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  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,070
    focuszing723 said:

    a) Look, I saw the curtains shuffle and her head in the window when Rod was singing.

    Are you sure it wasn't just a draft? ;)
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,632
    focuszing723 said:

    b) doesn't worry me, she's been an asset via tourism. I like her, she stayed out of politics to the best of her ability and has done a good job representing the UK.
    .

    President Liz.



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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,632
    Nah, that sh!t doesn't wash with me.
    At least Charles could be potentially interesting whether you agree with his politics or not.

    But I do agree, she's 9 frikkin 6 and shouldn't be subjected to an ageing diva (she was brilliant) and should be in bed after Ovaltine at 9pm.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,686
    rjsterry said:

    Windsor is very much the first home by about 700 years. Buckingham Palace is the second home and second hand.

    Typical rich Londoner, crash pad in the city before returning to weekend at the country estate.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,686
    verylonglegs said:

    Who could blame her for taking one look at that line up and deciding to call in sick?

    There were certainly a few that should probably have called it a day at the golden jubilee. It was good to see crowds back enjoying themselves though after a couple of shitty years.

    I still think someone at the BBC was having a joke giving Celeste awards to see if it would lead to her getting booked for everything.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,632
    Who da fuk is 'Celeste'?
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  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,193
    edited June 2022
    Singer
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,686
    focuszing723 said:

    Singer

    Allegedly
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,193
    Pross said:

    focuszing723 said:

    Singer

    Allegedly
    I haven't really listened to her music, I assume she's no flat six.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,632
    Who da fuk is 'Celeste'?
    focuszing723 said:

    Pross said:

    focuszing723 said:

    Singer

    Allegedly
    I haven't really listened to her music, I assume she's no flat six.
    Is she a two stroke?
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  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,193
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE3sTF3oj6w
    Not my bag, but a good, powerful voice in this track.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,193
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv8FBjo1Y8I
    And for me one of the best female vocalists.

    Her guitar, her song and her voice.
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    Pross said:

    She's in Windsor. Bloody typical wealthy Londoner disappearing off to a second home in the country and making it impossible for locals to buy houses. Surprised she hasn't got a pad in Padstow or Salcombe as well.

    She gave Cornwall to her son
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    edited June 2022
    Which one? The one who’s under investigation for cash-for-honours or the sweatless nonce?
    _
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,904
    surrey_commuter said:

    Pross said:

    She's in Windsor. Bloody typical wealthy Londoner disappearing off to a second home in the country and making it impossible for locals to buy houses. Surprised she hasn't got a pad in Padstow or Salcombe as well.

    She gave Cornwall to her son
    She didn't; that was Edward III. Charles just inherited it as the eldest son of the monarch.
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  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    rjsterry said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    Pross said:

    She's in Windsor. Bloody typical wealthy Londoner disappearing off to a second home in the country and making it impossible for locals to buy houses. Surprised she hasn't got a pad in Padstow or Salcombe as well.

    She gave Cornwall to her son
    She didn't; that was Edward III. Charles just inherited it as the eldest son of the monarch.
    And you are happy with my explanation with regards Salcombe?
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,686
    surrey_commuter said:

    rjsterry said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    Pross said:

    She's in Windsor. Bloody typical wealthy Londoner disappearing off to a second home in the country and making it impossible for locals to buy houses. Surprised she hasn't got a pad in Padstow or Salcombe as well.

    She gave Cornwall to her son
    She didn't; that was Edward III. Charles just inherited it as the eldest son of the monarch.
    And you are happy with my explanation with regards Salcombe?
    No, it's in Devon not Cornwall.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,904
    edited June 2022
    rick_chasey said:

    Which one? The one who’s under investigation for cash-for-honours or the sweatless nonce?

    surrey_commuter said:

    rjsterry said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    Pross said:

    She's in Windsor. Bloody typical wealthy Londoner disappearing off to a second home in the country and making it impossible for locals to buy houses. Surprised she hasn't got a pad in Padstow or Salcombe as well.

    She gave Cornwall to her son
    She didn't; that was Edward III. Charles just inherited it as the eldest son of the monarch.
    And you are happy with my explanation with regards Salcombe?
    It's a title. And the Duchy of Cornwall is a privately owned estate, some of which is in Cornwall, but is distributed across Southern Britain.


