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The Sporting Life / Re: County Cricket 2024
« Last post by Wowbagger on Today at 04:06:17 pm »Indeed they are!
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Where The Wild Things Are / Re: A random thread for the wildlife stuff - you know the drill
« Last post by Mrs Pingu on Today at 03:55:22 pm »Awful photos, but I was about to remove last year's barley straw from the pond when I found this dragonfly nymph on it, so I put it back sharpish. *dances vigorously*
PXL_20240426_124848623 by The Pingus, on Flickr
PXL_20240426_124858854 by The Pingus, on Flickr
PXL_20240426_124848623 by The Pingus, on FlickrPXL_20240426_124858854 by The Pingus, on Flickr3
OT Gallery / Re: Readers' Instruments
« Last post by PaulF on Today at 03:52:12 pm »Very nice, and the only colour for an SG
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OT Knowledge / Re: Wall repair prep pre decorating
« Last post by Mrs Pingu on Today at 03:50:54 pm »So I was thinking about replacing this 10mm quadrant with 15mm quadrant to hide the gap a bit once I've done the filling. But that's not going to work when I get to the horizontal bit here which isn't deep enough to take 15mm quadrant.
PXL_20240419_151559263 by The Pingus, on Flickr
Any fantastic ideas? (Besides knock the house down and start again)
PXL_20240419_151559263 by The Pingus, on FlickrAny fantastic ideas? (Besides knock the house down and start again)
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The Pub / Re: Grammar that makes you cringe
« Last post by fimm on Today at 03:38:04 pm »"So" has just become a filler word, just as "like" has, I think.
(I was laughing at a club member who was having a small rant about the English Of The Youth Of Today, while, like, using, like, "like", like, every, like, other, like, word. I felt guilty, though, because I suspect he has a bit of a stammer and that's how he covers/deals with it.)
(I was laughing at a club member who was having a small rant about the English Of The Youth Of Today, while, like, using, like, "like", like, every, like, other, like, word. I felt guilty, though, because I suspect he has a bit of a stammer and that's how he covers/deals with it.)
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The Sporting Life / Re: County Cricket 2024
« Last post by Peter on Today at 03:38:02 pm »South Africa II recovering well against Essex.
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Where The Wild Things Are / Re: Seen today
« Last post by rafletcher on Today at 03:36:02 pm »Here in the shadow of the Chilterns, a pair of swallows and a buzzard.
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The Pub / Re: The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant.
« Last post by fimm on Today at 03:33:38 pm »I didn't say it was on time, I just said it had 6 carriages...What links: Mussolini, Swiss precision, YACF Grumble Thread?I'd expect it's something more arcane about how many trains of what type they can keep overnight in which depot.Probably.
However they were clearly reading this thread, as it was a 6 carriage train yesterday...
They are the only things that can make trains run on time.
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The Pub / Re: what I have learned today.
« Last post by Kim on Today at 03:27:55 pm »Do you get a baby growing in your mouth?
No, but you can probably get arrested if it happens in the wrong parts of USAnia.
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The Pub / Re: Grammar that makes you cringe
« Last post by toontra on Today at 03:09:07 pm »Further to my previous rant about the use of "so" at the start of an answer to any question, Angela van den Bogerd is taking it to new levels when giving evidence to the PO enquiry. Every ****ing question 
She deserves criminal prosecution for that alone, quite apart from being a lying shit responsible for trashing countless people's lives.
She deserves criminal prosecution for that alone, quite apart from being a lying shit responsible for trashing countless people's lives.