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Racing / Re: Amstel Gold Women’s Finish
« Last post by T42 on Today at 09:09:21 am »
Quote from: De Sisti on Yesterday at 02:09:05 pm
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I got the impression it wasn't voluntary.
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Arts and Entertainment / Re: What books are we reading at the moment ?
« Last post by Asterix, the former Gaul. on Today at 09:08:58 am »
Quote from: Mr Larrington on 02 April, 2024, 06:13:11 pm
“Four Chancellors And A Funeral”, the second instalment of Russell “RussInCheshire” Jones' documentation of the deluge of shit hurled at us by the Conservative Party, has just landed on the doormat.  I foresee a late night or two, and much FUMMIN'.

Best not to try reading too much at once.  I am looking forward to the final volume - 'The End of an Error' - that he promises.
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The Pub / Re: A random thread for weatherish things that don't warrant a thread of their own.
« Last post by Asterix, the former Gaul. on Today at 09:06:32 am »
Tornados reported in the Midlands. No, not the aircraft.
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The Pub / Re: A random thread for weatherish things that don't warrant a thread of their own.
« Last post by T42 on Today at 09:01:27 am »
Wet & windy here too, but the wind has backed SW so we're under the lee of a big hill.  The willow is breathing a sigh of relief and combing its hair.
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OT Knowledge / Re: 100 ml containers in hand luggage
« Last post by jsabine on Today at 08:57:05 am »
Doesn't the fiver charge for ordering and collecting at the airport 1) pale into insignificance in cash terms compared to the cost of a transatlantic flight, let alone the hotel room you're not having to pay for, and 2) save you from having to mess around beforehand buying the stuff, packing it, and getting concerned about whether or not security will take it off you?

Simplest has to be pay it, then seethe silently ...
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The Pub / Re: Science that makes you cringe
« Last post by Asterix, the former Gaul. on Today at 08:51:33 am »
Quote from: Kim on 01 December, 2023, 07:53:08 pm
On a related note, I had one refuse to recognise a bag of keto-snacks on the grounds that someone had torn it open and helped themselves to two of them, which I only noticed when I discovered the hole on the third attempt and counted 10 rather than the expected 12.

I then had to explain the problem to the assistant, who was baffled that I'd noticed.

OT, but my pack of allegedly 12 toothbrush heads delivered by Amazon Sunday had but one head in it.  The box was sealed with a reusable sticker, which someone had obviously reused after helping themselves to eleven of the heads.  Nice of them to leave me one, I thought.


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Arts and Entertainment / Re: What books are we reading at the moment ?
« Last post by rogerzilla on Today at 08:51:08 am »
SO gave me a copy of "The Narnia Code" by Michael Ward.  Still not sure his hypothesis (no spoilers) isn't just a series of coincidences, and he has an awful Dan Brownesque writing style, full of italics, exclamation marks and ellipses.  Also, he's preachy.
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Online quizzes / Re: Wordle
« Last post by Gaston Lagaffe on Today at 08:47:13 am »
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Online quizzes / Re: Wordle
« Last post by Hot Flatus on Today at 08:45:50 am »
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The Pub / Re: Grammar that makes you cringe
« Last post by T42 on Today at 08:44:44 am »
History Today's offering via FB today states that

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Richard Dimbleby’s account of what he witnessed at Bergen-Belsen in April 1945 has become infamous in Britain.

An account of something infamous is not an infamous account unless the account itself does something infamous.  Don't peeple get eddicated any more?
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