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The complete bo**ocks, talk tripe, no music allowed thread
I would say more, but this is not the Forum Thread for it, and I'd very likely only end up getting myself all the more upset about it anyway. It really is not a good time for any of us right now, whether disabled or not, to be suspended in a situation like this - continually feeling so vulnerable and disempowered by the current Government and it's ongoing machinations.
Collette wrote: "Kinda wish I was a Facebook member now...🎃🎃🎃 https://m.facebook.com/Haddonfield-Il... 🎃🎃🎃"
I now use Facebook - just so as to access Facebook sites and Reviews and lots of other stuff, Collette. I have deliberately chosen to not have Friends or to post anything else up on my Profile Page beyond who I am - and it seems that you can get away with using a Nickname rather than a real one if you wish to have some anonymity online, which is what I prefer for myself.
I've found my anonymity also comes in very useful as a defence against any well-meaning but persistent family and friends suddenly finding you to be on Facebook and then wanting to 'friend' you, and to 'friend' any friends of yours, and even have you to 'friend' all of their friends as well! You also won't get them wanting to regularly engage with you and trying their best to hook you any further into being far more active on Social Media than you really want to be ;o>
Just set up as blank a Profile as you want and then you can get to use it as a key to access what you want to get to see and to hear about on Facebook ;o>
My Facebook profile is set up much like yours Suzy. I only ever got into it so I could keep up with what my children were doing when travelling. The Messenger facility is very good in this regard because it allows you to communicate off-screen on a one-on-one basis and post photos too. I use a nom-de-plume because I don't want to be contacted by some random person I went to school with/used to work with/live next door to, etc. And you can choose who or what you want to follow - like the Collins St. peregrines. I also like the Aussie vet Dr Chris Brown and I get a lot of laughs from Shit brick fences of Melbourne. Visit Scotland shows some lovely photos. And of course, I am guilty of stalking some of my favourite singers. So it's good to tailor your Facebook usage to things that really interest you.
I also use it to keep up-to-date with people, or places, or things that interest me as well. There are a couple of truly exceptional Cake Bakers in Stockport who create the kind of Cakes that I adored making - and by 'following' their Page I get sent their latest Post which is usually a stunning picture of their latest creation. It all helps to keep my livelong passion for all things Sugarcraft alive ;o>I must admit too, that I have also used to catch up with folk I used to know - and it is really is wonderful to get to see some of them really doing well for themselves in this way.
I found out through Facebook that one of the shyest and kindest boys I knew at School is now living the life of a millionaire, has a huge Yacht, and even frequently flies his own Plane! He must have worked so hard from next to nothing to get to where he is now - and I am SO glad for him because it simply couldn't have happened to a nicer guy ;o>
The US embassy in Australia has apologised for an email invitation featuring a cat dressed in pyjamas that was mistakenly sent out by the US state department.The email, titled "meeting", went to an unknown number of recipients, US officials in Canberra confirmed. It was accompanied by a photo of a cat wearing a Cookie Monster outfit and holding a plate of biscuits.
In a light-hearted apology, the embassy called the email a "training error".
"Sorry to disappoint those of you who were hoping to attend this 'cat pyjama-jam' party, but such an event falls well outside our area of expertise," US mission to Australia spokesman Gavin Sundwall told the Australian Associated Press.
"It was a training error made by one of our new staff testing out our email newsletter platform" ...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-aust...
;o>
Cats rushing to accept the invitation.
HA HA HA HA HA!!! - I love it! ;o>
The hoaxer
Oooh? - naughty! - LOL!!! ;o>
No comment;https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/s...
Perhaps the gentlemen should wear - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bristol-Nove...
I'll never look at a Scarf around a Woman's Neck in the same way ever again now! ;oO
suzysunshine7 wrote: "I'll never look at a Scarf around a Woman's Neck in the same way ever again now! ;oO"There's a version without the fur - for the Brazilian market perchance? Dunno what they're getting in a flap(s) about really!
If you were going to set up a business manufacturing LED light strips might you think carefully about the Co. name you choose so as to engender an image of quality & distinction?https://www.amazon.co.uk/Non-waterpro...
Yeah? - they definitely wouldn't be my first choice! ;o>
In these days of apparent hyper-sensitivity and ridiculously easy offence-taking who would wear this? Certainly not for the porkier figure,https://www.dresslily.com/raw-meat-pr...
Brass Neck wrote: "In these days of apparent hyper-sensitivity and ridiculously easy offence-taking who would wear this? Certainly not for the porkier figure,
https://www.dresslily.com/raw-meat-pr......"
You'd have to be Gaga to wear that :)
https://www.dresslily.com/raw-meat-pr......"
You'd have to be Gaga to wear that :)
The caption says: ‘it endows the hoodie with a sense of mystery and makes you look cool and stylish’.Just what I was thinking.
It also 'cures' your ailments ….. maybe.
I was thinking more casserole and dumplings!
I dare say the garment could accommodate one's 'dumplings' but it won't do owt for your assroll.
Survey question: Have you purchased a Wilmington Instagram-enabled microwave within the past six (6) months?
What??
Ohhh yeah! - I've got three! One in the Bedroom, one in the Bathroom and one in the Garage ;o>
Do you swap the batteries between them?
No, they are all Solar-panelled and have Wi-Fi ;o>No idea what they actually do? - but you've gotta keep up with technology!