    I don't think HM has a house on any of it. Hers are in Norfolk and Scotland.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,686
    I had to pick my daughter up after a college trip in the early hours of this morning so was driving around 2.00-3.00am. I expected there to be virtually no traffic other than HGVs on the motorway and maybe the odd taxi but there was actually a pretty constant stream of private cars on the motorway and even on the more minor roads and residential areas I was seeing cars on a steady basis. It made me wonder where people are driving at that time of day as it would be mid-shift for night workers and I doubt many people drive home from a club on a Thursday night.

    The other thing I noticed was the amount of houses with lights left on over night, obviously not got concerns over rising energy prices. Right opposite my daughter's college there are several blocks of flats (old council housing, presumably now housing association) that all had the stairwells lit up. You would think they would be looking to save money and reduce emissions, I'm sure they could have switches on timers and some sort of system where the lighting comes on if a fire alarm goes off.
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,940
    Pross said:

    I had to pick my daughter up after a college trip in the early hours of this morning so was driving around 2.00-3.00am. I expected there to be virtually no traffic other than HGVs on the motorway and maybe the odd taxi but there was actually a pretty constant stream of private cars on the motorway and even on the more minor roads and residential areas I was seeing cars on a steady basis. It made me wonder where people are driving at that time of day as it would be mid-shift for night workers and I doubt many people drive home from a club on a Thursday night.

    The other thing I noticed was the amount of houses with lights left on over night, obviously not got concerns over rising energy prices. Right opposite my daughter's college there are several blocks of flats (old council housing, presumably now housing association) that all had the stairwells lit up. You would think they would be looking to save money and reduce emissions, I'm sure they could have switches on timers and some sort of system where the lighting comes on if a fire alarm goes off.


    In 13 years of 5am drives to work, twice I made the 12-mile journey (both Bank Holidays) without seeing a single vehicle, including six miles of dual carriageway and three miles of the M5. Other than that, there always seem to be people, who aren't herdsmen (as far as I know), moving around.
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,904
    Pross said:

    I had to pick my daughter up after a college trip in the early hours of this morning so was driving around 2.00-3.00am. I expected there to be virtually no traffic other than HGVs on the motorway and maybe the odd taxi but there was actually a pretty constant stream of private cars on the motorway and even on the more minor roads and residential areas I was seeing cars on a steady basis. It made me wonder where people are driving at that time of day as it would be mid-shift for night workers and I doubt many people drive home from a club on a Thursday night.

    The other thing I noticed was the amount of houses with lights left on over night, obviously not got concerns over rising energy prices. Right opposite my daughter's college there are several blocks of flats (old council housing, presumably now housing association) that all had the stairwells lit up. You would think they would be looking to save money and reduce emissions, I'm sure they could have switches on timers and some sort of system where the lighting comes on if a fire alarm goes off.

    There is a whole category of research into whether having building services centrally controlled or via individual users produces better results. Generally things work better when people have direct control over their environment.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,632
    rjsterry said:

    Pross said:

    I had to pick my daughter up after a college trip in the early hours of this morning so was driving around 2.00-3.00am. I expected there to be virtually no traffic other than HGVs on the motorway and maybe the odd taxi but there was actually a pretty constant stream of private cars on the motorway and even on the more minor roads and residential areas I was seeing cars on a steady basis. It made me wonder where people are driving at that time of day as it would be mid-shift for night workers and I doubt many people drive home from a club on a Thursday night.

    The other thing I noticed was the amount of houses with lights left on over night, obviously not got concerns over rising energy prices. Right opposite my daughter's college there are several blocks of flats (old council housing, presumably now housing association) that all had the stairwells lit up. You would think they would be looking to save money and reduce emissions, I'm sure they could have switches on timers and some sort of system where the lighting comes on if a fire alarm goes off.

