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I've posted this before - you will tell me when you're bored with it won't you? :smile: I put it on an army site (Facebook 19 Signal Regiment) over a year ago to little response, but it has sprung to life in the last few days. A couple of chaps who arrived in the unit after I left have appeared, and...

A Scot I once knew memorably used to say "Life is like a sewer- you only get out what you put in".

I am always a bit apprehensive when consulting a Hindu doctor - just in case he says " Ok old man- better luck next time." . . .

A police officer called the station on his radio.
I have an interesting case here.
An old lady shot her husband for stepping on the floor she just mopped.
Have you arrested the woman?

George Orwell '1984'. Book of the Century? He wasn't far wrong was he - and he'd never heard of Facebook or Tik Tok (X). :smile: “Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer, and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To...

There's a Pendle Council Executive meeting on at the moment - David Whipp in the chair.. I've mentioned Councillor Tom Whipp's well decorated eyes, and his make up recently. Now he seems to have gone the full monte - yet another hairstyle, and his desk card now reads "Councillor Lola Whipp"...

Quietly smug expression appears when I discover that this Oxford and Cambridge Professor of Maths is unable to do long division. . . Skip the advert, and then FF to 15 minutes.

American Maths test

Or is it me who has it wrong? No - I'd say you are right, and well done for giving it all "two coats of thinking about". :smile: If you want to get a real headache - try the plural of 'referendum' . Hint - it's a 'gerundive' . Trade union plural now seems to be either trade unions of the ...

I'm very happy to see a successful outcome to this worrying episode. Best wishes for the future - as Stanley says - take a break now.

I have put a post - which may or may not be relevant here - but in the Medical Matters section where it more properly belongs.

I think It's 'worth a look'.

Dr Nurse John Campbell had posted today an interesting talk about the relationship between mRNA "vaccines", and myocarditis - especially in younger men. I would say - watch it if you wish, and then make your own choice betwen the pharmaceutical industry, and the Government on the subject, ...

Evening - made an impulse buy in Aldi today , only went in for a wetsuit and a circular saw - ended up coming out with two pints of milk.

Stanley wrote: ↑26 May 2025, 01:38 I have never known what it means and funnily enough it hasn't ruined my life.

I think you have - I just forgot the word itself - you forgot the whole incident.

Rhotic

I'd forgotten the word "Rhotic" - it was mithering me, but but have managed to retrieve it. This guy explains it brilliantly - and his Lancashire accent is perfect. :smile: Rhotic PS I've noticed that the delaying filler phrase " and all the rest of it " is used increasingly by m...

Look for a book called 'Body of Secrets. An anatomy of the National Security Agency' by James Bamford published by Random House NY in 2002. 750 pages of little known facts that is still the standard work on the subject. (It is the best source I know of information on Menwith Hill.....) There's a co...

This is not a world I understand. Amen to that. I read that the quantity of Bitcoin is fixed so no Central Bank can print any more, and thus inflation is not possible - then I read that new Bitcoin can be 'mined'. The two statements seem to be contradictory. As Judge Judy often says - "If it d...

A quick recap on President Ramaphosa is beneficial when considering such matters Ramaphosa Farmgate Memorable quote - A former spy chief laid a criminal complaint against Ramaphosa, accusing him of committing irregularities in trying to hide the theft of $4m (£3.25m) in cash at his game farm in the ...

See THIS for proof that David is on the money.... Interest piqued now that the BBC has noticed what is happening. :smile: The fact that the Deputy Mayor has stated 'ex cathedra' that an elected councillor is under investigation for a safeguarding issue - means that the matter has escalated. That ca...

That was the reason for the inverted commas David... In the land of the 'grocer's apostrophe' it is pleasing, and a joy to comment on, to see such precise use of inverted commas. I must confess I considered leaving them out - for added emphasis, but quickly dismissed the idea - as not really requir...

Oddly enough - I saw a Youtube video a few days ago in which a lady took 'rubbings' of manhole covers and then transferred the image onto T shirts which she then sold quite successfully.

This made me smile just a little. . .

"I have already read my 'smart' meters and submitted the readings.... "

David commented the other day that it looked as though his personal comms people were losing it That was a quote from the usually reliably despicable Isabel Oakeshott. She was right this time though. :smile: I've been busy at Oldham Council Annual Meeting. It did not disappoint. Politics red in too...

Never mind the EU or Westminster - it's the annual Oldham Council meeting tomorrow Wed 21 May 2025 .Starts about 11.00 am. I've just watched Rajah Mia's very long introduction to it, and It should be lively. It was a long watch - but had "the ring" about it. It will start with another emer...

Patrick O'Flynn has died today, at the age of 59. I occasionally bumped into articles that he had written, and seldom disagreed with him.

RIP

Following up the Bicester Motion fire from last Thursday - I found the one of the companies in the Bicester Motion complex was Kingsbury Racing. who restore classic Bentley cars - magnificent work. No news yet of the cause of the fire. I found this still picture from the company promotional video. I...

This quote is entirely fictitious The PM - Well - I think that went quite well . We hosted an EU meeting in London, and got our toe firmly in the door marked "Return to the EU and ignore the referendum". There'll be a fuss for a few days, but nothing we can't ignore. No one seems to have h...

Initial thought - Faisal Islam is a very good journalist. He went to Manchester Grammar School.

Not sure whether to be excited or scared 13 trillion transistor equivalent seems to be a lot.