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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,383
    slowbike said:

    orraloon said:

    and realise xxxx it forgot to scan them.... Embarrassing. Fortunately store lady was good natured about it, added them on, and I didn't get the security march of shame.

    No - but your account will be marked for a store check more frequently now ...
    Makes sense to keep a close eye on the local thieves.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,337
    I've just learned who Titania McGrath 'is'.
    https://www.facebook.com/unanglaisendiois
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,383
    briantrumpet said:

    I've just learned who Titania McGrath 'is'.

    Could be an alter ego...
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,337
    Stevo_666 said:

    briantrumpet said:

    I've just learned who Titania McGrath 'is'.

    Could be an alter ego...

    Boris Johnson's, obvs.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,320
    briantrumpet said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    briantrumpet said:

    I've just learned who Titania McGrath 'is'.

    Could be an alter ego...

    Boris Johnson's, obvs.
    It’s another joker.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,312
    briantrumpet said:

    I've just learned who Titania McGrath 'is'.

    What exactly is a "radical intersectionalist poet"?
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,541
    edited March 2020
    He is. And he's a Corbyn voter with a doctorate in renaissance poetry 😄
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,383
    pinno said:

    briantrumpet said:

    I've just learned who Titania McGrath 'is'.

    What exactly is a "radical intersectionalist poet"?
    The people's poet?
    https://youtu.be/7c02FZOjK9I
    Apparently he's dead.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Don't have the forum open on two signed in device when one is hooked up to a VPN and the other isn't....
    _
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,541
    Coopster will be 💔
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    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,312
    I peruse BR through a VPN and no problems.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,541
    It
    pinno said:

    I peruse BR through a VPN and no problems.

    It's being logged in from two different IP addresses at the same time that did it. If you only use the VPN it would be fine.
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,320
    pinno said:

    I peruse BR through a VPN and no problems.

    I read the problem as being caused by logging in with two devices simultaneously.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,312
    pblakeney said:

    pinno said:

    I peruse BR through a VPN and no problems.

    I read the problem as being caused by logging in with two devices simultaneously.
    I'm a tight wad - I don't have two devices but I do have two vices.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    edited March 2020
    Faced with 250k premature deaths, a generational recession and the breakdown of society as we know it, people still won't buy Conchiglioni pasta shapes

    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    tailwindhome said:

    Faced with 250k premature deaths, a generational recession and the breakdown of society as we know it, people still won't buy Conchiglioni pasta shapes

    Ha ha, I noticed the other day that there were a few pasta styles that are out of favour.
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,815
    Some of it is too inefficient in terms of storage space.

    My wife came back with a kilo of pappardelle the other day. It takes up half the cupboard!
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    edited March 2020
    mrb123 said:

    Some of it is too inefficient in terms of storage space.

    My wife came back with a kilo of pappardelle the other day. It takes up half the cupboard!

    There must have come a point, when people looked at gnocchi, and thought wtf is that
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • oblongomaculatus
    oblongomaculatus Posts: 616
    Toast should ideally not be concave.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,312
    oblongomaculatus said:

    Toast should ideally not be concave.

    A reservoir for spread?
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,227
    That, in England anyway, temporary road closures for road works still allow cyclists and walkists through, if there is sufficient safe space clearance, at their own risk, and walking the bike through.

    Never been quite sure if we were allowed through or not. Came upon this one today, railway underpass closed so they could do some cable replacement. Thought I need to try to get past else I have a nasty divert onto a stretch of fast A road with beaucoup de nutters on it. Got talking with a couple of the friendly roads guys manning the barriers and regularly having to get drivers to turn around and go back past the road closed signage. They explained the policy. And let me through no problem. Guess it will come down to specific circumstances and interpretations.


  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    Margaret Thatcher was a barrister before becoming an MP

    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • Cargobike
    Cargobike Posts: 748
    That drivers of electric cars are just as much a bunch of twats as their internal combustion engined counterparts.

    Resulted in me having a David Banner moment (google it kids).
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    How eating porridge in the morning and not cereal has massively improved my indigestion problems.
    _
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,312
    rick_chasey said:

    How eating porridge in the morning and not cereal has massively improved my indigestion problems.

    Aaah. There was a thread about his some time ago.
    Have you tried rice pudding? Full of energy. Great in winter.
    I religiously take pro-biotics. Without which, I would struggle.
    That way I can have my Muesli and other higher fibre cereals.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • FreddieVonRost
    FreddieVonRost Posts: 261
    tailwindhome said:

    Margaret Thatcher was a barrister before becoming an MP

    She was?
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  • shortfall
    shortfall Posts: 3,288
    According to Wikipedia apparently so.
  • FreddieVonRost
    FreddieVonRost Posts: 261
    Golly, for some reason l always thought she was some kind of scientist. TIL.
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  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    According to Wiki, she was both.
    Was there no end to the woman's talents?
  • FreddieVonRost
    FreddieVonRost Posts: 261
    Classic Spitting Image joke.

    Mrs T to waiter: I'll have the steak,
    Waiter to Mrs T: And the vegetables?
    Mrs T: They'll have the same.

    (If your'e wondering, she was dining with her Cabinet.)
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