I went with Nest as it generally has better reviews.

Marc Overmars
10-11-2020, 09:01 AM
Been using Hive for a couple of years now. Great bit of kit tbh.

Would definitely recommend anyone without a smart thermostat to upgrade. It’s pricey to install but you’ll save much more in bills long term.

Letters
10-11-2020, 10:01 AM
Scorchio!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePG6zUYvUZg

Xhaka Can’t
10-11-2020, 07:55 PM
Been watching her for years. Every time the Calgary Flames win a game, a poster creates a meme with her latest forecast.

Man, I hope the hockey season starts up soon.

Letters
12-11-2020, 08:15 AM
Gawd bless 'er :bow:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54911550

If she lives that long

LDG
13-11-2020, 06:53 PM
Gawd bless 'er :bow:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54911550

If she lives that long


That’s what the royal family is for. Extra days off.

If her funeral is the next month, we could have a day off for drinking mourning too! Everyone’s a winner. Even Pince Charles!

Letters
14-11-2020, 10:09 AM
More fake bus route propaganda from the lamestream media :sulk:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/bus-spotters-left-raging-over-23005436

Mac76
14-11-2020, 11:16 AM
More fake bus route propaganda from the lamestream media :sulk:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/bus-spotters-left-raging-over-23005436

got to be Bill Gates again...

GP
14-11-2020, 12:31 PM
Bill Gates turned the friggin frogs gay!

Thanks Obama!

Letters
15-11-2020, 10:39 AM
OH DEAR GOD NO!!

Des O' Connor :rose:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54950051

Mac76
15-11-2020, 01:40 PM
'Gyles Brandreth: "I don't think you'll find anybody...who's got a thing to say against Des O'Connor"'

probably true, on the other hand most people think you're a total c*nt Gyles :lol:

Mac76
16-11-2020, 09:28 AM
I'm in... :)

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/nov/15/time-has-come-for-four-day-week-say-european-politicians

Letters
18-11-2020, 08:56 AM
Warmists :bow:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-54981425

Ollie the Optimist
18-11-2020, 09:16 AM
Warmists :bow:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-54981425

Given our recent performance in undertaking large projects such as Crossrail or HS2, how on earth do the government think they will have enough charging points etc all built so that people can actually drive these new electric cars in just 9 years?

Letters
18-11-2020, 09:20 AM
Kinda agree, but it's only new cars. It's not like in 2030 we're all going to have to turn our cars in and get a new electric one. In practice it'll take a lot longer for many people to transition.

Niall_Quinn
18-11-2020, 10:49 AM
Given our recent performance in undertaking large projects such as Crossrail or HS2, how on earth do the government think they will have enough charging points etc all built so that people can actually drive these new electric cars in just 9 years?

They've dropped hundreds of billions on Covid and created a hog stampede for contracts. The end goal is not important, it's all about the money, who gets it and who picks up the bill.

Letters
20-11-2020, 07:05 AM
Nooooooooo!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55011477

GP
20-11-2020, 07:59 AM
I clapped for them, what more do they want?

Letters
20-11-2020, 08:30 AM
The NHS are excluded <_<
It's us hard working Civil Servants who are affected :sulk:

GP
20-11-2020, 08:53 AM
:pal:

Mac76
20-11-2020, 09:42 AM
The NHS are excluded <_<
It's us hard working Civil Servants who are affected :sulk:

i'm sure this will make you feel better

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/nov/20/427bn-a-year-lost-to-tax-abuse-by-firms-and-rich-individuals-study-finds

Niall_Quinn
20-11-2020, 10:28 AM
i'm sure this will make you feel better

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/nov/20/427bn-a-year-lost-to-tax-abuse-by-firms-and-rich-individuals-study-finds

Is this a conspiracy, a conspiracy theory, or fact?

Letters
25-11-2020, 04:25 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55071337

£250 :lol:

Mac76
25-11-2020, 05:23 PM
don't spend it all at once... :lol:

Letters
27-11-2020, 07:46 AM
Thanks, BBC. Two people complained so now this material must never see the light of day again

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55086165

:doh:

Niall_Quinn
27-11-2020, 11:18 AM
Some people laugh at egregious censorship of crucially important information when it aligns with their belief system, then groan against it when their low importance entertainment is impacted. This lack of principles in the general population is what facilitates the abuse and causes harm to all.