    There is a whole category of research into whether having building services centrally controlled or via individual users produces better results. Generally things work better when people have direct control over their environment.
    There's auto light systems.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,686
    rjsterry said:

    Pross said:

    I had to pick my daughter up after a college trip in the early hours of this morning so was driving around 2.00-3.00am. I expected there to be virtually no traffic other than HGVs on the motorway and maybe the odd taxi but there was actually a pretty constant stream of private cars on the motorway and even on the more minor roads and residential areas I was seeing cars on a steady basis. It made me wonder where people are driving at that time of day as it would be mid-shift for night workers and I doubt many people drive home from a club on a Thursday night.

    The other thing I noticed was the amount of houses with lights left on over night, obviously not got concerns over rising energy prices. Right opposite my daughter's college there are several blocks of flats (old council housing, presumably now housing association) that all had the stairwells lit up. You would think they would be looking to save money and reduce emissions, I'm sure they could have switches on timers and some sort of system where the lighting comes on if a fire alarm goes off.

    There is a whole category of research into whether having building services centrally controlled or via individual users produces better results. Generally things work better when people have direct control over their environment.
    Having lights on all night seems to be the worst of all worlds.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,904
    pinno said:

    rjsterry said:

    Pross said:

    I had to pick my daughter up after a college trip in the early hours of this morning so was driving around 2.00-3.00am. I expected there to be virtually no traffic other than HGVs on the motorway and maybe the odd taxi but there was actually a pretty constant stream of private cars on the motorway and even on the more minor roads and residential areas I was seeing cars on a steady basis. It made me wonder where people are driving at that time of day as it would be mid-shift for night workers and I doubt many people drive home from a club on a Thursday night.

    The other thing I noticed was the amount of houses with lights left on over night, obviously not got concerns over rising energy prices. Right opposite my daughter's college there are several blocks of flats (old council housing, presumably now housing association) that all had the stairwells lit up. You would think they would be looking to save money and reduce emissions, I'm sure they could have switches on timers and some sort of system where the lighting comes on if a fire alarm goes off.

    There is a whole category of research into whether having building services centrally controlled or via individual users produces better results. Generally things work better when people have direct control over their environment.
    There's auto light systems.
    The lighting is the easy bit.
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  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,301
    Got a call from the letting agents of this rented property I'm outta by end of month. They had new tenant lined up, subject to references. Fail. 5 (five) undeclared CCJs. WTF did he / she / it think would happen? Not my prob of course. But means they want to schedule viewings next week, in the midst of my Big Move Out. Enjoy seeing boxes, items etc stacked Everywhere. Again, not my prob.

    New world order beckoning.
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,472
    orraloon said:

    Got a call from the letting agents of this rented property I'm outta by end of month. They had new tenant lined up, subject to references. Fail. 5 (five) undeclared CCJs. WTF did he / she / it think would happen? Not my prob of course. But means they want to schedule viewings next week, in the midst of my Big Move Out. Enjoy seeing boxes, items etc stacked Everywhere. Again, not my prob.

    New world order beckoning.

    What new world order? The meek? Didn't someone contest the will?
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,632
    First.Aspect said:

    orraloon said:

    Got a call from the letting agents of this rented property I'm outta by end of month. They had new tenant lined up, subject to references. Fail. 5 (five) undeclared CCJs. WTF did he / she / it think would happen? Not my prob of course. But means they want to schedule viewings next week, in the midst of my Big Move Out. Enjoy seeing boxes, items etc stacked Everywhere. Again, not my prob.

    New world order beckoning.

    What new world order? The meek? Didn't someone contest the will?
    He had too much wine that night and he meant to say that the 'geeks' shall inherit the earth.
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  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,070
    edited June 2022
    pinno said:

    First.Aspect said:

    orraloon said:

    Got a call from the letting agents of this rented property I'm outta by end of month. They had new tenant lined up, subject to references. Fail. 5 (five) undeclared CCJs. WTF did he / she / it think would happen? Not my prob of course. But means they want to schedule viewings next week, in the midst of my Big Move Out. Enjoy seeing boxes, items etc stacked Everywhere. Again, not my prob.

    New world order beckoning.

    What new world order? The meek? Didn't someone contest the will?
    He had too much wine that night and he meant to say that the 'geeks' shall inherit the earth.
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  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,193
    Has anyone here found the meaning of life?
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,079
    focuszing723 said:

    Has anyone here found the meaning of life?

    You're not confident that it is Elon Musk?

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