This quiz is pretty funny. Some of the questions were slightly tricky to answer...https://uquiz.com/ZdxUuE?p=1176
Question 1 of 11 ...Mary is standing at the top of an 8.7 meter cliff on Mars (acceleration due to gravity = 3.711 m/s/s), holding a hollow sphere of imperturbable irryllium (mass = 552 g), which she fills with 26 cubic inches of dry ice (density = 1.4 g/cubic foot). She drops the dry-ice-filled sphere with the intent of hitting Jeff (height: 122 cm), who is standing at the foot of the cliff. To slow the descent of the sphere, Jeff generates a uniform upward telekinetic field which is able to partially offset the downward gravitational pull of the sphere. As a result, the elapsed time from Mary's initial release of the sphere to its impact with Jeff's skull is 2 minutes, 52.4 seconds. Assuming ideal imperturbability, what telekinetic force (in dynes) must Jeff have generated in order to create the observed result?
Answers, please choose 1 ...
2.2 dynes.
Being without sin, Mary would not knowingly injure another person.
12 microns.
0 dynes.
1.4 dynes.
Ideal imperturbability cannot be assumed, and telekinesis does not exist.
The answer cannot be determined based on the information given.
To answer this question would be knowingly to collaborate with evil.
... ? ! ! ? ! ! ;oO
Question 2 of 11 ...Which of these would be your preferred vacation?
Answers, please choose 1 ...
Snowboarding in the Alps.
Tap dancing in Ulaanbaatar.
The mind is its own place, and in itself / Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.
Classical philology in Auckland.
Alpaca farming in Sydney.
Separating eggs in a Florida basement.
Theologians don't take vacations.
Drinking tea at a gas station in the suburbs of Chicago.
I think I need a lie-down!!! ;o>
It's a very thorough, searching, quiz... Not for the faint hearted.
Lowering the tone somewhat...Mr B Neck might be interested in today's hot news story from the Royal College of Public Health
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2...
I note that Shrewsbury ranks fourth healthiest. I wish my waistline and ability to walk up Wyle Cop were reflective of that.
I wonder how they define a High Street? I would say it’s quite unusual for libraries, museums and leisure centres to be on the high street. Certainly not anywhere I’ve lived or am familiar with.
Lez wrote: "I wonder how they define a High Street? I would say it’s quite unusual for libraries, museums and leisure centres to be on the high street. Certainly not anywhere I’ve lived or am familiar with."Quite. The business sections of news broadcasts/web sites keep referring to "the high street" when they mean edge-of-town shopping centres. No town/city of any size has a single "high street" and I'm not sure how consistently it is possible even to define the town/city centre. The museum and library in Shrewsbury are on shopping streets. Perhaps that has boosted its position.
If they referred to central business districts the great unwashed might not comprehend but the city centre in toto is what I think they are referring to. As for Grimsby's I wouldn't know, I only go there maybe 5 times a year tops. I do know that the 'flagship' central covered mall, Freshney Place, is up for sale but buyers aren't falling over themselves...….
Gordon wrote: "Lowering the tone somewhat...Mr B Neck might be interested in today's hot news story from the Royal College of Public Health
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2......"
The photo which they use to illustrate Gy's High St is actually of Freeman St which was once the main shopping centre when Gy had a fishing industry and the trawler crews were 'kings for a day' when they were paid for their catches and then spent it in the area immediately around the fish docks. The St was already in decline by the early 80s when I washed up in the area and it has continued an unarrested descent ever since while 'Top Town', a mile or so away, expanded and was rebuilt over the same period.
The local rag recently reflected on the fate of 'Freemo' and a proposed makeover - https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/ne... - but if that succeeds what impact will that have in the de facto town centre?
Not sure where this should go, but tech will probably say it's bollocks, so....I am reliably informed that when The Lurkers played the Broomhill Hotel in Killie recently, the bass player fell into conversation with a crowd of chaps outside and was delighted to find that they, like he, were avid Jackie Leven fans. Lusty singing of Jackie Leven and Doll by Doll songs ensued. If you weren't there, tech, you probably should have been. :)
i don't know how recently, as the broomhill has been a muslim education centre for a good while now! i do remember not being interested, as i dinnae like the lurkers.killie was/is a hotbed of doll by doll/jackie leven fans. i did a fair amount of canvassing for them back in the day!
According to Songkicks it was the Bellfield Tavern, not the Broomhill Hotel. 28th Sept. 🙂
You are of course correct, Lez. I just remembered it started with a B.
What a shame, they’d have enhanced Muslim education no end!
that would make more sense. the bellfield tavern, where the whole audience gets a perfect view of the band............if the audience is 12 people! in that case i could name you the d.b.d,/j.l. contingent!
Apparently there's a warrant out for my arrest, the HMRC are after me for unpaid taxes. That's what the man said on a phone call I just got anyway. An authentic sounding, authoritative English voice, but using an oddly truncated form of English. I was instructed to call a number, and warned 'DON'T IGNORE."
nocheese wrote: "Apparently there's a warrant out for my arrest, the HMRC are after me for unpaid taxes. That's what the man said on a phone call I just got anyway. An authentic sounding, authoritative English vo..."
Grr... this scam has been going on for ages in the US and Canada. So now it's finally got over here :-(
https://youtu.be/-r8SdNVICRg
That's interesting, Twoddle. It did occur to me that the fact that the guy sounded educated and English might panic some people, even though he hadn't got the language quite right. It was a recorded message, but presumably if you called the number he gives, you would then potentially be sweet-talked into giving away a lot more personal information.
Interesting to see the RCMP are involved. Do they take their horses on a plane?
nocheese wrote: "That's interesting, Twoddle. It did occur to me that the fact that the guy sounded educated and English might panic some people, even though he hadn't got the language quite right. It was a recorde..."It's not just information they want. Over the pond, they get people to go straight to their bank and send money, "Before you get arrested"
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Please don't put any faith in international conventions or treaties: the UK government will do everything it can to remove any recognition of human rights. It is only their utter incompetence that is saving us at present.