Letters
28-11-2020, 09:54 AM
They’re turning the frickin’ Christmas Trees gay
:sulk:

https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/never-ordering-fb-again-edinburgh-19356495

Mac76
28-11-2020, 11:16 AM
you mean one brand of christmas tree - out of the millions sold every christmas - i think you're safe for now... :rolleyes:

Letters
28-11-2020, 01:11 PM
:doh:

Mac76
28-11-2020, 02:00 PM
:doh:

what?

Letters
28-11-2020, 02:12 PM
That’s the second time you have treated a jokey post as serious.

GP
28-11-2020, 02:19 PM
you mean one brand of christmas tree - out of the millions sold every christmas - i think you're safe for now... :rolleyes:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xECUrlnXCqk

Mac76
28-11-2020, 02:31 PM
well maybe i wasn't being very serious either...

letters :doh:

gp :doh:

GP
28-11-2020, 02:32 PM
https://i.imgur.com/HKeuSqP.gif

Mac76
28-11-2020, 02:41 PM
:lol:

Letters
28-11-2020, 06:49 PM
In case any of you can’t decide what to get me for Christmas this year :lol:

https://www.prezzybox.com/inflatable-jesus.aspx

Letters
29-11-2020, 09:32 AM
Vader :rose:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55117704

Mac76
29-11-2020, 10:24 AM
RIP - seemed like a nice guy, btw i'd forgotten the Green Cross Code man had his own R2D2 :lol:

GP
01-12-2020, 10:49 PM
I said I don't want any damn vegetables.

Letters
02-12-2020, 06:39 PM
Is this a fix. Discuss

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55154525

GP
02-12-2020, 06:42 PM
That number combination is just as likely to come out as any other.

The odds are astronomical, but that's true of any combination of numbers.

Letters
02-12-2020, 08:24 PM
Check out the big brains on GP.
Correct.
I had this debate with a colleague a long time ago.
We were debating whether 1,2,3,4,5,6 was a stupid combination to pick.
The actual answer is yes it is, but not because that combination is any less likely to come up than any other, but because a lot of people pick that so you’d have to share the winnings with a load of people if you did win.

Niall_Quinn
02-12-2020, 10:50 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A6dFxAf8wY

Look at how mentally unstable that child abusing weirdo is. Not even Maitless can support he/her/it/banana. Life threatening, suicide, death mayhem and disaster, just because this deviant can't abuse young and mentally confused people. And the courts didn't even say she couldn't carry on her abuse. They just want somebody to check she's not randomly dragging kids off the street. Clown world.

Letters
04-12-2020, 11:59 AM
No pay rise for Letters this year. OFFICIAL.
#PrayForLetters
#ChristmasIsCancelled
#BrotherCanYouSpareADime

GP
05-12-2020, 11:24 AM
Marge! Is Lisa at Camp Granada?

Letters
06-12-2020, 05:51 PM
Peter Alliss

:rose:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/55204070

GP
07-12-2020, 09:15 PM
When I grow up, I want to be a principal, or a caterpillar.

Letters
08-12-2020, 09:02 AM
I could be this generation's Eddie The Eagle :cool:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/55223554

Mac76
11-12-2020, 09:15 AM
Barbara Windsor :rose:

Ollie the Optimist
11-12-2020, 04:09 PM
Holiday to Dubai booked for Feb.

just hope boris doesn't lock us down again :lol:

Letters
11-12-2020, 04:12 PM
Barbara Windsor :rose:

Indeed.
Babs :bow:

Letters
11-12-2020, 04:13 PM
Holiday to Dubai booked for Feb.

just hope boris doesn't lock us down again :lol:
Nice. Have grown to quite like the place.

Ollie the Optimist
11-12-2020, 04:16 PM
Nice. Have grown to quite like the place.

i went back in 2006 when i was 14 so looking forward to seeing how the place has changed given all the investment and building work.

Mangaed to get four rounds of golf booked in which should be fun, especially as one is under floodlights which always looks incredible when on TV

Mac76
11-12-2020, 05:13 PM
i went back in 2006 when i was 14 so looking forward to seeing how the place has changed given all the investment and building work.

Mangaed to get four rounds of golf booked in which should be fun, especially as one is under floodlights which always looks incredible when on TV

built with slave labour

lovely place

https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/commentary-migrant-labour-abuse-makes-dubai-a-questionable-tourist-destination/

GP
11-12-2020, 05:17 PM
built with slave labour

lovely place

https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/commentary-migrant-labour-abuse-makes-dubai-a-questionable-tourist-destination/

Yeah but you can play golf. In the dark!

Letters
11-12-2020, 05:40 PM
They pass the slavings on to you :cool:

GP
11-12-2020, 06:56 PM
Indeed.
Babs :bow:

https://i.imgur.com/n17QwQe.jpg

Marc Overmars
11-12-2020, 08:18 PM
Nice. Have grown to quite like the place.

I’ve been a couple of times now. I think there are way more interesting and cultured places in the world, but if you want good food, guaranteed sun, nice beaches and plush surroundings without flying too far, then there aren’t many better places really.

Xhaka Can’t
12-12-2020, 10:28 AM
I’d rather holiday in Blackpool.

In February.

dazthegooner
12-12-2020, 10:46 AM
I’d rather holiday in Blackpool.

In February.

Oi! nothing wrong with February :)

Niall_Quinn
13-12-2020, 11:47 PM
John le Carre is gone. An interesting person who wrote his books based on inside knowledge.

Ollie the Optimist
16-12-2020, 10:08 AM
Supreme Court allows Heathrow to build the third runway.


Just in time for that increased demand for flights :lol:

Letters
16-12-2020, 10:18 AM
Mate of mine works at Heathrow. He'll be happy.

Letters
17-12-2020, 10:57 AM
First visit to our new offices today.
It overlooks West Ham's ground :sulk:

And (look away now, NQ) they have gender neutral toilets.

Ollie the Optimist
17-12-2020, 12:07 PM
First visit to our new offices today.
It overlooks West Ham's ground :sulk:

And (look away now, NQ) they have gender neutral toilets.

I went into our office yesterday in the city, its so depressing walking around with nothing open and barely anyone else there.

Letters
17-12-2020, 02:50 PM
Westfield was pretty rammed.
Everything open.
Not much social distancing in evidence.
Tier 3 :pal:

Marc Overmars
17-12-2020, 03:26 PM
It’s really just hospitality that is fucked, having to be takeaway only. Bit shitty for them to lose the Christmas trade.

Business as usual everywhere else it seems. :shrug:

Letters
17-12-2020, 03:39 PM
Right. That's what feels so pointless about it all.
It gives pubs and restaurants another pointless kick in the balls while everyone else just gets on with it.

Mac76
17-12-2020, 03:39 PM
It’s really just hospitality that is fucked, having to be takeaway only. Bit shitty for them to lose the Christmas trade.

Business as usual everywhere else it seems. :shrug:

yeah i can only assume Johnson once had a bad meal at a restaurant and has held a grudge ever since :lol:

Marc Overmars
19-12-2020, 03:12 PM
London and the south east heading for tier 4. Whatever the fuck that is.

:haha:

Niall_Quinn
19-12-2020, 04:51 PM
In London TSG are arresting people for peacefully assembling. THIS is what it's about, not Christmas dinner. But I'm assuming most people have figured that out by now?

Most people.

Letters
21-12-2020, 10:57 AM
My effort level at work today:
Arsenal / 10

Ollie the Optimist
21-12-2020, 11:17 AM
My effort level at work today:
Arsenal / 10

Tbh if you even turned up to work, you’ve put more effort in then arsenal :lol:

Letters
21-12-2020, 11:27 AM
:lol: Well, I've turned my laptop on so... :shrug:

Tbf everyone I work with is on leave, there's not really much to do. Will just bumble through the next few days and then turn off till the new year.

Marc Overmars
21-12-2020, 11:35 AM
Never felt less festive in my life tbh. Plan on working throughout most of the period.

Letters
21-12-2020, 11:40 AM
I'd actually started to feel festive but then Boris Johnson gave us all a swift kick in the knackers on Saturday. The prick.
Although churches can still run so I did enjoy the carol services yesterday, that was a mini-oasis of near normality in an otherwise awful run up to Christmas.
Still in negotiations with the in-laws re Christmas Day. To me it depends what their neighbours are doing. If they're all going to behave themselves then I'd probably feel a bit bad rocking up and having Christmas while they're not. I'm thinking we might play it by ear, have Christmas morning and Dinner here and if the in-laws are up for it and the weather is OK we could meet up somewhere outside for a bit in the afternoon.

I see no-one has clamoured for the Christmas Smileys or Christmas Names this year :lol:

Mac76
21-12-2020, 11:44 AM
I'm definitely not working apart from one thing I have to so after xmas, really need the time off, will just relax, read, go for walks and watch my hair get gradually more out of control...

Marc Overmars
21-12-2020, 11:46 AM
The only thing getting me through is joke of a year is my kid. I would have missed out on a lot with him this year if things were normal, so every cloud etc.

Letters
21-12-2020, 12:02 PM
We managed to take our boy to a grotto just before everything closed down and this is the first year he's understanding what Christmas is about more.
If it is just the 3 of us on Christmas Day then at least with him it will be less depressing.
I spent last night putting together a ride on tractor for him. Gone midnight I finished and padded out to the garage (which is out the back) to hide it in there and the key snapped off in the lock :lol: :doh:
2020, you are the gift that keeps on giving...

Mac76
21-12-2020, 12:17 PM
The only thing getting me through is joke of a year is my kid. I would have missed out on a lot with him this year if things were normal, so every cloud etc.

Yeah I've a friend in the same situation, his work's gone quiet but he's really enjoying looking after their young kid

Letters
21-12-2020, 01:00 PM
I just read and replied to a work email.
I think that's probably enough for the morning :d

I am invisible
21-12-2020, 04:27 PM
Merry Christmas anyway guys! What’s left of it, at least. Hope you’ve all managed to stay safe and well these last couple of months?

I am invisible
21-12-2020, 04:32 PM
The only thing getting me through is joke of a year is my kid. I would have missed out on a lot with him this year if things were normal, so every cloud etc.
I was saying pretty much the same thing to the missus last night - they drive me to the brink of murder at least once a day, but I can’t imagine how dull life would have been for the last 9 months without the girls capering around. Being able to be around them more has definitely been a silver lining.

GP
21-12-2020, 04:36 PM
Happy Holidays

I am invisible
21-12-2020, 04:52 PM
I just read and replied to a work email.
I think that's probably enough for the morning :d
You’ve earned a little break, for sure.

I was going to check in on the minions tomorrow - make sure they haven’t lost all of our clients in the couple of days I’ve been off - but, honestly, I think I’m happier not knowing.

I am invisible
21-12-2020, 04:52 PM
I’m allowed to refer to my team as ‘minions’, right?

Marc Overmars
21-12-2020, 04:53 PM
That’s nicer than what I call mine tbh...

Letters
21-12-2020, 04:58 PM
I’m allowed to refer to my team as ‘minions’, right?

Sure.

Merry Christmas :tiphat:

Letters
21-12-2020, 05:18 PM
To whom it may concern :whistle:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-55350794

I am invisible
21-12-2020, 06:10 PM
To whom it may concern :whistle:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-55350794
Man, I could have done with this a couple of Christmases ago!

Globalgunner
21-12-2020, 06:21 PM
I’m allowed to refer to my team as ‘minions’, right?

Given that you pay them with Cream Crackers and Smarties. Why not?

Letters
22-12-2020, 11:05 AM
:blink:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-55409137

There's a headline you don't see every day.

Letters
22-12-2020, 03:07 PM
Van just hit a car outside ours.
Now they're both shouting at each other arguing about whose fault it was.
I only heard it so have no idea. Better than daytime TV though.
:popcorn:

Mac76
22-12-2020, 07:25 PM
As long as they're 2 metres apart it's all fair enough i guess :)

Letters
22-12-2020, 07:32 PM
:lol:

Ollie the Optimist
23-12-2020, 03:48 PM
Just got pinged by the NHS app. Self isolation for 4 days.

Not that christmas plans change too much given tier 4 but cant even go for a walk or a run until Sunday. Fuck sake :lol:

Mac76
23-12-2020, 04:15 PM
Just got pinged by the NHS app. Self isolation for 4 days.

Not that christmas plans change too much given tier 4 but cant even go for a walk or a run until Sunday. Fuck sake :lol:

Well if you were daft enough to use the app :rolleyes:

Letters
23-12-2020, 04:19 PM
:lol: I was going to say. Ah, you're the one who downloaded the app.

Ollie the Optimist
23-12-2020, 04:57 PM
Always the risk but if enough of us use the app then supposedly should bring down cases as easier for test & trace.

Although given its taken a week to contact me, perhaps not :lol:

Niall_Quinn
23-12-2020, 10:49 PM
Just got pinged by the NHS app. Self isolation for 4 days.

Not that christmas plans change too much given tier 4 but cant even go for a walk or a run until Sunday. Fuck sake :lol:

Yes, you can go for a walk if you choose to. You have the right to go as you please. You may not believe that, but your rights cannot be taken away by anyone. Your rights can be abused, but not removed. And it's up to you if you want to stand up and claim them.

Ollie the Optimist
24-12-2020, 09:02 AM
Yes, you can go for a walk if you choose to. You have the right to go as you please. You may not believe that, but your rights cannot be taken away by anyone. Your rights can be abused, but not removed. And it's up to you if you want to stand up and claim them.

Except thats total bollocks.

GP
24-12-2020, 09:32 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UShiwymsX0w

Letters
24-12-2020, 09:39 AM
Except thats total bollocks.

:lol:

Letters
26-12-2020, 03:39 PM
Gawd bless ‘er!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55452186

WMUG
26-12-2020, 03:54 PM
Gawd bless ‘er!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55452186

Cos only the kind of person that watches that has a TV these days ;)

Ollie the Optimist
26-12-2020, 04:14 PM
Gawd bless ‘er!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55452186

two excellent speeches from her this year

The Queen :bow:

Letters
26-12-2020, 04:34 PM
two excellent speeches from her this year

The Queen :bow:

:gp:

Letters
26-12-2020, 05:14 PM
Cos only the kind of person that watches that has a TV these days ;)
What does this mean by the way? Is having a TV now some old fashioned idea that “the kids” don’t do?!

Xhaka Can’t
26-12-2020, 06:38 PM
My son NEVER watches TV of his own volition.

GP
26-12-2020, 06:39 PM
TV is for boomers.

I never watch live TV, except for sports.

Xhaka Can’t
26-12-2020, 06:52 PM
I can't remember the last time I watched live TV.

Marc Overmars
26-12-2020, 07:00 PM
TV is for boomers.

I never watch live TV, except for sports.

Pretty much.

Letters
26-12-2020, 07:33 PM
You all finished watching the Arsenal game now or did you Sky+ it for later?

:coffee:

GP
26-12-2020, 07:34 PM
I watched on my tablet

Xhaka Can’t
26-12-2020, 07:35 PM
I streamed it on my mate's Sky Go. :coffee:

Marc Overmars
26-12-2020, 07:40 PM
Used my parents Sky Go. :shrug:

Xhaka Can’t
26-12-2020, 07:42 PM
Used my parents Sky Go. :shrug:

Is your Dad a Hammer called Terry?

Letters
26-12-2020, 07:51 PM
So you watch stuff on a shitty little screen?! :lol:
Why would you do that?

I mean, I rarely watch stuff live but when I do watch stuff why wouldn’t I watch it on a proper size screen with a surround sound system.

:shrug:

Xhaka Can’t
26-12-2020, 08:02 PM
So you watch stuff on a shitty little screen?! :lol:
Why would you do that?

I mean, I rarely watch stuff live but when I do watch stuff why wouldn’t I watch it on a proper size screen with a surround sound system.

:shrug:

Because I don't have a Sky subscription and that is the only way I can watch football.

And as GP stated, the only time he watches live TV is for sport.

Letters
26-12-2020, 08:09 PM
Right. I very rarely watch live TV, but WMUG started this by implying that only Boomers have a TV. So they watch TV and films on their phones and tablets?!
What a shitty experience. Why would you do that?

Marc Overmars
26-12-2020, 08:41 PM
So you watch stuff on a shitty little screen?! :lol:
Why would you do that?

I mean, I rarely watch stuff live but when I do watch stuff why wouldn’t I watch it on a proper size screen with a surround sound system.

:shrug:

I watch through Sky on my PS5. Big TV and surround sound in full use.

Letters
26-12-2020, 09:22 PM
I watch YouTube on my phone - although can watch it via the Amazon Fire on the TV.
I watch everything else on the TV because...why wouldn’t you? It’s an objectively better experience than on a phone or tablet display.

WMUG
26-12-2020, 10:54 PM
Computer screens also exist, ya know.

Shaqiri Is Boss
26-12-2020, 11:04 PM
I watch most of my football on the Skybet app and then the goals on Reddit, now. :unsure:

Letters
26-12-2020, 11:06 PM
Computer screens also exist, ya know.

They do. But I wouldn't watch any TV or films on them.
It's a significantly worse experience than a decent TV and sound system.

WMUG
02-01-2021, 10:32 PM
They do. But I wouldn't watch any TV or films on them.
It's a significantly worse experience than a decent TV and sound system.

You think that and watch the Queen, I don't and don't. QED. ;)

Also, it's quiet in here without everyone's favourite conspiracy nutter.

GP
02-01-2021, 11:28 PM
You think that and watch the Queen, I don't and don't. QED. ;)

Also, it's quiet in here without everyone's favourite conspiracy nutter.

https://i.imgur.com/r6ANAVN.jpg

Niall_Quinn
03-01-2021, 03:43 AM
You think that and watch the Queen, I don't and don't. QED. ;)

Also, it's quiet in here without everyone's favourite conspiracy nutter.

Maybe the conspiracy nutter was doing what is supposed to be done during a holiday? Taking a break. Unlike some assholes.

Letters
03-01-2021, 06:19 PM
Gerry Marsden :rose:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55524795

He’ll never walk again

Ollie the Optimist
06-01-2021, 10:14 AM
I suppose no is posting here as there is fuck all else to talk about bar lockdown :lol:

Mac76
06-01-2021, 06:13 PM
Gerry Marsden :rose:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55524795

He’ll never walk again

did his pacemaker fail?

No? oh well... :getcoat:

Xhaka Can’t
06-01-2021, 08:15 PM
I can't decide what is more tragic.

The joke or that it took three days to come up with it.

GP
06-01-2021, 08:47 PM
Who's the more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him?

Letters
08-01-2021, 10:41 AM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-55576736

:coffee:

Letters
17-01-2021, 04:49 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55697979

Phil Spector :rose:

GP
17-01-2021, 05:44 PM
Sadly missed

Letters
17-01-2021, 10:47 PM
Best remembered for ballsing up "Let It Be" and then murdering someone, of course

Mac76
18-01-2021, 12:37 PM
Best remembered for ballsing up "Let It Be" and then murdering someone, of course

and ballsing up music generally, he replaced individual musical instruments - and therefore musicianship - with his washover wall of sound shite

should have been locked up for that alone

Letters
18-01-2021, 11:06 PM
Lucky lucky luck....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-55707197

Letters
21-01-2021, 12:40 PM
Meanwhile in Germany...

https://www.tech4law.co.za/humour/text-funnies/neighbour-sues-man-he-paid-to-get-his-wife-pregnant/

72 times :lol:

Mac76
21-01-2021, 01:44 PM
Meanwhile in Germany...

https://www.tech4law.co.za/humour/text-funnies/neighbour-sues-man-he-paid-to-get-his-wife-pregnant/

72 times :lol:

"tried desperately" :lol:

sounds like Maus was more of a rat ... :)

Letters
21-01-2021, 01:56 PM
Also

https://secretldn.com/glastonbury-postponed-2021/

Glasto :rose:

Mac76
21-01-2021, 03:54 PM
Also

https://secretldn.com/glastonbury-postponed-2021/

Glasto :rose:

i expect the local cows will be happy not to be turfed off their field though :lol:

Letters
21-01-2021, 03:58 PM
"tried desperately" :lol:

sounds like Maus was more of a rat ... :)

I'd have done it for free tbh.

WMUG
25-01-2021, 01:10 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LXLlngIjHU

Letters
25-01-2021, 01:44 PM
I just got a marketing email advertising Saga magazine.
:ilt:

<_<

Letters
25-01-2021, 04:48 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LXLlngIjHU

Interesting but it is hard to know what to do about this other than to be aware of it.
I think increasingly it's difficult to know what to believe when there are so many sources of information, you can always find something which backs up your world view.
NQ believes the Covid tests are "random", and sure he's able to find sources which back up his belief that they don't work.
I can find some which back up my belief that they basically do.
So who is right? Well, I've already shown the data which shows that positive tests correlates with hospitalisations which correlates with deaths.
So...either that data is wrong or the tests are a pretty good indicator of deaths a bit down the line which you wouldn't expect if they were "random".

Mac76
26-01-2021, 09:30 AM
this is brilliant :)

https://twitter.com/fred035schultz/status/1353718039880101896

Letters
26-01-2021, 09:31 AM
A lot of work has gone into that :lol:

Letters
26-01-2021, 09:45 AM
Bye :wave:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-55798027

Mac76
26-01-2021, 09:50 AM
Bye :wave:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-55798027

tempting isn't it?!